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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

THE NEWARK SEMINARY BOARDING AND
DAY SCHOOL. 172 Clinton av Established
1881. Anna Frances Whitmore, principal.
Academic, intermediate primary departments.
Only private school In Newark whose certificate
admits to leading colleges for women. Gym
nasium. laboratory. library athletics. cata-
logue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

MILLER-On May II. 1910, Allina nee
McCann). beloved wife of Frederick
Miller, at her sisters residence, Mrs,
Margaret Dillon, 29S Lafayette street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

GLEN RIDGE CEMETERY
franklin a,., Bloomfield. N. j.; Office. scheuer
Building Tel. 4O6s-R. Market and 1881.
Bloomfield. Single graves, s14.o0: lots from
$50 up.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

oRoBERT-On May IL. 1910. Ursula
Grobert, aged 70 years.
Funeral services will be held at
her late home 263 North Fifth street.
on Saturday afternoon, May IA, at
o'clock. Relatives and friends are
kindly invited. Interment at Wood
land Cemetery.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

GRUMMON-On May 12, 1910, Robert
Sydenham, in the 69th year of his
age, at his late home. Essex street.
East Orange.
Funeral service Third Presbyterian
Church, Broad street, Newark, N. j.,
Saturday, May IA, at 2:30 p. m.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

COBB-At East Orange. N. J.. Wednes-
day. May II, 1910. Matilda Van zandt,
wife of the late Rev. Henry n. Cobb,
D. D., and daughter of the late Mat
thew Thomas and Maria Suydam Van
Zandt'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

CARR-On May 13, 1910. at the resi-.
dence of her son-in-law, Owen Car.
roll, 407 Grant avenue, Kearny, Annie
wife of the late Nell Carr (nee Duffy
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

CLINTON HILL-Cholce flats in up-to-date
two family houses: six and rooms; all
impts steam heat; Avon av.. opposite Bald
win av.; rents s24, and SIG. LOUIS SCHLES-
NIGER. 541 Clinton av.. corner Farley av.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

CLINTON HILL-Choice residential section: two
minutes from the avenue; six rooms and all
improvements. including separate entrances and
steam heaters; rent s21 PHILIP j. BOWERS
& CO., iS9 Market st
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

PEAKER-Entered into rest on Thurs
day, May IL, 1910, Elizabeth S. Peaker,
devoted mother of Ella HuXon, Estell
e. Morgan and Charles S. PealSer, in
her 62d year. at her late residence,
166 Academy street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

PAGE--On Thursday, May H. 1910,
Sarah Ann Page, aged 20 years.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

FLAT-l5 Hunter st.. FIVE large rooms and
bath; improvements;s 1anitor service; rent
S145o. Inquire premises.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

FOURTH AY.. 145--Two front rooms. un-
furnished; bay window second floor: one or
two ladies employed during day; steam heat;
reference
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

CULLEN-On May ~, 1910, John, be-
loved son of the late Patrick j. and
Margaret A. Cullen (nee McElroy).
Relatives and friends and members
of Masons and Bricklayers' Union No
"a. OF New York, are kindly invited to
attend the funeral from the residence
of his grandmother, Mrs. Margaret
McElroy, No. 85 North Thirteenth
street, on Monday, May 16, at $50
a. m, to st. Rose of Lima's Church,
where High Mass of Requiem will
be offered for the repose of his soul.
Interment in Cemetery Holy Sepul-
chre.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-05-13

FINE SITE for small factory: plot 5ox200; In
cludes 11room dwelling In Al condition; price
low. 10 Moen pl.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
TIE eishha~k's Wsrnins.

The fishhawk tells us when the shad
begin to run up the river" said .
Gloucester fisherman we have learn
ed that Int much use to cast meta,
no matter how mild the weather may
be. until Mr. Ffshhawk sweeps down
on us
When he comes sailing up the bay
we know it's time to get to work
Lots of farmers down Jersey would
never think M start planting until the
fshhawks come. | don't balieve they
have ever been later than April ~
though They work their way up the
coast from Florida and the other
southern waters early in March. when
the FISH begin TO come nerth. They
follow the big schools Of herring. as
q rule. because the herring swim close
together. and the hawk has easy pick
ing. The shad follow the herring and
when the fishbawk comes We know the
shad are not far behind Ca
Eette-
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
a Chinese WED ding.

A Chinese marriage Is all ceremony
no talk, no levity. and much crying
The solemnity of funeral prevails.
After the exchange of presents the
bride is dressed with much care. A
feast is spread upon a table. to which
the blushing bride Is led by five OF
her best female friends. They are
seated AT the table. but no one eats
The utmost silence prevails. when
finally the mother leads on In a cry.
the maids follow and the bride echoes
IN the chorus. Then all the brides
maids leave the table, and the discon-
solate mother takes a seat beside the
chair OF state. where the bride sits.
The bridegroom now enters, with
four of his best men. The men pick
up the throne on which the bride sits
and. preceded by the bridegroom. form
IN procession and walk around the
room or into an adjoining parlor. sig.
nifying that he Is carrying her away
to his own home The guests tken
throw rice at the happy couple.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
n Sounded q tiopesut.

A young man who was not particu
lariy entertaining was monCpolizing
the attention Of a pretty debutante
with a hot of uninteresting converse
iion.
Now. my brother he remarked in
the course of a dissertation on his
family. lis just the opposite of me in
every respect Do you know my
brother7-
No. the debutante replied demure
~. but l should Ne to.--Human
LIE
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
CHAPTER VII.

II was on the return trip to the cas-
tie that ! found an opportunity TO talk
confidentially with Terhune. lie and
rather a crowd in the machine and we
wanted the exercise.
What in thunder do you mean by
it," l demanded when | had finished
setting his erratic and inconsiderate
conduct before him in its true light
excepting. of course. the details of
the incident of the automobile in the
checked coat In his closet All refer
ence to this little episode and the
suspicious of Dearest and myself in
regard to his connection with IL.
had felt obliged TO omit We had de
cided not to mention the subject TO
him as we had after all only circum-
stantial evidence upon which to base
our belief that Terhune had been
Agatha F1rsts companion that day
For, after all. the checked coat We
found In his closet might only have
resembled the one ! saw In the car
and he might easily have owned one
Of the kind without our ever having
seen IT. Our friendship with Arch
Was too dearly prized by us to risk
falsely accusing him. And then I
couldn't help feeling that after all
had rather surprised them when ! had
come upon them In the woods. and in
seeing what | was not meant to have
seen, had rather played the spy. how
ever Inadvertently u might have been
done. And | did not relish making
use of information so obtained 1t
was better. much fairer to Arch. we
decided. to act simply as II my dis
covery had never been
Here you've gone and asked us to
help you" l went on, in the matter
Of getting a fortune. not TO mention a
wife. and when IT'S made as plain as
IL could well be that Agatha Sixth is
the girl for you and you admit fancy
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28

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ns Le~r~sas sss&se - ss-ss<s sss
szs<GAse - sss -saaasc :saE essNS
Ssaz into sas ~sSds sossssss
-Tks ssssrf~ ! sasss. he e.gs.s
so -" sus Luasss. sassErsyt~c me.
aaa ] rs.s.z~d r vss s~aa.ss the
yossg i.dy ~a< s.iH zsaadsag within
sarshos "Esss. Wu<r~a.~ she sase.
~ASs:ka as.sss nazEe . bss--do yos.
asar7~ Ard she susissd oassadsufv
and enGouraGsnSiy iuse ~ sshsr
~onAas ssae h ~ss shs ssauazs1
tousc esid~s=ly. ssr Niss AonsAa Lee
rsoce so0s<s0so cals~d AGssAa
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tran Olst . shAnA. eAse - sDn-ose-
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3 - vsua1 aanA AxsslnG wan oss-
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nsscA-oakiaG ves psrssctv hsrs>d
81 - Wss,1 aSssr. -. assG. -
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- ODve ~ W ~ esusaat unAss-
sean1 4. q sN. WAy ceulAat -
oAke ~ ~ 0tnA whtcA OArl -
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ps1na - - senst1sss1 ~ aAy Dsano
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psss A0sHAa lDwpsnss - eslasa y
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28

Q Asss - p.as. - . dA~s - -
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Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
CNApreR VII.

We arrived at the group of ruins
which formed the goal OF our walk
In good time. although the others
were there ahead of us and were idst
spreading a cloth and taking things
out of the automobile which had met
them there. as We came up.
Hurry up. slow coaches" called
Agatha First cheerily. "or we won't
leave ypu anything to eat"
Lend me a hand with this cloth.
Vincent" was Terhune's request.
and ! fell to with a will and had the
thing right in a jify.
And maybe 1t wasn't good fun ST
ting there on q lot of jolly boulders
and clumps Of rock that ] had col
lected with great pains and arranged
at intervals about the cloth. grinning
At each other acrsss its goodly array
of picnic dainties.
Deareyt Is a famous hand at plan
ming that sort of thing We had
camped upon a small rise In the mid
die of az open space where great oak
on the one hand, and broad meadows
and wooded slopes fell away toward
Hartsmere stream on the other: the
latter streaking the green of it all
with silver a field or two away
Close at hand the ruined chapel or
convent which we had come to see
piled itself in picturesque confusion.
and We had reached that point in our
merry making when We were simply
content to gaze alphabetically upon it
and listen uncomprehendingly TO
Freer recite its history with never
tagging accuracy and zeal
He knows everything. that chap
And ie dieguetingly ready to give
every body else the benefit of his
learning at all times.
Agatha First was sitting near him
tho not making any attempt to dis
guise her indifference to his pedantic
discourse. while Arch and Agatha
Sixth. ! am glad to say. were carry
ing on a whispered conversation to
eether on the other side of the cloth
Dearest and ! sat together. Of course
at one end of the square. and as ]
said to her IN Q Low tone so that the
others could not hear ] thought Arch
vas playing up to the part she and ]
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
'7's'..1s::s :. !! g: * g


AD1Dsld Teshaas. . Uuoulnr 80 -
0B1u0 yoBnG bantssor a lDa1on. ~
0u1uO o~~s that he hes bssa DeAs 49,
- - sstsse of haD Aust 0eorUaanA. wtsh
- 0sDUe of oBo . year. - ssoAoeaon
- - becomes engaged TO - 0osrsee
Ooaon ssn days. Faissag to - % she
61g Uin go TO . third cosata - ARss-
- - story oveas 81 Castle Wycho9
49, ksrd VINCENT and his Utee. srseu3o
- UuUoune. discussing psaas 10 ena
- Uife within the pr~scrtbe1 eens ~
- Cha I4oAy vtncsat y oos a. seven
oBsUD named Agatha. III clase 0osshood
GAuWA She decides 20 invite too a shew
- - castle and have Archie thsse -
- - che sueso Agatha osxth ssvsAo
AsuluoD - a haudpaiutea beauty AQntAo
~ = breesy American eirl lA1v
GI10a tells her husbsnd that AGasha
- oaready ossss sor Archie. Ne sasus
- Asatha osssh the sdmssssoa shat
- enSes for him. but will requise .
0ouea's time fully 10 nahe up her mind
ADn4no First. nsGleceeA by Terhune, re-
01ovO attentions eroa Leslie Frees. -Four
- = the ps~ctoss time have pesss1
O0ua vsrhune y oos1o1 10 London On
ou1mD Agatha p1pst. on the plea %
0uaanD. EXCUSE kspssR fron . motor
~ 0oDaned by the vtnce1ts. Later they
- AODshs Frrst peuhbNG noWsss With .
Oeo0aD man. TAs vinces0 discuss
A0ueAos seeming auU,scsty. The follow
~ - the party vta1ts the ruins 81 -
~ e0oSent Tcrhune continuss hls at-
enneesos to Agatha 0essA.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
a Sat Qoducer.

Before starting to starve or drug
Oh your extra layers of fat try the
effect of this simple exercise. which
is a great reducer OF adipoee tissue
Standing with knees close together.
rise on the tips of the toes. and. at the
same time. elevate the chest and force
down the palms Of the hands as IL
pushing hard on a board Bend the
hands up slightly 80 the muscular
strain comes on the feshy part Of the
hand close to the wrist
Do this whenever you happen TO
think of IT during the day. and you
Will soon notice q decided difference
In your resh. particularly In a prorni
nent abdomen
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28

ns11ss esaA! M yss ever. Fss11y.
~ - evsr!" Aal she held II up
90 osshsd n ever fvoa c0llar 10 esat-
tall - N n were eRchaoted snA
c0al1 tell us nore than 0ur own eyes
c0ald 0Ather
Yes" ! said. the very same,"
"Thsa n must have beea Terhune,"
"Bey0aA a doubt" ! answered
thouGhtfully. But isnt II too susse,
In the Arst place ! didn't know he
could handle q machine. and IN the
second. where did he get II from
BY Jeve,"
And why does be have TO meet
Agatha First In secret that way?"
wondered my wife - we left the cas-
tie and started for the scene of the
picnic by q series of short cuts the
others did not know
But all our marvelling brought us
no enlightment. only the conclusion on
Dearest's part that she would consult
Mrs Chiltern on the subject as soon
as an opportunity presented itself.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
E:I..s:x.s!.
OuuuuonaA

Arohtbasa 8ushuas. . puQulns - -
eDssnf youaG hacksiw = ksa1Da. -
a~vo news thaa hs - - 0n1b -
70 the sssase of ~ Auna oDsaUDnA -
- income of oD.0 . ysas. - ess1noue
snat he sscoOo saUnou1 - - -
vsshsa ten aAvs. FasSsG - % - -
SOsry wtii 90 70 . shis1 oosaAa = 49,
- Tbs story oo.O - OnssR Vvoeoo.
OA.ss los9 vsaosat - ~ 80, eDe6
Hughuos. ase ADcuB1nD paoD 70 -
- Ute wsehtn shs UsuBsst6s1 sDsL =
e-D thsf IAAy vtucset , 90 q srvse
onDsuo na@sa AoashA. 81 sesss 0lsshooe
sAsas. 0Ae ascsAss 70 lnvtse too a thu
20 ths castie aad have Asch1s sAsse -
90 % - guesD. AOaaAa oum seSh~
Aschts - . hasApatsesa b0ofg AQnshA
- = . bssssy Anssscaa ~ leAv
vs.osat sslls hr hussasA sAaf A0nehe
oassA sassa1y casss Cor Ascls1s. - 0nA~s
seon AOssha 0sseA sAe s1Dtmtsa 49,
she cssss Cor hin. ~ Utu pssnAss .
0oash's time fully 20 aahe - hsr ws1n1
Agatha First neglected ~ fsshuss, ~
csiwD attentions Srom l,sa1e Fve~s Pour
AaS0 of the psScious tt1e have Donsse
whou TsrAHne 10 calls1 - LOo0Da -
businses AOatha FSsst. "a tAs - -
s1ckusss. sacuoes hesseR evO0 . ROeos
"Trip planned by the vtscesas. laesr shsS
sse Agatha Fisst plchbaG oOwsso Uteh .
strange man. The visossD 0DcuO
A0stha's seeussnG es0ocseS.
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
The important personaoe

Are you the owner OF this place ?"
asked the book agent.
Il am replied Farmer Corntossel.
Anything ! can do for YOU
No. The chances are that you are
too hard-vorked TO have time TO read
anything and that you haven't any
spare change anyhow. Let me taxi 70
the hired man
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28

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-. aS-~ ! st.Ssss ss< ssss6 ~.
Ne sszs e<ssss.s-e ksA-s~sssrs ssssHao
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sssssiy sssss 1ssss vAss yssre sssng
J shessd thass pos eouss sss yes -
issps<dizszG yossx oAasa~~ ~s-s AOsshe
sfxsh every time Jos % mach -
glance .; AGasha Vsrss. end really.
~kss yes eoossasr sAs; yesve sso~6
~ Oiri " oArry vos ssd sss sse-
poss1 ~ - swssstaG hsr sasD0 Ussh
~ . kpvsr's iavosssns. = assssS tsuh
ssN n ass.ss ssasU' W-Asf - pss
wsat - - \ ~. saySaSy I paussd
u ~ sseAs. bua - sssAs - oss'o
V assssr ~WAy. Ne psais sssay -
you'" e8pssAsa - ~ srtssstso.
"v0s . naa IN your pusstsaa. Ne pos
lively suiciaal - sosa she wog vou -
aUing Z shoslans waaaer ~ ~ .
Miss LA~seace sseus.d yos sssosunh
". end shsn ne Gsos vssAd - -
tnAsed'~
whaa s>@e7~ sasd Area. yos
pasass. jasf - = ~ esant haOs ~Ase
sss talking sSeut
why. your asas's psopsrty IN An
skrslia." 4 hsslowed ta his ssr. "Tes
canf inherit h n AGsths stssh soss
marry yos. oaa vosy
Cant ~" he seid ssmpsy. - = y
siast matter 81 a. 60 I sssrv ~
ny pstsence.
How cousA yeu," . seturned. The
times w N twe days. h n hhey yos
could - sayoae ease 10 marry you -
that lsnGtA 81 simeS
Bse loohea W. 4 shoul1nt care TO
marry snyons else." - soid. 4 ~
pen TO csss sbout hsr." end his 60
pression Wae % earnest 90 stncsre
had " heltsss HIN.
"wsll. thsa. ter heavens sehe. 49,
Q httle more s0ort TO coavtaee hsr
that yos aose," ] sAvissA, bvt Doso
osatly. end ve walhed % IN stleoeo.
I brohs n Arst, - he etaat sssn -
clfnSl 70 talk. "lonest. on nAA.' ]
ssiA. Il wish yOul tell . fellow whea
you'rs - TO, I hsas to SO yos -
kinG . nsss ss this tAiaG. tos 70 go
psasOa. n you asAar lihs mtss LAU-
reRce n would - 1i1sfsst. But you'po
self-confesssd ~ 10 that. end IT'S -
pscially haze TO bsar whsa Deosost
and ! have bsen aoinG our very -
10 help you. Tell me what IT'S ell
about. cant you, Why will you pei.
sist In running after Agatha Endicott
Just st this critical stage Of the
same?"
MY dear fellow" he replied, ia
tell you everything In . minute N
there were anything to tell BW there
isn't, not q blooming blessed thiag; !
Aeny your last statement, however
! can Do that much FOR you. ] an nSt
running after Miss EaAicott aSt the
least bit In the world. give you ny
word I'm mott"
Of positions reversed, as N some time
not long ago | had been the one to
speak so to Terhune. and he TO lee
ture me- He is older than | and has
always been the one to look after me.
not ! after him. And this feeling al
most impelled me to drop my in
quisitorial tone But ! thought of the
automobile in the woods and the scene
I had stumbled upon and grew firm.
/ \ an :
let him string me like that
Il don't know what you call it,"
retorted Indignantly, but whether you
think so or not you're with Agatha
First all the time lately. Why can't
you let her alone and tend strictly to
business
Gunnison news-champion., 1910-10-28
eA4APrG0 vW.-csaaiuuo6.

our had retsrnsd froa his visit
- ~ ruins and wss sadsavortnG to
hAssUst the rsst 81 ". Arch and
Aon1Aa Sixth anA Dsapest and ny
80 = disssrtstt0a upos vsss-wia-
aDOo. when Agatha Y1rst intsrruptsl
- ~ runnanG ~ anl saclatninG:
~ some aal - ths Waesgaall.
eU1DgDpn says tAasss . bsauty ever
thsss - thoas Wsa1s!" 0Ae haA beea
Aown 10 the p0ol with something or
other fvoa IT, sprsaA, where the au-
tenobihs anl the chauHsur awaited
ear retusa.
"A waterfall," said Archibald.
Dear ns! How jsaly, Iet's 20 and
ere NJ"
Come On, them" cried Agatha
First. pausing and hooking at him
expectantly He rose obediently, but
before he could more than utter the
words "Ilsltghted, I'm sure," Agatha
Sixth had risen also, and was now
confronting him, as she coldly and
haughtily reminded him that he had
promised to go and look for wild
flowers with her. 1t was putting the
old boy In an awkward position, | ad
sequent behavior A tactful speech
would have saved the day. but that
something perverse about him, which
he has in common with most men.
made him want most at that moment
the girl who wanted him least And
that girl was certainly Agatha First.
for without waiting to see whether he
came or not. she had run off by her
self all eagerness to see the water
fall
Without considering the rashness
of such a speech. Archibald replied to
Agatha Sixth's rebuke by remarking
casually: so ] did promise to go
and look FOR wild flowers, but ! didn I
know about the waterfall then
wouldn't you rather come and see
that first?" We shuddered to hear
him, Dearest and l. 1t was pretty bad.
you know. Yet. as ! say | thought
] understood just how he came to say
the fatal words-just what spirit
prompted him. But Dearest thinks
not She says that he's far too cal
culating-far too much on the look
out for his own interests to run the
risk of losing Agatha Sixth deliberate
ly. She thinks he was only embar-
rassed But we both thought that
the most peculiar thing about the
whole AFFAIR Was the fact that Agatha
First, having left the group immedi-
ately her unfortunate invitation was
given, must have been quite ignorant
of the trouble It had caused She
seemed. indeed. the whole time TO be
absolutely oblivfous to the situation
In regard 10 Agatha Sixth and Ter
hume. And this was the more ex-
traordinary because any one else. any
impartial observer with his eyes
open. must. II seemed. have been
aware Of an affair of some kind or
other between the two But Miss
Endicott. II appeared. walked with
her eyes shut. Hike a person In a
dream. her thoughts upon some other
world or scheme of things removed
from ours.
As matters stood. however. the re
cult Of the waterfall proposition and
Terhune's mismsnagement of the
crisis II brought about. was fat re
fusal on the part Of Agatha Sixth 20
accompany him anywhere. and his
frightened and tardy pursuit Of
Agatha First. who was beckonine
Rim TO follow from the edge of the
woods BY. Jove. II made me feel
inclined to 60 AFTER him and tell hin