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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
The Miser and His Niece

His avarice grew upon him with his
years, and while non one could say that
he was not strictly just in his dealings,
no one could say that he had ever done
a generous act. He demanded his pound
Of flesh, no more, no less, even unto the
smallest fraction of an ounce.
Outwardly he was "pious SOUL most
regular in his attendance at meeting.
But though the meeting house needed
painting, the horse shed was tumbling
down and the minister was poorly paid
when paid at all-the deacon listened to
all the hints of his pastor with an open
ear and tightly closed pocket. Yet nc
one spoke disparagingly of the deacon.
He was a widower and childless With
him lived his niece, Mary, double or
phan daughter of his dead brother--who
had not been as "forehanded" Is the
deacon.
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the West Indies as a matter of charity
though he worked his passage we'll
enough considering that he was in the
last stage of consumption.
If the brig in which he came north
would land him upon Oyster Pond Point
he said. he could from there get passage.
somehow, to the Vineyard-the place
where he was born, where there We're
many of his relatives and where he de-
sired to die-though he had not seen the
place for SO years.
At frst the wornout mariner was able
to be about and kept much in the open
air. On one of his walks he met the
deacon and, singularly, nay. unaceount-
ably enough, as it seemed to the niece,
the uncle soon contracted an intimacy
with Daggett.
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The Momentous Sunday

On che momentous Sunday when the
deacon hurried home from meeting and
old Daggett lay dying Mary suggested at
once that DIR. Sage be sent for.
DR.. Sage lived over at Sag Harbor and
the deacon began to make difficulties
about sending for him. There would be
the expense and, also. it was Sunday,
and the deacon doubted if 1T were lawful
to work boats on the Lords day.
But. nevertheless, decency and the Arch
imedean lever of all Puritan society,"
why not say of an society What folks
would say" made the deacon consent to
his niece's suggestion, though he was ex-
ceedingly distrustful of any one being
admitted to communication with Daggett
who had, as Mary surmsed revealed to
Deacon Pracon Pratt matters of great
Importance, Sas he deemed, though the
sailor had still kept to himself the' key
of his most material mystery.
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Parted by Religion

The liberal ideas concerning religious
matters were unknown in the early years
of the last century and each sect saw
outside of its own fold only spiritual
wilderness peopled by those who walked
IN darkness stumbling toward horrible
catastrophy.
Roswell was not irrelisious, but he
wanted a religion he could measure with
his own intellect--he was one of those
who say, Il don't believe anything l
can't understand
TO Mary whose faith was strong and
who bowed. her will and intellect before
the mystery of Che UnlShowable, this was
.paganism, and to marry Roswell in his
plssept way of thinking would, she felt,
be putting herself willingly or wilfuliy
into the hands of the great enemy of her
salvation.
Often and often she prayed for her lover
and with more fervor and hotter tears
than she had ever prayed for herself;
but so far as she could discover hitherto
without visible results.
In this way then was unhappiness steal
Ing on the early and innocent hours of
one who might otherwise have been happy
and contented.
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Unusual Generosity

In the first place the deacon was a lit
tie particular in not having among his
intimates the necessitous, and the widow
White soon let it be known that her guest
had not "red cent
He had chattels however, which were
of value among seamen, and Roswell
Gardiner being appealed to sold many
palms and sail needles a fiddle or two
and various other similar articles that OBJ
viously could be no longer of use to Dag
gett
By this means the stranded sailor was
able to pay his board-which he got both
poor and cheap.
Mary, when Roswell told her of the
necessitous condition of Daggett, provid-
ed for him with her own hands sundry
decicacies and comforts of which the sick
man stood in dire need.
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it will prove relative of this poor
man."
This remark had put the deacon into a
cold sweat, but he could make no objec-
ton
When the Widow White came to an
nounce the death of her boarder the
deacon hurried over TO her house, paid
her $40 which the dead man owed her,
saying he would take Daggett's sea chest
for security, and made proper arrange
ments for the funeral.
Never IN all their lives, had the peo-
pie of oyster Pond seen Deacon Pratt
display such liberality 1t occasioned COM
ment and suspicion. ~ &
When Deacon Pratt had the sea chest
of the dead mariner safe in his own house
he locked the door of the little room
which he used as sort of office and ex-
amined its contents-old clothes of no
value, mostly.
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Rivals But Friends

Thus It happened that when finally
Roswell stood out beyond Montauk with
his schooner manned and provisioned
another topsail schooner came bearing
down upon him from the eastward of
Block lsland-a schooner which looked
so like his own that 1t astonished him
it even had for fgurehead. a wooden
seal S his had, and the name of the
schooner was the same as his--the Sea
Lion
Well off TO tie southwark the schooners
spoke each other And the captain Of
the Sea Lion of Marthas vineyardrroved
to be Jason Daggett, the nephew who had
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up the Spectator. Look and see what
sperm oil is quoted at
Mary found the Spectator and read
the oil quotations.
Figure it out child. figure it out Dead
me your figures. Yes, yes, that is right.
will run a little over 80 gallons.
MY share of this will be two-thirds
and that will net the handsome sum of
$1,000. -Four thousand dollars! Roswell is
a good fellow, a good fellow"
'Yes, he is" answered Mary with en-
phasis, the tears filing her eyes as she
thought of the young man. she loved with
all a woman's tenderness, and yet His
God was not her God"
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paid that visit to Oyster Pond and taken
away the old sailors sea chest.
When the schooners were near enough
together, the wind being light, Gardiner
went on board the Sea Lion of the Vine
yard and the two captains met in most
friendly manner.
But Gardiner now saw the whole situ-
alton and smiled when he saw that Wat
son, who had been long with him in the
Sea Lion of Oyster Pond while she was
fitting out, was now first mate of the Sea
Lion of the Vineyard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Oyerpowering News

From Beaufort the two Sea Lions
sailed again and the next heard from
them was at Rio de Janeiro They had
encountered a school of whales on the
way and Gardiner whote the Deacon
that he had shipped to New York. to
his account ia barrels of sperm oil
Mary read the letter to the Deacon
stop. Mary said he. stop. This
news is really overpowering. II seems
too good to be true. Read It again, child.
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A CL AS SIC
IN A P A G E
Copyright, 1913.

Copyright, 1913, by Irving King. All
rights reserved.)z
1.-THE Sea Lions was, land Is, one of the
most popular of Cooper's tales AS why
should it not be2 A story with myste-
rious islands lying in frozen seas, of
pirates hidden boards on tropic keys and
of stirring sea adventures, could hardly
fail to give pleasure to old and young
just as "rhe Treasure Island does
Sixteen or sixty--it is all the same
safe by our firesde we like to shore the
perils of Roswell Gardiner and sing 'Fif-
teen Men on the Dead Mans Chest with
Long John Silver.
In seThe Sea Lions Cooper Is not quite
20 sstilted" as he is in most of his writ
ings. But the defect is .there-that striv-
Ing for a literary style which defeats
Its own object
After reading 1.-The Sea Lions one feels
certain anger with Cooper that he dld
not write more NATURALIZATION the story
leaves the impression that he could have
done so had he wanted to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Old Man Daggett

One Sunday Deacon Pratt drove home
from meeting in his one-horse shay in
great haste
Old man Daggett, some on had told him.
was dying Daggett lived with the
widow White in a house on the shore
about mile from the deacon's.
He was a wornout old sailor who had
been put ashore there with his sea chest
by passing vessel botnd from the EAST
Indies to New York.
He was a Marthas Vineyard man. this
Daggstt. and had been brought up from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Taken as Security

Roswell brought DIR. Sage to the widow s
house, but the case was beyond his power
to remedy and the next morning the old
sailor was dead. DIR. Sage had asked the
sick man's name and finding 1t was Dag
gett had said:
There are 2 lot Of Dagsetts on the
Vineyard Must be one Of item. Write
ID any Of tho name there and doubtless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Escape Cut Off

Rapidly the winter closed in upon the
seal isands-not with IA fall as IN temper
ate clmes. but with surprising sud-
denness. The seals departed the ice s4p-
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4 its eastern end, divides into two
long arms, the southern one of which
ends In Montauk Point and the northern
in Orient Point.
But in the days when Sag Harnor was
a great whaling port, Orient was name
unknown in those regions, and the end
of the northern arm of the island was
called Oyster Pond Point, while orient
was oyster Pond-called by the natiVes'
some of them speak of these localities IN
the old style to the present day-'lster
Pund Pint" and lister Pund.p
At oyster Pond then lived Deacon lch-
abod Pratt. He had farms and money
out at interest; he had shares IN sloops
and schooners.
He was reputed to 6e worth from $780,
600 to $4,000 and for that time and that
region this was a fortune. In short, he
was the richest man in the neiShporhooo
land the most close-fisted one, too.
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the Vineyard and we had meeting and
concluded that this Thomas Daggett was
my fathers brother. He is the only
Thomas Daggett we could not account
for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
At Long Islands Eastern End

&C A every one who has glanced at
~ map knows Long Island, at at
\ its eastern end. divides into two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Fortunes

Next weeks One Page Classic will b
"Rokeby." by Sir Walter Scott.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
ROCKERS


Rockers built for
comfort and en-
joyment. S old
quarter sa W e d
oak, golden or
fumed, with gem
in c ca t Ii e r.
spring seats. This
is the chance to
fill that vacant
spot in your room
at a very small
cost. You cannot
imagine how low
the prices are.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
OIL stove SHIPPED
THROUGH THE MAIL

An oil stove passed through the par
cells post system and was delivered by
the Boise post office to the addresse in
Boise today. The stove was a small
one and came inside of the limit pre-
seribed by the postal laws and regula-
tons. It came to Boise from some
stove company and was delivered 20
the patron in a short time after 1t
reached the office here.
Live animals are prohibited by law
in the parcels post system. The post
master At Caldwell, who is said to have
accepted a live pig. exceeded his au-
thority, according to the officials here
and the section of the regulations that
prevents the shipping of animals IS
cited The business at the local office
is good and already great deal of use
has been made Of the service The
postmaster thinks that the increasing
use Of the service will necessitate al
ditional assistance and the use OF the
parcels post wagons.
The first package went through the
system from oBise to Sweet Under
the law al merchandise must have tile
parcels post stamps affixed and must
also have the name and address Of the
sender of the package. The matter IS
not optional, it is compulsory The
postmaster may refuse package that
has not been marked with the name
and address of the sender.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03

them to the powers, which can decide
their fate.
Supporters of this plan point that
Turkey might even cede the islands 10
allies, as has practically been done
with Albania, on condition that the
powers pledge themselves to claim, rs
in the case of Albania, the right to
decide the status of the Aegean archi-
pelago.
Struggle VIII Be Bitter.
The struggle now will be bitter be-
tween the Turks and the allies. The
former are threatening to appeal 20
the tribunal of Europe; the latter are
threatening to resume the war. II IS
expected, however. that relief from
this situation may result in the meet
ing of ambassadors to whose Judgment
both Turkey and the allies will submit,
If they decide unanimously what the
fate of the islands must be.
The powers are particularly con-
cerned in this question because some
Of the islands, Samothrace, Imbros,
Lemnos and Tenedos are of interna
tional Importance, commanding the en-
trance OF the Dardanelles. while Nifty
lene and Chios bar the entrance of the
gulf of Smyrna The rest of the ISLANDS
still are In the hands of Italy which
occupied them during the war with
Turkey.
If the powers unanimously ask
Greece to evacuate some of the islan1s
already occupied. it is believed Greece
viii obey, as she di1 with Avalona on
the simple intimation of Italy, and as
Servia and Montenegro did on the AL
bantam coast on the Adriatic, or pre-
pared to do in order to please Austria
Situation Is Reviewed.
The ambassadors reviewed the whole
situation without entering deeply into
any prospective question. They wish
to have more concrete instructions be-
fore they do so. LIN the meantime an
exchange Of communications Is occur
ring between the chancellories OF the
triple entente and the triple alliance,
while a special understanding is de-
veloping between Russia, Austria and
Italy concerning Albania.
There appears to be among the am
bassadors a strong current in favor II
the annexation Of Crete to Greece, batl
they claim that in exchange they
should be entrusted with the decision
respecting the fate of islands.
Regarding the frontiers of Albania,
the opinion prevails among the atnbas-
sailors that they Will be able to strike |
a proper medium between the TOO re
stricted suggestions Of the allies ana
the too extended boundaries favored
by Austria. It is reported that the
Russian, Italian and French ambas- |
sailors are supporting this middle
course.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
C0ETHA['S NAME
WILL NOT Be SENT
TO THE SENATE
Opposition on the Part Of
d e m ocr a tic Senators
Causes President to Aban-
don His Plan.

Washington, Jan, 3-President Taft
has definitely told Senator Brandegee.
OF Connecticut, chairman of the inter-
oceanic canal committee, that he would
not send to the senate the nomination
of Colonel George w Goethals as civil
governor of the Panama canal zone be-
cause of the opposition of Democratic
senators.
Senator Brandegee. after a personal
investigation among Democratic sena-
tors, told the president it seemed inn
possible to have the proposed nomina-
ton confirmed, Some of the Democrats
he said, made the statements that at
the time the Panama canal act was
passed giving the president authority
to appoint the civil vernon and es-
tablish new administration, there was
an understanding that no immediate
changes would be made by the Repub-
lican administration The president
told Senator Brandegee that he knew
of no such understanding but he would
not allow Colonel Cocktails TO become
involved in a political controversy 1t
il probable that MIR. Wilson will be
confronted with the task Of forming a
new zone government and settling many
big problems of administration
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
BOISE WILL Try TO
SECURE NEW COLLEGE

Boise will make another effort to
land the Methodist college. A mass
meeting Of the members of the Com
mercial club has been called for to-
night in the club rooms to work out
plans and methods for a campaign and
another fight for the institution
The members of the organization are
not satisfied to let the college leave
the city without a fight They have
been making plans for another effort
20 get the school and believe they will
be able to raise at least 100000 for
the institution before d stone is laid
Every person who is interested in
educational work or who is willing to
join in the battle for the college is
invited to attend the meeting at the
club and to help work out tie plans
for the coming campaign.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
MAKES DONATION TO
Carry ON WORK IN
THE RURAL SCHOOLS
Three thousand dollar

Three thousand dollars to carry on
the work of the rural clubs of the
schools was donated by Governor
James IA. Brady ard the plan put up IN
firm financial basis This, announced
by Dean Carlyle of the university,
brought out round of hearty applause
from the teachers who heard it yes
terday afternoon.
If the plan works as successfully as
it Is thought that it will, the legisla-
ture of the state will be asked to pass
appropriations for It's support. j. A.
hughes. assistant to Dean Carlyle. has
been retained to organize the clubs.
Sixtysix thousand school children IN
the state will become members of these
clubs. Every country boy will cult
vate an acre Of ground and every city
boy will raise his exhibits on smaller
plot for entrance into the fairs of the
several counties of the state. The prize
winners will be brought to Boise to the
state fair with their exhibits and will
have all Of their expenses paid. The
girls have been organized into domestic
science clubs and their work will be
judged in the same way.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
CRISIS Reached

Continued from First rageo
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
NOT SALTS, AND
PILLS. "CASCARETS'
# Constipated, Bilious,
Headachy, Stomach Sour,
Get a 10-Cent Box of
Cascarets.

You men and women who can't get
feeling right-who have headache.
coated tongue. foul taste and foul
breath, dizziness. can't sleep, are bill
Gus, nervous and upset bothered
with sick. gassy, disordered stom-
ach, or have backache and feel worn
out
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets. or merely forcing
passageway every few days with
salts, cathartic pills or castor oil?
This is important
Cascarets work while YOU sleep.
cleanse and regulate the stomach.
remove the sour. undigested and fer
menting food and foul gases. take the
excess bile from the liver and carry
out OF the system all the constipated
waste matter and poison In the intes-
tines and bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. Decent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet; liver and bowels reg
ular and head clear for months. Don't
forget the children. They love Cas-
earets because they taste good-do
good-never gripe or sicken. Adv
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
Electroc ution Recommended.

Salt Lake, Jan. 3.-Death by electro
cution, instead OF hanging. or shooting.
is recommended by the state board of
corrections In its biennial report to the
governor, as the penalty for capital Of
lenses.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03

phasize the enormous Importance Of
what they have coded The allies. on
the other hand, belittle the Turkish
concessions,
The real stumbling block is Adria-
nople. a compromise solution re-
speeting the Aegean islands is possi-
bic. Some suggest that Turkey cede
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
CHAMPIONS SISTER
LIVES AT ARROWROCK

Twenty-Five miles up the Boise river
at the site of the highest dam in en-
gineering records, lives the sister of
Luther McCarty who Wednesday night
Won the championship of the world.
For years Mrs. X. b. Kirkman has
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03
DEATHS-FUNERhI,s

Mrs. John Tolmie. aged IS years, died
Wednesday night at the home of her
daughter, Mrs William Hutchings, 1903
North Eighth street Paralysis was the
cause of her demise, Mrs. Hutchings
was quite well known here, and has
enjoyed fairly good health until her
recent illness. A short time ago, she
and her husband celebrated their siXtx-
first wedding anniversary, and today
Mr.. Hutchings is Frustrated over the
death of his lifelong partner, who was
but one year his junior. She leaves,
beside her husband, two children, a
daughter, at whose home she died, and
a son at Silver City
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03

The funeral of Mrs. Tonne will be
held tomorrow afternoon tie o'clock
at the family residence, 1903 North
Eighth street. Burial will be In the
Odd Fellows cemetery
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03

The funeral of Harry Leroy will be
held Sunday afternoon at 80 at the
Schneider 4 Sidenfaden chapel The
Fraternal Order of Eagles viii have
charge of the services and burial will
be in Morris Hill cemetery.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03

II You want better coal phone 81.
Idaho Coal & Seed Co. A. L. Lee man
ager, corner Eighth and Grove streets.
Adv-tf
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03

Con w. l.sse, Watch Inspector 81
o. S. L. for Is years. There's a reason.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-03

Use Holsum Bread because It's better.
ADV FL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-21
FL mundo
en- pocas lineas
DESAPARICION DE LA ESTATUA
De CANFOENS.

Paris, II de junio-La estatua de
Camoens, recientemente inaugurada en-
Paris, ha desaparecido. Los miembros
de la colonia portuguese que fueron a
depostar flores en- ell monumento del
gran poeta a la maIlana siguiente de la
noohe de su desaparici5n, no pudieron
ccultar su asombro al no hallar mas que
ell pedestal.
Dicen los peri6dicos franceses-y es-
to es un tantico ir6nico-que los admi-
radores de Camoens, desconcertados,
fueron a dejar las flores al pie de la es-
tatua de Victor Hugo.
Afirmase que ell Ayuntamiento de
Paris ha quitado la estatua porque es
un m0mentO cue, pOr antipstetlto, des-
Cioe much0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-21

Eduardo VII, habi6ndolo ganado ell
ano pasado la duquesa de Devonshire,
que es una de las mas ardientes parti-
darias de la cruzada contra ell juego,
seg1n refere la prensa inglesa Tam
bien 10 gan6 una vez la reina madre,
Alexandra. Ell ticket para este juego
costaba una guinea ($525), ascendien-
do ell total del mismo a quinientos pc
sos, POGO mas 8 menos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-21
NOTAS HIPICAS
LA REINA MARIA NO ES HTPICA..

Con motive de la carrera en- que Sc
corri0 ell premio Derby ha quedado de
m0strad0, una Vez mas, que la reina Ma
ria. de Inglaterra, no es tan partidaria
del ,deporte h1pico como sus anteces0
ras en- el solo de la Gran Breta1a Este
alo no Sc efectu0 en- el real palacio la
"2ina" denomination que tambi6n Sc
lie viene dando a las apuestas general
mvnte conocidas con ell nOmbre de ''Der-
by Sweepstakes debido a q. los reyes
no quisieron comprar ning1n ticket de
las apuestas, no pudiendo verifcarse ell
pool porque s6lamente ocho personals Sc
de>idieron 4 comprarlos.
El "Dcrby Sweepstakes" fu6 esta-
bleoido en- el palacio real por ell rey
j. IT, srss---sss7 wyg3
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