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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
LADY CAR:
THE SEQUEL or A LIFE.
MRS. oLlPiANT.
CHAPTER TX. ii
Continued.

Janet stood in the hall when she
had managed to twist out of her
mothers hold. Her eyes had a wild
sparkle in them, dazzled from the
night; her hair was hanging dank
about her shoulders; her hat tied on
with Mr.. Blackmore's handkerchief
She looked dazed, speechless, guilty,
with fear in her face and in her soul.
She looked as if she might behave
had the habit of being-struck and
beaten, standing trembling before
her mother, who had never harmed a
fly in all her gentle life.
Mother, we went too far; and
then the-woman came out-the-
the lady, and said was too tired. He
was to drive me home"
We'll, and that was all? God be
thanked there has been no accident.
But where is Tom?"
Mr.. Tom is just coming up the
avenue, my lady," said one of the
men.
Then all is right, and there was
really nothing to be afraid Of" said
Lady Car with an agitated laugh.
Was Janet to be let off so easily?
She stood watching her mother with
uneasy suspicion, while all attention
was diverted to Tom. who jumped of
his horse in similar pale suspicion
and fear, but with brows lowering
and eyes half shadowed by the eye.
lids. Tom had made up his mind as
he came along what he was to do.
He did not wait for the fury which
he felt sure was ready to pour forth.
1T wasn't my fault" he said, with a
gleam of his shadowcd eyes to where
Beaufort was coming in behind him !
she had made up her mind she
would see the mare. and had to take
her. l knew it was too far"
Janet stood aghast with her mouth
open, taking in every word A cry
OF protest rose up in her breast, which
she had just comprehension enough
TO stifle. "Never mind just now, my
boy" said Beaufort; ;/"all.s we'll thai 1
ends well, but you have given your
mother great fright. You can tell
me after how it was"
better tell you at once" Tom
repeated. She had set her heart Oh
seeing the mare. There was no harm
suppose, in telling her about the
mare. And | thought she was more
game than she is. That's all about it
thought we could have gone into the
stables without seeing-the people
you made me promise about, Beau
But couldn't help it when Esaw how
tired she was. And Charlie drove her
home-that' ALL"
The cry of protest in Janet's throat
did not get utterance. but it produced
a gasp of horror and astonishment az
she stood staring in her mothers face
She could not look at Tom. Lady
Ear was looking at him unsuspectins !
with her faint smile-that smile
which Janet felt meant something
more than any one thought. And
there was no more said.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
Education i'm India.

Education as now understood in IN
dia is an exotic and arouses nowhere
any real enthusiasm. The Indian ira
der. banker or money lender has ac-
cumulated his wealth without Gnyi
very obvious aid from English educai
ton, and he probably therefore does
not see why he should help others tt
what he has himself dispensed with
Calcutta Englishman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
Provided Il MOurneP,

Enpeck's will was being drawn up
by the lawyer. II hereby bequeath
all my property to my wife" dictated
Enpeck. "Got that down?'.' Yes"
answered the attorney. Con condi-
tion," continued: Enpeck, "that she
marries within year. p. "But why
that condition." asked the man Of
law. Because" answered the meek
and loR,y testator, Il want somebody
to be sorry that | died."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
TALES OF

ESCAPED CONVICT'S ADVENTURE
News was received in London on
Saturday of the death of Joseph Cres-
wick, who while fleeing from justice
accomplished one of the most remark
able walking feats Oh record.
Creswick was undergoing sem
tence for forgery in Rhodesia and
while being conveyed from one prison
to another by train (as reported some
months ago. conceived the idea of es-
Gaping from his guards. AS his legs
were heavily ironed the task was by
no means an easy one, but one night,
when the train in which he was being
conveyed was between Buluwayo and
Salisbury and his guards were asleep
Creswick quietly opened the carriage
door and jumped out. When he
reached the ground he fell but was
not badly hurt. During the remain
der of the night he shuffled along in
the dark and at daylight could see the
railroad in the distance. He decided
to walk in a straight line from It.,
which he did for several days, still
with his feet shackled.
Day after day and night after night
he rubbed his irons with the sharp
est pieces of rock he could find until
at last he was able to throw his man
acles aside. After this Creswick went
on with great strides through the un-
known country in which he found
himself, his sole object being to get to
some white settlement.
Some weeks after his escape the
wanderer had a wonderful piece of
luck. In a hut apparently belonging
to a settler he found a gun and some
ammunition, which in the circum-
stances he did not hesitate to take
possession of. With the gun he man
aged to shoot several zebras and other
animals, which provided him with
many a welcome meal; but unfortu-
nately his gun got out of order be-
fore his ammunition became exhaust
ed and he had to rely upon fruit for
his sustenance.
Just when Creswick was coming to
the conclusion that he had been walk
ink round and round without MAX
ink much progress he fell with some
natives, who gave him certain direc-
tions as to how to find "a very long
water" which Creswick concluded
must mean the river Congo, and for
several weeks he continued his tramp.
Eight months after his escape
from the train between Salisbury and
Buluwayo Creswick was found by a
party of Belgians lying in weak and
feverish condition about two hundred
miles from Leopoldville on the Con-
go. They nursed him back to health
and strength. At Bomba, arrayed in
all the glory of pair of cricket fan
nels and football jersey provided by
his new friends, the fugitive found a
ship on which he worked his passage
to Antwerp. From there he got a
ship to London. That, however, led
to his undoing, for while he was walk
ing in Whitechapel he was recognized
by Detective Inspector Belcher of
Scotland Yard, who arrested him on
the charge of escaping from lawful
custody.
He was taken subsequently to Rho
desia as a fugitive offender, and for
his escapade he was sentenced to a
further term of six months imprison-
ment, during which he died. d.-London
Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
COURTING A BELLE.

Would it be any harm to deceive
her about my age?" inquired the
elderly millionaire.
Probably not"
I'm sixty. How would it do 20
confess to fifty?"
Il think your chances would be
better with her if you claimed seven
ty-five. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11

persons trif1e with them they lose
all fear of human beings and pro-
ceed to do much damage to property.
And every now and then they hurt
somebody who thinks that, because
they have become familiar, they ar
not dangerous any more.
CANNIBALS IN NEW GUINEA.
There are few native villages
around kerema, Papua, all friendly
to the Government, which they regard
as their chief protection from the
mysterious and much-dreaded Kuku-
kuku tribe. These Kukukukus sound
more like something out of mediae.
val goblin story than anything mod
ern and real. They are cannibals,
and live high up in the unexplored
ranges one can see from the shore.
Their neat yam and taro gardens
checker the upper peaks like the tiny
squares on plaid coat, suggesting
that the cannibals are Industrious
and orderly, and fond of a relish with
their food.
At times they descend in small, &C
tive parties upon the tribes of the
coast, and stalk: them from the shell
ter of the bush, until an opportunity
occurs of cutting off one or two alone.
They are little. quick and cunning,
and their death-dealing raids often
take place without exciting any sus-
picion on the part Of the victims
friends, until gaps among the ranks
of familiar faces tell their silent tale.
Not long before our visit they made
a descent down to the very beach,
hidden by the forest, darted out, cap
tured two of the children playing on
the shore, and vanished with their
prey before any one in the village
had time to take alarm. The other
children told the tale, and the magis-
trate went out, with handful of ma
tive police, to ambush the slayers by
night on their way back to the hills,
and capture them, if possible.
A volley fired in the dark was the
only punishment the cannibals re-
ceived, however, for they discovered
the ambush and got away in their
usual mysterious fashion before this
police could follow up their fire.
Traces of blood on the path showed
that it had been effective, but the
wounded or dead were spirited away
with the rest. Some of their goods
were found abandoned on the track
pipes, spears, betel-nut bags-and,
among the other matters, two neatly
tied-up parcels, which, on being
opened. were found to contain the
bodies of little boy and little girl
cut into pieces.
Until last year no white man and
few natives had even seen Kukuku-
ku, though they had been the scourge
of the district for years. One or two,
however, were captured at last and
taken to Port Moresby Jail to serve a
term of imprisonment. They proved
to be small, active, ugly men, very
wild and uncivilized, and so nervous
that they tremble all over when
looked at.-Wide World Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
OBEDIENCE IS A GOOD LADDER.

OBEDIENCE IS A GOOD LADDER.
The master mechanic had finished
showing me through the great car
works where hundreds of men were
at work. 1t was a great railroad
plant at the end of division of one
| of our greatest railroads. 1t had
been an inspiring hour for me. The
order, the power that I had seen dis
played, the splendid system with
which everything was managed, the
well-kept walks, the rush and push
and hustle of it all filled me with ad-
miration for the general who was the
one man under whose charge all
these great activities were being car
ried on so admirably. He had an
oversight of all.
Every, man in the employ of that
division was under him. Every train
that went out or came in, every
Mound of coal that was used, every
gill of oil, every can of paint, every
bolt. every particle Of repair to car
or roadbed, were all under this mans S
supervision, in one way or another;
though, of course, he had his lieu
tenants to look after the details
After we had gone through the
great shops, and were chatting in the
plain but well-appointed office, said
to him, How did you get this posi-
tion?" l was interested to know,
for he had told me that he had be-
gun work in this great shop as
laborer at a dollar and half day.
He had remarked this incidentally,
and as 1 saw the vast amount OF aoll-
ity which must have been developed
in order that he might do what was
now being done, 1 was interested TO
know by what process he had climbed
up the ladder of responsibility and
success. So l asked him how 1t came
about that he had managed to climb
so high.
Turning to me, simply, he replied
and [ shall never forget that an
swer-"I have reached my present
position by doing what l was told.
Young Peoples Paper.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
HOT AIR.

Bragg is a dreadfully tiresome
chap"
whats he been doing now?"
He's been blowing about what he
blew in at his blowout. Boston
Transcript
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
WHERE ONE CAN REST.

Knicker-"How much of a summer
resort is it,"
Bocker-"At present it is a fence
on which you can sit and watch the
trains go by."-New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
MAN OF HIS WORD.

II thought you told me these lots
would double in value in two years,
what I gave for them
"Yes; but you forget you gave
twice as much as they were worth"
Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
PERISH THE THOUGHT.

Il want a good home exercise 20,
developing the arms.
The result can be obtained by
grasping a wooden rod with both
hands, holding it in an upright posi-
tion, and moving it slowly from right
to left. An ordinary broom will do"
1T sounds all right said the
young girl. But, pshaw! That
would be sweeping" - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
TWO-EDGED RETORT.

Customer fippantly)-"Your sign
says that you are a dispensing chem.
ist. What do you dispense with"
Chemist-"With accuracy, sir
Customer-"Eh-oh then I guess
I'll get my prescription filled else
where. Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
TOO BAD.

Father-"You are marrying my
daughter for love, you say? But she
gets $4,000 marks dowry."
Suitor-"Well, that can't be avoid
ed, can it?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION,

II have seven doctors, and yet they
can't tell what's the matter with me.
What would you suggest?"
II would recommend straw vote"
louisville Courier Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
RESORT.

Friend--"What is the title Of your
latest poem"
Inevitable"
Friend-"That's queer name"
Poet-"Yes, but you know the in
evitable' has to be accepted. I've
tried every other title and they came
back Boston Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
CAESARISM.

CAESARlSM.
upon what meat. doth this. our Caesar
feed
That he has grown SO great p
No matter what it was, its price
Was not the present rate;
For Caesar, though ambitious, would
Have thought that price was phoney,
And rather than grow great he would
Have stuck to macaroni
w. J. Hampton, in New York Tribune
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
HOW TT STRUCK BOBBIE.

Bobbie waited in the BARRIERS shop
while his father wa; getting shaved.
On reaching home he exclaimed. ooh,
mamma, the man spread a lot of
charlotte roosh on papa's face and
then he scraped it all off again with
knife Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
A NEGATIVE EVENT

Algy-" Anything unusual happen
while I was out, James,"
Valet-"Yes, sir, none of your cred
itors called. Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
THE FUNERAL BAKED MEATS

THE FUNERAL BAKED MEATS.
The Customer-"Hi,w waiter. What
do you mean on the menu by Brown
Soup 'Jonesed Eggs and 'Harrised
Mutton?'"
The Waiter-"Well, sir, you see,
sir, we often give dishes names of our
clients who die after bein' reg'lar
customers here. THE Sketch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE.

Magistrate-"Did the-ah-prfs-
onah offer any-ah-resistance
Constable-"Only a shilling, your
wushup, and I wouldn't take it."-M.
A. P.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11

In DIR. korn's system of transmit
ting pictures by wire-which has
been under test for some time at sta
tions in Paris, Berlin and London
greatly improved results have been
obtained, with more rapid transmits
sion, by the late plan of using line
drawings instead Of photographs al
the sending station. A photograph
drawing published in lie Matin. the
Paris daily, showed Aeronaut Zippei
on his aeroplane. At the Berlin sta
ton the photograph had been pre-
pared by linking its principal lines.
when a half-tone was made from it
for transmission, and the picture
printed in the Paris paper showed
some of the shades and tints as we'll
as the drawn lines. For transmission,
the half tone was rolled in the form
of cylinder, which was revolved
with a small contact wire resting
against it to send the impulses of cur
rent. The receiving end had the usual
apparatus. a Photographic film being
wound on cylinder rotating in
agreement with the transmitting one,
and a point of light varied in bright
ness by the current giving the impress
sion on the film. The picture was
received in ten minutes, while a pho
tograph from Berlin by mail would
have taken eighteen hours.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11

Red glass hastens vegetation, while
blue glass suppresses it. Sensitive
plants, like ths mimosa, grow fifteen
times higher under red glass than un-
der blue.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
THAT WILL HOLD HIM A WHILE,

Mr.. Hubby-"My wife thinks there
is no one like me on the tace of the
earth"
Miss Keen-"She hasn't travelled
much, I guess. There are some home
ly men in Pittsburg, where 1 live. -
Boston Transcript
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
HOW ABOUT LOBSTER SUPPER.

HOW ABOUT LOBSTER SUPPER?
Tom (after vainly chewing his penn
81 say. Jack, suppose you intended
to invite young lady to go to the
theatre, how would you begin?"
Jack-"I'd begin by pawning my
watch for the price of the tickets.
that's how Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
TOWARD ECONOMY.

Lets go and have lunch?"
"I'm not hungry"
"No more am 7, so I'm taking ad.
vantage of ii. ."-Sourire
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
THE TEST.

Friend-"Is it safe to send your
stuff in wrapper like that?"
Poet-"Weil, find it always comes
back all right. Punch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11

I ed her pretty pink kid hands and
looked at Jappy.
Before Jappy could speak, how
ever, Major barked and Andrew set
up such vigorous kicking and neigh
ing that a human voice could not
have been heard. They were show
ing their approval of Rosalind's
words. Miss Jay Bird screeched and
, tapped her wings, also in approval
of the suggested "revolt."
After whole minute of such up
roar Jappy rose to his feet, leaning
against a footstool for support Che
had never learned to walk without
Little Lady's hand helping himD,
and said, in slow, measured tones:
"Fellow dolls and animals, am will
ing to take command of the revolters.
We will leave this house-this be-
loved playroom, where we have been
so happy since last Christmas day,
and go thither into the world. If we
cannot follow our Little Lady, we will
find an asylum somewhere-any-
where" Jappy's voice was full of
emotion, and he could proceed no
further till he controlled himself.
While he was swallowing the lump in
his throat Toodle-doodle popped up
like a jumping-jack, and, grinning
from ear to ear, exclaimed: MAY be
captain-or bandmaster Of this bri-
gade? would love to hold an Of
fee"
Miss Jay Bird screeched and wildly
tapped her wings in disapproval of
Toodle-doodle as an officer of any
kind. Jappy looked at the little
black fellow and replied: "You may
carry my sword-if we are obliged
to fight our way out of this house"
Toodle-doodle set up great roar of
laughter when Jappy said this, and
when he could calm himself sufficient
ly to speak, asked: "And how would
you be fighting, my general, If I were
carrying your sword? By my own
black skin, I believe I'd be better
soldier-or commander, let's say
than you would" and Toodle-doodle
drew himself up and doubled up his
fists.
But at that very moment the play
room door opened, and in walked Lit
tie Lady, followed by woman, man
and a boy carrying several large
boxes. "Here are my dear toys" said
Little Lady, waving her hand about
the room. "Please pack them very,
very carefully, for I must have them
perfectly whole when I set them up
in my new playroom. You see, my
new playroom will be ever so much
nicer for them to live in. And am
so glad, for I love my toys as well as
though they could feel"
And when the dolls and animals
heard Little Lady's words, they were
so happy, for they knew they were
going to live with her always
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
Owner of Historical Mantei.

William Hemstreet, of Brooklyn,
N Y, is the owner of the mantel be-
fore which Edgar Allan Poe sat when
he wrote his masterpiece. "The Ra-
ven" He will shortly, it is said, pre-
sent it. to the Columbia University.
where it willhave conspicuous place
in the library.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11

England consumes thirty ounces OF
tobacco per annum per head.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11
SAUCY PUSS.

SAUCY PUSS.
He-"I dreamed last night I pro-
posed to a pretty girl"
She-"And what was my answer?"
Comic Cuts.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-11

wild bears will be punished. He says
that they are perfectly harmless as
long as they are kept in a perfectly
wild state and left alone, but wher
persons trife with them they lose
all fear of human beings and pro-
ceed to do much damage to property.
And every now and then they hurt
somebody who thinks that, because
they have become familiar, they ar
not dangerous any more.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-05
To be Continued.
A Tall Corn Story.

This is the tallest corn story of the
season, and is being told among the
travelling men over the State. 1t is
said to have been in a letter written
home by an Eastern visitor: Most
of the Kansas streets are paved,
grains of corn being used for cobble-
stones, while the cobs are followed
out for sewer pipe. The husk, when
taken off whole and stood on end,
makes nice, tent for the children to
play in. 1t sounds queer to hear the
feed man tell the driver to take a
dozen grains of horse feed over to
Jackson's livery stable. If it were
not for soft, deep soil here don't see
how they would ever harvest the
corn. as the stalks would grow up as
high in the air as the Methodist
church steeple. However, when the
ears get too heavy, their weight
presses the stalk down in the ground
on an average Of ninety-two feet, and
thus brings the ear near enough to
the ground to be chopped on With an
axe. kansas City Journal.