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New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
CHAPTER vi.
The Road TO " here

THE farce was over. Both the / wills had beer
said the rlce thrown its symbolism lost. an.
Mr.. and Mrs Garro-c were ready TO depart for --.
S4t-st. ferry en- route for the JudsOn country pac
on Long Island. The wedding had been quiet. An e-
dery cousin OF Narales nad been surIlIloIleo l---
Philadelphia to give the bride away Mrs he0r-11
had been natron of honor. and Jack kernPt37 .-s-
man.
The facts had been kept out of the uewepao--s 5aa
girl of Miss IudSOn's wealth and SoCia prominence
could hardly expect 20 take tnlpOrta1- step "-u
attention So IN spite of NOTthrup efforts 70 Keep S
exact time and place OF the wedding ... q ~
of reporters and photographers awaItel .---- -
sidewalk. Even more than the words tr. .-- '--.
spoken indoors. the presence OF these people u q.
Natalie a sense of the importance OF the step -
taken. She felt that all her heart secrets "er-
worn threadbare bv the tongues OF Eossps and she
back augrIlv into the doorway ~
Cant YOU make them Eo- SIZE Whispered 90 N-'-
mott Can YOU, ~,
Ker1Dton understood and pushing his way down the
steps. made determine front Jha- 10y ,le -ig --
bride and groom were ready t' descend q l---- --- "
cleared through winch -1tE were Hirrio- ,o -., --
lection OF the quIve-inE machine winch was "'--
carry them Off o.. t.--...r.
IN her corner of the limousine staring rD0oliv out or @
window as the chauffeur sliltulv spun bis machine
through the crowded streets toward tHctr DESTINATION
and CARROT made effort TO distract rr- attention
Not until they reached the Long Island s~ore a0- @
come 10 the long stretch OF country road t1- c- q.
their new home did he venture 90 speak ,
You are very quiet. he SAID Are Won So7-E
"\o" The rising infection OF her voice WAS --'t,.-
hiDDlnt and she continued look ou- o- the Wln-''
with The faded manner OF person bored o. tc pony q,
extinction. He noticed among other things -.- III .e
hand tightly cutched, she held the torn enVe-1p or
note He >,Id nothing more, but read ms rt.ll. --
situation seemed 20 toreshddOw most eN-r-1I.l'-..
HONEYMOON. She moved her corner again. ana Us --
did So the envelou dropped the floor He bent Tor
ward and resoredIt 10 her She took % quietly. and
shade of ANNOYANCE passed over her Ease Wl.e N'Ii
r1tt could fail her GlscOulltttre he tri
from comment or inquiry. After awhile III silence -,
veutured.
4 hope we'u be good friends
GARRIOTT had long realized that IN point OF -rt1id
~ Illness the relations between them lett mucr to oe
desired In the SIX months that mad rnte-veneL si-o0
their FIRST meeting ne had seen her seldom Ihc drTsS
uent OF all business matters had been LETT 20 Norhro
and while Garriott had called the uCSon house eC
time he was IN the CITY Natalie had managed Co give R
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
BY GEORGE GIBBS
nrau;ro nv the Author
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters
Drawing by the Author

WTHEN Oliver Judson eccentric and wealthy wool rer
w chant New York died he played an od1ous J2Ae on
his niece Natalie willing MS 10 her and roke
Ca-ott nephew widow they should marry each other
year; otherwise al TO 60 70 charitable ls-
the slightest kl,NeISe
and. though OF instincts and beauty
had become exceedingly selfish, self wIed snobDIs1 and PROUD
unpleasant red haired Ooy ana
thought grlny, vulgar man VINO was an engineer ana
work living. As matter OF tact lIa-rJr- was
college man. OF the
and thorough gentleman; but Nata1e lnSted MN al
the very first meeting. and ne departed IN anger.
Mrs Abby Ke1npton. Nataies closest friend society woman
liked Ca--1oc and nna-y persuaded
pair agree they might old Judson
money. with the plan OF being divorced atterward
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llleC DOI-gIT- T0-
Natalie leaned against the easement and c0uc--. g..
her lips the petals OF the delicate blossom beside
She stood so for long while. alternately slppi1-
sweetness Of the flower and looking from ha-- ..-.
ewes out INTO the night. Gar-IOtt watched her
caIn1ness that spoke well for MS self control v-
his perceptions were alive 20 the trembling Da--1
their fates At last MS expression changed. arc .
she looked ND at him again he saw that the o-.
wrinkle at her brOws was gone. She sank into her -
with a sigh and waved him INTO The one beside 1e-.
Come. she said. let Us SIT down and talk It a.
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THE Boil 7 E D u Q q K

round and for the first time appraised ----- '-7
q glance that while frankly critical "
t1nfriendIv Il Is desperate thing 90 ---
"We are creatures OF destiny There m
choice. Il Is either that or nothing mar
rage Of convenience. You marry me -.- --E
money. I marry YOU for yours. i
venturesO1ne; but we are only dong Is --s
are dOi1g-as others VIII do The
fellows who separate m1suateC pair
much a part Of the social macllne-- -
magistrates OF the Clergynen VINO tie then ..-
gether. But YOU see YOU and / wou-
the advantage Of beginning without l---5. u.s.
There can be no MISUNDERSTANDING, n. pos
sibIe room even Tor argument w e snail .-
be so we'll advised of the rights OF the . 70
that there VIII be nothing LETT TO c-
about. II isn Z as if this sort OF thing ham
been tried before, YOU know.
Aren't YOU really afraid Suppose y1r ~
IN love
III risk II"
Suppose l fell IN love
When we are separated YOU can r
whom YOU ike. You shall keep your -----
I shall keep mine; but / see no reason --.
they should ever rneet-IInleSS OF CCC--
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VOU cared for Mr.. Tudson2" he asked at last
She did reply Immediately. She seemed to realize
that he purposey leading her into bypaths of ent
which afforded him shadowed gimpses OF secret
impulses. He my fathers brother d knsnan-
and my benefactor, she added
And vet said Garriott quietly, "he would have
condemned you a distastetu! marriage; would have
Copyright by Glte.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
The Fox and the Hen.

A Fox. having crPpt into an out
house. looked up and down for some
thing to eat and at last spied Il Hen
sitting upon Il perch so high that he
could by no means come to her. He
therefore had recourse TO an old
Stratagem Dear cousin" he said to
her. "how do you do? l heard that you
were i'll and kept at home. could
not rest. therefore. till | had come to
see you. Pray let me feel your pulse.
Indeed. you do not look well at all"
He was running on in this impudent
manner when the Hen answered him
from the roost: '"rruly. dear Reynard.
you are in the right | was seldom in
more danger than l am now. Pray
excuse my coming down. am sure
should catch my death" The Fox.
finding himself foiled. made off and
tried his luck elsewhere. .-Aesop.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
When You Can't Sleep.

There is an odd theory. which many
people believe and which is certainly
harmless. that sleeplessness may often
be cured in the following odd way:
Move your bed out into the room so
that no part of bed or covers will touch
the wall. Then place under each caster
of the bed a piece of rubber or rub
ber overshoe or set the caster in n
thick glass dish Then go to bed, max
ing sure the covers do not touch the
wall Thus the bed and yourself will
be cut off from all electric contact with
floor or wall Such absence of electric
contact. it is claimed, will make you
sleep better 1t is said to have cured
stubborn cases Of Insomnia.
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A SPIKED MOUNTAIN.
One Of the Remarkable Geological
Freaks of Mexico.

One Of The Remarkable Geological
Freaks Of Mexico.
One of the most remarkable geolos-
ical freaks IN Mexico is n mountain
situated on the outskirts of Pachuca
which presents the appearance at n
distance of being covered with spikes
The sides of the mountain are closely
studded with stone columns or pail
sades. These columns are five TO
twelve feet long and as large around
as an average mans body. 1t Is u
reniarka bic uplift of nature which has
the appearance. however. of being the
haudlwork of human beings. One side
of the mountain is almost perpendicu
lar, and tie stone columns protrude
from the surface at right angles. form.
ing an impressive picture.
Pachuca is one of the most noted
mining districts in Mexico, and it is
said by geologists that this remarkable
spiked mountain is out of Keeping
with the remainder of the formation
of the mineraiZed region The stone
is MS hard as flint and has withstood
the elements for ages The spikes form
a natural battlement thar makes the
mountain appear from Il distance like
some ancient fort. The mines Of the
Pachuca district are situated not far
from this wonderful freak of nature.
but the formation encountered in
their respective underground work
ings is Of an entirely different kind
from that Of the palisade outcropping
News.
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Book OF the Dead.

The Book of the Dead is a most re-
markable literary relic of ancient
Egypt, of uncertain date and origin,
but well known before the kings OF
the first dynasty. Probably the col
lected work of many minds in differ
ent ages. 1t was regarded as the work
Of the god Thoth and therefore of di-
vine authority, dealing mainly with
the dead and their future state. Some
of its texts. prayers. hymns and ritual
were used by the predynastic priests
and parts of the book are said to be-
long to period fifty centuries before
the Christian era. Copies of ii were
placed in the tombs, and texts from
it We're inscribed on cotfins TO preserve
the dead from dangers and TO direct
them to the boat of Ra on their way
to the hall of Osiris. which was the
goal desired The Oldest existing papy-
rus copy of the book was written for
"Nu. the son of the oversper of the
house of the OverSeer of the seal Amen
hetep and of the lady of the house
Senseneb' and probably belongs to the
early part of the eighteenth dynasty.
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MEXICAN WO0ING.
From Making Eyes at a senorits 70
the Grand Serenade.

From Making Eyes at a Senorits 20
tho Grand 9erenade.
in the uncertain illumination of the
electric lamps some of the senoritas
of Tepic City appeared very attractive
in breezy, fluffy gowns and fetching
mantlllas, and they knew 1t pretty
well too. They like to have you look
at them directly and admiringly, and
they will not drop their eyes.
If you have the nerve to give one
a look of shis kind-such look as
would be considered extremely rude
in any American city-the chances are
when you meet her on the next turn
you will be rewarded with smile and
challenge from the black eyes, and
IL you have a sufficient stock of nerve
in reserve you will speak to her and
pay her some complimentary remark
upon the first opportunity that offers
This is good breeding and will not be
resented.
Should YOU then become infatuated
with the lady you will search out her
home. visit her barred window and
NOPE under it for an hour or two
every morning, and if you impress her
favorably she will make your heart
glad by talking with you through the
bars or dropping little scented notes
to you.
Should you become real serious you
will hire a stringed band TO serenadc
her at night now and then. TO con
your band out at midnight and let it
play as long as your money lasts.-Out-
Ing Magazine
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When Lives Were Cheap.

In the prison of Luxembourg one Of
Fouquier Tinville's agents could make
up only seventeen cOnvicts out of the
list of eighteen which had been given
him. 81 want one MORE he said. He
asked the first suspect who passed by
his name and on hearing it said. Yes;
it is you" He had him carried Off,
and the next day he was guillotlned.
On another occasion a Warder called
out the name Of an aged prisoner A
lad who was playing ball in the gal
lery mistook the name for his own and
asked if he was wanted. Yes was
the answer; come along" and the
next day the boy was guiIlotined in
stead Of the man.
At Bordeaux boy of sixteen named
Mellet was gulllotined instead Of an
old man Of eighty namel Bellay. On
Obiecting he was told that he was
eighty years old in wickedness.
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Two Ribs Broken,

Several people saw him slip on g
wet step and fall. Partly eXtricating
himself from his umbrella. he set ur
such a wall of distress that every one
in hearing ran to his assistance re-
gardless of the drenching rain.
"Are you hurt?" asked a chorus OF
voices.
Anything broken" demanded an
other.
only two ribs" he muttered in
tones of deep anguish as he wiped his
bleared face on his sleeve.
Helping him up, a kind man
dragged him into a drug store. One
thoughtful person suggested a glass
Of brandy. another more generous said
there were two ribs broken, and a sec
ond glass followed the first.
'That'll make you feel better. old
man. Ribs hurt you now?"
what ribs?" he puzzled. smackine
his lips.
why, the ones you said were
broken"
oh" he replied, getting on his feet
and moving toward the door. "Dey
was de ribs in me umbrella. a."-JudGe
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COSTERMONGER.

The Word In Former Times Was
Spelled "Costard monser."
The word costermonger is now used
of an itinerant fruit seller. 1t was
formerly spelled costard monger and
in this form appears in Drant's 'Hor-
ace" TO translate the Latin word
'pomarus."
Literally it means coStard seller, cos
tard being a kind OF apple, the name
of which Murray connects with coste,
rib
Some etymologists connect it with
custard assuming that the pulp of ap-
pies was used in preparing this deli
cacy. but there is no real reason for
this. since the "custard apple" men
toned in Dampicr's Voyages" QG99,
is quite different fruit from the mid
die English costard.
Some connect it also with 'costard,'
the humorous name for a head-"Take
him over the costard with the hilt OF
thy sword" (Shakespeare). But it seems
more probable that the head was
called after the apple than the apple
after the head.
The termination "monger" simply
means dealer or trader, as in fell
monger and ironmonger, and is de-
rived from the Anglo-SaXon word
"mangian." to traffic or barter. which
is akin to the Latin mango" a deal
er who sets off and polishes up his
Wares.-London Standard.
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THE MICROSCOPE.
y Noe ~ Prototype In Every ephsr.
iea! Drop cf Water.

y Ioe I7 Prototype In Every Sphsr.
iea! Drop cf Water.
Mature offers free microscope
wgcncvCr one Is wanted. She has
besU dealing in free optical irstru-
mcdiS GNa optical phenomena ever
sEIce the first dewdrop formed or the
lrrt ralndrop fell earthwarl. Every
deWGrop ana raindrop and spherical
water drop hns all the powers and
princip,e c2 microscope. To get
one OF uature's microscopes In opera
tion take NJ IL drop of water between
the two points of two sharpened sticks.
say matches. and hold the drop over
thc minute object to be examined. The
ccsult will be that the object VIII be
maGniGcd about three diametcGs. The
supposed Invention of the microscope
was nothing more than shaping Il
piece OF glass into an imitation Of a
watcr drop so as to be easily handled
Spiders have made suspension bridges
for ages. The rough edge Of sword
grass gave the inventor the idea Of
the reaper blade for the harvester.
The Eu2zard has been using the aero.
plane for flying a good many centuries.
BY tapping on an end Of a long beam
the man at tho farther end can hear
YOU tclcgraphing, the sound travelling
through TIE timber. Fishes have been
usin@ blaGders Of wind for balloons,
lifting them in water FOR countless
years. Water has been a camera ever
since the world had sunshine.
Help yourself to natures store Of all
things man needs, but never say any
thin. about the invention. Nature in
vented; you can only arrange and com
bine facls.-St. Louis Republic.
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Commas.

The French do not, as rule, employ
inverted commas to indicate dialogue.
but they employ the dash to Indicate
a change Of speakers, which is just as
bad. Certainly many punctuation marks
are sadly misused or overused. Dick
ems flung unnecessary commas all over
his pages-whOle battalions of them.
walter Pater also employed them with
extraordinary prodigality, frequently
before the word "and" where the con-
junction rendered them superfuous.
Pater was also Overfond of the mark
of exclamation, so that when he drops
"Yes" into his measured style it must
needs appear as ''Yes" But, though
the Bible does without inverted COM
mas, there is real art in its punctua-
tion. How admirably it marks the ca
dence and helps the drama in that
great story of the prOdigal son!-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
LonSen's Police Preaa.

An article il the Illustrated English
Magazine gives an account Of the print
ing department of Scotland Yard and
the astonishing amount Of work it
turns out. Four times a day Il broad
side is issued to all the police officers.
At 8 in the morning the first is sent
out. giving an inventory of all property
lost. At noon is issued list Of all
persons missing, and this often Occu,
pies several pages. At half past
the broadside contains both subjects,
and also at half past 10. A habitual
criminal register is distributed and
every few days an account OF pers -
released on tickets of leave. A sheet
of missing articles is sent to every
pawnbroker, and as many as 1000
copies of this document are needed.
This is only a small part Of the work
done by the Scotland Yard press.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
Self Evident.

One of the dangers of little knowl-
edge is that its possessor rarely eStl-
mates it at it's rrue value. ignorance,
1t has been said. beStows her choicest
gifts on those who value her least
A conceiled undergraduate once said
to his teacher that he feared he had
rather contempt for Plato
II am afraid. Mr.. Johnson" replied
not been bred by familiarity, y,"-Youth's s
Companion.
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
CuInaner,a Remedies.

Old time physicians prescribed even
more unsavory remedies than rancid
butter, which was Emperor Meneliks
cure for malarial fever. In "Culpep-
er's Herbal" published originally in
1856 and reprinted as recently as 1920.
are such prescriptions as "oil wherein
frogs have been sodden till all the
flesh is off from their bones horse
leeches burned into powder" and
"black soap and beaten ginger" Some
of Culpepers remedies are Of more
practical nature. ''If redhot gold be
quenched in wine," he says. "and the
wine drunk it cheers the vitals and
cures the plague. 'Outwardly used it
takes away spots and leprosis,"
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
EARLY BALI.00MiNG.
eonno cLd ideas Th>t Prevailed In %ho
Eighteenth Century.

Eighteenth Century.
As far back us 1874 the American
public were led to believe that the
Atlantic had been crossed in q bal
locn. On May IS in that year the
New York Sun published . detailed
account CT an aerial voyage from Liv-
crpocl to Charleston, which purportcd
to have been accomplished by the
steering balloon Victoria in Il period of
seventy-five hours from land to land"
Five columns were devoted to the de
scription of the journey and to Il sci
entific account of the balloon, of
which a woodcut was given, and an
air of verisimilitude was added by a
list of eight passengers, one of the
names mentioned being that of Harri
son Ainsworth, who was then at tht
height of his fame.
At the end of the eighteenth century
balloons were all the rage. Then, rs
now, enthusiasts predicted time neal
at hand when war would either Ge an
awful matter Of the annihilltiOn Of
armies and forts by bombs from above
or would cease altogether through tie
abolition Of frontiers and tho fusion
Of nations. Prophecy went even fur
thCr
Canals and roads were to vanish and
tie space occupied by them to be re.
stored to agriculture. And ships Gf
any still existed, when caught in a
storm would be grapplcl by the mas,
from balloons above and safely con
veyei into port or even carried over
mountain ranges.-Chicaeo News.
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MADE SURE OF IT.
The Gift Was Delayed, but The Groom
Get the Bird

Get the Bird.
A wealthy patron of the turf in New
York told an amusing story of a IA
vcrite groom and a turkey.
Il had once promised this groom"
he said, "a Christmas turkey, but
somehow in the rush ard furry of
December I forgot it. 1t was some
days after Christmas when l remem-
bered how / had overlooked my faith
ful Old friend.
Meeting him in the paddock one
morning ard intending to make good
my forGetfulness. l said to the groom
By way Of 4 joke:
well. Jenkins, how cid you like
that turkey / sent youY
ct was very fine Bird. sir said
the groom. 4 came very near losing it.
thGu~l.'
"Eow soY' said l. astonished.
well. sir said Jenkins. Christ
mas morning came, and your turkey
hadn't reached me. so | rushed right
ocf 70 che express company and asked
the manager what he meant by not
sending the bird up. Tie manager
apoioGiEod. sir. very politely. and he
tool; me into a back room, where there
were ten or fifteen turkeys hanging,
and he said the labels had been lost
or thom and I'd just better take
my lAolce So chose the largest sir,
knowing your generosity. and it was
fire, 1t ate grand. Thank you very
much indeed. sir Washington Star
Amador ledger., 1910-08-05
TIE DANGER IN DUST.
4 Medical Writer Who Says "Let
Sleeping Germs lie"

4 Medical Writer Who Says "Let
Sleeping Germs lie"
Did you ever realize what q danger
Gus thing it is to clean house in the
spring? \ writer in a London med
zeal journal, the Lancet. insists that
spring cleaning has many possibilities
for evil If not properly conducted
Dirt and dust are full of disease breed
ing germs; but. however dangerous
these creatures may be when lodged
in the woodwork or comfortably set
tied under the hall carpet. they are
much more ferocious. this writer in
sist. if stirred up and irritated and
sent flying through the air. If we
can't keep our houses clean as we go
we had better let them stay dirty
This writer's rule is to ''let sleeping
germs lie."
What house would look like after
forty years of total abstinence from
spring cleaning we leave to our women
readers to judge. Yet we venture the
assertion that there is one creature
who would find the situation entirely
satisfactory 1t disikes the annual
cleaning ceremony, it hates to eat cold
suppers off the kitchen table. and beat
ing carpets is to it an abomination. 1t
will doubtless make capital out of the
Englishman's warning against the per-
lis of housec leaning
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AFTER THE COLLISION.
Effects Upon the Nerves Of Wrecks
Upon the Rails.

Upon the Halls.
wreck sometimes upsets even the
most iron nerved. Once the wreck
master on his arrival noticed a bare
headed man in overalls. covered WITH
coal dust and blood, sitting beside his
engine with tears running down his
face. He recognized him as the en-
gineer. who had been hauled out few
minutes before from under the mass
of twisted, battered steel that had
once been n locomotive. Sngularly
enough, beyond a few cuts and bruises
he was unhurt. He was crying be-
cause he could not find his cap that
he had bought new that day and beg,
gbd the wreck master to help him
hunt for it.
A passenger conductor Of a train
that was derailed and had plunged
down an embankment crawled out Of
the confusion and rendered cool and
efficient help during the half hour be-
fore the wreck train arrived. \ little
later the wreck master Glanced to
look around and saw the conductor
standing beside him holding Il match
box to his ear and shaking it. Pres
emily he put it back in his pocket, but
took it out again in a moment and
repeated his action.
whats the matter with you?"
asked the wreck master.
"My watch has stopped. can't set
it to going. and l don't know what
time it is" answered the conductor.
still listening to his matchbox
The wreck master took the conduct
or by the shoulders and shook him
roughly. Then he "came to."-Th2d-
deus S. Dayton in Harpar'S Weekly.