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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
Pierre Grenville

~ HICOT, the innkeeper, of Epre-
& vile. stopped his small cart
~ outside Mother Magloire's farm.
He was a sturdy man of 40, redfaced
and stout and had the reputation OF
being rather sharp.
The horse was tied to a post at the
gate and its Cwner went inside the
yard. He owned some property ad-
joining old Magloire's fields which he
had always looked upon with Gov
etOus eyes. At least 20 times he had
tried to buy the farm, but Mother
Magloire had refused to listen and
had told him to leave her in peace.
Il was born on this place and I am
going to die here too" she always
said.
She was standing outside the door
peeling potatoes, when he c3me- She
worker as any young woman.
Chicot sat down on low bench next
her
We'll. how is your health, Mother
MaSlOire," he asked. You are look
ing WELL
"Oh, am not complaining, and how
are you, Father Prosper
a little tired" he replied.
No more was said. They both knew
what was coming.
Don't you want to sell the farm
yet?" he inquired at last. Sell the
farm to me and every month I'll bring
You $50 francs. Do you understand?
will come here every month and bring
you $50 francs in my little cart. 9th
erwise there will be no change. You
stay here and do not bother your
head about me, not a bit. You have
nothing 10 do but to accept the money.
That is a good scheme, don't You
Think"
The old woman eyed him suspic-
iouSly and. looked for the trap she
knew must be hidden somewhere. At
last she asked:
That is for me. And what are you
to have from the farm p"
You need not bother about that.
You will stay here as long as the good
God lets you live. You only have to
sign a paper before the notary that
the farm is mine when you die. You
have no children and you don't care
a bit for your nephew. 1t is a good
offer l am making you. You keep
your farm all your life, and every
single month l give you $50 francs"
The old woman was surprised,
scared and the money tempted her.
She went to a lawyer and asked his
advice. He advised her to accept
Chicots offer, but to ask 200 francs
a month instead of $50, as her farm
was worth at least $4,000 francs.
Even if YOU live another Is years. q"
he said. "Chicot will pay only $4,000
francs for the farm
She shook her head at the thought
of getting so much money every
month. She was still suspicious and
feared thousand hidden traps, but at
last she made up her mind to have
the contract made out.
When Chicot came back he agreed
to her terms.
Three years passed and Mother Mag
loire did not seem to grow a single
day older while Chicot was on the
verge of despair 1t seemed to him
thai he had been paying her 2G0 francs
for at least half a century, and that
he was surely running himself.
From time to time he visited the
old woman, who always received him
with malicious smile, as if she en-
Joyed playing him a trick. He did not
know what to do. When he saw her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01

cellar chopping up an old chair for fuel
October is a fTail month as far as heat
goes. and has no vitality at all.
In October the leaves become red and
gold. and the sumach flames on the hills,
while the corn husker rolls out at 5 a.
m. and picks corn until his thumb
throbs like an overdue tooth. The blare
of the brass band and the hoaTse Shrek
of the orator shake the land at night.
while in the afternoons the earnest full
back pulls his knee out of his opponents
face and picks the teeth out of It with
low shrek of pain.
October IS of no great use to human
itv. but helps fill up the year, and en-
ables us to forget the approach of win
ter bv the use of its celebrated indian
summer. which is a slight rally of the
fast sinking thermometer towards the
close of the month. Americans should
treat October with great respect because
it was in this month that Columbus
first looked upon America and took back
his glowing reports to Spain. Think
what he might have saiC ABOUT it if he
hSd found IL in January,
copyrighted by George Mathew
Adams)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01

W. 1LFRED bought a dog the
cure Lady. 1T was one OF
them Eostor bulls. The poor boy
didn't have no sugar to give his bride
except that gift. so he thought he
might as well MAKE her a present of
that, as long as he got it for nothing
from a gent that he knew when he
was a kid.
u don't like the idea of dogs in the
city. George. They amt no good for
nothing. What's the use OF having
them for watch dogs wnen you amt
got anything in tie flat to watch
The only place for 4 dog is the coun-
try anyway. and the more l see of a
city George, the more it seems to me
that the country is as good place
for human beings as 1t is for dogs and
maybe better.
This dog that Wnfred bought was
q kind of funny looking, sad little
cur, like one of Wiffred's poems 1t
looked kind of hopeless, I mean. The
poor boy thought that his bride would
like it, but 1 know better. Three days
acquaintance with her taught me.
George, that she wasn't in the mood
to like anything, and never would be
in the mood.
That's why felt kind of sorry for
poor brother when he asked me to &c
over to his fiat with him while he
made the presentation speech. He had
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
PROMOTION GIVEN
TO GEORGE S. WAID
Is Appointed Assistant General Man
niger of G. n. * :. A. Succeeded
by r. VI. Hoover.


nEcr of &. n. * =. A.. Succeeded
by r. VI Hoover.
George : Waid. superintendent OF
the Charleston, Harrisburg & san An
tonic railroad at FL Paso. has been ap-
pointed assistant general manager of
the road with headquarters at Houston
Texas, according to Geographic advices
received at the local railroad offices
Tuesday morning Although no official
announcement OF the appointment has
Deen made. local officials say that It
VIII be officially announced later. He
succeeds Gus Radetzki
To succeed Mr. Waid as superintend-
ent Of the road in Ell Paso R. NJ
Hoover, Tor many years assistant su-
in his place. Mr.. Hoover at the pres
ent time is superintendent of the Hous-
ton & Texas Central railroad at Ennis.
Texas, which is one of the Southern
Pacific branch lines. Mr.. Hoover was
promoted to that position last spring
ately-
Mr. Waid has been connected with
the q. H & ). \ railroad in Ell Paso
since May 1. 1905. He came here at
that time as tTainmSSter at this ter
minal of the Ell PasO division and held
that place until January 1907. when he
was promoted to an assistant superin-
tendency at this point. In August Of
the same year he was raised to the DO
sluon of superintendent of the FL Paso
division Of the road and since that time
mas acted in that capacity.
The rapid rise of Mr.. Waid with the
G. H road is an example Of what
sheer merit and hard work will do Tor
a man. Fifteen years aso Mr. Waid
was a brakeman on the road running
Sistant general mana ger and has filled
all the intervening positions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
ROADS ALL MAKE
RATES FOR JUBILEE
Ont of Town Visitors Encouraged to
Attend Os-ApIe Festivities by Low
Railroad Fares.

All of the railroads running into FL
Paso have now arranged their rates for
the Os-Aple Jubilee. which will be held
in FL Paso. October %. "A and 25. The
G. H. & S. A. received its rates Tues
day, a round trip rate of a fare and a
third the tickets being sold on Octo-
Der p. % and -, returning not later
than October 20. Also. the road is plan
Ming for a ole DAY rate for the big day
of the jubilee when a one fare rate will
De in effect. the maximum being SIS.
The other rates which have been
quoted by the railroads to chairman
G. T. Hawkes. and vice chairman ". A
Scrivner. of the transportation commit
tee. are: For Ell Paso & Southwestern
railroad, one fare for the round trip
for the whole line during the Os-Aple
Jubilee; Santa Fe. fare and a third rate
for the Belen and Clovis cut off points.
and possibly the same rate in the Pecos
section: Texas & Pacific, a fare and a
half. and on Thursday of the jubilee a
popular rate of one cent a mile for the
round trip.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01

NCTOBER is a serious. thoughtful
month, which happens after
September and Just before the
coal question becomes intense. 1t Is not
naturally an exciting period, but has
been made so artificially in America by
the invention of football. the open sea
son for hunting. the worlds champion
ship baseball games. and the closing of
the political campaigns.
Because of these four things. October
produces more cases of heart failure,
pocketbOOk failures, sore throat. broken
ribs and buckshot in the face than any
other month. and rivals July in the over
working of physicians.
In October vegetation closes up the
years business and retires into winter
quarters. The fields become brown, and
the summer girl takes off her $3.50 coat
of tan with lemon Juice and writes tor
samples of the latest society pink. Dc
tOber usually begins as coldlv as an
emotional actress before a small house,
but warns up by noon and becomes
rarely and pensively beautiful until 3
p. m when dusk begins and the Their
mOmeter begins TO slide like the Brook
lvn baseball team in July. BY o'clock
the American husband is usually IN the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
PUT JAPANESE ON
PAYROLL OF MINE
Situation Mt bingham Unchanged; No
StrikebrenkerS Sent, Despite
Many RumOrS.


Bingham, Utah, Oct 1.-The first of
the month found no change in the
strike situation at Bingham. The union
officials are anxiously awaiting news
from other quarters. The report that
work was to begin at the United States
and Tampa mines has not been sub
Stimulated.
The names of $50 japanese laborers
were placed on the pay roll of the Utah
Copper company. This action was
taken to stop the exodus from the camp
of Japanese labore-s.
Yanco Terzich, member of the leSis-
lative board of the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners, left for Salt Lake Cicy
this morning, but local officials de-
cline to make known the purpose of his
visit
Reports are persistent that strike
breakers are being brought into camp,
but those in position to know emphat-
lcally deny such rumors
More Hopeful at Ely.
Ely, New. Oct 1.-The labor situation
is a little more hopeful today At a
public meeting at McGill last night at
tended BY several hundred miners and
mill men, the expression against
strike was almost unanimous The
steam shovelmen's union has a meeting
scheduled for tonight at which definite
action is likely to be taken President
Meyer of the association refused to
make a statement this morning.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
The Manicure Lady By William T. Kirk
Brother wilfred's Idea Of Wedding Gift.

a poem all wrote out to say when he
gave the mutt to the gil1 that he had
took for his wife, and between you
and me. George, the poem was as bad
as the dog. This is how 1t went
Don't start it please" said the
Head Barber. The poems that your
brother writes gives a man the creeps-
Lay of on it and let's talk about the
weather. Let's talk about anything
but no poems wrote by your brother"
But 1 must tells you this one,
George" said the Manicure Lady The
name of it alone stuck me kind of
fUnny-'A Poem to a Pup Fancy that,
George. 1 have heard lot about
poems to ladies and poems to Their
hats and their fans, and poems to dark
eyes and 10 blue eyes, but that was
the first time 1 ever heard a poem to
pup Listen, George;
Poor little pup mat shiverest,
Poor little pup With nerves that quiv-
crest;
Poor little pup that needs my strong
arms protection,
hope thou wilt live till after cleo
ton
THAT is the cheesiest poem that 1
ever heard declared the Head Barber.
What did tn ebride do when she
heard it,
'.Shs~cried." said the Manicure Lady
We'll. it wont be the only time she
ever cried or ever will cry" said the
Head Barber.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
SAYS he FOUND WEST
AND WAS BADLY BEATEN

St Louis, No. Oct Lieut.. Ber-
nard Burns, of the Chicago police force.
arrived here today with his wrist and
ribs bandaged from injuries received
recently in a saloon where he sought
two alleged Canadian bank robbers,
and positively identified Frank West.
known also as J. W. Stacey and Doc"
Danzell, as the man who beat him with
a piano stool when he attempted to
make the arrest.
That's the man. He is wearing the
same hat" said Burns. when West was
brought out of his cell.
West said he had never seen Burns
before.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
TRAIN BREAKS IN
TWAIN AND BURNS
Two PuIImnns, Four Day Coaches and
Tive Express Cars Go Down Steep
Eobankment; One Man Crcmafed.

Nashville. Tenn. Oct 1.-Two Pull
man sleeping cars. four day coaches and
two express cars broke away from
rapidly moving Louisville and Nash
vile train near Elkmont. Ala, early
today. plunged down an embankment.
then caught fire and burned. but every
passenger escaped death and less than
a score received minor injuries. An
express messenger, caught in the
wreckage of his car. was crematsd-
Flames spread so rapidly that occu-
pants of the Pullmans were compelled
to flee in their night clothing. aban-
doning all their baggage
1t is believed a broken rail caused
the accident
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
BRUCE BROWN SEVERELY
INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Milwaukee, Wis. Oct. Bruce
Brown, the automobile racer. and his
mechanician. Tony Scudelari. were in
cured very seriously. it is believed in
the overturning of Browns Fiat car on
the Vanderbilt race course here today.
They were brought unconscious to a
hospital here Relatives of both have
been sent for. Both suffered fractured
skulls
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
DECLARES CENTRAL AMERICA
RESENTS INTERFERENCE BY

New York, n. Y, Oct 1.-Senf tionaI
revelations touching the recenH inter-
vention of the United States Mica
ragua are promised by Gel Juan
Leets, who arrived here froHA Saliva
dor to appear before the ser e com
mittee which will inYestiga revolu-
tionary matters in Nicaragua
Gen Leets said the attitu of the
state department in the Nkaraguan
embroglio and the use of Amd lean ma
rines to suppress the revqf is re-
sented in every Central AmerA Ian coun-
try.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
Dg gsS4g E6f F6sn SIDEBOARDS By Wal. Mason

TOW me fromo the be
N big revival Of the whskers
Oh
pull
with futile pride that might of
burden OF the day teaching that wing of
toed
silly foolish fashion make in you your
lead lads who thai
Iskes cm Change the fashion
bitter retibution the in time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01

Douglas A. Taylor of Guaymas. So
nora. Mexico. is in the city for a day
or two Mr.. Taylor is connected with
a large printing establishment in Quay
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
THIRTY,sECOND YEAR OF PUBLICATION

by
fngton D. C.. andN
shed b Herald
CpIIH A
Martin A L
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
ORIGIN OF 'qNDIAN SUMMER IS A MYSTERY
RIG !. aASKIA

Beauty Days Following Autumn Colds Acknowledged by
End of Seasons Harvest Labos
Bv FREDERIC /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01
OHTOpED BY GEORGE FITCH,
" $500 - Author Of AT Good Old Siwash''

,TOBER is a serious, thoughtful
month, which happens after
September and Just before the
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BY JOSEPH O'BRIEN

he was abong under such stress when he entered the
library his soft hat the back of his head his eyes
the Objectionable in the paper his dialect
bling that in which he had asked her marry him seven
years earlier.
WHAT you coming to, Helen?" he de-
w manded, shifting the newspaper with his fist and
"his paper says the sufragettes going to make
street campaign against every candidate who
doesn't declare himself in favor of votes for
That's the meanest sort of intimidation"
Mrs. Farley aloud ripping laugh that seemed
to have several distinct springs of humor for its
Farley bent his still couded face upon her. "What IS
there to laugh at? 1t is intimidation! What's
going to do? Here I'm candidate for the Assembly,
and the election less than month away! l can't go
out anG attack these women, can :"
mo, Dan" Mrs. Farley replied demurely, her whole
face crinklng with mirh while her eyes strayed to the
decorations the wall.
"lf there's thing more than another that gets
sore Farley pursued violently aggrieved "its
meddng in politics. Thank Heaven, Helen, there's
of that fooishness in you! | don't what the
can be thinking of to let their make such spec
tacles of themselves! Why, Helen if you took up with
any such unwomany game that Id-Id-"
He hesitated, that he might formulate in mind and
speech declaration sufficiently drastic yet not OPP
laughing eyes of Mrs Farley toward the walls above the
bookshelves His lips, in the midst of expressive in
tenons, refused further aid to his tongue the articua
ton of ineligible sounds and remained parted. His
eyes wdened and his face took the aspect of horror
What he suspended almost from the ceiling was
huge yellow banner which embroidered
in startling letters of black, "VOTES FOR WOMEN"
Slowly he turned to the right to be confronted by
other banner, bearing the strange device, WOMAN
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do my work. she repeated. what does he mean'
What can | doo'
She went home, struggling through the snowdrfts,
and breasting the cold wind that at times unbuttoned
her jacket with its force She lighted the big lamp in
the front and reread the telegram while the in
Creaslng gale sang song down the chimney that,
though she used it, made her shver She did
know-and few know-that it is exactly the song that
the wind sings through a ships rigging in gale,-
weird, uncanny unrhythmical melody in minor that
makes sailors fear death and grandmothers wish for it.
Bill, hundred miles west, listening to it.
DO your work she read when when she had warmed
She sat there until near midnight, listening to the
chimney song and to the pattering of hal-like
the windowpanes, and bordering on the message She
had no tears OF Bills ability to make the piers. He had
done many times and from his had boosted
to her and to others that he did not need tug while
he had canvas and men. But neighbor with shawl
over her head came in. She was DID, wise woman,
widow, with experiences
"Read in the paper Mabel she said, @that Bill had
enough to start down the lake this night
"He has started" answered Mabel "He sent
this, telling me to do my work don't know what he
means. Read it She handed over the telegram
The old lady read, thought for few moments and
said "He knows that he want tug, and that Black
Jacks tug is on duty. He knows that Jack would not
make move to get him in unless something aroused
him. That something is you, Mabel You've got to
up Black Jack!"
Il won't!' declared the young wife holly. "Hes
knows him, and know Bill. Bill doesn't need tug.
He can make this port in any weather He has done it
before and do it now"
"Well, Mabel" said the old lady, "my tried
once too often, and I'm widow account of it. You
take my advice. Bundle up and go down after Jack.
Give him kiss, if necessary; but make hm-smply
make hm,stand by at daylight! Jack was in love with
you, and that's what Bill meant"
Don't believe it, said Mabel. "Bll would not want
to kiss him. Bill wouldn't ask favor of him. He
hc'le1 Bill, and Bill hates him as much as do"
We'll, WE'LL" said the old widow, she picked up her
shawl to depart "Suit yourself Mabel; but III tell
you that if could get my back I'D not only kiss
lack IaCl< do hc and
be mother to him." And she passed through the
front door,
Mabel sat down and thought listening to the whist
the impact, of solid bodies of snow the window
panes. do your work." Bill had said and if the old
lady right it hateful and shameful thing to
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do-to appeal to Black Jack to help him in Did Pill
need help from Jack She knew nothing of seamanship
but she had heard men-Strong men-say that Bill
the abest and the luc1est skipper out of port Was
there anything wrong on this occasion? Did Bill
knowing all about it, shrink from telling her that
something wrong leaving it to her own choice and
willing to die if she chose wrong, Or she thought
right
There was no sleep that night, with Bill out in that
storm and she did not 60 to bed She sat there before
the base burner, cogtatng, turning things and
in her mind reading and rereading Bills telegram
and trying to realize just what he meant in saying "Do
your work"
At last she rose and began to dress for the storm
"Do your work." she said to herself, "means that
must Black Jack the coward to be brave and meet
him in time with his tug.
TT was now about three in the morning MANY hours
too soon for Bill to appear but, with her mind made
up, she went out into the storm, fighting her way
against the blast to the lakeront where partly shell
tered by brick wall, she could look at the turmoil of
sea in the halfight of a waning moon that filtered
through the The charging in, thirty
feet high and five hundred feet between the crests
They rolled up the beach beneath her in upward
avalanches and left some part of themselves ice
then they went back and exposed the lakebed for
hundred feet of pebbles and sand To the was the
pier and the lighthouse, sending its fixed light
to misguided mariners The green seas lifted halfway
up the top of the lighthouse, split and shvered and
scattered descending to the maelstrom in the jaws Of
the pier further to disorganize the currents.
Mabel did not know that there was but one chance
in hundred craft could sail in that tug
could float long enough to round She knew only
that her husband out that he had appealed her
to help him, and that it was her duty to help She
waited in the shivering blast of wind and until
the morning sun, penetrating the smudge, made the
eastern visible but left the western part in darkness
Then in this darkness to the west, appeared light
fang light that soon went out; and IN It's place was
green light.
ats Bill she said "and he wants tug. Black Jack
is tonight, and he would not move for Bill. That's
what Bill meant. l must move Jack"
Down she went through the and the wind blast,
down until she entered the short, dngy streets of
sailor town. to the tug dock There lay the big black
tug commanded by Jack quiet except for the jet from
her stack which indicated full head of steam.
She stepped on board, carefully choosing the spots
on rail and deck that were free from snow and found
herself in the alley between the rail and house All
dark and SILENT except for the kissing She chose
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derstood and valued according to its worth, he would
have smiled 1t the strangeness the battling elusive
ness of this and spreading gossaner veil that filled
him with uncassfed emotions, and for the first time in
his political he resolved abruptly to seek counsel
of his wife In that resolve, shall appear hereafter
the germ of surrender.
Mrs. Farley mysterously but happily engaged in
the library of the spacious house the leader had built
the most fashionable residential quarter of the Eighth,
when he impusvey directed his steps toward home and
the feminine ount of wisdom. She had just completed
sundry additions to the decorations of the roo and
regarded them with complacency She three four
years younger than her husband which that she
had barely passed thirty she had blue eyes and brown
hair, trim figure, laughing face, and charm
mstakably Irish that could hot temper flashing
out quickly smile fade. She was energetic
progressive mentally quick and had evolved in the
vronment of increasing affluence definitely as had
Farley, acting a corrective to him in such
tiers brogue, grammar how to behave home as you
would in public, and the like that his apses few
and glarng. Only under stress of emotion would
his overay of culture fail him; and apparent that