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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
Neil OF the
Mountains
By LOUISE MERRIFIELD

pyrls 1T. 1872; BY Associated Literary rrcss)

where's Nell?" Burt Sims refined
up shortly at the wide mill opening.
Old Farley waited till the saw had cut
through the heart of the great cedar
Iefore he came forward.
Been up ter the house,"
She amt there. You seen her 60
by. Tinkum?"
Tinkum lay fiat down in the saw
dust, making roadways "Mebbe she's
after laurel" he vouchsafed. "She
goes down to the gap after some every
night after supper"
Burt pressed his knees against the
sorrel mares sides and she sprang
forward over the rough wooden
bridge and down the road to the gap.
On the rock embankment above the
railroad he found her, sweet and
dainty as the mountain laurel that
grew in great shrubs of pink bloom
In the gray rock crags and crannies.
And he told her why he had come,
point blank, roughly, without hest
fancy or doubt as 70 the outcome.
while Nell dropped her head and smil.
ed. Lately she had become somewhat
OF oonnoisseur in ovemaking.
so | thought Id better tell you,"
finished up Burt. I've got this call
down to Rocking Stone and | won't
be back soon. and your father thinks
we'd better marry before l CO."
We'll. reckon | won't marry you,
Burt. not yet awhile" Nell laughed.
Before he could ask why. there had
come the long call of the engine
whistle down the gap, and she lifted
her head as If to meet it.
Burt watched her. saw her color
rise. and her eyes shine, as the en-
press Numbered into view, and he
also saw the engineer lean out of the
cab window. and toss something at
her feet.
1t was small box, well wrapped
and weighted with a lump Of coal.
You might as well open ii up,
Nell" he sail roughly You're found
out"
Il dom care" dashed back Nell.
II amt BIZ afraid Of YOU" She
broke The cord and opened up the box
Inside lay dark leather ease. ana
under its coNor- Ne! Sc Il gasp of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
Aigrettes on Hats.

The aigrettes slant backward from
the hat at amazing angles-the queer
er the angle the more chic the cha
peau. The Pocahontas is a favorite
style. This is a rather small tooue
with brim rising straight up all
around and the whole hat slantine
slightly toward the back. Against the
high brim are arranged long quilts,
growing shorter as they reach back,
so that the hat has much tho apuear.
ance OF an Indian chiefs headdress
for the warrath
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

no train ever the gap again. not
a.he'"
III, Wait"
dld hoI larn his head at her call
watched him ride away toward
70 il was inst sunset The whole
Of mountains seemed built of
Al Precious stones and ramparts
IL he strange. vivid radiance
siri @i1a! Gazing out at ii all;
he dark line of the mountains.
rs sky and lis glory. She loved
e unset hour that had brought her
l"" weeks the only romance and JOY
W had ever come into her life.
e had been born and bred in the
ei' lumber mill. child of wearied.
Ia iturn mountain folk Only little
Tinkum had cheercd her Perhaps
her mother had caught a CLEAN of
some different world in the glory of
1h' sunsets and had bequeathed a hid
ora heart longing 10 her daughter
Acl never knew Her mother still
worked on at the mill house.
slender, p-shouldered. close-lipped
woman. with only her eyes to betray
har' great, lustrous, hungry eyes like
Nells; dark hazel, like the mountain
brooks in shadow.
That night Nell told her mother.
showed her Ned's letters--manly, ten
der lettcrs-showed her the ring and
asked what she should do Mrs. Far,
ley cried silently, and held her girl
close to her breast.
pearie, dearie, | don't know" she
said. Il only want you to be happy.
Burt Sims won't make you good
husband. saw him kick his horse.
even. II you've got chance to get
away. | mustn't hold you. Mountain
life's living death for the women
folks Nell. You'd better 60. and I'll
help YOU"
And what about father"
Hell take it out on me. dearie,
and 1t won't hurt you"
I'll send for you and Tinkum, sure
mother" Nell promised, passionately.
Il won't forget. but I'm going sure
tomorrow.
Ned had written to her he would
leave his engine ut the first town
ahor" the gap with another engineer.
ride back on the up local and meet
her at the little waysidc station two
milcs from the mill Wrapped in her
mothers long clcal;. Nell stole away
N sunset. MD hall way down the
II" Ntain she saN Ne smoke from
'h' hurning bridge Eun had Kept
III word. It, had SIT fire TO The
irrstlcs, and il would lie tho last trip
oi Ncd's train through he gap.
Nell sped down tho rough road ia
the tracks then nn to the bridge
The fire Was eating away the sup
ports, but light footed as a deer she
ran over 1t to the far side, half chok-
ing with the smoke and heat, her
cloak held TO her face.
And when the express whistle
sounded around the mountain curve.
she stood In the center OF the track.
waving the old cloak above her head
to save Ned's life and hundreds
more. from the death plunge down on
the rocks in the rapids under the
bridge.
Ned forgot the crowd as no held her
In his arms before them, and some
how the news Of the elopement leaked
out. as Nell told her story. When
one Of Ned's pals In the train crew
brought them hatful OF bills and
silver, Nell refused the gift blushing.
Il didn't do 1t for anybody special.
'cepting Ned. I don't want any money.
please"
TITS to start the honeymoon with.
little GIRL" they told her. and Nell
knew the message Of the sunset to
her had been right Freedom and
golden happiness lay In the promise
of it's glory. beyond the rim Of the
purple mountains.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

Gray eyes denote creative tempera.
ment. but not always honesty. What
the novelists and poets term the cold,
gray eye is considered to be :, sign Of
selfishness and cruelty. though 1t often
denotes shrewdness and talent. Very
clever people whose eyes are gray gen.
orally have small spots of orange in
the iris round The pupil.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

almost frightened delight when she
saw the ring imbedded In the white
velvet. 1t was not diamond, but
three pearls, large as early peas they
seemed to Nell, and beautiful az the
dawn that she loved to watch melt
the mist wreaths up and down the
long valley
How'd you get to know him.
Nell?"
Nell's chin went up defiantly. 81
carried medicine for mother down 10
old Mis- Haynes. An it was lat.
An took the railroad bridge way
coming home. An the train came
along, an Id been killed If be
hadn't seen me, and slowed up i'll
time"
Then what?"
"Then. then I always watched for
him."
Watched for him, an you don't
even know his name"
Il do so, Burt Sims. It's Ned
Rowan. He's Nashville fellow"
How do you know so much?"
HE told mel mean wrote it to
me-"
Il always told your pa It'd bring
mischief letting you 60 down the val
ley to school, Give me the letters"
II won't. You and all the men up
hire are Just the same. A woman amt
40 more to you than your hound, not
As much as your horse. Amt seen
my mother slave and grow old with
out a decent word from month end 70
month end. Amt I seen her licked
sometimes. too, before was Old
enough to fight dad? Suppose I'm go
ing to stay here In these mountains
and be the wife Of one Of you? Her
young laughrang out triumphantly she
slipped the ring on her third finger
and held 1t to her lips. I'm going 70
marry Ned Rowan, and mighty soon'
too"
The tall, lean young mountaineer
watched her with half-closed eyellcs'
and closed lips.
Are you? You'll have to be qlicA
about it, Nell" He turned the mare
head. "'Cause he amt going to run
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
His Cook.

What's the matter. Younghubby
asked Oldboy. You look pale arc nd
the gills."
Il guess it's lack OF nourishment,"
replied Younghubby. my wife knows
100 ways to use a chatting dish, but
she can't boil an egg"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
She's Not That Old.

Il once saw Bernhard play Cleo
patra. She played Cleopatra in a
superb manner. l worder sometimes
where she got her ideas"
Prom seeing the original, maybe. !"
was the ungallant response.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

u,.,, nsrmo tabrlc-a silky mohair
w.. ~noi weave-is used here IN
'ls vs. STYLE over a skirt OF cerise
p~. ~steor and the vivid cerise ma
co. arpears again in the collar sec
s ..,, The polonaise is gracefully
wv s..,s, and tas.ens at the side with q
'ss,s sIlk button and loop matching
s. fastening Of the front OF the
:. '',,.s Neck irill and sleeve rumes
". W." ., sheer white plated net. White
.s.tss,u colonial pumps accompany
~. summer costume. The soft belt
tot cerise.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
IT OvERLO0KS PUGET SOUND
Hermit Castle a Unique Building
Erected Many Years Ago by an
Eccentric EngIishman.

Port Townsend, Wash.-On the
summit of a high hill back of Port
Townsend, the states port of entry,
and overlooking the town, stands a
unique building, much resembling a
castle. In the. early days, when there
were no neighborings residences, the
structure often underwent searching
scrutiny by eyes aboard ship peer
ing through binoculars or field glass,
as it does to this day, when some
shap-visioned tourist picks it out as
something distinct from the ordinary
type of building.
The castle" as the structure is
called by the people of the town, was
built many years ago, in boom times,
by an eccentric Englishman, who
through his habits and eccentricities
was known as hermit
There are, perhaps, few building
locations in the United States afford
ing views as grand as the one where
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
TAFT MEN IN BOLT
Elect Four Delegates at Large from
Missouri to Chicago.

Dissatisfied with the final result of
the Republican state convention at st.
Louis, Mo-, which adjourned Friday at
$50 a. m, a small number of Taft
supporters met in hotel at 10 o'clock
and named four oelegates-at-large to
the national convention.
The Taft delegation was announced
as follows: Joseph E. Black of Rich
mond, Mo-; John A. Duncan, of ST. Jo-
seph John J. Lehiv of ST. Louis, and
Harry D. Train of Kansas City. Reso-
Iutions condemning Governor Hadley
for ''betraying" the Taft men in the
preconvention agreement, and prais-
ing the administration of President
Taft, were adopted. Some Taft men,
it is said, cOunseled against naming a
rival delegation and advised sending
lawyers to the national convention to
plead their cause.
The regular convention had elected
eight delegates at large to Chicago,
each having one-half vote.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
The Hermit Castle.

this freak in architecture stands. 1t
stands nearly 800 feet above sea level,
Immediately overlooking beautiful
little bay with numerous inlets, and
beyond great stretches of America
fir-fringed and greatest inland water
way, Puget sound. In the distance
are the green foothills, and beyond
the majestic Olympic range, snow
capped the year round, and behind
which old Sol sinks from sight amid
a wealth of color month in and out.
After the old Englishman's death,
''the CASTLE passed to the United
States, acquired by purchase of land
for use as military reservation. The
building is of brick, and is substan-
TALLY built and we'll finished within.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
BIG ROCKY MOUNTAIN GORGE
Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River
One of the Most Spectacular
in the West.

Denver, Colo.-The Grand Canyon
of the Arkansas is one of the most
spectacular gorges in the Rocky
mountains. 1t is ten miles long and
the railroad-the Denver and Rio
Grande-by marvel of engineering
skill has made it a thoroughfare to
the west.
The narrowest part Of the canyon
is known as the Royal Gorge. The
red granite and gneiss walls, spark
ling with mica, tower aloft on either
hand 2,627 feet; the sky is a thread,
almost obliterated by the jagged ram.
parts, and the stars may be seen at
midday.
At one point, the hanging bridge, the
width is but ten yards, and the road
bed has been built out over the water.
The river boils madly through; the
engine sways now to the right, now
to the left, dragging the train; the
vista ahead, momentarily blocked.
opens again; way is always found.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
Escapes An Awful Fate

A thousand tongues could not express
the gratitude of Mrs. j. E. Coz of Jo-
liet, ILL.,, for her wonderful deliverance
from an awful fate. Typhoid pneumo-
MIA had left me with a dreadful cough, -
she writes. Sometimes | had such
awful coughing spells that | thought |
would die. I could get no help from
doctors treatment or other medicines
till used DR.. Kings New Discovery.
But owe my life to this wonderful
remedy for | scarcely cough at all
now" Quick and safe, it's the most
reliable of all throat and lung medi-
cines. Every bottle guaranteed. SOC
and S100 Trial bottle free.-W. G.
AtWell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
Lights on Baby Carts.

st. Paul.-Baby carriages in Mime
sofa must hereafter carry warning
lights when used after dark-two
white lights in front and a red one at
the rear. It's all due to a mistake, a
kind O. "joker" that somehow got in
the new law just passed by the legis-
lature, but it goes according to an
opinion rendered by Attorney General
Simpson.
Children's velocipedes, wheelbar-
rows and Riddles express wagons are
also included in the provisions of the
law, which really was intended only
to help automobilists and motorcy-
clists, by compelling hoTse-drawn We
hicles to carry lights. But the lam
guage was clumsily put: the other
users of wheeled vehicles"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
No Occasion for Surprise.

This story is told of Forrest, the
great tragedian:
Forrest was playing in Richard
Ill.," and the part of Catesby had to be
taken by a low comedian, who saun-
tered on the stage ut the wrong mo-
ment and uttered the famous words.
my lord, the duke OF Buckingham is
TAKEN in the wrong place.
Forrest clenched his fists in rage,
but otherwise took no notice of the
remark.
Later on the comedian repeated the
words in the right place, and when
the king expressed surprise at the
news Catesby folded his arms, walk
ed boldly down the stage, and re-
marked to the great actor in loud
tones:
Il told you so before, Mr. Forrest,
but you wouldn't believe me-"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
LIST H0NORS PAID
TO GENERAL GRANT
Funeral Services Are Held on
Governors Island.
President Taft, Vice President Sher
man, Major General Wood and
Other Distinguished Per-
sons at Services.

Men prominent in public and pri-
life life gathered for the funeral o!
Major General Frederick Dent Grant,
which had been deferred to await the
arrival of the general daughter, the
Princess Cantacuzene, from her home
in Russia.
The services were held in the chapel
of Cornelius the Centurion, on Gov
errors island. The little chapel was
too small to allow the admittance OF
the general public, but All opportunity
was given to all New York to pay trib-
ute as the long military procession
made it's way to the tap of muffied
drums over a fve-mile line Of march
from the Battery to the west shore
ferry at Forty-second street.
Among those who attended were
President Taft, Vice President Sher.
man, General Leonard Wood, General
Grants sister, Miss Nellie Grant Sar-
tOris, Mrs Grants brother and sister.
Judge Honore of Chicago, and Mrs.
Potter Palmer
The palIbearers included Senator
Root, Andrew Carnegie, Henry w.
Taft, General Tasker Bliss, General
Horace Porter, General William Croiz-
er, General T. H. Barry, General H. G.
Sharpe, Hamilton Fish, DR.. Robert
Able, and others.
The Rev. Edmund B. Smith, chap.
lain at Governors Island, conducted
the service, following the simple Epis-
cOpal ritual The Rev. Samuel Fal-
elows of Chicago, bishop of Illinois in
the Reformed Episcopal church,
preached the sermon. He was a sol,
der under General u S. Grant in the
Vicksburg campaign, and knew Fred
erick Dent Grant when he followed
the army as a lad of thirteen, and for
many years afterward.
The remains were taken to West
Point for interment.
The honor of serving as guard to
the caissOn bearing the coffin on the
march through New York city to For
ty-second street, where the body was
entrained for West Point, went to an
escort composed of General Bliss,
temporarily in command of the depart
ment of the east, and his staff; Gen
eral c. E. Roe of the New York ma
tional guard and his staff, and the U.
S. Grant post of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Places Immediately following this
guard of honor were assigned to the
Third battalion of the Twenty-ninth in
fantry, two troops of militia cavalry,
and other military organizations.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
$40 SINK WITH SHIP
Steamer Texas Strikes Mine in the
Gulf of Smyrna.

The steamer Texas, belonging to the
Archipelago American Steamship conf
pany, struck a mine at the entrance
to the Gulf of Smyrna and sank
One hundred and forty persons on
board were drowned.
The mine was there to blow up Ital-
Ian warships and the Texas became the
innocent victim of that conflict.
The Texas was flying the Turkish
flag and was engaged in carrying the
mails from Coustantinople to the Lee
want.
1t was at first said that the Texas
was an American vessel, the error
arising from the fact that she is part
of the fleet of a local concern trading
under the name of the Archipelago
American Steamship company.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03

For SALE-40 acres good land, one
half mile from town, all under high
state of cultivation; acres to straw
and raspberries, so apple trees; good
tobacco land; 8-room house, barns, hog
houses, etc.; tobacco barn Boxes feet
Is fit. in. high, basement BOXES feet
underground. Cost of this building
S325O The above for $500. Also 40
acres, 6 acres cultivated, balance heav-
lily timbered; house and fine well-for
S2250. H. G. Randels, Alma Center,
Wis. If
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
How China Lives.

No natural resource is TOO trifing
to be turned to account by the teem-
ing population. The sea is raked and
strained for edible plumber. Seaweed
and kelp have place in the larder.
Great quantities of shell fish, no big
ger than ones finger nail, are opened
and made to yield a food that finds
its way far inland. The fungus that
springs up In the grass after rain
IS eaten. Fried sweet potato vines
furnish the poor mans table. The
roadside bitches are bailed out for the
sake of fishes no longer than ones
finger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss the Of &fAzzzx
Detecting the Chinese.

Two men have just been convicted
Of smuggling Cinnamon into the coun-
try. The detectives adopted plan
marvellous in it's simplicity and effect
iveness. They wanted to be sure
whether the four Celestials in ques-
ton had ever been In the country be-
fore. They were dressed in American
fashion and the detectives took the
coats of the men and required them to
put them on again. They put them on
backward.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
There are people in this town who

There are people in this town who
unthinkingly neglect a ''mere cold"
though they would not otherwise ex-
pose their children or themselves to
danger. Yet cold neglected may de-
velop into contagious diphtheria, bron-
chitis or pneumonia. Use Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound promptly for it
stops coughs quickly and cures colds.
It contains no opiates and is safe for
children. W. G.. AtWell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
Human Brain Not Perfect.

Every man who holds position sup
possibly knows just how his work
should be done. He has been taught
every movement that is necessary. He
works more or less by rule and he has
the experience and the methods of
every man who has ever done such
work to guide him. Yet mistakes will
be made. The brain is 80 per cent.
water, after all.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03

And ever there is the ruddy granite.
in walls and in huge broken masses,
its boulders, and glimpses of side
canyons wooded and mysterious.
Bands of mountain sheep are seen
almost daily on the high cliffs as the
trains climb the backbone of the
continent
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
When Your Feet Ache

From Corns, Bunions, Sore or Callous
Spots, Blisters, New or Tight Fitting
Shoes, Aliens Foot Ease, the antisep-
tic powder to be shaken into the shoes,
will give instant relief. Sold every
where, 25c. Don't accept any substi-
tute. For FREE sample address Allen
S. Oldsted, Leroy, N. Y. 21w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
Many Children are sickly

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children break up Colds in "a hours,
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Stom-
ach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and
Destroy worms. At all druggists, 25c.
Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen
S. Olmsted, Leroy, n Y. 21w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
Uses of the MonocIe,

"Why do you wear a monocle In
parliament" well, you see,'' replied
the candid tourist, ''some of those
can't we'll go to sleep, you know, with
one eye propped open with a bit of
glass;"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
A stnhhnrn Z

"A stubborn cough that hangs on
weakens the system and may easily de-
velop a dangerous condition of the
lungs. Earl Fair, Waukesha, Wise,
says: my stubborn cough refused to
respond to ordinary treatment and /
finally resorted to the old reliable, Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound, and
less than two bottles effected COM
plete cure w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03
Digestive Powers of Insects.

Some insects digest their food first
and eat it afterward. They are so
built as to be able to take only liquid
food and they inject digestive fluid
into their prey and thus gradually dis
solve it, sucking in the liquid so
formed until nothing remains but the
dry skin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-03

Favorite Hymn Translated.
The hymn abide With Me" has
been translated into Yiddish and Els
peranto, and both Of the translators
are Baltimoreans.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-19
TIE CHRISTMAS STORE
 FOR TIE WHOLE COUNTRY
Why BaIke's Big Curio Store Holds
 That Title.

That Balke's Big Curio store is the Christmas store is shown by the crowds which are thrOnging it all the time and each day as Christmas is brought nearer, the congestion becomes great CT Just at present the greatest de mand is for Indian curiOs That has been so for more than a week when purchases were being made of presents for folks back east where such gifts would be much more appreciated than much more expensive ones that might be found at home.
 But every department of the Big Gu rio store is busy tor any are buying gifts f,r those in Phoenix and they have in infinite variety to make the selections from; from simple, cheap but beautiful articles to the beautiful Navajo blanket or the massive pieces of Russian hammered brass. One can not fail to find quickly at the Big Gu rio store, just the thing he had been looking for for a Christmas gift.
 Gifts bought there are securely packed ready for shipment to addresses given. For the convenience of all the store will be kept open nights until Christmas.