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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BY
HELENA DAVIS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


last years were ending so unhappily,
found that the little lads grandfather
was his own long-lost brother, a sunny
faced old man rich in the love of a son
and daughter-in-law and three dear
grandchildren. And he also found that
this same brother Jimmy had cared un-
tiringiy for his parents during their life.
giving what he earned toward making
them comfortable and happy. 81 did my
best, Samuel" said the brother James,
wfping a tear from his rosy cheeks. al
often felt that some day you would come
back to us-before father and mother
died-and that You would assume your
share of their support But as the years
rolled by and you did not return / feared
you had passed ca to the Great Beyond
But I rejoice that you have come to me
now, and II you need a home-why, you
will find share in this humble place.
Like me, my son has not proven a sue
cessful business man, but his heart is
gold, and that is better than riches. We
all live simply. but oh, SO happy. SO
happy, Samuel"
As soon as Samuel could speak, for his
emotion choked him, he took hii brothers
hands In his and said through his tears:
"Cen you forgive me, Jimmy? / was
unfaithful to you and our dear parents,
but from now on to the end of life /
shall think only a you and yours | am
worth millions, Jimmy, and 1t shall be
used to make you all happy Your
son-and your dear grandson, here, shall
have all the assistance in business they
want. This little fellow, who found me
today, and found also my heart, shall
be my principal heir. But we shall all
live happily together. and l shall find
happiness in making you and yours
happy"
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A Fourth Of July in the Country.

The children preferred to confne their
drinks to lemonade and pop.
After the luncheon the children en-
joyed games of every description, while
their parents sat In camp chairs or
swung In hammocks, passing the day in
absolute rest and quiet. Toward even
ing the fathers got out the fireworks
preparatory to giving fine display. But
the mothers had prepared a little supper.
some leftovers from the noon luncheon,
and all participated in that before the
last part Of the days program should be
enjoyed.
And how the children did enjoy the
display of fireworks! There was the por-
trait Of George Washington, framed In
flying many-colored sparks. There were
skyrockets without number, and many.
many other varieties Of fireworks too nu-
merous to mention.
And then, as the moon and stars came
out to give light to the evening, the pic
mic party rode homeward, the children's
voices ringing out on the night air sing
ing patriotic songs that had been sung
for generations before them and shall
continue to be sung for countless genera
lions to come,
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younger brother who had just such free
kles and tangled curls and who was for
ever laughing and making others augh.
The Little Laugh-maker," the father and
mother had called the younger brother,
for he always had a ready joke OF a bit
Of wit to bring the smile TO the sourest
face and loud laugh from one Inclined
to be merry And as the old man re-
called his younger brother, THE Little
Laughmaker, he fell into a reverie so
deep that for the minute he forgot the
boy standing in front of him awaiting an
answer to his kindly inquiry.
"Sixty-odd years ago it was that we
played together" he unused. "Ah. those
were strange days, days when father and
mother meant lot to us and the whole
world was encompassed In our little
home. Ah my brother Jimmy was
sunny chap-the Little Laugh maker, and
never quarreled nor made trouble OF any
kind. Well. and so we grew up-he fond
Of books and happiness and making
others happy. and | growing fonder and
fonder of earning money. When Jimmy
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spring. She went into the yard of a
lovely, restful, wellkept farmhouse and
spoke to a dear-faced old lady who was
sitting on the porch. The old lady said:
why, dear child you came the wrong
way, for the picnic grove lies off to the
west. You should have transferred at
the junction of hurry and State streets,
and gone west to the end of the line.
But, my dear child, since the party you
are in quest of does not expect you, why
not spend the day with me and my hus-
band? Wen show you about the farm,
and will have nice little chicken and
custardrp pie dinner Mt - o'clock"
Pink was delighted at this turn of af-
fairs and thanked the dear old lady for
her kind invitation, and taking off her
hat sat on the big cool porch to rest The
old lady called to her husband to join
them. and he came out, smiling pleas
antly on PINK.
The day passed with Pink being royalty
entertained by the old couple, and when
the time came for her to go home they
decided to ride into the city with her, to
.see that she got safe home" And when
they saw how poor was Pink's home, and
how gloomy her surroundings, they pre-
vailed upon Plnk's parents to allow their
little girl to come to them every Satur-
day and to be their guest till Sunday
evening. And also did they invite Pinks
dear parents to come on Sunday as often
as they could and to accept of their coun-
try hospitality. And you may all better
believe Pinks parents were only too
thankful to the good people for their gen.
erosity, and promised that Pink should
be their guest every weekend as long as
they desired her.
And 30 ended most happy Fourth OF
July for Pink and her parents, and for
the old farmer-couple as well, for Pink
had come into their home and hearts to
warm the place made empty so many
years ago by the death Of an only child.
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mumblings had ceased stepped close to
him and touched his shoulder
Are you Ill, sr?'' he repeated, gently.
The old man gave a sudden start Then
he looked deeply into the little boys
face, saying; "Ill?-Why do you ask,
boy? Do l look ill?''
Yes, sir, you seem very feeble and
were just now talking to yourself My
grandfather says that only those who
are lonely or i'll talk to themselves.
would like to assist you home, SIR if
you have no one else coming for you.
often accompany my grandfather to this
park, for although he Is not very strong
he is not nearly SO feeble as you are.
And you have such sad face, while
my grandfather has a happy face. He
says 1t is because he has always had so
many dear ones to love, and to love him.
Why, when my grandfather was a little
kid like me his folks called him The
Little Laugh-maker,' for he was always
making everybody laugh"
The old man started up as the boy said
this, and caught his little hand In a
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again and again to bow In acknowledge
ment of the honor done him.
And then came the chorus, Agnes lead
ing in the song. That also was cheered
and Handicapped heartily, causing the
little misses who took part in it to blush
with pleasure and to give an encore In
a most pleasing manner. Next were sew
eral Fourth of July recitations rendered
by various children. each almost out
doing the other in perfection of speech.
Then Mr.. Greyson rose and Cracked
jokes" till his listeners were convulsed
with laughter. Now, firstly. my dear
young folks, and. lastly, my dear old
folks, We are ready to enjoy the good
things that have been prepared to eat"
he said in conclusion. $50 let's adjourn
to the spread"
And the way the young folks adjourned
limited at pretty good appetites, and
pretty soon the entire picnic crowd were
seated about the spread" on the soft
grass In the shade of a fine tree enjoying
the best Of picnic collations. And to add
to the luncheon little camp fire had
been built safe distance from the
wagon holding the fireworks and a pot
of rich coffee boiled for the ''old folks"
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ZIGZAG PUZZLE.

The nine words of this zigzag puzzle
contain 1--WE letters each. If the words
are rightly guessed, and written one
below another In correct order their zig
gag letters, beginning with the upper left
hand letter and ending with the lower
left-hand letter, will spell the name OF a
foreign army officer of high rank who
won great distinction In America during
the Revolutionary War. The cross-words
are: l. Something human being cannot
live without. 3 What every river has.
g. sweet that all children relish. A.
To sever into pieces. 5. To wed. g.
The plural of something much used In
the rigging of ships. I. A soft substance
used by GLACIERS. g. A small animal much
valued on account of Its fur. 8. A sprite
or fairy.
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to bear his weight. AS he sat ON the
bench beneath a great tree a little boy
came along and turning questioningy
to him, asked: Are you Ill, sir?" The
childs face was a sunny one, tanned and
freckled and framed in a tangled mass
of yellow-red curly hair A smile as
bright as sunbeam was on his face as
he spoke to the old man, for he WIS a
light-hearted happy little chap, and to
smile and laugh were second nature to
him.
The old man was on the point of re-
plying gruf1y to the child, thinking him
an impudent young rascal for making
bold TO thus address him, but on looking
at the little lads face he hesitated in
his answer, for something in the chlld's
voice and face carried him back many,
many years to the time when he was
young and played innocently with a
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BY MAUD WALKER.

N crowded part of a great city lived
poor family consisting of three
members, namely, the husband. the
wife and their little daughter. The
latter's name was Pink, and this story
has to do with her.
Pink was nine years of age. a lovely,
pale-faced child with a glory of yellow
curls about brow and neck. She knew
nothing of the country, for she had been
born in the great, hustling, crowded city,
and had there lived her nine short years.
But often Pink heard strange stories of
the wonders of the country, a place where
only a few people lived and where the
houses were ever and ever so far apart,
and where there were trees, flowers. dirt
roads, and ever and ever so many curious
things not to be found in a city, especial
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was 10 and | IS l left home, never to
return again. Then-the months were so
short that l found no time to write to
the old folks at home. l knew Jimmy
would care for them. OF course. the
burden would be heavy on him. but
but-well be cared nothing about the
accumulation of money and I did. SO
l went In for making all that l could.
and forced myself to forget the needs OF
those at home, and the burden on Jimmy.
Occasionally the thought would come to
me: Write and ask Jimmy If he needs
help But the fear that he would say
yes held me back, and again l would
steel myself to forget"
Thus did the old man soliloquize, for
getting tho little freckled-faced boy who
stood so quietly in front of him. But
the little boy was touched by the pitt
able plight Of the old man, and after his
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LiAle Pink's Fourth Of July.

ly In the crowded districts where the poor
people live.
One evening as Pink sat on the steps
of her fathers little grocery shop she
overheard two women near by talking
about the coming Fourth Of July. Now,
Pink's father and mother had told her all
about the Fourth Of July and why 1t was
day to be celebrated and dearly loved
And in her little heart Pink was very
patriotic. Also, Pink was just a little
girl with large amount of curiosity such
as all children have. Were 1t not for
their curiosity they would never learn.
Well, when Pink overheard the two
women talking about the coming Fourth
of July she was at once interested, for
one of the women was saying, II am 60
ing to take my children to the country
for the day. We have made up a party
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quiverlng, excitable way. "What Is your
grandfather's name2" he gasped.
The little boy SMILED and said: "Grand-
fathers name is James B. Downs. And
he is my fathers father"
James B. Downs'' exclaimed the old
man In a deep whisper. why, child,
he is my-my-" But he did not finish
the sentence, for he fell forward In
faint.
Quickly the little boy eased the old
mans position as best he could, then
called for help. A park policeman and
a dozen children came in response, and
soon the old man was restored to con-
seriousness, and was assisted to the bench
by the policeman. you may order a
carriage for me, officer he said, weak
ly, "for I'm too weak to walk home. My
name is and he whispered in the po-
liceman's ear. The officer looked a bit
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"a ID accumulation of wealth, and had
W not taken time to choose a good
and companionable wife who might
become the mother of children to him,
and thus surround him with a happy
home and sons and daughters. His best
years had been passed in counting over
money and planning ways and means OF
obtaining more and more to count, TILL
at last his threescore and ten came to
find him broken in health and unable TO
enjoy the smallest part OF his great
wealth.
One day, suffering from an unusual
spell Of melancholy, the rich old man
went out to stroll in fine park that bor-
dered the big city in which he lived. AS
he went slowly along he became con-
scious that there were many human be-
ings about him, the sort of human be-
ings he had entirely forgotten during the
last 20 years of his life. In fact, they
were the kind that had made small i'm
preston on him even In his earlier years.
for he had been too absorbed In money.
getting to pay attention to the youth OF
the land-the younger generation. But
today the children seemed to swarm from
every direction and to surround him. At
first he merely turned his head occasion
ally to glance at some juvenile group,
and to wonder how they could enjoy
themselves so thoroughly wnen they were
luere boys and girls, and not yet of the
money getting age, for the one idea that
possessed his mind was that of accumu-
lating wealth, and anything outside that
occupation seemed to hod no interest for
him.
Now, If they were earning dimes-nay,
dollars - by their persistent running,
jumping and laughing, I could understand
their relish Of such nonsense, for much
could be endured-suffered-fo the sake
of that dearest of all worldly things--the
Almighty Dollar"
Becoming rlred, the old man sat down
on a park bench to rest. Had 1t not
been for the cost incurred, he would
have taken a carriage and ridden about
the park, but his misery habits had
chung to him even after he had become
infrm, and he took the air on his poor
trembling legs, when they were unable
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followed, for she felt so certain she would
soon come to the grove where the picnic
party she was wanting to join would be
holding forth in gaiety. But on and on
she walked. going through a wood and
then into the open, where about her
stretched farms. Becoming very tired
and thirsty, Pink decided to stop at one
of the farmhouses and inquire her way
to the grove which contained the fine
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e OURPUZZLE
4 COPNER
FOURTH OF JULY LETTER
ENIGMA.

MY first is in bread, but not in cake:
My second Is in burn but not In bake
Ny third is In rain, but not In shower;
My fourth is in king but not in power;
My fifth is in wave, but not In dash;
Ny sixth Is in dollar but not In cash;
My seventh is In heart but not In beat;
My eighth is In fire. but not In heat
My ninth is in lumber, but not in tree;
Ny tenth is the same as my ninth, you see.
My whole of ten letters
A battlefield does spell
II you solve the above
You will know 1t quite well.
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The words of this primal across
tic are pictured instead of de-
scribed. If the words are correct
~ guessed and written one below
the other their initial letters will
spell one whom we all love.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES.
LETTER ENIGMA :-Hdyin0.
ZIGZAG PUZZLE JACKSON. Cross
cords: l. June. 2. Race. g. Face. 4. Lock-
8. Hose. 6. Roar. Z. Name.
BEHEADINGS % Spdn-pdn ~
Pray-rdy. 49, Gldnce-Ldnce
CURTAILINGS ID Mother-n,oth. (2)
Crdfty-craft. go Cabip-cab.
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BY ANNIE JAMES.

- HE day before the Glorious Fourth
was a busy one with the Grey
sons. Mrs. Greyson and the cook
~ were In the kitchen most of
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

. nee there lived q rich old man
q who had spent all his life In the
& accumulation of wealth, and had
81 not taken time to choose good
The Monmouth inquirer., 1909-08-19
AMERICAN WANDERL UST.
A Habit Which Strengthens the Co
hesive Unity of the Nation.

hesive Unity of the Nation.
Less than half the members of the
United States senate and house of rep.
resentatives are native born in The
states which they represent Nothing
could more clearly show the alert ac.
tivities of the American people and
that constant intermingling of the in
habitants of the several states which
adds so much to the cohesive unity of
the nation The boy who goes to a
distant state often accomplishes more
than the one who goes straight on in
the footprints of his father in the
home village. Even Daniel Webster
was not born in the old Bay State,
whose influence and dignity he so well
sustained and whose people mourned
him so sincerely when his great life
closed.
This wandering from state to state
has resulted in the organizing in New
York city Of many state societies,
which aim to gather together the ma
tives of their respective states an
nually to revive the pleasant memories
VI TIE Olu HOiile ufiNS, VIII tHS1L tAOu-
sand clinging ties.
What would happen if the Ameri
can people should cease to wander
about the country? is a question often
asked 1t is said that an eastern man
never amounts to anything until he
goes west and that western man
has to come east in order to attain his
full stature mentally. The northern
man is advised to go south to learn.
gentle courtesy and chivalric bearing.
the southerner to go north to add
more iron to his blood There can be
no doubt that this constant evolution
has encouraged the birth of new IDEAS
just as the whirling of the kaleidoscope
developed toy into our present Won
derful moving pictures, which gives us
gIimpses of life in motion all over the
world.-Joe Mitchell Chapple in Ma
tional Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1909-08-19

GHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue of
y writ Of Fl. ia. to me directed, issued out of
the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jer-
sey, will be exposed to sale at public vendue, ON
MONDAY, THE TwENTY-THIRD DAY OF
AUGUST, 1909,
between the hours of II O'Clock and O'Clock
lat oclock), in the afternoon of said day at
the Court House, Freehold, in the township
OF Freehold, county Of Monmouth, New Jersey:
All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land and
premises hereinafter particularly described,
situate, lying and being in the Borough of At
iantic Highlands in the County of Monmouth
The said lot being numbered distinguished
and designated as Two Hundred and Seven
No 2o7) on the map or plan of Lots of the Att
iantic Highlands Association and being by ref
erence to the said map or plan of lots more
particularly bounded and described as follows.
to wit:
Beginning at a point in the easter1y side of
Second Avenue, in the line of lot Number Two
Hundred and Six mo, ao6) and from thence
Number Two Hundred and Six (2o6) one hun
dred (Ioo) feet to the line of lot Number (zoo3
thence ID Northerly, along the. line Of lot
to lot Number Forty-nine mo. 4o;) thence
(3) westerly along the line of lot Number Forty
nine (No 4e) one hundred (roo) feet to the east
erly side OF said Second Avenue; and thence IA
Southerly, along the easterly side Of said Sec
ond Avenue, fifty t5o) feet to the point or place
of beginning. And being or intended to be all
of the said lot Number Two Hundred and Seven
No. 2o7) on the map or plan of lots aforesaid.
And being or intended to be the same premi-
SEES conveyed to the said Peter Logan by the
Atlantic Highlands Association, aforesaid, by
deed dated December 18th, 1881, and recorded in
Book 34S of deeds, on pages 1850 etc, and being
the same land and premises conveyed to the
party of the first part by Peter Logan and wife
November /, 1901, and deed recorded in Book
67o. pages 1876 etc.
Under and subject however, to all covenants,
conditions restrictions and limitations contain
ed and set forth in the deeds of conveyance of
the Atlantic Highlands Association
Also, seven shares of the nineteenth series of
stock of the complainant to be first sold.
Seized as the property Of Emma A. Matthews,
ct ais, taken in execution at the suit OF The
Atlantic Highlands Building and Loan Associ-
alton, Body corporate and to be sold by
CLARENCE +. F. HErRICK, Sheriff.
CHARLES K. SNYDER, Solr.
Dated July 20, 1909 5000
The Monmouth inquirer., 1909-08-19
SHERIFFs sALE.-By virtue

Oh ERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue of a
~ writ of Fl. ia. to me directed, issued out OF
the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jsr-
sey, will be exposed to sale at public vendue, on
MONDAY, THE 23rd DAY OF AUGUST, 1909
between the hours of IL o'clock, and O'Clock
lat o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at
the Court House, Freehold, in the township of
Freehold, County of Monmouth, New Jersey.
All that let OF land and premises situate in the
township OF Eatontown in the county of Mon
mouth and State of New Jersey, bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning in the south side of Clinton street
sixty feet from Ansel Spinning's northwest
corner; thence ~ easterly along said street
sixty feet to said Spinning's northwest corner;
thence (2) southerly along said Spinning's line
one hundred and four feet to William Wolcott s
northeast corner; thence (3) westerly to Will
liam Wocott's southwest corner, along his
line sixty feet; thence (4) northerly hun
dred and twenty feet nine inches in a straight
line to the beginning, being the south side of
Clinton street aforesaid.
This being and intended as the same land
and premises conveyed TO Margaret Morris by
the heirs at law of Benjamin W. Bennett, by
iudent1re dated the twentieth day of August
A. D., 1897.
Seized as the property of Margaret Morris
and others taken in execution at the suit of
Thomas f. French, Samuel K Robbins and
George J. Bergen Receivers, and to be sold by
CLARENCE E. +. HETRIcK, Sheriff.
Dated july Fl, 1909.
Thomas Thomas E French, (srs.96.)
Solicitors.