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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31

night. went down to breakfast in
| the morning i'll at ease and str0lled
Yfway by myself. My one faint hope
WAS that Laura might betray herself
that day, and that Maxwell would be
thus warned in time before he was
United to mad wife. To my infinite
distress, however, her mothers words
! with regard to the young girl proved
correct. When she came to breakfast
she looked calm and happy; her eyes
met mine with serene unconscious
ness. l managed to have a chat with
her, and found, to my added perplex.
ity, that she had forgotten every word
she had spoken to me on the previous
evening.
could not join the rest of the hap
py party. went to the wood and sat
| down to think over the situation.
Suddenly thought of what my friend
| Everard had said:
brain disease is often due to func-
tional disturbance and consequent NAL.
| nutrition of certain centers. If we
| can, therefore, ascertain where the
brain is at fault, rational line Of
treatment is pointed out
With DR.. Eyerard's remark in my
mind, I thought carefully over the en-
periments which l had lately made
with regard to animal extracts as a
means of cure. If his idea was cor.
rect, there was certain portion of
Laura Joliffe's brain which was not
sufficiently nourished. The new line
of treatment pointed out a definite
, cure for this. If l could supply the
unhappy girl with those portions of
brain which were faulty in her own,
l might gradually overcome the terri
BILE malady which threatened her. In
short, now was the time for me to
test the experiments which I had so
lavishly made.
lost no time in excusing myself to
my host and caught the first train for
New York. I drove straight home,
entered my laboratory and secured a
box Of carefully prepared medicine.
Before twelve o'clock that night l re.
turned to Ashley and seized the first
opportunity l could find of speaking to
Mrs. Joliffe.
II have been making some expert.
ments," l said, with regard to a new
cure for certain forms of insanity. I
need not waste time in repeating to
you exactly what have done. Your
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31
Forces Of Llqht.

The late Arthur McEwen, a famous
journalist OF San Francisco and New
York, was once engaged in a political
fight in the California city in which
the better element was arrayed
against the bosses and their followers,
and the better element was getting
decidedly the worst of it.
On election morning McEwen met
the bishop Of the Episcopal diocese
and the Catholic bishop on the street,
both Of whom had been active in the
movement. The Episcopal bishop ask
ed McEwen how things looked.
every bad!" said McEwen. 81 don't
think we have a chance. I UNDER
stand they are paying 81 apiece for
votes against us down in some Of the
districts. guess we're beaten!"
Both bishops were properly aghast
at this iniquity and proceeded ca their
ways. Presently the Catholic bishop
met McEwen again.
Don't be discouraged. Arthur, ne
boy!" he said. Though it may be
true the forces of darkness are pay
ing 81 for votes, I have reliable in
formation the forces of light are pay
ing $5!"-Saturday Evening Post.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31

quietly. "There is no use in telling
you that your imagination is running
away with you, for in your present
state of mind; you would not believe
me. I will speak to Maxwell, but I
will say nothing to implicate you. In
the meantime, as you are terribly
tired, the best thing you can do is to
go to bed. Trust me, and I will get
to the bottom of this mystery for you.
But you must obey me now
Glow kind you are" she murmured
gratefully. II had to tell some one.
I will lie down now and leave it all
to you.''
She pressed my hand and glided
away. AS soon as she had gone I
hurried to the ballroom and sought
Mrs. Joliffe. At my gesture she arose.
and accompanied me outside.
II haze bad news for YOU" said
gravely. "Your daughter inherits your
malady. Tonight she gave way to an
aggressive form of the madness which
at intervals wrecks your life."
Impossible" exclaimed the wretch.
ed woman. She stared at me with
glittering eyes. l gave her a faithfu,
version of the incident which had
just transpired. When l had done
speaking she covered her face with
her hands.
"Has all my suffering and self-denial
been in vain then?' she cried.
"Have not all the years of ]oneu
ness, of horror, sufficed to avert tho
curse?"
"Try to calm yourself" said, "Mrs
Joliffe, do not think this marriage
ought to be allowed to go on"
She faced me defantly. TT must -
she cried. II can think of no one hut
Laura, and you are bound in homo,
not to betray me. l know, none het
ter, the workings Of the insidious moi,
ady. Have not gone through i a,,a
Laura feels badly tonight, but tomn -,
row in all probability she will hs har
own happy self. The attacks A. Area s,
are always light, If she gets a sho y. !.
now. she will be a maniac for life ~
Halifax, hold you to your promise -. ).
! There was little sleep for me tho,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31
LEGENDS OF
CHURCH BELLS

Legendary lore is filled with strange
stories of bells, many of them a pecu-
liar mingling of myth and truth.
Within the last century spot at
Brenckburne, in Northumberland, used
to be pointed out by old people, who
said they had been told when they
were young that great treasure had
been buried there. When at last this
treasure" was exhumed it proved to
be the fragments of the bell OF the
priory church, which stood in ruins
near by. According to the legend
and it is one which may we'll be true
the bells last resting place can th..5
be accounted for: A party of moss.
trooping Scots, bent on plumber, were
seeking far and wide to discover the
priory. But it lay in cleft between
the wooded banks of the Coquet, con.
cealed from view from the higher
lands about it. The mosstroopers, ex-
ceedingly wroth, at last give up the
search in despair, and the monks,
deeming themselves safe at last, by
way of thanksgiving for their deliver
ance, rang a peal upon the bell. I'm
luckily, the sound OF the bell reached
the. Scots In the forests above, and
with this as guide they found the
priory, which they sacked and burned.
The priory bell presumably fell to the
ground during the conflagration, and
was eventually buried.
To this day the choristers of Dur.
ham cathedral ascend the tower, on
the eve of the feast Of Corpus Christi,
and sing the TIE Deum. This cere.
mony Is in commemoration of the
marvellous extinguishing of a fire on
that night, in the year 1929, four hun
dred and eighty-three years ago. At
midnight the monks were at prayer
when the belfry was struck by light
ming and set on fire. All night the
flames ragged and until the middle OF
the following day. But for all thai:
the tower escaped serious injury, and
the bells were not damaged at all.
These bells are not the same as those
which now call the Inhabitants of the
city to worship, for in the registry Of
the Church Of st. Mary.le- Bow, Dur.
ham, which records the burial of one
Thomas Bartlett In 1882, a note Is add.
ed to the effect that "thys man did
caste the abbey bells the summer be.
fore he dyed"
Buried somewhere beneath the soil
of the graveyard Of Buckingham
church, in Sussex, lies. according to
the legend, peal Of bells intended
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31

part is to obey my directions implicit
IL. If you refuse, shall consider my.
self absolved from my promise, and
will tell Maxwell the entire truth"
"I will do anything you wish," she
whispered hoarsely.
"This box which I have brought
with me from town." I continued, ICON.
|tains capsules. These capsules are
made of gelatine, and each of them
holds a certain dose. The medicine
Bis Of a new and important kind. In
my opinion and that of DR.. Everard
It acts directly upon the higher nerv-
GUS centers. There is a strong posi-.
bility, Mrs. Joliffe, that within this
box there lies the cure of your daugh'
tiers ailment. She must take three of
these capsules daily. Get her to prom
Use YOU this. Give her one when she
wakes in the morning, give her an
other before she leaves here with her
husband. Make her vow that she will
not omit to take three daily"
.4 will do so," she answered. God
bless you, DR.. Halifax Have you any
thing more to say"
eyes; Miss Jolitfe must also furnish
Won with her address. There are
enough capsules in that box to last
her exactly month. If they do any
thing for her, she will probably be
obliged to continue the cure for sew
eral months. I must be placed in a
nosition to be able to supply her with
more capsules; the whole thing Is an
experiment, and it may fail, but 1t Is
the best can do"
The tears sprang to Mrs. Joline's
eyes.
"You are a good man." she said.
nyou shall be obeyed in every partic'
ular."
The next day Laura and Maxwell
were married. The wedding ceremony
took place without hitch, and no
shride ever looked more lovely. ! was
standing in the hall when the bride
and groom went away. Maxwell had
Srgotten something, and had to run
,instairs. For a moment the bride ana
found ourselves alone. She came
quickly to my side.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31

and whom Go you think I have
brought with me? No less a person
than my best man and greatest friend
DIR. Halifax"
81 have heard Of you, of course, and
I am glad to meet you,' she answered,
raising shy eyes to my face. She was,
I saw at a glance, her mother in NINA.
ture but with a sort Of halo cast over
her. Under her wonderfully brilliant
ewes there were somewhat dark
shadows, which seemed to throw up
and intensity their expression, adding
to the etherealness and fTagility of the
delicate face. She began to speak to
me in a low, sweet voice. At times
fancied that her brows knit as if in
momentary pain; now and then her
Inns dropped slightly; and once | felt
certain that | intercepted startled
light of perplexity, almost terror, in her
eyes. | said to myself, however, that
was prejudiced, that the knowledge of
the mothers history made me read
more than I ought In the daughter s
face
The dance that evening was a par.
ticularly brilliant one. Many guests
arrived, and the grounds were lighted
with Chinese lanterns and other va.
ried forms of decoration. Soon after
ten o'clock l was standing on the
south terrace, when the young bride.
elect approached me.
Can I speak to you, doctor?" she
asked.
Her voice was very low, and almost
unnatural in tone. Even by the arti.
fetal light l could see that she was
pale, and her lips trembling.
"You are cold and trembling" !
said, "What seems to be wrong?'
81 do not tremble from cold,' she
replied. ''Dr. Halifax, l must contide
in some one; it is all too horrible!
You are Lucian's best friend, but even
you do not know him. He is not what
he seems. Bend down, for must not
speak aloud. Mother must not learn
the awful truth. Lucian's love for me
has changed. He is trying to poison
me. He must have lost his senses.
Only half an hour ago, Doctor, l saw
him put poison powder into the
champagne he asked me to drink. oh,
it is terrible! What win become Of
me?"
I took my cue in an instant. you
are excited and overweight" said
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31


you the other night" she whispered
ION, DR.. Halifax, the awful fear is
over me again. From now on l will
be in his power, and l know he means
TO poison me-
For one instant look of black des'
pair had settled upon her face.
Have courage" l whispered back.
take your medicine three times a
day without fail, and the terror w:il
cease to pursue you"
Il have promised mother to take
those queer little capsules" she said.
81 will keep my word, Doctor
The fear passed away from her
face as Lucian Joined us and she
sprang lightly into the waiting car
riage, waving us a laughing goodbye
as they drove off.
What 1 suffered in the next few
weeks it is difficult to describe. No
news reached me with regard to Max
we'll and his bride. Mrs. Joliffe, &C.
cording to her determination. return
ed to Fairleigh sanitarium. My sleep
was broken nightly by dread foreood
ings. Had l done right or wrong?
Would the capsules effect cure, or
would Maxwell find out when too late
that I could have warned him against
his fate and yet failed to do so? At
last, one morning. a month after the
wedding, l could stand the strain no
longer, and hurried off to Fairleigh
sanitarium. AS soon as I got there l
had an interview with Mrs. Joliffe.
She came eagerly to meet me; her
face was bright, her eyes full OF hap
piness. She placed letter in my
hands. and l saw at glance that the
writer was Maxwell.
Read that portion" she said, point.
ing to the third page. l did so.
Il am glad to be able to inform
you," it ran. that Laura, who was
nervous and depressed, and at times
very strange during the first two
weeks Of our honeymoon, has now
quite recovered her normal health and
spirits. She is really in excellent
form, has a good appetite, and is put
ting on flesh. l doubt, when we re-
turn home, if you will know her for
the fragile creature who left her ma
tive land a short time ago. There
is only one odd thing about her; she
insists on dosing herself with some
extraordinary little capsules three
times daily. She is looking over me
as write, and begs me to say that
the supply will soon be exhausted, and
she wants you to send her some more.
She believes that they have an almost
magical effect upon her, soothing her
nerves in the most wonderful way"
You see, the experiment is a sue
cess, DOCTOR" said Mrs. Joliffe tri-
umphantly, as l finished reading.
1T seems So" l responded, with a
sigh of relief. "And now, I have
brought you fresh supply of capsules.
Please send them to Mrs. Maxwell by
the next MALL
"Dr. Halifax" said Mrs. Joliffe, Il
intend to try your medicine on ny
self. If it has effected a cure in my
child's case, why not in mine?"
The suggestion was a timely one,
and with Everard's approval it was
carried out. To-day both mother ard
daughter are alive and we'll, mentally
and physically, and the black horror
of madness has passed out Of their
lives forever.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31

cnco upon a time for the tower, WHICH
still has only single bell to call the
faithful to prayer. AS far as can DC
ascertained, the story is as follows: III
the early middle ages, "nen tue
church could be approached by water
as we'll as by land, certain valiant
knight wished to present to It pear
of bells. These bells were cast at a
foundry many miles away and brousht
to the church by water. They arrived
in safety, but through carelessness OF
inadyertence they were allowed 10
slide to one side of the boat during
unloading, and in few moments the
vessel listed over and sank, deposit
ing the bells in the mud at the BOTTOM
of the canal, where they are to thls
day. When he heard of this the
donor made wow, enchantment, or
SPELL" saying that Buckingham churcn
should never have more than one bell
until the peal he had given was
dragged from the bottom by team Oh
fonr milk-white oxen. The white oxen
do not appear to have been forthcom-
ing, and in later times the canal was
filled in. The peculiar fact is that the
church is still only possessed OF one
bell.
Old bells bore many quaint legends
craven upon them, such as eJacula-
tons and prayers, and sometimes
quite a little history, as in the case OF
the great bell in Glasgow cathedral,
which bears the following inscription:
In the year of grace, 1883, Marcus
Knox. a merchant in Glasgow, Jealous
for the interest OF the Reformed Re-
ligion, caused me to be fabricated IN
Holland, for the use Of his fellow
citizens of Glasgow, and placed me
with solemnity in the tower of their
cathedral. My function was an
nounced by the impress on my bosom:
Me audito, venias, doctrinam sanctam
ut discas, and I was taught to pro-
claim the hours of unheeded time.
One hundred and ninety-tive years had
sounded these awful warnings, when
I was broken by the hands of incon-
siderate and careless men. In the year
1870 I was cast into the furnace, re.
founded at London, and returned to
my sacred vocation. Reader! thou al
so shalt know a resurrection, may 1t
be to eternal life!"
Henry VIII. looked upon bells as a
useful means of addition to his in
come, and nothing more, and owing
to his vandalism in this direction.
many valuable and beautiful old bells
disappeared with other church prop
erty to be sold for their value as
metal. Many curious things happened
when these bells were removed which
gave rise to nnnumerable legends. At
Lynn and at Yarmouth ships carrying
bells to foreign ports foundered and
sank, and the wreckiag of vessel
carrying fourteen Of tie bells of Jer-
sey at the entrance of St. Malo Har-
bour gave rise to the legend that when
the wind blows the drowned bells are
pealing. Sir Miles Partridge, who
won the Jesus Bells of st. Paul's from
King Henry when playing at dice was
shortly after hanged on Tower Hill.
and. perhaps most remarkable o. oh, :
a certain Bishop CT Bangor, who, hav-
ing sold the bells OF his cathedral,
went to see them shipped. was forth
with stricken with blindress.-Lon.
don Globe.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-05-31
Decided Long AGO.

NOW, my dear" said. young Mr..
Ponsonhy when he had signed the
lease for the pretty little fat which
he and his bride Of three moathsl
were to occupy. "the first thing we.
shall have to decide is which G. usj
Is to be in supreme command here"
"Oh, no, George, you are mistaken. -!
she sweetly replied II decided that
while our friends were still throwing;
old shoes at I'M" ]
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-22
Would Accept Wire Tappers' Nomination
Colonel Not so Proud as He Was, Dooley Thinks

far when We asst a couple ~ feliere
to tn house iv an after noon an
they spind tn rest ov their lolVcs
with We, settiu in couple oV rock-
in chairs, swsppin tobacco an
usin' such language that ye have to
sind tn childhr fr IN th' house. In
amy case th We got to git ont III
time to hav' their Coliseum swept
an cleaned f'r far more refined
and important pollytickal gatherln,
Bathhouse John g auuooal ball.
Who do you think will be nom
ynated?'
Well, it looks loiko Taft, only
rally begins to look like Taft, an
thin Ii don t look SO much like him.
If Tiddy Rosenfelt can keep tn
Taft foorccs together be addhressin' ,
thin Taft can win. But If Willum
Barnes Will not waver in his alice
lance to Taft there IS chanct f'r
Tiddy Roscnfelt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-22
RESERVE COMMENT
ON THE NEW PARTY

CHICAGO, June 21.-The more promi-
ncnt OF the men who have stood behind
the Roosevelt movement were reserved
tonight In the comment on the third
party movement.
Developments since the convention
orened have convinced me- said Cover
nor Johnson OF California. that there
will be a new party In the field HEADED
by Colonel Roosevelt, and that party viii
carry California by 10000. The princi- =
Ole involved is vital No one nominated
by this convention with It's tainted dele
gates can be elected
''I do not care TO be quoted just now
as to third party talk" said Senator
Borah.
Said Cecil Lyon OF Texas:
"A third party ticket would make II
powerful fight In Texas.
Governor Dencen OF Illinois;
II don't care To get between quotation
marks tonight"
Alexander RI. Revell chairman Of the
national Roosevelt committee. said that
this convention, IL II results as now al
most assured, would cause the birth OF
a new party.
Governor Stubbs OF Kansas. one OF the
seven governors behind Roosevelt, when
asked about third party. said he had
nothing TO say.
Frank Munscy said:
Mr. Roosevelt Will be nominated Tor
the presidency by a new party. He re-
fuses 10 have anything more TO do with
the Republican convention no" In ses-
sion. He would not now take nomina-
lon-from that body II II were given To
Kim
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-22
Polls May Interfere

"After lookiu over tn list iv tn >
fellows that got in, Hinnessy, we
made up me moind that if | ever
try to be dillyigate I'll appeal
to fraud and Whence. They get re
suits. l think they must have a
blthcr organization. Anyhow tn >
boys ar still gettin together peace
fully, no matther whether their
cridintials ar tainted or on y queer.
An be tn looks iv it they re goin
to go on settin' together ontil there
ordherd out iv town be tn polls.
81 don't see chance these good
natu 'rd and frindly dillygates will
lave our beautiful city befure th
end iv th summer. An why should
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-22
Course Mapped Out.

Colonel Roosevelt said tonight he would
adhere To the course he has mapped out
regardless oS what the Roosevelt dele
gates IN the convention decide upon He
has taken position apart from the
present struggle with the idea that as
long as the seventy -eight delegates whom
he says arc his arc not seated he cam
not be Influenced by any act Of the ns :
iionel convention. II tho bulk of his
delegates choose TO follow the course he
has mapped out, he expects 10 preserve
the present rganlzation of his forces.
II only handful should decide at the
0nal count To stand with him, his de-
cision will not be influenced.
Colonel Roosevelts only statement to-
day In regard 10 his position was that he
had definitely stated his intentions and
that there could be no change In them
He would not so further into the details
OF his probable course OF action. saying
the situation WAS unsettled that
neither he nor any other man could fore
see the events Of the next few days.
II Is his confident belief that Il decided
will he made when the facts in connec-
become known, and that this protest will
movement.
Such movement, he believes. will not
he entirely partisan. but will come from
the plain people OF all parties TO whom
he has made his appeal during his cam
paign. II he were nominated he said he
would carry the fight into the south with
as much viSor AS into the north, with the
ides of attracting TO his standard all who
believe as he does
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-22
BITTER FIGHT
EXPECTED ON
CLOSING DAY

CHICAGO. June 21.-Thc Republican
leaders directing the affairs OF the na-
tional convention are going to try toinor-
row TO crowd the work OF three DAYS intn
ono With permanent organization vet
TO be effected, with several important
contest cases TO be heard. with rules 10
ADOPT platform TO be threshed out and
nominations for president and vice presj-
dent to be made, the convention Will bc
called 10 order at 10 a. III. and every
possible enort will be made TO dispose
OF the accumulated business before ad-
jUurument is taken.
II seemed a foreSone conclusion tonight
that President TAFT would be renon1ina tod
ON the first ballot. Colonel RoosoyeIt
indicated that his name would not be
presented 10 the tainted convention" n
his wishes were followed. Talk ar 2
compromise candidate developed two days
ago showed no sign OF revival
II WAS generally believed that the dele-
gates Instructed for Roosevelt woi,Id
offer his name despite his expressed de-
sire.
The Roosevelt forces have not aban-
doned their general fight in the conven
ton and a hard struggle is in prospect