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The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16

Beatrix Smith; she had married Lieu
tenant Gordon Smith the year before
He was In Washington today, but
night.
That was the whole history, brief,
accurate and devoid of superfluoua
comment. She had there on the table
the original deed. maps and tax re-
ceipts.
Mason's face showed marked annoy.
ance. as that Of an eminent surgeon
would. who. having been sent for in
hot haste. arrives to find the patient
with bumped nose.
why do you send for met" he
said; ANY lawyer could adjust this
problem"
1T is vital to me-" replied the
woman: 1T means my happiness and
my husbands career. beg you to
help me-"
Her eyes began to I'LL up and her
lips trembled with distress.
Randolph Mason gave no attention
to the woman's emotions. He sat.
beating the tips Of his fingers on the
a. aAAo Va tAe SaaiTs Win eNlueut annoy
ance.
Let us get the thing over. then"
he said. Call up this man Gilbert
Williams. Say to him that Mrs. Smith
has determined to sell the lands: ask
him to come here at once with a
notary" ~
What" cried Beatrix Smith. sell
the land to Williams? the man who
robbed me! How can that help?'
Madam" said Randolph Mason, do
not worry me with petty pickering" :"
! signaied Beatrix Smith to a con-
ference with me in the hall DO ex.
actly as he says" I whispered when
We were outside the door. land hurry"
She promised and went swiftly up
stairs to the telephone.
In a very few minutes Gilbert VIII
liams arrived. He was red-haired
old fellow with face like fox, and
beady eyes set obliquely in his head.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Makino a Report,

Once in the good but crude days of
the Brooklyn police department, new
patrolman named Maloney found ne
gro lying In Kosciusko street in a
state of alcoholic coma. Asking a
chance pedestrian to watch the man,
Maloney fastened to the station house
to report.
Attempting to do this verbally. he
was told that he would have to do 1t
IN writing.
He. wrote for five minutes; then he
approached the desk. Say, SARGE" he
began, "how do you spell Kussyusgo?"
81 don't remember" said the SER
geant. go in and ask the captain"
Captain said Maloney, Il want to
make report, but can't spell Kussi-
usco."
"Nayther can l." said the captain.
Whats the nearest street to Kussy-
yusgok?"
Bedford" answered Maloney.
"Well, then, it's aisy enough" said
the captain, "Just go and drag the
man into the other street. Then come
back and rapport"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
GOT HIM DOWN TO EtarH
Volunteer Fire Fighter Had to Spoil
Perfectly Good Suit of Rubber to
Do the Trick.

One of the stories which Frank
Jones used to tell on himself is re-
peated by AL Campbell. who knew the
dead dramshop keeper very we'll.
Jones was born in Wales" said
Campbell. but when young man
lived in Bucyrus. o. They had vol
unteer fire department there and Jones
was made chief.
1.-The citizens took such an inter
est In u.s. said Jones in telling the
story, that they Clipped in and bought
us fire laddies new suits. Across the
breast of each suit was the motto:
I'VE live to save" and on mine. above
the motto was the word chief" in
very large letters. reaching nearly the
width Of the motto.
lone day. Jones went on in his
usual droll way, the hotel caught fire.
a small town 1t means SON ething. This
hotel was three stories high and we
believed 1t the largest in the known
world-having seen none any larger
"'When the fire bell rang all Of US
ran home to get our new suits on be-
fore attempting to fight such fire.
When we reassembled. one by one.
that hotel was certainly going some
In a third story window was a man
who. SO l heard later. Travelled for
wholesale rubber house. He said
something about how he would like to
be saved, but we could not understand
him.
"'This fellow got real mad and 60
ing back into his room put on some
kind Of a rubber suit which he blew
up. Then he leaped from that awful
tall building, three stories high. He
struck the ground and bounced back
as high as the top Of the hotel
"'Was he saved?' generally asked
the bystanders for whom the story
was intended.
Finally said Jones. but l had to
empty a six-shooter into that derned
inflated suit before I eventually got
him down to earth. kansas City
Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16

Randolph Mason arose when he came
in, and explained that as Mrs. Smith
wished to leave America at once, she
had determined to sell her lands, pro-
vided cash was paid. The lands were
worth thirty thousand dollars, but her
husband was absent and could not
convey his curtesy In the deed. She
would therefore take twenty thousand
cash and make a deed on the spot.
Gilbert Williams snapped up the offer.
He did not care anything about the
curtesy of the husband. The land
itself was worth nothing, the timber
only was valuable. His mills would
cut 1t off In year. and he was willing
to take the chance OF Mrs Smiths
living that long. He produced deed,
which he had brought with him to
New York, and ran pen through the
blank which 1t contained for the hus-
bands name. Beatrix signed the deed,
and the notary who accompanied VIII
liams filled in the acknowledgment
and affixed his seal In proper form.
Gilbert Williams wrote out check
on the Importers Bank of Commerce
for twenty thousand dollars. We ascer-
tained by telephone to the cashier
at his residence that the check was
good Williams then folded his deed,
put 1t in his pocket and departed with
the notary. The whole matter had
taken less than twenty minutes to bring
to a close.
Randolph Mason inquired at what
hour Lieutenant Gordon Smith would
arrive. and was told that he would be
at the house at half-past ten. Direct
the agent OF the Export Spruce COM
pany to be here at that hour" he
said Then he sat down in the oak
chair before the fire.
We were all greatly puzzled. We
did not see why this second purchaser
should be invited to come. Beatrix
Smith had nothing more to sell. The
transaction seemed to us to have ar
rived at It's final act. the curtain down
and the lights out
Sarah Lemarr came down to the hall
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16

tracks II that man told me to do 1t.
He is adorable. could follow him
around like dog and bite people II
he whistled to me. Not another word
out of you, or l will come down with
the dog-whip1 And she shook her
little clenched hand over the banis-
ters.
Finally we got the matter over.
Beatrix and her husband executed the
deed. got a notary from the Plaza.
The agent gave certified drafts on
Dexter Company for the twenty
thousand dollars. and, like Gilbert
Williams, folded his deed and depart
ed.
eyes swimming in tears. "Mr. Ma
son." she said, you have made ter
rible mistake. The Export Spruce
company is not the one who stole my
land. l cannot take Its money; 1t
will not get the property" And she
went on with a torrent Of lamentation.
Madam" said Mason. rising. all
this is drivel. have made no mistake.
The Export Spruce company will get
every acre that 1t has this night pur-
chased" Then he directed Beatrix to
cash the checks at the earliest hour in
the morning and sail at once for Eng
land
When we went down the steps to
his carriage. Sarah Lemarr slipped out
from behind the door and caught my
arm. Il shall see to It," she whis-
pered They shall sail on the ST. Paul
at eleven o'clock" Then she gripped
me until her nails hurt through my
sleeve. "Oh. Courtlandt," she said. Il
have at last seen mani" and she
closed the big door behind me.
The solution OF the matter arrived a
month later. was taking hasty
luncheon at a downtown cafe. when
Freddie Harland of the firm Of Milton.
Harland & Gaynor. came in and seated
himself in the chair beside me.
Hello, Parks" he said. "Old Will
liams tells me you were present when
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16

and peeped through the door at Ma
son. where he sat motionless. his
right elbow on the twisted arm Of the
grotesquely carved chair, his clenched
fingers propping up his jaw.
20 Courtlandt." she whispered. "he
is splendid! think Lancelot must
have looked like that when he sat
In Arthur's double-dragoned chair to
umpire the last tournament. Just
fancy. with what freezing. acid irony
he would have said. Hast thou won ?
Art thou the purest brother!' to such
an unconscionable rake as Triftan." "
Then she swore Beatrix to obedience
and slipped back up the great stair
way.
A few minutes after ten o'clock.
Lieutenant Gordon Smith arrived. and.
little later. the agent of the Export
Spruce company. Mason arose when
this agent entered. and explained. as
he had done to Gilbert Williams. that
Mrs. Smith was about to sail for Eng
land. and had decided to sell her land.
She would take twenty thousand dol
lars In cash for 1t. the deed to be exc
cuted and the money to be paid down.
The agent agreed at once. and pro-
duced his deed. He was prepared as
Williams was. Mason directed Beatrix
Smith and her husband to execute the
deed. l had no end OF trouble with
Beatrix in the hall this time. She
did not want to make another deed:
she had sold her land; she would not
rob the Export Spruce company. 1t
was not the company that had stolen
her land; Mr.. Mason had clearly got
ten the two companies confused. He
was making an awful blunder. must
call him out and set him right about
1t.
Instead. 1 called Sarah Lemarr She
berated Beatrix like pirate. Disobey
Randolph Mason? the thing was un-
thinkable! Make mistake? not that
big. fine. bronze god broodlng by his
sacred fire. why. GIRL" she said, 81
would shoot every one OF you In your
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
A Question Of Names.

In some of the country districts OF
ireland it is not an uncommon thing
to see carts with the owners, names
chalked on to save the expense Of
painting. says the Youths Compan-
ion. Practical jokers delight in rub
bing out these signs to annoy the
owners.
A constabulary sergeant one day
accosted countryman whose name
had been thus wiped out unknown to
him.
"Is this your cart. my good MANI"
"Of course 1t Isl" was the reply.
Do you see anything the matter with
it?"
"I observe said the pompous po-
liceman, "that your name is o-blither.
ated."
Then your wrong quoth the
countryman, who had never come
across the long word before, for me
names O'Flaherty, and l don't care
who knows it,
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Real Suffering.

Little Tommy Jones' mother has
been drilling into his little memory
the first principles of politeness. One OF
these is to refuse the second piece OF
cake whenever it is offered to him.
Tommy and his mother recently were
guests of neighbor at dinner. The
hostess was indulgent and fond OF
little Tommy and watching his ef-
forts to appease his appetite. Finally
1t was time to eat the cake. Tommy
made short work of his allotted one
piece and the hostess passed the cake
to him the second time. Like we'll
bred youngster. he replied:
mo, thanks"
"You seem to be suffering from loss
of appetite" the hostess commented.
"'Tain't loss of appetite" was Tom
my's reply; I'm suffering from eti-
quette."
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Not on His List.

The late Rev. Horatio Stebbins o.
San Francisco was man of large and
noble powers, but more familiar with
the world of intellectual and schol-
astic interests than with trivial and
timely things, says the Cleveland
Leader.
His household was blessed with Il
charming daughter. who grew up tall
and beautiful. commanding the admir-
alton of all who saw her. One day
a visitor said to the good doctor:
Doctor. your daughter grows more
charming day by day. Why. she's
regular Gibson girl"
"Ah. thank you; thank you" re-
piled the doctor in his best manner.
When the visitor had gone, turning to
his wife. the doctor asked: MY dear.
who are the Gibsons?"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Increased Cost OF bullets.

The cost of killing soldier in bat
tie is going to be appreciably increased
by the rise in the market price OF lead.
says the London Mirror.
The cartridge manufacturers who
fulfill the British war office contracts
are at present supplying large orders
placed some months ago at old prices
but the new contracts VIII be revised
In connection with the price OF lead.
which has largely increased during the
last six months.
mot only the lead but the nickel
casing to pit it and the brass for the
cartridge case have also Increased In
price. In fact nearly all Of the base
metals have gone up" said the London
manager of a well known manufactur-
ing house.
"The price of lead has also increased
the price of sporting cartridges from
to Tx per cent. SO that shooting par
tridges and pheasants will cost you
more"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Eloauenoe of eeverldae.

Citizens Jones and Brown disagreed
as to the eloquence of ex-senator Bev.
evidge. Said Jones: He was one Of
the most eloquent men in Congress.
You should have heard him speak"
Il did hear him. / listened to him
two hours one afternoon"
What was he talking about?'
81 don't know; he didn't say"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
unslnkahle Shin.

Plans for an unsuitable trans-Atlan-
tic ship have been made by Otto Kret.
schmer. dean of the engineering de-
partment of the Charlottenburg Tech
nical high school. In them he en-
bodies the principle Of constructing a
hull within a hull. The inner body,
which is entirely independent OF the
outer. contains all the engines and
boilers and is walled In with steel
structure.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
In a Hurry.

Magistrate-Well. what is the charge
against this old man?
Officer-Stealing some birthstone,
your honor. He was caught inNthe act.
Magistrate ito prisoner My aged
friend. couldn't you have waited few
years longer?
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
What She Noticed.

How did you like Miss kazozzle's
aria at the musicale last night!
asked Mrs. Oldcastle.
IL didn't notice It," replied MIS-
Gottalotte. but thought them black
earrings she had on looked kind OF
cheap"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Violently Reactlonary.
,,,r,,r had waved fat.

JeShurun nad Waxeu lat.
"You are having too easy time
said his physician. "Lop off some OF
your useless luxuries and earn your
living by work, as the common peo-
pie do" ,
1t was then that he began to kick.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
A Carplnu Friend,

"a college offers me degree for .
million"
do you want to be a college youth r
No; but I'd like degree"
"Oh, why spend aG that money
Join the boy scoutx-"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
An Eye to Business

Father seems impressed with your
talk about coupons" said the girl.
Have you really any?" Sure" an,
swered the guileful youth. SGot TOO
saved up toward the furniture for our
little flat"
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
Unfair Blow.

Charming Wife.-Gerald. all / had
to pay for this lovely hat was 50. How
does 1t strike you?
Surprised Husband (gasping)-
Marie. that strikes me below the
money belt.
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
25A 2azueaeaME

Denver Colo will send. free. a useful pres-
ami and a valuable book, How to Become
Most Successful" to all who write TINS week
The Springfield herald., 1912-08-16
For the legal principle Involved
ALIe - - ~

For the legal principle Involved
In this story see Austin ct al.
v. Brown ct al, 81 W.. Va, 634.
Syllabus. Austin ct al. v. Brown
ct al, supra. IN. A. g., q mar
rled woman. not living separate
and apart, but with her husband,
undertook by deed to
sell and convey certain tract
Of land, part Of her real estate
=. Held. said pretended deed
was wholly Intellectual to dIvest
N. A. B., the srantor, Of her OWN
ership Of such land, and did not
pass any Interest therein, legal
or equitable. to the said
grantees"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-22

insist we are getting the breaks,
but those who have watched the
Red Sox know otherwise.
I I believe we have the greatest
team in the land, and barring Sc
rious accidents we cannot be stop
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-22

AS told to Paul Shannon by Jim
McAleer.
If Boston wins the American
league pennant it will not be on a
fuke. Other owners and man
ayers may shout hard luck" and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-11

been so wonderful in the last few
years that even expert aviators
will not hazard a guess.
All they can say is that the
aeropiane is responding as moth
ing else is to the demand of the
modern speed maniac for fast,
faster, fastest. And what is in
conceivable speed today may see,
what 200 miles an hour tomor-
row?
1t is but three years since the
Gordon Bennett aeroplane race
was instituted, and in that brief
time the speed of aerial racing
craft has more than doubled.
The 1909 race was won at so
miles an hour. The other day, in
1912 Gordon Bennett race in Hill
nois, Jules Vedrines flew, around
small circular course, 1865
miles an hour. And the same af-
ternoon he bettered that by max
ing 20 kilometres in less than 7
minutes speed of over l07
miles an hour.
Try to grasp what such speed |
means. For more than 100 miles |
this daredevil little French me-
chanic, with his 140horse-pow
monoplane, built in the likeness
of flying fish, outstripped any |
fish that ever flew, and any but |
the very fastest birds. Every |
minute, for go minutes in success
sion, he moved 9240 feet. Every |
second he put 154 feet behind him |
half the distance of an average
city block.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-11

the beginning. If the speed has
doubled in three years, why may
it not double again in the next
three?
How long will it be until man
can fly from New York to Chi
cago between breakfast and
lunch, and from Chicago to Den
yer between lunch and dinner.
And the pity of it is that Amer
lea, which first fitted wings to the
gas engine and made man at home
in the air lines, has surrendered
its conquest to foreigners. The
last Gordon Bennett race went by
default to the French, and the
only use found for an American
aeroplane was to go aloft for the
purpose of photographing the
flying Frenchman. I
Our aviators lack scientific and
mechanical knowledge, they lack
the all-important engines of the
Europeans, and they lack the
monoplane models that are to our !
numbering biplanes as the eagle
to the quail.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-11
Quick lunch.
60

The leaf of the Ceylon talipot
palm, which grows to hundred
feet in height, is so wide that it
will cover twenty men,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-07
The Origin Of o. X.

Eve Up-to-Date in New Orleans
Times Democrat: This is declared
to be the origin of 20. X; When
the civil war broke out and the late
Gornelious Kendall enlisted. there
was large bakery in Chicago Of
which his father, Orrin Kendall, was
the founder and head. The organ
ization Of the armies made tre-
rnendous demand upon the bakeries
for ship bread or .'hard tack"
The firm of o. Kendall & Sons was
one of the many bakeries that
launched extensively into its max
ing, and they stamped 20. H." upon
the army bread just as they always
had upon their crackers. The opin-
ion quickly spread among The sol.
diers that 70. K" hard tack was a
little better than the average. The
letters thus became current army
slang for approval and when the
war was over the slang symbol o. X.
was carried into civil life and occu-
pations.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-07
Must Resist and Defeat Harris
Schemes

The Homer Guardian-Journal
says. Doubtless a number OF
chahges will be made in the school
laws by The next legislature. Wheth
Ter Prof. Harris succeeds in getting
his system adopted or not, there
will be a number of changes in the
cid law and the children will pro
baby be required to purchase an
other set Of text books. Every four
years important changes are made
in the school laws and we presume
the next legislature will not be an
exception to The proceeding ones
1t is the deliberate opinion of the
Caucasian that the duly of the leg
Iislature is plain. As the represen-
tative Of the people the legislature
must resist and defeat the schemes
of Prof. Harris, as already outlined
Should Prof Harris be elected IN
the April election before he as
|sllmes his functions he must be inn
pressed with the fact that he is a
servant of the people and not an
|autocrat.
It will also devolye on the legis-
lature to provide against the I'M
necessary change of books as has
been the custom, system which
lis costly to the parents of the child
|fen attending the public schools and
lis a burden on the people of limited
means.
The only individuals who profit
from these changes are the book
sellers.
Tn The past it has been the peo-
Lnlei The People be -.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-07
Is Opposed to Excessive Speed

1t is encouraging 10 note that Col
onel Edward S. Coonell is opposed t.,
the excessive speed Of automobiles
and motorcycles.
Colonel Coonell of New York, il
the secretary Of the National High
way Protective Society.
For years he has been protest
ing against this recklessness on the
highways and is urging The issu'
of character license as in Connect,
cut where The law is enforced eff
fectiyely.
Under the provisions Of this law
license is not issued indiscriminate-
ly, and therefore the reckless are
minimized if not denied license
for speeding their automobiles and
their motorcycles. 9. -. a
Lights should be displayed visi.
bly,, upon all vehicles using the
between sunset and sun,
rise and the law should be enforced
rigidly and impartially against all
the violaters Of reasonable speed
limit.
Such an anactment should be pro
vided for Shreveport. where some
speeders have no regard or con
sideration for pedestrians.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-07
A LAW DEFIANCE
A Chinese In New Orleans RcSias
the Order Of the State Beard OF
Health.

The order rifor cleaning up," is
sued on the authority Of the State
Board of Health and which is be-
ing enforced through the energy OF
DR.. Oscar bowling, president, has
been resisted by Chinese restau-
rant keeper in New Orleans.
This Chinese had been arrested
for the violation of the Sanitary
Code. On being tried before Judge
Fisher, the release was ordered on
the contention that the State Board
Of Health has the power only to
draft a sanitary code with regard to
pure food and drugs, and that its
authority did not extend over sani-
tary conditions of buildings. D..
This is the stretching Of techni-
cality TO the extreme. 1t is defiance
Of one having little regard for clean
illness or godliness. -.
Here is an instance Of foreigner
whose defiance Of law, whose en-
forcement is suggested in the gen.
eral interest of the public welfare.
is the rankest of insolence.
But there ara others, having a
contempt for all restraints of law.
lawbreakers claiming the protection
Of the State in safeguarding their
property and their lives, individuals
lacking in The faintest anpreciation
Of the first principle of free coun-
Try, and who assume that liberty
being license would defy every
restraint Of law and common de-
cency.
ForttnatcIy law Defiance is not
long tolerated and the order TO
clean up will prevail regardless OF
The leehnieaIities.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-07
4 Woman TO- be EIectrOcIYted

|. Plymouth. Mass. March 5.-For
The first time in Massachusetts
criminal procedure. a woman, Mrs.
Lena Cusumano, Of Hull. was today
sentenced to death in the electric
chair by Judge Quinn in the ply
mouth Superior Court here.
Enriro Masioli. whose name has
been anglicized into Harry Mar
shall" and who was convicted Joint
ly with Mrs. Cusumano for the mur-
der of the woman's husband. Frank
Gusumano, in September, 1910, also
vas sentenced 10 death.
Both sentences are to be carried
out in the state prison at Charles
town during the week beginning
June 2.