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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

The telephone wna at his elbow he
picked up the receiver. (; j
He got the house, her maid, and.
Fat last, liarthe. Il NJ !.
4 could not Sleep he told her.
without talking to you" &.
She. too. could not sleep, she said.
She had missed him at dinner. Where
was he? n
'Ah," he drew his breath quickly,
II you could see this little house. It's
gray outside. but within It is the heart.
OF arose. In the great fireplace q
spark CLOVIS pink among the ashes
Ike an opal; there are faded roses. on;
the wallpaper and the old carpet has
big roses. And there's an old.fash.
toned piano-how I,would like. to hear
the touch ofiyour fingers on the tink.
ling keys, Marthe. And there's a broad
hall and tho stairway has two land.
ings and a mahogany rail, and from
the second landing you turn into the.
big rooms. One OF them faces 1.-The
river and the west, and at sunset it's
as IL the gates OF heaven were opened;
wide! But / can't see you in that
room, Marthe-tilere's another that
faces the east and the hills, and when
| was a boy Z used to lie In my cano.
pied he'd ( and look at the littlei cres.,
cent moon above the peaks, and
.dreanh And II is in this place Of
dreams that l see you-Marthe-"
The silence Mt the other end Of the
wire made him ask, quickly. "Are you
there?', 4
"Oh. yes h
S"shall + tell you more? OF the or
chards- abloom in pink and white? OF
the dusky woods, beyond? or the
river shining beneath the. stars? Ny.
dear, perhaps YOU are asking why i
should talk to you about these things.
1t is because ] want you. here, Marthe.
want to show you the river. and the
hills. the old books in the library, and
the old pictures on the walls-and /
want to show you the little moon
from the window in the east ROOM" !
Again silence, and his question.
May | come to you in the morn.
ing?" s
Family her response was waited to
him. "You have not said 4 love you"
But you know It. And tomorrow,
YOU will listen?" III
He caught her whisper Eyes.
"Then sleep well. dear heart. good.
night"
After time he crept to his moth.
er's room. The moonlight made n
band Of silver across the bed. Her
face was In the shadow, and at first
he thought she was asleep. But when
she spoke he came and knelt beside
her.
"I have told her, mother"
E"You wrote?"
mo, the night winds carried my
message over the WIRE" his smiling
eyes were on "a level with hers. 80
do the gods of'today contribute to ro..
nance, Mumsie." = .'lsi'Jsi
And she listened?"
His hands went over hers. where
they lay white in the moonlight
%Yes. Some Nay ! shall bring her
hereto the easeioom."
She turned her thin fingers up to
meet his strong ones. Your father
used to tell me Of the west room-he
spoke Of the sunsets to me-" =
"And I speak to my love Of the
dawn" He stood up. radiant as a
young god, fresh from Olympus. "But
1t is. all the same" he cried. s"for east
or west. north or south, sunset or sun.
rise, It's each man to the woman he
loves! My father in you: attained his
hearts desire, as, please God, tomor-
row, shall attain mine" u.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
LARGEST FOOTBALL
SQUAD IN YEARS AT
W.. G. ]. COLLEGE

WASHINGTON, Pa, Sept. 25.-l,
begins to look as II the predictions
made few weeks ago that Washing
ton and Jefferson was to see a reju.
venation of her football prospects dur.
ing the season OF 1911 are to be veri.
fled. On the surface, at least, the
chances for developing a champion
ship eleven, seem unusually bright
although 1t is apparent from the large
number Of new. men that the coaches
will have, their work cut out for them.
er8cfore in the history OF foot.
ball at w. & J. have there been so
many candidates. When college open,
ed on Wednesday over. 80 men had
reported to Head Coach Morrow and
majority of them had been practic.
ing for several days.
w. & J. will not have many veter
ans Of last years team, although many
OF the second string players OF las.
year are now showing up well and arc
counted upon to furnish varsity mate.
rial this season. An encouraging fea,
ture is the large number of fairly
heavy men who are now working for
positions.
1.-Two good tackles 1t is believed
would make the 1911 team almost in.
rincible, and the coaches will at once
put forth every effort and expend
every ounce OF energy in moldlng q
couple Of men who will I'LL the bill.
W. & ]: this year is assured of one
feature fhat will mean much in the
development Of team, and that is q
good scrub eleven. In many depart
ments the horde of men trying fol
positions are at this period so equally
1pble ;hat the race for place among
them is bound to continue far into tho
season. This means that all the men
with any chance at all OF winning q
place must remain In tho game with
the chance of getting IN opportunity
to secure varsity Job.
A good scrub usually means a fas,
varsity, and the quality OF the mer
who will not make regular places /,
but an added feature OF encourage
mentment. The student body lis en-
Unused this year as never before, and
the Red and Black should unGoubted.,
get the best support from It's adler
ents that has ever been accorded.
WANTED-Girl TO: general house
work. Apply 400 Locust avenue. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

her voice. II hope that you are salts.
fed now, Mr.. Henderson. You have at
last obtained entrance to our house.
IL" stammered the flushed and
embarrassed youth. t.S
"oh, don't attempt any explanation"
interrupted the girl. For months we
have watched you--even as you have
watched us. You are handicapped by
an Unsuitable curiosity, my friend; you
should learn to curb It,"
But how did come here?" de.
manded Henderson.
Always curious" sighed the maid.
and Henderson had the grace to flush
u deeper red as she continued:
while you Notwithstanding
about the, house brick fell from the
chimney and knocked you senseless.
Now, thanks to you and others in this
| small town who are not content 10
mind their own small affairs and al
low others to attend to theirs, 1t would
be unsafe for us to allow you TO lie in
front OF our. house. seemingly struck
down by some weapon in the hands OF
n dangerous person.
This would have given your towns
men the excuse they have long sought.
Our home would have been forcibly
entered, and-and certain things dis
covered that we wish. for purely per.
sonal but honest reasons. to remain
our secret"
Henderson, fairly magnetized by the
presence OF this girl with her SOFT Gu.
ressIng voice, found himself vaguely
wondering II she were really queen OF
dangerous band of counterfeiters.3 ns
local gossip would have him believe.
you must remain here until YOU are
we'll enough to be moved" she con
tinued. 1.-THE doctor says you escaped
death only by n miracle, and that re-
moval now is liable to result In com
plications."
Tom Henderson sighed hupplly. He
wanted nothing better than this oppor.
tunity to be near the young woman
who had so unconsciously hypnotized
him-eyen from the first.
That was It. This rare divinity that
had come into tho small town OF
Campton had captured the young
bachelor without trying. while others
OF her sex who saw much in the
road.sbouldered. handsome youth
and more In his ample income, had
failed. Henderson wasn't really I'M
4 duly inquisitivo. He WINS hopelessly
entangled in tho mesh Of the maids
beauty.
sOf course, he naturally would be O
trifle curious. Possibly II this girl
and who ever 1t was with her In the
old Kruger house, had elected 70 50
TEREsTED IN THE PRoPERT,
PROPOSITION IN THIS CITY. AM
matter; Of course-for they GET IN
Ad;rcRders become nome.ownerrsS a
Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
The Fortune Hunter.

Winchell Smith. author OF The
Fortune Hunter that 4 wholesome
and highly successful comedy now at
the Garrick, was born In Hartford,
Conn.,, April 5th,, 1879, the son OF
Virginia (ThralD. and. William. B.
Smith. His professional education
was gained by active work In tho
theatre, us the record runs, and III
may mean that, instead OF attending
school, he did boyish tasks about the
playhouse, n la David Belasco. In or.
der 10 make money and learn the
business
j Whatever his education, Mr.. Smith
became an actor when, at the age of
|l24, he appeared with William Gil
lette Us Lieutenant Foray, the tele.
graph operator, in Mr.. Gileltte's. Sc.
cret Service. Afterwards Mr.. Smith
learned about the pecuniarys aspect
OF the stage by serving as manager
for Arnold DAILY. He gained Q hts
first experience by collaborating with
Byron ongley few years ago in tho
dramatization Of 'Brewster's Millions
In the historic field Of London Mr..
Smith has helped to play Secret Ser.
vice, at the Adelphi Theatre in 1897;
Sue at the Garrick, 1898. and .Arl.
zona' at the Adelphi 1902. s.
In this country he is best known
for his association with the cast OF
Under Two Flags Because She
Loved Him So, The Tyrrany Of
Tears The Two Schools and The
Girl froms Rays.
Mr.. Smith pooled his literary clev-
erness with that Of Paul Armstrong
in the writing Of via Wireless a
successful melodrama partly similar
TO FBrewster's Millions He also pro
duced at the London Empire. a
sketch entitled "A Friend In Need
The. playwright has lately written
1.-THE Only Son" a comedy that will
be staged by Messrss Cohan and Har.
ris this season t,, IN
with record breaking business In
all the large cities throughout the
country. "The Fortune Hunter"
stands out as the most successful
comedy that has been presented in
the past twenty years. In fact no
play In this generation has made
such an impression on the public rs
has this piece Of rural life and com.
edy. The story Of the ne'er.do.wcll
who works out the scheme Of hIy
chum for marrying fortune and N
doing so works ont his own salvation
is one that appeals to all classes anu
Its presentation at the Grand tonight
VIII be pleasure to anticipate.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

'G[ARKi.s|BBRG: WON

Z CEARKsBURG, Sept. 24.-The Mo.
nongah baseball team was defeated
ut Union Park yesterday afternoon
In a loosely played game by the local
team. The locals knocked Que Rob.
inson out Of the box in the third In
ming. and Danley, who succeeded him.
was served little better. The final
score was 9 to i, in favor Of clarks.
burg.
q The score:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

SUMMARY:
Two base hits, Moran.
Double plays, sackett, Carduss and
Maron. q
Hit by pitcher. by Sackett 3.
Left on bases, Monongah 6; Clarks
burg 4.
Earned runs, AIononsah /.
First tn balls OF Jones s
Struck out by Jones 10 by Robin:
SOM, by <panley 4:I;i. 40 sN
Hits Abortioned OF Danley 4 in
G innings, off Robinson In Inning.
Passed balls Yost:
Umpire Grim and Raymond.
Attendance G50.
Time 1:45.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

Ex.C Captain John Kclllson, Of the
West sVirginia Wesleyan College foot.
ball team, was in the city today, en-
route for Bnckhannon where he will
resume his studies. Captain Kellison
has been spending the summer in the
Michigan woods. and reports that he
Sis in good training for the coming
football season. Captain Kelllson will
try for his old place rs guard on the
Wesleyan team.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

summary-Two base hits, Cona~ay,
Darlington; struck out, by Hunt I. by
Danley 2, by Cartwright 0, by Skid
more .; hits of Hunt, in seven In
nings 6 of Danley in two innings Q,
off Cartwright in five innings 6. of
Skidmore in three innings 8; stolen
bases, Grlbben. Skidmore, Dawson;
Sacrifice hits, Merrill, Conway, Ma
lone; passed balls, Wyatt; hit by
pitcher, harrington, Merrill, Skid.
more. $50, ,'s.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
a Reader Of Fiction.

willie, don't you know that It Is
q very bad habit to get finger marks
on your copy book 2" n.
..Yes'm," replied the small boy.
II got to quit IT. II the detectives
ever get after: mo theysare liable to
,reuhnlse mo by my th,imb;ptints.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
b 4 +tI
LOCALS WDa
SHUT OUT cLARKsBuRe TEAM
/, AT SOUTH eide PARK sATuR.
DAY AFTERNOON. Isl

X The local baseball team shut out
the Clarksburg aggregation at South
Side Park Saturday afternoon win
ming the game by the score OF 9 to 0.
The score:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Saturdays Results.

Brooklyn, 5; Pittsburg, 4.
New York, G; Cincinnati, 2.
Boston, IA; Chicago, 6.
Philadelphia, 2; st. Louis, 3.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

II tile gun crews were all killed
would the muzzle loader?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

Some want ad. help m finding tint
BEST worker for your work is worth
while ndeniably q Is &.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

Would sArtie p. Parrish" of. frIgh
~ he heard 5tsNEilkie C. Rohr?"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

is councllman;"H. s.Lively enough,
to take "Doctor?"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

10y "Mc.')

The drug store at 22s Main street
would like to knowif you can make
Crane out Of Steele
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
2Today's' Games,

Boston at Chicago.
New York at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Plttsburg.
Philadelphia at st. Louis. ]
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

Judge simply have an irresistl
bic impulse 10 STEAL"
III have those Irresistible impulses
sometimes" said the Judge. 81 have
one right now TO send you TO jail. Six
sty days."-Kansas City Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

When Hans Wagner plays short
fstop, will cdr. Herscliel Satterheld?"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
BOWLING.

Mononsah Glass House Team Loses
to Fairview.
Tho MononGah Glass house bowling
team lost to Fairylcw team on Fair
Wow alleys on Saturday night by IS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

Tourist Ito. Indian standing beside
"a pile Of arrow heads, ctc.)-Heap
Indian:Nopc. Scrap heap. I'm just
waiting TO sell the lot to the first
Eastern Junk curio dealer that comes
along this way.-Puck. ''E
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25
Yesterdays Resul,

Philadelphia, s.; st. Louis, 2.
New York, 5; Cincinnati, 9.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-25

her voice. II hope that you are salts.
fed now, Mr.. Henderson. You have at
last obtained entrance to our house."
81" stammered the flushed and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
A WORD TO THE WISE
By SAVOYARD

When serving his first term he was nom- mated for a second, and peremptorily declined because, as he said, he would not go to Washington to fetch and carry for office hunters. When they passed a resolution relieving him of that thankless and odious job, he remained in Con- gress till his death nearly 30 years later
 Look you. young fellow who are seek ing subordinate official place in this town. Don't. Better toll in the field
 better delve in the mine. better work at the bench. If you are young, bright, imaginative, keep away from here where temptation turks in every recess. A few, very few, stand the racket and rise The great majority fall, and O, how many sink to the depths
 am mighty glad l was over 90 be- fore I came. and l shall never forget what fool l was at that age, even. when, 1T ever, a man ought to have some sense It was one bitter night in dead winter that Catlette Thompson and l were sit ting before a roaring fire in the county clerks office at Edmonton, Ky. He was reading a newspaper and I deep in my first perusal of Dumas Three Muske- | teers." About o'clock some one knocked at the door It was a messenger from Glasgow with telegram from our mem- Der of Congress, John w. Caldwell ad- dressed to Logan Porter. and my friend
 Thompson. It read: Send Newman to Washington; I have a place for him. !"
 l was thunderstruck, ignorant of any such endeavors in my behalf. had some money and Thompson loaned me a
 lot more. The next morning I mounted a
 wild mare, the property of the late Law renee Rousseau, and I made the trip from Edmonton to Horse Cove, 26 miles, little faster than anybody else ever made it. That was a Friday.
 The following Monday I was sworn fin as a public functionary, assistant clerk of the committee on invalid pensions, H. R.. Forty-sixth Congress. One of
 these days I intend to tell you about my service on that committee. Caldwell n- troduced me to a score or so of Con-
 gressmen. and so fevered was my imag- lnation, so roseate so gorgeous, so re- splendent was the mirage through which l, country Jake, viewed them that said and thought: This is Elysium. and l shall stalk with the gods of high Olym-
 pus. And it was not till the next ses. sion that l found that nearly every devil of em was made of just as common clay as I, and not a few of em a devilish deal commoner
 o, how the town fascinated me! Either house of Congress had the same allure
 ment for me that Broadway has for the actor. Alexander H. Stephens was
 the first man l heard speak in the House, and George F. Edmunds the first in the Senate. Metaphorically I was standing on my head for months. My official duties were after the order of those of a master in chancery, and I soon learned to do a days work in an
 hour. By May l I had found out how to do no work at all, yet keeping on
 the payroll, and I began to write for
 newspapers. But for that I should have been ruined forever and irretrievably. Young man, stay away from here until .-ou can come as a congressman Keep away, keep away!
 Washington, March 15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

The American House of Representatives has a membership of less than 400; is roll of employees numbers more than 500. Thus, fairly apportioned, Uncle San hires, at big salaries and high wages. three men and upwards to wait on two congressman, and it is even more ex- trayagant on the Senate side. Mark you, the 500 were all appointed by the repub- lioans as they will be named by the democrats in the next Congress. A scrut- iny would probably develop that the number of employees of the Fifty-third Congress, when the democrats were last in power in that body, numbered less than 300: but the long lease of power en- loved by the G. O. P has had the inevita- ble result, extravaganza that eliminates in prodigality.
 The democrats are promising some braTe things. They are boasting loud as they put on the harness, and have appointed committee on retrenchment and reform to look about and prod snecures. They proclaim that the saving they shall make will amount to at least S2500OO per an- mum. Palmer of Pennsylvania, Hull of 1 Tennessee and Kitchin of North Caro- lima compose the committee, and the country can rest assured that these men will cut to the quick in their endeavors to remove this little ulcer Of graft. But will the House adopt their findings?
 And there's the rub. This moment there are some thousands of democrats among the constituencies that have returned democrats to Congress confidently expect ing places in the organization of the House of Representatives of the Sixty second Congress. It is safe to say that there will be ten applicants, maybe twice ten for every place. Every one of the applicants is thoroughly convinced that his congressman owes his seat to him, and if he does not get on the payroll he is going to make a row, unless his congress man is too big a man to fool with. The disappointed will go around talking about ''ingrates," though his particular ingrate sweat blood in vain but ceaseless en- deavor to get the place for him. It used to be the case and I suppose 1t Is yet that nearly all those places were determ- ined by lot and l don't see how they could do it else.
 One of the numerous banes of our sys- tenn is official patronage, and it is cruel ly perverted by the practice of apportion- ing the spoil to the victor. What pity 'tis that every congressman is not as free as pig iron" Kelly made himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
ADJUSTMENTS
"The Revelation"

Although "The Revelation" bears much resemblance to Madame X' 1t is wholly worth while and is one of the strongest dramas that has been seen at the Bijou. Based on the love of mother for her son the play presents the problem of one law for men and another for woman. Madam Dalmores strikes the keynote of the play when she exclaims:
 "Oh. why is it that man may live a dozen lives and a woman must stand or fall in one!'
 While the play presents delicate problem 1t is not one that should of- fend the most fastidious. There Is moi a single line that should be stricken out. Presenting as it does the all absorbing, all-sacriflcing love of mother for her son, who if nameles' is noble, the play appeals to every one that has any human sympatny.
 The play presents some singularis lovable characters. That of Lupus 1u' pin, the friend who stcod py, pe haps the best. Recognizing the wor thiness of Madame Delmores after ~ years of expiation for girlhood sins n' stands by and renders her every as sistance in her struggle to preserv' the happiness of her son. Next IS tlia of Monsieur Maurel, prefect or pc lice. who is gruff as to exterior pu pure gold at heart .., [,
 The cast of "The Revelation II equally satisfying and is excellent ever to inc smallest part. The cast Is neao ed hv Miss Annie Hamilton, who play Madam Dalmores. and she sets hisi standard of work which IS fuiiy main tained throughout
 M,ss Hamilton has a pa, ticular per sonaI charm that distinguishes he from the ordinary actor. She Is abov' all individal even down to the smalles gesture. As an emotional actress sh' is superb and while she scarcely ha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

an opportunity to show what she can do In lighter work there are glimpses
 of great possibilities revealed.
 Lionel Morrie, as Louis Lupin, ranks
 next to Miss Hamilton as to merit. MT
 Morrie has a magnificent stage pres
 ence and flexible voice that he uses
 to great advantage. He is exactly suit :
 ed to the part and as result does
 unusually good work.
 While Harry Preston Coffin as Mon
 sieur Marceline has but one scene in
 which he Is the foremost he uses ev- cry opportunity in that to show his ability. He portrays the man of the
 world wko has pitiless hatred for u
 woman and does 1t in convincing
 manner. Regret Is felt when he Is
 wounded. for he was fascinating. Ralph Evans Smith and Harry O'Lynn play Noel Dalmores and Mon sieur Maurel very acceptably. MT. Smith has many opportunities and uses them all. In the last act he is especially effective with Miss Hamilton. Monsieur Maurel Is admirably played by MT. O'Lynn Adelbert Elliott as Victor Dubois Is very satisfactory and relieves the heaviness of the play by his com edy
 There are but two more characters in the cast They are Louise Maurel and Blanche Maurel, played by Miss Lucille Parrish and Miss Marguerite Leasure. Both do good work although they have more or less minor parts. To attempt to tell the story of the play would be foolish. One must see 1t to appreciate the appeal to the heart of the story of one woman's reperation and the way she worked out her re-
 demption. J.B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
DIES
 IN HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville. March 2O.-(Special)-S. ;. Darwin, for half century past a well known merchant of Huntsville, died Sum- day afternoon at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Mary S. Harris, aged 80 years, He had been in feeble health severa! months.
 MT. Darwin begun business here as a partner of Robert l.. Pulley and for many years they did a big business of supply ing farmers and selling general merchant disc
 A few years ago the firm dissolved and each partner continued in the same kind of business with notable success. Mir. Darwin is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Mary Sid Harris of Huntsville, Mrs Dixie McGrew- of Shel- byville. Dr. James l.. Darwin and George Darwin of Huntsville