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him. with an energy that hurt. He
| gasped. remembered. Where is she?'
| he muttered.
The big life guardsman laughed she?
Why, man, she's half way home by now.
She changed her Things ct the oathhOuse
after the doctor here said you'd come
round
The physician. a specialized yOungster
i who was putting Up at Merwin's cottage.
gr:nned down at him reassuringly II
| rather think the young lady left that
| you might not have the bother of thank
| in. her. It's awkward, this gratitude
business"
Though he waited all the next after
| noon, she did not come. And he could
unknown young lady with red hair had
been staying. After three days of angry
and fruitless seeking Merwin went back
to town. Settling down again to steady
work was not easy.
| He got back to the business of writ
| ing his novel with a stolid. dogged per-
severance that was the utmost remove
from enthusiasm. Each night as
| he read his days work, it seemed to him
wholly embarrassing. Yet his tentative
excursions to the houses of his friends
lent him no Inspiration. He found them
| now amazingly commonplace. we'll bred.
| we'll groomed. with cordial liking for
himself and his workout somehow shOrn
| in his eyes of the human interest which
counts for the joy of companionship.
| He wanted just one thing-to discover
the hiding place of his Lady of the Sea.
Yet he told himself a great many times
| that he was a fool: that though she had
| saved his life she cared nothing for him.
And then one morning, still thinking
about her and wondering what manner
of woman she might be in her native at
mosphere, and imagining the simplicity,
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From Hampton's Magazine.

From Hampton's Magazine.
Imagine yourself in a big racing ma
chine plunging over a course at eighty
miles an hour. For the average man
the sensation is awful, but the speed
kings revel in it. Down the road streaks
the car. Lashed into a typhoon by the
appalling speed, the still air roars in
your ears. You think you will never re-
gain your hearing. The resistance Of the
atmosphere is fearful. The slightest for
ward movement is an effort. Distant OBJ
jects loom up suddenly before you and
jump by. The landscape is a streaky
line Of green, blotched here and there as
a house is passed. The gale seems to cut
your face, and you feel yourself being
Of the seat. 1t seems that the glass in
your auto goggles is on the point of
breaking. Particles of dust are driven
back in your eyes. You may become
blinded. The vibration Of the engine Is
terrific. Mysterious indicators fiuctuate
alarmingly. 1t may mean that the en-
CINE is on the point of exploding. What
makes the floor tremble so? Surely, some
thing will happen now!
And then you hear explosions booming
from the exhausts as the drivers shut
Off. sharp turn Is ahead. The noise
Is deafening. The terrific speed does not
seem to have been checked. The outline
of the turn grows more distinct. 1t Is
sheer folly-maybe death--to rush at 1t at
car tears into the bend. 1t skids and
wall Of dirt is thrown up alongside
you as the driver. with a sharp twist of
the Wheel sends the car once more back
in the middle OF the road. You are safe
until another turn is encountered.
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her gay smile MIR. Merwin, do you think
they can spare me from the marble palace
on the avenue?'
But Jessie scented something hidden
from her keen eyes. She turned upon
Merwin half angrily. Had he misunder-
stood this brave friend of hers? do you
know why she has been doing this bizarre
thing, Dallas?' she asked him. do you
know that down in Virginia the death Of
her father left only enough income to
support her mother and her little lame
brother, SO she came here by herself and
accepted the first wretched job?"
Merwin looked her in the eyes, and his
face burned. Il think I do. Jess!''
And then, to Jessie's establishment
Helen leaned across and laid her hand
en- Merwin's clinched fingers. Her touch
was light as the spray Of the sea and
her smile was very sweet.
.'Jessica. dear. he asked me to marry
him an hour ago-in the blaze Of the
avenue. with all the world walking past!'
She patted Merwin's hand with a little
laugh that was very near tears.
Dear, all our lives we shall be so glad
that you asked me-then.
Copyright, 1907
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us-if you'll answer a few questions there
first. we'll go home to dinner"
Merwin's lady was walking again. very
swiftly. her cheeks deep pink. he.
not-' was what she said. do you think
am going to be cheated out of my
due share of courtship and congratula-
lions and engagement presents"
Merwin stole a long glance at her profile
He saw tears on her eyelashes-and he
hated himself for his indecision.
What strange thing was this accursed
pride of place which made a man slow
to recognize the one flower he wanted to
gather out OF all the world!
"Then you will kindly tell me what we
are going to do?-where we are going?'
he said as she led the way.
ITO call on a friend of mine. who will
introduce us properly" she answered de-
murely. do you mind long walk
Merwin remembered that walk all his
life-the tang of the crisp air, his com
panions long. light step, her gay voice
AS they neared Washington square al
last. she turned to him with little shrug
"And all these cons you don't even know
my name. How absurd you are-mort
mad than any of your heroes"
"You could have told me any day these
six weeks he retorted. II am quite In
different now"
She ran up fight of steps facing the
square. He followed her blindly. and in
a moment they entered big. dark hall
Suddenly a girl in white swept down thu
stairway
why Dallas Merwin-and In the name
Of all that's wonderful. Helen Archer-to
gether. And L had just been planning II
introduce you to each other!
MerWin'S lady laughed gayly. You art
introducing us now-which is what W.
came here for
Merwin stared. He was looking into
the laughing eyes OF Jessie Van Ness. and
she had her arm around his lady of the
sea. Jessie was speaking eagerly.
Helen. have such news for you! DAD
has been promised your appointment a
last-you're to have a clerkship in the
library at Washington! He says the civil
service will be child's play to you-but
oh. my dear, it will be so vile to have
you go!'
Helen locked at Merwin with mischief ir
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II w IN
By Elizabeth Newport Hepburn.

the types, and she smiled at him with
lazy amusement.
He added thoughtfully: II suppose it's
part OF my interest in what [ don't un-
derstand that 1 haven't even tried to dis
cover your name!
said. I'VE both love this stretch of lone
some beach; we both are tired of every
day security Of common living: the sea is
here, big and treacherous and change
able-why can't We be unknown quanti-
ties to each other and enjoy the novel
sensation? 1t will belong to the past
ooon!"
That's what fear!" Merwin sat up
suddenly and stared at her Each after
noon when / come here l am afraid you
won't appear; YOU don't seem quite real
to me. rather as though I had found some
mermaid in the green waters, who any
moment might dive under the sea TO join
her own people, He laid his hand on
her wet skirt. Please strange Sea Lady,
tell me that you won't go back to them.
i might try to follow you, and you know
am only a mortal, and 1 might get
drowned"
She brushed a strand Of hair out OF her
eyes. The remedy is so Obvious!' Then
she laughed again with that tea sing note
in her soft voice. But despite the I'M
cOnventionality of at least one of his
novels. Mr.. Merwin is stickler for form,
family, the social amenities, So long as
you don't know me. hadn't you better
steer clear OF personalities? You know
may be book agent or a stenogra pher.
Think of the unpeasantness Of discover
Ing one-ume mermaid at your office
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From the London Daily Graphic.
Ii &c SonnafirnaS niSfakenlN 81

From the London Daily Graphic
II is sometimes mistakenly supposed
that primitive races have naturally better
oversight than civilized ones. That is moi
exactly true. Nature works more SLOWLY
than that and i'm the records of power OF
acuteness of eyesight some French artil
lerymen proved to be as well furnished a,
the most keen-sighted Arabs. Native
races often appear to have keen eyesighi
simply because they know wat to look
for and where to look for 1t. But as soou
as reading is introduced to race short.
begins to appear with progress.
sive frequency, and some striking in.
stances of this relation to cause and ef.
feet have appeared among the schoo'
children of Egypt.
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The kiss Not" Cult.
From the Chicago Tribune.

FFUH tne CHIedgU 1FIDune
When her darling ootsie tootsie
Used to bump himself and yell,
Mother, careless Of cOntagion.
Kissed tine place to make 1t well.
In this age of sterilizing
Wonder what she does instead
When the antiseptic baby
Bumps his prOphylactfc head?
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''It says here that men are goin ter
wear clothes ter match tn hair this win
ter
That's goin' ter make it kinder cold
fur tn bald-headed fellers, amt IT,
Life.
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MOVING. ETC.
HOUSE REPAIRING.

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2013 18th ST. NV.
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HOUSE BUILDING AND REPAIRS.
We do carpentering. plumbing. paperinc,
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laying electrical work: in fact every con.
cefvsbIP kind Of house repairing.
ONE CONTRACTOR ONE ORDER. ONE BILL.
Telephone for estimates fphone North 1855.
GENERAL HOUSE REPAIR CO..
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ERWIN had been
writing so hard all
summer that this
a bsolute rest and
the sea " n d
against his face
and the feel of the
warm sand under
his bare feet was
utterly satisfying.
He was glad now
that he had not
accepted the Parm-
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LOAN SOCIETY.

On DIAMONDS.
WATCHES.
+ money! JEWELRY, ETC.
A Philanthropic Institution
| 10 to 2% I CAPITAL .O0O, 90
| Reference - Any financial
l M institution in the city. Re.
dcmpttons made from pawn.
y Ex%r,e brokers and new loans 10.
\-NeA sued At greatly reduced sav.
ing to the borrower.
PRUDENTIAL LOAN SOCIETY.
Ground door. NV. cor. 18th and {; sts.
Private side entrance. Transactions strictly Goa.
fe2I-tfI5 ndoukfal
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FARMS.

3 AND ACRES. HIGH GROUND; BEAUTI-
tiful view; near steam and electric; at Hyatts-
Vile: price now 5000 to $500 per mere; easy
terms: adjoining land twice this price.
KARRICK & METCALF, 1920 y. Y. ave.
je2S-3t
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leys invitation to Oyster Bay; house
parties had their charm. but he was in
no mood for the complications of the
social game. The presence OF one or
two peaceful. congenial people might
have been an addition to his present
content, but he wanted nothing so much
as rest. and rest was not to be obtained,
In Merwin's estimation. where one must
cavort about at the behest of half a
dozen strenuous girls and an even more
exacting hostess. But here on the ocean
side of the island. his modest hosiery
within a stones throw of the surf, he
could loaf in his bathing suit for hours
in the sun and rid himself gradually of
the wretched sense of nervous strain
which had possessed him for months.
Since it was September the beach was
not crowded, just spots of color here and
there made by the floating fair hair of
some children digging in the sand and
by the red bathing cap Of a tall girl
somewhere about the middle distance.
Lying on his side, his elbow propping
his head. his big shoulders and muscular
limbs passive his eyes wide and dreamy
and very dark, Mervin made cOnsidera-
BILE addition to the composition of the
picture. as the girl in the bathing dress
and red cap realized. She was standing
on the edge of things dry and stable. fac
watching her. decided that she was one
of the few women he had seen who in
bathing costume looked thoroughbred.
The longer he looked the more he liked
her senderness. which was yet rounded
and graceful. the poise of her small head.
the grace of her every attitude and move
ment. AS he watched her she advanced
slowly into the surf, making little jerky
calculations as she moved. Evidently the
water was a bit wintry. in spite of the
warm sun.
Suddenly she flung in all her slender
length Merwin shivered pathetical-
ly as she drew to her full height dripping
wet, rings of bright hair escaping from
her cap. Then she whirled about, danced
into deeper water. waving her white
arms. obviously reveling in the wine
glow of the sea, which energies every
nerve and muscle. He had never seen
anything prettier than the game she was
playing with the surf. Suddenly he lost
her. and in the thrill of something like
terror he sprang to his feet, only to see
her a dozen yards farther out floating
serenely beyond the breakers.
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womanly woman Is a woman who
finds il a consolation. in any great emer-
gency. to have a man near. if only to tell
her not to be such fool.-Puck.
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Il should like you to know that ] want
to kiss you. and that morally / consider
should be quite justified in doing So
He strobe into the shadows and loose7ed
his hold. But l won't, he concluded
royalty
The brown eyes that looked at him
laughed no longer. Thank you so much
for behaving like a gentleman She
said. bitinsly. AS she stood for a moment
step above him her smile came sud-
denly In the glow from the sky she
looked nymphlike, with her loose warm
hued hair and the exquisite lightness of
her figure outlined in her dripping dress.
She laughed a soft laugh of raillery.
Thank you-and good-bye-Mr Merwin.' IS
Her tone was the tone OF casual ac-
quaintance. for the benefit. he guessed,
of the solitary attendant in the bath
house; but as re turned and ran swiftly
toward his own cottage he was curiously
puzzled. He muttered, half aloud, Mr.
Merwin? Then all along she knew me-"
And the maddening thing about it was
that he had never TO his knowledge be-
held her before, and he might never see
her again.
same place, at the same hour. 1t was
getting so late that there were fewer
people along the beach and fewer still
who appeared to regard bathing in the
cold surf as desirable pastime.
But Merwin and the girl were compen-
satng themselves for a long hot summer
in town. Daily they took the delicious
plunge, and though he saw her nowhere
else. each meeting added amazingly to
his sense of their intimate kinship.
4 +
One afternoon they sat together on the
| beach. Hitherto they had avoided per.
toI of
found that for all her outdoor air she haG
! read a great deal and that her taste was
| catholic and critical. Yet he didn't re.
cover from his first impression that hel
charm was curiOusly unhackneyed, as
| though she belonged. not to the endless
routine OF cities, but to the untrammele6
| open, away from the rut of the usual
| He said something of this sort to he1
| in his tentative effort to place her among
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There We're no ltfe-guards nor ropes
nearer than the hotel, full quarter of
mile away and the beach was now prac-
tically deserted. Merwin took the plunge
hastily. swimming out toward the lightly
floating figure. AS he drew near she
turned on her face and began to SWIM
with long easy strokes. He kept parallel
with her, and they went up the beach to-
ward the hotel Merwin was watching.
not entirely impersonally. the red cap
which suddenly seemed to symbolic the
charm of the unknown; the lure of the
woman whom man cannot place, who
stands to him for mystery and certain
wild freedom from the conventions of life
Suddenly. as his novelist brain wove
airy fancies about her, she again disap-
peared. In another moment he was bare
ly two feet from a lovely face flung back
upon high folded arms. She f1oated high,
her cap gone. leaving exposed a quantity
of wet, curling hair, which now looked
dark red rather than golden.
Did you dive to frighten me-" splut-
tered Merwin. IF So you succeeded!
She laughed. II never thought of you."
she returned easily. "Why should IT,
This was so unanswerable, although he
didn't believe her. that Merwin merely
denly that they were heading for the open
sea.
Turn over and swim he commanded
I'VE are getting too far out" And he
set the example or heading toward the
shore. For moment she did not obey
and he had sensation of altogether I'M
reasoning rage. when her laugh rippled
after him and she followed with Please
wait which was a little GREATNESS.
AS they emerged from the cradle-like
swinging of the deep into rough surf and
touched bottom, they looked at each
other for a moment, then a great breaker
hurled down upon them
The girl was flung roughly against
Merwin; he caught her and held her
steady against the fierce pounding of the
waves.
The beach beyond them was quite
empty; the sun low and red against
bank OF clouds on the horizon. Merwin
felt her tremble as he stood with his arm
supporting her. the clear pallor of her
wet face turned TO deep warm pink. She
was certainly beautiful, and they ap-
peared to be quite alone in the universe
Also, she had frightened him and made
him angry
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Mrs. OIdOerg presented TWO young sing
ers in a we'll chosen program of songs.
The affair took place in her studio in the
Belasco Theater. which, in spite of the
intense heat, was filled with an audience
of music lovers who gave every evidence
of appreciation Of the work of the talent,
ed young singers, Miss Gertrude Carroll
and Miss Edythe Wurdeman. Miss car
rolls contralto voice was heard to ad-
vantage in Brahms "Sapphic Ode, HIS
Lullaby" by Garry Jacobs Bond: Liza
Lchmann's Thoughts Have Wings.
Rosemary for Remembrance. by Hill;
my Heart at Thy Sweet Voice from
samson and Delilah." by Saint-Saens.
and Siebers song from Faust.
Miss Wurdeman. who has me ego,
vie die Nacht.' by Bohm: II Wonder If
Ever the Rose" by Slater; THE DANA,
by Chadwick; Irish Love Song. by
Lang. and the waltz Song from "Ro-
meo and Juliet" and the program was
brought to a close with a duet Bar
carolle,'' by Offenbach.
The annual recitals by the pupils OF
Mr.. william ]. Oates took place at Car
roll institute Hall Thursday and Friday
evenings of the past week. Among those
contributing to the program Friday even
ing were Miss Nellie Mahoney, MISS
Ruth Melton, Miss Grace Sturgis. MISS
Ethel Bragunier. Miss Cecilia Hope. Mr..
Irving Smith. Mr.. Charles Godfrey. Miss
Alice fostering, Mr.. Marvin Smith. Mr.
James Mcdonald. Miss Rose Holmes.
Miss Alva Crimmins, Miss Eloise Tebbs
Miss Agnes Preston, Mrs. Percy Brown,
Miss Edith Mudd. Miss Madeline Mudd.
Miss Lillian Weisenberg, Miss Ethel
Brockman, Miss Ruth Bell. Miss Lillian
Cleveland, Miss Helen Belt, Miss Marie
Belt, Mr.. William Slye. Mrs. Bertha
Pierce Miss Carrie King, Miss Helen
Thomas. Miss Mary Newcombe. Mr..
Thomas Carlin. Miss Eleanor Hunt. Mr..
Harold Bellinger. Miss May Moffitt. Mr..
James B. Jones, Mrs Louis C. Vogt, Miss
Margaret Beall. Mr. Elmer Burriss. Miss
Mabel Goepfert. Miss Esther Solomon.
Mr. Clarence Bruce and Miss Lulu ".
Tavenner. The program included COM
positions by LANCE, Maurice. Oates,
Helms. Sudds, Hang, Platzmann, Hoist.
Leybach, Losey, Wagner. Drumhe,Ier,
Rogers, Rossini, Danela, Litoff, Bohm,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04
For Spring Planting,
at Millard's News Depot.

The Iberia Building Assn direGtors
met IN regular session on Wednesday
evening with the following members
present; A J. Fagot, g. {. Laughlin,
A. H. Trotter. Lazarl King, w. J.
Bernard and u. +. Willard. Since the
last regular meeting i6 new shares Of
DAYTON st,cs were issued. making u
total issue of 81 since the first OF the
year; and IL shares were retired. OF
the Serial stock - shares were retired.
Ofthe Paid Up stock y shares were
issued and ! were cancelled. Five AZ.
plications for loans were received and
after careful examination, were at
prov, d for SUMS aggfeEatmg sob'so
The usual routine business being dis
posed Of the meeting adjourned.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04

SCARED INTO SOUND HEALTH
Mr.. f. f. Kelley, Springfield, Ill,
writes. "A year ago | Began to WY
troubled with my kidneys and hlad-
dor, which grew worse until bc-
came alarmed At my condition
suffered also with dull heavy head
aches and the action Of my hiad
dor was annoying and painful. /
read Of Foley kidney Pills and
after taking them 4 few weeks the
headaches left me, the action Of my
bladder was again normal, and /
vas free Of All distress.
For sale at Taylor's drug store.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04
rOLEY,S ORTNOLKXAIIVE
rop STOMACH TROUBLE and CONSTIPATION
A JEANERETTE LAD
MET AWFUL DEATH
Caught in Rollers Of Bread
Mixing Machine IN llous-
ton Bakery, Angustin Rich
ards is Killed.
S;pecial to the States.

Special to The States.
Jeanereiie. La May 3l-Much SYM
pathy il Felt for Mr.. and Mrs. Aueustln
Richards. Of this place, and the son OF
" HON met an awful death in the cogs
ora brca,l-mixing machine in bakery
at Houston, where he was employed.
Young Richards in some manner be-
came entangled in the machine, ana
crushed 10 death.
Both hands were ent OIL IN the ma
chine and each of his arms pulled
from their sockets, hut The head and
bod, % young Richards were not bad
IL muiilMed The chest and righ.
side were badly crushed, number q
ribs being caved in.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04

The Sugar Belt transportation 60
has made quite a change t. the detail
OF The \, stem IT handling the freight
for the Techr. The Stean.e r y T.
Iudeau quite lnrFr boat with vert
fair passenger accommodations, has
replaced the Steamer i i. Williams
II il calculated that she can easily
handle two harges, besides her own
deck load, and make two r. rs a week
IA high up tie Tcche as Franklin.
One Of the barges will he loaded
with freight fnr the upper Teche
above New IBERIA, ~ far mp rs ~
MarlinviIe The other will carry
freight for New Iberia aud inferno III.
ate POINTS hcluw-
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04
WHAT A MINER GnLD
MAY 80

A summer cold if neglected is
Just ~ apt to develop into hron-
cbitis or pneumonia as ut any 9th
CT season. DO not neglect if. Take
Foley's Honey and Tar promptly.
IT looseus the cough, soothcs and
heals he inflamed air passages, and
cNpcls the cold from The system.
For sale at Taylor's drug store
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04

The Union Sixth District Baptist As
sociation of louisiana will hold its an
nual meeting this year IN Franklin in
The Mt Zion Baptist Church, OF which
Kew. b. Stewart is pastor. Rev j. Is
livingston. one of The leading co'oreI
siivines If this State. has been honored
with the presidency Of this Associa-
ton for the last quarter Of a century or
more.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04

Information comes 10 "a this
morning, Just A. VIZ are going ~
press, that tripletq were horn w
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Daconv in
Eans9e Pointo this morning AMI
three children and the mother are
doing Well Or Darby was the #
tending physician.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-06-04
HE RENTER LIVES

From day to day, from moving
time to moving time, enjoying
only the privilege of paying rent.
The home owner enjoys the sat
isfaction of a permanent home for
his family. If YOU want home,
It will pay you to cali at the office
and investigate our plan.
IBERIA BUILDING ASSN