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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-17
CHAPTER XIII.
Alliance With Abbott.

/ For the most part, that was silent
walk to Hamilton Gregory's. Abbott
| Ashton pushed the wheelchair, and it
was only Mrs. Jefferson, ignorant OF
what had taken place, who commented
on the bright moon, and the relief of
rose-scented breezes after the musty
auditorium of Walnut Street church.
"They were bent and determined on
Fran going to choir practice" the old
lady told Abbott, so Lucy and went
along to encourage her, for they say
she has fine voice, and they want all
the good singing they can have at
Uncle lobe F-uller's funeral l despise
big doings at funerals, but l expect to
go, and as l can't hear the solos, nor
the preacher working up feelings, all
I'll have to do will be to sit and look
at the coffin.'
Mother" said Mrs. Gregory. you
are not cheerful tonight" .
NO." the other responded, 81 think
it's from sitting so long by the Whited
Sepulcher."
Mrs. Gregory spoke into the trum-
pet, with real distress-"Mother, moth
err! Abbott won't understand you; he
doesn't know you are using a figure
of speech
YES" said the old lady, number
thirteen, if there's anything unlucky
in figures"
Abbott effected diversion. Mrs.
Gregory, I'm glad Miss Noir agreed to
say nothing about her discoveries. for
the only harm in them is what people
might imagine. l was pretty uneasy,
at first, of course knew that if she
felt she ought to tell it, she would. I
never knew anybody so conscientious. -
There was a pause, then Mrs. Greg
DRY responded, "She will not tell"
Abbott had seen them safely into
the house, and had reached the gate
ming up. In pleased surprise he
opened the gate for her, but she
stopped in the outside shadow, and he
paused within the yard.
''Fran!" he exclaimed with pleasure.
as the practice ended?"
She made no response.
Fran, what's the matter?"
Silence.
Abbott was both perplexed and hurt.
Remember what we said on the new
bridge" he urged; we're friends
while we're together and after we
part!'"
Somebody ought to burn that new
bridge" said Fran, in a muffied tone;
ITS no good making wishes come
true"
why do you say that? Aren't we
the best OF friends?'
Fran collected herself, and spoke
with cool distinctness: 81 have a pref
ty hard fight, Mr.. Ashton, and it's nee
essary to know who's on my side, and
who isn't. I may not come out ahead;
but I'm not going to lose out from TAX
ing a foe for friend
Which you will kindly EXPLAIN"
You are Grace Noir's friend-that
explains it,
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charge and no hasty firing Of shots in
the hope of turning, or Of killing. the
enemy. He sees an ostrich. and the
sight of the bird serves as a vent for
his ill-considered spleen. OF he goes
in chase, full tilt, for half mile or
more, the biped complacently trotting
on before lean it be that an ostrich
has sense of humor?), merely glanc-
ing over his wing now and again, care
fully keeping distance. Soon it dawns
on him that the thing in front he dim
ly sees has not that faintly-caught but
evil smell; this idle chase grows wear
isome, and other forms loom up be-
fore him. Only herd of hartebeeste;
but he switches off suddenly in their
direction, with scarce abated wrath.
and disappears over an undulation OF
the plain. a bad second to any one Of
the flying white rumps scattering be-
fore him. The fool of the plains and
hollows; a dangerous fool if you will.
but still the fool. He has, in fact. no
ideas, but one idea. His eyes are use
less to him, he relies upon his nose.
and his nose proves but an unsatisfac-
tory and unreliable guide. Watch him
carefully down-wind of his meditat-
ing self, as he stands hour after hour
moving few yards from side to side.
forwards or backwards, shutting, or
lying nose on ground in ponderous
doze, oblivious, while around him, IN
needed, the life of the plains goes on.
cto r1c nf tho hills
against the rioting colors of the west
ern sky. a chilliness is already in the
air, the brief twilight is at hand. Slow
ly the game moves in to water, strings
of black forms against the skyline.
silver, brown and sable in the light
Of the valley.
A long line OF zebra, with dropping
heads, file in from the outer plain; a
herd of ''kongoni" with detected mien
straggle obliquely waterwards; over
rise appears the black Roman nose
and fierce shaggy head of an enquir-
ing gnu. You have disturbed the life
of the plains The zebra pause and
turn towards you row of black muz-
zles and well-cocked ears, the "kon-
goni" their fiddle-shaped fat faces; a
herd of gazelle move off, wagging
black black tails furiously against
white thighs Far away pair of jack
ais running furtively stay their trot to
gaze, sharp noses and bats ears point
ed at you Cunning, foxy little chaps
And through it all our friend the
"rhI ." sleeps oblivious. Zebra may
fight with teeth and fore feet for
equine laurels; 'kongoni' chase each
other in far-drawn circles bent on love
or play or war; the hyena and the
jackal purloin bones bravely from the
lions KILT is all one to the 'rhino."
He has no interest in the life about
him; he does not know of your detest-
ed presence, though he stand SO close
that every wrinkle o. his hide be
visible; like some old autocrat, sunk
into sleep, whose grandchildren snap
his commandments under his very
nose, he is oblivious.
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One group of 400 were treated by
this electric system, and so charged
were the chickens with electricity
that the shock could be distinctly felt
IL the finger IVES put to the beak OF a
chicken.
The chickens in the 400 grew to
marketable size in five weeks, and
of the 400 only six. and these were
weaklings in the beginning, died. OF
the other 400 nearly half died-it be.
ing late in the year for health growth
and the survivors took three months
to reach the marketable size.
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Reservinu a Seat.

why don't you let the people in?"
suggested Mr.. Justice Joyce in trying
to solve the Palladium queue tangle.
This would be putting the theatrical
clock back. In the seventeenth CEN
fury doors were opened long before
the curtain rose. Pepys' for instance,
patronizes the pit: ITO the playhouse
at little past IL to get good place
In the pit and then. getting a
poor man to keep my place, / out and
spent an hour at Martins, my book
sellers, and so, back again, when l
found the house quite full. But l
had my place."-London Chronicle.
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honor l didn't. | had to admi. drop
ping the card, to keep her from think
Ing you out here at midnight with a
stranger She saw us in the shadow,
and guessed--that other didn't tell
her anything about your age. l didn't
mention the carnival company"
Frans concentrated tones grew mild
er: But Mrs. Gregory has known
about the show all this time She
would die Gefore she'd tell on me-"
Il never told, Fran. I'm not going
to say that again; but you shall be-
lieye me-
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take her in more readily. if We be-
lieved her a mere child"
Does Mr.. Gregory know that?"
Il haven't told him; I don't know
whether Fran has or not"
You haven't told him!" Grace was
speechless. You knew it. and haven't
told him? What ought l to do?"
You ought to keep your promise, t"
Abbott retorted hotly.
Sitting on that bridge at midgnight,
alone. telling peoples fortunes by
cards. Professor Ashton
Mrs. Gregory" Grace exclaimed, with
one of those flashes of inspiration pc
culiar to her sex, that Fran is a show
girl"
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ing down to the footlights, looked up
into the air, and, quick as a flash.
turned to the lady, and said: There,
what did / tell you?'
'The audience howled with laugh
ter. and the quick-witted comedian
was undoubtedly the means of pre-.
venting a serious calamity"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-17

aromatic ard as fiavoring for cakes
and pies. A distinction of crocus
blossoms, also. was held to be good
for Strengthening the lungs and heart,
and as a preventive OF plague. Evil
dence of the flowers commercial
value survives in the name OF the
chief center OF its cultivation. SAT-
from Walden, but saffron nowadays is
appreciated only by the sparrows,
who wreck the crocuses to obtain It.
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of one shilling" He counted slowly
to nine, when the manager capitulated.
The strike was declared at an end,
the union dissolved and the strikers
trooped into the hall-New York Trib-
une
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Queer Uses for the crocus.

The crocus is nowadays held to
Justify its existence by its beauty,
but in bygone centuries It was cult.
waited with an eye to profits saffron
being In high demand both @ an
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Packed.

Crawford-So you're going away to
the country? Have you your trunk
packed yet?
Crabshaw-No; my wife saved me
the trouble. She filed it with all her
own things.-Judge.
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UnfaiIinq Remedy.

Mrs. Viewed Ito dear friend)-
What's the secret of getting a new
frock out Of hubby after he refuses
once?
Mrs. Wiley-If at first you don't
succeed, cry again!-Judge.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-03-13

| saw man perched on knoll In the
midst Of a cornfield. He stood as rigid
as a sentry on duty, or like forlorn
commander counting the spears of his
tattered battalions. / was not sure
that he saw me, for the balcony was
slightly Swallowed, but, at any rate, he
was sharply outlined to my vision. His
derby hat and oyercoat gave him an
odd appearance ms he stood broodlhg
above the corn. Then he vanished sud
denly, though as he retired toward the
highway | followed him for some time
by the shaking and jerking of the corn
stalks. | determined to make every eff
fort to see Virgins the next day and
learn the exact status Of his affair with
Cecilia Holllster.
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with Cecilia In the highway. He hat
Tortoise with the idea that he haC
left New York for long absence, and
be had apparently camped at the gates
Of Hope6eld TO be near Cecilia.
When he had paid his compliments
TO the ladies he turned 10 me with an
almost imperceptible lifting OF the
brows, but be was cordial enough II
be was surprised or disappointed at see
ing me his manner did not betray the
feeling.
Glad TO see you, Ames. Rather
nice weather this"
Even Dakota couldn't do better"
sfirmed with grin, but be ignored
the ding.
Cecilia stirred restlessly, and ! felt
decidedly III at ease Miss HOLSTER
crossed to the fireplace and poked the
logs
Just what part Hezekiah Holllster
played In the situation was beyond me.
If had not witnessed Virgins clan
destine meeting with Cecilia matters
would have been clearer TO my com
prehension. but his appearance at the
house after the colloquy l had over
heard from the brier patch was In IL
self ineIpllcable. Miss HOLSTERS sin
gular references to Hezekiah-a person
about whom my curiosity was now a
good deal aroused TO the mys-
terry that infoided the library.
Responsive to Miss HOLSTERS ener-
getic proddlng. the flames In the fire
place leaped into the great throat of
the chimney with a roar She turned,
her back to the blaze. and looked upon
her guests benignantly.
IF all your flues draw like that one
they are not seriously In need OF doc
torlng," ! remarked.
"Flues are nothing n not cratic" re-
piled Miss Holllster The subject did
not appear TO interest her. nor had
she, by the remotest suggestion, refer
red TO the object OF my coming. | had
smiled vainly In the halls above and
below for any trace of the stale smoke
which usually greeted me at once ON
my arrival at the house OF a client
The house was built, you may not
know. for a manufacturer OF umbrel-
las. who died before he had occupied
it in circumstances | may later dis
close TO you, which accounts, Mr.. |
Ames. for that figure of Cupid under
a pink parasol on the drawing room
ceiling. AT the first opportunity
shall remove it, as baby Cupids are ir-
reconcilable with the militant love
making admire. / consider umbrel- |
las detestable and never carry one
when / can command a macintosh"
when I'm on the ranch | wear a |
slicker," said Virgins. ITS bullet |
proof, and that / have found at times
a decided advantage"
We discussed mackintoshes for at |
least ten minutes with far more
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CHAPTER V.
Tn. Strange Behavior Of Chimney

The Strange Behavior Of Chimney.
"HERE was no reason In the
world why Hartley Virgins
should not call upon two la
dies living In Westchester
county. and | must say that he APP
peared TO advantage in Miss HOLSTERS
library.
He had got into his evening clothes
somewhere. perhaps at n neighboring
Inn or maybe at the house Of friend,
for he could not possibly have motored
into town and back since his Interview
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CHAPTER vi.
| Deliver a Message.

~ WAS aroused at @ o'clock the next
morning by the sound of gun
shots, and, springing out of bed,
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ing entirely

Not only Gin she save Nr. anderson but Ehs
stopped me drinking OF her brotheran several Of
her nciEt oors IS we'll All this she accomplished
with 9 simple home remedy which any one can set
and Use. And she now desires TO tell every rlan
and woman who has q relative OF friend who
c;irks, just wLatit is.
Il can be given secretly n desired and every
reader OF this notice who is Interested in curing
dear enc OF drinking should write To Mrs Anderson
st once He- reply Will come hy return mail IN q
sealed cnvei1pe; She doc. THIS gladly, in hope.
that Others VIII bc bcUeitcd az she was One
fhjuR she asks however. and thai il that YOU do
rot send money for she has nothing to sell Her
rompleSo address Is l49 Hill Ave, iIiburn, r.. V
NOTE This offer should bcaccerted al once hy
oil who have lear Cncs VINO drink. In fact, every
one who has TO contend in any way with drunken
ness Should know about 1t. Therefore, If YOU do
not write Mrs. Anderson yourEeli CUT THIS
NOTICE OUT and mail II 10 friend who could
use her advice And even though YOU do answer
st. MAIL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE who you
think would like % know what Mrs. Anderson
used. In other words. let this notice reach many
Us possible for Mrs Anderson will reply to every
etter. DO mater how many she receives.
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The lease OF our store in Baltimore Md. expired Hav
ing been unable to renew forced to quit bust
ness there The entire stock has been shipped here
quick disposal Over 1900 garments in all the latest fall
| and Winter 1913 styles, consisting of
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Boys and Girls Raincoats
and Capes

Hnndrcds O thcsc usclul garments
or the little folks al soc OH the dollar.
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Free Delivery

to all parts of Virginia and North
Cnrolina. If you cannot come send
your order by mail. We pay express
charGcs on purchases of $500 and
over.
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STOPPED HIS
DRINKING
This Wife and Mother Saved
Her Husband Over
Ten Years Ago
She WILL GLADLY TELL YOU HOW
f. II E. E.
Write to Her Today. Send No
Money. She Has Nothing
To Sell

For over % years Jas. Anderson of
Hillburn. n. y. was a confirmed drunk
ard. HIS case was about as bad as it
could be but little over ten years ago
his devoted wife. after years Of trying,
finally succeeded in stopping his drink
inc entirely.
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Mems and Women's
Slip-Ons

Well-Madc, Durable. All-round
Wear Goats, i'll tho very newest mod
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Mems and Women's
Waterproof Overcoats

OF high grade all-wool materials, in al
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19

spring day when he rode on the Old cart
along country lanes-and the little maid
beside him who was more treasure than
he has ever been able to win in his bat
tic with the world They talked of
many things they intended to do-and
ever his story was of "over the hills and
far away" for the little piper plped to
him tales of the city.
And when they met a gypsy lover and
his lass fiddIing down the way, he asked
the maid if she would be content to
trudge with him through all the world
She was a home body. and the prospect
did not bring her great JOY; so the
gypsy Idea went out of their heads with
the newer plan of his seeking in the
city for wealth-and the plan that he
was to come back to the country for
her
This never was more than a plan.
cause he knew the country blossom
would fade in the town-and then
there were SO many town blossoms
dollhouse plants compared with his love
in the country-and so he never did go
back for her.
When these days come and bring the
spring so that You can sniff it, many a
man wishes he could once more so into
the country and find his lost youth and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
Little Bobbie $
Pa
Bv WILLIAM F. KIRK.

WAS reeding a peece to Pa in tbs
paper last night. The peece sed
that wimmen was always gaim-,
than men & that they cud stand on.
erashun with less speaking about Il
than a big husky man wud show oaysr
a hed-ak
/ will admit that part of it. sed p,
but you must remember Bobbie that
every woman wich endures a operashun
I'M flinchingly & without speaking
about it makes up for her bravery nv
speaking about it every day after sns
gifts better, yes, every day till the end
of her life In fack, sed Pa. I onst ro,s
song witch was to go into a oprv
called My Operashun. This is the way
it went, Bobbie:
Ny deer, l newer thought I'd live.
And all my foes ! did forgive.
The nurses had no hopes for me:
The Doc was blue as he cud be
1t happened on my last vacation
You should have saw my operashuu.
doant think vary much Of that,
toald Pa.
There isent vary much humor in It Of
itself. sed Pa, but it only goes to SHOW
| that onst a woman has had a opera.
shun her friends is going to know about
| ii all the rest of the days of her life
Now, sed Pa, if honest woodchopper
| happens to miss a stick of hardwood q
swings his dubbel-bitted ak almos,
thru his own shin, & the leg has to b.
am putated, do you supoas that wen b.
Gums around year later with a rub
| Der leg he will all the time be talking
about the operashun? No, sed Pa, no,
a chanst.
You see. Pa sed to me, man mag
| howl a littel wen part of his body is
| beeing divorced from wat is left bu,
| you newer hear him talk about # af;
erward. l newer saw a man in my life
that made a squeel or tried to show his
| trends sum awful scar wich he had .p-
| ceeved from a surgeons knife.
Jest then two of Mas trends cain to
| call, Mister q Missus Garrison. MisSls
Garrison was a littel, pale woman, 81
Mister Garrison was oaver six CO. feet
tall & waved neerly $50 pounds.
| After thay had removed thafe
wraps, Pa noticed that Mister Garrisyq
was groning, & he sed what is the maj
! ter old boy, are you in pain?
1t is the saim old pain, Mister Gar
rison sed, from old operashun wnh
| | had six yeers ago. | was choppin-
down a pine tree & in getting away
from the falling branches ] fell bac Pc
ward & got silver in the palm of my
hand. 1t went in neerly half a inch
sed Mister Garrison.
Thay sent for a doctor, e il was
neerly a hour beefoar the doctor cul
git thare. He took his knives, etc, &
he got that splinter out, sed Mister
Garrison, but l shall newer fergit the
awful agony of that terribul opera
shun till my dying day. 1t hurts me
now on rainy days. he sed. tho harIl"
ever hear anybody telling me thay a;a
sorry. Oh ouch! My operashun!
guess the peece ! read to Pa out oil.
the paper was rite, all rite.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19

"HESE days that are cold and un-
comfortable between times, are
yet spring days You know IL
cause last night. when YOU stepped
out-s doors for a little minute. you
shifted the spring in the air. You did
it Observation-Disclosures who are shut In
side four walls and compassed by the
streets Of the city.
But once upon a day your forefathers
shifted in Just such a fashion, and real
lv knew the spring was come by the feel
Of things You say 81 smell spring in
the air" but laugh at yourself when
you say it.
Away out in the West. where the
barren prairies stretch away to the
blue hills that rise into a blue sky the
spring is coming The country is all
tan and brown, and is splotched here
and there with drift of snow, but
when the whole Of ii IS seen there is
hint of sreen-vague and underlined;
but II says the spring IS here.
And so II is with the heart of many
man who is cooped up in the city these
days. The old spring fret" has him in
its grip, aud he thinks OF times before
he left the country I'm his search for
fame and wealth He thinks of one
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Madge Royce Tells Her Expert
ences in Manhattan in Letters
to Her Little Sister.
BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY.

N EAR Little Sister:
Extra, Very extra" and very
special, Kitty, / am so excited ]
can hardly write But first / want To
know how much more rapld-hre my
1S-year-old sisters brain is than is
her Mariorie's elderly spinster one,
Kitten, honest and true now,
black and blue" now. Lay me down
and cut me In two"-n the dear old
solemn oath Of old Hometown-does
'T. Albert Johnstouu" suggest one
thing to you. No We'll the name did
not suggest anything 80 me. except all
sorts Of Wild dreams and Manhattan
night possibilities But T. Albert john
stone is Tommy Johnson, Of Columbia
City, The name has been fixed up a
little for New York, that's all-and IT
is really Thomas Albert at that. But
the turued-up nose and the stoCky fig
ure Stiu heSpeak the old Tommy who
used to come up 20 Hometown 10 visit
his "graudpaw" in the summer vaca-
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No Dancing Academy.

SIZE had tried vsiuly TO stop the train
IN the usual feminine fashion. but with
cat results. until at least eight people
hoo shouted Hi" steutorously. and
half dozen small bows had entered
for an impormptu whistling compe-
tition
AT last She was aboard, and she
glared ylciUusly at the conductor.
WY didn't you stop the car for
me- she demanded
How was ] 10 know you wanted
to get on2" he retorted.
Didn't You see me swinging my
arms and jumping up and down and
vigorously waving my umbrella %"
" Course did be said agreeably.
Nobody could help il. The whole
street was looking az YOU"
Then why Didn't YOU stop she ask
ed. in eNasp cfaliun
ION { thought YOU Nege just dancing
- the street organ" was the cuUauC-
quiet reply, iu acid tones
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She Finds Home Folks. -

r. Albert or no, ne is home folks
tie saw a little verse of mine tucked
off i'm the corner of the paper, phoned
at once and got my address-and there
you are. or rather there We We're. And
] just Iunged to hold Y. Albert'S hand
and smooth his hair, and make him
represent the whole of Indiana to me,
of course. I moderated my eNuberance
over the man from home because
even Georgia man might misunder-
stand your enthusiasm for your ma
tive state after five years Of the New
York dea had worked their changes in
q little deeper than q name parted In
thg middI,
AMI ] ann NOT sli soul alone" m New
York amy more
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ways, and thinks not of gypsying along
the wild ways with the one girl in all
the world-the girl he left behind him.
Instead. he plans week or month in
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his lost love there together He would
give all he has IN the way of worldly
possessions for this one gift. He has to
satisfy his old spring fret in commoner