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CHAPTER II
THE ExILEs

AK years Of life abroad. and these
- during the most impressionable
~ period OF their young lives. had
left an iudeIible imprint upon
the two young people.
Horace simpson had taken 20 him
self the manners OF the Harrow and
oxford Youth He had eschewed the
society Of what he had learned. with
parrot-like aptness. 20 cali those "yul-
gar Americans" and had confined his
social Intercourse solely TO such OF the
European "baut ton" as he could man
age 20 scrape acquaintance with.
And this last was a somewhat uphill
task. Tor. whatever else one NAV say
about the English, they are inclined 10
view with very little favor the pos
SCISSOR OF no other attribute than
money True. there are exceptions.
and these but prove the rule.
Ethel. who had grown into a really
beautiful young woman, had followed
suit, SO far as in her modest powers
lay. Such Of her school friends as
would permit the half formed ac-
quaintance TO ripen she had retained
such others OF her own modest begin.
nings she had quietly but emphaticallv
dropped From plain democracy she
had sought the antithesis. and the leap
was all the more an earnest one be.
cause Of IT'S breadth.
The SimpSons-and they had added
their mothers maiden name and linked
II 20 the paternal nomenclature with
a hyphen-had been deeply bitten with
the aristocratic virus and after a long
and arduous struggle had managed to
meet Lady Creech.
This titled mondaine had the misfor-
tune 70 be vclously short OF patrimony
and inordinately long Of lineage, and.
while her life Of self denial had doubt
less imblttered her. she had a most
inordinate value Of birth and a distinct
appreciation Of cash; hence when it
came her way 20 pick the Granger
simpsons out OF the slough OF COM
mOnplace acquaintance she did IL with
royal favor and for stipulated con
sideration
Really, my dear Hawcastle"-she
pronounced il as old sailors pronounce
'tle"-she was wont to saw
really. Of course. they are quite in
possible. but the girl is an adaptable
little thing. and / may be able to make
something Of her In time. while the
boy-ah. l fear / shall have to leave
him TO you and st. Aubyn."
DO as you like" replied the Earl Of
Hawcastle, with some choler. but
keep them out OF my way as much as
possible. positively viii not be badg.
cred by these unbaked colonists."
"One might stand a quantity Of
badgering Hawcastle. for 100000"
at which the genial earl would squirm
nervously.
At any rate. the Simpson children
began TO be seen in the second stratum
Of London society and met endless
numbers Of the shopworn nobility. but
sad TO relate. never one OF the truly
respectable. To those who know their
London there are several layers OF no
bility, and the layer the ordinary In
dividual meets. who has no social pres
tge TO begin with. Is composed OF that
peculiar class that lends its name 10
doubtful directorates. 20 queer pros
pectuses. to struggling milliners with
an eye on the main chance and who
gladly extend unlimited credit 10 their
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Ella. come hereP' yelled John Sharp
or Winsted. Conn. to hts wife from
the bathroom the other night. He had
sat down in the tub OF hot water just
AFTER II had received fresh coat OF
enamel He was stuck on the bottom
OF the tub when his wife arrived.
After working four hours he got the
enamel OF his body. Mrs. share lad
forgotten TO tell her husband the tub
had been re-enameled.
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CANNON ION THE JOB"
Will Stick to Congress. He Says, and
Be Buried at Public Expens.

Will Stick to Congress, He Says, and
Be Buried at Public Expense.
Speaker Cannon and a party OF con-
gressmen who arrived IN Winchester.
Va, the other day I'm a large touring
car were entertained at the home OF
Mrs. Shirley Carter.
Mr.. Cannon. when asked II be had
any intention Of retiring from politics.
said:
My constituency are very kind to me.
and as long as they continue to want
me I'll be on the job. cannot bear
the idea OF giving up and loadnG
around while the other fellows are at
work. having fun I'll stay until 1
die aud then be buried at public ex-
pense"
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Eve want TO do something big to
advertise that new play" said the
New York manager
We'll" answered the press agent,
which kind OF a play is It? One TO
which you invite the attention of
the clergy or the attention OF the
police g'-Washington Star.
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fro BE Continued
Carried 14t.65s,s4s. Killed None,

carried 4l,o59,543, Killed None.
Reports recently compiled OF all ac-
eidents on the 22.OOO miles OF track OF
the Pennsylvania railroad system for
the last year show that during 1908
the various lines Of the system carried
l4l,659.543 Passengers and that not
one single passenger was killed as the
result OF a train accident The system
carried ll-344.413 less passengers tuan
In 1904 loss Of IA per cent. but the
total number Of passengers injured in
train accidents numbered only 102, a
reduction or 452 or SIG per cent from
1907.
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One Woman's Theory.

The Wife-It is the duty Of every
married man TO make his home
happy.
The Maid-But suppose he is unable
to do IL?
The Wife-Oh, he can do It. all right
even II he has 20 stay away from 1t.
Chicago Daily News
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Answarlna A Crouch

And another thing" said Mr.. Sirius
Barker why do they insist on repre-
senting Kris Kringle, or whoever he
is, as riding around ia a sleigh drawn
by reindeer"
Because answered the youngest
boy, old Kris has been on earth TOO
long to take any chances with a cab
driver. Washington Star.
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A Fellow Feelino.

A gentleman had been up in bal
loon and had taken his little girl with
him.
How did YOU feel?" asked a friend.
Why said he, when we were up
but a short distance my little girl
looked over the edge of the car. and
cried: Mamma" and / felt like that
too. Royal Magazine.
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Never mind what you thought.
Tom returned Pike. I'm telling you
she's going 20 be married. That's why
I guess she won't be likely 70 come
back 90 Kokomo. / guess Eokomo's
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s. feet on
the desk of
the Office 10
the Central
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-05-29

AK years Of life abroad. and these
- during the most impressionable
~ period OF their young lives. had
left an lndeIble imprint upon
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-05-29

A NOVeliZatiOn
of the Play of
the Same Name
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LABOR Saving DEVICE
Scheme to Aid the Women Work.
erS on Farms.
HOW A LAUNDRY WOULD HELP

Modern Diaries, For Instance. Require
Sanitary Washing of Wa-kers Suits.
How One Laundry Could Be Used by
a Number of Families
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Copyright 1903. By American
Press Association
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
ARE ILL-MATED COMPANIONS
Remarkable Fact That Hunor and
Melancholy Seem Fond Of Each
Others Company.

Too often humor and melancholy "a
together. They keep company like a
girl who likes to dance. and fellow
who writes nice. gloomy poetry. They
get tied together, but they don't hitch
They sympathiz6 like oil and water
not. They tell US that some. of the
newspaper humorists, who actually
make people laugh, are sometimes
very glum and melancholy at home.
and can't see joke any quicker than
anybody else, when it's on themselves.
It's too bad that a humorist should
thus belle his profession, but he's NOR.
tai anyway-and who doesn't? It was
said that Lincoln had to make Jokes
to relieve care. He said: Were 1t not
for this occasional vent, / should die
The vent Of the humorist is melan.
choly. Let him kick the cat, let him
complain of the oatmeal, let him look
glum as an owl-he, too, is entitled
to a little variety. Let him read Bur.
toms Anatomy of Melancholy" OF
Mrs. Caudle's Lectures" for that mat
ter-he's entitled to something pen.
sive. BY the way Burton aforesaid
has given in his Anatomy" a pictur.
esque description Of mirth: 1T is" he
says, "a principal engine to batter the
walls of melancholy" He must have
had horse-play in mind. Our idea is
that humor is a little eddy in the rush.
ing millstream Of 1ife-where fellow
can rest awhile and fish
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
GENERAL STRIKE DECLARED
As PROTEST AGAINST WAR
Hsreslcnla In State Of Siege. Military
Lmw Having Beer Dselarsd No.
eanss Of Action o. Workusn.

nsfoasona spain. "A general striks
has peen declared hsre ~ q protest
against the Spanish Moroccsn war.
Ths government replied by proclaim
lac 8 sihts Of efsRe. which il aquiva,
lens ~ maFtial iew
the following IL tbs official expta
Aatloa from Madrid sa 10 why marital
isw war proclaimed
The woFkmsn and democratic or
NAniRMtg0na In Catalonia province
we're forbidden 20 hold mewsinss pro-.
testing against tas war 10 Morocco.
ana Monday mognias ii eahadesia. a
S0Nn ten milaa nefghwesf ~ haree
luna Esaef6l strike MAS declared
Tha aorkmen shade manifestations
III Ihs streets. eas me telegraph wires
and aasrpuadsd the station pfsyent
taa srala fFUm leaving fOr BARGE
issna The laoaatea evil guard after
aginm sheir Fevolgerw In ms mis. sue.
csedea IN clearing the station aad tbs
ifala lafs bot IL was obliged 70 ~.
tafn. as the track Was torn 20 ouE.
eide the city.
simultaneously EsnrAi strike he.
saA ~ Barcelona IA view OF the
aesioHs character 81 the movement d
state ~ siege Nas declared aud the
movement sili D. enerxsucslly sup
nfuemm4
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
sic srNlKs N oolorlelp.
Discovery 81 Thirty Dollar orc on
TcoFeot Lsssl 81 the Clear
mont shaft.

tlSidheld Nsy rae most Import
ant discovery III Oeldhcid's history
has been made 1t the 7a0-foot level
% The Ciearmont shaft d the Con
solldated proving The downward ca.
tension 81 The famous McMiiiln ore
ahoo' the management admits the
strike and the manager SAYS tie ore
runs q least $50 per ton, an admits
sina. ~ view of hia extreme conssr.
satlsta. siyiaK the inference that
asefaEss arc greatly ID excess 90 this
figure Miners working 10. the Clear
mont declare tho 1000 foot level has
ppnegFated forty FOO, 81 pru il when
free spfi y slslhla and sanpling stga
per ian, THIS II tiucanfifmed. but is
from cFeiltahle authority
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
Made Preparations for Deatb.

Park City, Utah.-Robert Widd1son,
for eighteen years we'll known cit
izen of this city, a blacksmith. and
at one time active in municipal affairs
and highly respected, on Thursday
Afternoon gathered up his tools, cleaned
up his shop, and, appearing at his
home at 1880 o'clock, called his wife
and two small children and told them
that he was going away to be gone a
long time. He gave his wife what
money he had, took his ring from his
finger and gave it to the little girl.
gave his watch to his son, went di.
reetly to the stable in the rear of the
house and within a few minutes the
family was startled by a shot from a
double-barreled shotgun. Mrs. Widdi.
son rushed to the barn and found her
husband dying.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
steIns arc RuraIar Alarms.

In a New York rathskeller they
have devised a novel way to protect
the ornamental stems on the shelf
running along the side of the room.
Each stands upon burglar alarm con
neetion and when one is removed a
contact is made, a drop falls on the
annunciator indicating the position Of
the table and bell rings. In second
half a dozen walters are in attendance
at that table and the stein goes back
on Its peg. The proprietors have lost
SO many valuable pieces of bric-a-brac
that they were constrained to adopt
this measure. Since the alarm system
has gone into effect there have been
many surprises, but no losses.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
THREE STRIKERS SHOT DOWN
BY GUARDS AT TANNERY
In an Attempt to Dlspsrse Dissatisfied
Lahorers, Special Policemen
Charge Crowd With
Firearms

Kenosha, Wis.--Three strikers we're
shot during rioting at the plant Of n.
n. Aliens Sons company, tanners, on
Thursday, and as a result state
troops are to be sent here TO control
the situation. The rioting began when
the guards attempted to dispense
strikers who had gathered in numbers
about the entrance to the plant A
deputy and policeman were attack
ed with bricks and clubs. The guards
drew their revolvers and charged the
mob, perhaps fatally wounding one of
the strikers.
A few minutes later another riot oc-
Cured near the plant when the police
attempted to arrest the strike leaders,
and two more strikers were shot. The
police asserted they fired in the air.
Twelve or more were arrested. The
present trouble seems to be the culmi-
nation of long series Of labor
troubles at the tannery plant.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
SEA WALLS SAVE
CITY FROM RUIN
Galveston, Texas, Passes Through
Storm Which Sends Wall Of
Water Against Embankmeni.
psr Of the isisnd Upon Which the
cry il Situated Was Inundated,
Bot No Lives wsrs Lost and
Properly Damage Is Moe
Large.

Galveston. Texas The seventeen.
foot sea walls saved this city from the
elements on Wednesday. when Gal.
weston paasad through safely 4 hurn.
eAne which resembIed In Intensity
he disastrous storm of 1900.
Part Of the island upon which the
rsty u aituased was again Inundated,
the overflow from the sea water
reaching a height 81 seven or more
feet That portion Of the island which
has been protected suffered compare.
lively little harm No lives were lost
Ia this Immediate vicinity. and the
property damage will not be very
large
sweeping westward. the tropical
storm, which had been central over
the gulf for twentysfour hours or
more, struck Galveston shortly after
II o'clock The wind attained We.
loeity Of sixty.eight miles an hour,
aud heayed tho waters OF Galveston
hay up against the island and flooded
that portion which had not been
raised The water backed up into
the main streets The principal dam.
are, however. was confined to the
beach front. where bath houses and
plasnre piers were swept away. but
shipping was uudisturbed.
A hurricane Tor east Texas was
forecaated early IN the day. and when
the storm broke Galveston was pre-.
pared The inhabitants Of the few
scattered houses In the low sections
sought safety and the vessels we're
riding At anchor In the bay, Tne
fury OF the storm was soon abated.
and the anxiety Of those who enter.
tanned fears OF another tidal wave
was thus early relieved
50 short was its duration that the
Mallory line steamer, booked 10 sail
for New YORK shortly after noon, left
ON time. A heavy dredge had been
blown against the single bridge, which
connects Galveston with HE main
line, which was damaged. As re-
anlt all manner of rumors we're rife
that Galveston was again destroyed
by a tidal wave similar To that OF
nine years ago II viii require sew.
Sral days 10 ascertain the amount OF
tho damage The storm covered d
Wide area along the gulf coast.
From other cities In the affected
area come reports OF narrow escapes
and much destruction Of property.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
LEADING PORTLAND PHYSICIAN
KILLED BY JEALOUS WIFE
Temporary Mental Alteration Of
womsn Brought on by unfoundsd
jealousy, Impe.Ied Crime.

Portland. ore. One Of Portland's
leading physicians and surgeons. DR..
Roy NJ Collins. was shot and In.
stantIy killed by bis wife. a bride OF
six months. on Saturday morning. the
tragedy occurring al the residence OF
Major J. A. sladen.
The only motive advanced for tho
crime Is that temporary mental aber-
ration, brought on By nnfounded jeal-
ousy. impellesi the woman TO commit
the decd Mrs. Collins Is alleged to
have confessed the crime to DR..
Charles y. E'risble. friend Of DR..
Collins, who was summoned imme.
diateiy after the shooting When DR..
Friabie reached the scene Or. Collins
was dead Mrs, Collins was arrested
and taken to the city prison.
Il appears that Mrs. Collins has for
some time been insanaly jealous Of
her husband. but 50 far as any OF
her friends know there was no soun-
dation for her suspicious. Mrs. Col
Inns was formerly Mrs. Van Wrinkle
and ~ Of q prominent Portland family.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
CROSSED CHANNEL
IN AN A|RSH|P
French Aviator Makes Trip From
Calais TO Dover Without Mishap
IN Small Monoplane.
His Speed Averaged Forty-fivs Miles
an Hour, Making the Trip Twice
80 swiftly az the Fastest Mall
Boat--Wins Prize Of 5000.

Doyer-Louis Bleriot, French.
man. has at last succeeded In cross,
ing the English channel in an airship.
This sleepy seaport town expert
epced the keenest thrill known In a
generation, when at sunrise Sunday a
white-winged, bird-llke machine, with
loudly-humming motor swept out
from the haze obscuring the sea to-
ward the distant French coast, and
circllng twice above the high chalky
cliffs OF Dover. alighted on English
soil.
Bleriot left Les Barreques, three
miles from Calais, about 4:30 a. m.
on one OF the smallest monoplanes
ever used. He crossed the channel in
less than half an hour, twice as
swiftly as the fastest mail boat. His
speed averaged more than forty-fiye
miles an hour, though sometimes II
Appropriated sixty miles He kept
about $50 feet above the sea level,
and for about ten minutes in mid.
channel was out OF sight Of both
coasts and the French torpedo-boat
destroyer, which followed him. with
his wife and friends aboard
The wind was blowing about twenty
miles an hour, and the sea was chop.
py. The aviator was swathed in a
single garment OF drilling imperyious
to the wind, which covered him from
the top Of his head to his feet. only
his face showing. He wore also a
cork llfe-belt.
BY hts achievement. Blerlot won
the prize of $4,000 offered by the Lon
don Daily Mail, for the first flight
across the English channel, and stole
a march on mis- rivals, Hubert Latham
and Count de Lambert both of whom
had hoped to make the attempt on
Sunday,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
o. Farnera a. Relolelnn.

Butte Reports from various parts
Of the state Indicate chat the heavy
rain % Tuesday was godsena 70
the dry farming crops, practically
amounting 10 their salvation Ia some
sections q the state, Because or the
small rainfall during June the grain
IN eastern Montana had begun to
shriYal and scar similar reports Of
The condition on Epaln were also re-
celvsd from southern Montana and
from the west, Throughout the
Beaver Head valley the dry farm
grain was "a particularly had eondi.
tion FROM the lack or rain.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
PROGRESSES NEW RELIGION.
Or. Eliot Says 1t Will Not Be Bound
by Dogma or Greed.

Cambridge, Mass.-Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard, in an
address before the Harvard summer
school of theology, on Thursday,
prophesied the advent of a new re-
ligion.
1T will not be bound by dogma or
creed" he said. Its workings will
be simple, but its field Of action linn
itiess It's discipline will be the
training In the development of COOP
eratiye good will. 1t will attack all
forms of evil. There will be no SUI
pernatural elements; it will place no
reliance on anything but the laws of
nature. Prevention will be the watch
word and skilled surgeon one of its
members. The new religion will not
teach that character can be changed
quickly. 1t will not deal with sorrow
and death, but with joy and life."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
clifford pinshot Nay Rsslgn ofnes IL
Disgust.

SAT- Lake Cts "a special ID the
Herald from Washington conveys tho
lDtelllgeHee that Il Ia rumored around
Washlasi0n that eIlYofd Plnehot chief
ef the forrest service. because Of In.
reference with bis administration BY
atereiafy 81 the lateriep nailinger. Ia.
leads ~ fealsn The rumor lacks
condemnation. but appears to be given
epsaF hg reason Of ihe faet that Pin,
ehes ipI more than month has neg.
isete1 Als government work In order
w eplIahgrate vtth ~ Secretary Gar,
hgid tn writing 4 review Og The Rnose.
welt administration
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
eIeuahurst In Mlseonnln.

Milwaukee, wis, Reports from
northern Wisconsin, particularly In
The nelehhorhood Of Ashland, tell OF
serious iosses as a result OF cloud
burst, the. estimates OF tho loss vary.
Ing from 100000 10 ST50,00O. Innu,
mefable bridges aud dams arc report,
% ~ balug carried out. and the slt.
uation on the odanah Indian reserya
ton Il serious la the summer re-,
sort country enormous damage has
been done 10 small summer houses,
Mills on the odaRah reservation are
wrecked
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
Celebrate Pioneer pay,

SAT- Lake City The major portion
.of the towns and settlements OF the
state OF Utah celebrated Pioneer day
on July ~, the occasion being the Six.
ty'second anniversary OF the arrival
OF the Mormon pioneers In the Salt
Lake valley, In Salt Lake, business
was practically suspended, and the
aiHrent resorts were crowded to their
capacity. One of the most pretentious
eelaaratinns was nj Sandy. The town
OK Lehi also fttingy observed the
day, as did Provo, Park City, Logan.
Ogden and numerous other towns
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
Work on the Panama cara,

Washington Substantial progress
IN canal construction all along the
line is shown by reports coming to
the Washington Office of the Isthmian
Canal company Excavation work
approximates SO,OOO,OOO cubic Yards
almost as much as the total uusntity
Of dirt taken out by the French dnE.
ing the period they were engaged in
operations there. Less than 100. 600 OOp
cubic yards of earth remain TO he ra-
moved from the ditch. It is asti-
mated the great waterway will be
ready for the transit of ships by Janu-
airy /, 1915.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
Slaughter r. Afrlea continues.

Navaisha, british East Arflea.
Cpionel Roosevelt haa aa eScitlns ~
perieuee an Tuesday while SHOOTING
hlPpQpetami The natives became
,etrorhed but slr. Roosevelt MAS
nor dismayei, and, selecting the d..
g, bull and the largest COW. killed
them AZ : o'clock IN the morains
MI Roosevelt went out on lake sd
yaaha e ruSboat. accompanied BY
tNo natives amer ruNsng some ais
lance from shore the boat was sur
rounded ~ DOOM hippopotami
which attacked the hoax
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
hlay ID salaIsf ana unIan Man.

pNnyeF Permission to allow phllip
Orsenlng g fetata bic membership Ia
me Western Federation 81 Miners
ana stu aeeept the appointment as
adiatAni general ~ Montana. ana The
Adoption o. tbs report ~ Executive
beard Member ], &. Iaowuey. we're
sse twu Important matters disposed II
e. Mondays sessions 81 the Western
Fwaaehsi9n az AtiHefa Governor Nor,
rla o MnnfaRa recently selected
GfHHnins fltr the post n Aalutant
general Thp local referred "a tha
eaHveatioa She question OF fcv0kinp
lirNnninK.A matnhnrnhin
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
psash rh.Ir onlp R.lI.,

Cleveland, u club composed nf
dlsbearssped factory employees. adyo.
esslas suicide - the only nleans with
- their reach o. attaiuips the peace
n mind Ties crave ana To escape the
teFmeats q their assly grind X 81
hesed e exlst here Tbis fact was ads
yauesa Mu0dsy Is the parents ~ Miss
RstsCea Hpseehk is years ola. who
vas found shot e. death In C0rdan
PARA 4 q beiieved that the club con.
siata o. six sifls. s0np young men ana
= ufan ana MA abta