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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-08

disappointed voters for Mr.. Cochrane,
when they were outnumbered at the poll.
made the round of Trafalgar square with
stones and sticks-not hammers-a promi-
nent traders shop being left with scarce
~ window pane intact.
, 1912-03-14

him ne was neither blind nor self de
ceivfng. But with the semibumorous
recklessness which was the lea ven OF
his success. he thrust prudence behind
him and stuck to the primrose path.
he had played with fire before. but
never had the Goals burned so brightly.
He did not say that she was above
him.; mentally and by birth they were
equals; simply, he was compelled to
admit of the truth that she was be-
yond him. Money. That was the
obstacle. Cor what man will live on
his wife's. bounty? That bodice and
those sleeves Of old Venetian point
would have eaten up the gains of any
three of his most prosperous months.
And Breitmann. dropping occasion.
ally the ash of his cigarette on the
tray, he. too. was bordering. But his
German strain did not make 1t so easy
for him as for Fitzgerald to give con.
crete form to his thought. The outlook.
as he saw 1t. had a nebulous appear
ance.
M. Ferraud chatted gayly. Usually a
man who holds his audience is of
single purpose. The little Frenchman
mad two aims; one, to keep the conver.
sation on subjects of his own selection.
the other. to study without being
observed.
With Laura's rising the little after
dinner party became disorganized.
1t was yet early: but perhaps she
had some thought she wished to be
alone with. This consideration was
the veriest bud in growth; still, it was
such that she desired the seclusion of
her room. She swung across her
shoulders the sleepy Angora and wish
ed the men good night.
The wire bell in the hall clock vibrat-
ed twice; 2 O'Clock of the morning.
A streak of m%oonshine fell asIant the
hoor and broke off abruptly. Before
the safe in the library stood Brett
mann, a small tape in his hand. Fol
several minutes he contemplated som.
berly b nickel combination wheel
He could open it for he knew the com.
bination. To open it would be the
work of a moment Why, then. did he
hesitate? Why not pluck it forth and
disappear on the morrow? The ad-
miral had not made a copy. and with
out the key he might dig up Corsica
till h crack of doom. The flame on
the taper crept down. The man gave
a quick movement to his shoulders: il
was the shrug, not of impatience. but
Of resignation. He saw the lock
through the haze of a conjured face.
He shut his eyes, but the vision re-
NAMED. Slowly he drew his fingers
over the flame.
Yet before the fame died wholly it
touched two points of light in the
doorway. the round crystals of a pair
Of spectacles.
Two souls with but a single
thought the secret agent murmured
Poor devil! Why. does he hesitateI
Why does he not take it and be gone?
Is lie still honest? | must be growing
old. l shall not ruin. him, | shall save
him. 1t is not good politics. but it is
good Christianity"
, 1912-03-14
CHAPTER Xl.
THE WOMAN WHO KNEW.

"noN'T you sometimes grow
D placer" Laura pulled of
her gauntlets and laid her
hot hands OIL the cool lichen grown
stones of the field wall. The bride
rein hung over her arm. Fitzgerald
had drawn his through a stirrup
Think of wandering here and there.
with never a place to come back TO
II have thought of IL often in the few
days | have been here. | Il a home
in New York. but | could not possibly
afford to live in 1t; 80 | rent it; and
when want to 60 fishing there's
enough under hand to pay the ex-
penses. My poor old dad! He was
always indorsing notes for his friends
or carrying stock for them and moth
ing eve came back. | am afraid the
disillusions broke his heart. And
then perhaps | was a bitter disap-
pointment. / was expelled from col
iege in my junior year | had no
head for figures other than that kim
which inhabit the Louvre and the
Vatican"
Her face became thoughtful.
Isn't Mr.. Breitmann just a bit OF
a mystery to your she asked.
I'm some ways, yes"
He is inclined to be too much re,
served But last night Mr.. Ferraud
succeeded in tearing down some of II.
II l could put in a book what all you
men have seen and taken part in.
Mr.. Breitmann would be almost hand
some but for those scars"
He kicked the turf at the foot of the
wall. "ln Germany they are consid
cred beauty spots"
81 am not in sympathy with a
custom"
still. 1t requires courage of a kind"
."The noblest wounds are those that
are carried unseen. Student scars are
merely patches of vanity
HE has others besides those. He
was nearly killed in the Sudan" Fitz-
gerald was compelled to offer some
defense for the absent. That Brett
mann had lied to him. that his appear
ance here had been In the regular order
OF things, did not take away the fact
hat the Bavarian was a man and a
brave N Closely as he had watched.
up to the present he had learned abso-
lutely nothing; and to have shown
Breitmann the Telegram would have
accomplished nothing further than to
have put him wholly on guard.
Are you eager Il return to the great
highways once more?"
81 should like to stay here for a
hundred wears"
You would miss MS all very much
then" merrlly. And Napoleon's trea-
sure would have gone In and out of in
Vulnerable pockets
"Do you really and truly believe that
we shall bring home a single franc OF
itf" facing her with lncredulous ayes.
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Hey There, You orayRaekl" He Shouted.

Of Celia and the Northern home so
soon now to be made ready for her
coming. The sun sank lower into the
western sky, causing Cation TO draw
down his fatigue cap until its glazed
visor almost completely hid his eyes
With buoyant enthusiasm he talked
on, each word drawing me closer to
aim in bonds of friendship But the
time Of parting came, and after we
had promised to correspond with each
other. I had stood and watched while
he rode rapidly back down the road
we had %traversed together AT the
summit Of the hin he turned and
waved his cap, then disappeared.
leaving me alone. with Edith's face
more clearly than ever a torture to
my memory Of defeat-her face, fair
smiling alluring, yet the face Of an
other mans wife
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the center Of the fast disappearing
party.
had led my iimpiEg horse out into
the road onco more TO resume nv
Journey. paying scarcely the siiQhteet
attention to what was taking place
for nay head was again throbbinr 10
the hot pulse Of the sun. The party
Of strangers rode slowly away into
the enveloping dust cloud. and I had.
forgotten them, when a low, sweet
voice spoke close beside me: Can.
tain Wayne, / know you cannot have
forgotten me-.
She was leaning down from the
saddle. and as / glanced eagerly IN
into her dear eyes they were swim
ming with tears.
"Forgotteni Never for n mo
ment,7 / exclaimed; yet I failed to
perceive your presence until you
spoke"
You appeared deeply buried in
thought as We rode by, but could not
leave you without a word when {
knew you must feel so bad. oh, but
you. Captain Wayne, you have youth
and love to inspire you-for your
mother vet lives. Truly it makes my
heart throb to think Of the upbuilding
which awaits you men of the South.
It is through such as you-soldiers
trained by stern duty-that these
desolated states are destined to rise
above the ashes Of war into a great
ness never before equaled. 1 feel
that now, in this supreme hour Of sac
rihce, the men and women of the
South are to exhibit before the world
a courage greater than that Of the
battlefield. It is to he the marvel Of
the nation, and the thought and pride
Of It should make you strong"
1T may indeed be SO; l can but be-
ieve it, as the prophecy comes from
your lips. I might even find courage
to do my part in this redemption we're
you ever at hand to inspire"
She laughed gently. Z am not a
Yirginian, Captain Wayne, but a most
loyal daughter OF the North; yet II
1 so Inspire you by my mere Sords.
surely it is not SO far to my home
but you might journey there to listen
to my further words of wisdom"
Il have not forgotten the permits
sion already granted me, and it Is a
temptation not easily cast aside, You
return North soon?"
within a week"
I hardly knew what prompted me
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The story opens In a Confederate tent
81 q critical stage OF tho Civi Wal Gen.
Lee imparts TO Capt. Wayne an important
message TO Longstreet. Accompanied By
sergt Craig. an old army scout, Wayne
starts on his mission. They get within
the lines Of the enemy and In the dark
hcer and q our lady on horseback in
SVEN IN his charge. She Is "a northern
siri and attempts TO escape. One Of the
noses suecumhs ana Craig goes tnrQ4Hn
with the dispatches, while Wayne ~ MY
Lady Of the North are left aiOna. They
seek shelter In q hut n entering II IN
The girl shoots the brute iust In time.
Ihe owner Of the hut, Jed BuuRay, and
his wife appear and soon a party Of
man claiming to be Red Lowrie, but who
proves TO be Maj. Brennan, a Federal
qtncer whom the Union girl recognizes.
lie. orders the arrest Of Wayne as q spy
ana ne Is brought before Sheridan, who
threatens him with death unless he re-
yeals the secret message. Wayne believes
Edith Brennan TO be the wife OF Maj.
brennan. He Is rescued by Jed Bungay,
VINO starts to eac Gen. Lee. while
wayne ~ disguise penetratea 70 the bali
room, beneath which he had been Inn
prlsoned He Is introduced to a Miss
Minor and barely escapes being unmask-
ca. Edith Brennan recognizing Wayne,
says she viii save him. Securing q pass
through the lines, they are confronted by
brennan who is knocked Benseless. Then,
9ldqing Edith adleu, Wayne makes a
they reach the Lee camp and are sent
with. reinforcements to join Early. In the
battle Of Shenandoah the regiment IS
overwhelmed, and Wayne, while in the
hospital, IS Visited by Edith Brennan.
Wayne and Bungay are sent on a scout
Ing detail, and arriving at the Minor
place, Wayne meets Miss Minor and Mrs.
Bungay, and later Edith appears.
Wayne's detachment IS besieged by guer-
rillas. Brennan and his men arrive and
aid In repelling the invaders until a res
cuing party Of biuecOats reach the scene.
Brennan challenges Wayne to q duel; the
latter. fires In the air, and is himself
wounded. He bids Edith adieu and she
expresses the hope that they may meet
after The war
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The Very Best Make.

In the curse of an a~fter-dinner
speech In praise Of woman, Samuel
Untermyer, the New York lawyer. said
in P%ittsburg:
"A commercial traveller remarked
the other day to a storekeeper:
MAKE yourself a Christmas pres
ent Of a cash register. It will keep
strict and accurate account Of all
you receive and all you disburse. It
will show you what you save ard what
you s%quapder, what you spend foolish
iy and what you spend wisely, where
you should spread out and where you
should %retrench, where you waste and
how you waste it,
But said the storekeeper, I've
already got a cash register which does
,all that and more
Whose make is itT asked the
salesman, frowning.
Goods make the s%torekeeper re-
piled; and with a smile at once rev
erent and grateful he nodded toward
his handsome wife seated in the cash
ier's cage"
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counterfelter GETS stir Sentence.

William Fink, a Brooklyn, N. Y, dealer
IN drugs, was sentenced by the New York
Court Of Special Sessions, to imprison-
ment in the penitelriary at hard labor,
for four months. The charge was coun-
terfeiting the trademark for Carriers Lit
tie Liver Pills, in violation of the penal
law.
The Carter Medicine Company detected
the counterfeit before any quantity of the
spurious goods had been placed upon the
market. In sentencing Fink. Judge Deuel.
laid special stress upon the injury done to
h public when remedy so well known
as Carter's Little Liver Pills is counter
feited and put On the market. He Inn
posed the sentence not only as the prop
er punishment of Fink himself. but in or
der to deter others from the commission
of like fraud In the future.
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to voice my next QUESTIONABLE, per-
haps, weary of being so long Knocked
for / felt small interest in her prob
able answer.
DO you expect your husbands re
lease from duty by that time2'
She gave a quick start Of surprise,
drawing in her breath as though sud
denly choked. Then the rich color
o%verspread her face. MY husbands"
she calculated in voice barely audi
Bile, my husband? Surely you can
not Major B%rennnn?"
But ! certainly do" said. won
dering what might be wrong Whom
else could l mean?"
And you thought that" she asked
incredulously why, how could you? 2"
How should rave thought other
wiser / exclaimed, my eyes eagerly
searching her downeast face. WHY,
Cation told me it was so the night 1
was before Sheridan; he confirmed 1t
again Ia %conversati less than an
hour ago, Colgate, my Lieutenant.
who met you in a Baltimore hospital.
referred to him the same way. If i
have been deceived through all these
months, surely everything and every
body conspired to THAT end-you bore
the same name; you told me plainly
you were married; you wore a we'd
dingring; you resided while ct camp
In his quarters; you called each 9th
en- Frank and Edith. From Hrst to
last not one word has been spoken
by any one 10 III me 20 doubt that
you were his wife"
Il recall starting to explain am this
to you once" she said. striving vainly
to appear al ease ut was when we
We're interrupted by the sudden com
Ing upon as Of Mr. and Mrs Bungay.
Yet I supposed you knew. that O
would have learned the facts from
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war TO be practically at an end. that
our camp has become like a huge pic
mic pavilion. 1t Is quite the fashion
able fad just now to visit the front
Mrs. Brennan accompanied the wife
Of n of the division commanders
from her tate-Connecticut you
know"
There was much I longed to ask
regarding her, but I would not venture
to fan his suspicious. In hope that I
might turn his thought / asked. "And
you; are you yet married?"
He laughed good-humoredly. "No,
that happy day will not occur until
after we are mustered out. Miss
Minor IS far too loyal a Virginian ever
to become my wife while continue
to rel this uniform. BY the way.
Mrs. Brennan was asking Celia only
yesterday II she had heard anything
of you since the surrender
"She Is at Appomattox, then7f
mo. at the headquarters Of the
Sixth Corps. only a few miles north
from here"
And the Major?"
Cation glanced at me, a peculiar
look in his face, but answered simply:
Naturally l have had small init
macy with him after what occurred
at Mountain View, but he is still re-.
tanned pom General Sheridan's stan.
At Mrs Brennan's request we break
tasted together yesterday morning, but
! believe he is at the other end Of the
lines today"
We sat down upon a bank, and for
the time I forgot disaster while list
ening to his story of love and his
plans for the future. His one thought
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A local doctor once sent his man
with a box of pills to a patient, and a
hamper containing six live pullets to
be left at the house Of a friend. I'm
luckily the messenger bungled i've his
errand, and took the hamper to the pa
tent and the pills to his masters
friends. Imagine the CONSERVATION of
the patient On receiving along with
the fowls the following prescription:
1.-TWO Of these to be swallowed ev-
cry half hour"
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oAAPrER xxxvnl.
Ny Lady Of the North.

walked the next mile thought
fully. pondering over those vague
hopes and plans with which Cations
optimism had inspired me. Suddenly
there sounded behind nc the thud on
hoofs, while / heard a merry peal Of
laughter. accompanied by gay ex-
change of words. / drew aside. lead
ing my horse into a small thicket be-
side the road to permit TIRE eavalcade
TO. pass. 1t was a group of perhaps a
dozen-three or four Federal officers.
the remainder ladies, whose bright
dresses and smiling faces made a
most winsome sight They glanced
c%uriously aside al me as they galloped
past But nom paused. and / merely
glanced at them with vague interest.
my thoughts elsewhere. Suddenly 4
horse seemed to draw back from out Of
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ON a PROFlT-SHARlNc BASIS
Managers oHer Most Generous, etli
4 70 Possible That the croasor
Rejected a.

A common method OF dealing with
greaoer laborers IN tho new state OF
New Mexico Is to have them work on.
shares. "a somewhat original applica.
ton Of the system Is told on q we'll
known manager Of n Of the 10000
acre ranch corporations.
A certain Mexican had beeu 40
costing the manager several times
and asking for q Job.
Wei, come over to my Office" the
boss told him finally. "and maybe 1
can fix up something with you"
Nov, 1 need a lot Of p%ostholes dug. "
he began.
What win you give met" asked the
Mexican.
We'll" replied the employer gener-
ously, Il will give you half. You can
dig my half on my ranch, and can put
your half wherever you please-pick
out soft ground for them II you
want to."-Metropolitan Magazine.
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CHAPTER xxxvi.-contlnued.

Hey, there. you g~ray-back" he
shouted, hold on a biti"
As l came to a pause and glanced
back, wondering If there could be any
thing wrong with my parole, he swung
his cap and pointed.
THAT officer coming yonder wants
to speak with you"
Across the open field at my right,
hidden until then by a slight rise Of
ground, a mounted cavalryman was
riding rapidly toward me. For the
moment his lowered head prevented
recognition, but as he cleared the
ditch and came up smiling, 1 saw it
was Cation.
by Jove. Wayne, but this is
lucky!" he exclaimed. springing to
the ground beside me. I've actually
been praying for a week past that 1
might see you. Holmes, Of your serv-
ice, told me you had pulled through,
but everything Is in such confusion
that to hunt for you would have been
the proveT5ial quest after a needle
IN a haystack. You have been
paroled them"
Yes, I'm completely out Of it at
last answered, feeling to the full
the deep sympathy expressed by his
face 1T was a bitter pill. but one
which had to be taken"
Il know it, old fellow" and his
hand-grasp on mine frightened warm
". IF you have been beaten there
is no disgrace in 1t, for no other ma
ton in this world could ever have
accomplished it. But this was a case
of Greek meeting Greek, and we had
the money. the resources. and the
men But, Wayne, ! tell YOU. do
not believe there Is today a spark Of
J bitterness in the heart Of a hghting
Federal soldier"
Il know, Cation" / said-and The
words came hard-"your fighting men
respect us, eve as we do them. 1t
has been a sheer game OF which could
stand the most punishment. and tbe
weaker had to go down. l know ali
that. but, nevertheless it Is a terrible
ending TO so muck Of hope. SUFFERING
and sacrifice"
Yes" he admitted soberly ..vop
have given your all But those who
survive have a wonderful work be-
fore them. They must lay anew the
foundations; they are to be the re.
builders Of states. You were going
homer
j smiled bitterly at this designation
of my journeys end
Yes. If you can so name a few
w~eed-grown fields and a vacant negro
cabin certainly shall have to lay
the foundation anew most literally"
WIN you o let me aid your" he
questioned eagerly. II possess some
means, and surely friendship is
sufficiently established to warrant me
IN making the offer. You will not re.
iusew
must, answered firmly. yet
| do not value the offer the less
Sometime ! may even remind you Of
it, but now / prefer to dig. as he
Others must. / shall be the stronger
for it, and shall thus soone forget the
total wreck"
For a few moments we walked on
together in silence, each leading his
horse.
Wayne" he asked az length, CLAN
cling flrtively az me, as If to mark
the effect Of HIS words, did you know
that MIS- Brennan was again with
usg'
4 was not even aware she had bosn
away"
ron. yes; she returned North immo-
oiately after your last parting. and
came back only last week So many
wives and relatives Of the omcers
have come down Of late, knowing the
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A French paper says that a New
Zealand chief had just taken up his
residence upon a piece OF land his
right to which was contested; n
have got an undoubted title to tho
property, he observed, "as / ate the
preceding owner"
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A Mean l-nslnuatlon.

Maude-Ive something to tell you.
I'm engaged to Jack,
Ethel am not surprised. Jack
never could say mo"
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A Mild suggestion.

why" asked the benevolent trust
magnate, as he wiped away a furtive
tear Of regret, ooh, why is the world
SO. down on us?'
Perhaps" suggested his friend, "it
is because you persist in holding Il
up"
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why is it that they can't find q
white hope, MAJ"
Because they first have to find q
man who is white" q
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-04-11

The simple life is best. Let your only
medicine be Garfield Tea, the pure and
proven remedy. All druggists.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-04-11

Many regulations blow up when a
political campaign is in full blast.
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Don't tell me that girl is used to
the best society"
What makes you think she isn'tf"
why If you notice, she is polite
to everybody she meets"
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

missed at cost of defendant.
state vs.. w. L. Wilson. disturb
ing the peace; dismissed.
State VS.. Jack Blackwell, giving
liquor to minor; plea of guilty al
line of $50 and costs.
State VS.. Fred Davis. gaming
i plea of guilty and fined $40.
/ State VS.. Walter IRELAND. gam
ing; plea of guilty and fined $40 and
costs.
State VS.. Bud Cheeks, gaming
plea of guilty and fined $40.
State VS.. Jim Parker, gaming
plea of guilty and fined $40 and
costs.
State VS.. Lee WooddeIl, gaming
plea OF guilty and fined $40 and
costs.
State VS.. Lonnie White. gaming,
plea of guilty and fined $40 and
costs.
State VS.. Bob Capehart, breach of
the peace; plea of guilty and fined
So and costs.
State VS.. E. Dunagan. gaming
plea of guilty and fined $40 and
costs.
State vs.. Bob Capehart, disturb
ing The peace; dismissed at cost Of
defendant.
State VS.. Sadie Impson, disturb
State VS.. S. |. Morris, petit lar
ceny; dismissed at cost of county,
State VS.. Sadie Impson, disturb
ing religious worship; dismissed at
cost of defendant.
State VS.. Ray Fry, being drunk at
public gathering, attachment issued
for Bert Harrison, defaulting wit
ness.
State VS.. Levi Heath, burglary and
petit larceny; jury trial and verdict
of not bully.
State VS.. Abner Pagan, selling H.
quor to minor; dismissed at cost OF
plaintiff.
State VS.. Abner Pagan, violating
liquor law; dismissed at cost of de-
PENDANT.
State VS.. Bert Brannan, violating
liquor law; dismissed at cost of de-
PENDANT.
State VS.. Bert Brannan, violating
liquor law; dismissed at cost of de-
| PENDANT.
State VS.. Ebert Putnam, carrying
weapons; dismissed at cost of de-
PENDANT.
State VS.. William Atrell, carrying
weapons; dismissed at cost of de-
PENDANT. n
State VS.. Orren Cecil, Bob Garrett
Charles Affholter ct al; diStss2na
the peace; dismissed at cos ~ q
PENDANTS.
State VS.. William Atrell, ,profan-
ity; dismissed at cost of defendant
State vs.. Arthur Wisely, prpfan-
lily: plea of guilty and fined 81 and
costs. f IA
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
IT'S NEW LINER TO BE SMALLER
More Safety Devices Also Ordered
for White Stars Gigantic.

London, April 2i.--It is UNDER
stood THAT the plans of the White
Star Gigantic, which is now being
built at Belfast, and which was to
have been 1000 feet in length, will
be modified. 1t is probable that
the new plans will provide for
double cellular bottom and sides,
such as the M6uretania and Lusi-
tania have, as a stipulated condi-
ton Of receiving the government
subsidiary.
The Olympic has been provided
with 20 collapsible boats and will
carry Is additional lifeboats.