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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-04


anyway. Do you stay here VIII
be back in short time"
The lieutenant-commander rose 10
his feet and started back across the
island without another word.
The chaplain composed the mem
bers Of the stricken man, putting MN
in a comfortable position on the
warm sand. then knelt down and De-
gan to pray. 1t seemed long time 10
the waiting priest before his shlpmate
returned, and yet but short time had
elapsed, He came up painting from
the violence OF his exertions.
81 have sent the cutter back for the
surgeon. I told the men to row for
their lives. l gave the midshipman
in charge an account Of what we had
found and begged the captain to send
parties ashore to search the island
What of the MANI
"He breathes STILL said the chap.
lain. II should think he was in some
kind Of syncope. His heart evidently
was affected He has had no prepa-
ration for such violent strains. The
things which are usual and ordinary
4 with US and which, take 1t, indurate
us to the greater things Of life have
:. been conspicuous by their absence in
his case and he has not been able
to bear up under the sudden shock"
CHOSE clothes, have you examined
them?"
NO." said the chaplain, ut has been
too dark in the first place, and"
, Il will look at them" said Mr.. Whit
taker. Perhaps we may find some
new clew in them"
The lieutenant-commander. stopped
over the pathetic little heap Of worn
3 garments. There were the blouse, the
skirt, the stockings, and the worn and
. torn white shoes The Bible lay upon
! them as II to weigh them down, and
i they had been placed we'll above the
I reach of the highest tide. The tide
was then just coming in to the island
The Bible had been opened and laid
). face downward on the clothes. Mr.
o Whitaker lifted it up reverently. He
observed as he did so that his owl
pencil, which he had left, he now re
membered, with the woman, lay be
E meath the. OPEN book. On the blanl
+ leaves between the Old and New ties
"A taments something was written. N
3 mention OF any writing had beef
n. made in the afidavit OF the night be
fore. He lifted 1t, turned his bacl
r toward the east where the sun wa
Just on the verge Of rising, and stue
10 led 1t out
DO you and anything asked tn
in chaplain. 8=j
n. There Is writing on this page, sal
.ths younger man. Il can just make
th out. :..
n. Kan he read slowly, studyin
y each word in the dim light, Il love
az you. In one sense, in your sense.
ys was unworthy OF YOU, perhaps, b.
II not IN mine. You alone had my hear
The past was q frightful mistake K
which | should not be blamed, but K
d. which l must suffer. tried you Wit
/" the world by your side. The worl
*. was kind, but you were not. "
on broke my soul and killed somethir
,c- within me which l had thought dea
ty but which you had revived. No pow
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tenton OF remaining alone OH the island
saying Charnock had failed when the test
came.
CHAPTER XX.-Continued.
And then he discovered that he
wanted her more than he had ever de-
sired her before; that she was more
necessary to him than ever he had.
dreamed she would be; that here was
no question of honor or duty, indeed,
but Of love, Overwhelming, obsessing
And then he admitted that she was
purity, even holiness itself; that he
had behaved to her like cur; that
he had been neither grateful, nor kind,
nor tender, nor loving. He began to
wonder fearfully if, after having
failed so egregiously and terribly,
there was any possible chance that she
could ever care for him again. Fate
had brought her into intimate contact,
he realized, with two men. One had
treated her Outrage0usly in the be-
ginning and had nobly made amends
He hated Langford, and yethis sense
eof justice forced him to admit that he
had played the man at last, while he,
the islander, had treated her out
srageously and in the end had played
the fool. Was there chance that
she would forgive him? s-
The desire to see her, to plead with
her, to beg her forgiveness mot
% low desire or base one, he
thanked God was so great that
4 he could no longer sustain it.
He rose to his feet and looked out
,of the open port hole. The dawn was
4 grazing the east. Attired as no was
in the loose shirt and trousers in which
B he had lain down, which were not un
like the tunic that he :habitually wore
save that they were OF soft, luxurious
h silk, he opened the door of the cabin
stepped out through the silent ward
Il room he had the natural savage ar
of treading without q sound--ran light
" up the companion ladder ant
u stepped upon the deck The officer 0
The watch and his midshipman did no
notice him. Their eyes were else
where. He ran swiftly across the dec
q and stopped at the gangway. A ma,
inc stood there and started forwar
as he approached.
THAT'S my island said the mar
sim going to swim on to it, and
don't wish to be followed"
7...1t,s q long swim. sir" yentured til
marine, scarcely. knowing what to d.
He stepped fairly in the gangwa
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the realization came upon her, she
flung herself down on the grassy crest
and gave way to .voiceless agony.
Sometimes there Is nothing 50 ter
rible, she realized, as prayer granted,
as desire accomplished, as undertake
ing brought to conclusion. The aw-
fulness of success was upon her in
that hour. Her ruse had worked. Her
object had been attained, yet the
achievement gave her no pleasure.
Her own acts had parted her irreT'
ocably forever from the world and
j the one man In It who was the world
for her. He was gone. She who had
made him had sent him forth among
/ his fellows. She had sacrificed her
self, buried herself alive for him. shs
felt as q mother might who expert
ences birth pangs and knows the'
with every throb Of tearing anguish
her own life Gibbs away, passes int
the new life which she ushers into tn
world and gives to men.
She had long hours for thought Il
those two days in that cave who's
mouth the waters hid. She ha1
:, schooled herself to face light and III
! without him when she emerged fron
her cunning hiding place. She ha
waited the long period in order t
make absolutely certain that the
would be gone. And yet, despite he
self, q little CLEAN Of hope. bare POI
sibility that he might be there still
/ had fingered ID her soul and leavene
/ the awfulness Of her grief. Now
6 was gone. It had sunk beneath II
j. horizon even as the ships had disa
e peared. She had been bitter again
G him. Her soul had reyolted becani
8 he had failed. She had told herse
z that he was not worthy Of her. 81
4 forgot these things IN that profoui
e and deso!ate moment. She knew on
/. that she loved him. When she cou
o, think Of other things than he, Z
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WANTED TO SEE HIS BABY.
Longing For Little One Brings FIR
rant Father Back Home.

1t was a longing to hold in his
arms his baby which he never had
seen that brought Walter A. Hall. Il
defaulting bank teller. back to New
York and prison. He surrendered
himself Friday, confessed theft OF
$4,000 from The Herald Square
branch Of the Greenwich hank. and
was remanded for sentence.
Hall, who is "a years old. fed
from New York last Imly and wan
dered about Canada. he said, betting
on horse races. When he heard that
a baby had arrived his longing to see
the child made his exile misery. tle
sent $500 to his wife. which she
turned over to the bank
Later. he said. he sent $1,000 to
her, but she told the police today
that she never received the money.
When he could resist no lnnger the
impulse to return to see his baby, he
came back to New York. Hal sur
rendered $4,000 which he said WIS
all he had left Of the money he had
taken.
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CHRISTIANS BUTCHEREn.
General Massacre in Turkish Towu
by Redouins.

A telegram from Jerusalem states
that Bedouins have massacred the
urkisl garrison at Kerak, n town ia
the Turkish vilayet OF Syria, and
killed more than 100 Christian In
habtants of the place In revenge for
the execution of a Bedouin chief.
The Bedouins, the dispatch adds, now
hold the fortress, in the vicinity Of
which there has been desultory fight
ing between the tribesmen and the
government troops for the past year
and half.
Kerak, formerly the capital OF
Moab, has a population Of 5000, Of
whom 5000 are Mos!ems. The town
is the last on the road from Damas-
Gus to Mecca, where the Christians
may reside It stands on the noun
tains Of Moab and may be seen from
Jerusalem, SO miles away.
There are no American mission
aries there, the only missionary sta
tion being that OF the British church
missionary society for Africa and the
East. This Is a branch of the organ
iZation at Es-Salt, and Is composed
of one missionary, his wife and one
native worker.
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."W. w. Finley,
{; :; ."President." :

poor man the night she was taken
(, ON home. ''She has been daddy
and nanny bnth to these girls.
seventeen years ha' worked for
Roy Tuten for wages and I are worn
out. Mary's good daughter" That
this Is true there is abundant testl-
mony in Brunson.
Bob Harris is described not as
half-witted but M less than that. His
wife is said to have been not much
above her husband In intelligence.
The children are Intelligent, even
bright. They are small.
In Brunson 1t Is said that Mary
I:arris. in all probability. gav' her
self from 4. 81 overly and not IL ~
y aywardness. She had some sch" 4
Ing, can read and write and s''me
years back the children came u Sim
day school in Brunson. Mary has
worked hard for Mr.. Tuten, whc
owns much Of the land around here
and az arrea within the corporate
limits. Since she has grown to pc
large enough she has labored a. the
cotton fields with the negroes. be'n
hauled from one field to another with
.lerl in the same wa?on, and for
some years negroes have been al
most her only associates. Jako
!;rown's wife has been good 10 her :.
she said pathetically when asked "hv
s,.e went to the negro's house. With
the care Of her young sisters forced
upon her without the association Of
ery white woman, is 1t any wonder
this wretched and forsaken ch.lT
'arned to this negro woman who had
known her from her infancy?
"She was the only one could 60
to for advice: when she told ME not
to do things l followed her direc-
TONS" said the girl. She was gooj
TO me-"
Battling against such odds. no
mother, no friends, partly helpless
father who never was Of full intelli-
gence and who had been whipped In
he battle with poverty, herself ma
feur others to feed and ciothe, can
one greatly wonder that this child
strayed from the right path? And
when she had strayed where was
there one To direct her to Him who
said to another erring woman: Go
ard sin no more. Thy sins are for
given thee?"
There be some "bllnd mouths"
who condemn utterly and talk ex-
trsvagantly. but let it be said that 1t
vas not due to fear Of any violence
beng offered that the girl was taken
to Columbia. She was as safe in
hampton jail as she is behind the
walls Of the penitentiary, but to pre-
vent her being talked to by the NOR
Idly curious the sheriff thought it
hest to send her away.
Meantime the three little sisters
and the father who has worked II
years for wages are without the girl
who was Il good daughter and both
r,ammy and daddy" to her mothers
children.
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RESCUED BY THE POLICE.
l,oy Taken From the .Kidnappers
Who Had Stolen Him.

"They told me was In Chicago"
said iGiusseppi Longo. 8 years old.
when the police led him to freedom
from the tenement room in New
York where he had been locked a
prisoner by kidneppers.
The boy was traced bythe aid Of
another child whose brother Is alb
held for ransom. The police learned
that Giusaeppi was a prisoner in an
East Side. tenement. They searched
the corridors, listeneIng at transoms.
AT the door of rear, room they
heard child crying, The little guide
was lifted up and peered over the
ransom. "Tat's him, be whispered
excitedly and the police broke In tho
door.
Guarding Giusseppi were two men
and in the same room with him were
two other children, boy and girl
whom he knew only by their 6rst
names. The police think they also
may have been kidnapped. The two
men on guard were arrested. as we're
Ave other Italians, among them a
woman.
Giusseppi's father Is well-to-da
Brooklyn business man. The elder
Longo has received two letters from
the kidnappers, the frat asking for
$4,000 and the second $4,000. The
recovery OF the boy makes the thira
in less than a week. two other italian
youngsters having turned up without
the aid of the police.
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tie States In their respective ranks
according to population are:
New York. Pennsylvania, Illinois,
OHIO, Texas, Massachusetts. Ken
tncsy. Iowa, North Carolina, Tennes-
seee, Alabama, minnesota, Virginia,
Mississippi, Kansas, Oklahoma, Lou
is,ana, Arkansas, South J Carolina,
Nj: ylan5. West Virginia, Nebraska.
Washington. Porto Rl"n. Connecticut.
Colorado, Florida, Maine, Oregon,
south Dakota, North Dakota, Rhoie
Island, New Hampshire Montana,
I ah, Vermont, District Of Columbia,
..,,w MEXICO, Idaho, Arizona, Della
wa,e, Hawaii, Wyoming, Nevada ana
Alaska.
Corrected figures issued by the
census office today give the State OF
! New York population as #.9,113,6l4,
lncrease 1,844,720, or 25.4 per cent;
Florida 752.619, increase l224,077, or
4z.4 per cent, and Maryland 1885,
i46, increase 1O7,302, or, per cent.
Unquestlonably 1t will be necessary
IL alter the basis OF representation
u. Grrgress. At the present ratio OF
$4,000 people to each member OF
the House of Representatives, the
House would contain about 474
,rem bers as agaist 392 at present. It
IL the general belief that this num-
her would be unwieldly. Even at
the rate Of 100000 as a basis the
public assembly would contain AIS
merl:,ars. IN lnrrAnse NJ q
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FOUND DEAD IN ROOM.
Expert Telephone Engineer Dies Sud-
denly at Hotel

c. E. stinson Of Buffalo, N. T.,
the telephone engineer, who was re-
Gently employed by the Spartanburg
chamber OF commerce to appraise the
plant Of the Southern Bell Telephone
compans, with a view to testifying
before the State railroad commission
In complaint against the company,
was found dead in bed at the Hotel
Finch Fri7ay.
DR.. Defoix Wilson said that death
was due to alcoholism. Mr.. Stinson
called DR.. Wilson yesterday. He WAS
highly nervous but Dr.. Wilson found
nothing alarming In his condition
and left. after prescribing sedatiye.
John Wood, secretary Of the cham
Der OF commerce. will leave for Buf-
falo with the body tomorrow morn
ing. AS a result OF Mr.. Stinson g
death the plans OF the chamber OF
commerce with reference to the tele-
phone situation will temporarily be
held in allegiance.
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BOOZE THE CAUSE
Fatal SHOOTING AFFRAY oc.
OURS NEAR HARTsVILLE.
7 1ls Fight Commenced in Negroes
House Where the Belligerents Had
Gnne to Buy Whiskey.

A terrible tragedy was enacted
E.4" Hartsville about twelve O'Clock
cn Sunday. In which E. D. Boseman.
IL, mer about G5 years old. WAS shot
- Heath ami his son, Otto Boseman
dgel q. badly If not fatally wounded
by Coy Blackman, youth OF %
years. Blackman made his escape.
TIE shooting began in the house OF
Cicero Byrd, negro, who lives on
The plantation OF s. W. Byrd, prom
mont farmer, living abo.t FIVE miles
west of Hartsville. The two young
rrcD had gone to the house, suppc.-
edly to buy something to drink, au:l
1ualr rel arose over the OWNERSHIP .p
OF pistol, which was in Blackman's
possession, but which the younger
r'osensn claimed belonged to him.
lie demanded that the weapon be
gwen him and advanced on Black
man brandishing bear bottle.
'Ac, man fred, the ball taking ef'
f,ct, hut not m making serious wound.
Dlockman retreated to tie yard
and was followed by the younger
l'oseIan and his father, who had
come to the ne?ro's house also. In
The yard Blackman resumed firing.
h.s first ball striking the elder Mr..
GosemGn in the heart, killing him in.
stantly. He then shot the young
mar and seriously woun7ed him. The
physician who was called says that
1t will be Impossible to tell whether
the wound will be fatal until after
au operation.
The two young men, Otto Bose
man'ran and Blackman were once
companions and had formerly worked
to tether at Roanoke Rapids, \. G.
1t Is Understood that they had fight
once before and the trouble today
.,rrbatly resulted from renewal OF
the ,ld quarrel In slightly different
tt mi. An inquest over the body OF
the elder Boseman revealed the facts
above stated.
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Past Century Mark.

With a salute Of 100 guns Friday
afternoon, Augusta honored the hun.
dredth birthday anniversary OF Mr.
Jonathan Miller, the father-inlaw OF
State Treasurer Pope Brown. and
next to the oldest person in the city
Despite his hundred years the old
gentleman Is in good health. though
his sight has failed Of recent years
Friday afternoon be was rendered a
public reception at the home Of Hon
Henry Hammond, judge OF the su.
periOr court circuit.
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CORN SHOW WAS GOOD
PRESIDENT w. w. FINLEY OF
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Cougratulates South Carolina end
Says He Wants to SEQ Cotton de-
yeluped US Well as Corn.

MIR. w. W. Finley, president OF the
Southern railway, who ia in at
tendance upon the trial Of the South
ern railway merger case, ut Colum-
bia, has addressed the following let
ter to Commissioner E. J. Watson,
Of the State department OF agricul-
ture, commerce and Industries:
NY Dear Mr. Watson: The South
Atlantic Corn exposition is the most
impressive thing that I have seen In
a lony time. 1t marks what ] be-
lieve to be the most important de-
velopment In Southern agriculture
since the invention of the cotton gin
led to the growing Of cotton on a
large scale.
"You and your associates In this
movement for raising the standard OF
Southern corn and increasing the
yield per acre are entitled to the
gratitude Of every man interested IN
Southern progress. l congratulate
you most sincerely.
Realizing that cotton Is the great
est asset of the South and that the
world will call npor! us for increas-
ing supplies, am intensely Inter.
ested in the work which you and Mr.
Williams, aided by intelligent grow
ers, like Mr.. Keenan, ard Mr.. Coker
are doing to develop prolific and ear.
ly-maturing varieties Of long-staple
cotton. believe that we should moi
let anything Interfere with the main.
tenance Of our cotton production. and
that we should seek. through seed
selection and the building up Of oul
soil fertility by scientific crop rota'
ton, live stock growing; and the In
teligent use Of commercial fertilizers
to increase our cotton production by
increasing the yield per acre. thus
leaving room for corn and the other
crops which should be included In 9
scheme OF diversified farming. am
confident that your success In this d.
rection will be as marked as It has
been In the corn movement.
Thanking you for your many
courtesies to myself and the members
OF my stan since we have been IN
Columbia, I am.
:. yours truly,
."'W. w. Finley,
= =. -, t"Presidertt.'
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Talks ty'ar in japan.

That Japan must prepare for war
with the United States Is the next OF
an article published by the Toxic
Nippon. japan must ask herself,
says the Nippon, what object an ele-
ment Of United States citizens have
in view when they advocate the ex-
penditure of enormous sums on fur
nishing the Pacific with a big feet, OF
creating a powerful army on the Pa
clhc slope, of building huge canal
depot and naval station In Hawaii
and Of fortifying the Philippines
Hawaii and Panama"
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Sick From Rat Bite.

Bitten in the center OF his fore
head by black rat more than week
ago. Thomas v. Blackshear. q first
year medical student at Atlanta, Is
lying at the point OF death In a local
hospital. The case Is one Of the
oldest known to the physicians Of
Atlanta. Blackshear was bitten while
he was lying asleep. He and his
roommate killed the rodent. A hole
as large as dollar marks the place
where the poisoned flesh was cu
from the wound
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Served Him Right.

Conductor J. B. Stevens. who runs
between Atlanta and Macon on the
Southern railway shot and fatally
wounded Henry Scott. negro. Fri
day morning. because he had nsulted
his housekeeper. The housekeeper
told him of the negro's proposals and
Cant. Stevens Immediately got the
negro in his house. He denied maxi
Ing the insult. but when confroted by
the woman admitted his guilt and
attempted to attack her. 1t was then
that Capt. Stevens fred, every bullet
taking effect.
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Preacher Suspended.

At the South Carolina conference
OF the Metho7 ist church Saturday at
Charleston, the committee on the in
,esti ration into the domestic affairs
c: Rev. r. H. Mills OF Rock Hill
made It's report. finding that the evil
dtnce sustained the specifications and
the recommendation Of the commit
tee that Mr. Mills be suspended for
2 period Of one year was adopted
ty eli unanimous vote.
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Sent Back Home,

Eleven hundred. arriving at San
Francisco, on the steamer Manchuria,
will be deported under medical In
spector's order. The Hindus are af-
nicted with the hook-worm. 1mm!-
grafton authorities say they are de-
porting many recent arrivals because
nf the existence OF hnnk-Worm dis
eaeo among them