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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

men. Only as he came to where
stood, and caught the look of suffer.
ing upon my face, did he once falter,
and then l noted no more than the
slight .twitching of his lips beneath
the short gray beard.
Captain Wayne" he said, with all
his old-time courtesy, Il shall have
to trouble you to ride to General
Hills division and request him to
cease firing at once"
turned reluctantly away from aim
knowing full well in my heart / vas
bearing my last order, and rode at a
hard trot down the road between long
lines Of waiting Federal infantry. !
scarcely SO much as saw them. for my
head was bent low over the saddle
pommel, aud my eyes were blurred
with tears.
The sun lay hot and golden over
the dusty roads and fenceless fields.
The air was vocal with blare Of trum'
pets and roll Of drums, while every
where the eye rested upon blue lines
and long columns of marching troops.
formed one of a little gray squad
moving slowly southward-a mere
fragment of the fighting men of the
Confederacy, making their way home
ward as best they might. AS the
roads forked l left them, for here our
paths diverged, and it chanced l was
the only one whose hope lay west
ward.
Silently, thoughtfully l trudged on
for an hour through the thick red
dust My horse, sorely wounded IN
our last skirmish. limped painfully be-
hind me, his bridle-rein flung care
lessly over my arm. Out yonder
where the sun pointed the way with
streams of fire, was to take up life
anew. Life! What was there left to
me in that word? A deserted, despoil
! ed farm alone awaited my coming;
hardly a remembered Iacc, scarcely
future hope. The glitter of passing
troop of cavalry drew my mind for ar
instant to Edith Brennan, but
| crushed the thought. Even we're she
free, what had l now to place at hel
proud feet,-I, a penniless, defeated
homeless man? At a crossroads 1
Fedora! picket halted me, ,ud arous
ed sufficiently to hani him the pape
which entitled me to safe passage
| through the lines He handed mi
back the paper and motiored me t;
pass on. l had gone hundred yard
or more when l became aware tina
he was calling after me.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER XxxVl.
The Last Good-by,

She exhibited no outward sign of
agitation as she left her position and
slowly advanced toward US. Daintily
lifting her skirts to keep them from
contact with the weeds under foot,
her head poised proudly, her eyes a
bit disdainful of 1t all, she paused be-
fore Cation.
Lieutenant" she questioned in a
clear tone which seemed to command
an answer, Il have always found you
an impartial friend. Will you kindly
inform me as to the true meaning OF
all this?"
He hesitated, hardly knowing what
to reply. but her imperious eyes were
upon him-they insisted. and he STAN
mered lamely:
1.-TWO of the gentlemen, madam
were about to settle slight disagree
ment by means of the code"
Were about?" she echoed, scornfu
Of all deceit. Surely heard shots al
came through the orchard?"
''One fire has been exchanged" ht
reluctantly admitted.
"And Captain Wayne has beer
> wounded?"
I was not aware until that moment
that she had even so much as noticed
my presence.
Very slightly, madam"
Ills opponent escaped uninjured?'
Cation bowed, glanced uneasily to
ward me, and then blurted forth i'm
pulsively: Captain Wayne fired ii
the air. madam"
"a most delightful situation, surely.
she said clearly and sarcastically
zone would almost suppose we ha(
wholly reverted to barbarism, and tina
our boasted civilization was but mock
cry. Think of it, and the proud dis
dain in her face held US silent, no
SIX hours ago that house yonder wal
Eha scene OF 4 desperate battle. With
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

in their stuffy prison before a man
could be found who knew the combi'
nation of the safe. They emerged
pale and breathless, only to find De-
tective Crandall waiting to take them
to another lookup, where you can get
plenty of air between the bars" he
told them.
Half the gambling fraternity Of the
city heard the story long before the
release came. One declared there
were more bets made on the chance
OF the escape of the two men alive
than there we're on the ponies" in
every gambling place in the city du-
ring the afternoon.
A bookmaker in the vicinity saw
the detectives go into the building,
and knew they were after the sixth
floor room. He sent scout up to see
what had occurred, and in five min
utes the news that big Bill and
"Bathhouse" Lynch were locked In
was humming over all the contraband
telephone wires in Chicago.
THE betting odds all favored
'Bathhouse' because he's the runtiest
and it was figured he'd need less air
than the big fellow" one man said
Say, If 1t hadn't been for the cops be
ing on deck there would have been q
hundred of their friends waiting tc
welcome them when they got out. The
Judge ought to remember their self
sentence of incarceration when they
are before him."
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getfulness. But in very truth my
lady hardly needed such protection
her speech, her manner, her proud
constraint told me at once most plain
ly that no existing tie between US
had caused our meeting.
Captain Wayne" she said softly,
her high color alone giving evidence
OF any memory Of the past. Il scarce
ly thought that we should meet again.
yet was not willing to part with you
under any misunderstanding. have
learned from Lieutenant Cation the
full particulars Of your action in con-
nection with Major Brennan. I wish
you to realize that l appreciate your
efforts to escape a hostile meeting
and esteem you most highly for your
forbearance on the field. 1t was in
deed a noble proof Of true courage.
May l ask why did you hre in the
air?"
Had she not held me so away from
her by her manner should have then
and there told her all the truth. As
it was l burst not.
81 felt convinced that il my bullet
reached Major Brennan it would in
jure you. preferred not to do that.
81 believed it was for my sake you
made the sacrifice" She paused; then
asked in yet lower tones: Was my
name mentioned during your conten
toni mean publicly?"
1T was not; Cation alone is aware
| refrained because Of the reason
have already given you"
Your wound is not serious?"
TOO insignificant to be worthy oi
mention"
She was silent, her eyes upon the
; carpet, her bosom rising and falling
with the emotion she sought in yaiI
to suppress.
81 thank you for coming to me,
she said frankly. II shall understand
it all better, comprehend your motive
better, for this brief talk. Whatever
you may think Of me in the future,
and she held out her hand with some
thing of the old frankness in the ges
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Little Matt Explained That the Two
Pigs He Was Driving Got
His GOAT.

Matt Perkins, engine driver on the
New York Central. thought his little
farm, out near Peekskill, wouldn't be
complete without pigs. So he bought
a couple and had them sent out.
much to the dismay Of Willie, his
oldest boy, who tearfully protested
that the family would be disgraced II
their acquaintances found they kept
pigs.
But the father was obdurate. and
assigned to Matt, Jr.. his six.year-oid
and youngest hopeful, the task OF
caring for the pigs. This has proved
hard task, and little Matt has been
having his troubles during the hot
weather.
One day the pigs, being pigs. roamed
far afield. Matte, rounding them up
drove them past the veranda. where
his mother happened to be. Matte
was talking to the pigs in no uncer
tain terms, and 1t must be confessed
he used word which he really should
not Where he got 1t no one knows
The mother promptly called him te
task, and Matte. having penned in
the pigs, returned. hot and red oi
face, to the veranda
Matte said his mother. sternly
Il shall have to punish you. ! heard
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/ the world. | had thought to write OF
those last sad days. to picture them
in all their contrasting light and
shadow, but now cannot. There
are thoughts too deep for human ut
terance, memories too sacred for the
pen. l rejoice that l was part of
IL; that TO the lowering Of the last
tattered battle-fag remained con-
stant TO the best traditions of my
house. | cannot sit here now, beneath
the protecting shadow Of a flag for
which my son fought and died, and
write that l regret the ending, for
years Of peace have taught us Of the
South lessons no less valuable than
did the war; yet do | rejoice today
that, having once donned the gray, |
wore it until the last shotted gun
voiced Its grim message to the North.
1t is hardly more than a dream now,
sometimes vague and shadowy, again
distinct with living figures and his
toric scenes. l require but to close
my eyes to behold once more those
slender lines Of ragged, weary, hun
CRY men, to whom fighting had be-
come synonymous with life. pass
again through the fiery rain Of those
last fierce battles, when in despera-
ton we sought to check the un-
numbered blue legions that fairly
crushed us beneath their weight.
l saw it all; l held a part in 1t all.
Upon that April day which witnessed
the turning Of the last sad page in
this tragedy, stood without the Nc
Lean house, ankle deep in the tram
pied mud Of the yard, surrounded by
a group of Federal officers. Within
was my commander, the old gray
hero of Virginia, together with the
great silent soldier Of the North.
Few about me spoke as we waited
in restless agony. No one addressed
me, and l think there must have been
look in my face which held them
dumb.
| know not how long waited
standing beside my horse. with head
half bowed upon his neck. seeing the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

In the early settlement Of Virginia
when the adventurers were principal
ly unmarried men, 1t was deemed
necessary to export such women as
could be prevailed upon to quit Eng.
land, as wives for the planters. A
letter accompanying one of these mat.
rimonial shipments. dated London. Aw
gust IL, 1921, says:
I'VE send you in the ship one widow
and eleven maids, as wives for the
people Of Virginia; there hath been
especial care had in the choice OF
them, for there hath not one of them
been received but upon good recon.
mendations. There are nearly fifty
more that are ready TO come. For
the reimbursing Of charges, 1t is or.
dered that every man that marries
them, give one hundred pounds OF
best leaf tobacco for each OF them.
Kirkland, Commercial and Business
Anecdotes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
He Picked Her Up.

In her delirium she has been able to
moan only: Don't let that negro
throw me out of the window. Don't
let him throw me out"
Had it not been for the fire Mrs.
Thompson might have lain for hours
undiscovered in the rear of the tea
shop, which is favorite meeting
place for the fashionable women of
this town. The fire was giving out
much smoke when one of the firemen,
going to the rear of the building,
stumbled over Mrs. Thompson's un-
conscious form.
When she was revived she was too
hysterical and delirious to tell what
had happened. She kept shrieking
that she had been thrown out of a
window by a negro, but could tell
nothing else of what had occurred
She appeared to have no bruises OF
other marks Of violence aside from q
confusion Of the head where 1t had
come in contact with the frozen
earth. The windows of the tea shoI
under which she lay are about ten
feet from the ground.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Tho $13 Fine.

Courtrooms are not free from 81
perstition," a lawyer remarked. "Fo'
instance, it seems to be an unwrittel
law OF the bench that nobody shat
ever be fined $1S. In my seventee
years experience at the New YoF
bar have seen offenders fined nearly
every other amount from 81 to $1,000
but no judge has ever defied fate b
imposing a $13 fine,
Nothing but respect for supersti
ton prevented him from doing 1t. /
was the logical fine Several times
have labored in the lost cause of un
fortunate clients whose fine from tn,
standpoint of damages inflicted shoult
have been $13, but the Judge had no
the hardihood to name It: he Away
undershot or overshot the mark ant
made $12 or $14"
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figures about me as in dream. At
last the door was flung open. and
those within came forth. He was in
advance of them all. In that pale,
stern, kindly face, and within the
depths of those sorrowful gray eyes,
read instantly the truth-the Army
of Northern Virginia was no more.
Yet with what calm dignity did this
defeated chieftain pass down that
blue lane, his head erect. his eyes
undimmed-as dauntless in that awful
hour of surrender as when he rode
before his cheering legions OF fighting
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29

from Inflammation, and your Sanative
Wash relieved me. / am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
for me. You can use my testimonial in
any way you wish, and will be glad
to answer letters. ~ Mrs. CHRISTINA
REED, 1O5 Mound St, Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa" after the birth of my
fourth child, had severe organic infarn-
nation. Iwould have such terrible pains
that it did not seem as though / could
stand It. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and after taking it for two month1
was we'll woman. Mrs. JOSEPH A.
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
Women who suffer from female ills
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, one of the most success
full remedies the world has ever known,
before submitting to surgical opera
tion
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
HURLS WOMAN FROM WINDOW
Woman Found Dellrious by FIremen ls
Thought TO Have Been At
tackled by Negro.

South Orange, N. found deliri-
GUS in the rear Of her tea shop, "The
Hopper Kettle" in South Orange aV-
enue the other day by firemen. Mrs.
L. Thompson has been unable to tell
the police how she got there.
1t is believed that she went to the
tea shop from her home, few doors
away, to see that some valuable new
silver she had just received was safe,
and that she was attacked by a negro.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
FACE DEATH HIDING
IN BUILDING VAULT
Two Alleged BookmakerS Almost
Smothered Under Lock, Res
cued, Then Arrested.

Chicago.-Two alleged bookmakers
are declared to have been almost
smothered the other afternoon in a fu-
tile endeavor to avoid arrest They
locked themselves in a vault in a
room on the sixth floor Of the Adams
Express company building.
"Bill" Haldeman and "Bathhouse"
George Lynch, said to be the two men
who sought escape by hiding in the
airless stronghold. spent three hours
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
How Mrs. Reed of Peoria, Ill,
Escaped The Sur
geon's Knife.
Peoria, Ill.-"I wish to let every orh
know whatL Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable

Compound mas zone
for me. Fortwoyears
/ suffered. The doc
tor said Ihad q tumor
and the'only remedy
was the surgeons
knife. My mother
bought me Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
today / am a well and
healthy woman. For
months / suffered
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Why He Used the Bad Word

you say a naughty word"
well, / guess did" was the lads
penitent rejoinder. but you see
mamma. them pigs jest got my goat.
New York Herald.
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). "pIerp" a Commander. {"

Paris Because of his art gifts to
the Louvre, the French nation will
make Pierpont Morgan a commander
OF tho legion Of honor.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
Telephones on St. Bernard.

The monks Of st. Bernard havs
fitted the refuge butts in the most
perilous spots with telephones. whish
will enable travellers in distress )
ring up for assistance
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-29
CHAPTER xxxvn.
rhe EurIlnn Of tha EIaos.

The close of the long and bitter
struggle had come: to chose who
had cast their fortunes with the
South ii seemed almost as the end of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-29
French Count
Says Our Women
Are Simply Awful
CBy Associated Press.)


WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Lacking
any idea If how to dress, and en-
dowed with abominable table manners,
Americans have proved the despair Of
Count August Schaefelysky de Muk-
kadel de Castellanes, who today de-
clared he proposed to lay bare in
book the shocking shortcomings Of the
citizens of the United States. The
nobleman acknowledged he was cou-
sin of count Boni de Castellane, first
husband of Miss Anna Gould.
Count de Castellane is taking back
with him, he said, several trunks filled
with American clothes to horrify his
countrymen. Americans. he said. knew
nothing of tie rules of dress and were
at loss to grasp the niceties Of the
appropriate modes for various occa-
sions. The count wrung his hands
when table manners were mentioned.
"Mon dieu, / nave noticed particu-
larry the table manners here" he ex-
claimed. Il have seen men in the best
hotels in this country actually take
out a pocket comb during a meal and
comb their hair. I have seen them
manicure their hands. and in hotel
corridors you may see people coming
out Of the dining room using a tooth
pick
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-29
PRESIDENT BRUSH OF
N. Y. GIANTS IS DEAD
The MuIti-MiIIionaire Baseball
Magnate Died tuesday on
Private Car
az A.sseis.sa Prsss.l

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 9s.-Iohn T. Brush.
millionaire president OF the New York
National league baseball team, died of
locomotor ataxia on his private car Gee
anic. Just as a Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy train 20 which his car was at
tached. was pulling into Seeburger, No.
thirty-sfx miles north OF here. at 1915
this morning. He had been In III health
for several years.
Although Mr.. Brush was in St Louis
for more than an hour last night. his
presence was not known outside OF rail-
road circles. He started from New
York Sunday night and arrived here
last night at 1918 o'clock. At 1895 his
private car having been transferred from
the Big -Four to the Burlington he re-
sumed his trip westward with san
Francisco in view.
The flying trip across the country
was begun In an effort to better the
hall magnate's health.
Although railroad officials were mott
fed Immediately OF Mr.. Brush's death
his car was pulled 10 Louisiana, Mo-.
before being detached from the train.
After an interview IL was attached 10
q southbound Burlington train due In
st. Louis at 6:59 o'clock this morning.
No ARRANGEMENTS have been made here
for the further disposal Of Mr.. Brush 5
body.
Mr.. Brush rose from an employe OF
a clothing house in Indianapolis TO the
presidency OF the New York team
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-29

In
varied impossible
bic and begin laying again in early fall Therefore must
hot
that that old would
another evidence
During mounting
looked though would have OF
practically
to
and especially with ordinary not
mout
this
late fall Matching December
this thing
do the things that suit section and conditions
If breeders
they would
fowls and could raise them much much
Matched
better birds that would
them the highest prices
strictly
them regardless
dons have been brought about largely for supplying
demand
happen we know these
conditions II like would
the poultry
whe
hard TO
ago and the man who secures the the things
O. d
very truly x
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-29
WILSON MAY COME
TO BANKERS MEETING
Interesting Addresses Made at
Session of Bankers and
Brokers' Club

At the Thanksgiving meeting of tho
Bankers and Brokers' club held at the
University club Tuesday evening it
was announced that Haynes AIcFadden
secretary OF the Georgia Bankers as
ISOLATION. is making efforts to have
President-elect woodrow Wilson at
tend the next meeting Of the associa-
ton
william Hurd Hillyer. vice president
OF the Atlanta Trust company, deliv-
cred the address OF the evening. TAX
ing as his subject, Investment
Against Speculation" Mr.. Hillyer's
references to certain recent catastro-
Plies. which he termed stock specula-
tions rather than investments, were
received with enthusiasm.
W I. Perkerson, of the Fourth Ma
tional banlv president Of the ctub,
acted as POSTMASTER. and number or
members made short talks.
Among those who responded was Han
sell Hillyer.- of the Mechanics and
Metals National bank of New York, who
was a guest Of the club for the evening.
A p. Coles, vice president OF the
Central Bank and Trust corporation,
when called on, gave a most interesting
description Of the workings of the New
England Clearing house, a subject OF
particular interest to bankers, tending
TO simplify the adjustment OF exchange
charges and otherwise to modernize ana
improve the banking business. In this
discussion the bankers heard also the
views OF DR.. w. J. Blalock, president,
and Julius Bashinsk. Jr., vice president
Of the Fulton National bank; Henry w.
Davis and E. A. Bancker, Jr.. cashier
and assistant cashier of the Lowry Ma
tional bank; r.. W. Byers and A IA.
Bergstrom, assistant cashiers OF the
Third National bank, and others.
The discussion OF financial education
and agricultural development was also
a topic Of the evening. This branch OF
banking is receiving particular atten-
ton at this time. the object being TO
unity and establish the integrity OF
farm MORTGAGES, the acknowledged basis
Of the fundamental security of all agri-
cultural countries. The end which is
sought is to reduce the interest rate
to the farmer and to establish the Sc
curity so that II win be attractive to
banks. In this discussion w. G. Ward
law. of the Robinson Humphries-Ward-
law company, Carl H. Lewis, and II. c.
Heinz. of the Central Bank and Trust
corporation. ]. d. Leitner, Of the At
lanta National bank; Stewart McGinty,
Of the Fourth National, and others
Joined.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-29
73- YEAR-0LD DARBY
GOES TO CLAIM BRIDE

Especial Dispatch to The Journal)
DALTON, Ga, Nov. 27.-Just seventy
three years old and in the prime Of life,
Uncle" Ben cobb, an aged and respect
ed negro Of this city, has gone 10 sunny
Tennessee for his bride, Aunt Mackey
McCamy. just three years his junior.
Uncle" Ben denies he is marrying for
riches, for while his bride-elect has con-
siderable property. he viii bring her
here to live, and insists he will make
the living.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-11-29
Brush Funeral viii Take
Place in indianapolis

fBT ASSOCIATES EEes4sl
rNDIANkPOITS. Nov. 26.-The fu-
neral OF John T. Brush. president Of the
New York National league club. who
died IN his private car while on his way
west early today. viii take place at the
home OF his daughter. Mrs. Harry New
ton Hampstead. In this city Thursday
or Friday. The body is expected TO ar
rive late today and VIII be taken az
once to the daughters home.
other than that the funeral win be
held here. no arrangements have been
made. Burial probably viii be here
also.
Mrs. Brush and her daughter, Nata-
lie. are on the way here from Bryn
Mawr. Pa
Mr.. Brush had extensive business IN
terests here. He began his baseball
career BY purchasing SIS worth OF stock
in an Indianapolis baseball club twenty
Eve years ago