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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20

ruthers' company and judgment In meats
and wines by eating more heartily and
with more relish than in month of
Sundays.
It was Rogers who turned the CONVEX
sation toward Carruthers' business. i,
'I hope your visit to the lawyer was
satisfactory" he remarked.
Eyes and no. said Carruthers. 1.-THE
Washington people are fearfully slow
| Carruthers happened to mention his
lawyers name, and Rogers became more
interested at once.
Know him?" he replied to Carruthers'
inquiry. rive known him half my life.
We were at school together. What does
he think of your scheme?'
HE thinks well of 1t; not so well, per-
haps as 1 do but If l don't raise
money fast enough in other channels I'm
going to make him come tn the center"
| "Nonsense!" declared Rogers. Dun
| leavy is as close listed as / am. You
| have no more chance of getting money
out of him than you have out Of me-
I'm figuring on you for--let me see
$4,000" said Carruthers smilingly, as he
lifted his glass.
Maybe IL Rogers had not taken a fair
share of the wine and the dinner had
not set so we'll he would have taken Of
Tense, but men are mellow when they
eat and drink pleasantly, and Rogers only
laughed.
| Carruthers laughed, too.
Come over to the hotel" he said, ''and
let me show you what I've got'
Its a waste of time and energy, old
boy" Rogers declared, but he went
nevertheless, and when Carruthers
showed a model of the bottle stopper
to him and turned loose all his wealth
of eloquence Rogers became enlivened
The stopper really was ingenius. but
Rogers knew little of the virtue or
value of such device. From the way
Carruthers talked, however, there were
| few things the world was more in need
of than a perfect bottle stopper. He
had at his finger tips the statistics OF
the world relating to bottles of all
grades and classes from the smallest
and most fragile to the mammoth car
boys. He knew the waste of the or
binary cork or the ordinary bottle
stopper, and he knew, too their In
convenience. He gave to the presenta-
ton of his argument a charm hard
| to understand, considering the dryness
| of the subject, but then he was a rare
artist in talking.
Rogers, inclined to indifference ane
having no inclination for wildcat in
yestment listened to the whole story.
| It appealed to him more than he real
lied He handled the model of the
stopper, questioned Carruthers on this
point and that and then he began to
wonder If Carruthers was just dream
err or If he really had something that
was. of value.
| Mildly but candidly he expressed the
opinion that even II the bottle stopper
was all that Carruthers believed it to be
there was no such money in 1T as Car
ruthers suggested. Carruthers smiled
| indulgently and started to tell of the
| fortunes made out of seeming trifles.
Some of the articles he mentioned Rog
ers remembered reading about. The util-
ity OF these articles. as pointed out by
Carruthers, was small compared with
the bottle stopper and the value of the
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takers" he said. smilingly. WHATS the
matter with you?"
1--WE thought you were a gentleman
and an honest man." said Rogers, and
we find that you are a swindler and
mean crook" Then he told how lie
had drawn first one and then another
of his friends into the scheme. and how
Carruthers. not content with getting
their subscriptions. had borrowed from
every one.
THE dinners We ate at Your invita-
ton we wre paying for although We
didn't know it," he said THE auto you
rode in we paid for although we didn't
suspect 1t. The clothes you wear were
paid for by the dollars you got from
us by deception OH you're mean ras-
call"
Carruthets flushed as Rogers began 10
denounce him. but listened without in
terruption. Then when Rogers paused
he asked cynically. rs that ALP
mo" shouted Edwards. who had
worked himselk into a rage as Rogers
was speaking. "No it's not all You're
going to get the beating of your life I'll
take the worth of my money out of you
If ! go to Jail Cor it,"
"And you towards have invited me way
out here to beat me up? Is that it?"
asked Carruthers. 'Well, If it's going to
be a slaughter you might as well be-
GIN
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bottle stopper as commercial propo-
millions
| Probably Rogers did not have any
| more than the average allotment of
money itch, but this got to working
and before he left Carruthers' room
| that evening he had the get rich quick
virus in his veins for sure. Once that
began to work everything Carruthers
said Rogers accepted. 1t all seemed
reasonable. At dinner he thought of
nothing but bottle shoppers After din
ner bottle shoppers and bottle stopper
arguments possessed him, and at night
his dreams were of bottle stopper for
tunes.
Rogers liked to consider himself as
calm, serious and somewhat cynical. In
reality he was an ardent spirit although
he had schooled himself to cloak his feel
irgs. The manner in which he took up
Carruthers SCH eme delighted that gen.
tleman. Rogers explained to Carruthers
that he would have to do considerable
skirmishing to raise $1,000. but he volun-
teered to use his good offices to interest
such of his friends as had money.
Carruthers was joyous and promptly
went with him to be introduced to first
one and then another of them. Under
the spell of Carruthers' talk and Rogers
enthusiasm they warmed to the PROPOSE
ton for 1t was hard to resist such COM
bination. Smiley came in for $4,000, Jack
son for $500 and Thompson, Chapman.
Dolger, Edwards, Carney and others for
various amounts. Carruthers wanted to
raise only $4,000 That would be suffi-
cent to establish a modest factory He
did not want big capitalization. For
himself he meant to retain one-half of
the stock of $4,000. he putting in his
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q O far as Cincinnati is concerned
Carruthers is gone, but not for
~ gotten The memory Is painful.
He foated into town with an idea,
trunk and 800. Little more was needed
by a young man of his accomplishments.
He was big, healthy and happy, sozed
good nature and inspired confidence. His
smile was infectious. his manner buoy
ant and his conversation delightful. 1t
was the hotel clerk who introduced him
tc Rogers, who pfides himself on his
cleverness and his insight into charac-
ter. Within an hour Rogers felt as IL
he had known Carruthers long time
They had a social drink and then sat
on one Of the big lounges In the lobby
and smoked and chatted until late at
night Rogers never had met any one
to whom he was attracted so strongly.
Carruthers liked to talk, and Rogers
ikedN to listen. And Carruthers was
worth listening to. He had a quickness
OF wit and originality of view that Rog-
ers, keen In his appreciation, enjoyed to
the fullest. The few stories he told were
charming, and they seemed to fit exact
ly into the conversation, or to be brought
out by something Rogers had said. Like
ali good story tellers, carruthers took as
much pleasure in the telling of his stories
as Rogers did in hearing Them When
Cerruthers, after a glance at his watch.
suggested they have nightcap as he had
to look over some papers and do some
work before he went to bed, Rogers. who
was surprised at the lateness of the hour.
expressed the hope that Carruthers would
be in town several days, and that he
might have the pleasure of showing some
attentions to him.
"I don't know how long I'll be here
replied Carruthers laughingly. I'm to
see a lawyer tomorrow about patent
I'm interested In and I want to raise
money to push the thing along. If I
can inveigle some of your purse-proud
people into putting their good money into
my scheme Til become one of your fell
low citizens. t,If I.-dont succeed I'll get
to the end of my bank roll in about a
week. efs ~a
It was not what Carruthers said but
the blithe dsingenuous way he said 1t
that caught Rogers. -
do you mind telling me what it is you
are patenting?" he asked.
Certainly not" replied ,Carruthers. ut S
a bottle stopper"
"A bottle stopper!'' exclaimed Rogers
A bottle stopper was about the last thing
In the world he would have supposed
Carruthers to be interested in.
sort of surprises you. doesn't it," said
Curruthers. Maybe it would not as
found you If you knew how much money
there is in a bottle stopper that will
meet the requirements of the trade. I'm
going to make my everlasting fortune out
OF this thing"
Rogers was polite enough to express
the hope that his new found friend would
do so, but there was a skepticism in his
words. Then Rogers invited Carruthers
to luncheon the next day and the men
parted.
The luncheon was excellent. Rogers,
who always was bothered in selecting
things to eat, asked Carruthers to do the
ordering. Nothing could suit Carruthers
more. He had exquisite taste in food
stuffs and he had glorious appetite. He
knew what to drink, too, and when to
drink 1t. Rogers. who was a bit capricl-
Gus, showed his appreciation of Car
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prepare breakfast for her employers, the
.office lady" to make a hurried toilet,
rush to the street, fight her way into
car, grab a strap, land down town, eat
a poor breakfast in a cheap restaurant
and frantically endeavor TO get to the
office on time. II she doesn't she is
'docked' and also gets a cold look from
the boss into the bargain. She has bare
hour for her noon lunch, which is elmer
eaten from a lunch box or bolted in the
cheap restaurant with nondescript
crowd, each like a timed machine that
will stop only on the night of pay day.
| The hired girl gets her three square
meals a day under one roof and she
doesn't have to rub elbows with every
Tom, Dick and Harry either. Aeter din
ner she can put on her hobble skirt and
her dshpan hat and go shopping or call
/ ing. She isn't afraid of any cold looks
from the boss. for She is the boss her.
self
And all the while that the hired grl'
and the "offiee LADY, are working away
in the crowded, dirty, noisy, unwhole-
some cities, there are hundreds of bright
eyed, intelligent healthy, happy girls and
women walking down country lanes from
comfortable farmhouses to little country
schoohouses, where they teach the lit
tie ones and enjoy life where life is as
pure as as the air itself There is vigor
and vim ana health III the ar they
breathe, there is Gods sweetest music in
the songs of the birds that come around
the schoolhouse there are the best les
SONS in nature and humanity in the little
ones that cluster around them for in
struction. But even at that there are
many schoolhouses In which there is mo
school, because a teacher cannot be
hired 1t is an impossbility to get teach
ers enough at any price. The girls have
gone to the cities to be "hired girls
and "office ladies'
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lie jumped 10 his feet and reached TO
a chair with which to defend himself, but
Edwards was too quick for him.
smashing blow sent Carruthers reeling,
but he came back and struck out Justify.
In few moments the place was in an
uproar Only a few of the syndicate
really took part in the attack. but the
down senseless. Edwards in his fury
having landed on him with a heavy
chair.
Carruthers was laid up several days.
Dunleary, acting for him, formally adj
vised the syndieators that Mr.. Carruth-
ers was leaving tile city and would rc-
linqulsh all interest in the factory build
ing TO them The company would have
to be wound up, as after what had hap
pened there could be no reimbursement.
The subscribers got enough out OF the
factory TO return % cents on each dol
lar they invested, and then they proceed
ed to forget the whole sorrowful af-
fair
Chapman called Rogers on the phone
about seven months later.
Say" he said, I'm just back from st.
Louis Saw a friend of yours there. IT
was Carruthers. And what do you thlnkr
That bottle stopper was all right after all.
He sold half interest in it few weeks
ago to st. Louis brewer for $l,oOo,oOo."
Copyright, 1910, by Richard Spillane)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-04
NEW HOUSE IN GOOL

A NEW HOUSE IN GOOL -~~r.-
ton arranged for two families. Large
lot, city water, furnace. hardwood floors
in kitchen and dining room. A 2-story
house and stable on West side now rent
ing for SO per month. Other houses in
the city at reasonable prices. Mrs. G 5;
FOgg. 6 Summon ST. City. lan26dtf
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Results Results Results.
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MAINE CENTRAL R. R,

Trains leave Augusta as follows:
GOING WEST-S11 A NJ, except Mon.
day, Portland and Boston: $50 A. M.
Lewiston Pennington, Rockland. Port.
land, Boston, Montreal and Quebec; 9.4O
A. NJ, brunswick, Lewiston, Farming
ton, Rockland, Portland, Boston; SOC P
NJ, local; 1855 P. M. (express), Bruins
wick, Rockland, Portland, Boston; 7.1S
NJ. Portland; 1913 P. NJ, lewiston Bath
Portland, Boston. Sundays 949 A. NJ,
1888 and 1913 P. NJ, Portland, Boston.
GOING EAST-12. SO A. NJ, Skowhegan
Bangor, st John, Halifax, Aroostook
Co. Sunday morning does not connect for
Skowhegan or beyond Bangor; 300 A. M
(eXpress). Bangor. Calais and Bar 8ar-
Dor; COB A. NJ, local to Moosehead Lake
via Oakland. Belfast. Foxcroft and Ban
gor; 9OS A. NJ, local to Belfast and Ban
gor; 120s p. NJ. Waterville. Foxcroft
Bangor B. & A. r. r.. Calais, St. John
and Halifax; 2,34 P. NJ. lexpresss2, Water
vile, Bangor. Bar Harbor; 3.l5 Z. M
Waterville, SkoWhegan. Belfast FoXcroft
Bangor and Mattawamkeag; 7.I p. M,
Waterville and Skowhegan; BIT A. M
Sundays only Skowhegan and Bangor.
Accommodation trains leave AugustS
for Hallowell, Gardiner and South Card.
ner at TAO A. NJ. 1.25. $40, 6.15 p. NJ.
f. E. BOOTHBY,
General Passenger Agent
NORRIS MCDONALD,
Vice-President & General Manager
Portland. Maine.
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There's An Opportunity Here Today for You
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
ACT QUICK If YOU WANT IT

Farm of g. acres in Albion; good five
room house with cellar and two unflnish
ed rooms: good well: fair barn: woodshed
and hen house; big woodlJt. No reason
able offer refused for cash. Address j.
g., kennebec Journal, Watervile. fid3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-04

JEPaThA ENCAMPMENT, NO. 3.
Meetings at 7.SO o'clock every second and
fourth Tuesday.
FRANK ]. HAM, c. p.
G. w. MERRILL. Scribe.
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RAILROADS & STEAMBOATS,
@EEgg43sSk
itlllkEll

TINE TABLE SHOWING THH TIAI
AT WHICH TRAINS ARE DUE To
ARRIVE AND DEPART.
In effect Dec. D. l@S.
Pullman Car Service.
Sleeping car between Boston ana Car
boa on trains scheduled to leave Boste
at 7C0 L. NJ, and Caribou at $50 r. N.
Dining Car Service.
Dining ear on train scheduled to- lesav,
Bangor at $50 p. NJ.
TRAINS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE
BANGOR.
305 A. NJ, for Caribou, Van Rairen.
Grand Isle, Fort Fairfield and interTns'
date stations, via Medford.
7.05 A. NJ, for Greenville, st. Francis,
FIT. Kent. Caribou, Limestone. FIT. Fair
field and intermediate stations.
S25 A. NJ, for Searsport and interne-
diate stations
$50 P. NJ. for Caribou FIT. Fairfield and
40 T. M, for Greenville. Brownv!lle
and intermediate stations. Change al
No. Maine Jet. for Stockton and Sears
port.
TRAINS DUE AT BANGOR.
7So A. "a, from Searsport and interms
date stations.
$50 A. NJ, from Greenville, Brownville
and intermediate stations.
30 p. NJ. from Aroosrook County points
$50 +. NJ, from Searsport and inferno
date stations.
705 p. NJ. from Caribou, FIT. Fairfield.
Greenvile and intermediate stations
n.55 p. M, from Grand Isle, Van Buren,,
Caribou. TT. Fairfield and intermediate
". NJ. BROWN. GEO. NJ. HoUGHToN
Genl Supt. Pass'r Traffic MKT.
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CARDS. NOTICES, ETC.
MADAM HoLLls-rAE ENGLISH |

January 20, 1910.
Sealed Proposals will be received at
office of Treasurer, Eastern Branch. y.
H. D. V. s. National Soldiers Home.
Maine. until l. o'clock NJ. February IA;
de deli t,I Of Subsistenca ao' Household. Re-
pairs and Farm supplies in accordance
with instructions and specifications. cop
les of which, with blank proposals and
other information. may be had upon ap-
urer. Jan-S-iepl-4
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louise LOTS ON TERMS TO SUIT

customers in the most rapidly growing
portion of the city. Have sold 10 lots and
Z houses have been built in the last two
years in the Williams field between YES
tern Ave. and Green St. Handy to cleo
trio cars schools, etc. Improve your op-
portunity before they are gone. j.. r.
Townsend, City building jy9dtf
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KENNEBEC COUNTY. In Probate
Court, at Augusta, in vacation, JAN &c.
1910.
A Certain Instrument, purportng to be
the last will and testament of Alice r.
White late of Augusta in said County, de-
ceased. having been presented for pro-
bate:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be
given three weeks successfully prior to
the second Monday of February next, In
the Kennebec Journal, a newspaper
printed in Augusta, that all persons In
terested may attend at a Court Of Probate
then to be holden at Augusta. and show
cause, If any, why the said instrument
should not be proved, approved and al
lowed as the last will and testament OF
the said deceased.
HAROLD f. COOK, Judge.
Attest r. w. LEIGHTON. Register.
tan2S, fri st
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Some of These Want Ads.
Are Looking for YOU!

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S4NEW YORK 81
via
Maine Steamship Go.

Steamers leave Franklin Wharf, Port
land, Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays
at F. NJ, Nov. 10th, 1909 to April Soth
1910.
FARE One way 81. Round Trip ST.
Express service for freight of all kinds,
freight rates include Marine Insurance.
All ships equipped with United Wire
less Telegraph System.
Descriptive folder free on application to
II. A. Clay, Agent, Franklin Wharf. Port
land. Me Tel 800
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CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9 p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday at
o'clock. ..lG t,.e..- o.. ,-
c. NJ. TABER, Capt.
JOHN L. KELLER, Clerk.
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ODD FELLOWS HALL.

ASYLUM LODGE NO. 70, REGULAR
meeting Friday evening at 7S0 o'clock.
Friday evening, Feb. 4, rehearsal Of In
itiatory degree.
E. F. WESTON, N. q.
r. II. BROWN, Sec.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25

in his and stood moment silent, as though lost in
thought.
"Goodby, Miss Lacy!' he said at length. Il leave
Boston tonight for absence of several weeks When
I return you will have gone. God bless and keep you
the same true little girl that you are l proud to
have known you'll He bent and kissed her hand with
the courty grace of bygone chivry Then, taking his
hat and riding whip from the table, he hurredy left the
AMI fastened out to the terrace where the groom
stood nol5ilg his horse.
GWEN1TH and Leigh crossed to the easement Win
- dow and watched the handsome figure sitting erect
in the saddle the big dappe gray trotted down the
shaded driveway and out the gate The girls eyes
misty with unsled tears when she raised them to her
lovers face.
II feel sorry for him" she said with quivering lips
His life seems terribly lonely! Has it always been
so?"
eyes, answered Leigh soberly. From my earliest
recollection of him. he has appeared entirely free
from that atmosphere of broodng melancholy notwith
standing the fact that his both professional and
social, has been of unqualified success. 1t
that when about my age he Tilted by girl whom he
idOzed and to whom he betrothed. Of course, at
that time Uncle was man of modest MEANS and when
rich English nobleman appeared on the scene she
red him preferrng wealth and station to the love of
man like the Judge!'
Suddenly there arose before the girls mind picture
in far off London-the picture of queenly woman,
with dark hair clad in neggee of white silk and lace.
standing by open fireplace And she could hear her
say with heart cry of anguish II would give all pos
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if could be back his side with that magic band
of pink my only JEWELL
Her heartess treatment has embittered his whole
life young Dallearst went on not noticing the girls
silence. In my opinion woman like that is muir
deress just the as"
Gwenith threw up her hand as if to ward off blow.
"Dont" she said, pleadingly. eve ourselves so
happy each others love and have many things for
which to be thankful that it wrong for to
judgment another. DIS" AMI she hestated
moment to ponder the wisdom of her next words, and
looked up appeangly into his face, still flushed with
boyish Indignation. Leigh" she continued finally,
laying slim white hand each of his broad shoulders,
Il have confession to make, rather story to relate
Then shall need your assistance. Come, the weather
is too fine to remain indoors Let go the terrace.
and will tell it there
WEDDINGS are always interesting, some more than
others; but most interesting of all is the wedding
that happens to be your 1t seemed that Gwenith
and Leigh Dahearst tired of discussing the fast
approaching event. Lady Gainslegh had journeyed all
the way from England to be present at the Junction. and
the evening previous to her arrival the prospective
bride and groom had talked and planned until long
past midnight, concluding with the mutual agreement
that the affair of the bracelet and the of Ralph
Cheston were not to be mentioned in her Ladyships
presence.
1t was to be real June wedding and everything was
about in readiness The village in New Hampshire
where Gwenth resided with her grandmother, all
astir with anticipation. The young womans education
at Vassar and her trip abroad had in
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IN TWO PARTS. Part ii.

ION. RALPH CHESTON, in COM
pany with his nephew, presented
himself at the Dalhearst home the
following morning. They had ridden
over on horseback at an early hour,
with the intention of joining the
women in their usual canter through
the adjacent park; but were informed
that the latter had just returned and
that Miss Lacy awaited them in the
library.
Perhaps she had never looked so
pretty as she appeared in the closely
fitted riding habit of dark blue, the
short divided skirt, the little tan
boots, and her wavy hair shining be-