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The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-01-20
SHEAR
NONSENSEG..

Mays new hat is perfectly hide.
GUS" 1T isn't bit more hideous than
mine. You're always saying nice
things about ay."-Phiadelp Led
ger
Barker-"Say, you talk to me as II
you thought | was an idiot" Parker
Pardon me, old man. I'm always
giving myself away"-Chicago Daily
News.
"of course, admit your son is ex.
travagant But you must make allow
ances-he's young" That's all right?
But the more allowances | make the
quicker he blows 'em, Judge.
She (after a long silence)-"Did l
hear anything fall?" He (imidly)-
why, no." She with yawn)-"Oh,
excuse me, thought you dropped
remark, "-Baltimore American.
why are you sore at Miss Skreach-
err" When she was urged to sing
something, at the party last night, she
said, oh, can't sing!'" "Well?"
We'll, she went ahead and proved it,"
Cleveland Leader.
Teacher-"Your little brother was
all right when he left the house with
you, and yet you say he's sick and
won't be in SCHOOL," The Kid-"Sure!
Didn't give him the seegar wild me
own hands?"-Puck.
Uncle George, we are studying
synonyms in school, and | want to
know the difference between cute and
'sneaky.'" According to your mother,
1t is the difference between what you
do and what Mrs. Jones' little boy
does Puck
when you are angry" said the
man Of gentle instincts, stop and
count a hundred" "A hundred" ech-
oed Mr. Sirius Barker. III | could stop
at hundred in counting up my wife's
milliners' bills | wouldn't be angry"
Washington Star.
You say you are an expert account.
ant, and can begin at once on this
muddled set Of books?" yes, sir"
"Have you any recommendations?
well, sir, | worked out the set OF
problems my ten.yearold boy brought
home from school last night. "-Cleve-
land Leader.
Mrs. ugwater-Josiah, what Is q
swastika?" Mr.. Chugwater (momen.
tarily at loss)-"Do you mean to say
you don't know what a swastika Is?
swastila is-why blame it, Swastika
is the name Of the Eskimo that help.
ed Cook discover the North Pole!"-
Chicago Tribune.
Just after a severe electrical storm,
timid patron Of a rural telephone
system, aware that the telephones were
not equipped with lightning arresters,
called up central and asked: Can 1
talk with safety now?" There is no
such person on the line" replied the
new girl at central.-Judge.
"Of course" said the senlimentalist,
knowledge is power. But the heart is
more important than the head" VERY
true" answered Miss Cayenne. "Tf as
many people died Of head failure as
die Of heart failure the country would
lose an enormous element Of its pop.
ulation. Washington Star. ...
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A SURPRISE VISIT.

"oh, dear" said a voice with a sug-
geston Of tears in it.
The young man paused--and let it
be recorded TO his credit that he had
not seen her face.
! She was n charming, though OBJ
yiously distressed, little lady, as she
stood at the half-open gate. Observ-
ing her confusion, he sought to reas-
sure her with a bow--a bow sug-
gestiye Of white hair, even whiskers,
unfortunately mislaid on this partic-
ular night.
Can be Of any assistance?" he
murmured.
81 don't know what to do" she
declared piteously.
1--WE been ringing for nearly TWEEN
ty minutes" she complained, land
they won't answer.
"You are sure it's the right house?"
"Of course-'53.' This is 49, isn't
~"
Investigation proved that it was.
u don't often make mistakes, said
Che young lady; she did not say it
coaceitedly-she merely mentioned it
as fact.
You are not, perhaps, expected,
suggested the young man.
Not until tomorrow. l thought
l would pay---my sister--a surprise
visit tonight"
That's the worst of surprises, he
began; then it occurred to him that,
though true enough, it was not, under
the circumstances, particularly con-
selling. He paused.
They must come home sooner or
later she said. Thank you"
The young man received her bow
Oh dismissal with dismay.
But | can't leave you," he pro-
tested. You mustn't dismiss me like
that"
Il was releasing you," she said.
refuse to be released" he de-
cared, stubbornly.
Her smile now partook less of the
nature OF an effort.
Thank you," she said, II was so
AFRAID you would 60"
What We have to do" he said
Orlskly, concealing his qualification
under great show of energy, lis to
get INTO the house" He eyed it as
Troy -
The point is, how to get in"
Yes she asserted, "I've been try
ing for ever so long,.
Nn,"
It's not as if it were strangers
aouse'' he said soothingly, in re-
spouse to her gasp. y
But can you break in?" e.. %
Modern window fastenings," ex-
pialned the young man, who had re-
Veutly read newspaper paragraph
VA tne subject, "are simply invitations
to burglars" Tx
he clambered on the low balcony
~ 'front.' of the window, involving him
sell IN a catastrophe of flower pots
as ne did so. -
me girl, with half frightened ad-
nmlration, observed him extract his
Anlte' and by its means slip back the
@'ch Of the window. She watched
nlni with whole-hearted admiration
SuIu Is the effect oftsuccess on the
oulooker-as he raised the window,
a with a parting smile of encour-
asement, disappearedlin into the house.
DO be careful" she called out, as
noise suggestive of an overturned
table reached her ear.
Her warning, If heard, was I'M
needed, for the disturbance assumed
osMciysmic proportions. Her feeling
!. alarm gave way to curiosity, and
~ 'ne aid of a small Gladstone which
sue dragged from the doorstep. she,
I" nef turn. mounted the balcony.
us all right" gasped the voice Of
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neT uellVerer, as Sne peered In at the
window; don't be"-his voice broke
off suddenly, and subdued struggle
appeared to be taking place
alarmed" he resumed presently.
somewhat more breathlessly. "Ive
got him, all right"
Got whom" she asked in be-
wilderment.
IF you could manage to climb in
and light a match we could see."
Climb in? oh, l couldn't. Yes;
all right, If you all right"
A moment later she was by his
side, and saw that he was kneeling
on a PROSTATE and gasping man.
ITS a burglar" explained the
young man; 1--WE must tie him up.
Have you a piece of roper"
Her lack of the necessary article
made her realize yet more wildly her
helplessness in the crisis.
Wait a moment" She darted out
Of the room, and the sound OF a minor
maelstrom in the next room gave
promise Of speedy assistance.
Here you are" she said, running
back, Its a table cloth. I'm afraid
I've upset a lot of things, but 1t was
so dark"
BY the aid of this they partly
bound, partly swathed, their captive
into a condition of helplessness.
He lit the gas and gazed at the
floor with puckered brows,
II say, you have made a mess here.
| suppose 1t was their supper"
The girl turned to him with a de-
spairing smile.
Il didn't know there was anything
on the table" she said, until | pulled
the cloth Off 1t is awful, isn't e.?
One thing, Ethel is very good te1-
pered,
We'll, that is good-What's the
matter?"
The girl was staring around the
room with bewilderment and alarm
on her face.
Il" she began, and then paused.
She took a candlestick from the side
board and lit the candle at the gas.
do you mind just coming to the foot
of the stairs?" she asked in trembling
tones, I'm case"
When she came downstairs again,
she was very white, with two red
patches on her cheeks.
There's a workroom up there
she said, sinking into chair, That
man Voc nroho b1v vyorlyipg tbara.
that's why he didn't hear the bell"
"Working?" queried her compan-
ion. You don't mean"
YES, | do. You saw the number
was 49, didn't your"
IT'S not the wrong house?"
She nodded dismally
"'53, Claremont road I'm sure
was the address, though" she added,
in self-exculpation.
"Claremont?" lie gazed around
the room and his eye fell on an en-
velope on the sideboard. IL thought
sol wasn't sure. This is Benares
road. Claremont is the next turn
ing"
The girl stared at him helplessly.
Whatever shall do?" she said in
a frightened whisper.
THAT idiot of a cabman!" she
added, viciously.
Under the circumstances, unused
the young man, ito explain would be
well, an unthankful task"
"But we must"
Her fellow housebreaker looked at
her from the corner of his eye.
do you mean must morally?
Because, if not, the man in the next
room is not likely to know us again"
The girl looked at him, gnawing
the knuckle Of her forehnger hesitat-
rngly; then she rose stealthily to her
feet.
Il hope" murmured the young
man, as they let themselves out the
front door, "for the sake of our-er
host, the others won't be late get
ting home. IF. Harris Deans, in the
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A Handy HaYshock Dragger.

Take rope fifteen feet long, tie 1t
to the single tree, then take a pole
about twelve feet long; I used little
locust sapling. Trim the bark off the
pole, then get a fat iron bar about six
inches long, with two holes in It.
Fasten it on the big end Of the pole,
the iron extending about one and a
half inches. Turn the end up, a little
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Post PnlIer.

use a fence post puller Of the fol-
lowing description, which is better
than pulling with horses, as it does
not break the posts, Fig. /, hard
wood pole 10 feet long; fig. 2, rest
for the pole, AKA, ~ inches long,
with a 2X4 nailed to the bottom,
which is about 10 inches long; fig. 8
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Il hope" murmured the young
man, as they let themselves out the
front door, "for the sake of our--er
host, the others won't be late get
ting home. IF. Harris Deans, in the
London Sketch.
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curved, so it will hold a ring on 1t.
Tie a stick (about six inches long,
about two feet from the end and run
that end of the rope through ring and
tie to single tree, Run pole under
shock, bring long end of rope over
shock, then start your horse and drag
1t where wanted. 1t will not turn
over.-Dwight Smothers, in the
Epitomist.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
HIS HANDS CRACKED OPEN

II am man seventy years old. My
hands were very sore and cracked
open on the insides for over year
with large sores. They would crack
open and bleed, itch, burn and ache
SO that l could not sleep and could do
but little work. They were so bad
that l could not dress myself in the
morning. They would bleed and the
blood dropped on the floor. l called
on two doctors, but they did me no
good. could get nothing to do any
good till got the Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. About a year
ago my daughter got cake of NCuti-
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment and in one week from the
time l began to use them my hands
were all healed up and they have not
been a mite sore since. l would not
be without the Cuticura Remedies.
"They also cured a bad sore on the
hand of one of my neighbours children,
and they think very highly of the Cuti-
cura Remedies. John w. Hasty, So. Eff
fngham, N. H., Mar. 5, and apr. ii, .Qs. /"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
GETTING EVEN WITH MAMMA
In This Case, chiId's Punishment Ger.
tainiy Failed to Have salu-
tary Effect.

A little girl had been so very
naughty that her mother found it
necessary to shut her up in dark
closet-in that family, the direst
punishment for the worst offense.
For Is minutes the door had been
locked without a sound coming from
behind it. Not whimper, not sniff
fe
At last the stern but anxious parent
unlocked the closet door and peered
into the darkness. She could see
nothing.
what are you doing in there?" she
cried.
And then a little voice piped from
the blackness:
II thpit on your new dress ard
thpit on your new hat, and I'm wait
ing for more thpit to come to thpit
on your new parasol"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
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Miss limos, spinster and guardian of
GertrutlS and alsey. established summer
headquaTters at lssunnyside. The servants
desert. Gertrude and Halsey arrive with
Jack Bailey. The house was awakened by
. revolver shot and Arnold Armstrong
was found shot to death in the hail. Miss
Innesaf0und Halseys revolver on the
lawn. He and Jack Bailey had disap-
peared. Gertrude revealed that she was
engaged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked in the billiard room shortly before
the murder Detective Jameson accused
Miss lnnes OF holding back evidence. He
imprisoned an intruder In an empty room.
The prisoner escaped. Gertrude was sus-
pectnd because of an injured foot Hal
sey reappears and says he and Bailey
We're called away by a telegram. Cashier
Bailey of Paul Armstrong; bank, de-
funct, was arrested for embezzement.
Pau! Armstrong; death was announced
Halsey's tiancee, Louise Armstrong, told
HAlsey that while she still loved him. she
was to marry another. 1t developed that
DIR. Walker was the man.. Louise was
found at the bottom OF the circular stair
case. Recovering consciousness, she said
aomething had brushed by her on the
staiTway and she tainted Bailey is sus-
pected of Armstrong; murder. After
seeing a ghost" Thomas, the lodgekeep-
er, was found dead with a slip in his
packet bearing the name of "Lucien Wal
lace. DIR. Walker asked Miss lines to
vacate In favor Of Mrs. Armstrong She
refused A note from Bailey to Gertrude
arranging meeting at night was found.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
Condemns Sunshine Fad.

A well-known medical man con-
dennis empbatically the form of vani
ty that leads people on their holidays
to do their utmost to get sunburned.
Workers in city Offices" he says.
who go into the country or to the
seashore for only one or two weeks
viii deliberately sit about hatless in
the blazing sun. SO chat they may
come back looking brown and healthy.
AS often as not this practice will send
them home far less fit for work than
they were when the started, for
even If one escapes sunstroke the eff.
fects Of the suns rays upon the un-
covered head are very bad. They
viii cause dizziness. headache, nausea
and loss Of appetite and will often up-
set the digestive system for many
days There are ways of avoiding the
more serious effects OF the sun. but
personally would advise the city
dweller who must have a brown face
to stain it with walnut juice and wear
broad-brimmed hat like sane and
sensible individual
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
CHAPTER XIII.
While the Stables Burned.

About nine o'clock that night Liddy
came into the living room and re-
ported that one of the housemaids de-
clared she had seen two men slip
around the corner of the stable. Ger
trude had been sitting staring in front
of her. jumping at every sound. Now
she turned on Liddy pettishly
Il declare, Liddy," she said, "you
are a bundle of nerves. What if Eliza
did see some men around the stable?
1t may have been Warner and Alex. :"
Warner is in the kitchen, miss, .
Liddy said with dignity. And if you
had come through what / have, you
would be a bundle OF nerves, too Miss
Rachel, I'd be thankful if you'd give
me my months wages tomorrow. I'll
be going to my sisters
Very WELL" said, to her evident
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
ChiIdIike Ignorance.

Laura Jean Libbey, discussing in
Brooklyn her successful appearance
on the stage, said:
~ talk in my monologue about love,
marriage and the other interests of
the heart. On these subjects women,
especially young women, are strangely
ignorant.
'They really. make me think, you
know, of the little girl who was asked
by her teacher:
What can you tell us about Solo
mon?"
"'Solomon,' replied the little girl
was very fond of animals
"'And how, my dear said the teach
er, do you make that out?'
Because answered the little girl
the Bible says he had 500 porcu-
pines.'"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
Maxine Hin ca

y don't think | shall go to the
poker party tonight.
That's one of the truest thinks you
have done for quite awhile"
Jinx owes me SIS which he was to
pa me at tiiiss party tonight and
which had decided to give to you to
go shopping with. but am really too
tired to SO out: guess I'll let 1t go this
time
That is Just like you! II 1t was
anything you wanted to do you would
90 IA minutes but when Il is some
thing Tor your wife you are too tired!
you will go 70 that poker party ID.
night or you will hear from mel"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

There's ladder up the clothes
chute, Miss Innes," she said. Its
up that tight ! can't move it, and
to you"
1t was useless to dissemble. Mary
Anne knew now as we'll as / did that
the ladder had no business to be
there. / did the best / could, how
ever. / put her on the defensive at
once
Then you didn't lock the laundry
last night?'
Il locked it tight, and put the key
in the kitchen on it's nail"
Very well, then you forgot win
dow
Mary Anne hesitated
''Yesm," she said at last 81 thought
locked them all, but there was one
open this morning"
l went out of the room and down
the hall, followed by Mary Anne. The
door into the clothes chute was Sc
curely bolted, and when / opened it
[ saw the evidence of the woman's
story. A pruning ladder had been
brought from where it had lain
against the stable and now stood up
right in the clothes shaft, it's end rest
ing against the wall between the first
and second floors
l turned to Mary.
"This is due to your carelessness, ;"
said. 'If we had all been murdered
in, \
fault She shivered Now, not a
word of this through the house, and
send Alex to me-"
The effect on Alex was to make him
apoplectic with rage, and with it all
fancied there was an element of salts
faction. AS | look back, so many
things are plain to me that | wonder
could not see at the time. 1t is all
known now, and yet the whole thing
was so remarkable that perhaps my
stupidity was excusable.
Alex leaned down the chute and ex-
amined the ladder carefully.
1T is caught" he said with grim
smile. THE fools, to have left a
warning like that! The only trouble
is, Miss lnnes, they won't be apt to
come back for WHILE"
81 shouldn't regard that in the light
of a calamity" l replied.
Until late that evening Halsey and
Alex worked at the chute They
forced down the ladder at last. and
put a new bolt on the door. AS for
myself, I sat and wondered If had
deadly enemy, intent on my destruc-
ton.
| was growing more and more nerv-
GUS Liddy had given up all pretense
at bravery, and slept regularly in my
dressing room on the couch, with a
prayer-book and game knife from
the kitchen under her pillow, thus pre-
pairing for both the natural and the
supernatural. That was the way
things stood that Thursday night,
when l myself took hand in the
struggle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20
Bad Breath

For months / had great trouble with my
stomach and used all kinds of medicines.
My tongue has been actually as green as
grass, my breath having bad odor. Two
and after using them I can willingly and
ehee5fully say that they have entirely
shall recommend them to any one suffer-
ing from such troubles ''-Chas. H. Hal
perm, ia E. 9TH ST., New York, N. Y.
oGood. Never Sicken, Weaken or Grippe.
1Oc, 25c, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gem
uine tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed to
cure your money back. 93
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-10-20

vi 3sg llltti!a-
amazement. ~ will make out the
check. Warner can take you down to
the noon train"
Liddys face was really funny.
You'll have nice time at your
sisters" l went on Five children,
hasn't she?"
That's it," Liddy said, suddenly
bursting into tears. Send me away,
after all these years, and your new
shawl only half done, and nobody
KNOWN how to fix the water for your
bath"
Its time learned to prepare my
own bath" l was knitting compla-
Gently. But Gertrude got up and put
her arms around Liddy's shaking
shoulders.
You are two big babies" she said
soothingly. Neither one of you could
get along for an hour without the 9TH
er. So stop quarreling and be good,
Liddy, go right up and lay out aunty's
night things. She is going to bed
early"
After Liddy had gone l began to
think about the men at the stable, and
| grew more and more anxious. Hal
sey was aimlessly knocking the bill
lard balls around in the billiard room,
and | called to him.
"Halsey," | said when he sauntered
in, rs there policeman in Casa
nova?"
Constable" he said laconically.
veteran of the war, one arm; in Of
fice to conciliate the G. A. R. element.
Why?"
Because I am uneasy tonight"
And l told him what Liddy had said.
is there any one you can think of
who could be relied on to watch the
outside of the house tonight"
I'VE might get Sam Bohannon from
the club" he said thoughtfully. 'It
wouldn't be- bad scheme. He's a
smart darby and with his mouth shut
and his shirt-front covered, you could
MT see him yard off in the dark"
Halsey conferred with Alex, and
the result, in an hour, was Sam. His
instructions were simple There had
been numerous attempts to break into
the house: it was the intention. not
to drive intruders away, but to cap
ture them. If Sam saw anything sus
plclous outside, he was to tap at the
east entry, where Alex and Halsey
We're to alternate in keeping watch
through the night.
AS before, Halsey watched the east
entry from ten until two He had an
eye to comfort. and he kept vigil in a
heavy oak chair, very large and deep.
we went upstairs rather early, and
through the open door Gertrude and
Kept up u running fire of conversation.
Llddy was brushing my hair, and Ger
trude was doing her own, with long
free sweep OF he,se strong, round arms
Did you know Mrs. Armstrong and
Louise are in the village?" she called
NO., | replied, startled. How did
you hear it?"
met the Oldest Stewart girl to.
day. the doctors daughter, and she
told me they had not gone back to
town after the funeral. They went di-
rectly to that little yellow house next
to Or. Walkers, and are apparently
settled there. They took the house
! furnished for the summer"
Why, it's a bandbox," I said. 81
can't imagine Fanny Armstrong in
such a place
It's true, nevertheless. Ella Stew
art says Mrs Armstrong has aged ter
rlbly, and looks as if she is hardly
able TO walk
lay and thought over some of
these things until midnight The cleo.
trio lights went out then, fading slow
~ until there was only red-hot loop
to be seen in the bulbs, and then even
that died away and we were embarked
on the darkness of another night.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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