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Ripley County democrat., 1912-04-19


The matron with auburn hair sighed.
II had to-" she explained. And" she
added, with sudden burst OF conf
dence, you've no idea, dearest, what
q relief it is. For two years, once a
week, I've hooked myself into my best
clothes and sat all of a pleasant sun
ny afternoon in some ones stuffy
drawing room, gambling for, let us
say, green sunshade that would
make me look, If won 1t, like a horse
show poster. have partaken enthu-
siastically Of slruplike ice creams and
oily salads forty-fve minutes before
dinner hour" She paused for breath
and smiled suddenly upon her caller.
Instead Of all that she concluded,
Il now repose In this easy chair with
a book and box of chocolates, which
achieve the same effect upon my ap-
petite, but are less strenuous"
Nonsense" said young Mrs. ALI
son. You're losing the social instinct,
that's all! All suburbanites do. But
as remarked to begin with, you haye
adopted the wise course"
She frowned thoughtfully, while her
hostess waited in silence
"Well?' her hostess demanded, final.
ly.
IT'S vnry tragic" said young Mrs.
Allison. You know my Aunt Elvi-
ra?"
The matron with auburn hair nod
9ed "rhe poor woman who was so
III at your house last summer" she
said.
Poor nothing" contradicted young
Mrs. Allison, sternly. There's moth
ing the matter with Aunt Elvira but
imaginary diseases, She's so grabbed
that her own children won't live with
her, and she's so rich that her other
relatives have to. She takes a private
car down to Florida every winter and
l had thought that Fred and could
make rather pleasant use of an invi-
tation to go with her this year, be-
cause Fred didn't get any vacation In
the summer.
We'll, my love, last week Saturday
l positively dragged Fred home from
the office to go out to the Country
club with me in the afternoon. l felt
that my system demanded the diver
sion and l didn't want to go alone. It
was a horrid, chilly trip and our sup
per out there was miserable. When
we got home this Is the message writ
ten on Aunt Elvira's visiting card that
met me in the hand of the maid:
" Dear Celeste-Pm sorry you
couldn't take time from your pursuit
of pleasure to comfort my tired and
travel stained self. I'm going over to
Cousin Emma's. Respectfully, A. e."
The matron with auburn hair gasp
ed. "But did you know she was COM
ing?" she asked.
"oh, no." said young Mrs. Allison.
composedly, mot having a sixth sense
for her arrivals in town. It's lust
one of her little eccentricitles, that's
ALL Cousin Emma goes to Florida |
on Thursday" she added, sadly.
We'll. of all things!' cried she ma |
tron with auburn hair. sympatheticaliy. |
After you and Fred had It all |
planned"
WE'LL" admitted young Mrs. AL.
lison, slowly. "as q mater Of fact,
Fred hadn't planned exactly He SEEM
ed positively to enjoy the situation. |
He said he had picture of himself
going, anyway. And he added that he'd |
rather. pound rocks than to go any
where with Aunt Elvira. Good-by,
dear; I'm going to join your easy chair
hrfcn da n,nd Al sn.r hnIn ga L.. Al.
Ripley County democrat., 1912-04-19
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M nor,x NnVorst
ILLUSTRATIONS by M.G.NTRER

spoken to Miss Lane. She doesn't
know our names"
And the woman answered: She
does lot like that She's got heart
bigger'n her little body"
And big boy in the front row said
back to the others: We'll, she makes
a mint of money"
And the woman who had spoken be-
fore said: 'She gives 1t nearly all
to the poor" ...
Ruggles was evidently on the poor
side of the waiting crowd; the hand
full of riffraff around him with its
stencil Of dirt and gin. A better look
ing set collected opposite and there
was the CLEAN Of white shirt fronts.
Now, there she comes" the father
saw her first. "Sing out, Cissy."
The door opened and figure quick
ly floated from it, like a white rose
blown out into the foggy darkness. 1t
foated down the few steps to the
street between the double row Of spec
tators. A white cloak entirely COW
cred the actress. Her head was hid
den by a white scarf, and she almost
ran the short gantlet to her motor, be-
tween the cries of God bless you'll
Three cheers for Lefty Lane"-"God
bless you, lady" She didn't speak or
heed, however, or turn her head, but
held her scarf against her face, and
the man who slowly lounged behind
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I JUST WONDER
,lF M |
! Expenses |
kARE REGULAR

about my extravagant expense &C
count? -.....
Il had no kind friend to lend ma
$4,000 cash to help me push my
campaign for congress.
II am satisfied nearly all of my con-
stituents are the salt of the earth.
"My friends put my hat in the ring.
and they say 1t Is constitutional.
CAS- candidate I have been implor-
ing voters to aid me to get on the
public pay roll in Washington and get
nice and warm in my seat In con-
gress before the United States treas
ury becomes bankrupt and pawns our
beautiful building, our national cap
itol, to my Uncle Rothschild.
at has been my soaring ambition
all this summer to be on a street
corner speaking on soap box and
face bitter contest of mollycoddlers
in my Third congressional district I'M
til the polls close Tuesday, November
5, 1912.
Il have not bribed any voter, but
did buy q small chicken sandwich for
a colored gentleman"
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VITASHINGTON.- a way a very
w ludicrous thing happened in one
Of the committee rooms recently when
the official reporter declared that the
documents submitted in a certain case
were fabricated, because they read
"too smoothly" and that men did not
talk that way. The stenographer lost
members of congress and United
States senators are absolutely depend
ent upon the official stenographers for
decent records of the scattering and
often incoherent and original speeches
which they make in congress. 1t is
positively funny to listen to some
of the speeches, and then read the
same speech as it is ironed out for
print in the Congressional Record.
A representative, for instance, gets
up and says: ''Mr. Speaker-Mr.
Speaker-am I recognized, Mr-ur-
Observation-Disclosures? I-ur-
have-ur--ah been misunderstanding
-ur with a good deal of interest, sir
ur-remarks, sir-I mean-ur, Mr.
Speaker-ur Mr.. Speaker - from
Wayback, and-ur-I want to say
Mr. Speaker-ur-ah-uh that, Mr.
Speaker-ur, representing the consti
tuents of a-ur-a-ur great congress
sional district of more than 100000
members, sir, mean-ur, Mr.. Speak
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Not Seen in Congressional Record

err, cannot afford-ur to sit here and
hear these constituents, sir-ur In
suited, sir, by remarks, sir, l mean,
Mr.. Speaker, Of the gentlemen from
Wayback, and -ur l stand here, sir,
In the presence of the great American
-ur-ur people to defend, yes, sir,
to defend the bringing, sir, upon my
constituents, sir, that is-ur satisfac-
tory-ur to all when 1 was elected
ur to this honorable body, sir. But,
sir-I mean, Mr.. Speaker" And
about this time the gavel OF the
speaker comes down with bang that
rattles the medallions in the glass
ceiling, and he says just as easy: Tine
time of the gentleman from - has
expired" and his oratory Is cut
short. Now, you don't suppose for
once that that sort Of stuff is going
to appear in the Congressional Rec
ord. No, indeed. The official stenog-
rapher has taken down every "uh
and ah," and goes to the little desk
at the end of his five minutes stands,
and talks it into the photograph just
as smooth and pretty as anything you
ever read in your life, and 1t comes
out just as though Mr.. Representative
was an orator of the first class, and
he sends It back to his constituents.
and they think he's wonderful to
speak right on the floor of congress
in that wonderful way. ..-
1t is the general belief among news
paper readers that it is the so-called
"Backwoods" statesmen, who are the
guilty ones in this respect, but the of
fetal stenographers say that the re-
marks of some of the members known
throughout the land as brilliant ora
tors, would at times look something
like the foregoing.
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Stakes Sandwich on Seat in Congress

UNIQUE among the candidates who
u ran the other day in the Pennsyl.
yania primaries is DR.. Moses Stern
of Philadelphia, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for congress
in the Third district. DR.. Stearn filed
with South Trimble, clerk Of the
house of representatives, sworn
statement that his expenses in the
primaries amounted to 25 cents.
When he read the morning papers
DR.. Stearn probably learned whether
the bread which he cast upon the wa
tiers was returned unto him many
fold. He frankly confessed that he
wanted to get on the public pay roll
with warm seat in congress before
the country went bankrupt.
He was a bit worried lest a part Of
his expenditure may not have been
regular. He insisted that he has
bribed no one, but admitted that he
did purchase a small chicken sandwich
'for a colored gentleman" The rest
Of the 26 cents was spent for ten two
cent stamps, which were used to mail
his nomination papers to the proper
authorities.
DR.. Stearn gave the house much in
formation about himself and his ambi-
tons, as we'll as his campaign. in the
statement which he made to the clerk
Here are some choice extracts from his
statement.
Il hope yor have no complaint
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His Brides Name Slipped from Mind

never questioned In the bureau, and,
anyway, a young man about to take
unto himself wife Is supposed to be
thoroughly familiar with said wife's
name and address.
However, Covert informed Knoll
that his bride-to-be was Miss Vera
lone. The license was issued to
George H. Covert and Miss Vera lone.
and the minister delegated 10 tie the
knot was the Rev. Charles Wood. Not
until the bridal pair reached the par
sonaga did they discover the grave
error made by Covert, and a hurried
trip was made to the home of Col.
John e Young, clerk Of the court.
who rectiaed the error, and promised
to make~the necessary change in the
official record book as soon as he
reached his office next morning.
The knot was tied Immediately, and
Covert attributes the mistake to the
fact that he was nervous-this being
his first venture. He has been exon
Grated by Mrs. Covert, nee Vera lone
Murray.
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CHAPTER W.-Continued.

A page boy knocked at the door and
came in holding out on a salver a card
for Mr.. Ruggles, and at the Interrupt
ton Galorey rose and invited Ruggles
to go out with him that night to Os-
dene. Lady Galorey will be de-
lighted"
But Ruggles shook his head. THE
boy is coming back here tonight" and
Galorey laughed.
Don't you believe 1t! You don't
know how deep in he is. You don't
know the Duchess of Breakwater.
Shuce he is with her"
At the same time that the page boy
handed Mr.. Ruggles the card Of the
caller, he gave him as well a small
envelope, which contained box tickets
tor the Gaiety. Ruggles examined il.
81 have got some writing to do" he
told Galorey, land I'm going to see
a show tonight, and | think III just
stay here and watch my hole"
AS soon as Galorey had left the
Carlton, Mr.. Ruggles despatched his
letters and his visitor, made a very
careful toilet, and after waiting until
past eight o'clock for Dan to return
TO dinner, dined alone on roast beef
and a tart, and with perfect digestion,
If somewhat thoughtful mind, left the
hotel and walked down the dim street
to the brilliant Strand, and on foot to
the Gafety.
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Sad Predicament of Two Politicians
WHILE Colonel Walter Watkins of

WHILE Colonel Walter Watkins Of
w Tennessee was in Washington re-
Gently he told about the sad predica-
ment two citizens Of his state got into
talking politics while travelling east
some years ago on a Pullman car. 1t
was a hot night and sleep was impos-
sible. They were in the smoking
room, and fell to talking about state
affairs While thus engaged an old
grizzled. gaunt man came in, clad as
befitted a torrid night, and began
smoking. The two politicians kept UP
their talk and were regretting bow
poorly their state was represented at
Washington. They were somewhat
sarcastic in referring to the senate
rial delegation and declared that
younger and more vigorous men were
needed.
Looking at our. senator's was re-
marked. They are played out. Bate
is old and Harris Is dried up and USE
less"
Just then the old stranger In the
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CHAPTER viii.
Dams Simplicity.

The Duchess of Breakwater was not
sure how close Dan Blair's thoughts
were to marriage, but the boy from
Montana was the easiest prey that
had come across the beautiful and
INSCRIPTIONS woman's range. He had
told her that he stayed on up In Lon
don to see a man from home, and
when after four days he still fingered
in town, she found his absence I'M
bearable, and sent him a wire so
worded that II he had a spark OF in
terest in her he must Immediately re-
turn to the Park. She had never been
more lovely than when Dan found her
waiting for him.
She had ordered tea in her sitting
room. She told him that he looked
frightfully seedy, asked him what he
had been doing and why he had
stopped so long away. and Blair told
her that old Ruggles, his fathers
friend, had run over to see him with
a lot Of papers for Dan to read and
sign and closed with smile, telling
her that he guessed she didn't know
much about business"
Il only know the horrid things OF
business-debts, and loans. and bills.
and fussing."
Those things are not business"
Dan answered wisely; they are just
common or garden carelessness."
She asked him why he had not
brought Ruggles out to Osdene. and
he told her he couldn't have done q
stroke of work with the old boy down
here at the Park. .
Stirring his tea, he appreciated the
duchess. The agreeable picture she
made impressed him nightly.
DO you know" he asked suddenly.
what you make me think of"
And she responded softly: mo,
dear"
"a boz of candy. This room with
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STORIES
@0H9
DIAMOND

None of the big league teams for
1912 are unfamiliar
Games in Cincinnati will begin at 8
o'clock this season.
New idols always appeal to the
baseball enthusiasts.
Connie Mack's 1911 luck deserted
him to start the season.
The Dodgers have sent Infielder Jim.
my Breen back TO Milwaukee.
No one wishes to see the recruits
make good more than the fans.
Hughie Duffy's start with Milwau-
kee was not particularly suspicious.
st. Joseph has turned Second Base.
man Lowthers back to Washington
Baltimore has released Pitcher Dave
Roth to Troy, ana Catcher Fingal to
York.
The Giants have released Infielders
Bues and Stock and Pitcher Munsell
to Buffalo.
Tum Tucker, once the king of first
basemen, is foreman in a Holyoke,
Mass, factory.
"be good" Roger Bresnahan ieels con-
siderably better.
Arlie Latham would accept a posi-
ton as umpire in some good league.
He says so himself
Harry Davis has a chance to show
what the Mack school of managerial
coaching accomplishes.
Selling a veteran to get waivers on
a recruit is a new kink of baseball
politics disclosed by McGraw.
Manager Irby Of the Helena team
released Murray, Annis and Cole.
Murray has signed with Ogden.
w. A. Phelon, the wellknown sport
ing writer, says: Without Cobb the
Tigers shrink to mere tomcats."
Detroit is trying to sign John J. Nc.
Cormick the Ho1yoke boy who former.
ly caught for Cornell university.
Claude Elliott, the pitcher of other
days, is to be an umpire on the Wis.
consin-Illinois league staff this seas an.
Noah Henline, sold by Baltimore to
Troy, but who could not agree to
terms, has Joined the Troy training
squad.
Dan Murphy, the Athletics new field
captain, is bubbling over with aggres-
siveness and Connie Mack Is all
smiles.
George Mullin says he has set his
heart on this being his best year. To
make 1t that he will have to go some,
all will admit.
81 appointed Wagner captain of the
Pirates because he understands my
system and has had the necessary ex.
perience," says Fred Clarke.
The White Sox have sent Roland
Barrows to Jersey City. He was out
under option to the Lowell club o. the
New England league last year.
Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio is q
thirty-third degree fan. and knows the
players of the big leagues about az
well as his Office boy knows them
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The weakness of the Boston Nation.
al League club last year was In the
pitchers box, for the South End outfit
did enough hard hitting and scored
enough runs to assure itself much
better position in the championship
race than that in which 1t finally land
ed. No great change has been made
in the pitching staff this year, but
Manager King has three or four real
ly good men, and the new owners are
only waiting to see what is really
needed before opening their purse
strings and going out to get 1t.
With ICY" Young promising to re-
gain some of his former strength this
season, and with Tyler, McTigue. Per.
due, Mattern and newcomers named
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WHEN George H. Covert, sales
w man, living at the Y. M. c. A.,
walked into the marriage license bu-
reau in City Hall the other day to
apply for the necessary paper which
would enable him to become the hus-
band of Miss Vera lone Murray. a
Washington girl, Covert was nervous
naturally. But his plunge into the
matrimonial sea, clerks Of experience
say, affected him in most unusual
way. He forgot the name OF his bride
to-be.
Covert approached Clerk Knoll
shortly after three o'clock in the aft
ernoon and applied for a marriage H.
cense The clerk obligingly issued it,,
and asked no questions. Names are
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its stuffed walls, and you In It are
good enough"
ITO eat?" she laughed aloud. "Oh.
you perfectly killing creature. what
an ideal"
And as he met her eyes with his
clear ones, with simplicity she
could never hope to reach, he put bis
tea-cup down; and as he did SO the
duchess observed his strong hands,
their vigor, well-kept and muscular,
but not the dandifled hands Of the
man who goes often to the manicure.
IF it hadn't been for one thing"
the boy went on, II would have
thought of nothing else but you, every
minute I've been away"
"Mr. Rugglesf" suggested the duch-
ess. -.
mo, the Gaiety girl, Lefty Lane.
You know l told you in the box that
she was from my town."
The young man, who. had flown
back to Osdene Park in answer to
a telegram, began to take his compan-
ion into his confidence.
81 knew that girl" Dan said, "whep
she wasn't more than fourteen. She
sold me sodawater over the drug
store counter. / always thought she
was bully, bright as button and pref
ty as a peach. Once. l remember,
took six chocolate sodas in one day
Just to 60 in and see her. had an
awful time. most died Of that Jag,
and yet" he said meditatively. Il
don't think l ever spoke three words
TO her, just said 'sarsaparilla' or
chocolate or whatever 1t might hap
pen to be. Ever since that day, ever
since that jag" he said with feeling,
81 couldn't see stick of chocolate
and keep my head up! Well" went
on the boy, Sarah Towney sang in
our church for missionary meeting,
and was there. l can remember the
song she sang" He spoke with I'M
conscious ardor. He didn't refer to
the hymn, however, but went on with
his narrative. "She disappeared from
Blairtown. never had a peep at her
again until the other night. GCfta!"
he said fervently, when | saw her
there on the stage, why, I felt as
though cold water was running up
and down my spine.
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SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair. the 22-year-old son of the
nifty million-dollar copper king OF Blair
town, Mont. is a guest at the English
home Of Lady Galorey. Dams father had
been courteous to Lord Galorey during
his visit to the United States and the
courtesy is now being returned to the
young man. The youth has an ideal girl
In his mind He meets Lily, Duchess of
Breakwater, a beautiful widow, who Is
attracted by his immense fortune and
takes a liking to her. When Dan was a
boy, a girl sang a solo at a church, and
he had never forgotten her. The Ca
loreys, Lily and Dan attend a London
theater where one Lefty Lane Is the star
Dan recognizes her as the girl from his
town. and going behind the scenes intro
duces himself and she remembers him.
He learns that Prince Poniotowsky Is
sutton and escort to Lefty. Lord Ga
lorey and a friend named Ruggles deter
mine to protect the westerner from Lily
and other fortune hunters.
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The duchess, as a rule, was amused
by his slang. 1t seemed vulgar to her
now.
Heavens" she drawled, you are
really too dreadful"
He didn't seem to hear her.
She's turned out a perfect wonder,
hasn't she? A world-beater! Why,
everybody tells me there isn't another
like her in her specially. or course
have heard of Lefty Lane, but 1
haven't been out to things slice /
went in mourning, and I've never run
up against her."
Really" drawled the duchess
again, now that you have run I'D
against her what are you going to
do with her? Marry herr"
His honest stare was the greatest
relief she had ever experieneed. He
repeated bluntly: Marry her? Why
the dickens should IL"
You seem absorbed in her,"
He agreed with her. y am. J
think she's great, don't you?"
Hardly"
CTo BE CoNTINUT-D
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her to the ear, and put her In and got
in after her, was not the man Joshua
Ruggles had waited there to see. He
hung about until the footman had
sprung up and the car moved softly
away, the stage entrance door shut,
then he followed along with the
crowd, with the few faithful who had
waited an hour In the cold mist to
cry out their applause, not to singer
In "Mandalay," but to woman's
heart
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Donnelly and Brady, all promising
Boston will be in fairly good shape re-
garding boxmen. Behind the bat Killing
will have Rariden, whose arm is so
good, and Gowdy, who came to the
team late last season, and whose back
stopping has been one of the features
of his teams work in the south.
Except for various pitchers and
catchers, Manager Killing started the
season with only two regular players
who began the campaign with Fred
Tenney year ago. These are Sween-
ey at shortstop and Miller in right
field. All of the other seven players
came to the club in 1911, and the pur-
chases. and trades that were made
generally were for the better.
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War.

One Inevitable characteristic OF
modern war is, that It 70 associated
throughout, in all particulars, with
vast and most irregular formation OF
commercial enterprise. There IL no
incentive to Mammon.worship so re-
markable as that which It affords. The
political economy Of war 10 now one
Of its most commanding aspects.
Even apart from the fact that
war suspends. ipso facto, every rule
of public thrift, and tends to sap hon
esty itself In the use Of the public
treasury for which It makes such un-
bounded calls. 1t therefore IL the
greatest feeder Of that lust Of gold
which we are told Is the essence OF
commerce, though We had hoped Il
was only fits occasional besetting sin.
w. e. Gladstone.
Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but that which thinks within me
must think for ever; that which feels
must feel; am. and I can nexss
cease to be.-James Montgomery.
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corner arose and with gestures of
prize-fighter began to abuse and
scarify the two takers, who gaped in
wonderment. When the irate old man
subsidized the politicians exclaimed:
who are you to be so upset about
our conservation"
Il am Senator Harris" said the
stranger in tones that could be heard
above the rumbling of. the train, "and
have a mind to throw both OF you
out OF the window"
They had not recognized the SEN
ator in his pajamas In the semi-dark.
ness.