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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
tIso Short Words.

Literary asplrants should religiously
eschew polysyllabic photography The
philosophical and pathological substruc-
ture of this principle Is ineluctable.
Excessively attenuated verbal sym
bos inevitably induce unnecessary
complexlty and consequently exagger-
ate the obfuscation of the mentality of
the peruser. Conversely, expressions
which are reduced to the furthermost
minimum Of slmplification and com
pactness, besides contributing realistic
verisimilitude, constitute a much less
onerous handicap to the readers per-
splcacity.
Observe, for instance, the unmistak-
able and inescapable expressiveness Of
onomatopoetic. interJectional. mono
syllable utterances, especially when
motlvated under strenuous emotional
circumstances. How much more APP
pealing is their euphonious pulchritude
than the preposterous and pretentious
pomposity of elongated verblage. Life.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
How. 10 Eat Leather.

The Infamous Captain Morgan and
his plratlcal crew were sometimes IN
tight places at Panama and on ono
occasion were reduced to eating their
ieathern bags. Some persons" says
Sne OF the company, Exquemelin
twhose narrative Is reproduced In "rhe
Buccaneers In the West Indies'9, who
never were out of their mothers kitch.
ems may ask how these pirates could
eat, swallow and digest these pieces
of leather. so hard and dry. Unto
whom only answer: That could they
once experiment. what hunger, or, rath-
er, famine is, they would certainly find
the manner by their own necessity, as
the pirates did. For these first took
the leather and sliced It in pieces. Then
did they beat II between two stones
and rub 1t, often dipping It In the wa,
ter Of the river, 70 render 4 hy the4e
means supnla ana tender. r.aaflr. th6S
scraned off the hair and roasted or
brolled 1t upon the fire. And being
thus cooked they cut 1t into small NOR
selS and ate 1t, helping It down with
frequent gulps Of water, which by
good fortune they had right at hand"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
A Shock For rannuson.

lf any one asked Holman Hunt
about persons he would tell delightful
frank anecdotes concerning, maybe,
the great men he knew and loved aud
measured exactly. He liked n spice OF
fun In everything, too, and his face
beamed as he described walk with
Tennyson h, had lately taken. They
heard footsteps behind, and the great
man frowned. "How they dog US,
Hunt How shall we escape themT
Just sit on the stile TIL they pass"
said the matter of fact artist. They
did 40, and rwo lads In knickerbocker
marched by swinging their sticks and
not even turning their heads. Tenny-
sou was ehapfallen.
do you know. Hunt" he said, ~ do
not think they know who | am"
Very likely, my dear Tennyson, and
they would not even know II you
told themr'-"R ecollectlons OF Holman
Hunt In London Academy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

There are only two kinds Of people In
the world-the people who live in the
shadow and gloom and those who live
on the sunny side Of the street These
Swallowed ones are sometimes called
pesslmists, sometimes people of melan-
chOly temperament; sometimes they
are called disagreeable people. But,
wherever they go, their characteristic
is thls-thelr shadows always travel on
before them, These people never bear
their own burden, but expose all their
wounds to others. They are all so
busy looking down for pitfalls and
sharp stones and thorns on which to
step that they do not even know that
there are any stars in the sky. These
folks live on the wrong side Of the
street. And yet It Is only twenty feet
across to the other sidewalk, where
sunshine always lies.-Newell Dwight
Hills
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
French Official Rsd lana.

Two men went to Nice lately from
Italy to attend a funeral and took
with them a wreath of flowers to
which was fastened silk ribbon bear.
ing an Inscription. They were In
formed at their destination that they
would have to pay duty equivalent
to sos. The mourners protested, say
ing that the wreath was made OF nat
ural flowers on which there was no
duty, but they were Informed that the
dutlable part was the silk and that,
according to the tariff laws, duty must
be collected on the gross weight Of
the memorial emblem. Then the men
agreed to throw the ribbon away, but
this could not be done on French SOIL
and 50 they journeyed back to the
frontier, where they disposed Of the
ribbon, boarded train for Nice with
the rlbbonless wreath and arrived tOo
late for the funeral.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

One of tn. finest examples of paw
ky" humor Is placed TO the credit of
an old gardener who was in the serv-
lee OF Admiral OF the Fleet Sir Alex
nnder Milne. The admiral was
grand old man. full OF goodness and
kindness. hut II strict dlsciplinarlan.
The gardener having omitted to do
something which he had been told to
do. his master said to him:
"When | was on board ship would
hive had you put In irons for disobe-
dleuce'
The old gardener was not much per.
uirhed AZ tho idea but, leaning on his
spade, replied
AYE maybe, Sir Alexander, but
when ye were ON board ship ye had
hunder men tae dae ae job, an moo ye
hue ne man tue dae hunder Jobs."--
London Tit-Bits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
BALTIMORE &OHIOR.R
ROCKVILLE, MD.
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 81, 1910.


'.Daily. I Except Sunday. 7 Sunday only
For HAGERSTOwN, HARPER's FERRY
and WINCHESTER, Depart t8 30 q. M,
. 90 p. M, 10 80 p, m, Arrive ~ AZ a. m,
tl2 o. y. m, TO DAP m
For FREDERICK and Way Stations, Depart
1888 a. IN, SlG OF am. 2222 p. M, 10 30
?. M to 20 p, IN. Arrive t754 a M,
tS.4S a. m, 30 06 a, M, tl2 o. p. m.
10 80 p. m, rs 81 p, m, 10 OF p, m.
For B0YD'S and Way Stations, Depart 10 IS
Am, slO OF m "a az p m, IS 90 p. M,
70 co p. m, Arrive II 81 a. m, n *
am % 90 an, ts asa m 30 90 a, IN,
az 02 p. m 10 30 p. m, s5bl p m,
80 OF p. IN.
For GAlTnERsBuRG and Way Stations,
Depar. tl2 20 q. 10 "a 90 a. M, $40 OF
! n; ~, I 70 M ~ 22R, NJ % 30 p.
M ~ " p, NJ ~ s3 p m, - 40 .. m,
te2o p, m. II 20 p. m 1919 p. M.
I'll oil p N. Arrive TO 96a M, n al
a. M, II 81 a. M, "a 90 a. m, 10 IS
am, 90 06 m, / o 90 am, va O2 p.
N, 70 4sp IN, 10 80 p M 70 81 p. m,
n COR m 300 p. m 40 Top m,
For WASHINGTON, Depart re- 10 a. M,
TIA a. M, II 81 a m ss 90 a. M, ts 4s
a. m, 30 06 q M, 10 90 n M, az OF p.
IN. % 4s p. m, 10 so p. M, Us 81 p. m,
100 p. M, 70 02 p m $40 Top m. Ar
rive ia 22a. m, tsb5 m Si0 OF n. m,
II ID p IN az 20 p M, A3 80 p. IN,
IA II p. m, 1899 p m, $40 p, m, to 30
pm, II 4bp m, Ss 10 p, m, 20 40 p
IN, III oil M.
dec DIT
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
sOmo.hino to interest Him.

II was the evening when her week
ly caller always made his appearance.
Il wish had something new and en-.
tertalning to show him." said the girl
10 her mother.
''If you'd only mentioned 1t in time,
said her father, "Pd have brought
home my account book with the dry
goods, millinery, stationery and con
fectlonery bills for the last three
months all itemized and balanced. I'll
venture to say that would entertain
Youths Companion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

ut was the worst calamity that ever
happened to me-" sighed the pale, In
tellectual high proved young woman.
II had written modern society novel,
complete to the last chapter, and a
careless servant girl gathered the
sheets of the manuscript from the
floor, where the wind had blown them.
and used them to start fire In the
CRATE"
"What burning shame that wasP'
commented Miss Tartun. - Chicago
Tribune.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
M.nnsr. vsr.u. MannsrI.n,.

There's vast difference between
manners and mannerism. For In
stance, manners takes its soup softly
and quietly, while mannerism gnrgleS
It. Manners says, "Parss the buttah,
please" while mannerism bites
chunk out Of n piece Of bread ant
shutters, slip me the grease, will
YOUR Detroit Free Press.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

When the first two tons of anthra-
cite coal were taken into Philadelphia
In 1903 the good people Of that city.
so the records state. tried to burn
the stun, but at length, disguised, they
broke 1t up and made walk Of It."
Fourteen years later Colonel George
Shoemaker sold eight or ten wagon
loads Of 1t in the same city, but war
rants were soon issued for his arrest
for taking money under false pre-
tpngaa
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

TWO HOUSES, one OF slE rooms aud one
Of seven rooms; also q STORE AND
DWELLING In the business part Of the
town. Store contains two large rooms, with
Eve rooms over II.
For particulars apply 10
JOSEPH READING,
sep l0-lm Rockville. Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
FARMS FOR SALE.

ONE Of 200 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
OOne OF 226 {"
situated within q mile Of Boyd's, 10 Mont
gonery county, Maryland. Another farm Of
about 300 acres, situated In Poolesville dis
trict, In said county and State.
Apply 10 HORACE d. WATERS,
aug 12-n Germantown, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

"An men," said the earnest citizen,
fare born equal"
"Thcy are that" replied Mr.. Hafrer-
ty. But they don't stay equal after
they're big enough to get together In
the schoolyard. Washington Star
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
The Rullnu FASHION.

Hell hear that your husband has
taken to smoking again. 1 thought
you insisted that he should give It up7
She-Yes. so did, but I found such
pretty smoking jacket at a bargain
salel
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

my son, remember this-maITying
on n salary has been the salvation Of
many young man"
II know, dad. But suppose my wife
should lose her salary Cleveland
Leader.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

"The dog" said the scientific gentle
man, sometimes steers himself with
his tall"
"Uses 1t to guide his wandering
bark, does he?' asked the irresponsl-
BILE humorist.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

A newspaper thus describes the ef-
fects OF hurricane; ut shattered
mountains. tore up oaks by the roots,
dismantled churches, laid villages
waste and overturned a haystack."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

McClubber--The fOotpad said Money
or your lifel" 30 I gave him 81. Mrs.
McClubber-H HUH You're always get.
ting stuck, Billyl-Puck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28

In character. in manners, In style, In
all things. the supreme excellence IL
affnDIicitV II OnQfqIlow
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
MONEY TO LOAN

$500 to $1,000 TO loan on good first mort
gage real estatesecurlty.
BOWIE v. WATERS,
Jan s-H Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
Mems Hats, So.
The Hat


Mems pod and Msee Shirts in neat figures and stripes and various
Genuine Soee Shirts with soft collars to match collar attached all
wanted c0OB ST. value. Special $L00
Mems Soft Collar and Tie Combinations white Regular
SOC value
Boys 75c and 81 White Cored Shirts
attached
Boys Regular 25c pairs special
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
MONEY TO LOAN.

ERoM $500 TO 5000 on improved real
n estate 10 Montgomery county.
BOUIC q BOUIC,
an ISL Rockville Nd,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-04-28
MI ONEY TO LOAN.

~ from $500 TO $1,000 10 loan on iarA
security 10 Montgomery county, Nd.
PRANK HIGGINS,
Attorney-at-Law,
nov asst Rockville, Nd.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-11
P VIII.
ASPIRATIONS.

AppaTIIIons'
Roscoe did not pause to investigate
the effect of his blow, nor to waste a
second one. If the man who had con-
fronted him there in the companion
way was dead, so much the better. If
he were only half-dead, the job could
be finished at any time. He was out
Of the way for the present at least,
Roscoe hurried on, searching state
rooms and passageways and finally
the crews quarters, forward.
When he had satifled himself that
he and his men were in undisputed
possession Of the yacht, he emerged
on deck again by the forward hatch
way, and found Captain Planck al
ready there. He directed him to go
below with Schwartz, who had been
engineer aboard the whaler, and get
steam up as promptly as possible. He
himself remained on deck, directing
the unloading and stowage of those
precious golden slabs that the rest
| Of the party yer bring out in boats
from the shore.
We've got it all, Roscoe, unless you
want them barrels of whale OIL" q
man in the last boat sang out as they
came alongside.
Wen leave them to pay for this
nickel-plated ship" Roscoe answered
Come! Look alive and get aboard
Well be ready to start as soon as VIZ
can get a little daylight"
He looked them over, numbered
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-11
SYNOPSIS.

Philip Cayley, accused Of a crime Of
which he is not guilty, resigns from the
army in disgrace and his affection for
his friend, Lieut.. Perry Hunter, turns TO
hatred. Cayley seeks solitude, where he
perfects a flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions, he picks up a
curiously shaped stick he had seen in the
assassin's hand. Mounting again, he dis
covers a yacht anchored in the bay. De-
scending near the steamer, he meets a
girl o n an ice foe. He learns that the
girls name is Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north to seek signs
or her father, Captain Fielding, an arctlc
explorer. A party from the yacht Is ma
Jeanne finds that he had dropped a Gu
Ttously-shaped stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew of his wrecked whaler
are In hiding on the coast. A giant. rut-
man namedRoscoe, had murdered Fielding
n his two companions, after the eX-
plorer had revealed the location OF an
enormous ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
took command of the party. It develops
that the ruflan had committed the muir
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
TO capture the yacht and escape with a
big load of gold. Jeanne tells FanshaW'
owner Of the yacht, about the visit Of the
Rky-man and shows him the stick left by
Eayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
Eskimo throwing stick, used to shoot
darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
searching party with o sprained ankle.
Perry Hunter Is found murdered and
Cayley is accused Of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent. A relief party goes
TO find the searchers. Tom confesses his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
enters an abandoned hut.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-11
CHAPTER VII.-contlnued.

The sight of 1t might we'll have
caused establishment or alarm in the
girls mind. But 1t was neither alarm
nor establishment that her next act
expressed. She dropped down on her
knees beside the rude wooden bunk,
drew the chest up close in the tight
embrace Of her young arms, laid her
cheek against the cold polished sur
face Of its blackened wood, and cried.
Every question that might have
asked itself-how the thing could
have come there, and what it's coming
might pretend to herself or to the
other Of the Aurora's people-was
swept away in a sudden rush Of f1lial
affection and regret which the sight
of 1t instantly awoke. 1t had reached
her with that sudden poignant stab
of memory which inanlmate objects
familiar by long association, seem tc
be more potent to call up than the
very persons Of the friends with whom
they are associated. The sight of hel
father himself could hardly have hat
SO instantaneous and overwhelming
an effect upon her as the sight of this
old chest, which was one Of the EARL
est of her associations with him.
1t had always stood, until he haC
taken 1t with him on that last voyage
of his, upon a certain farther cornel
of his desk In the old library. 1t wal
one Of those objects Of a class tina
children always love-smooth, pol
ished, beautiful; beautiful and, at thu
same time, defying curiosity.
1t was quite a masterpiece Of cabi
net work. No hinges were visible
and the cover fitted SO closely upol
the box inself that the line whicl
separated them was hard to discover
And there was no trace of keyhole o
lock. To those uninitiated into 1t
secret, it de1ed any attempt t
open 1t.
Presently she seated herself on tn
bunk, took the little chest on he
knees and set about opening it. B
tween the cold and her excitement sh
found this rather a difficult thing
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-11

do, though her mind never, never
hesitated over the slightest detail OF
the necessary formula Of procedure.
She knew in just what order to press
In those innocent-looking little orna-
mental tacks in the brass binding; re-
membered the right moment to turn
the box up on its end and let the
just released steel ball roll down its
channel to the pocket, where 1t must
lie before the last pressure upon the
last spring would prove effective. She
no more faltered over it than she
would have faltered over her alphabet.
And at last, when her numbed fin
gers had completed their task, the
counter-welghted lid rose slowly by
itself, just as it had used to, and re-
vealed to her swimming eyes the con-
tents of the interior.
Up to the moment she had not real
lied what the finding Of the dispatch
box meant. 1t had not occurred to
her that a full account of her fathers
expedition, a narrative which would
reach, perhaps, to the morning OF the
last day of all, was lying here, right
under her eyes.
But now when the cover opened and
she saw beneath it a thick volume
bound in red morocco, she realized
that here, under her hand, was the
very object, in search Of which the
Aurora had set out upon her perilous
voyage.
The first sight of her fathers clear
erect, precise handwriting warmed
her with a sudden courage. But ever
this new inspiration Of courage die
not make her strong enough to turn
back and read the last entry in thai
tragic journal first. She tried to dc
it, but the will failed her. So she be
gan at the beginning. Once she hat
plunged into the fascinating nara
tive, the whole Of the outside worlt
faded away from her. She was obliviouI
to the fact that the darkness outside
was no longer the mere darkness o
the fog; oblivlous to the rising Wint
that poured its icy stream through thu
leaky walls Of the hut and made tn,
candle flicker; %oblivlous, even to tn,
very sound which she had meant II
walt for-the sound Of Toms voic
calling out to her from the yacht, an
the sound of other, more alarming
: nearer voices.
| They all fell on deaf ears as sh
: turned page after page Of that pre-
cious record of her fathers life. ]
: was written, in the main, in the scieI
tifle, observant, unimpassioned tempe
l which she knew so well. He chror
icled those days Of peril, when thei
r ship, crushed in the ice, and only keI
from sinking by that very ice, whic
t had just destroyed her, was driftin
along in the pack to what SCENE
9 certain destruction, as quietly and q
explicitly as he did the uneventfl
voyage through Behring strait. Tn
J, mans courage was SO deeply elemen
n al in him that he could not be sci
b conscious about 1t.
:. He told of the land, the strange, III
charted shore, whose discovery otfe
8 ed them a respite, at least, from thu
o destruction; told how he got his r
naming stores ashore and built tt
g hut, where, in all human probabilit
r he and his companions were to sper
Q the rest Of their lives.
Finally she reached the record
the day when he had consigned to Il
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-11

throw It Off, he clustered, stormed at
and abused them for a pack Of liars.
But in the end he sprang down into
n of the boats, and said he would
fetch the box himself. Whether he
believed their story, or not, 1t was
the only thing for him to do.
AS he pulled shoreward he tried
hard to convince himself that he did
not believe 1t; that Rose and Carlson
had probably forgotten all about the
box, and had trumped up the story to
avoid the necessity Of going back for
1t.
He beached his boat, scrambled
ashore and set out walking doggedly
along in the direction of the hut. The
fog was still all but impenetrable, even
to his practised vision, but he knew
the shore like the palm of his hand,
and he trudged on without a pause,
until he was within ten PAGES, per-
haps, of his destination.
But there he faltered and stopped.
turned about, under an irresistible I'M
pulse of fear, and would have fed
had not sheer necessity compelled
him to stop again. There was a light,
a diffused yellow glow, faint but I'M
mistakale, shining out Of the windows
Of the hut.
He knew he could not go back to
the Aurora without that box; 1t was
necessary both to his future safety and
his present command Of the situation.
His one hold upon those sullen follow
ers of his depended upon his being Inn
pervious alike to terror and to defeat.
If he we're to go back now without
accomplishing his purpose, 1t would
only be a question of days before they
murdered him. They all hated him,
enough for that, he knew.
Yet, aver under that necessity, It
was three or four minutes before, At
the command Of his burly will, he be-
gan creeping forward on hands and
knees toward the lighted window Of
the hut.
And when he reached a point where
he could command its interior, his
knees slipped out from under him and
he lay prone upon the icy beach, his
/ face buried in his outstretched arms.
/ For those two sailors had told the
truth.
/ Presently he drew himself up and
squatted back on his launches, star
ing. Human or not, the figure there
in the hut seemed W Of his
. presence. 1t was staring at the ex'
( plring fame Of the candle in profound
abstraction. When it stirred, as pres
emily it did, 1t was with a natural
human motion. And then the candle
8 went out.
In the few seconds Of silence which
0 followed, his terror returned upor
t him with full force. But 1t went
e away as suddenly as 1t had come, and
s with its recession there surged up IL
him a wave of british anger. 1t wal
= no ghost that had sat in contempla
Q ton over the contents Of that box
for it was moving now, with human
n footsteps-faltering, uncertain foot
o steps, al that. And when 1t appeared
lust visible and no more, outside thu
n doorway, it called aloud in a human
s voice-a woman's voice.
4? CTO BE CONTINUED.)