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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

/ now. all earth's puzzles had that night
J been solved.
! George lighted a cigar, doubtless
the most costly weed to be found n
all Naples that night. The intermit-
tent glowing of the end family out
lined his face. Far away across the
shimmering bay rose Capri in a kind
or magic, amethystine transparency.
! A light or two twinkled where Sorren-
to lay. His gaze roved the half-circle,
and finally rested upon the grim dark
ash-heap. Vesuvius. Beauty. beauty
everywhere; beauty in the sky. beauty
upon earth. in his heart and mind. He
was twentyeight, and all these won
derful things had happened in little
more than so many days!
Gods in his heaven.
Ais right with the world"
He flung the half-inished cigar into
the air. careless as to where 1t fell,
or that In falling it might set Naples
on fire. 1t struck a roof somewhere
below; a splitter of sparks. and all
was dark again.
Il shall come" All through his
dreams that night he heard 1t. Il
shall come"
Next morning he notified the cap
tain to retain their cabins After that
they proceeded to storm the shops.
They were like March hares; irrespon-
sible children. both of them What
did propriety matter? What meaning
had circumspection? They two were
all alone; the rest of the world didn't
count. 1t never had counted to either
OF them. Certainly they should have
gone to a parsonage; Mrs. Grundy
would prudently have suggested It,
The trivialities of convention, how
ever, had no place at that moment in
their little Eden. They were law un-
to themselves
Into twenty shops they went; mo-
diste after modiste was interviewed;
and Fortune at length found two mod
els. These were pretty, and, being
models, quite inexpensive. Once.
George was forced to remain outside
in the carriage. 1t was in front of the
lingerie shop. He put away each re-
ceipt, just like a husband upon his
honeymoon. Later, receipts would
mean as much, but from a different
angle or vision. He bought so many
violets that the carriage looked as
though it were ready for the flower
carnival He laughingly disregarded
her protests. 1t was the Song of
Songs.
MY shopping is DONE" she said at
last, dropping the bundles upon the
carriage floor. Now, 1t Is your turn"
You have forgotten a warm steam
er-cloak," he reminded her.
$50 / have!"
This oversight was easily remedied:
and then George sought the tailor
shops for ready-made clothes. He had
more difficulty than Fortune; ready
made suits were not the easiest things
to find in Naples. By noon. however.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

tyrdorn for liberty, but none ever
betrayed the cause or told the names
of her comrades.
Soon after the establishment of the
republican government In Marking
the amazons, headed by Miss Shen,
took the lead in demanding the right
of suffrage FOR women. They pointed
out to the republican leaders that the
women of China had worked for the
revolution quite as hard as the men,
The assembly In Marking was large
ly composed of men who had been
leaders In the revolutionary secret
societies. These men, being thor
oughIy familiar with the work of the
amazons previous to ana during the
revolution, could not find it IN their
hearts to deny them their wish. The
assembly In Marking accordingly
passed a law giving women the right
to vote.
When the overthrow of the Man.
chus had been accomplished President
Sun Vat Sen retired IN favor of Yuan
Shih-kai, who was then elected pres
ident Soon after Yuan's election the
assembly was moved from Marking to
Pekin. The conservative atmosphere
Of Pekin seems to have caused the
legislators to repent of their action In
granting women the right to vote. At
any rate, the law was allowed to be-
come a dead letter in so far as the
national government was concerned.
Several of the southern provinces,
however, kept the compact and al
lowed women to vote and even to
hold Office
Though disappointed at the apparent
breach of faith on the part of the
national assembly. the suffragettes
were not disheartened. Under the
leadership Of Miss Shen they began
national campaign for woman suf-
frage. They established branches OF
their society in most of the large cit
les of China and sent out lecturers to
address mass meetings and to hold
conferences. They began to publish
newspapers, pamphlets and circulars
in the interest of their cause.
mioS oneH is duHllrdDly HtteQ TOT
the position OF leader of the Chinese
suffragettes. She is charming young
woman of twenty-five. alert, inteIIi-
gent and progressive. She has an air
of confidence and determination not
often possessed by Chinese women.
This enables her to associate with
men on terms Of equality. Consider
Ing the low estate to which Chinese
women are assigned by custom and
convention, this in itself marks Miss
Shen as an unusual woman. To be
able to overcome the disdainful, con-
descending attitude which Chinese
men adopt In their dealings with
women is, indeed. a remarkable ac-
complishment for any Chinese
woman.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

The walking craze of few years
ago gave a wellknown sporting man
an opportunity which he could not re-
sist taking advantage of. He had hand
bills widely distributed on which was
stated:
"A Great Crosby gentleman will give
$50 to the man, woman or child who
first succeeds in doing the following
task: To walk from the Pierhead
(LiyerpooD to Crosby village. There
each competitor must buy a meat pie
and walk around the Big Stone and
eat it."
About a hundred entries were re-
ceived, and the walk took place on
Whit Monday. Much excitement pre-
vailed and a great cheer rose as a
local pedestrian was seen leading the
rest Of the crowd His meat pie was
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

sent on, and he saw 1t put aboard him
self. Without letting Fortune know.
he had also telegraphed the hotel to
forward whatever she had left; but
the return wire informed him that
Mrs. Chedsoye had taken everything.
They were leaning against the star
board rail, watching the slowly con-
verging lights of the harbor. Fortune
had borrowed a cloak from her stew
ardess and George wore the mutt of
the frst-officer. The captain had Of
fered his, but George had declined
He would have been lost in its ample
folds.
II can not understand why they
made no effort to find you." he unused.
sit doesn't seem quite human"
Don't you understand? 1t is SIM
pie. My mother believes that Horace
and ran away together. II not that,
l ran away myself, as / that day
threatened to do. In either case, she
saw nothing could be done in trying to
find out where / had gone. Perhaps
she knows exactly what did happen.
Doubtless she has sent on my things
to Mentone. which, Of course, shall
never see again. No. no! ! can not
20 back there ! have known the
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

her immediate curiosity was not to be
denied. She slipped the catch and
looked inside.A There were combs and
brushes, soap and tooth-powder and
tale. manicure-set, a pair Of soft
WOODEN slippers, and She
glanced up quickly, The faintest rose
stole under her cheeks 1t was droll !:
1t was pathetically funny. She would
have given worlds to have seen him
making the purchases.
You are not offended?" he STAN
mered.
why should be? / am human:
have slept and lived for days in a
dress, and worn my hair down my
back for lack of hairpins and combs.
] am sure mat It is very nice night
gown"
Laughter overcame her. He
Aughed, too: not because the situa-
ton appealed to him as laughable,
4 but because there was something, an
indefinable something. in that laugh
ter OF hers that made him wonderfully
happy.
Mr.. Jones
George" lac interrupted deter
minedly.
Brother George. 1t was very kind
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

I and thoughtful of you Not one mai
in a thousand would have thought o
of hair-pins!" More laugh
J ter.
81 didn't think of them; it was the
/ clerk"
He
she"
We'll, then. she will achieve great
things" lightly. though her heart was
| full
Tactfully he reached over and sweep
up the money.
Shall ever be able to repay your
she said.
Eyes, by letting me be your broth
er; by not deciding the future till we
land in Naples; by letting me keep in
touch with you, whatever your ulti
mate decision may be. That isn't
much. Will you promise that?"
Yes"
They spoke no more OF Ryanne. II
was as though he had dropped out
Of their lives completely. To cer
tain extent he had. They were to meet
him again, however, In the last act OF
this whimsical drama. which had
drawn them both out Of the common
place and dropped them for full spin
upon the whirligig Of life.
In due time they arrived at Alexan
dria. There they found the great
transatlantic liner, homeward bound
Ryanne would beat them into New
York by ten days. He had picked UP
a boat of the P. & o. line at Port Said
sailing without stop to Marseilles
From there to Cherbourg was a tri-
fling journey.
George knew the captain, and the
captain not only knew George, but
had known Georges father before
him. The young man went to the
heart of the matter at once; and when
he had finished his remarkable tale,
the captain lowered his cigar.
And all this happened in the year
19O9-19l0! If any one but you, Mr.
Jones, had told me this, I'd have sent
him ashore as a lunatic. You have
reported it?'
What good would 1t do? We are
out of it, and that's enough. More,
we do not want any one to know what
we've been through. II the news
papers got hold of it. there would be
no living"
You leave it to me-" said the big
hearted German. From here to Ma
pies she shall be as mine own daugh-
ter. You have not told me all?"
mo; only what had Of necessity to
tell"
We'll, you know best, shall do
my share to make her feel at home.
She is as pretty as flower"
To this George agreed. but not YER
bally.
The steamer weighed anchor at six
o'clock that evening, with only a
handful of passengers for the trip to
Naples. George had wired from Da-
mascus to Cairo to have his luggage
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05
CHAPTER Xxx.
March HIRES,

March HIRES.
George, In that masterful way which
was not wholly acquired, but which
had been a latency till the episode
iourney-George paid for the dinner.
called the head-waiter and thanked
him for the attention given 1t, and laid
a generous tip upon the cover From
the dining-room the two young people,
outwardly calm but inwardly filled
with the Great Tumult, went to the
managers bureau and arranged for
Fortunes room. This settled, Fortune
went down to the cavernous entrance
to bid George good night. They were
both difident and shy. now that the
great problem was solved. George was
puzzled as to what to do in bidding
her good night, and Fortune wondered
II he would kiss her right here, before
all these horrid cab-drivers
81 shall call for you at nine," he
said. We've got to do some shop
ping"
A tinkle Of laughter.
These ready-made suits are begin
ming to look like the deuce"
do you ~'ways think Of every
thing?"
We'll. what / don't remember, the
clerk WILL" slyly. It'll recently / be-
lieve never thought of anything.
must be OF. It's too cold down here
for you" He offered his hand nerv-
ously.
She gave hers freely. He looked
into her marvellous eyes for a mo-
ment. Then he turned the palm up
ward and kissed 1t, lightly and lover
ly; and she drew 1t across his face,
over his eyes. till 1t left in departing
caress upon his forehead. He stood
up. breathing quickly, but not more so
than she. A little tableau. Then he
damned his battered fedora upon his
head and strobe up the Corso. He
dared not turn. Had he done so, he
must have gLne back and taken her In
his arms. She followed him with
brave eyes; she saw him suddenly
veer across the street and pause at the
parapet. 1t vas then that she be-
came conscious of the keenness of
the night-wind. She went in. Some
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

glance in their direction. IIl-fitting
clothes, to be sure. but it was OBJ
served that they ate to the manner
born. The girl was beautiful In a
melancholy way, and the young man
was well-bred and pleasant of feature.
though oddly burned
Coffee. George produced the cable.
1t was still sealed.
you read it first" he said, passing
1t across the table.
Her hands shook as she ripped the
sealed flap and opened the message.
She read. Her eyes gathered danger
ously.
BE CAREFUL" he warned. You've
been brave so long; be brave little
longer"
Il did not know that there lived
such good and kindly men. Oh, thank
him. thank him a thousand times for
me. Read it." And she no longer
cared If any saw her tears.
Bring her home. and God bless you
both. MORTIMER"
Il knew it," he cried exultantly
He and my father were the finest two
men in the world. The sky is all clear
now"
rs it," sadly "Oh, do not wish to
pain you, but it is charity; and / am
too proud"
You refuse?" He could not believe
1t.
Eyes. But when things grow dark,
and the day turns bitter. shall always
remember those words. | can see no
other way. must fight 1t out alone"
Love makes a man dumb or elo-
quent; and as George saw all his
treasured dreams fading swiftly, elo-
quence became his buckler in this bat
tie Of love unspoken and pride in arms
Each time he paused for breath, she
shook her head slowly.
The diners were leaving in twos and
tours, and presently they were all
alone. Servants were clearing up the
and a tread Of hurrying feet. They
noted 1t not.
We'll. one more plea!" And he
swept aside his self-imposed restric-
tons. will you come for my sake?
Because l am lonely and want you?
Will you come for my sake?"
This time her head did not move.
"Is it pity?" she whispered.
"Pity!" His hands gripped the
linen and the coffee-cups ratified. mo!
it is not pity. Because you were lone
ly, because you had no one to turn to,
l could not in honor tell you. But now
/ do. Fortune, will you come for my
sake, because love you and want you
always and always?"
II shall come"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05
Judge Still Has the $50. y

soon eaten as he walked round the
stone, and he went to the Judge for
the $50.
Why" exclaimed the judge, IL
didn't think you could have done it.
The stone seemed too hard to eat"
What's that go to do with it?"
asked the ped
Everything to do with it." answer
ed the Judge, "and nobody gets the
$50 till they do."-London Tit-Bits.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05
A Resented Imputation-

Il am sorry" said the earnest citi-
zen, but / can't vote for you"
why notY" inquired the candidate
You keep talking about the judg-
ment of the plain people and my wife
and daughters absolutely forbid me to
do anything implying that We consid.
er ourselves In that class."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05
Magic of a Siphon.

When a pipe shaped like the invert-
ed letter U, in which the arms are
equal length. is filled with water. and
each pipe is put into a separate YES
sci full of water, "the downward pull"
or weight of the liquid in each of the
two arms will balance the other. and,
if the water is at the same level in
the two vessels, it will remain at that
level In both vessels. But If the level
of the water in one vessel is lower
than the other, since the two vessels
are connected with a pipe full of wa
ter, the water will run down from the
higher to the lower. This constitutes
what Is called siphon. A siphon It.
self has no more magic about it than
a pencil has when it falls, or than any
other similar phenomenon in nature.
yet some of the siphon's manifesto
tons seem to be not only magical. but
almost incredible.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

nightingale. IL years: the wolf, IL
to Is years; the canary bird, Is to
20 years; the dog, Is to 25 years; cat.
tie, 20 years; the horse, % to so
years; the eagle. 80 years; the stag,
35 to 40 years; heron, lion, and bear,
so years each; the raven, so years:
elephant, turtle, parrot, pike, and
carp, 100 years each. The ivy out
lines 200 years; the elm, 800 to $50
years; the linden. 500 to 1000 years;
the locust tree and the oak, 400 years;
the fir, 700. to 1920 years; the palm
trees. 5000 to 5000 years.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

he had acquired Scotch wooden for
day wear and fairly decent dinner
suit, along with other necessities.
We'll, l say!" he murmured, struck
by revealing thought
Have you forgotten anything?"
mo. On the contrary, I've Just re-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05
Life lenqth of Thinqs.

1t has just been computed that the
day fly lives "a hours, the May fly six
weeks, the butterfly two months, as
alas. also does the flea; the fly three
to four months; the ant, the cricket.
and the bee one year each; the hare,
sheep. six to ten years each; .hs
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05
CHAPTER xfx.-(contInued.)

George came in under the time-limit
Of his adventure. He had been upon
the most difficult errand imaginable.
ut least from a bachelors point Of
view. He carried two handbags. One
a these he deposited in Fortunes lap.
shall l open it?"
II you wish"
She noted his embarrassment and
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

Restaurant Proprietor-Sorry, sir.
but can't. Kind of sentiment, you
See. The money that gave me my
start here came as prize in a con.
test in which ] swatted 3,646 more
flies than my nearest competitor!-
Puck.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-05

He Hadn't the Heart to Do II.
Grouchy Patron-Goodness. man.
Why don't you rid this place Of flies
There must be a million of them!
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-24

Nicholas Scharff & Sons Gro. Co. Ell
al. VS.. Mrs. l.. A. Jenkins ct al. No.
1914. In Chancery Court at Selmer,
Tenn.
TO THE CREDITORS OF MRS. L.
A. JENKINS.
The Bill in this cause having been
sustained a general creditors bill, by
Decree Of the Chancery Court of Nc
Marry County, Tenn, entered at the
September Term 1918, in Minute Book
No. s, Page ll9 & 100, and publication
ordered made for Creditors; In pursu-
ance of said Decree, all creditors of the
said Mrs. L. A. jenkins are hereby
notified to file their claims, properly
authenticated, with the Clerk & Master
of the Chancery Court at Selmer,
Tenn, on or before
OCTOBER THE 10TH, 1918,
otherwise they will be barred from par
ticipating in the funds to be distributed
in this cause.
1t is ordered that copy of this notice
be published for four consecutive weeks
in the McNairy County Independent, a
newspaper published at -elmer. Tenn.
This September s, 1918.
o. V. ERWIN. C. & M.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-24
Advertise in this
Paper For Results
The Family Cough Medicine

Tn every home should be bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, ready
for immediate use when any member
of the family contracts a cold or
cough. Prompt use will prevent the
spread of sickness. S.A.Stid, of Mason,
Mich, writes: my whole family
depends on DR.. Kings New Discovery
as the best cough and cold medicine
in the world. Two soc bottles cured
me of pneumonia" Thousands of
other families have been equally ben
Gifted and depend entirely upon DR..
Kings New Discovery to cure their
coughs, colds, throat and lung trou.
bles. Every dose helps. Price Soc
and $1.00. All druggists. H. E.
Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St.
Louis. adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-24
Women Who Get Dizzy

Every woman who is troubled with
fa:nting and dizzy spells, backache,
headache, weakness, debility, consti-
patton or kidney troubles should use
Electric Bitters. They give relief
when nothing else will, improve the
health, adding strength and vigor
from the first dose. Mrs. Laura
Gaines, Of Avoca, La, says: -Four
doctors had given me up and my chill
dren and all my friends were looking
for me to die, when my son insisted
that | use Electric Bitters. did SO,
and they have done me a world of
good" Just try them. SOC and $l.00
at all druggists or by mail. H. E.
Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia and St.
Louis. adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-24
Choppers Wanted

Two, or more, families wanted,
each to cultivate 40 or so acres land
on the halves, Good land, stock and
tools. Church and school on the
farm. Situated in the southern part
OF McNairy CO. Only hustlers want
ing to make something need apply.
References required.
Inquire at Independent office. At
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-24
To Simon McCIary and Others
Thos. Shea ct al. VS.. Simon McClary e

Thos. Shea ct al. VS.. Simon McClary ct
al.
In this cause it appearing from the
Bill, which Is sworn to, that the defend
ants Simon McCleary, Pearl Laswell
McClary and Thomas McClary are resi-
dents of the State of Oklahoma: Bell
Jennings and her husband Jennings.
Henry Bell, Mrs. Ramsey Bell and Dan
McClary are residents of the State of
Arkansas; Mrs. Mary Patty and her
husband - Patty are residents of the
State of Illinois, Thomas McClary, Sally
Busby and her husband - Busby,
Mrs. Myrtle Reynolds and her husband
--Reynolds, Trude McClary, William
McClary, Mrs. Minnie Watkins and her
husband - Watkins are residents OF
the State of Mississippi, and all of said
defendants are n0n-residents of the State
of Tennessee, so that the ordinary pro-
cess of law cannot be served on them, II
is therefore ordered by me, NOAH
PRINCE, Clerk of the County Court OF
DIcNairy County, Tenn, that each OF
said defendants named above enter his
or her appearance in this cause before
the County Court of McNairy County, at
the Court House in Selmer, Tenn, on or
before
NOVEMBER 3RD, 1918,
and make defense to the Bill fled in this
case for the partition Of the lands Of
Thomas McClary deceased, or the Bill
will be taken for confessed and the cause
set for hearing exparte as to the said
defendants.
1t is further ordered that this order
be published for four consecutive weeks
in the McNairy County Independent at
Selmer.
This Sept. "a, 1913.
NOAH PRINCE. Clerk.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-24
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