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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

the sensation of being astonished al
something she had expected to hap
pen.
Just before going down to dinner
that night, Fortune turned to her
mother, her chin combative in its
angle.
Il gave Mr.. Jones hundred and
fifty pounds out of that money you
left in my care. Knowing how forget
full you are, | took the liberty of at
tending to the affair myself"
She expected a storm, but instead
her mother Viewed her with apprais-
ing eyes. Suddenly she laughed mel
lowly. Her sense Of humor was too
excitable to resist so delectable sit
uation.
"You told him, of course, that the
money came from me?" demanded
Mrs. Chedsoye. when she could con-
troll her voice.
Surely, since it did come from
you"
my dear, my dear, you are to me
like the song in the Mikado;" and she
hummed lightly
""To make the prisoner pent
Unwillingly represent
A source of innocent merriment,
OF innocent merrimcnt!
Am l prisoner, them?
whatever you like; it can not be
said that ever held you on the leash,
taking a final look into the mirror.
What is the meaning of this rug?
You and l know who stole it."
II have explicitly warned you, my
child, never to NEEDLE with affairs
that do not concern you"
Indirectly, some of yours do. You
are in love with Ryanne, as he calls
himself"
"My dear, you do not usually stoop
to such vulgarity. And are you GER
tain that he has any other name?"
"If l were l should not tell you"
oh"
"a man will tell the woman he
loves many things he will not tell
the woman he admires."
"As wise as the serpent" bantered
the mother; but she looked again into
the mirror to see if her color was still
what it should be. And whom does
he admire?" the Mona Lisa smile how
ering at the corners of her lips.
"You," evenly.
Mrs. Chedsoye thought for a mo-
ment, thought deeply and with new
insight. 1t was no longer child but
a woman, and mayhap she had played
upon the taut strings of the young
heart once too often. Still, she was
unafraid. .g.--
And whom does he love?" ~
me. Shall l get you the rouge
mother?"
Still with that unchanging smile
the woman received the stab. MY
daughter" as\ if speculatively, you
will get on. You haven't been my pu'
pil all these years for nothing. Let
US 80 down to dinner"
Fortune, as she silently followed
experienced sense of disconcertion
rather than of elation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Ouite the Thino.

Il told you that if you came tomor-
row morning l would give you the
money for my wash. Why did you
come tonight" said Miss Philis to the
daughter of her laundress.
Il know you said tomorrow morn
In" responded the girl, "but me moth
er she told me to come tonight, cause
she was afraid you might be gone
away by tomorrow mornin'."
81 certainly should not go without
paying my laundry BILL" said Miss
Philis sharply. mo respectable wom-
an would do such thing"
ooh, yes, ma'am, they would" re-
piled the child knowingly. There's
lots of respectable ladies does"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
CHAPTER vi.
MoonIiuht and Poetry,

A ball followed dinner that night.
Wednesday. The ample lounglng'
room filled up rapidly after coffee;
officers in smart uniforms and spurs,
whose principal function in times OF
peace is to get in everybody's way,
rowel exposed ankles. and demolish
lace ruffles. Egyptians end Turks and
sleek Armenians in sorlber western
frock and scarlet eastern fez or tar
boosh, women of all colorS (meaning,
as course, as applied) and shapes and
tastes, the lean and the fat, the tall
and short, such as Billy Taylor is said
to have kissed in all the ports, and
tail-coats of as many styles as Jo-
seph's had patches. George could dis
tinguish his compatriots by the mt OF
the trousers round the instep; the
Englishman had his fitted at the
waist and trusted in Providence fol
the hang of the rest. This trit1ing de
tective work rather pleased George
The women, however, were all Ewes
to his eye; liberal expanses of beauti.
full white skin, the bare effect being
modified by a string of pearls or dia'
monds or emeralds, and hair which
might or might not have been wholly
their own. He waited restlessly for
the temperance of Mrs. Chedsoye
and her daughter. All was right with
the world, except that he was to sail
altogether too soon. His loan had
been returned, and he knew that his
former suspicious had been most un'
worthy. Mrs. Chedsoye had never
received his note.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

Was he rich?"
mo; but when the signora, your
mother, married him she thought he
was"
1t was not till later years that For
tune grasped the true significance Of
this statement 1t illumined many
pages. She dropped all Investigations,
concluding wisely that her mother, If
she were minded to speak at all, could
supply only the incidents, the details
1t was warm, balmy. like May in the
northern latitudes. Women wore
white dresses and carried sunshades
over their shoulders. A good band
played airs from the new light-operas.
and at one side of the grand-stand
were tea-tables under dazzling linen.
Fashion was out Not all her votaries
enjoyed polo, but 1t was absolutely
necessary to pretend that they did.
When they talked they discussed the
Spanish dancer who paraded back
and forth across the tea-lawn. They
discussed her jewels, her clothes, her
escort, and quite frankly her morals,
which of the four was by all odds the
most popular theme. All agreed that
she was handsome in a bold way. This
modification invariably distinguishes
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

Fanny and Immediately vanished, who
returned again. And he, too, soon
grew to be a part of this unreal drama,
arriving mysteriously one day and de-
parting the next.
That drama was being enacted un-
der her eyes she no longer doubted;
but 1t was as though she had taken
her seat among the audience in the
middle of the second act. She could
make neither head nor tail to it.
Whenever she accompanied her
mother upon these impromptu jour
neys, her character, or rather her at
titude, underwent a change. She
swept aside her dreams; she accepted
the world as 1t was, saw things as
they were; laughed, but without merri-
ment; jested, but with the venomed
point. 1t was the reverse of her real
thing, but during these forced march
es, as the major humorously termed
them, and such they were in truth,
she could no more stand against CIV
ing the cruel stab than, when alone
in her garden, she could resist the
tender pleasure of succoring fallen
butterfly. She was especially happy
in finding weak spots In her mothers
armor, and she never denied herself
the thrust. Mrs. Chedsoye enjoyed
these sharp encounters. for 1t must
be added that she gave as good as
she took, and more often than not her
thrusts bit deeper and did not always
heal.
Fortune never asked questions rela-
tive to the family finances. If she
harbored any doubts as to their origin,
to the source of their comparative lux
ury she never put these into speech.
She had never Deen her father. but
she had often h12rd him referred to
as that brute or that fool" or that
drunken imbecile." If portrait Of
him existed. Fortune had not yet seen
1t. She visited his lonely grave once
a year, In the Protestant cemetery
and dreamily tried to conjure up what
manner of man he had been. One day
she piled her old Italian nurse with
questions.
Handsome? Yes, but 1t was all SO
long ago, cara mia, that l can not
describe him to you"
Did he drink" Behind this ques-
tion there was no sense of moral
obloquy as applying to the 6ead.
"Sainted Mary! didn't all men drink
their very souls into purgatory those
unreligious days?"
Had he any relatives?"
Il never heard Of any"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
NO MEDICINE
But Change of Food Gave Final Relief.

Most diseases start in the alimen,
tary canal-stomach and bowels.
A great deal of our stomach and
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any
Of the starchy food we eat-white
bread, pastry, potatoes, oats, etc.
these things are digested in the small
intestines, and If we eat too much, as
most of us do, the organs that should
digest this kind of food are overcome
by excess Of work, SO that fermenta.
ton, indigestion, and long train of
ails result.
Too much fat also is hard to digest
and this is changed into acids, sour
stomach, belching gas, and bloated,
heavy feeling.
In these conditions change from
indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will
work wonders in not only relieving
the distress but in building up a
strong digestion, clear brain and
steady nerves. A Wash. woman
writes:
about five years ago I suffered
with bad acknowledgements, indiges.
ton. constipation-caused, l know
now, from overeating starChy and
greasy food.
II doctored for two years without
any benefit. The doctor told me there
was no cure for me. / could not eat
anything without suffering severe
pain in my back and sides, and l be.
came discouraged.
"a friend recommended Grape-Nuts
and l began to use it. In less thar
two weeks began to feel Better and
inside of two months I was a we'll
woman and have been ever since.
Il can eat anything I wish with
pleasure. We eat Grape-Nuts and
cream for breakfast and are very
fond of it." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. There's a
reason"
Ever read the above Ietter3 A new
one appeaVs from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full of humaa
interest. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Paid Minister In TlnfoI!.

The meanest man in the world has
been found. He is the man who gave
the Rev. Thilo Gore, pastor of the
German Lutheran church, an envelope
filled with tinfoil for marrying him.
The bride and groom rang DR..
Cores doorbell late one night and
asked him to marry them. AS they
had a license, he did so. After the
ceremony was performed the man
handed the minister an envelope
which was supposed to contain the
fee. He found it contained nothing
but several pieces Of tinfoil.-Chicago
Tribune
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Mistaken Sense of What Is Dignltied
Is a Common Fault of the
Times.

This is not an age in which clear dis
tinctions are made in the meaning OF
terms. Grotesque errors arise through
haphazard conclusions drawn from
this loose method Of reasoning. One
of the popular misconceptions Is that
the display of emotion on the part OF
men is belittling and indicates weak
ness Of character, disgraceful and
shaming to the victim, says writer
in the Pittsburg Gazette Times. 1t
is claimed by some that the natural
processes of materialism and the hard
ening of mems natures by the struggle
for success that the age demands has
brought about this contempt for any
thing like a display Of emotion on the
part of men. 1t may be questioned,
however, whether this explains the as
sumed respect for callousness that is
so marked a feature of the times.
There is a false idea around as to
what emotion is, and mistaken con-
ception as to its proper expression
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Dependent on Wood Pulp.

Mr.. Frank Lloyd, at the annual din
ner of the British Wood Pulp associa
ton, spoke of the serious effect upon
the industry of the drought in Scan
dinavia, and, referring to the rapid
development of the industry, pointed
out how dependent paper makers now
were upon wood pulp. If they had to
rely on straw, ETC., as was the case
only about twenty-five years ago, his
mill at Sittingbourne would alone re-
quire string of carts over four miles
long. and at least 40,00O,O00 gallons
of water every twenty-four hours"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

gernon. Jones was all right, solid and
substantial, but the other two turned
It into ridicule. Still, what was the
matter with Percival Algernon? His
tory had given men of these names
mighty fine things to accomplish.
Then why ridicule? Was it due to the
perverted angle of vision created by
wits and humorists in the comic week
lies, who were eternally pillorying
these unhappy prefixes to ordinary
Cognomens? And why this pillorying?
She hadn't studied the subject suf-
ficlently to realize that the business
of the humorist is not so much to
amGse as to warn persons against be-
coming ridiculous. And Percival AL
gernon Jones was all of that. 1t re-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Scotch Query.

A bluff, consequential gentleman
from the south, with more beef on his
bones than brain in his head, riding
along the Hamilton road, near to
Blantyre, asked a herdboy on the
roadside, in a tone and manner evil
IDENTIFY meant to quiz, if he were"half-
way to Hamilton?" Man." replied the
boy, Il wad need to ken whar ye hae
come frae, afore could answer your
question. n."-Exchange
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

and humorously explained why he did
so."
"Is he young, old, goodlooking, or
what?"
Mrs. Chedsoye eyed her offspring
through narrowed lids.
81 should say that he was about
thirty-five. tall, something of an ath-
lete; and there remains some indica-
tions that in the flush Of youth he was
handsome. Odd. He reminded me Of
young man who was on the varsity
eleven-footb otballer-when I entered
my freshman year. | didn't know him,
but was great admirer of his from
the grand-stand. Horace Wadsworth
was his name"
Horace Wadsworth. Fortune had
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
SYNOPSIS.

George Perclval Algernon Jones, Wee
president OF the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company of New York, thirsting Sor
romance, is in Cairo on a business trip.
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
Cairo with a carefully guarded bundle.
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy fhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from a pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later is introduced to
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
he had loaned $50 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and who turns
out TO be Fortunes mother.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
How He Fixed the Date.

The lawyer was determined to dis.
credit the witness.
You are positive this happened on
Wednesday," he demanded.
Il am"
Cant be mistaken"
NO"
why couldn't it have been Thurs
day or Tuesday? How is it that you
can fix this day SO positively in your
mind?"
Because" answered the witnes.
with some spirit. 1--WE had chicken
that day. Chicken day Is Wednesday
where / board"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
EnnIish Stumn Sneech.

A correspondent, "Old Briney,"
sends us the following specimen of
frenzied stump oratory: "Feller
blokes! Thanks ter tn guv'ment, yer
got yer d'minishin' wage, and yer lit
tie loaf, an all that. Wotcher got
ter do now is ter go fer devil-ootion
and local anatomy, an go it blind!"
cloud cheers. )-London Globe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Fear to Display Emotion

Hysteria is one of our national dis
eases. The excesses into which it leads
men and women havesbecome the sub
ject of widespread contempt, sensible
people, feeling an instructive aversion
for this sort of exaggerated feeling,
have fallen into the error of mistaking
sane, human emotion for hysteria and
have gone to the extreme in their ef-
fort to avoid any expression of feel
ing as "womanish," puerile and un-
manly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
A Forced Confession.

"Pshaw! Here's the rain coming
down again and somebody's stolen my
unb ola"
Somebody's stolen what?"
well, the umbrella I've been carry
ing for the last week or so."-Catho-
lie Standard and Times.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
AZ . A M

Mrs. Klatter-What is it a sign
of when a man stumbles going up
stairs?
Mrs. Klubmann-I know very well
what it's sign of when my husband
does il
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

Beryl-Poor young Sticklebyf He
had to give up studying for Gao
tor.
Sibyl-Lack of brains?
Beryl-No; he found he couldn't
raise Vandyke beard.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours, relieve Feverishness,
Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disor-
ders move and regulate the bowels, and Destroy
Worms. They are so pleasant to take children
like them. Used by mothers for 22 years. At all
druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address.
A. S Olmsted. Leroy N. 7. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Poor Method Of Educatlon.

A smattering of many things is prob
ably the worst and most barren way of
educating children that the perverted
wit of man could devise.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

Liquid blue Is q week solution. Avoid II.
Buy Red Cross Ball BlVs, the blue that's all
blue. AL. your grocer. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

Unfortunately charity doesn't seem
to possess any of the qualities of a
boomerang.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14

Does q woman feel glad or sorry
when she cries at q wedding?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-11-14
Their Use.
Many Cb,,dron Are sicklv.

"Why do ships have needle guns?"
'To thread their way with, stupid"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-30
A casarse tocan..

Los Estados Unidos son ell pals de los
acontecimientos raros. Lo que no es ra
70 Ell aquella terra es casarse y des
casarse En- un dos por cuatro dan los
pastores protestantes la bendicion, y
en- un cuatro por dos las alcaldias des-
pachan las certifcaciones a quienes las
pretenden.
Encantado con tantas facilidades, un
ciudadano llamado Ernest Keller, veci-
no Gle Nueva York, decide casarse y
volver a casarse Y tornar a casarse, CO.
mo efectivamente 10 hizo, NADIA mas
que Is veces, sin incurrir en- ell delito de
bigamia Y modifcando ell parentesco es-
piritual con los pastores para hacer de
ellos unos ''primos' EN- vez de unos pa
dres. En- este sentido, Ernesto Keller
cuenta a estas fechas con IS 'primos' :,
Sc acercaba a una vicarla con su muj jer
declarandose ambos solteros y solici-
tand0 matrimonio. Previo un rapido
eXpediente, ell pastor daba la bendicion
Y cobraba sus derechos, que importa-
ban 10 dolares. FL novio entregaba un
cheque de 20 recibia inmcdiatamente
los 10 dollars de la vuelta La opera
cion la repetia pocos dias despues EN-
otra parroquia. despues Ell otra, i
mas tarde en- otro Estado. Y asi suce-
sivamente IS veces, que suponen $50
dollares como $50 soles
Huelga decir que los cheques eran
falsos. Pero es 10 que ha dicho al comi-
sario de Policla de Brooklyn, que le ha
detenido:
Los cheques seran falsos, no 10 ME
go; pero tambien ell matrimonio era fall
so. Los c6nyuges son de or;gen griego,
profesan la religion ortodoxa su pri-
mer matrimonio fue con arreglo al rito
cismatico. Y luego Sc dira de Grecia
Ique es un pals muerto ~ saen de 81
tantoS 'vivos !"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-30

aquel mundo tlctlclO, en- aquella clu-
dad magnltica con el comfort de sus
casas particulares y el esplendor Gle
sus difcios pLtblicos AIn yeia ante
mi aquellos rostros que no tenlan Ell
Sell0 III de la arrogancia, m del servl-
lismo; que no respiraban nj rapaci-
dad, nj inquietud, M febri1 amblcion;
volvla a yer las majestuosas formas de
los 3mbres y de las mujeres que nun
ca h; Dian temblado ante sus semejan-
tes, sea por tenor, sea por interes, y
que, segun las palabras del sermon
que todav1a resonaban en- mis- oldos,
Sc mantenian erguidos ante Dios.
Aunq4e solo Sc trataba de un sueno,
no me desprendi de q sino con un pro-
fundo sus. iro con ell sentimiento de
una p6rdida irreparable, y sail de mi
casa.
Tuye que detenerme 10 menos una
docena de yeces antes de llegar la
cale de Washington Gle tai modo la
persistente vision del Boston del por
venir me hacfa que me pareciera ex-
trano ell Boston del presente. La SUI
ciedad y el olor nauseabundo de las
GALES me chocaron como 81 nunca an
les los hubiera notado. Todavla aver
cncontraba muy natural que unos fue-
ran vestidos de seda Y otros de andra-
jos; que aquellos parecieran bien ali
mentados estos hambrientos. Hoy,
all contrano, me chocaban cada paso
las escandalosas diferencias EN- ell tra-
ie las condolences sociales de las dis
tintas personals que Sc cOdeaban Ell las
aceras. Lo que todavia me chocaOa
mas era La completa indiferencia del
rico ante la angustia de los misera-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-30
EDWARD BELLAMY.

prende que este vicio debe producer
sus efectos. infinitamente mas desas-
trosoS. cuando Sc trata del sistema ge-
neral de la industrial? ? Como Sc bur
larlan de un ejercito que no tuylera
nj batallones, nj regimientos, nj bri-
gadas, nj cuerpos de ejercitos; en- una
palabrba. ninguna unidad mayor que
el peloton de un cabo, nj un Official,
nj ofciales que pasaran del grado de
cabo, en- que todoS los cabos eJer-
cieran una autoridad igual Pues un
ejercito semejante formaban las in
dustrias manufacturers en- ell Boston
del siglo XIX. Era IN ejercito de
cuatro mil escuadras Independence,
mandadas por cuatro mil cabos inde-
pendientes. cada cual con su plan de
campaiia diferente
Aca Y ALA Sc ve1an grupos de. ocio-
sos, unos holgando porque no encon-
traban trabajo, otros por que no po-
dian obtener la remuneration que
considerable legltima.
Ne acerque a algunos de estos Ill
timos me confiaron sus quejas. Y
no pude hacer mas que dirigirles de-
biles consuelos.
-Os compadezco con todo mi cora
zon; yuestro salario es bien minimo. Y
pesar de este, 10 que me asombra
no es que industrias NAL dirigidas de
Gle ese modo os paguen NAL, sino que
puedan pagaros cualquier cosa.
Volviendo hacia la parte peninsu-
lar de la poblaci6n, llegu6 cosa de
las tres, la calle de los Estados. ALI
vi los escritorios de los banqueros y
de agentes y de otros establecimien-
tos fnancieros, de que no habia encon-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-07-30
i44

ington me habia producido ell efecto
de un manicomio agrandado en- toda
la diStancia que separa Id producclon
de la distribution. POrque no solo
no trabajaban de concerto aquellos
cuatro mil establecimientos. y por es-
lie solo hecho trabajaban en- condlclo-
nes prodigiosamente ventaJosas, Slno
que. como 81 este estado de cosas no
explicase va una perdida suiclente
de potencia, empleaban toda su habl-
lidad EN- danarse mutuamente, rezan-
do durante la noche y trabaJando du-
rante ell dia por la destruction de las
empresas rivales.
Ell ruido de las ruedas y de los
martillos que resonaban por todas
partes: no era ell zumbido de una IN
dustria pacifca, SinO el choque de es-
padas manejadas por brazos eneml-
COS. Aquellas fabricas, aquellos al
macenes. eran otras tantas fortalezas
cada una con su bandera, con sus ca
nones asestados sobre el almacen
las fabricas de EN- frente, con sus "a
padores preparando las minas para
volarlos.
En- cada uno de aquellos fuertes
reinaba la discipline industrial mas
severa. Los diversos batallones obe-
decian a una s6la direction central.
No Sc toleraba dobles empleos, M
manos desocupadas / Por que loglca
podrfa explicarse entonces la inobser-
vancia del mismo principle Ell la or
ganizaci6n de las industrias naciona-
lee tomadas en- su conjunto?
Isl La falta de organization
puede comprometer la prosperldad Gle
una sola empresa, Sc6mo no se com