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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-09

WED better be moving" suggested
Cooke. Look below therei"
Looking off from the ridge they saw
man and a woman riding along
strip Of road from which the timber
had been cut. The night was so still,
the gray light so subdued, that the
two figures moved as steadily and
softly as shadow pictures on a screen.
The slow even motion of the riders
was interrupted suddenly. The man,
who was nearer the remote observers,
had stopped and bent toward the
woman as though to snatch her rein,
when her horse threw up its head
and fell back on its launches. Then
the woman struck the man a blow
with her riding-crop, and galloped
swiftly away along the white ribbon
like road. In the perfect night-silence
1t was like scene of pantomime.
That's all right" cried Cooke.
Come alongl Wen cut into that
road at the bungalow"
They swung their horses away from
the ridge and back into the bridle-
path, which once more dipped sharply
down into heavy timber, Cooke lead
ing the way, and three of the best
hunters known to the Ardsley stables
flew down the clear but winding path.
The incident which the trio had wit
messed required no Interpretation; the
girls blow and flight had translated
1t into language explicit enough.
Ardmore thanked his German for
ester thousand times for the admir-
able bridle-path over which they gal
loped, with its certain footing beneath
and clean sweep from the boughs
above. The blood surged holly through
his heart, and he was angry for the
first time in his life; but his head was
cool. and the damp air of the forest
flowing by tranquillized him into a
new citation of spirit Jerry Danger
field was the dearest and noblest and
bravest girl in the world-he knew
that; and she was clever and resource
full enough to devise means for pre-
serving her fathers official and priv
ate honor; and not less quick to de-
fend herself from insult from titled
scoundrel
The three men rode out into the
broad highway at the red bungalow and
paused to listen.
He hasn't got here yet. Only one
person has passed and these must be
the tracks of the girls horse" said
Cooke, who had dismounted and struck
matches, the better to observe the
faint footprints in the hard shell
road
He'll be along in a minute. Let us
got into the shadow of the bungalow,
and when he comes we'll ride out and
nail him. The bungalows a sort of
way house. often stop here when
J, I'm out on the estate. and want to
| resx. ! nave surIs- ne, m my pocxet. ~
AS Ardmore's keys jingled in the
lock Cooke cried out softly. Their
quarry was riding swiftly toward
| them, and he drew rein before the
bungalow as Cooke and Collins rode
out to meet him.
81 say" painted the duke.
| you are our prisoner. Dismount
and come into this house"
(TO BE coNTINUED)
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-09
eNAT CAUSES PELLAeRA.
Committee on Disease in Europe Says
Corn is Not to Blame.

London, May 14.-Dr. Sambon,
member of the Field committee which
has been investigating the disease
pellagra. telegraphs from Rome that
the committee has definitely proved
that maize or Indian corn is not the
cause of pellagra.
The committee finds that the para
site conveyor of the disease is the
"simulium repans," a species of biting
gnat.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-09

A schoolmistress whose hair was
of the BLACKLIST hue, was one day CIV
ing lesson on coal mine to class
in Suffolk, England. To make the les.
son interesting as possible she went
on to say she had herself been in a
coal mine. A little lad put up his
hand, and when pointed to said:
please, teacher, is that what made
your hair so black?"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-09

One of the shortest speeches re
corded in forensic annals is that OF
Taunton. afterward judge. Charles
Philips, an Irish orator, had made a
flowery speech in an assault case.
Taunton, who was for the defendant.
said in reply: my friends eloquent
complaint amounts, in plain English.
to this: That his client has received
a good, sound horsewhipping; and my
defense is as short-that he richly de-
served it."
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-09

Humility is the first lesson we
learn from reflection, and self distrust
the first proof we give of having OBJ.
tanned knowledge of ourselves.-zim.
norman.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-09

1t is not so much what we do as
what we are that tells in this world
Home Chat
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-06-09

Not the Reply He Expected.
do you object to smoking?" he
asked.
Not at all. Have you cigarette?"
she replied.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
AN leNoBLE DEED

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Here is a story that grandma told me.
Il was living in Warsaw with my
aunt. 1t was on one early morning we
had just gotten up when outside we
heard a loud noise. We went TO the
door and there we saw a band Of sol
diers.
"4Ohn l exclaimed, hurry up and
get a good breakfast, for pa is com
ing l did not know 1t was the south %
ern soldiers or l would have been
much alarmed.
soon they were coming into the
house like q swarm of flies. Aunt Jane
kept a bucket of lard. 1t was a hVe-
gallon one. She picked up a piece of
old carpet, threw it over the lard
bucket and sat down on it. The reb-
els took everything they could. What
they could not use they burned on the
edge of the town. They found an old
revolver lying on shelf and asked me
what / was keeping 1t around the
house for so l told them uld no.
know II was there. They went around
peeping under beds and in the closets,
saving: If l see a man, oh, won't l
shoot him down quick? didn't
think they meant 1t.
"At that time my poor grandfather
was shot He was lame and could not
go to battle. so they shot him down
before my very eyes. The can OF Iaru
Amt Jane sat on wasn't taken. She
divided il with the whole town. we
didn't have anything to eat put
parched corn, which we found OUT OF
town" -,
This is grandma's story as she tod
n To me. She never tells me fairy
tales. but real true stories. Last sum
mer l used to sit hours at time us
tening to the stories she told TO me
and | liked this one best.
MABEL BURROWS
Etiwanda school, grade 4, age IL. Etl-
wanda.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
A SAD EXPERIENCE

Dear Aunt Laurie:
l asked grandma her favorite story
and she told me the following one:
When l was visiting California the
fleet happened to be there. Grandpa
had a friend who was captain. One
stormy day this captain invited US to
go on, as nobody else could. We dld
so, in spite of the strong wind that was
blowing.
Just as I went to step on the poat
moved a little bit, causing me to lose
my footing. l went down in the water
and up two times The third time
sailor rescued me, and l was taken
down into one of the rooms.
1t was a long time to wait for my
husband to go to Los Angeles and get
clean, dry clothes, and said Woulu
never go on a boat again.
EVELYN WELDON.
Griffin Avenue school, BS grade. Age
II years. 652 South Workman street.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
ENJOYS EXPERIM ENTING WITH
ELECTRICITY
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Experimenting with an electric motor
or electricity is learning and having
fun at the same time. 1 have an cleo
tric motor that runs by batteries. IL
is only a toy motor about six lnches
high. / can now put string Deit on
the hywheel and send paper messages
for twenty-five or thirty feet. 40
this by tying the message on the string
belt and when the message reaches the
place I have an electric bell which /
nre3s the button, and that gives the
signal.
This is capital fun. You would
think it had but little power, but it can
run the wheel of a toy steam engine
backward with the steam on ! now
have a fine electric shop and many
tools. | have managed to get an cleo
trio light for my shop that runs by
larger batteries. / got the plans OF an
electric piano out of a magazine ana
am trying to make my little sister
toy piano run by my motor. l MADE
a copper instrument to make the motor
run slow or fast.
I spend nearly all my spare time on
electricity. 1 made a little fan TO put
on the motor, and use 1t as an electrlc
fan to keep me cooi when l am doing
something else. l can nearly MAKE lile
motor run mammals little sewing ma
chine 1t will run little saws and a
little grindstone.
| think some other boys of the Junior
would like an electric motor. l assure
you that you cannot get shock, ana
ii is not dangerous.
RAY LOOKABAUGH.
Fourth Street school, sixth grade.
245 South E street, San Bernardino.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
HAS NO GRANDMOTHER

Dear Aunt Laurie:
l haven't any grandmother, so l Will
make up a story.
Once when grandmother was niue
girl her father bought a new house.
Grandma was happy, and looked
every place to find new things: In
one corner she found an old-fashloned
doll which she showed to everyone
who came to see her.
One day she lost it and she felt very
hadlv about il. Soon afterward her
brother was playing on the grass. when
he stumbled over something. Picking
it up he discovered it was her doll;
She clapped her hands and shouted
for joy.
She put it in her trunk and never lost
il again. She often tells us about II
and we like the story.
ESTHER LINDBERGt
499 North Center street. Barton Hill
school, IA grade, age 8, San Pedro
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

discovered the pony had a sore on his
side, and when grandma kicked him it
enraged him.
When they took the pony to the barn
it was nearly dark. There were great
black clouds in the sky which was, OF
course, a sign of rain.
Grandma's brother had black horse.
Black Bess was her name. So grand
ma rode her and her brother VIII took
a buggy horse named Blunderstone.
They started for the pasture-about
two miles from the house was brook
to cross and the pasture was two and
a half miles from there.
They took several dogs with them,
and there was one COW that didn't
like the dogs, so she started home be-
fore the dogs got there. That night
when they started home with the cat
tie Flower, as usual, was not among
them, but she had not come home, so
he was fined $25 for stealing.
Every time l went to grandmas l
asked her to tell me the story.
But we have heard it for the last
time, tor my grandma is dead and
never from those dear lips Will hear
my favorite story again.
GRACE DAVIS.
Six years, Sawtelle city school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
BROTHER RETURNS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
one dark, rainy day the children
gathered around grandmother for
story. So grandmother began:
"Well, dear children, the first thing
I remember was that my dear mamma
and papa and everybody in the mouse
were crying. MY brother Fred had
been going in bad company TOT a lons
time. and now he had run away ana
we had not heard from him for long
time.
about a year after I was given a
pair of white pearl rosary beads, whicn
/ priced very highly. One day | lost
them. They were neither in the church,
to which I quickly returned seeking
them nor on the road to our house.
was very sorry, but I often told
mamma that was distracted many a
time by them. After a time became
reconciled to the loss, so / ceased to
look for them.
zone night the rain and hail We're
coming down in torrents and our faith
full dog Tim was barking and whining.
He seemed to want us to open the door.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
H. F. THORNTON 7ss EAST FIFTY FIRST STREET.

and while she was cutting she thought
it would be nice to make ging5r bread
boy She cut him out and put him in
the oven to bake. After a while, when
she thought the ginger bread boy must
be done she opened the oven door
out he jumped and ran out the door
The old lady ran after him and the
old man ran after her But they
couldn't catch him at all The ginger
bread boy ran on and on. He next
came to a COW. She chased after him,
but could not catch him at all
The ginger bread boy ran on and on.
He next ran by some wood choppers.
They chased after him, but couldn't
catch him at all.
A wolf saw him and ran after him.
They ran on and on until they came
to a stream. The wolf said: II will
take you across" The ginger bread
boy climbed on the VOLTS back. When
they had got in the water a short dis
tance the wolf said: Get on my head"
So the ginger bread boy got on the
VOLTS head. Soon the wolf said: get
on my nose" The ginger bread boy
got on his nose. Then the ginger bread
boy felt his legs going, body and then
his head The ginger bread boy was
all gone. DORIS ROBINSON.
Ranchito school, fifth grade. Age 10
years. Rivera postoffiee.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
THE BEDTIME STORY

Oar Aunt Laurie:
How would you have liked to enter
my grandmother home as she
was telling the children their good
night story? Grandmother would
probably have had at least five out of
her seven children leaning on her as
she sat before a great fireplace in
which there was huge log of wood
burning. She would tell her story:
"Now, children, one time l went
down into the dungeon to get mother
some potatoes. When l reached the
dungeon / saw a ghost! lie said, If
you run I'll get you
This frightened me so that I didn't
run up the steps, but just walked
slowly. When l had nearly reached
the top / heard the ghost slowly as
cending. ran! He kept coming up
one step, then another, and finally the
last step into the living room. Then l
headed for the ladder leading to the
haystack or bedroom. Up one step!
Up two steps! Up three steps!" and
now the children are listening in
breathless interest and expectation,
when all of sudden she says:
Hurry, children, and beat the
ghost" Away flew the children, push
ing and scrambling to get on the lad
der all at once, and with great-grand-
ma following as gay as child.
Grandma says as this was an easy
way to get children to bed without
much fussing that she followed her
mothers example aud now my mother
follows her mothers. l like to sit of
an evening listening with the younger
children and try to imagine the chill
dren trying TO climb the ladder IN
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
A NARROW ESCAPE
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie.
My grandmothers favorite story.
Although l had heard the story over
and over again, l was still ready to
her it once more. So after persuading
her awhile she began
"Well, Frank, it was during the time
that the civil war was raging around
the Mississippi river that your Uncle
Ben and | had a narrow escape.
"One day l rowed across a narrow
part of the river to the other side to
get some greens. When I was about
ready to return ! ran suddenly into a
band of northern soldiers.
Now, at that time your unc'e was
a lieutenant in the confederate army.
Turning, l ran to the boat intent
upon warning him. I jumped into the
boat and was soon started, but ] was
not free, for a soldier dove into the
water and grabbed one end of the
scow. There was only one thing left
for me to do. and / did it. | plunged
into the water and struck out for the
opposite shore. / had the advantage
of my pursuer, and / kept it.
Reaching the other side, scrambled
on shore. but the soldier did not follow
me. and | warned Ben, and he got
away. So when the soldiers came they
found no one but me-"
Thanks" 1 said, shortly.
FRANK TOM HOWELL.
535 San Julian street. Grade T.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

told him to be quiet, but he barked
all the louder. At last I became i'm
patient and opened the door Some
thing had been leaning against it, SO
that I was nearly knocked down.
Mamma and / brought it into the hail.
and I heard someone say 'Mother!'
and then mamma said 'Fredl' So after
a while he told us about his life, and
he said, One night l found this and
he pulled out my pearl beads. I rec
ognized them at once, and he said that
he found them on the path back of our
house. He said that he would not part
with them, but when he died ] got
them back, and they shall always be
with me until / die"
A NEW FRIEND OF AUNT LAURIE.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
FRIENDLY INDIANS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Grandma often tells of her journey
from Missouri to California forty
eight years ago. Grandpa drove team
of three oxen.
There were about sixty people in the
train. The leader had driven across
three times and on that trip he came
to make his home.
They often had to stop on account
of storms. One day when they were
crossing the Platte river there was a
very severe storm. 1t got dark and
there was thunder and lightning. They
stopped, made a circle of the wagons
and put the horses and oxen inside
1t rained all night. But the next morn
ing it cleared up and they started out
again.
Another time when they were in
Colorado they saw some Indians COM
ing down the mountain side They
were chasing a large buffalo. The In
dian ponies were all quite small Fin
ally one of the Indians shot and hit
the buffalo in the back of the neck.
They skinned 1t and brought some OF
the meat to the people In the wagons.
They were always armed, so that they
would be ready if the Indians were to
attack them. But they were always
friendly.
A number of the people left them to
go to Nevada, so when they got to
California there were not as many peo-
pie in their train as when they had
started.
My uncle, my mothers oldest broth
-er, was six months old when they
started and the day they reached Cal
ifornia he was just one year old They
were all very happy when they reached
California, for they had been on the
road six months.
Grandma often told many interesting
stories of her journey.
EUNICE JACKSON.
Sawtelle city school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
eRANDMA's coURTsHIP

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My grandmother used to tell me or
how she got married to my grand
father. he said:
zone sunny morning in July was
walking along the beach of Lake
Michigan and a nice looking young
man came along" (This was my
grandfather) II was then only II years
old.
"When I was 20 we were married.
We went to Canada and stayed five
years. During that time your mother
and her two sisters and three broth
ers were born. Your mother and uncles
soon learned to row. Your two aunts
died when they were and years
old"
GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN.
Sawtelle City school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
THE FAIRIES VISIT

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Margaret went to bed at the usual
time, even though her mother and
father were speeding along toward the
far west, and she was all alone except
for the servants.
After awhile she was awakened by
a loud knocking at the front door. She
slipped on her kimono and slippers and
ran downstairs to see who was there.
She found a messenger boy with
telegram She took 1t and a sudden
fright took possession of her, for she
Thought of her mother and father on
the train. She thought maybe some
thing had happened to them.
She began to sob and when nurse
came to see what the matter was she
threw herself into nurses arms and
moaned, "Oh, l can't open it; l can't.
There, there, never mind, dearie," said
nurse; but even as she spoke the same
fear came over her.
Finally the nurse opened il for Mar
garet, and in 1t was written
Am coming soon; have everything
in readiness for us all.
SILVERBELLE,
QUEEN OF RAIRIES."
"Ohi OH" cried Margaret, Il am
so relieved and so very happy" Then
she began to weep again, but they
were tears of joy, not sorrow.
About a week later everything was
in readiness for the fairies; and still
a week later Siiverbelle and the fairies
arrived. Oh. what fun they had and
what things they did. They gave Mar
garet a little bracelet that would prick
her arm IL she was bad and would
shine If she was good They stayed
about three months and then left for
another visit to someone else after
promising Margaret another visit.
HELEN A. SMITH,
BS. II years Old sos South Eastlake
avenue, Griffin avenue school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
THE TRAMP SOLDIER
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Grandma's favorite story was about
her younger days when she lived in
New York. 1t was about the time of
the civil war and she lived on a big
farm. She had a dog Fido.
One day a tramp came and the dog
grabbed at him. He ran up the road
and into a camp of soldiers.
The captain asked him to join the
company, so he went to war. Grandpa
was also a soldier and he had to go
to war. Grandma was so afraid that
she went to live with friends.
RALPH CLAVELOT.
SaWtelle City school, grade 6.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
HELPED HERD COWS

Dear Aunt Laurie:
The incest story my grandma yer
told was about the time when she
helped her brother Tom herd cattle.
One day when the cattle were out in
the pasture heI brother came in and
asked her to help him herd the cattle.
She had a favorite pony named Spot,
and he was never known to buck or
kick But this time he began to kick
and rear up and run around as though
he were mad.
Grandma was used to horses. so she
jumped off quickly. The next day they
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
A GINGERBREAD BOY

Dear Aunt Laurie:
/ am going to tell you grandmother S
ginger bread boy story:
Once upon a time an old lady
wanted to bake some ginger bread.
She said to her husband: I want you
to hurry and cut some wood" The old
man went out and cut an armful OF
fine wood and brought it in the house.
She then mixed up her ginger bread
dough and began to cut out the cakes,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
LETTERS TO AUNT LAURIE
FROM NEPHEWS AND NIECES
CONTINUED from Page Four)

NOUHIIHUHU IFOM TuBb IUuFI
had been there we started for Cata-
lima island
We enjoyed the journey until one of
the boys became seasick. After a
while we saw land and were soon there.
We got off and bought some lunch.
There were some yellowJackets around
us and one of them bit me on the
tongue. Then we had to go home, be-
cause there was only one boat that
went back. 1t was dark. The boat
was lit up and shone in the water.
JOHN OBERLE.
1880 Pomeroy avenue, grade AT, age
II years.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

haste. 1t is not necessary, however,
to try to imagine the children leaning
on mamma, as l see Il in reality.
Your loving niece,
HELEN G. MACE.
Long Beach High school, grade 91a.
II. ]. e. No. 2.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

grandmother got we'll she bought her
a pony and cart, because she had been
a good girl.
After that she would drive over to
her grandma's about every day and
take her grandma out riding.
ORIN BLALOW.
1888 East Forty fifth street. Vernon
avenue school, age 10.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
A GOOD LITTLE GIRL

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My grandma told me story about
a little girl who was always helping
her grandma with her work.
One day her grandma was sick, so
she MIXED the COW, fed the hens and
did ell the housework. When her
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-08
ORE BODY MISSED
BY W|HUIA DRIFT
Important Shoot Is Opened
When Cleaning Out
Old Workings.

In cleaning out the upper levels Of
its Wihuja mine. the Seven Troughs
Coalition company has demonstrated a
large body of ore which had been
missed IN drifting toward the west.
according to the Seven Troughs Miner.
The ore shoot Is at least so feet long
and 81 is said 20 be OF as good quality
as any that the Wihuja has had.
It Is virtually a. new ore body and Its
possible extent Is by no means meas
ured by the so feet which has been
opened. 1t can be worked for four
successive levels and the increase in
siderable. Meanwhile production on
the lower levels is rapidly approaching
Its former amount and the bins are
rapidly accommodating their fun quota
OF ore.
on the Kindergarten side OF the Goa
lition a Wine has been started from
the fourth level 90 connect with the
fifth level and also TO block out the
ore which has been opened IN the east
drift. As soon as this Is finished pro-
ductiou from the fifth level upward
will be as large as that on the third.
The Coalition mill. which has been
kept running constantly for months
.on Kindergarten and Wihuia ore. is
rapidly becoming inadequate for the
Coalition production. With the En-
gineers and Tyler leases adding their
extraction it will be practically i'm
possible for the mill. running three
shifts, TO keep UP with the production.
The Engineers lease, which TOT the
last month has been developing new
ore shoot. is reported to have cut into
a good body Of ore and IL S. now being
taken out for mill run.