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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09
CHAPTER XII.
Sara WrandaIl Finds the Truth.

Sara WrandaIl Finds the Truth.
Sara had kept the three Wrandalls
over for luncheon.
"My dear" said Mrs. Redmond
Wrandall, as she stood before Hetty's
portrait at the end of the long living
room. 81 must say that Brandon has
succeeded in catching that lovely little
something that makes her so-what
shall | say2-so mysterious? Is that
what want? The word is as elusive
as the expression"
Subtle Is the word you want,
mother" said Vivian, standing beside
Leslie, tall, slim and aristocratic, her
hands behind her back, her manner
one of absolute Indifference. Vivian
was more than handsome; she was
striking.
"There isn't anything subtle about
Hetty," said Sara. with laugh. She's
quite ingenious"
Leslie was pulling at his mustache,
an. frowning slightly. The sunburn
on his nose and forehead had begun
to peel off in chappy little fakes.
Ripping likeness, though" was his
comment
"Oh. perfect" said his mother,
Really wonderful. 1t will make Bran
don famous"
shes so healthy-looking." said
Vivian.
-"English," remarked Leslie, as II
that covered everything.
Nonsense" cried the elder Mrs,
Wrandall, lifting her lorgnette again.
Pure, honest, unmixed blood, that's
what 1t is. There is birth in that
girls face"
You're always talking about birth,
mother" said her son sourly, as he
turned away.
Its a good thing to have" said his
mother with conviction.
ITS an easy thing to get In Amer.
ica," said he. pulling out his cigarette
case.
1t was then that Sara prevailed upon
them to stop for luncheon. "Hetty al
ways takes these long walks in the
morning, and she will be disappointed
II she nnds you haven't waited"
"Oh, as for that" began Leslie and
stopped, but he could not have been
more lucid II he had uttered the sen
tence In full.
"why didn't you pick her up and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

of ecstasy bounded through his veins.
The feel of herl The wonderful,
subtle, feminine feel OF her! His
OF intoxication.
She sat there very still and unre-
slsting. her hand to her lips, uttering
no word. scarcely breathing. He wait
ed. He gave her time. After a little
while her fingers strayed to the crown
of her limp, rakish panama. They
found the single hatpin and drew 1t
out. He smiled as he pushed the hat
away and then pressed her dark little
head against his breast Her blue
eyes were swimming.
Just this once, just thir once" she
Raurmured with q sob In her voice
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garden, he heard loud shouts and
roars Of: Murder! Oh, heavens!
Help! You're killing me! Murder!'
1t was the work of an instant for
LecoQ to vault the crumbling fence,
tear through the weedy garden, and
thunder at the door of the mysterious
house.
"A young girl appeared
What's wanted?' she asked po
litely.
az heard dreadful cries and yells,
painted Lecoq, Tell me what is
wrong!'
The young girl blushed and an.
swered with an embarrassed air:
"'Well, sir, If you must know, mas
putting patch on pas trousers and
he's got 'em on.
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WHAT BEER WILL DO.

A Wilkes-Barre (Pa) sheriff ralas
a speak.easy months ago and IN % ~
bottle of beer he found a irog +"
sealed the bottle, marked 1t, and ~
it away. Lately he came across
again. The seal was intact, but ~
frog had been eaten completely Y
naught by the acid in the beer Nv, Nv
the sheriff doubts If a beverage "nN'
can eat a frog can be good for -
man stomach.-Exchange.
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TheHOlOW ;
b ). Of Her Hand
George Barr MoCutCheOn u CheOn
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ask me to tell you, for cannot. II
am so happy In knowing that you love
me, and that you still love me after
have told you how mean and shame
less was in deceiying-"
lie drew her close and kissed her
full on the trembling lips. She gasped
and closed her eyes, lying like one In
swoon. Soft, moaning sounds came
from her lips. He could not help feel
Ing a vast pity for her. she was SO
gentle, go mlserably hurt by some
thing he could not understand, but
knew to be monumental in It's power
to oppress.
Listen, dearest" he said, after n
long silence; Il understand this much,
at least: you cant talk about 1t now.
Whatever It is, It hurts, and God
knows don't want to make 1t worse
for you in this hour when ! am so
selfshly happy. Time will show us
the way. 1t can't be insurmountable.
Love always triumphs. | only ask
you TO repeat those three little words,
and ! will be content. Say them"
81 love you" she murmured.
There! You are mine! Three
little words bind you to me forever
| will wait until the barrier is down.
Then will take you"
"The barrier grows stronger every
day" she said, staring out beyond the
tree.tops at the scudding clouds. 1T
never can be removed.
Some day you will tell me-every.
thlng?"
She hesitated long. "Yes, before
God. Brandon, will tell you. Not now,
but-some day. Then you will see
why-why | cannot" She could not
complete the sentence.
u don't believe there is anything
you can tell me that will alter my
feelings toward you" he said firmly.
THE barrier may be insurmountable,
but my love is everlasting"
81 can only thank you, dear. and
love you with all my wretched heart" "
"You are not pledged to some one
else?"
NO"
That's all want to know" he said,
with a deep breath. 81 thought 1t
might be--Leslie."
mo, mol" she cried out, and he
caught a note OF horror in her voice.
Does he know this - this
thing you can't tell me?" he demand
ed, a harsh note OF jealousy in his
voice.
She looked at him, hurt by his tone
Sara knows" she said. There is
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09
ENelANp DRINK BILL.

AS reported in The Alliance Nv, Nv,
upon estimates made by MI u'@, ',.,,
b. Wilson, secretary of the ',,,, v.
Kingdom alliance, Great Dll'' y,
drink bill for the past year was A
six millions of dollars less 'nau NJ !
year previous. picture palaces ,'Si
become a competitor with tue w.
houses throughout the kingdom
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MORE TAX ON HOTELS.

New York state Excise Colll'' ,,,o
er Farley, in his annual report ,. 4
taxing hotels more than SALOONS ,'S,r,l
suggests a provision of law "n nsr,,
when a district votes dry SONY 1i,on = Al
in 1t may sell liquor on pe'l'I ,Ioa ,ps
per cent Of the electors, aud WV
as to a wet district.
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np,,NxrMNrss DECREASED.

DRUNKENNESS DtOH- :, nlal
Under an Early Closing A'' hs !
in 1906, Saturday drunkenness, n, d
creased over 81 per cent and N
principal cities of Ireland - lrD,
SO per cent in all the rest o. IA,
And Sunday drunkenness ,I,Iss
creased IS per cent in the c'"''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09
CHILDREN RESCUED.

S. S. Foxton Jones, superlnIehutH,n !,
the Irish work in connection WIN y
Barnardo's Homes, says SO'VUO ''- /.
dren have been rescued AOou' y
per cent of these cases are u''',~ ~
attributed to the drink trailc =. I.
for the drink curse these Brea' I.
stitutions would very shorty "'
their doors.
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Good Reason.

William ]. Burns, at banquet In
New York. told number of detective
stories. "And then there was Lecoq.
said Mr.. Burns 'Lecoq, late one
night, was pursuing his homeward
way when, from dark, mysterious
looking house set in weed-grown
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09
EDUCATIONAL PROPAGANDA

The United States Brewers as'S
citation, according to the Brewers
Journal, New York, is planning to aal
to their systematic "educatonaT de
fense propaganda a unique movIngPr
ture plea and argument in the i0iA
of an exhibit which 1t boldly al
nounces will be utilized at "eounV
fairs, and other public OCCASION
throughout the country" as a 'paH o.
the organized brewers campaign "
education"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

Men are like trees; each one mus,
put forth the leaf that is created in
him. Education is only like good cul-
ture; 1t changes the size but not tho
sort.-H. w. Beechef
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09
eAiIsE OF CRIME.

General ]. G. Burnett ol me .bl'
ish army is the authority = iOr !. ,rInsc|
ment that nine-tenths oil 'uS ,,S,ur b y
three.fourths of the invallu'''
army is caused by drink
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

CAUSE OF HUNGRY cHlLDh,, ,s,,s
Miss Agnes Slack says II ~ Is lawn, vs
of the liquor traffic that zVO .,,s,, sY
England and Wales serve
school children.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-07-09

no one else. But you are not to ques'
ton her. | demand 1t OF YOU"
IL will wait for you to tell me-" he
said gently.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
Mome-Made Camera.

exactly where the edges of the plate holder come; wooden cleats are then to be nailed alorg these marks, as shown. AS it is impossible to make a light-tight joint in this manner, strips of felt or of black velvet should be glued along the elges, so that the plate holder is inserted with some difficulty.
 In the exact center of the front of the camera bore a three-quarter inch hole. Then take a piece of tin about one inch square and dent the center with an awl until slight projection appears upon the other side; file this projection until the metal is very thin Force No. needle through this thinned portion, and round out the hole by revolving the needle and draw ing it in and out; this hole is the lens of the camera, and upon the care with which it is made depends the ex- ,ellence of the results.
 The camera is now completed, with the exception of a finder; this may be provided by drawing lines, as shown in the sketch, upon the top and one side of the box; the distance between the ends of the top. lines should equal the length of the plate and between the ends of the lines on the side the distance should correspond with the plate width. Each pair of lines come together at a point which is in the center of the corresponding edge of the back.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
Mission Weddings.

Within two minutes after the cah stopped at the mission door the report spread up and down the street that a wedding was taking place inside. Within another two minutes the room was packed to the very doors. That sudden rush of the crowd to the sanc- tuary pleased the mission superin- tendent
 "If I had money to spare" he said, 'T would pay bonus to young couples for getting married in a mission The moral effect of one wedding is worth a dozen sermons. To get the best eff feet the ceremony ought to be per formed in the middle of the service. No innovation that I have ever intro duced has had such a sobering effect on the congregation. The example of a man once as far down maybe in the social scale as themselves having be- come sufficiently regenerated to as. sume the responsibilities of life stirs every bit of manhood there Is in them
 ''The trouble is, I can persuade very few couples to be married in a mis- sion. The bridegrooms do. not mind, but the brides want something more exclusive"
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
HOW TO MAKE GOOD CAMERA
Device Well Adapted for Landscape Photography Where Snapshots"
 Are Not Required.

If you want a camera simply for landscape work, or, in fact, any class of photography which does not require snapshot" you will find 1t no great trouble to make one for yourself, which will produce results more pleas Ing in many ways than those of the in- Struments which you can buy.
 It is necessary first to fix upon the size picture which you want to make, selecting some standard size in order that plates and paper may be obtained anywhere where photographic supplies are sold; the -four by five" answers these requirements, and the dimen- sions here given are suitable for camera taking that plate. After buy Ing one or more plate holders, make a wooden box measuring 4x5x7 on the Inside; this Is not a complete box, as the back is left off and the top and bottom extended one inch, as shown in he drawing. After making, this should be coated with a dead black paint, both inside and out, and if any cracks appear along the joints they must be 6lled with putty before painting; should any light enter the camera oth- sr than through the lens, the picture would be spoiled.
 Lay the plate holder against the open end of the box, and mark on the projecting top and bottom of the box
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
Eaxpt to Reclaim Million Acres.

One of the most costly and comPre- hensive drainage projects for the reclamation of lands undertaken by any government in the world, and cer- tainly the greatest enterprise of its kind in Mediterranean countries, has just been begun by the Egyptian gov ernment to make cultivable 1,000, ,000 acres of fertile land in the delta of lower Egypt. The retaining of these lands will necessitate an expenditure approaching $15,000,000 for drainage and approximately a like amount for Irrigation. The work as planned will require over four years and will be brought to completion about the end of 1915. The principal object of the project is to redeem a tract of unpro- ductiVe land and bring a fertile but now worthless region of the delta un- fer cotton cultivation. When this is done it is roughly estimated that the Increase in value of the reclaimed and improved land will approximate $100.- 100000. The land to be reclaimed is 20 per cent government owned.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
sparrows Nest In a cIoek.

This time it's a pair of chipping Bparrows that have found an odd rest Ing place. An Indiana boy tells about It.
 At my grandmother's house" he says, there was an old clock, which had served its time as a clock and was only useful as place of safe keeping for favorite recipes and clip pings. In summer it stood outside of the kitchen door on a wide porch. One hinge was broken, so the door always stood a little ajar. A chippy that had an eye for a good thing told her mate there was a nice place among the pa pers for a nest. He thought so, tooi so 1t was settled, and they went to work immediately. One day soon aft CT grandmother wanted to make a nice cake and went to the clock for her recipe, and was greeted there by MT. and Mrs. Chippy and four junior shippies. In a very short time they mad learned to use their wings and dew to a summer resort in the trees. "
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
HEDGEHoes TO CLEAN CAMPS
Woodsmen In Maine Find They Have Little Use for the Mop or Scrub
 ping Brush.

If the stories told by Maine woods men are to be believed they enter tain many queer visitors in camp du- ring the winter. Among the most fa- miliar guests may be mentioned the chickadees and bluejays. but these are by no means the most interesting call ers.
 One woodsman, 1t appears, leaving camp on a Saturday afternoon left his shack door open, as was his custom. SO that the hedgehogs might come in and clean up the floor. Inasmuch as the principal items of the camp menu are baked beans, pork and other fishes rich in fats, considerable grease Is spilled upon the floor in the course of a week, and the average hedgehog will at any time risk his neck for bit of fat.
 Just as soon, therefore, as this par hcular camp was deserted by the humans for a while the spiny gluttons would hasten in and plane of the sur face of the floor with their chisel- shaped teeth, eating away all the wood that held trace of grease. So on re- turning to camp Monday morning the owner was enabled to sweep up and enjoy the luxury of a clean house for another week. About the only objec- tion to this system lay in the fact that the camp must have a new floor each year.
 The same woodsman tells how, late In February, a pair of white footed wood mice stole into his camp from their home in the forest and made nest in acorns under the bunk. The irst thing the little fellows did was to eat hole in a bag of cracked corn and carry away more than a quart of the contents. The whole bag was sorted for the largest fragments, every one of which was denuded of its GOV ering and freed from all grains of meal. The offerings were put in a heap near the nest and covered over with strips of newspapers.
 When these mice had been installed tn their new quarters for about week they began to construct luxuri- Dus couch. The outside was made of shredded newspapers and ribbons of birch bark. The lining was of horse hair taken from an old chair.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13

| they say there's no prettier bit of scenery in Missouri. I like to hang out the window here and watch the bubbles and the shadows, and listen to the water and the wheels, well just couldn't live without them"
 The old man with the flour dusted clothing and beard has a distinguished ancestry, and in the family Bible are the documents to prove 1t.
 His grandfather, Samuel Watts, was vounteer soldier in the army of Gen eral Lafayette which came from France and fought with Washington in the Revolutionary War. The rec ords show that he was wounded seven times, that he was captured by the British in Charleston and that after the war he settled in Shelby County, Kentucky, and that he was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition that went up the Missouri River to the mouth of the Yellowston. He married Sallie Dodson. a great-granddaughter of Daniel Boone, and settled in St- Charles County. Missouri.
 In 1850 Anthony B. Watts, f's son, OomO IO AAuAdA SISSh anu DOu6nI luC water mill. He brought his family with him. Stubbins was one of the children.
 To look at the old man, stopping at his bins and gathering a deposit of white flour as a bee gathers pollen from the flowers into which it dips one would not imagine he had been a fighting man, but, as he says:
 "The gurgle of the water through so many years sort of lulls you to sleep"
 There is no modern machinery in this mill except the turbine wheel. Years ago the old wooden wheel was taken out and the turbine put in. All else Is as 1t was eighty-two years ago, even to the wooden pegs in the floor ing, the wooden hinges on the doors and the wooden cogs in the wheels.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
Began Writing Early.

We have had many precocious in. tants among our famous authors, de- rlares the London Chronicle. From the age of three. for instance, Macau- lay read necessarily, and by seven he had begun compendium of universal history. At eight he wrote a treatise designed to convert the natives of Malabar to Christianity, and about the Same time composed his first poem.
 Browning. too, had completed a whole volume of verse by the time he was twelve, but his earliest artistic effort was painting of cottage and rocks. which he painted at the age of two in lead pencil and black currant jam. But the small Macaulay was the worst. He had burnt his finger, and to Hannah More he replied from his child's stool: Thank you, mad am. the agony is abated." That at bouPi
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
DRUG HABIT GAINS IN PARIS
Wholesale Degeneracy Threatens City a Prominent Physician
 Asserts.

Investigations following a recenl succession of fatalities in the Quartier Latin have revealed that the drug habit has gained on Parisians. In one store alone dope flends buy no less than one hundred pints of cocaine and morphine every week.
 So prevalent is the dope habit that a prominent physician declares he de- tects its victims by the score every time he takes a round of the cafes. Ether is no longer fashionable, but especially in the artist quarters nor phine is used recklessly. Even the uninitiated can detect those addicted to 1t in an evenings stroll.
 Paris, in the opinion of this physi- clan, Is the most drug-cured city in the world, for while rich women of other capitals secretly indulge in va rious dangerous ways of stimulating their jaded forces, the dope habit in Paris has spread through every class until wholesale degeneracy Is threat ened.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
contrasts in pomestIe servIee.

Americans who can keep only onA servant, and who often cannot keep that one very long, sometimes sigh for the supposedly domestic tranquility o4 the old world-and yet here is para graph in the London Times saying that a certain marquis was summoned to a London police court for keeping four male servants without having H. senses," and fined forty shillings with posts. Life Is not without its trou- bles even for marQuises with several SerVants.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
GIRL MADE RASH CONCLUSION
Changes Her Mind on Learning ThEi Uncle of Rejected Sultor Had
 Died and Left Him.

"Then I am to understand that this is your final answer, Miss Stubbles r My final answer"
 Nothing can move you?"
 Nothing"
 Then my life will be a lonely one and my fate harsh one, for my uncle with whom I lived has just died and left me"
 That fact somewhat alters the case, Henry. cannot be harsh to one who has sustained such recent bereavement. If could believe that you are sincere"
 Sincere! Oh, Miss Stubbinsl"
 You have certainly made an i'm. pression on my heart. Give me time to think of it."
 How long?"
 After all, why think of it, Henryi I am yours"
 "Oh, GenevieveI"
 Do not squeeze me so hard, Hen, ". Your poor uncle! Was he long ill?"
 ''Three days"
 "It is too bad. You say he Jeff you?"
 'Yes; he has left me-"
 How much?"
 How much? I said he had Jeff I am alone in the world now; home less penniless, but with you by my side-why, she's faintedi"
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13

set in a U-chaped frame-the frame having a handle at the back. To reg ulate the distance between the cray ons, which means to regulate the space between the lines they draw, the lazy-tongs are either extended or contracted, as the case may be. There are screws to keep them rigid in any position desired. It Is easy to under stand the convenience of a device like this for use in the school room in dividing the blackboard into yer tical or horizontal spaces, or into squares.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
Getting There First.

i, Ladd-There's your old friend Dc Broke coming across the street.
 Dadd-Eh! That's right. Oh, yes. he sees me. I'll run ahead and meet him. I want to borrow a dollar. Back in a moment.
 He hurries forward and greets the coming man. Presently he returns.
 Ladd-Why should you ask De Broke for a dollar?
 Dadd-Because I knew he was go- ing to ask me for ten.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
Odd Case of FrIendshIp.

Al the present time a most unusuG ease of affection between domiciled and a comparatively wild animal Is to be witnessed at the little English ham let of Spoonley, near Market Drayton. On the farm of MT. William Woodburn for a week or two past, a small rough somewhat vicious terrier from the tarmstead has been noticed gambolltn1 In the fields with a large well-devel Dped hare. Such an attachment ia most uncommon.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
He Knew.

The incident occurred in the mis sion Sunday school The subject ot the lesson was "The Second Com. mandment" and the teacher began with the question:
 Have we any idols in this coun. try"
 ''Yes, ma'am," answered little Jak ey Harris. My fathers idle, and my uncle, too."-Harper's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
seekino a Refuoe.

Mistress (to gardener covering be hind shrubbery)-Why, John, what's the matter?
 John-I can't stand it no longer mum. No sooner does I get started on job than master comes fitting them little balls about. 'Proachin' he calls it. I alters gets behind bushes or somethink, but they comes through and 'urts somethink bitter Punch.
The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13
PuzzIinq.

Uncle Ben was giving the young sters a thrilling account of his early life as jolly tar.
 Do sailors have to work hard?" asked Freda.
 Yes; they are obliged to scrub the deck twice a day." replied Uncle Ben Freda was thoughtful for some mo ments, then she inquired:
 "But Uncle Ben, what is 1t thai makes the deck so dirty?"