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charlottesville

THE HERALD TENDERS THE FREE USE
OF It's situation Wanted" columns for an
indefinite pt ID to anyone seeking en-
pioyment. Each ad will be run one time.
but may be renewed as often as desired py
bringing 1t to the counter Of The Herald
office each day. This privilege re-
stricted to those seeking employment ana
will not be granted to employment
agencies and others making business Ok
assking to supply help.
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ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY
ALLIANCE
Will be held In the First Baptist church
Sunday Afternoon and all day Monday, Tues
day. wednesday and Thursday.
REV. A. B. SIMPSON, ID. D.,
OF New York city and others. will be the
speakers. All cordially invited. 3-27-2
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What would you do II you ad hve dol
lare to spend. just as you choose?" School
boys and girls may win cash prizes OF 81
each for the best letter on this subject
Address Aunt Laurie. care this paper, be-
fore Saturday afternoon.
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n,Abruzzj Leaves MarseilIes

MARSEILLES, March 26.-The duke
of Abruzzi left here today on the
steamer Oceania for Bombay, whence
he will proceed to the Himalaya noun
tnina.
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MISREPRESENTATION BY YOUNG MAN OF
: good address as compositor pressman;
have been In business for myself In city and
am competent; wages reasonable. Address
BOX 46s. Herald. 49,. a-k-tf
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THE LOS ANGELES
FELLOWSHIP

/Reynoid e. Blight will speak in Ban-
chard hall, 2s3~South Broadway. at II a.
M. on 1.-THE Message of Rousseau" Good
music. All seats free. s-27-2
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To Rent
To Arehase-MIsoeIIaneous

AUTHORIZATIONS OLD GOLD. JEW
elry; highest price; . fair deal. H. u.
CROUCH. mfg. 3ewsier. b4s y, Broadway.
2-10-tf
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Weather Conditions

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-The pressure
has fallen rapidly over the entire Pacific slope
and scattered showers have occurred. A
thunderstorm is reported at San Luis Obispo
and conditions are such that thundershowers
may occur in the Sierras and south of the
Tehachapi.
Forecast
Los Angeles and vicinity-Showers Satur-
day; moderate south wind.
San Francisco and yicinity-Increasirg
cloudiness and possibly showers Saturday.
moderate south wind, changing to brisk west.
Santa Clara valley-Cloudy Saturday; possibly
showers; moderate south wind
Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys-Cloudy,
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BIRTHS
GIRLS
DEATHS

MARKovTCH-To Peter and Angelina Mario-
vich, 2l40 Houston street
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wANrrp-AN ENERGETIC. CLEAN CUT
young man of ability and character wants
position OF trust whore attention TO oetali
will count for something. Have newspapsr'
grocery and printing experience; sooo pook,
keeper and typewritist. Am now employed
by large frm In this city; can furnish Al
references by special permission: you
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please drop me Q card and Will Do gaad TO
interview you or correspond with you. am
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mean business do not answer this advertiae-
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wANTED-s AS AN AID WRITER
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best of reference an to ability, habits and
character. Address A. J. M. Box Az Her.
aid. s-N-1
WHO IS WILLING TO GIVE STRICTLY
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stationary engineer, but handy with any kind
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city or country. HERMANN. sos z. eth St,
room "a. s-N-1
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references; wages moderate; city or country.
HERMANN. sos 10. 5th ST., room "a. s-2I-1
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good address comp0sttor or pressman;
have been In business for myself In city and
am competent; wages reasonable. Address.
BOX 46s. Herald. a-<-tf
wANrED--BY A MIDDLE AGED MAN.
strong. healthy and willing to work. will
work at anything. Address all letters -
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WANTED-POSITION OF TRUST By YOUNG
OF "A. Understands Bookkeeping, type
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ing house to manage or see to by family OF
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ST. PAUL'S
PRO-CATHEDRAL .
goo G1,,th nitun afraat

VERY REV. WILLIAM MAC C0RMACK.
Dean and Rector
7:30-Holy communion.
II a. m.-Morning prayer and sermon by
the rector. Topic, WILL CHRIST COME
BACK AGAIN?'
7:3o-Evening prayer. The combined choirs
100 voices, of All Saints Of Pasadena, st.
Stephens OF Hollywood st. Athanasius' and
the Pro-cathedral will sing THE Passion" y
by Joseph Haydn. 3-s7-2
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Maximum temperature co.
Minimum temperature 81.
Rainfall past "a hours IL.
Rainfall for season 1851.
Rainfall last season to date 1895.
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sltuatIons-MaIe and Female
Rooms

PROFESSIONAL MAN ON SALARY DE-
sires room In private homo with q home at
mosphere; near Pico or Eleventh, close to
Main or Hill preferred Address BOX 4Ss.
Herald. s-1e-tf
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

possibly showers Saturdays moderate south
wind
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PASADENA

CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT,
Horne aees Sunset 27so
Correspondent iss 8. ro- Robes Ave.
Day Both Phones So. Night--E lnns 2e6a
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DENTISTS

DIR. BACHMANN, 205-e Majestic Theater
Bldg, e4B 3. Bdway. Ft6sls Main ssle. e
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THE WEATHER
LOS ANGELES, March ss. 1909.

LOS ANGEDESl MHrcH 70, lSV5
Time Bar. ITher. Humlwind VEL Weather
e. E. M M e ss.s s. Sc Sc s sISssy
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-06

could see neither him nor the dog.
which shifted az the heels OF the circle
of bystanders as if TO inquire casual
" Of salvation.
Numbers were swelling now. and
the street preacher. shaking back his
leng hair. drew a premonitory. waver-
Ing chord from his melodeon and
struck up a gospel song. The song
ended. he mounted his camp stool TO
PROFOUND his usual fiery text.
The watcher 10y the steps was gazing
with strange. alert inte1tness. Some
thing in the scene held him enthralled.
Hallelujah Jones knew the melodra.
matte value OF contrast As his mood
called he passed abruptly from exhor.
tation TO song. from prayer to fulmina-.
ton. and he embellished his harangue
with anecdotes drawn from his lifelong
campaign against the arch enemy of
souls. OF what be had said the soli-
tary observer had been quite uncou-
scious. IL was the ensemble-the repe
tition Of something experienced some
where before-that appealed 20 him.
suddenly. however. a chance phrase
pierced TO his understandings
Another moment and he was leaning
forward, his eyes fixed. his breath
stroining at his breast For each word
OF the speaker now was knocking n
sledge hammer blow upon the blank
wall in his brain. Hallelujah Jones
had launched into the recital Of a story
which. though the stern charge OF
bishop had kept him silent as 20 name
and locality. yet possessing the vivid
ness OF an actual experience had lost
little In the telling II was the tale OF
on evening when he bad rcered through
the tilted window Of a chapel and seen
its dissolute rector gambling on the Ia
bic Of the Lord.
The words shrieked themselves
through Harry's brain. Harry Sander
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-06

Not yet-till I can see my way"
She nodded and smiled, and the
cloud lifted from her face. You must
know best" she said. This is what
I shall do, then. l shall leave the san
itarium tomorrow. The people there
are nothing 20 the, but the town of
Smoky Mountain is yours. and I must
be a part OF il too. am going to the
Mountain Valley House. Mrs. Halo
ran will take care of me- She spraug
TO her feet as she added. Il shall go
10 see her about it now"
He rose and walked with her through
the bracken TO the road. They came
out 70 the driveway just below the
tfoh that led 20 the Knob The
bank was high. aud. leaping first. he
held up his arms TO her and lifted her
lightly down. In the instant as she
lay in his arms he bent and kissed her
on the lips.
Neither noted two figures walking
( together that at that moment rounded
the bend OF the road a little way above.
They were Tom Fielder and Or. Brent
( Both men saw the kiss and instructive
~ drew back The doctor noted now
the tel.tale Hush ON his companions
/ face.
we have surprised a romance" he
said rs the two unconscious figures
disappeared down the curving stretch
who is the mang"
"He is the one we have been taIking
about"
Fielder nodded His cabin Is just
below here on the hillside"
Good I.Ordr' calculated the ooctor
What an Internal pityl What's his
manner
Hugh Stires"
"Suresy" the other repeated. "Stres ?
How odd," lie stood a moment. tap
ping his suit ease with his stick. sud
denly be took the lawyers arm and
led him into the sidepatb
Come" be said. Il want TO show
you something"
He led the way quickly 60 the Knob.
where ne stopped as much astonished
as his companion. for he had known
nothing OF the statue They read the
words chiseled on its base. ''The prod
igal son." said Fielder.
NOW look at the name on the head
stone" said the physician.
Folders glance lifted from the stone
TO peer through the screce ng bushes
10 the cabin on@hc shol, below and
returned TO the others face with quick
comprehension. "You thing
Who could doubt ftp L win arise
and so unto my father The old mans
within 10 be buried here had a mean
Ing. after all The statue Is Miss
Holmes work-nobody IN Smoky
Mountain could do lt-and I've seen
her modelling in clay at the sanltarlum
What we saw just now Is the key 20
what might have been pretty riddle
II we had ever looked farther than
our noses It's case Of a clever ras-
cal and damnable propinquity. The
ward has fallen in love with the black
sheep"
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mai process OF the recovered mind had
been stealthliy undermining Harry
Sauderson at last knew his past aud
all OF puzzlcment aud distress that "a
had held
Shaking In every limb and feeling all
along the courthouse wall Ike a drunk
en- man. he made his way to the fur.
Their deserted street. A passerby would
have shrunk at sight Of his face and
his burning eyes.
For these months he. the Rev. Henry
Sanderson. dsgraced. had, suffered
eclipse. had been sunk out OF sight and
touch and hearing like a stone In a
pool For these months-through an
accidental facial resemblance and a
fortuitous concurrence OF circum.
stances-he had owned the name and
ignomIny OF Hugh Stires. And Jes-
sical Deceived no less than he. dat
Ing her piteous error from that mis-
taken moment when she had torn the
bandage from her eyes on her wedding
day, she had never seen the real Hugh
in Smoky Mountain She must learn
the truth. Yet how 10 tell her? How
could he tell her all?
AT any hour yesterday. hard rs the
telling must have been. he could have
told her. Last night the hour passed
How could he tell her nova. Yet she
was the real Hughs wife by Law and
right He himself could not marry her
II God would but turn back the uni
verse and give him yesterday!
His feet dragging as though from
cold. he climbed the mountain road.
AS he walked he took from his pockel
the little gold cross. and his fingers.
numb with misery. tied it 10 his thong
watch guard. IL had been only a bau-
bic, a pocket piece acquired he knew
not when or how. Now be knew IL for
the badge OF his calling. He remem-
bered now that, pressed certain way.
1t would open, and engraved inside
were his name and the date Of his or
dination.
He might shut the cabin door. but
he could not forbid the torturer that
came with him across the threshold.
BE might throw himself upon his
knees and bury his face in the rough
skin Of the couch. but he could not
shut out words that blent in golden
lettered flashes across his throbbing
eyeballs. Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbours wife"
So he crouched. man under whose
feet life had crashed. leaving him pin
ned beneath the wreck to watch the
IRE that must creep nearer and nearer.
Curiosity held Jessica until the evan
gelist closed his melodeon preparatory
TO descent uIon the dance hall Then.
thinking Of the growing dark with
some trepidation, she started toward
the mountain.
Ahead OF her a muffied puff-pufs
sounded, and the dark bulk OF an auto
mobile was moving slowly in the same
direction, and she quickened her pace.
glad OF this quasi company.
A little way up the ascent cum
brous shadow startled her. She saw in
a moment that it was the automobile,
halted at the side OF the road. Her
Footsteps made no sound. and she was
close upon 1t when she saw the three
men II had carried standing near By.
She made to pass them and had cross
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T he bell was tapping IN
8HA the steeple OF the little
e. Fza Catholic church on the
- edge OF the town. and
- the mellow tone came
clearly up the slope OF
the mountain where once more the one
time partner OF Prendergast stood on
the threshold OF the lonely cabin. senti-
mel over the mounds OF yellow gravel
that marked his toll
The returned wanderer had met with
distinct surprise i'm the town. As he
passed through the streets more than
one had nodded or had spoken his
name. and the recognition had sent a
glow 10 his cheek and q llghtness to
bis step.
Since the daring feat In the automo-
bile the tone OF the gossip had changed
Ills name was no longer connected
with the sluice robberies. The lucky
find, too, constituted material boom
for Smoky Mountain and bettered the
stock IN its hydraulic enterprises. and
this had been written on the credit
side Of the ledger Opinion, 50 all pow
erful in new community, had altered.
All this he who had been the outcast
could not guess. but he felt the cl ange
with satisfaction.
Till the sun was low he sat In the
cabin thinking At length he called
the dog and fastened 1t In its accus-
toned place and began slowly 10 climb
the steep ascent toward the Knob.
When he came TO a certain vine grown
trail that met the main path he turned
aside. Here lay the spot where he had
first spoken with her. face 10 face.
Here she had to!d him there was moth
ing in his past which could not be
buried and forgotten.
AS lie parted the bushes and ste2pad
into the narrow space beside the jut-
ting ledge he stopped short with an
exclamation. The place was no longer
a tangle Of vines. a grave had been
lately made there and behind IL, fresh
chiseled in the rock, was a statue-a
figure seated, chin on hand, as If re
garding the nearby mound. As in a
dream he realized that its features
were his own. Awestruck. the living
man drew near
1t was Jessica's conception OF the
prodigal son as she had modelled il in
Aniston in her blindness, after Hughs
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e Satan e
SanderSOn

In the days of vigil she had found re-
lief In the rough. hard work of the mall
let None had intruded in that out Of
the way spot save that one day Mrs.
Halloran. led by curiosity 20 see the
grave Of the rich man whose whim IL
had been 90 be buried on the mountain
side. had found her az her work. and
her Jessica had pledged 90 silence. She
4 was no fool. was Mrs Hanoran. and
10 learn the name of the dead man was
10 put two and two together. Her
motheriy heart overfowed 10 the girl
who worked each day at that self ap
pointed task. Only the afternoon be
fore Jessica had finished carving the
words on the base OF the statue on
which the look OF the startled man
was now resting: 4 viii arise and 80
unto my father"
0 The gazer turned from the words.
with quick question. 10 the mound
He came close and In the fading light
looked at the name on the low head
stone SO he had come too latei II
he could only have learned the truth
earlier, II be might only put back
the hands Of the clock
Hours went by. At length he rose
20 his feet. his limbs cramped and stin
cned, and made his way back TO the
lonely cabin on the hillside. There
ne found fuel kindled n blaze I'm the
fireplace and cooked his frugal supper
He thought of the losing battle be
had fought there once before. when
tempest shrieked wlthout-the battle
nh OBJ
thought OF the will he had seen. now
sealed with the great seal OF death
He was the shorn beggar. she the ben
efciary. What duty she had owed his
father was ended now. Desolate she
might be-in need OF a hand 10 guide
ana guard-but she was beyond the
reach OF PERJURY. This gave him n
sense OF satisfaction. Was she there
on the mountain at that moment?
At last he took Old Despalr's batter
Ell violin from the wall ard. seating
himself In the open doorway. looking
across the mysterious purple OF the
gulches 10 the skyline sown with
pale stars. drew the bow softly across
the strings. Through manifold varia-
lions the music wandered tin at
length there came from the followed
wood an air that was an unconscious
echo Of a forgotten wedding day-"O
perfect love, all human thought tran
scendingw
The light breeze that shook the pine
needles bore the sound far 10 an ear
that had grown tense with listening
20 one on the ridge above 20 whom Il
/ had sounded the supreme call OF youth
and life. He did not feel her nearer
presence as she stole breathless across
The dark path and stood behind him.
The music died, the violin slipped
from beneath his chin. the bow drop
rSd and his head fell on his arms.
Then he felt a touch on his shoulder
and heard the whisper: Hugh
Hughr'
''Jessicar he cried and sprane to
his feet
Il have watched every day and lis
tened every night" she said. Il knew
that you would come-that you must
come back"
IF ] had never gone. Jesslcar' he
exclaimed. Then l might have seen
my father. But didn't know
She clasped her hands together.
"You know now? You remember 1t
alp
he shook his head. II have been
there"-he pointed TO the hillside-"and
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H"'eeeuSo' zones fods ~ MS element
occupied mind She was thinking that
on her way TO the sanitarium she
would cross to the cabin fer a good
night word with the, man upon whom
her every thought conferred.
AS 1t happened. however. Harry was
at that moment very near her. Alone
on the mountain. the perpiexing con-
nict OF feeling had again descended
upon him He had fought II, but 1t
had prevailed and at nightfail had
driven him down TO the town. where
the street preacher now held forth.
He stood alone. uanoted. little dis
lance away near the courthouse steps,
Where by reason OF the crowd Jcssica
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ia Chapter as :

y ~
W. Stires listened 10 the
~ tale OF the street
preacher. another. I'M
like yet curiously like
him in feature. had slowly climbed the
Lilly slope FROM the north by the san
itarium road. He walked with a iaun-
~ swagger bred OF too frequent appli-
cations TO flask in his pocket
AS he walked unsteadily along Hugh
drank more than once from the flask
to deaden the superstitious dread OF
the place which was stealing over him.
On the crest OF the rioSe he skirted the
sanitarium grounds ard at length
gained the road that twisted down to-
ward the lights OF the town. Ia the
dubious moonlight be mistook the mar
path TO the cabin. AS he turned INTO
IL the report Of q rifle came family
from the guich below.
He quickened his steps and stumbled
all at once into the little clearing that
held the new made grave and Jessica's
statue The sight terrified his intoxi-
Gated Imagination. His hair rose. The
name on the headstone was Stires. and
there was himself-no. n ghost OF him
self-sitting nearl He turned and
broke into run down the steep slope
In his fear-for he imagined the White.
figure was pursuing him-he tripped
and fell. regained bis feet. rushed
across the level space, threw his
weight against the cabin door and
burst into the room.
dog sprang up with a growl. and
IN the light Of the FIRE that burned on
the hearth a man sitting at the rough
hewn table lifted haggard face from
his arms, and each recognized the
other
The ghost was gone now before Gre
light and human presence. and Hugh.
with loud laugh Of tlpsy Incredibly.
stood staring at the man before him.
Harry Sandersoni" he cried. His
shifty eyes surveyed the others figure
the corduroys. the high laced boots.
the soft blue flannel sl,rt "Not exact
~ in purple and fine linen" he said.
The impudent swagger OF iutoxication
had slipped over him again. and his
boisterocs laugh broke with bic
cough. Il thought the gospel game
was about played out that night in
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cd half the Intervening space. when
some instinct sent her TO the shade OF
the trees They had stopped opposite
the hydraulic concession. where a side
path left the main road. It was the
same path by which she and August
Prendergast had taken their uncoD-
scious burden on a night long ago.
leading along the hillside, overlooking
the snakelike flume and forming a
sleeper short cut 10 the cabin above.
They were conversing in low tones. and
as they talked they pointed. she
thought. toward It.
Jessica had never IN her ufe been an
eayesdroPper, but her excited senses
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-06
who's Who" In the Story

SATAN" SANDERSON, the
hero. dare devil. ouixotic friend and
minister OF the Gospel.
HUGH STIRES, prodigal and
criminal
SESSICA HOLME, the beautiful
heroine. helpless IN the rush Of
events and the principal sufferer 10
case OF mixed Identity.
MRS. HALLORAN, the camp
oracle
DAVID STIRES, stern, yet for
Giving. and al the last made happy
by another's unhappiness.
THE BISHOP, the victim Of q
uisundersts1 Giag
HALLELUJAH JONES, the re-
hgious fanatic on whose shoulders
rests the whole weight OF the story.
KMMET PRENDERGAST, the
false friend. perjurer and thief
THE SHERIFF., who Is very
much divided between duty and in.
clination-
~BIG" DEVLTN, who turns
champion instead OF prosecutor aft
sr the hero's race with death.