Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-07-18
TUESDAY. JULY 18, 1911.

MUST pG LII llp-tUp fulfilling OAuNA
within less than an hour now, this
awful verifcation of a superstition
| had sbeen vainly combating for
months would make me a hapless
slave to it for the rest of my life!
All this passed through my mind
in an instant. Words are utterly
inadequate tc portray the state OF
my feelingsEwhile not daring to stir
from my seat Test | bring on the
catastrophe stood in dread of. |
felt like one between two, fres-nay,
CONGREGATIONS. On one side | felt
Inexorable Fate grinning at me with
fiendish glee at my helpless 'posish
and discontinue, and on the other
hand | saw the termagent of the
morning who was beginning to ex-
plode with wrathNfor my seeming
inattention to her wants, for she
now began to threaten me with all
manner of dire consequences If did
not fork over her cross right away
quick"
Of these two evils, then, had to
choose the least, but both being of
about the same magnitude, decid-
ed not to choose either, but to hold
the fort where Fate had placed me
at all hazards, let the consequences
be what they may.
This is the time that tries mems
souls" | said to myself, but before |
try my soles on that wheel I'll squat
on this stool all night, for how can |
deliver that watch minus one of its
most essential parts? So with al
most superhuman efforts | main
tanned my imperturbable position
despite the flood of billingsgate that
irate female now began to pour over
my devoted head to see if she
couldn't make me vacate my perch.
But nary an inch did she make me
bulge since | saw in her explosions
of wrath nothing but IneXorable Fate
reckoning me and that wheel on to
destruction. So, like Grant, | de-
cided to fight it out on that line if
takes all"-night.
Thus while the beldame was be-
laboring me with her tongue for all
it was worth-and its capacities
we're certainly phenomenal, as had
already discovered that morning.
remained as indifferent to her on
slaughts as | would to, a political
harangue. She had now got to that
pitch whereSI did not dare resume
looking for that wheel lest her fury
would overleap all bounds. Fortu-
nately | was out of her reach, being
safely barricaded behind a strong
railing abutting on long line of
counters and showcases.
While she was thus tongue-lash-
ing me, this is what said to myself
(for life had too many charms for
me yet to utter it out loud) See
here old lady, Cor poor excuse" for
one rather u won't smash that wheel
for your ten cent job-bet your
life on that | am now en-
gagged in a desperate struggle with
that bugaboo FATE and all depends
upon my nerve as to who will come
out ahead in this fearful struggle
If | should yield to your impetuous
objurgations and anything but gen.
tie pleadings to look for your charm
Cher charms were most conspicn-
Gus by their absence) and step on
that unfortunate wheel, my fate
would be sealed-nevermore would
my soul be free from the bondage
of superstition. | shall, therefore,
keep on bucking against the horri-
BILE monster. Fate until either he,
it, or | will be placed HoRS DU COMBAT.
Neither at your, nor at Its" behest
shall | relinQuish my position and
you may put this in your pipe and
smoke it.
With this stern resolve, flung
the gauntlet of defiance at the mon
ster, and defied it do its worst. s.aN