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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13

never come again. But each Saturday
evening her mother made her take up
her role and play it through. She ha 7
to dress and sit and wait
Tonight she would not-she would
not. For once in her life she would
assert independence.
Now run up and get ready" her
mother commanded as they rose from
the table. 'I'll do the Dishes"
Dena turned and faced her desperate
ly. Pm not going to change my
Dress" she said breathlessly.
"You ain't2 Do you want him to
see you In your common clothesT
He won't see me-"
what do you mean? What ails
your Mrs. Naughton was astonished.
Dena turned YEARLY away. 81 mean
that he won't come again-ever." she
said and escaped upstairs to her room.
Mrs. Naughton looked after her, her
restless eyes steady enough for once
and her restless tongue still.
Dena heard her moving about; the
dishes ratified violently. Presently she
called from the foot of the stairs:
'Tm going out for spell"
Dena was lying on her bed crying
now unrestrainedly. She lifted her
head and managed to ask:
"WhereY'
"Over to Mis- Henderson's"
Dena's head went down with a
groan. She knew that her mother
would drag her poor little secret forth
and dissect it mercilessly before the
hungry eyes Of the old gossip who was
almost her only friend. The outer
door opened, closed, and then all was
still. Dena cried until she could cry
no longer.
The doorben tangled, and she sprang
or the bed, polished her cheeks hur-
riedly with her damp handkerchief and
ran downstairs. Her hands trembled
as she opened the door, too dazed to
realize who was waiting to enter.
Good evening, Dena," said a pleas
ant voice MAY / come inY'
He put her aside gently, entered and
closed the door himself Dena stood
motionless with surprise and joy.
AREN'T you glad to see me7 Did
you think / was never coming again y
He took her hands and looked down at
her tenderly Then Dena's voice came,
and she looked up at him.
Eyes, l did think so. And / didn't
blame you, for / understood. oh,
Dickr'
He took her into his arms. "But !
found, dear, that nothing on earth
was a sufficiently big obstacle to keep
me from loving you and wanting you
and seeing you again to tell you 30. II
l come back in month for you, can
you, will you be ready to go with me?"
"Oh, Dickp' Dena cried, and her six
weeks Of trouble and doubt and despair
melted from her like a garment OF
snow In this new sunshine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Winning a Violin.

The way NJ. Ysaye, the great violin
list, became the owner Of Guarnerius
violin dated 1742 was thus quantity
told by himself:
@The Guarnerius was bought in Par
is by a pupil of mine. charming
young woman envied her the VIC
lin, and fate gave it to me. teach
this pupil, and by and by / meet her
sister, most lovely young woman,
with whom fall in love straightway
and marry. Soon go to my sister-in-
law, who was my pupil. and say to
her:
"Tt is time you stop fooling with
violin. You will never learn how to
play it, take the liberty Of big
brother, but she do not like 1t for long
time. At last she succumb to my ex-
perience and wisdom, ana she stops
playing. Then say grandiloquently;
81 will take the Guarnerius, 1872.
/ take it, and that is how the violin
came into the possession of Ysaye."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Cupid and
Conversation.
By SUSAN H. MORLEY.
Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated
Literary Press.

Mrs Naughton came out of the par
lor and shut the door carefully behind
her.
Its too cold for you to set in there
tonight" she said. "My, you can't see
out of the windowsI There's no sense
in freezing this room to let the heat go
In there"
She knelt down before the battered
sheet iron stove and ran the poker Wig
orously through the redhot Goals with
in. 'You can set in here tonight,
Dena," she went on "For myself I
prefer this room any day to the par
lor."
Dena istlessly swept up the ashes
and did other trivial things, as her
mother directed. The room had the
shabby, much used look which no
amount of care could transform into
cheer or even LONELINESS.
Dena felt itlanew each time she re-
turned to it after her absence as a dis
bought a new carpet and chair or
two and a stove with isinglass and
nickel she might have made it look to
her liking, but her mother would not
allow 1t.
Beauty in Mrs Naughton's eyes was
of trivial consequence indeed, although
there were times when she regretted
volubly her daughters apparent lack
of it.
Mrs. Naughton unfolded her skirt
and smoothed out an imaginary crease.
"You better set the teakettle on, Dena.
And stir up the kitchen fire. 1t hain't
quite supper hour yet but l like to
have everything ready in time"
Dena hurried from the room. There
were tears in her eyes, and her face
looked flushed and wistful. What was
the use of it all? she thought bitterly
as she filed the teakettle.
Had she not dressed obedient to her
mothers bidding these four Saturday
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Restaurant Slang.

Two customers, man and woman,
who visited cheap restaurant in New
York were startled when they gave
their orders and heard the waiter In
turn shout them through a small win
dow to the cook.
"Give me two eggs fried on one
side and three slices of crisp broiled
breakfast bacon" ordered the man.
Two cackles slapped in the face and
three squeals crisp" howled the walt
er, while the woman looked aghast
"And yours. MADAME said the watt
er, innocent of creating any sensation.
I'D like a steak well done covered
with onions?" she replied.
zone steak cremated and suffocated,"
again yelled the waiter
What would you like to drink be
asked
The woman ordered cup Of coffee
with cream. two Jumps Of sugar and,
Of course, a spoon. The man wanted
a cup Of coffee without cream
Here is what the waiter ordered;
Cup Of mud, two chunks Of ballast,
milk the Jersey and throw in a piece
Of scrap iron; draw another in the
dark. brooklyn Eagle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Morthport'S
- MyCtery.
BY ALEXANDRA DAGMAR
Copyrighted, 1903. by Associated
Literary Press.

She came to Northport alone and un-
announced, an entire stranger to every
body. She boarded at Mrs. Folks, and
it was thought that when fall came she
would go away, as did the few other
city dwellers who were able to get
summer accommodations In the con.
servative old town. But when fall
came she bought pretty cottage on a
quiet street.
The first thing Mrs Wrest did after
going into the house was to hire Cor
nelia Bangs. partly as servant, partly
as companion Cornelia was a peculiar
old soul, but respectable and a good
worker, and the position Mrs. Wrest
offered must have been real godsend.
OF course all the ladies in the neigh
borhood went to call upon the new
resident. She received them graciously
and served them with tea and cakes
made in Cornelia's best style. But she
told them nothing that they had come
to hear, and they went away with their
curiosity completely bafled. Who was
Mrs. Wrest? Whence had she come
Was she widow or Divorce? They
were at liberty to conjecture what they
chose, but they could find out nothing
positively.
Cornelia Bangs, being proverbially
close mouthed, was as impenetrable as
her mistress She didn't know. That
was the answer she made to all
queries.
1t was evident that Mrs. Wrest
meant to live very quietly and cared
very little for social doings. Most Of
her time she passed in reading or
playing upon her violin or doing little
kindnesses for the sick and needy.
Mrs. Wrest attended all the services
of the church, although she had pre-
scented no letter for membership. She
dressed always very beautifully in
black, but she wore no Jewelry save a
large pearl brooch, which Mrs. Hay,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Grand people In London In 1909.


81 came to town on Wednesday and
intended to go to the Ancient Music;
made a Bungle about my Ticket; It
was too late to get it. The Drawing
Room was the object yesterday. They
made a mistake in my Dress. It was
not deep enough for my Mourning,
and the glass Of my Sedan Chair was
not mended Looked at my Lodgtngs'
found them Abominable. walked all
over the Town till was, Lord, how
tiredI Looked in upon the Duchess Of
Gordon while she took of her Hoop to
Dine with the Bedfords."
This was Jane, duchess of Gordon.
who rode down the High street Of Ed
inburgh on a pigs back in the days Of
her wild gfrlhood and raised recruits
for the new highland regiment when
other means had failed by allowing
each man to take the shilling from be-
tween her lips. Hoops were de rigueur
for court dress until the days Of George
~, although in private life the ladies'
skirts had been growing more ana
more scanty since the days OF the
French revolution.-From John Hook
ham Frere and His Friends" by Ga
brieIle Testing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13

A traveller in South Africa tells Of a
singular combat that he witnessed. He
was musing one morning with his
eyes on the ground when he noticed
a caterpillar crawling along at rapid
pace, followed by hundreds Of small
ants. Being quicker in their move
ments, the ants would catch up with
the caterpillar, and one would mount
his back and bite him. Pausing, the
caterpillar would turn his head and
bite the ant and kill his tormentor.
After slaughtering a dozen or more Of
his prosecutors the caterpillar showed
signs of fatigue The ants made a
combined attack. Betaking himself to
a stalk Of grass, the caterpillar climbed
up tail first, followed by the ants. As
one approached he seized it in bis
laws and threw it of the stalk. The
ants, seeing the caterpillar had too
strong a position for them to over
come, resorted to strategy. They be-
gan saving through the grass stalk
In a few moments the stalk fell, and
hundreds Of ants bounced upon the
caterpillar. 1t was killed at once.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13

6t9to OF F1OUOF (pEnHttoctCns
Perhaps wit is stimulated by slight
arrangement Of the nerves, and good
things said on the field Of battle are
sometimes recorded. When Bully"
Egan fought Curran with pistols the
bulky Egan complained that his oppo-
nent was as thin as a blade Of grass.
LET my size be chalked out upon your
body" said Curran, 'and any hits out
side of the line shall not count"
It was not good form, however, to
make a parade of magIlaaimity, and
the coxcombical practice Of firing in
the air or dumb shooting or ''chil.
dren's play" was strictly prohibited by
the rules, Of which thirty-six were
drawn up by representatives Of the i've
most eminent counties-Galway. Tip
perary, Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon--
in 1777. They met at the summer as
sizes at Clonmel and seem to have
done their work very gravely and hon.
estly, including a special rule for "sin-
pie, unprecedented encounters with
the small sword" There is large
element Of absurdity about 1t all no
doubt, but even dueling has had its
place as a rough, inefficient test OF
manhood. -Blackwood's Magazine
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
The HourqIass.

Instead of being obsolete and simply
an interesting relic, the hourglass in
various forms is a twentieth century
necessity. A machinist authority
points out that for such purposes as
timing hardening and tempering heats
In twist drill manufacture, where Sec
onds or minutes must be gagged accu-
rately, nothing serves like the hour
glass with the right amount of sand
Accuracy to fractions Of second can
be had much more easily than by
watching the hands Of watch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
A wax 20 Wealth.

Upon one occasion the late Earl Pou-
lett. who, by the way, was great
spendthrift, was paying his physician
and on handing the medical gentleman
400 guineas in gold asked him If he
knew how to grow rich. The doctor
replied In the negative. and the earl
advised him never to pay an account
by check, but always In coin, for" ne
added, 1.-THE more you look at your
money the less inclined you will be to
part with it,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Likes It Then.
"Do you like to work.
"Yes, when l have good thing"
His NocahuIarv

He was an only child They were
very particular about his manner of
speech, constantly correcting him so
that he would use beautiful English.
He, however, was allowed now and
then to associate with other children
He played with neighbor boy long
while one day, and when he came
home there was an ecstatic smile on
his face.
81 like that boy, mother" he said.
81 like him very much. He swears
beautifully He knows every word. -
New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13

Dora, the pet of the household, was
very fond Of oysters. and after eating
her lunch Of oysters and crackers she
thought of her dear mother busy at her
sewing machine. She selected a nice
large oyster, put 1t in plate and car
ried it to her mother who, pleased
with her little daughters thoughtful
ness, ate the oyster and said:
ut is most as good as my little
grille"
EYES," answered Dora, II know 1T Is
good cause licked it all the way
from the kitchen. "-Delineator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
I'll. Exan,nIe

Professor Occurring on hygiene)-To-
bacco, gentlemen, makes men ugly,
short winded, idiotic, paralytic, and
can tell you this from experience, for
I have smoked for many yearsI"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Good Reason.

1t was a kindly custom in certain
village for the weather. inhabitants to
make good the loss which a poorer vii
lager might sustain through the death
of pig. Old Major Currie, however,
had but recently returned from In
dia; he therefore was astounded at
receiving a visit from a laborer's wife.
"Lost a pig, eh?" he repeated gruff-
ly. "Well, l haven't got it. l don't
collect pigsF'
Begin your pardon, sir" faltered
the woman; ''but, you see, the pig
died"
'Well, dye want me to go to the
funeral, send wreath, or what, wo-
man?" he fumed.
"Oh, no. sir; indeed, nor was the re-
ply. But we're poor folks, sir, and
we thought that, bein' the biggest pig
in the neighborhood, you'd give US
little 'elp ''-London Tit-Rits
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rerrol seemed suddenly aware of his

presence.
"Eh? No Hold on a minute
though. Is there any train out of here
before morning? re got to get to
Wanona Beach at once One at 12.46,
you say? Wait just minute till 1
have word with Mr.. McGraw, and
then set me ashore, viii your"
Ten minutes later the sailing master
stood by the rail listening to the launch
chugging shoreward through the dark
ness. AS he started to go below again
he saw the sheet of yellow telegraph
paper lying on the deck. He picked 1t
up and read 1t.
THAT next line, whatever it is, must
be corker." he chuckled as he went
down the companionway.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
Same as Now.

Jack-What is the true inwardness
Of this suffrage movement?
Bill-Just an advance notice to men
to get of the earth.
Jack-But where will we go?
Bill-Wherever they tell us to.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
They Meant Rusiness.

A Chicago stage manager was tell
ing of amusing incidents Of plumbers
and errors caused by stage fright In
a romantic play recently revived one
Of the minor characters. dairymaid.
comes forward at the end Of the re
cital of a love romance and comments
as follows:
Hope filed their youth and whetted
their love; they plighted their troth!'
But at one Of the performances the
girl who played the dairymaid was
absent without notice At the last mo-
ment the manager gave the lines to a
shepherdess, who had never had lines
to speak before and who was excess
lively nervous when her cue came. This
is what the astonished audience heard
Hope filed their trough and blight
ed their love; they whetted their
toothp
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
A arave Patient.

Dentist Ito assistant)-I think ! heard
a patient in the waiting room. As
sistant-Yes, but l can't bring him in.
He's turned the key on the inside
Meggendorfer Batter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13

How is this property selling7"
at is going for song"
IT wish | could sing"
"Tm afraid you will just have to
whistle for It,"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13

Leave MOORESTOWN every 10 minutes
from 5.42 until 1O.42 q. M; then every 80 min
utes until 4.12 p. M; then every ID minutes un-
til 9.42 p. M; then every 30 minutes until ll.l2
p. M; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos. 6.Ss, sos. 6.ss a. M; then
every l5 minutes until 9.38 q. M; then every ~
minutes until 1888 p. M; then every Is minutes
until 838 p. M; then every 30 minutes until
l0.O8 D. M; then HOS and l208; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERCHANTvILLEe every minutes
from 682 g. m. until 9Z a. M; then every III
minutes until AT p. M; then every minutes
until SGT p. M; then every 10 minutes until
uH p. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY at sos and 5.S8 a. M; then
every 10 minutes until 5.5S a. M; then every
minutes until 8.58 g.. M; then every III min
utes until 85S p M; then every minutes IN.
til 7.58 D. M; then every 10 minutes until l2OS
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Lsave Moorestown, 1.02. 202, 302, 402 a. m.
Leave Ferry, *l.06, 2.08, 8OS, 40S a. m.
*Last trip on Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars ct StanW1ck
avenue.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
EuuaIa.

Dead men tell no tales"
"True but, more marvellous st.ll, nei-
ther do dead women"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company
Schedule in effect $40 a. M, March sd, 1909
Subject to change.
Daily, except Saturday and Sundays.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40. $780, $780, 1000. 10.40, Ills a. M, $780,
l30, 2s0. $50, $50, $50, $50 p. M
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL
ESQ. $50, $50 1920, ll.00, 11.3e, M. LOO, Zoo
400, 100, s 90, $50, 200, p. m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATURDAYS.
$40 500. 800. 1000, 104O, Ills, a. M, 1880, lS0
go 500, 8.40, 40, $50, $50, p. M
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
85O $50. $50. 1920 Il.OO. 1l.30. a. m. LOO, 200,
240, $40, 400, $50, 550 100, p. m.
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
500 eco 1000, 1910. il15 a. m. 1890, l.SO, I'D.
300, $40, 40. $50, 90, p. M.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS
$50. $50, TO- 90 HOO, 11.SO, a. LOO. 200, 240,
$40, AGO. 500, $50, ITO. p. m.
NOTES-Read Carefully
June LIST, 1909, the 10 o'clock morning trip
from Bristol will be Withdrawn and the boat
will leave Bristol at 9.40 q. m.
On Decoration Day, the trips Will Dc the
same as Saturday Time Table.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
torium win leave Bristol at 7.40 p. M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips Will be guaranteed in foggy
WILLIAM E. DORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager.
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FieId Of Honor commission.

There is not single moment in life
hat we can afford to lose.-Goulburn.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-13
CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY Co

"f' Stops only on signal or notice to Agent
or conductor to receive or discharge passen
gers.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-16
One on General Funston.

From the Denver Post.
General Fred Funston, II. 8. A, dropped
In town for a few hours yesterday and
went up to call on his old friend, Paul
Gaylord. The general told OF a laughable
experience he had on q. train a few DAYS
ago He ives In the smoking compartment
Of the sleeper and became engaged in con-
persation with a Kansan from the rural
districts. General Funston did not intro
duco himself. After they had talked n
while on various subjects the Kansan
said: . y
Say, you look a good deal like Fred
Funston. He's a general IN the army
now"
DO you know Funston?" asked the
general. ...
y should say I do, He's from our
state d.
'I've seen General Funston,n said the
army man seriously. I'm a little better
loking than he is, I'm inclined to be-
lieve." ~
"Oh, Funston Won't never take no prizes
at any beauty shows" said the Kansan,
"but, just between me an yous Mister, you
WON'T neither"
The general changed the subject.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-16
Conn Homo Erom ths NORM.

Come Home From the North.
Come home, Walter Wellman, this warm
air Is freighted
With news from the north land afar;
Your punk old balloon need no more be-
inflated
Come home; you are slower than tar.
While you were inclined over trifies to
stutter,
Afraid to u loose for the goal,
Fred Cook hurried north with his dogs
and his cutter
And skated all over the pole.
Come home. Walter wellman. a snare ana
delusion
You are-now do take my advice.
Your a bag, created some talk and cons
But you didn't cut any ice.
You started out boldly two times without
urgin':
Your face toward the northland afar,
Then, struck with cold feet, you put back
- to Spitzbergen
And said twas the fault of the car.
Come home, Walter wellman, and bring
~ back that ''soarer"
From off the bleak island OF night:
You can't make a hit as an Arctic ex-
plorer,
You do better work whe you write.
Come home to the land where kind friends
now await o
Nor hold you severely at fault;
Come home and keep still, and / will not
berate you,
Nor call you a '~four-husher,'' Walt.
.... M.at Lincoln Journal II
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-16
Saved by the Court.

From the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
A supreme court judge tells this story
about a famous character around the
minor courts. Tall, gaunt and gawky, he
a a fuDd of ready Irish wit and a dig
nifty of presence and carriage which,
combined with a booming bass voice, was
humorous in itself. All the judges knew
him and were lenient with his infractions
of court rules. at.. ~. T.
The character, who was a lawyer of the
shyster class, was defending a case in
court, one day before a justice who was
particularly fond of him. He went to
luncheon with his client. When court re-
sumed after luncheon 1t was evident that
he had enjoyed his midday meal. Real
izing The situation, the justice leaned
over and said: -#4 ....... .
''This case is postponed until tomorrow.
The counsel for the defense Is In no con-
dition to proceed with it." ~ a <
The lawyer rose to his feet ~unsteadily
and gazed earnestly at the court. Then
his deep voice doomed out: Your honor,
have known you, man and child, for
thi-rty years-on the binch and off the
binch-and it. is the first time IN all thase
years I have known you to make a ruin
In accordance with the Jacks"
Then he sat down.