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The Hattiesburg news., 1910-01-24
"A Story Of
Grausfork
GEORGE BARR
M'CUTCHEON

land a. Graustark. At hrst be would
not believe, but the English bank in
4eshhed assured him that he would
come to It IL he Travelled long enough
and far enough into the north and
west and II he were not afraid Of the
hardships that most men abhor The
dying spirit Of romance famed up in
his heart. His blood grew quick again
and eager. He would not 60 home
until he had sought out this land of
fair women and sweet tradition. And
SO he traversed the wild and danger
GUS Tartar roads for days ana days.
like the knights Of Scheherazade in
the times Of old, and came at last to
the gates Of Edelweiss.
Not until he sat down to rare din
ner in the historic Hotel Regengetz
was he able to realize that he was
truly in that fabled, mythical land. of
Graustark, quaint, grim little princi-
pality in the most secret pocket Of the
earth's great mantle. This was the
land Of his dreams, the land of his
fancy. He had not even dared to
hope that it actually existed.
And now it becomes my deplorable
duty to divulge the fact that TruXton
King. after two full days and nights
in the city Of Edelweiss. was quite
ready to pass on to other fields, COM
pletely disillusioned In his own mind
and not little disgusted with himself
for having gone to the trouble to visit
the place.
Where were the beautiful! women
he had read about and dreamed of
ever since he left Teheran? On his
soul. he had not seen half dozen
women IN Edelweiss who were more
than passably fair to look upon. True.
he had to admit. the people he had
seen were of the lower and middle
classes-the shopkeepers and the shop
girls. the hucksters and the fruit vend-
ers. What he wanted to know was
this: What had become of the royalty
and the nobility Of Graustark? Where
were the princes. the dukes and the
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Americans charge and begged him to
stand by him through thick and thin
until the lad is able to take care Of
himself. AS If there We're not loyal
men in Graustark who might have
done as much for their prince"
King looked Interested. II see. The
people. no doubt, resent this espionage.
Is that it?'
Spantz gave him withering look. as
much as to say that he was fool
to ask such Il question in place so
public. Without replying, he got to
his feet.
Il must return. have been away
too long"
The American sank back in his chair.
Suddenly he became conscious Of a
disQuieting feeling that some one was
looking at him intently from behind.
He turned in his chair and found him
self meeting the gaze of ferocious
looking. military appearing little man
at a table near by. His waiter ap-
peared at his elbow with the change.
"Who the devil is that old man at
the table there?' demanded young Mr..
King loudly.
The waiter assumed a look of ex-
treme insolence. THAT is Baron Dan
gloss. minister of police. Anything
more. Sir?'
"Yes. What's he looking SO hard at
me for? Does he think Pm a pick
pocket?"
"You know as much as l, SIR" was
all that the waiter said in reply. King
pocketed the coin he had intended for
the fellow and deliberately left the
place AS he sauntered across the little
square his gaze suddenly shifted to a
second story window above the gun
shop.
The interesting young woman had
cautiously pushed open one Of the
shutters and was peering down upon
a trio Of red coated guardsmen. AL
most at the same instant her quick.
eager gaze fell upon the tall American,
now quite close to the horsemen. He
saw her dark eyes expand as If with
surprise. The next instant he caught
his breath and almost stopped in his
tracks.
A shy, impulsive smile played about
her red lips for second, lighting up
the delicate face with radiance that
amazed him. Then the shutter was
closed gently, quickly. He felt his ears
burn as he abruptly turned away.
In the meantime Baron Dangloss
was watching him covertly from the
edge Of the cafe garden across the
square.
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barons, to say nothing of the feminine
concomitants to these excellent gen.
tlemen?
One dingy little shop in the square
p0site the Royal cafe. with American
bar attached, and the contents of its
grimy little windows presented Pc
culiarly fascinating interest to him.
They were packed with weapons and
firearms of ancient design. Once he
ventured inside the little shop. Find
ing no attendant. he put aside his sud-
denly formed impulse to purchase Il
mighty broadsword.
On several occasions he had seen u
grim. sharp featured old man in the
doorway of the shop. but it was not
until after he had missed the Thurs
day train that lie made up his mind to
accost him and to have the broad
sword at any price With this object
in view. he inserted his tall frame into
the narrow doorway. calling out Justify
for attention.
w adt 10 its uCtuduucu Il cbui ~ uh-
cry voice at his elbow. He found him
self looking into the wizeneG. parch-
ment-like face Of the little old man.
'"rhat broad Say. you speak Eng
lish, don't your
Certainly" snapped the old man.
"Why shouldn't 1? l can't afford an
interpreter. You'll find plenty Of Eng
lish used here in Edelweiss since the
Americans and British came. They
won't learn our language, SO we must
learn theirs"
"What's the price of that old sword
you have in the window"
'Three hundred gavvos."
''What's that in dollars?"
"Four hundred and twenty. 1t is
genuine. sir, and 800 years old. Old
Prince Boris carried it. It's most
rare"
"I'll give you hundred dollars for
1t, Mr.-er"-he looked at the sign on
the open door-"Mr. Spantz."
'T don't want your nj mG Good
day"
Truxton King felt his per
plexity. '1ts too mucl I af-
ford It," he said. disapp In his
eyes.
Il have modern BID y own
make. II. much chez uite a.
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| RUXTON
( King
Copyright. 1909. by George
Barr McC Cutcheon
Copyright. 1909. BY Dodd.
Mead q Company

Truxton King; a millionaire g
son, SETS out in search of od-
venture. Whore better could he
look for stirring events than in
faroT Graustark, whore the are
Of chival-y yet survives in all
its romantic opportunity; where
rules Prince Robin, the most
precocious boy monarch in the
realm of fiction; where the reds
Of Europe plot his murder in
mysterious underground retreats;
where gallant Truxton King and
brave Uncle Jack" fight val
ia1tly for the preservation of the
prince and the love of teauti-
full princesses; where American
pluck and manhood ere pitted
against foreign intrieucrs, and
where honesty and courage are
mightter than the sword? Read
of Prince Robin, son OF an Amer
ican princess; of Olga Platanopa,
the girl with the dread mission;
of Mcrlanx, the Iron Count; Of
John Tullis, the American bull
wark ofo foreign throne; o. flovely
Lorraine and OF daredevil Truxton
King, and then you wiH under
stand why an American lad is
Prince of Grausfark and an
American author prince of story
fellers,
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s's@Sss "vSsS~Js
- mercury Will surely destroy me
~,'se OF smell ana completely derange
the whole system when entering Il
through the mucous surfacesA Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable phv
sicians. AZ the damage they win do h
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derice from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured BY r. J. Cheney
q Co.. Toledo. o.. contains no mer.
curry, and 10 taken internally. actins
directly upon the blood and mucou.
surfaces Of the system. IN buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you GET
De genuine. It 10 taken internally
and made in Toledo. Ohio. ~ y. J
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bsttle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constt
Datien.
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~
young fellow with face so
tanned by wind and sun you
had the impression that his
skin would feel like leather If you
could affect the impertinence to test it
by the sense Of touch. His clothes fitted
him loosely and yet We're graciously
devoid of the bagginess which char
acterizes the appearance Of extremely
young men whose frames are not fully
set and whose joints are still parading
through the last stages of college de-
velopment.
This tall young man in the panama
hat and gray flannes was TruXton
King embryo globe trotter and search
er after the treasures of romance
Somewhere up near Central park III
one of the fashionable cross streets,
was the home of his father and his
fathers father before him-a home
which TruXton had not seen III two
years or more. 1t is worthy of pass
ing notice. and that is ALL that his
father was manufacturer; more than
that, he was something of power in
the financial world. His mother was
not strictly social queen in the great
metropolis, but she was what we
might safely call one of the first ia
dies in waiting" which is quite good
enough for the wife of manufactur-
er, especially when one records that
her husband was a manufacturer OF
steel. 1t is also a matter of no little
consequence that Truyton's mother
was more or less averse to the steel
business as a heritage for her son.
Be it understood here and now that
she intended Truxton for the diplo-
matte service.
But neither TruXtons father, who
wanted him to be a manufacturing
Croesus, nor Truyton's mother, who
expected him to become social Solo
moli, appears to have taken the young
mans private inclinations into con-
sideration.
Young Mr.. King believed in ro-
nance. He grew up with an ever in
creasing bump of imagination, con-
tiguous to which. strange to relate,
there was Il properly developed bump
Of industry and applications; hence 1t
is not surprising that he was willing
to go far afield in search of the things
that seemed more. or less worth while
to q young gentleman who had suf-
fered the ill fortune to be born in the
nineteenth century instead of the sew
enteenth.
We come upon him at last-luckily
for us we were not actually following
him-after two years of wonderful but
rather disillusioning adventure in mid
Asia and all Africa. He had seen the
Kongo and the Euphrates. the Ganges
and the Nile, the Yangtsekiang and
the Yenisei; he had climbed noun
tains in Abyssinia, in Siam. in Tibet
and Afghanistan; he had shot big
game in more than one 1ungle and had
been shot at by small brown men in
more than one forest, to say nothing
Of the little encounters he had had in
most unoccidental towns and cities.
For twenty days he had travelled by
caravan across the Persian uplands,
through Herat and Meshhed and Bo-
khara. striking of with his guide alone
toward the sea of Aral and the east
ern shores Of the Caspian, thence
through the Ural foothills to the old
Roman highway that led down into
the sweet green valleys Of land he
had thought Of as nothing more than
the creation Of a harebrained fictionist.
Somewhere out in the shimmering
Dast he had learned, to his honest
smasement, that there was such :
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in Austria. Three
years ago in Buda-
pest he was mar
ried to Ingomede,
the daughter Of
the duke. Count
Marlanx has great
influence at the
Austrian court.
The Duke of Perse
realized this when
he compelled his
daughter to accept
him as her hus-
band. The fair In
gomede is lessthan
fUnptv.6vo voopo
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CHAPTER l.
TRUXTON KING,

Il e was tall. rawboned, rangy
young fellow with face so
tanned by wind and sun you
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ished prince. The
explosive demand
caught the ruler
by surprise. He
gasped and his
lips fell apar t.
Then it must have
occurred to him
that the question
could be answered
by no one save
the pers on to
whom it was so
plainly addressed.
He lifted his chin
and piped up
shrilly and with
a ferv or that
startled even the
intense Perse:
Because Uncle
] a C K said we
s b ould. that's
Whv."
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goes without saying that the inno-
cert rejoinder opened the way to an
acrld discussion of John Tullis. If
that gentlemans ears burned in re-
spoDse to the sarcastic comments of
the Duke of Perse and Baron Pultz,
they probably tingled pleasantly as the
result of the stout defense put up by
Halfont, Dangloss and others.
The dukes impassioned plea was of
no avail. His confreres saw the wis
dom Of keeping Russia's greedy hand
out Of the country's affairs-at least
for the present-and reiterated their
decision to seek the loans in England
and France. The question. therefore
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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Continued Tomorrow
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an 1871 of age. The Iron
Count is fully sixty-five."
I'd like to see II she's really beau
tiful. I've seen but one pretty woman
In this whole blamed town, your niece.
Herr Spantz. I've looked 'em over
pretty carefully too. She is exceed
insiy attract
"You win not and the beautiful -.
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CHAPTER II.
A MEETING OF THE CABINET.


/" Graustark was In most
prosperous condition. Its af-
fairs were under the control
OF an able ministry. headed by the
venerable Count Halfont. The Duke
Of Perse, for years a resident of St Pc
tersburg and a financier Of high stand
ing, had returned to Edelweiss soon
after the distressing death Of the late
Princess Yetive and her American hus-
band. and to him was intrusted the
treasury portfolio.
The financing Of the great railroad
project by which Edelweiss was to be
connected with the Siberian line in the
north fell to his lot at a time when no
one else could have saved the little
government from heavy losses or even
bankruptcy.
The opening Of this narrative finds
the ministry preparing to float a new
5000 900 gavvo issue Of bonds for con-
struction and equipment purposes.
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winter opens. Why should We prefer
England? Why FranceY'
For some unaccountable reason he
struck the table violently with his ist
and directed his glare upon the aston
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-14
WILL PINCHOT BE
BACKED BY EX-PRESIDENT
ROOseyelt's influence Could Be P0-
tent in Ballinger Report.

Washington, June 13.-The return OF
Colonel Roosevelt to the United States
interests no group of Republicans
more than the members of the Bal
linger investigating committee. The
close relations existing between the
former President and Clifford P.ncho1,
and the fact that Pinchot was Mr..
Rooseyelt's guest during a week of his
European stay, lends color to the re-
port circulated today that if there is
any further expression of the former
President on pending public affairs it
viii be in relation to the Ballinger-
Pinchot case.
The announcement that Representa-
tive Madison, of Kansas, the progre(-
siye Republican member of the COM
mittee, is among Mr.. Roosevelt's per-
sonally invited guests upon his return
from Europe next week gives added
interest to the matter. In osme quar-
ters it is stated that Mr.. Mad son, IN
the report he will file, will reflect the
views of Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t has been understood here for
some time that Mr.. Madison will file
a seperate minority report on the
case. That he will be guided by Mr..
Rooseyelt's views is by no means I'M
probable.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-14
THIS DAMSEL WAS PREPARED
TO LOOP THE LOOP
Americas Girl Had Requisites of Con.
nubial Bliss.

A minister near Amer.cus tied the
gordian knot Thursday for a young
couple, and, in keeping with his usual
custom, he took them aside for a few
words of kindly admonition and friend
ly advice, for which he made no ex-
ira charge, provided he got anyth ng
at ALL
His closing remarks were address
ed to the maid, whose glittering gaze
was fixed triumphantly upon the
trembling groom at her side.
''And now" he said in closing, Il
hope you will fully realize the i'm
portance of the step you are TAX 'ng,
and that you are prepared for it,"
Prepared" she said innocentIy.
"Well, if I amt prepared, l don't
know who is. I've got four common
quilts and two nice ones, and one
bran new feather bed, ten sheets and
twelve pairs of pillow slips, four all
linen table cloths, doze nspoons and
tea kettle. If I amt prepared no
girl in this country ever was"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-14
FOR fifty YEARS
HAS WORN NO COAT
But Attaches Much Import.
anCe to Wearing a Hat.

Prescott, Ark, June 13.-"The man
! without a coat has just celebrated his
seyenty-third birthday anniversary.
He 81 ns his name NJ v Osborn, but
in this community, which has never
seen him with coat or without his
hat on for nearly half a century, Os-
born is known as the man without a
coat"
Forty-siX years ago he bought a coat,
a navy blue garment, cut in what wos
then the latest style. He got it 10
wear at his wedding. He has worn it
only three times since, two of tile
occasions being subsequent weddings
and the third occasion being the cold
est night he ever saw" eleven years
ago. In his entire life he has moi
worn out, he says, more than two
coats THE next time l wear coat I
will wear it a long time, is the grim
determination expressed by Osborn
The following are some reasons why
Osborn is entitled to be called the
most eccentric man in Arkansas:
lie never removes his hat except
when going to bed and when eating
with strangers. His hat is the first
| thing he pu's on in the moruiLe
He has no. worn an overshirr but a
dozen times in twenty years.
He drinks no intoxicants.
He has ehewed tobacco for sixty
five years.
lie never smokes.
He drinks black coffee and eats
hog and corn bread"
He has heard two sermons only in
The past fifteen years.
Osborn is carpenter. He was
Lcrn in jackson county, Tenn, and
Las lived in Arkansas since before the
war. He talks freely about his Gus
tom. His sole reason for going coat
less, he says, is that he considers the
garment unnecessary. He says he is
healthier than he would be if ne wore
a coat.
In support of his contention that
coatlessness means healt1iulness, he
says he has never had a headache and
has not had a fever since 1862. He
says he never feels tough" after aris-
ing in the morning He eats three
meals day and is not fadd'st con-
corning his food excepting that it
must be simple fare.
Osborns fourth wife died July /
last, and he is he father Of by
caby two and a half years old.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-14
GIVES UP FORTUNE
TO LEAD SIMPLE LIFE
Glad in Rags Sells Papers
for Living.

st. Louis, June 13.-To attain the
peace Of lie SNIP life, Henry II. Tie
nan, so years old, who owns a grocery
store here at 1929 Hunt Avenue, aban-
doned a business in Cuba. Mo-, worth
$4,000, and was found in Shreveport
La, oIay in rags ana half starved
selling newspapers. according to a
despatch received here tonight.
Tieman sa d he had passed nights in
swamps, gone without food ond arisen
at a m, but that I've felt free and
could sleep now for the first time in
his life.
4 viii not return home. he de-
cared Business worries nearly
killed me- but now I am free and hap
py / have found joy at last in the
simple life. You may tn nix l am fool
jsh, but it is my choice, and am salts
Gel."
The old man disappeared from his
l2me in Cuba on February 7, and his
family bought for time he had gone
to Joplin, Mo, to sell two carloads OF
canned goods. They learned, however,
tha he had not reached Joplin and a
search for him was started, as foul
play was suspected.
Tieman wos discovered through a
Photograph and description of him
published in a St Louis newspaper,
which told of his mysterious disap-
pearance. For some reason the old
man addressed a marked copy of the
paper in his own handwriting to him
self in Cuba His wife recognized tire
penmanship, and with the Shreveport
postmark as a clew, Cashier James
Smith, of the Bank of Cuba. went at
once to the Louisiana city He discov-
cred h S prosperous client penniless
calling Extra" with great zest. Tie
man also was attempting to operate 2
box ball alley
Tieman shook his head resoIuteIy in
answer to all Smiths entreatfes that
he return home.
This life may be hard" he said
''but it is preferable to one of bus ness
anXiey and worry"
T eman conducted a canning factory
at Cuba.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-14
POOR EVELYN HAS ONLY
$40 4 WEEK NOV
Engagement Ring Given BY Harry in
Pawn for $500.

New York, June 13.-Wth the en-
gagement ring Harry Thaw gave her
in pawn for $500 and the ticket miss
Ing all in the world Evelyn TLaw pos
sesses is the furniture of her three
room fiat at 81 West Thirty-third
street, her modelling clay, a wardrobe
and, incidentally, $40 a week.
Her trouble this tine was 800
dress she bought two years ago from a
Fifth avenue dealer He got judg-
ment by default
Mrs. Thaw said her colored maid
had pawned tie engagement ring. The
maid afterward married a Pullman
porter, and carried the pawn ticket off
on her honeymoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-14
MY DOCTOR
MIGHTY fine
Mrs. Hattie Cain of CarrSviIIe
Thinks all the More Of Her
Doctor Since He Advised
Her to Take Cardui.

Carrsville, Ky.-"My DOCTOR" writes
Mrs. Hattie Cain, "wfo advised me to
take Cardui, for my troubles, is a mighty
fine doctor, and say God bless Cardui
and the people who make it.
"Before took Cardui, ! suffered with
female troubles for sixteen years.
would have to send for a doctor every
three month, and OIL how dreadfutly 1
suffered
81 would cramp and have commissions
and il looked like ! would die. At last |
took Cardui and OIL what surprised I
found it was the medicine for mel
"From the first bottle, began TO mend
and now am well, can do more work,
can walk and go where please and il
don't hurt me, and owe it al to Cardui' -
Cardui helps sick women back to
health. 1t has been doing this for over
so years. 1t is not a laxative, or heart
or kidney medicine--it is a womau's
medicine
If you are woman, try it.
N. B,--W Write TO: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chatfa3
nooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn for Special
INSTRUCTIONS and 64-page book. Home Treatment
tor Women" sent ID plain wrapper. on request "a
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QUIET LIFE is WHAT
ROOSEVELT WANTS
But American People May
Decide Otherwise

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