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Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-14
ant ridlculo. it is without hope of

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perpetuation.
=! you may say for me If you will !;
that the state chairman stands for Re-
publicanism and not for insurgency
Lasting reforms have never been af-
fected by going over to the Democrats.
who use these recruits as tools and
throw them away broken.
The state central committee stands
for President Taft and his official acts.
For the last tariff revision, without
apology. Respectfully asking those
who condemn, to first read 1t with an
open mind.
Days Of Bosses Past.
The day of the political boss has
passed In Colorado forever. but he did
rot go until he had prostltuted party
patriotism with money.
THE central committee promises a
policy of noninterference in local af-
Ifairs. except in the interests of har.
niony. and urge the principle of fair
dealing In their political adjustments,
that are practiced between neighbors
IN treir daily intercourse.
I'VE guarantee to all counties alike
equal opportunities to further the in.
terests of candidates whom they may
have endorsed for nomination before
the state convention, and predicts
scant courtesy to delegations coming
before this convention for tho settle
pent of personal or neighborhood
quarrels.
Say to your readers for me; that
the opportunity for the control of the
Republican party in Colorado is in
their own hands. That II they do not
take advantage of 1t their neglect will
be construed TO mean that they do not
desire to. The state central commit
tee Is their only party organization,
and II consists of two selected men
from each county No form of party
government could be more direct or
/ simpler. Ask them to see to IL that
| their committee represent them. No
man having the character of these men
would care to or dare to betray his
neighbors.
The Republican organization of
Colorado asks you to encourage party
interests and loyalty in your voters
This cannot be done through degrading
cartoons and derogatory, spiteful
squibs directed against the nations
greatest men. They give the impress
sion to the young mind that the high
stations in life are attained by acci
Gent and not through merit Such in.
dienities are engendered by the same
malevolence that reiterates through
implication that a financial compe-
tence is not the reward of industry
and economy, but the prize money
of a business pirate.
Very soon public affairs will be un.
der the direction of these young people
and it is simply the recognition of a
business principle that they be put in
proper training.
Gentlemen. | appreciate your help
in getting before the public the plain
facts bearing upon the important acts
of the national legislature now In ses.
sion. The divergence between the true
status of legislation at Washington
and that credited to it by the oppo-
sition press, for the sole purpose of
electing congressman next fall, is so
radically at variance with the facts
that you alone can clear the political
atmosphere"
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his GOODNESS. there in the face Of her
burning agitation. was appalling.
Mrs. Herrick's face was taking on
an expression no less than wary.
What he was, Mrs. Herrick could not
dream. She could not even suspect
what Flora believed. But in the light
of her terrible discovery Flora dared
not a him suspected at all.
Now. if she had ever in her life,
she talked over the top Of her feel
ings; and though at first to her ears
her voice rang out horribly alone.
presently Mrs. Herrick was helping
her, adding words to words. 1t was
the house they spoke of, the Sal Ma
teo house, the subject about which
Flora knew Mrs. Herrick had come
to ak but to Flora it was no longer
a subject. 1t was a barrier, a shield.
In this emergency 1t was the only
subject large enough to fill the gap.
and much as Flora had liked the idea
of it, she had never built the house
so large, so vivid, so wonderfully tow
ering to please her fancy as she was
doing now to cover Kerr. With Ques-
tons she led Mrs. Herrick on to spin
III lie SuDJCCl, " pay OFCA WIN
lights and shades, to bea all round
it. And all the while she knew that
Kerr was watching her.
The lady's clear gray eyes travelled
between Flora's ace and his. Under
their steady light there was a strange
a%lertness, as If she sat there ready
enough to avert whatever threatened,
but nxiou to draw her skirts aside
from it, ~distrusting the quality, hating
to have come in upon anything so dur
bious. When the hail dOOr opened
and closed she listened as if for a de-
liverer: and when Clara appeared be-
tween the pOrtieres h turned to her
and met her with a flash Of relief, az
if mere at last was a safe quantity.
Clara was still wearing her hat, with
the veil pushed up in a little mist
above her eyes, and still had her
white gloves on. The sight OF Mrs.
Herrick's hand soliciting the clasp OF
those gave Flora a curious sensation.
She looked from one face to an.
other, and last at Kerr's. She shut
her eyes an instant. Here was a thief.
He was standing in her d~rawing-rOom
now. She had been talking with him.
She opened her eyes. The fact ac-
knowledged had not altered the color
of daylight. 1t was strange that
things-furniture and walls and land.
scape-should remain so stolidly the
same when such a thing had happened
to her! For she had not only spoken
with a thief, but she had shielded
him.
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I couldn't think especially why. It's
a beautiful stone"
He laughed without a sound-shook
noiselessly for a minute. Meaning
that a gentleman shouldn't pounce
upon any beautiful stone he may hap
pen to see?" He got up and moved
about r~estlessly in the little space
between their two chairs. quite so;
lay it to my being more than a gentle
man.; lay it to my being a crack
Drained enthusiast, a COMPOUNDED
beauty wOrshiper, a vicious curio deal
er, an ill-mannered ass. But'-and
he flashed around at her with a snap
of his nervous fingers-"where did
you get ito"
For the life of her she couldn't help
her wave of color, but through it all
she clung to her festal smile. Sheer
nervousness made it easy.
We'll, suppose it was begged, Dor
rowed, or-given to me? Suppose it
anne from here or far away ~yonder?
What's that to do with its beauty?"
She gave him question for question.
Did you w see it before?"
He never left off looking at her,
looking at her with a hard Inquiry, as
if she were some simple puzzle that
he unaccountably failed to solve.
That's rather neat, the way you
dodge me-" he said, lodging in his
turn. But I don't see it now. You're
nOt wearing it?"
She played indifference with what
a beating heart! ''Oh, l only wear it
off and on"
"Of and on" His voice suddenly
rang at her. of and on! Why, my
good woman, it's just two days you
could have worn it at ALL"
She stood up-stood facing him. For
a moment b knew nothing except
that her horrible idea was a fact. She
had the eye of the Crew Idol, and this
mar knew it! Yet the fact declared
gave her courage.
She watched him with increasing
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eled pin, the laces, which she shook
out n folded daintily, the glove and
powder boxes, the gold b~onbonniere,
the long violet box, the leather pocket
boOk-each deity and unhesitatingly
in the place from which she had taken
it, and all the heaps of white hand
kerchiefs.
One by one she laid back in the
chiffonier drawers the garments, prop
erly and neatly folded, that she had so
hastily snatched out of them. She
slid back the last drawer into the chif-
fonier, and rose from her knees,
lightly busting off the front of her
gown; went to the closet door and
closed it. She stood before it a mo
ment with a face perplexed and
thoughtful, then turned alertly toward
the outer door.
Flora stood as if she were afraid to
move, while Clara crossed her bed
room, stopped, wen On and closed the
outer door behind her. And even
after that soft little conclusion she
stood still, burning, choking, strug-
CLING with the overwhelming force of
an affront whose import she did not
yet realize.
Why, she had thought that such
things couldn't happen! She had
thought that peoples private belong
ings, like their persons, were inviol-
able. In the shame of it she could no
more have faced Clara than if she
had surprised Clara naked.
She snatched the ring out of the
pocket of her gown and clutched it in
her hand. Was there no place in the
world where she could be sure of
safety for this?
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CHAPTER XII.
Disenchantment.

Then this was the end of all ro-
nance? She must turn her back on
the charm. the power. the spell that
had been wrought around her, and,
horror-struck, pry into her own mind
to discover what lawless thing could
be in her to have drawn her to such
a person, and to keep her, eve now
that she knew the worst, unwilling to
relinquish the thought of him. His
dcpravity doomed to her enormous
but was that all there was to be said
of him? Did his d~elicacy, his insight
his tempered %fineness, count for moth
ing beside it?
She couldn't believe that this one
spot could make him rotten through
out. Her mind ran back into he past
She could not recall a word, an ac-
ton, or a glance of his hat had
shown the color of decay. He had not
even been insincere with her. He had
come out with his convictions SC fiat
ly that when she thought Of it his
n~onchalance appalled, her. He had
been the same hen that he was now.
But the thing that was natural for
him was impossible for her, and she
had found it Out-that was all.
Yet the mere consideration of him
and his obsession as one thing was
intoIerable. She curiously separated
his act from himself. She thought OF
it, not as a part Of him, but as some
thing that had invaded him-a dis
case-something inimical to himself
and others, that mixed the thought of
him with t%errOrs, and filled her way
with difficulties. Now it was no long
er a question of how to meet him, but
of how she was not to. 1t was not his
strength she feared, but her own
weakness where he was concerned.
Her tendency to shield him-she must
guard against that-and that disturb
ing influence he exercised over her.
too evidently without intention. But
he would be hard to avoid. This way
and that she looked for a way out OF
her danger, yet all the while she wan
conscious that there was but one plain
way of escape open to her. She
could give the sapphire back to HarrY
within the "a hours.
mo DR. ~nN-rTNvyv-D
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CHAPTER XII.
The Mystery Takes Human Form.

The Mystery Takes Human Form.
He turned from the window where
he had presented a long, dropping,
patient back, and his warm, ironic
mirth-the same that had played with
her the first night-1ashed out at
sight of her. But after a moment an
other expression mixed with it,
sharpened it, and fastened upon her
with an in%credulOus intentness.
She stood on the threshold, pale,
and brilliant still in her blaze of an
ger, equal, at last, to anything. Kerr,
as he signaled to her with every line
ament of his %enlivened face, his inter
est, his defiance, his uncontrollability,
was not the man of her imaginary
conversations. He was not here to be
used and disposed Of; but, as he came
toward her, the new admiration in his
face was bringing her reinsurance
that neither was she. The thought
that her moment of bitter incredulity
had made her formidable gave her
courage even to smile, though she
grew hot at the first words he spoke.
You should not be brave and then
run away, you know"
She thought of her rush up the
stairs again. II had to go back to
see Mrs. Britton.' ooh, how she had
seen hertz
"Ah, l thought you only ran back to
hide in your dolls house"
She laughed. Such a picture of her!
We'll, at any rate. now I've come
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out, what have you to say to me?'
Now you've come out" he repeat
ed, and looked at her this time with
full gravity, as if he realized finally
how far she'd come.
She had taken the chair in the light
of the eastern windows. She lay back
in the cushions, her head a little bent,
her hands interlaced with a perfect
imitation of Quietude.
He looked down upon her from his
height.
You know what I've come for" he
said, but now I'm here, now that l
see you, I wonder if there's something
| haven't reckoned on" He looked at
her earnestly. IF you think I've taken
advantage Of yOu-if o say SOIL
go away, and give you a chance to
think it over"
1t would nave been so easy to have
nodded him out, but instead she half
put out her hand toward him. NO;
stay"
He gave her a quick look-surprise
and appreciation at her courage. He
dropped into a chair. Then tell me
about it,"
F1ora's heart went quick and little.
She held herself very still, afraid in
her tense consciousness lest her
slightest movement might betray her.
She only moved her eyes to look up at
him ~questioningly, ~suspending &C.
acknowledgement Of what he meant until
he should further commit himself.
Il mean the sapphire" he said. He
waited.
Yes" she answered coolly. 81 saw
that it interested you last night, but
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SYNOPSIS.

At a private view of the Chatworth
personal estate, to be sold at auction, the
Chatworth ring, known as the Crew Idol,
mysteriOusly disappears. Harry Cressy,
who was present, describes the ring to
his fancee, Flora Gilsey, and her chap
erOn. Mrs. Clara BrittOn, as being like a
heather god, with a beautiful sapphire
set in the head. Flora meets Mr.. Kerr,
IN Englishman, at the club. In dis
cussing the disappearance of the ring, the
exploits Of an English thief, Farrell
Wand. are recalled. Flora has a fancy
that Harry and Kerr know something
about tho mystery. Kerr tells Flora that
he has met Harry somewhere, but cannot
place him. $4,000 reward is offered for
the return Of the ring. Harry admits to
Flora that he dislikes Kerr. Harry takes
Flora to a Chinese gOldsmith's to buy an
engagement ring. An exquisite sapphire
set in a hoop Of brass, is selected. Harry
urges her not to wear it until it is reset.
The possession Of the ring seems to cast
a spell over Flora. She becomes uneasy
and apprehensive: Flora meets Kerr at a
box party. She is startled by the effect
on him when he gets q glimpse Of the
sapphire. The possibility that the stone
vs. part of the Crew Idol causes Flora
much anxiety.
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ITO BE Continued
The Boys Ignorance.

Son-Pa, l don't want to wear those
old pants of yours; they're too big and
the kids give me the laugh.
Father-Niver mind tn kids. Yen
grow into Thin pants.
Son-Bur why can't | wear my old
ones till | do grow into yours?
Father-Is that tn ixtint Nv y'r iddy-
cation! How kin we ixpect t grow into
mine without wearin' thin ?-IIlustrOA
ed Sunday Magazine
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-30

With trembling fingers she fastened
it again to the chain about her neck.
She thought of Kerr downstairs wait
ing for her. Well, she would rather
keep it with her. Then, at least, she
would know when It was taken from
her. Still in the fury of her outraged
faith, she passed through her violated
rooms, and slowly along the hall and
down the stairs.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
Baker--Mitchener.

At the home of the bride on
Broadway on Saturday after
noon, Miss Jeffie Belle Kitchener
was united in marriage to Mr..
Bunyan A. Baker of Muskogee,
Okla. The ceremony was said by
Rev. Hodges of the Christian
church in the presence of the i'm
mediate family and few inti-
mate friends.
The bride is one of Tupelo's S
most accomplished and charming
young ladies, who was a general
favorite with everyone with
whom she associated. The groom
is a successful and prominent
business man Of Ocmulgee. Okla,
and stands high in business ano
social circles. The happy couple
left Immediately after the cere'
mony for their home in Oklano'
ma. carrying with them the bes'
wishes Of all.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
ON WRONG HONEYMOON ROUTE
SCOT Marks TelltaIe Evidence Of What
Occurred While Going Through
Tunnel.

All of the passengers were amused
at the dovelike tenderness Of the
honeymoon couple from the rural dis.
tracts, and when the train emerged
from the tunnel the fashily dressed
commercial salesman thought be
would have some fun at their expense.
See here, neighbor." he said In q
loud whisper as he touched the nerv-
GUS bridegroom on the arm. don't
you know there are rules against kiss
ing on this road?"
Rules against kissing?" faltered
the frightened countryman.
Certainly! You were kissing while
coming through the tunnel!"
"H-how in the world did you find
that out, mister?"
why, by the SCOT marks. There
was one on your nose before we en-
tered the tunnel, and now there is
one of the same size on the brides
nose"
And just then the pretty bride be-
gan to stamp her foot impetuously
and upbraid her awkward spouse.
Thar, now, Silas, what did l tell
you? Told you not to come on the
soft coal route. If we had come on
any other route, they wouldn't have
ketched us!"-Judge.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
HOW TOTS REGARD DOCTOR
at All Complimentary to
Physician.

A Chicago physician gleefully tells
child story at his own expense. The
five children OF some faithful patients
had measles. and during their rather
long stay in the improvisede home hos
pital they never failed to greet his
daily visit with pleased acclamations.
The good doctor felt duly fiattered. but
rashly pressed the children. in the
days Of convalescence, for the reason
Of this sudden affection. At last the
youngest and most indiscreet let slip
the bitter truth.
I'VE felt SO sick that we wanted
awfully to do something naughty. but
we were afraid to be bad for fear you
and the nurse would give us more hor.
rid medicine. So we were awfully
glad to see you. always. cause you
made us stick out our tongues. We
stuck 'em out awful far!"
Another laughable doctor" story
deals with little Edna, who played
mother with such realistic enthusiasm
that her immediate maternal ances-
tor one day found the child weeping
violently over supposedly defunct
doll.
my dear Annie has died and gone
up to heaven" the child mourned. be-
tween sobs.
What was the matter with herr
inquired the sympathetic but some
what perplexed listener.
hoI A~anAfrI1v -
came the surprising reply.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
The Cost Of Roosevelt's n.

The Kansas City Journal. a re-
publican newspaper, reprints the
following editorial from the New
York World:
THE total expenditures of the
United States government from
the Inauguration of Washington
in 1889 to the beginning of the
civil war in 1861 were 81, 1885, :
273, ,344. IA.
The appropriation bills signed
by Theodore Roosevelt during his
second term in the White House,
from March 4, 1905, to March A,
1909, authorized expenditures
amounting to So, ,522, 982. .8l6.87.
-Four years Of Rooseveltism
cost twice as much as the first
seventytwo years OF the repub-
| lie.
Zone term of Theodore Roose-
velt took twice as much money
out of the pockets Of the Amer
lean people as the combined
terms of Washington, Adams.
jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John
Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van
Buren. Harrison, Tyler, Polk,
Taylor, fillmore, Pierce and Buch-
anan.
During the seventy-two years
covered by the administration of
tn ese fifteen presidents the
United States government paid
the revolutionary war debt in
Cured by the states. 1t paid the
cost of the war of 1872. 1t paid
the cost of the Mexican war. 1t
bought Louisiana. It paid for
the Gadsden purchase. It ac-
quired all that vast extent of ter
ritory from the Mississippi river
to the Pacific ocean.
what have the American peo-
pie got to show for the four years
of Rooseveltism which cost double
the money?
''And what would be the cost
/ of four years more of Roosevelt
under the new nationalism?"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
A Wary Chap.

There is a Milwaukee man who has
been prosperous in business. and
whose note is worth something with
in reason that he is willing to write II
for. Not so long ago he received a
check from the United States govern
ment for ten dollars to his firm. He
took 1t to the postoffice to have 1t
cashed.
The clerk said he could cash 1t II
the man would Endorse" it.
"Oh, no, you don't" the man an
swered. Il promised my partner when
| went into business with him that !
would never indorse any paper in the
firms name"
We'll, then, just write the name OF
the firm across the back; that Will
answer The purpose" the willy clerk
persuaded.
Sure, I'll do that" and he did.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14

deserved promotion, circular
naming him as chief of the en-
gineering department, having
been issued just prior to his mar
rage. Mr.. Finley came to Go
lumbus in a private car furnish
ed by the Mobile & Ohio railroad,
and at the conclusion of the re-
ception which followed the cere-
mony, he and his bride left for
Mobile. They will spend q few
days with relatives in the Gulf
City, and after an extended West
|ern trip will go to st. Louis,
where they will reside. Colum-
bus Dispatch.
The Journal joins in extending
congratulations to Mr.. Finley and
his fair bride with the hope that
every joy may be theirs.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
Permenter Convicted.

At Louisville on Tuesday the
| jury in the case of the State vs..
Swinton Permenter brought in a
verdict of guilty of murder and
the defendant was sentenced to
be hanged on November 25.
Permenter was charged with
the murder of Miss jamie Sharpe.
a young lady of the community
in which Permenter resided. He
was in love with her, but the
young lady refused to receive his
attentions. On her way home
from the postofice she was way
laid, dragged to a secluded spot
and murdered. From remarks
Permenter had made suspicion
pointed to him. The state made
out strong case of circumstan-
tial evidence. The defendant,
however, proved an alibi through
the testimony of his own family,
but the jury disregarded it and
convicted the defendant.
The trial of this defendant took
place at a time when the public
was aroused and wrought up by
the atrocity of the crime. Wheth-
er he is guilty or not will always
remain matter of doubt, unless
he confesses to the perpetration
Of the dastardly crime.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
The Fortnightly Matinee Club.

The Fortnightly Matinee Club
met October 5, 1910. in a social
meeting with Mrs. ]. @. Robins.
Mrs. Robins was assisted in re-
ceiving by her sister, Miss May
Norton of Birmingham. Ala, and
Mrs. Ledyard.
The club was called to order by
the president. After roll call and
ceading of the minutes. the pro
gram below was given.
The meeting being an infor-
nal one, Mrs. Robins provided a
musical program, rendered ly
Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Topp and Miss
Lrma Harper, who gave selec
tions-instrumental and vocal
of the choicest kind as follows:
..'Valse Caprice" Mrs. Wright
Butterfly Time" (vocaD Miss Harper
(a) Shepherds Tale.
(b) shepherds All and Maidens
Fair" Mrs. Topp
Mrs. Asa Allen read a selec-
ton from Aunt Jane of Ken
lucky" stories, which was very
much enjoyed.
A pleasing feature of the pro
gram was a guessing contest,
which was entered into with
such a spirit of enthusiasm that
ga little ronsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest-women."
The program was thoroughly
enjoyed throughout, and after
adjournment we were served de-
licious refreshments. We bade
our hostess adieu with many ex-
pressions Of a good time. Our
next meeting will be with Mrs.
Topp on October 10.
MRS. w. D. ANDERSON, Pres't.
MRS. w. ". TRICE, Secretary.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
Too Great a Risk.

A certain gentleman who resides in
Alair county, Kentucky, stopped with
one of his friends for the night, and
after his horse had been cared for at
the barn, and fed. the following con-
yersation occurred between the two
old neighbors;
sam, have you got anything e
drink"
.sYes, Bill. have about the guam
tity sufficient for us both to have :
good drink in the morning
"Sam," said Bill. THE older you
ret the less sense you have. Just sup
pose now the house burns down to-
night. and we have barely enough time
to save ourselves and the drinks per-
ish. / want to tell you right now.
Sam. that we are not going to run any
such risk. We will take the drinks
tonight"