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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-05
Blessinas.

Blessings may appear under the
shape OF pains, losses and disappoint.
ments, but let him have patience and
he will see them In their proper fg
ure.-Addison.
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Il Reminded Him.

81 have seen In my Journeys several
tribes" ssid the traveller who vol
unfairly undergo all sorts OF self In
fiicted lacerations."
That's nothing" answered Mr.. Tut.
~ know lot OF people who Insist on
shaving themselves"
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Great Little siaht.

Where are you going 30 fastf'
"My wife has Just telephoned ne
that the baby is asleep. and ! am GO
ing home to see what II looks like
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-05

The ConHasrs-
ton.
"What Is the
way TO set about
II to burn mon
ey?"
"rhe first thing
necessary is the
money"
"Yes."
And then the
match"
"Yes."
1T hat Is all.
only Ii is cOnven
lent and comfort
ing to send a bur
ry up call for the
ambulance just
before starting"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-05

You win never get on the sunny
aide BY waiting for the world TO turn
round-Atlanta Constitution.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

closed to them that the door had sud-
denly opened. They turned to face
. drunken. Infatuated, leering figure.
He had on short thick fur jacket,
which loft his hips completely un-
covered. A heavy revolver had dan
g1ed in his holster. He dragged it
out as he spoke and trained It on the
boy.
You're going for a longer Journey
than you planned" he painted thickly.
az he strove to steady the weapon and
cover the other.
The boy was fumbltng at tho rasten-
ings Of his coat. His own revolver
was not get-at-able instantly, as it
should have been and would have
been had he been a native to the
west.
Tumble at 'em, you fool!" cried
the man. Before you get 'em open.
I'll shoot you dead. I don't do 1t now,
cause I want you to taste death and
hell as long as possible before you
go into EN-. You thought you'd make
fool out Of me, did you, and you.
too, you"
He flung frightful, mordant word
at his wife which stung not less be-
cause 1t was In large measure unde-
served, at least SO far as the boy was
concerned. a.
I'll settle with you when ret
through with him. Your times uni"
he continued, as the boy at last sue
ceeded In reaching his weapon.
He was game, that boy, although his
face under its blood was winter than
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

Cured into the room. The woman
screamed slightly an6 stepped toward
the snow-covsrsd. icslncrusted figure.
The young man forced the door shut.
turned and faced her. He tore OF his
fur cap and threw 1t on the floor. He
stretched out his Icy gauntletted
hands toward her. To reach the cabin
he had been compelled to face the
blizzard. His face was white yet
bleeding. The woman shrank back
from him. :.
rs this my welcomer' he said in a
voice manly enough In spite Of his
youthful aspect.
You're so wet and 80 cold" said
the woman. 1.-THE horses?"
They're outside" returned the
boy. But you didn't think Of ventur.
ing in this blizzard? Why. It's like
hell itself, or would be II hell was
cold!"
I'D risk anything" said the woman
fiercoly. Ito get away from him! You
won't fail me now?"
But. my God, girl!" answered the
boy with that assumption Of superior
age which SO satisfied his pride. well
die In this blizzard"
NO." persisted the woman. See.
the storm Comes straight from the
north. Our way is due south: we've
only to keep 1t at our backs"
"All right" said the boy cheerily.
III o~A o+o MT ~ %h1 1nyly,
dow. you've no idea how terrible 1t
IL. though" III"
II don't care"
Get ready, then.
I'm ready" she replied. "See!'
She lifted the skirt of her dress and
showed him q pair Of horseman's
boots with pair Of her husbands
trousers tucked tightly In them. Its
a good thing he has q small foot" she
sneered.
Course hint" said the boy. IT'D
like to settle with him before we CO.
You'll settle with him enough
said the woman cynically. when you
take me away from him."
She turned and took down from
one Of the pegs a heavy fur overcoat
The boy assisted her to put it on
From holster hanging on the wal
she drew a small silver-mounted 80
calibered revolver.
Pm ready" she said again.
Let us start, then," cried the boy
stepping forward.
On the instant q Whirl Of wind dis
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still reposed In the chest Of drawers.
That, with what the boy could con.
tribute, would provide for the expenses
of the journey. She had got it out
and tied it up in a little canvas bag.
It lay on the table near the lamp.
Fifteen miles south the Union Pa
cif1c railroad ran across the continent.
It had been her plan to ride thither
and take the first train eastward,
losing themselves in Chicago, and
thence by whatsoever route pleased
them making their way to New York.
Whether her husband would pursue
her or not, she could not tell. He
would be without the money, since
she meant to take all with her. He
would hardly be able to follow her
very soon. But If he did, that was a
risk she must take.
Engrossed in the present, tho boy
thought nothing at all about the fu-
ture. The woman's predicament
bulked so large to his immature imagi-
nation that there was nothing else on
the horizon. There was no other hori-
zon than she, In fact. And his one
desire was to get her away to free
her.
And now this storm babe fair to
render the whole plan impossible.
Misunderstanding his temper she fear
ed that the boy would be frightened
by the blizzard. Yet there was more
in the boy than she imagined; for
when she had about made up her mind
finally that he would not come, the
doee was thrown open and he stag
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14
PROlOGUE-Continued.

The Storm Without.
Tho woman's first thought when she
slapped outside the door was that at
all hazards they must go back. The
wind almost swept her away; only the
stead2ing grasp of the boy, better pre-
pared than she for the attack of the
s:orm, enabled her to keep her feet
yst the presence of that CHASTITY thing
on The floor which was affecting even
her Hon nerve, prevented their return
Whatever happened they must go on!
The door Of that shelter was closed
to them forever by the dead or dying
tenant. She realized however, that
their chances of escaping freezing to
death in this mad endeavor were SO
smai! as to be practically none. Well
fate lad forced her into this position
She would follow the path she had
chosen, whatever might be at the end
OF the way.
Speech was we'll nigh impossible
The boy staggered on past the win.
dow, and she followed until the lee
OF the house was reached. Between
a great drift and the wall. in a little
open space the horses were tied.
The boy was natural horseman
He had picked out the best two bron.
cos in the camp. If any animals could
take them to safety, these could. Not
yet chilled by the fierce cold, they
united the shivering, reluctant, terri.
fed horses from the wooden pins driv.
en- into the chinks between the log
walls Of the house to which they had
been hitched, mounted them, and
threading their way round the drift
started southwark on their awful ride
They left death behind them-and 10!
death doomed before and on either
hand.
Except where tbp storm was broken
by houses. drifts had not yet formed
The wind was toe terrific 1t swept
the level prairie clean. But away
from the shelter 1t the house they got
the full force o. it.. Although they
were thickly clad in wool and fur. the
pressure of the atorm drove their gar.
ments against their bodies, and soon
filled them With icy cold. There was
no help for it. 20 relief from it. They
had to bear it. They could only bend
their backs to it and keep on, trust.
ing to the endurance of their horses,
The woman Judged that it had been
about one in the morning when they
had started. The Overland Limited
ran through the station at three. No
horses that lived could have made
that Is miles In two hours under those
conditions. It was more than prob.
able, however, that the limited would
be greatly delayed by the storm, and
If they kept going steadily they would
be likely to catch it. At any rate,
when they reached the station. they
would find food, fire and shelter.
II their horses did not give out, II
thay were not turned adrift ON foot
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

holiday and had fingered on through
the winter, fascinated by her exuber-
ant attractiveness, and hattered by
her bold and artful pursuit of him.
She had thought to amuse herself in
her dreary, wretched, sordid life by
his fresh, frank, open admiration. The
woman's drunken husband had cared
little at first; but lately. under the
jibes. sneers, and innusndos Of his
companions, he had become fiercely
jealous. Then in maudlin fury he had
forbidden the boy the house. and had
sworn that he would kill him on
sight.
The woman thereupon swiftly made
up her mind to break the thraldom of
her matrimonial bond, and in the
young strangers company or by his
agency to leave the country. She
neither desired nor intended to be
tied to the boy a half dozen years
younger than she.
Once in civilization Il would be
easy to break away from him, she
knew. Thereafter she had no fear
but with her beauty, her wit, and her
courage. with her utter INSCRIPTIONS.
ness, she could make her way in the
east which she had never seen. And
this was the night OF (which they had
agreed to take their departure.
Since her husbands wild outbreak
Of jealousy. she had seen the boy only
once. In that surreptitious interview
they had concocted their plans. HeI
husband spent the greater part Of the
nights, whenever he had any money
In gambling and drinking at the ga
loon. BY lucky chance q short time
before in an all night trial with For
tune he had won something over
$1,000. The bulk of 1t in hard cash
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14
CHAPTER |

The Loneliness Of Mr.. GormIy.
To his great surprise, George CORN
" sometimes found himself feeling
lonely. and the oftener so as he grew
older. Every man who has q natural
liking for women, and what true man
has not?-yet who has no intimate
friendships with or relations to the
other sex. is likely to ind himself Ia:
that state Of mind sooner or later.
Gormly was sufficiently aged: he was
forty-four although he looked much
younger. He was sufficiently expe-
rfenced: he had dealt with women for
straight quarter Of century al.
though he had neither loved nor mar.
ried one. He was sufficiently self re-.
liant; he had built up By his own nm.
aided efforts the greatest retail mer.
chandise business Of hia day and aan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

them which Is most unjustiflable and
dangerous. and yet contrition and
sttnging reflection seem to have no
power in the punishment they in1lict
or Of producing amendment. I do not
wish to harbor one ungrateful thought.
for though my public life is far, far
from happy, my domestic happiness IS
more than an equipoise to its annoy.
ances; and yet I cannot think Of my
/. education and the ills derived from
the counsel and example afforded me.
without heartfelt repinings. To God
Almighty lift my prayer that I may
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

for help was indeed In an awkward
hx. With fellow workman he had
been ordered to remove the weather
cock which crowned the structure.
and had recently shown signs of fail
Ing. As the chimney was in use dur
Ing the day, they had been obliged tt
undertake the task late at night, aft
er the furnaces had been extinguished
and fuse had had time to cool down
q little. They had reached the top BY
series Of steps provided in the in.
terror OF the structure. But the chin
ney we3 still hot, and the sitting
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

temperature, combined with SCOT and
DUST, was too much for one of them.
and as he emerged on the narrow cop
ing ne collapsed in an unconscIoul
heap. 21I1ss7."iss..- Z
II was no easy task even Tor tho
nre brigade. to rescue the sick man
from MS perilous situation. An i'm.
mense rope was painfully hauled IN
the huge shaft and run round . pui
ley attached to the scaftolding thal
supported the weather-cock. r TIL
rope ne was fastened. and ~ II
means 1v carefully lowered down
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14
CKlPLZ5 NN2TSEND RRADl

In the storm and snow, and left to plod
on until they fell and slept, and froze,
and died, they would perhaps get
away.
More experienced than the boy. all
these possibilities were present to her.
She did not pray, she could ask moth
Ing of God; but she went warily and
carefully, helping the horse where she
could. ".
AS for her companion, he did not
give these matters very much consid-
Grafton. He kept going toward the
south to the railroad station because
that was the only thing to be done.
Another, however, rode with him, if
not with her. Before his eyes was
ever present that CORY, grizzly spec
tacle of a human form, the red blood
yelling from it's breast, redder still
from the white snow with which he
was surrounded. That awful figure
beckoned him on. He was younger,
finer, better, than she. He was more
fool than knave; she was all knave.
Her thoughts went forward to what
was before her; but his went back
ward to what was behind.
After long time it seemed to them
that the fierceness of the storm was
somewhat abated. The wind was GER
tainly falling; but the drifts were
steadily rising, and their progress
was more difficult every moment for
that cause. Their very souls were
numb with the awful cold. Still they
went forward, slower now, and more
slowly ever.
How far they had come, what time
1t was, where they were, neither he
nor she could tell. It seemed to them
both that they had been hours on the
way. The woman was sure that they
must have comprised the greater part
OF the journey, when her horse sud
denly stumbled and fell. Her bron-
cho's matchless endurance had at last
been exhausted by the terrible strug-
gle of their journey. He lay dying
where he fell, and nothing she could
do could get him up again. The boy
had stopped, Of course, when her horse
had fallen. He had dismounted and
helped her to rise. He had assisted
her vain efforts to get her own played
out horse on it's feet The two now
stood staring at each other in dismay,
"You must take my house," said the
boy at last.
The, woman nodded. With his as
sfstance she climbed slowly and pain
fully into the saddle. took the reins
from the boy, and started on. Her
companion caught hold Of the stirrup
leather and staggered forward by her
side. The going was now Infinitely
harder for the remaining horse. The
woman Immediately realized that with
this almost dead weight plunRtne
through the deep drifts and dragging
heavily at the stirrup leather. the
remaining bronco would soon be ex-
hausted.
She had meant to play fair with
him but it could not be. And SO for
long time the trio plodded on in this
way, the woman nerving herself to a
frightful action as best she could. She
hesitated to do it. She was reluc.
tant-
But. no horse that ever. lived could
stand such strain. She knew that It
would be matter Of minutes now
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

agax2st the moonlit SIX at the top of
a factory chimney, $50 feet high. He
continued his cries for assistance, and.
amid the gesticulations. pointed at
some object lying at his feet. The
crowd, which rapidly collected, reali1-
ed that something untoward had hap
pened, and rang up the fire brigade
the lnvariable succor in all novel
predicaments.
When the flremen succeeded in
making their way to the summit of
the chimney, they found that the man
who had been appealing so pitifully
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14
(TO BE CONT1NUED)
91iohtlv Modified.

Little Viola had developed tho habi,
Of holding her thumb in her mouth.
even while eating. Mother had re-.
sorted to all sorts of methods ia
correct the child and finally In desnera.
ton said:
viola. the nrst thing you know you
will swallow your thumb. and then
what will you do?"
We'll. mother, I should hate to swal.
low it because I'd have heaven Of q
time without Il" E
why. Viola" said tho astonished
mather. where did you hear IN express
sion like thAt7"
We'll, we'll, " hesitated the little girl
II didn't hear It exactly like that,
mother. but thought It would aoan6
hctter.<
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14
SYNOPSIS.

fascinated with the bold, artful wife Of
drunken prospector III western mining
town. They prepare to elope in blind
Ing blizzard but are confronted by the
maudlin husband. He is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pnis a. note to
the body taking the crime upon himself.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14
Placing the. Blame.

PIactno the. Blame. az
~ How did she como to- marry the
duke ?''
II was all her fathers fault. '.s@ssI
- Why. I thought Re opposed O. 8
match o.
q Ie did. but he# 9 s eisx I,u,ati rE q
wealthy. isn't 6
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Great Failing Of Genius
he kept with regularity. be once

ue kept Win regularity, he once
wrote:
7 despair Of obtaining that mastery
over myself which owe to myself, to
my children and to society. It is no
excuse nor plea that suffer SO keenly
as ] do from regret and shame at my
own intemperance. I feel the folly,
the madness. the provoking extrava-
gance Of my behavior, treating men
like slaves and assuming power over
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14

be able Is subdue this hateful and de-
grading vice of temper. SO that I may
/. help my children 81 the first beg9=
WORLDLY y endeavor of governing theifss
own words.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-14
IN AN AWKWARD POSITION
Fire Brigade Rescues Man From Per
I!ous Situation on a CHM
neY Ton

Around the midnight hour one even
ing recently belated pedestrians hur-
rying homewards along street koown
as Old Moabit, in Berlin, Germany,
were arrested in their course by loud
shouts for help that seemed to come
from the skies. They looked up in
curious establishment, and presently
saw the figure Of a man silhoutted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
FATALLY INJURED
NEAR HOT So RINGS
Mrs. x. M. Thayer Thrown
From Carriage and Dies With
out Regaining Consciousness.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

lSpcNiai W lie L -DlSpatCn.l
Hot Springs. Va. November Co.
Mrs X. NJ. Thaycr, of New York. was
thrown from carriage to-day and
died of the injuries while being car
ricd back to her hotel. She was
sister of Henry Mallory and Charles
Mallory. who arc at the head OF the
Mallory Steamship Company.
With Mrs. Thaycr were Miss Flor
ence Flynn. of Washington, and Miss
Katherine Mcclure. of New York. both
of whom were thrown out, but not
much injured.
The accident occurred two miles
north of Hot Springs. Oh the road TO
Fassfern Farm. The carriage pole
dropped, the carriage bumped into the
horses. At the left was a twenty foot
embankment. The coachman veercd
his team into high bank TO tho
right. and as the carriage turned
around with the back end to the en-
bankment and went over, the team
broke loose.
Mrs. Thaycr lay partly under one
OF the overturned wheels, with her
left shoulders and ribs badly crushed.
Her head hit a stone. rendering her
unconscious. and she remained so un-
til She died.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27

e. i#ta..i9 Z 49,
lister as upon Sir Edward Grey's utter
ancc tomorrow. Every seat in the
House of Commons was secured dayt
ago. and many distinguished strang.
crs will DO present to hear the speech,
upon which the peace of Europe Is be.
lieved to hinge.
Opinions in the best informed quar-.
tcrs arc most hopeful that the debate
VIII open an era of better understand.
ing between Germany and Great
Britain.
No blue book of the dispatches re.
latinG to the events in question has
yet been published. Therefore the
British foreign secretary Is liable to
throw deal of new light on the sub
1ect. II Is fully expected. however,
that he Will deliver u peaceful and
friendly speech dealing more with the
future than the past.
The leader of the opposition. Andrew
Bonar Law. will follow Sir Edward
In the debate, and It is expected that
he will give reasonable support to the
governments foreign policy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
TRIP roR GLEE CLUB.
Organization VIII VISIT Several Towns.
Other Trinity NcMk.


Other Trinity News.
Especial to The Times Dispntchl
Durham. n. c.. November 26.-In
spite of many difficulties Manager i.
$. Bennett has completed the schedule
of the trip tho Trinity College Glee
Club will take this fall. The club will
be out of town c week, giving six per-
formances. The members OF the dub
are holding daily practices. and the
chorus Will be in excellent shape when
tic trip begins the second week in
December. AS arranged. the schedule
stands as follows: December IL. Clay
ton; December IL, Louisburg; Decem-
Der 49, Warrcnton December IA. Lit
Teton: December 10, Oxford: December
IT, Crccdmoor.
More entrances arc coming in every
day for the defamation contest. which
VIII be held here December J. under
the auspices Of ;he 9019 and scholarship
organization OF the junior and senior
classes. Among the number that have
recently come In are Cluster Springs
Academy and the Danvillc High School,
of Virginia; Raleigh High School. Hen
dersoE High School, Warrenton High
School and Washington High School
Forty-twO entries in all J, have been
made.
In The Trinity College library last
Thursday afternoon a most ENJOYABLE
reception was given the delegates at
tending the North CAROLINA Library
Association. which, was In sesst1n at
that time IN Durham. by the faculty Of
the college, Besides the members of
the faculty and the delegates TO tho
association, q large number OF Durham
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27

people were present. The occa sion
WAS pronounced great success by all
those attending
President w. =. Few, Professors r.
L. Flowers, II. L. Spence and Franklin
~ Parker have been attending the
meeting of the North Carolina Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, in kinston.
On account of certain objections to
the question submitted for the second
CT the series of debates between Trim
tty and Swarthmorc. the authorities In
charge of debating at the Pennsylvania
college have consented TO withdraw
the question, and on the condition that
the debate be postponed until April,
agree TO debate a subject of Trinity's
choosing. The contract for the debates
calls for two debates, both TO be a sub
jcct chosen for tho current year by
the Pennsylvania State Debating
League, of which Swarthmorc IS a mem
ber However. under an amended
agreement. Trinity will submit the
question this year. and the other team
will have the choice of sides. The
question Will be selected and submitted
for approval within the next few days
The question of college fratcrnities was
first submitted by Swarthmore