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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
Married Life the Second Year
Helen to Be
By Mabel Herbert Urner zss' B s I 5ss. Of War
C0aeAma&~~

ever cruel he may have been to her,
she dwells not on his cruelty, but on
his rare moments of tenderness. She
cherfshes those moments and lives
them over and over again. And so
she feels and keeps burning the flame
Of her love.
She persuades herself that in those
few gentle tender moments was shown
the real nature of the man. And that
all his selfishness and harshness Is not
a true part of himself, but only the
result of an unfortunate combination
OF circumstances" which have tended
to irritate and exasperate and make
him not himself
How grimly the gods must smile,
and weep, too. for very pity, when a
woman tries to make excuses for neg
1ect and mistreatment from the man
she loves, because he is mot himself
because of the worry Of his business,
or of his health, or Of innumerable
other things. :
She will never admit to herself the
truth-that the man is small and sell
fish and cruel of nature. She goes
on trying to believe, and to make 9TH
ers believe, that if he seems TO be
all these things, it is only because he
is the victim OF unfortunate condi-
tions. That. at heart, he Is fine and
big and true, and that some day
things will come right" and he will
''be himself again-and will give her
the love and tenderness for which she
has been starving SO long.
And so, now, Helen strained after
excuses for Warren-and found them.
He had not meant to be selfish. He
! had not realized that he was making
her unhappy His coldness and indif-
ference were only the result Of worry
about his work and the responsibility
of having family on so small an IN
come.
And, now, she put aside all the un-
happiness since, and dwelt for hours
on those wonderful months before the
coming OF Winifred when he had been
loving and thoughtful-when he had
been really himself"
A Dream of the Past.
One of the incidents she loved most
to live over, and that always brought
the tears to her eyes with a rush of
tenderness, was that of one afternoon
when he came home from the office,
just about dusk. and she had run into
his arms and he had held her close
without speaking She had led him
to the big chair and curled up in his
lap. burying her face on his shoulder.
And he had rested his lips against her
hair as he held her. still in silence.
And at last she had whispered: oh.
Warren. 1t is so wonderful. 1t means
so much to- me-
And he had answered gently, as he
drew her closer: And it means so
much to me-"
When she would think of that mo-
ment her heart seemed to melt in
ho fool nr1v
she could see him now everything
would be right" All the wretched
months since then had been only an
unhappy dream.
The man who had held her and wills
pered to her that day was the real
Warren, her husband. who still loved
her as he had loved her then.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
Development Of ValIey

TAKES an FL Pasoan of appreciate
agricultural development valley the immediate vicinity of
= the city.
few years ago an
showing as much neglect offering the
valley
almost five miles width
Today patch green scientifically cultivated
Fabens distance of 40 miles
Through bs whole stretch country
community.
few years ago. sutOmObHng impossible valley
and Today round
business
carefully selected orchards surround
prosperity development and all
is only forru o.
smaller pieces and sold off to people
them and cultivate them City
erecting country
profit proportions
astounding
Elephant Butte
good These roads make
possible
possible get
products with
facility.
community prosper
possibilities
facing Ey the
work smoothing the
policy
S
sighted
decay fan pieces
machinery
The officials these
FL Pao FL Paso viii
capital
of
dow to to ak
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

I wish had kept some He saved the
little girl all right but he was never
a good swimmer. I'm sure that never
entered his thoughts when he jumped
They drank tea out of willow pat
termed china, and the engineer mopped
his brow a little, although it was cold
outside. He was not clever man out
side the engine room, but there vas not
a moment when he failed to be plausi-
BILE now.
HE was always like that the moth
er replied. ct doesn't hurt so much
now you've told me all"
Hadley shifted a little in his chair.
and therei was a feeling Of stiffness at
his throat as If his collar were too
tight He could hear the painful tick
ing of the clock. At the end of an
hour they reached the street. the pres
sure of her hand stinging them and yet
requiting them; wounding and healing
at the same time. Once round the cor
ner. they turned in for a drink to
steady their nerves.
Its over said Hadley, in relief;
"she won't mind so much now"
And the mother, when they had gone.
turned to the two faces above the man
| telpiece one shaver and the other grey
and bearded. The smile that flickered
across her face was not bitter for the
real tragedy had been faced many years
ago.
Its a pity they had to lie to me-
| she said. But they we're good men,
And perhaps it is lies that make life
| bearablc."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

I can Jest imagine sum of the things
thay viii spring in the way of Daffy-
dills. l suppOas 1t will be lot of things
like if George Washington cud forge a
horseshoe. what cud Valley Forge?
No, sed Ma, sum of them is awful
cute httel Daffydills. We have queen
of our party, too, sed Ma, Miss Jones,
from Dayton, Ohio She is going to ware
a crown & set in the morris chair, &
We are to be her subiecks. You 4
Bobbie can be subiecks, too. & We will
have a grand eevning.
Then a lot of ladies calm in & Pa was
introduced to all of them. / am glad to
meet YOU, ladies, sed Pa, & when he
whispered to Ma, which one is the
queen, that big brunette? Yes, sed Ma
Then l know | am going to have a
pleasant eevning, sed Pa.
Now, folks, sed Miss Jones. wen Ma
had put the crown on her & led her to
her throne, witch was the morris chair,
1 am deeply grateful for the honor witch
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
THE MOTHER
By Vance Palmer.

IT'S face had always had weak
n flabby look in life and death
- had only accentuated the appear
ance Although he was hardly 80, he
was not good to look upon. There
were tokens in the high. white fore
head that running fight had once
been made with the grossness creep
ing up, but any resistance had been
Slapped year by year. The very fact
that he had taken the billet of doctor
in this cheap steamer, which had moth
ing to offer but life of sloth and nr-
tie pay. was proof that he had even
thus early struck the white flag.
He's got a mother" said Hadley,
the purser, as the two men came away.
YES, in Cheshire; I went down there
with him once"
The second engineer blew the tiny
stream of cigaret smoke through his
nose, and his face was thoughtful They
walked on down to the circular quay,
where the Blue Peter was flying from
their boat 1t was the street the dead
man had reeled down the night before,
his weak brain muzzy with liquor and
his whole being inflamed with the rev.
elry at the low-class dive. There had
been the false step near the gangway,
the unheard splash, and the dragging
dawn All that remained was that still,
cold thing the two men had just been
looking at the shell that held the en-
bers of burntout youth
Perhaps it's just as WE'LL" said Had
ley cynically. "A man like that has
alwa avs got the lives of others in his
hands so long as there are cheap lines
Of steamers who like to advertise that
they carry a medical man. He'd have
been giving prussic acid to someone
before long"
I'm thinking of that little woman
down in Cheshire" the second engin-
eer grunted.
There's no need for her to know
just how it happened"
Not If we arrange things"
What sort was she?"
Just grey and placid, with way
Of looking at you as if she thought
there must be a fair amount Of good in
you because you were Jim's friend. And
he-she never seemed to see there was
something soft and squashy in his
fiber"
Perhaps he sent her money"
Sometimes Generally-he borrowed
little to do so before each port. but
mostly blew II in before he got there.
Once or twice we'll didn't lend the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
The Herald's
Daily Shert Stsry

cash. but bought the money order In
stead"
It was not the last time they talked
about it, for the white, marble face.
with its damp, clotted hair. had cut
rather deeply into the minds. Some
times amid the clangor of the engine
room, the second engineer heard again
the voice of the little woman of Che
shire. And once when they were purr-
ing northward through the lazy waters
of the African coast, he said to Hadley,
who was sprawling across his bunk:
I suppose she got the cable but I'll
have to pitch her a tale. She thought
the world of him, and wouldn't mind
if she thought he went out game.
There's no need for her to know the
truth"
Hadley turned on his elbow.
Il don't like to face it 1t old man.
but I'll see you through
That was why they found themselves
one afternoon on the platform of a
station an hours run from Liverpool
They walked up a side street rehears-
ing something with the solemnity OF
men who are not used to skimming
slightly over the surfaces.
The second engineer knew the house
well enough, but he passed it twice
for the polished knocker and white
washed doorstep made him feel queer
~, as if stiffness had passed out OF
his spine.
They were ushered in at last to a
long low room, where the light did
not often enter, and where everything
was subdued to soft tones as . if to
match the spirit of the placid little
lady with the dark, restful eyes and
the still hands that lay open in her
lap.
she takes it WELL" Hadley thought
Perhaps"
He was sitting rather stiffly in his
chair trying to balance his hat on his
knee. only putting in a word when the
engineer appealed with his eyes. They
talked in an impersonal twisted kind
Of way, mostly of the things Jim had
said on this or that occasion. The
strange, dark eyes of the little placid
lady darted from one TO the other like
shy birds in quest of food but at the
back of them was a queer sense OF
reversion to something that had hap
pened a very long time ago.
You didn't see any papers?" asked
the engineer
''No-nothing but the cable. Il
didn't cutie understand"
There were accounts In the papers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

loading 1t on its ships. carrying il on
to New York. and there unloading It
Prices Too Low.
Last November the Hawaifan-Amer-
lean steamship line, which uses the
Tehauntepec route, filed a protest
against this arrangement with presi-
dent Taft, asserting that the Panama
railroad was charging less than the
cost Of handling this business There
after the rate was readjusted on the
basis OF so percent for the steamship
company and 40 percent for the Pan
anna railroad. A new steamship line
has begun operation on the west coast,
plying between the isthmus and Paci-
ffc ports What effect this new factor
will have on the situation remains to
be SEEN
The steamship line owned and oper-
ated by the Panama railroad has a fleet
Of half a dozen vessels plying between
New York and Colon. Agitation in
favor Of establishing a similar service
on the Pacific side has not progressed
beyond the stage of few COMPRESSION
al speeches. Two ships of this fleet
are the cement-carrying Ancon and
Cristobal. which were purchased about
two years ago on the Pacific coast and
brought around by the straits OF Ma
gellan- They are each OF 10000 tons
register. and they carry cement from
New York to Colon and scrap iron
from Colon to New York. Although
the ships OF this line have been taking
scrap iron to New York ever since the
Americans took charge OF the canal
there are still many thousand tons Of
dismantled engines and machines that
are now fit only for the scrap heap
This kind OF freight business viii keep
up for some time to come
Was Two Streaks of Rust.
When the Americans came to Pan
ANA they found the railroad TO be lit
tie more than two streaks Of rust lying
on a lot Of decaying ties in the heart
Of the Jungle The passenger rates
were so high as to discourage all but
necessary travel. and while the freight
business was small It was carried at
such high rates that the road paid
handsome dividends for many years
When the canal is completed 1t will
require at least. 10 hours for ship
to go through it. The journey across
the isthmus by rail may be made IN
two hours There Is no doubt but that
the tourist Of the future will avail
himself OF this more rapid transit in
order to see the great locks and dams.
and to take in the sights OF Panama,
while his ship is climbing up and down
the great water stairways at each end
Of the Panama canal
Tomorrow-The American Workers
on the Panama Canal.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

ELEM had received this short
n note almost week before, and
not one word since. Every day
she looked eagerly, tensely, for a let
ter. but none had come.
She had been at Carthersdown al
NEST three weeks now, and in that
time she had. received only two brief
notes from Warren. And this last one
was almost a week ago,
Her birthday he had entirely ignored.
But, at least. her people did not
know of this; and she was more than
ever fiercely glad of her strategy
that everyone would think they were
from him.
What could his silence mean? Had
he really forgotten her birthday or had
he remembered and not cared? This
last note was dated the 10Th, the day
after her birthday, and yet he had
not even referred to it.
She Reread the Note.
Again she read the note. hoping to
read into it something between the
lines. But even her vivid Imagination
could find nothing underlying those
cold, stereotyped phrases
Could it be that he was really miss
ing her very much, and was too proud
TO say so? Had he purposely written
this cold little note fearing to write
more lest she SHOULD read between
the lines? Might 1t be that even now
he was wanting her to come back
And because, in her letters, she had
said nothing of returning, he was also
rigidly refraining from any reference
to her return?
Like the foolish little woman she
was Helen let her irnagina ton run
riot along these lines. It is SO easy
to believe what we want to believe
And now she brought to bear every
thing she could to bolster up this be-
lief 1t might be that all along he
had been hurt-deeply hurt that she
had wished to- come on this visit at
all. and that his seeming indifference
about it had been only his way of
hiding the hurt. And now he might
continue to write her brief, cold notes
until she, of her own accord, came back
to him.
Was that what he waited? Was
that what he was waiting for? Was
that why he hadn't written? Was he
trying. in this way. TO make her re-
turn? Her heart leaped at the
thought
How many women have tried to per-
suade themselves that the neglect and
codlness of the man they love is only
an expression of his hurt pride. And
how often they have let this belief
lead them to further overtures, to fur
Their concessions and humiliations!
The Delusion of Women.
1t is one of the incenceivable things
of a woman's nature that when she is
separated from the man she loves, how
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
Restoration OF Mexican Business

and the outlook present
W. relations with the sister republic to the south
be all the loss TO
All industries OF the country more Largely
advertised than ever through will
for machinery and supplies
will be great influx OF ship
Mexico especially the rich mines of that republic
practically killed
to starvation to resumption
will need food and clothes and
for these things The OUTLOOK mas
dakfor time,b t Frightening.
of south of expect have the track
open to Mexico railroad yards already
Paal and other localities more remote
conmeal to with It, is
in such bad fix but
and it is little
towns.
Large quantities mining months
railroad and mining companies stand
all AS the federa OF insuI
viii employment There Is
Everybody to work and workers are an
spendeS
sections Of Mexico
following week-befor the peace
pact wass gned-which only reached here yesterday:
talk about outlook with nearly
in about to close The American
most hopeful view OF the present
situation while said to be jewel never
theles that the face of seeming dizziness we must play pe0 a0
instead Of hopeful of the past
been going from bad to worse OF
Perhaps condition that
fracas restored
people %After Diazwa?' Which the
before It's history quite
but in event IS bound
better
in but Don't forget that
not to the presidency fighter
The old
defeated, but he is not a "dead one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
IJ"cIMzA Wars Denafured Poem

to
catalog perish
\ and all die
stellar
gloies; andm Made sweet rornantic
ais otsof Theyo ought the
onvo softly
"NNuma rouse! What the of
andI
in all the mott
things
6e
And And
the
tudeq quite clear andca this talk of dying!'
c..,,.s. 1911, BY George Matthew. adam. l0aekna%e.>
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
LITTLE Boobies PA
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

has been heeped upon me- I viii ask
YOU all to kee- silence vile eech member
in turn says a new Daffydill- We will
first heer from our dear hostess, & this
was the Daffydill wich Ma sed:
If the Amazon flows to the see, where
does Congo?
Then everybody sed crate excep Pa.
He dident say a word, he Just looked
kind of pale.
We win now hear from Mrs. White,
sed the queen, & this is the one witch
Missus White sed.
If Ethel scorned to be shop girl, ead
Wanamaker!
Fine. sed everybody excep Pa He
was Citing witer all the time. Bobbie,
Pa whispered to me, if this keeps on vary
long / shall 90 mad. wonder how many
mOar thay are going to pull
Now, sed the queen. we will heer from
Nissus Jackson She is one of our
britest members. & I know You viii all
be glad 10 heer from her. 4 this Is what
Missus Jackson sed for her Daffydills
If Georgia needed her skirt changed,
how wud Nantucket?
Bobbie. sed Pa, did YOU ever hear
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

(utAEc " - II
Tad rites, and
all of them
is making Up
Daffydills all
the time.
After we had
had our din
ner, Pa bee
gan to kid Ma
a b out t h G
party vie h
she was going
to have. / bet
thay are a lot
of witty old
hens Sed Pa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
GIRLS NAMES
GTQVT II What They Mean-FamOus People
SAD - Name-The Name History, Literature,
Copyright 1910 by Henry W. Fishery
SIBYL

emblem
~ though he
NOrnnan EnEIa been
One
earlyq o. 81 n Oldb lads OF Spain POr-
sing the praises and Sew
Of a woman
icheI Angelo pain in chap Rome.
ndwhOd at Madam Antonio
No.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

TT USBAND, sed Ma to Pa, when he
calm hoam last mite, this is the
last time that I am going to ask
a Ladies' club up to the house, & | hoap
YOU will let it 90 this one time. sup
poase / will have to stand for it. sed Pa.
What is this partikler bunch of you're
club sisters.
1t is called the Daffydill Sisters. sed
Ma, thay have been reeding all them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

So Pa got up & cleered his throte &
sed:
If James ]. Corbet is slim, why is Kid
Broad?
Then Pa eave loud yell & dashed
thru the door.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
UAKAKTEED

lEkO y LA 4AO-Fs
The Herald bases
all advertising
contracts on g
qua q ut e z OF
more than twice
the circulation OF
any other Ell
azo. Arizona,
New Mexico or
West Texas pa-
Per. Daily average
oxceedfLg 10. 900.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

a D o u I JHS
look that
cum into
the eyes of
a wounded
| deer? Then
look at my
lamps, sed
Pa
We will
now he ar
from our
Q g e n Y u l
host, sed the
queen. / am
sure we all
want to heer
fro m him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
Panama Railway Transformed From
Two Streaks OF Rust To Efficiency

Owned by the Government, the Road and Dts Connecting
Steamers; 1t Is Successful Enterprise
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

HERALD TRAWs
ELING AGENTS.
Persons solicited
to subscribe for
The Herald should
beware OF impos-
tiers and should
not pay money 10
anyone unless he
can show that he
is legally author.
lied by the 81
Pasc Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

loading 1t on its ships. carrying il on
to New York. and there unloading It.
Prices Too Low
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29
New York. May Is, 1911.

NEW DIX, NAY 4Ui TIT
Dear Helen-Your last letter re-
cefved RIA. IiaTe been i.tenjln2
to write you, hut have been quite busy.
Hope you are enjoying your visit.
Everything here is moving along ell
right Have been taking most Of my
dinners at mothers. Glad to hear
Winifred is we'll Give her my love.
Hurriedly yours. Warren.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

The Associates q American I
Advertisers hss examined ssd csru6ed 20
hs cisesl.ssa Il th1 psbEesioa- The dsail
s,oot a sch ez.zinsssa d ca Es 1t shs
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

Diaz unlike Jefies presidency fighter
The
warrio may be defeated "dead one"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-29

The John Budd Co..
cago. Ill. and Chemica
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-25
New PostaI eanks Named.

Twenty postofices were designated
by Postmaster General Hitchcock a.
postal savings banks
The following: Pine Blum, Ark ;
Los Angeles. Cal; Stamford, Conn
Pensacola, Fla; Macon, ia; Joliet,
H.. Des Moines, Iowa; Kansas city.
Kan; New York. Ky; Lynn, Mass. i;
Duluth. Mimi; Hattiesburg, Miss.
Concord. N. H.; Newark, N. j., VIII
mingtOn, N. c.; Fargo, n D.; Enid.
Okla; Providence, X. l.; Chattanooga.
Tenn. and Knoxville, Tenn.
At the close OF business Aug. Is the
treasurer of the United States had ac-
cepted from depository banks as Sc
curity for postal savings deposit
bonds aggregating S9,1O3,2SS The
treasurer had on hand bonds aggre
eating $2,77O,OOO. which were being in
vestlgated
in the first twelve days OF their
operation four first class postoffices
designated as postal savings banks
received in deposits aggregate sums
as follows: New York city, s53.O29;
Chicago, $lOS.Sl6; Boston, $26. ~, and
ST Louis, s199Sl.
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-25
CAR RUNS DOWN TWO
Woman Dies From Injuries and Mar
Terribly Burned

Woman Dies From Injuries and Mar
Terribly Burned.
Miss Gertrude Davis, aged eighteen
was killed and Andrew Raub. aged
fifty a coal operator and miller, OF
I.uzerne, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, was
seriously injured at Plymouth, when
an automobile driven by Samuel
Dom, Of Plymouth, ran them down as
they were about to board a street car
They were struck with great force
and run over.
Miss Davis skull was fractured and
she died at the hospital here Raub
had both legs broken at the hips and
is internally injured. Dom was ar
rested after the accident and is now
in the county jail later awaiting a
hearing.
He claims that he was blinded by
the headlight of the street car as it
slowed up and did not see the peo
pie in the roadway The authorities
declare he was running beyond con
troll, and violated the law by:not stop
ping his machine until the street car
passed Miss Davis was treasurer Of
the Plymouth theater
Milford chronicle., 1911-08-25
THIRD RAIL KILLS
9-YEAR-OLD BOY
Was TO Show Brothers How
He Could Fool It,

While the three Gaskill brothers,
Of Landisvile. n J. were frogging in
Buena Vista swamp, an argument took
place about the power Of the third
rail Of the West Jersey and Seashore
railroad
Henry nine eyars old. told his little
brothers that he knew all about how
TO fool the third rail. and invited
them TO the railroad short distance
away. to see the fun
As the boys climbed down the en-.
bankment to the tracks Henry stun
bled and fell headlOng, connecting his
body with the third rail and the regu.
lar rails Of the road He was dead in
a moment, and his brothers were hurl-
ed several FEET when they attempted
30 haul his body from the tracks