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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-24

What in the world are you doing
here? thought you were in Europe"
You are hiding something from
mel" she accused. 1T is Jim! Il see
it in your face"
We'll, it isn't" l snapped. 1T seems
to me, really. Bella, that you and Jim
ought to be able to manage your own
affairs, without dragging me in" 1t
was not pleasant, but if she was suf-
fering, so was l. Jim is as well as
he ever was. He's upstairs some
where I'll send for him.
She gripped me again, and held on
while her color came back.
You'll do nothing of the kind" she
said, and she had quite got hold of
herself again. Il do not want to see
him: l hope you don't think, Kit, that
| came here to see James Wilson
| Why, | have forgotten that there is
such a person, and you know"
Somebody upstairs laughed, and I
was growing nervous. What if Aunt
Selma should come down, or Mr.. Har-
bison come out of the den?
Why did you come. then, Bella?" l
inquired He may come in
Il was passing in the motor" she said,
and honestly think she hoped | would
believe her, "and | saw that am"
She stopped and began again. Il
thought Jim was out of town, and l
came to see Takahiro," she said braZen-
ly. He was devoted to me, and Evans
is going to leave. I'll tell you what
| to do, Kit. I'll go back to the dining
room. and you send Taxa there. If
any one comes. l can slip into the
: pantry"
It's immoral" | protested. It's i'm
moral to steal your"
My own butler! she broke in impa-
tiently. You're not usually so scrup-
ulous. Kit. Hurry! ! hear that hate
| full Anne Brown"
So we slid back along the hall. and
rang for Takahiro. But no one came.
Il think l ought to tell you, Bella"
I said as we waited, and Bella was star
! ing around the room-"1 think YOU
ought to know that Miss Caruthers is
here" Bella shrugged her shoulders.
| We'll. thank goodness" she said, Il
don't have to see her. The only pleas
ant thing | remember about my year
of married life is that did not meet
Aunt Selma"
rang again, but still there was no
answer And then it occurred I" me
that the stiffness helow-st was al
most oppressive. Bella was noticing
things, too for she began to fasten her
veil again with malicious little smile.
"One of the things | remember my
late husband saying" she observed.
was that he could manage this house
and had done it for years. with flaw
less service. Stand on tn" bell, Kit"
| did. We stood there. with the ta-
hle. Just as it had been left. between
us. and waited for response. Bella
was growing impatient. She raised
her eyebrows (she is very handsome.
| Bella isl and flung out her chin as If
she had begun to enjoy tn" horrible
situation.
| | thought | heard a rattle of silver
from the pantry just then, and | hur-
ricd to the door in a rage. But the
pantry was empty of servants and full
of dishes. and all the lights We're out
but one. which was burning dimly |
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could have sworn that saw one of the
servants duck into the stairway to
the basement, but when l got there the
stairs were empty, and something was
burning in the kitchen below.
Bella had followed me and was peer
ing over my shoulder curiously.
There isn't a servant in the house.
she said triumphant!y. And when we
went down to the kitchen, she seemed
to be right. 1t was in disgraceful or
der, and one of the bottles of wine that
had been banished from the dining
room sat half empty on the floor.
Drunk" Bella said with conviction.
But / didn't think so. There had not
been time enough, for one thing. Sud-
denly l remembered the ambulance
that had been the cause of Bella's ap-
pearance-for no one could believe her
silly story about Takahiro. l didn't
wait to voice my suspicion to her; l
simply left her there, staring helpless
ly at the confusion, and ran upstairs
again: through the dining room, past
Jim and Aunt Selma, past Leila Mer-
Ger and Max, who were flirting on the
stairs, up, up to the servants bed
rooms, and there my suspicious were
verified. There was every evidence Of
hasty flight; in three bedrooms five
trunks stood locked and ominous, and
the closets yawned with open doors,
empty. Bella had been right; there
was not a servant in the house.
AS emerged from the untidy empti-
ness of the servants wing, met Mr..
HARRISON coming out Of the studio.
Il wish you would let me do some of
this running about for you, Mrs. Will
son." he said gravely. You are not
well, and l can't think of anything
worse for headache. Has the buffers
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A MANUFACTURED CLIMATE.
Methods Of the Paris Market Garden
ers in Forcing Nature.


The gardeners Of Paris get their
products on the market weeks before
the regular season for them. This
forcing Of nature is described by Err
nest Poole in Success Magazine.
The secret is simply this: The French
maraichers have manufactured cli-
mate to suit them. AS one observer
has said, "They have moved the cli-
mate of Monte Carlo up to the suburbs
Of Paris"
Some new prodigy Of modern science,
this? Not at all. Only enormous ex-
pense in money and in time. The gar
dens, whenever possible, are placed on
land with a slope to the south and are
we'll protected by walls on the north
and east, walls built to reflect light as
well as to give protection from the
northeast winds.
The ground is practically covered
with glass, not as in a greenhouse, out
by glass frames in the open, three
light" frames Of uniform size, IL by A
feet, and also by glass bells. These,
too, are of a uniform size, about the
shape of a chapel bell, a little less
than seventeen inches in diameter and
from fourteen to fifteen inches high.
The French call them cloches. You
may often see over thousand frames
and over 10000 glass bells in one two
acre plot in the suburbs Of Paris.
A more recent innovation is the en-
ployment Of hot water pipes run under
the soil, making of the earth verita-
BILE steam heated hotel, with this es-
sential difference, that the hotel keep
er here is desperately eager, not to
keep his guests, but to persuade them
to leave on the earliest possible day.
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,Hs* v .SAs* v :*SAS* v -
Copyright 1909
CHAPTER ".
The Door Was Closed.

1t was infuriating to see how much
enjoyment every one but Jim and my
self got out of the situation. They
howled with mirth over the feeblest
Jokes, and when Max told story with
out any point whatever, they all had
hysteria. Immediately after dinner
Aunt Selma had begun on the family
connection again, and after two bad
breaks on my part, Jim offered to
show her the house. The Mercer girls
trailed along, unwilling to lose any of
the possibilities. They said afterward
that it was terrible; she went into all
the closets, and ran her hand over the
tops of doors and kept getting grimmer
and grimmer. In the studio they came
across a life study Jim was doing and
she shut her eyes and made the girls
go out while he covered it with
drapery. Lollie! Who did the Bac-
chante dance at three benefits last
winter and was learning a new one
called Eve!
When they heard Aunt Selma on the
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second floor, Anne, Dal and Max sneak
ed up to the studio for cigarettes,
which left Mr.. HARRISON to me. l was
in the den, sitting in low chair by the
wood fire when he came in. He hesi-
tated in the doorway.
Would you prefer being alone, or
may l come in?' he asked. Don't mind
being frank l know you are tired"
II have a headache, and l am sulk-
ing" l said unpleasantly, but at least
/ am not actively venOmous. Come
in"
So he came in and sat down across
the hearth from me, and neither of us
said anything. The freight f1ickered
over the room, bringing out the faded
hues of the old Japanese prints on the
walls, cleaning in the mother Of pearl
ewes of the dragon on the screen, set
ting a grOtesque god on cabinet to
nodding. And it threw into relief the
strong profile of the man across from
me. as he stared at the fire.
Il am afraid am not very interest
ing" l said at last, when he showed
no sign of breaking the silence. The
the illness of the butler and-Miss
Caruthers' arrival, have been upset
ting"
He suddenly reused with start from
a brown reVerie.
Il beg your pardon" he said. "l-oh
of course not! l was wondering If /
if YOU were offended at what | said
earlier in the evening: the Brushwood
Boy, YOU know. and all that
"Ofended?" | repeated puzzled.
You see | have been living out OF
the world 50 long, and never seeing
any women but Indian squaws SO
there were no Spanish girls!-"that I'm
afraid | say what comes into my mind
without circumlocution. And then
did not know you We're married.
No. oh. no." said hastily. But, OF
course, the more a woman is married
| mean, you can not say too many nice
things to married women. They-neeo
them. YOU know"
7 had floundered mserably, with his
eyes on me. and half expected him tt
be shocked, or To say that married w"'
men should he satisfied with the nice
things their husbands say to them.
But he merely remarked apr"pos "I
nothing, or following a line of though,
he had not voiced, that it was tritt
lint trup that a good many men OWeC
their success in life to their wives.
And a good many owe their wives
To their success in life" retorted Gym
ically. At which he stared at me
again.
1t was then that the real ComplcNitI
of the situation began To develop. Some
one had rung the bell and been ad-
mitted to the library and a maid came
To the door of the den. When she saw
us she stopped uncertainty. Even ther
il struck me that she looked odd, anC
she was not i'm uniform. However,
was not informed at that time about
bachelor establishments, and the frs,
thing she said. when she had asked
to speak to me i'm the hall. Knocked hei
and her clothes clear out of my head
Evidently she knew me.
Miss McNair." she said in low
tone, there is a lady in the drawing
room. a yelled person, and she is ask
ing for Mr.. Wilson"
Can you not find him." | asked
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But the man on the step spat his
tacks in his hand and spoke for the
first time.
mo, you don't" he said. Not on
your life. Just step back, please, and
close the door. This house is quaran-
tined"
ITO be Continued
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ia "Pa, what's the woman question:"
1T generally is What in the world
could ever have made him fall in love
with her?' "-Chicago- Record Herald.
III, Host-"Why did you write all
our guests that this is to be very
informal AFFAIR."" Hostess-"So I'd be
sure to be the best dressed woman
here. Scraps.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
TARIFF BOARD LIVES
 OFF FAT OF LAND
TAErs COMMISSION WILL STOP AT BEST HOTELS AND ENJOY LFe

nAe csasuaing public caa care but little about President raft's tariY hoard and what it discovers either stroaa or here. The members of the bard are. no doast. having the best time tn tketr lives and living in lux m af the best hstels in the capitais of foreign nations with Uncle Sam as the liberal paymaster. What the ksaerican people would like to know Is, wAetheC or not there Is any pres pest cf a decrease in the present high oast sf living. Since the best tariff hdir' was Rassed tn August, 1909, prices have considerably advanced on many articles, which makes the pnncAasing price of the dollar less than it WAS under the nngley law.
 What the voters have to decide when they vote tor candidates for the national house of representatives and for state representatives who will elect United States senators is, which rarty candidate will vote for real tarif revision. The republican politicians. even the insurgents, de clare that they are welded to the protective policy. which artifcially adds to the price of nearly all VIC buy because it prevents competition from abroad. The boasted home com petition between manufacturers has x4r- haSA S,, rls the tariff fostered combines and Srus.s. which. it is evident, are band cd together in restraint Of trade.
 The democrats are pledged to re duce the tariff to the revenue produc ing point, which, while 1t will no, perhaps be low enough to greatly in crease imports, will force the nanu fnctrrers and the trusts and the com pines te reduce the price of theiI products fer fear of losing part o their trade to foreign competitors These two propositions are the whole tariff issue as tar as the American consumer is concerned, unless ht wants to go into the details of tht tariff tax oa the 4o0e articies-mort CT iess-wzich is such a complicated matter thsf even the experts disa gree upon t.
 If the voters Of the United State: had not for the many years submit ted to be pldedered by the republi can tariffs, each higher than the for mT law. one would think that i woHld he . certainty how they will Enfe on this paramount issue. Bu the part1san spirit of the republican! is weakealns under the tnsurgen blows. ssd the time for reaii reform seems sareiy at hand. and confidence in deascatic policies is growth, apace.
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straw nat police. Inquire next 1oos."
 Then be rushed out to the policeman su the corner. The oiDcer beard the sad tale without being affected On the contrary. be calmly said:
 "Yes. life is full of just such harrow ing things. but we must make the best of them. | rather like the smell of winterRreen myself" A rush was made for home. and. with a wild hope in his heart. Mfr Bowser said:
 Look here. Mrs. Bowser. I am not going to threaten your
 "Nor'
 q am going to coax ysu. Ysu may have slipped this old hat sn to the peg just for joke on me. If yea did I will take it as . joke. Ha. ha. ha! It would be quite . little joke" "Yes, but l didn't This b the bat you wore home and hung up."
 Then I'll have the professors hfe. rn dabble my hands in his winter green blood! I'll catch him by the | throat. and TIE s-w-i-s-t his brazen head l offv'
 Hat Recovered, but his Lie Stands- All the rest of the evening Mrs Bow ser tried to quiet and console him. but | with poor success. Mir. Bowser walked the floor and abused the professor. He walked the floor and planned how to | overhaul him. He even went out to the gate with his mind so full of the event that be stopped the butchers boy to relate particulars.
 Its an awful case" replied the boy. but I know something awfuier. Pork goes up another cent tomorrer" ] Midnight had come. Bowser had tossed and groaned and grunted and fallen asleep. Mrs. Bowser was about to go to drea amland when there was 8 wild ring at the doorbell. MT. Bow ser jumped out of bed and put his head out of the window.
 Does a man named Bowser live hereT' asked a man below.
 "Yes. sir"
 ..Is bis name in his straw hatT
 Tt is."
 .well. I've got your infernai old headpiece here. and want my swr hat. You took mine when we wer' getting shaved in the barber shoI about l o'clock Nice old party. yoI are.-
 ~Are you Professor Swiggs"
 Professor nothing. And don't g round stealing hats either" Mir. Bowser went downstairs ana passed out the wintergreen hat and re ceived his own. and Mrs. Bowser hat nothing to say until he fen asleei again. Then she softly whispered t herself:
 And he ca.se home and said it cos | only S4"
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NOTORIOUS BANDITS
 KILL PURsUtR
OFFICER is SHOT THREE TIMES WHEN HE COMES ON THE CRIMINALS
(Chihuahua Entsrprise.)


 Thursday morning at 10 o'clock Claro Reza was shot three times and instantly killed by three bandits as they entered this city through Ave nida Zarco.
 Reza. who had been serving a sentence in the penitsntiary here for some minor offense. was recently pa, roled and given a commission to ap prehend and capture, if possible. the parties who murdered and robbed Maxine Para. an aged ranchman near this city.
 Several days ago. Reza received word that the guilty parties were headed toward this city and woula probably reach here Thursday mora ing, and Reza stationed himself at . butcher shop on Avenida Zarco. He had just dismounted and was taIkins to several friends when two of the bandits appeared heavily armed. Then third man. coming through another street. joined the two. When they saw that they had been identified by Reza all three pulled their pistols and fired simultaneously, then turned their horses and rode leisurely away Reza pulled his gun and started to ward small bridge, but fell dead be fore reaching it. When picked uI later it was found that he had re ceiyed three mortal wounds.
 The bandits are now being pursued by eight members of the state militi: or rurales. These are picked me. and if the murderers are overtake, they will probably bs captured O killed.
 It Is rumored on the street tha after leaving this city the outlaw headed for ChuviscA and as the, passed through Fl Rancho de la OH had . light with about twenty cit zens of that place who intercepte them, but the result of the fight ha not yet been learned.
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Merely an Error of Judgment.

Robinson Crusoe. with infinite pa tience and industry. had hoilowed ou. the big log and made a huge canoe
 Then he discovered 10 his chagrin that he couldn't launch it. It was too heavy for him 10 move. Ail-his labor had been wasted.
 ''Still," he reflected. 'it was only an oversight. It isn't half as bad as Uncle Sam pegiecting for twelve years to raise the battleship Maine"
 Scornine to ask for congressional aid in this difficulty. he went to work i'm mediately 10 make a smaller canoe Chicago Tribune.
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cheapev." sasd Nr. BswsR.
 -Don't senator. You ars e good as Taft. You want something above the common herd. Look in the glass again. Just your 1t. and you don't lose . shade of dignity"
 Chuokiss at His 1arss;,.
 Mir. Bowser thought of what he had said about the reckless idiot. but he also felt that he was cornered- He had been mistaken for a senator who had six autos and speculated in Wall street. and he hated to let himself down. As result he took the hat When he reached home and met Mrs. Bowser's accusing eye he said:
 "F'riend of mine introduced me to the natter. and l got this for $4. l think it's bargain"
 But did you go and pay $4 for hat when you knew 1 hadn't a glove to put on my hand. she exclaimed.
 .I was rather dragged into it, but it looks like pretty good hat. You shall have some pin money next week. :" Mir. Bowser swelled arouaa under that panama hat. He put the price felt warm glow when he saw the street car conductor looking at it. He gave it rakish slant on bis head and felt to pity other men, As he came in to dinner the other evening Mrs. Bow ser was not at hand to notice the change of hats. It was only after the meal had been finished and they had come up from the dining room to sit on the front steps that she glanced at the hall tree and exclaimed:
 Why. Mir. Bowser. have you been l trading hats?' What do you mean?" "Why. this isn't your four dollar hat This one never cost the half of that" I By the jumping jingo." he shouted 1. as be grabbed for the hat Tt isn't yoursT ! "Of course it isn't. Some one has taken mine and left this behind. Say now-say"-
 Tt must have been some caller al the ofice."
 Tt was I'll bet a hundred doilars to a cent that it was that inferna Professor Swiggs: Yes, it was H' had grease on his hair and smelt oi wintergreen. Look on this sweat band Smell of 1t"
 But if he made a mistake you car telephone him"
 4 Loud Smelling Discovery.
 Telephone nothing. l saw him lock inS at my hat. and I know he changed on purpose. I don't know where h' lives. 1 never heard of him before He called to see if was interested il astronomy. By thunder. I'll put hin where he can't see stars or planets fo the next year"
 T hope you get your bat back" sait Mrs. Bowser. but don't get too excii ed about 1t. Yours only cost A. yo' know"
 -Four dollars! Four dollars! Why planked down s25 for that hatr'
 "But you told me $4- You said friend introduced you to the hat man and"-
 "If I said $4 I was absentminded Twenty five big dollars. and tha greasy haired astronomer has got itT
 ''weil. what are you going to d about it?"
 Do? Do? Why. I'll follow on hi trail for the next 100 years. I'll neve let up till I have him in my clutche: I'll 20 to the police. I'll advertise reward for him My twenty-five do 1 lar hat
 (Which you told me was a oarsai for S4"
 MT. Bowser rushed into the tei' phone and called up police headqual ters and stated his ease. After he ha spent ten minutes in giving details th reply was:
 "ve.y sorry. but we ne not th
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Part of the Credit.

'lt was Satan." said a mother to one of her children. -who put it into your head to pull Elsie's hair"
 Perhaps 1t was" replied the little girl. but kicking her shins was my own idea."-Youth's Companion.
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The SarNant ProhIera.

Mistress ito the newly arrived Nor weginnp-Can you cook? Nav"
 Gan you do washing;" Nav"
 "Can you wait on tsble?" Nav"
 Well. what can you dsT -Ah can milk reindeers. '-Metropol- itan Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
GAniR.

i've been chumming with . genius lately in the hope of hearing soEas sril liant conversation"
 And has he emitted any epigIamsY' "Naw. He's always wanting ss eaAs -Pittsburg Post
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
Not Ss M Much-

A wsnan has . dress with train. An opsrs gown cut rather lcw. A Ytding skirt thats bong and plain, A bathing suit which is . shov. You think she has . let of clothes But whsa you conss to mediate ADA count the stun that fn them goes The avsraSs is not % great
 -7onkerS Statesman
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
BOWSER'S STRAW
Oily Clerk Sells Him a Presiden-
 tial Panama Block.
FLATTERY DOES THE TRICK.
Pays Top Price and Thsn Lies About it to His Wifs-exchsnss st Barber Shop Causes . Whole Lot Of Trouble. Another Exchange at Midnight Masss Matters Straioht.

Another Exchange at Midnight Massss Matters Straight.
 By ~. QUAD. tCopyright. 1910. by Associated Literary
 Press.J - THEN Mir. Bowser went to UV buy a straw hat he in tended to invest just g.
 He had said to Mrs. Bow ser that the man who paid more than that sum was a reckless idiot. When he reached the store and asked for two dollar hat the salesman looked at him in a puzzled way and then que ried:
 "It is for your choffer. suppose: Yes. a two dollar hat is good enough for him. Senator. why don't you buy one for yourself at the same time? Taken for a senator right off the reei-taken for a capitalist who could afford an auto and a chauffeur. man to whom a few dollars was noth- ing.
 Mir. Bowser was fiattered- He wouldn't have been human otherwise. especially when the salesman contin- ued:
 "I can give you a duplicate of Presi- dent Taft's panama. This way. please"
 But I thought
 Just in this morning. senator. and I don't want them picked over before you get your choice. Now. look at them. Here are style. wear and dignity. When you see a man wearing enc of these hats you can place him at once. Been buying any more autos lately" "N-c-o-o." Well. half a dozen ought to do you Things in Wall street looking up a bits They say that all you senators keep posted
 "Y-e-s. we Go. Here's the mate to Taft's panama. made of the same model. We asked him $50 for his because Uncle Sam has to pay the bill. but in your case it's s25. Examine i.. Feel of it. Let
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If Wi.n.s wsr. r1es.s.:- 7

q wish were an ostrich" said Hicks angrily as he tried to eat one of his wife's biscuits. but couldn't.
 "I wish you were. too" returned Mrs. Hicks T would get a few feath- CTS for my hat"-Musical Courier.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
4 Passina Parody.

He drove 2 golf ball through the air. It fell to earth, he knew not where Until he heard the luckless yeu Of him upon wheEs head 1t fell
 -WAshingtsR ataf.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
ThUss Who Borrow.

Some men. we know. have taking ways But. oh. alas. alack. There are but few we know of who Have ways of bringing back,
 Catholic Standard and Times.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
Aa fle u.A...eeeA n

Teaohr-Tonny. what as yea thAAk is meant by the phrase ''by word sf nouthY'
 Tsnmy-A byward of mouth k swencA'. ma'aa--Chlcaze Tribune.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-09-15
Pana'e Pu0lA

I've studied lots and lots sf yaaAAD Frsm pin rail - thS anshss. Bs1 1 caa't sec why the ''baby pb" Is nowhere near the "spanksr."
 -Cl0vaAanA kAaAAr