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CHAPTER II.
In Love Successful.

But, my dear-but Laura, you don't
stop to think" exclaimed a certain
young man to a certain young woman,
at a somewhat interesting and impor-
tant moment Of their lives. You GER
tainly do not mea to say-to tell me
to tell me! Why"
He ceased, a gasp in his throat at
the unbelievable effrontery of the
woman who faced him in this situa-
ton. All he had asked of her was to
marry him. And she had hesitated.
1t was a thing incredible!
1t was Mr.. Rawn, our hero. 1t could
have been almost no one else who
could have sustained precisely this at
titude at precisely such a time.
AS to the young oma herself, who
o turned a somewhat pale face to
one side as she left her hand in his,
she might have been any one OF many
thousand others in that city. Her hair
was brown, her features regular
enough, her complexion nondescript,
her garb non-committal. Not a person
of ancient lineage, you would have
said. or of much education in the
worlds ways, or Of much worldly
goods-these things do not always
come to a saleswoman of twenty-five,
whose salary is six dollars a week.
Yet her face had in it now a very
sweet sort of womanliness, her mouth
a tender droop to it.
He leaned again toward her. insis-
tent, frowning, imperious. This was
as she had planned. What, then.
lacked? If she had sought for some
strong mar to sweep her from her
calm, why was she nov so calm?
you surely do not stop to consid-
err" he renewed. "Why, look at mel"
Laura Johnson did stop to consider.
She wanted to be a wife, loved,
cherished, supported, comforted and
protected. And certainly she could
choose only among the opportunities
offered ner. This was her first oppor-
tunity. 1t might be her last.
She sighed a trifle as she laid aside
the garment Of her %girlhood, which
had kept her sweet and clean for FIVE
and twenty years. She folded both
her worn and rather bony hands. put
them both in his. and said. with a
little smile that ought to have wrung
his heart. We'll, John, Tiff 1t must
bel"
John Rawn, then, married Laura
Johnson, and they lived unhappily
ever after. That is to say, she did
AS for her lord. he did not notice his
wife to any great extent after once
they had settled down together. but
came to regard her as one of those in
cidents of life which classify with
food. clothing. the need of sleep,
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NOT AS BAD AS ALL THAT
Judge Rssents Attitudes of "Funny
Men" as to Present Tendency
in Dress.

Judge Ralph S. Latshaw squelchec,
in Kansas City, the other day, an in
cipient movement against the close
fitting skirt with a slash.
Marrow skirts don't mean immoral
ity," said Judge Latshaw. "One Of the
most vicious epoch was when hoop
skirts were worn.
why, / remember when it was con
sidered immodest for a woman to ar
range her couture so as to show her
ears. We have advanced.
I'VE have advanced, but we haven't
advanced as far as the jokesmiths and
c~artoonists would pretend.
Doctor said a pretty girl-so
runs the latest joke-doctor, / want
you to ~vaccinate me, please, where it
won't show
"'Humph,' said the gruff doctor. I
guess you'll have to take it internally.
them"
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RARE PRESENCE OF MIND
At Least II Is to Be Supposed Young
lady's Mother Regarded II
as Such.

Speaking Of rare presence of mind
recently recalled to ex-President Taft
the a IS OF a handsome young woman
of his acquaintance. She had gone tc
the railway station to meet a mar
friend OF the family, and when he de-
barked from the train the young man
lost his head and impulsively kissed
her. The girl thought it the part OF
prudence to tell her mother of the af.
fair. upon which the latter was simply
Mortified. /.
You don't mean to tell me that he
had the impudence to kiss your" she
cried. And to think of the crowd at
the station! Why. my dear, what did
you do in such an embarrassing stu.
ation?'
why. mother, / just kissed him
Back. OF course coolly replied the
young woman. II wanted to give all
those people the impression that we
were reIatives."-The Sunday Maya
zine.
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Using the outworn ministerial cloth In
turn, she made also, in due time. the
garments OF the son and heir, even
building for him a cap, with ear-lap-
pets, for winter use. Her own gar
ments might have been seen by the
most casual eye to have been the
product of her hands.
A certain interest attaches to a lit
tie event which nowhere else, save in
some such village. would have been
noted or could have been possible. The
leading local merchant, in a burst of
enterprise, had imported a couple of
clusters of bananas from New Orleans,
the first ever brought into the town.
For a time none of the citizens pur
chased. and, indeed, 1t required the
grudglng gift of a banana or so to
establish a local demand. Then
builded on the assurance of a wise
and much-traveled citizen who had
once eaten a banana at Fort Worth
the m of the bananas passed rap
idly through the town. Swiftly il be
came an important thing to
to a neighbor that one had eaten of
this fruit.
AT this time young Mr.. Rawn was
SIX years OF age, and by reason of his
years and his social position at least
as much entitled to bananas as any of
his like t~hereabout. Yet, he had none.
The tragedy Of this wrung his moth.
er's soul. Was it to be thought that
this, her son. should be denied any of
the good things Of life, that he should
have less than equal enjoyment of
life's privileges in the company of his
fellows? The climax came when
young Mr.. Rawn himself approached
his mothers knee, with wonder and
surprise upon his face, inquiring why
others had bananas, while he himself,
the Lords a%nointed, and son of the
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dignity come. He seated himself calm
ly upon the chair and began to eat
tnat which had been given him OF
fate, that which had been brought to
Caesar as a thing due to Caesar. He
ate until at last, wearied with his Ia
bors. he fell asleep.
Note now our humble moral In this
short and simple detail of our hero's
early years. He was at this moment
more nearly full of bananas than any
other human beng in all the village at
that time. Yet he had attained that
success at no price save that or the
exercise of the of his mind.
That is genius. Let US not smile at
young Mr.. Rawn.
His mother, stealing home by the
back way with yet other bananas con
cealed in her apron, presently came
upon him and discovered that, after
all, her solicitude had not been need
full. Her son slept, his lower lip pro,
truding, his features grave, his legs
somewhat sprawled apart, his mid
body somewhat d%istended, his head
sunken forward, his hands dropping
at his side. In one hand, clutched so
tightly as to have become a somewhat
worthless pulp, his mother discovered
the bulk of several bananas; in short,
the full quota which had been assigned
to two of his fellow-beings. 1t was
genius!
His mother looked upon him as he
slept sprawled in his repletion and
made no attempt to remove the un-
eaten fruit from his hands; indeed.
made no query as to where he had OBJ
tanned it. She did not disturb his
slumbers. How like his father he
is," she whispered to herself, mindful
of certain lemons, certain beefsteaks.
certain wedding fees, certain gone and
wasted years. She did not say: How
dear he is, how sweet, how manly, how
brave, how decent, how chivalrous!"
No, with a slight tightening of the lips
as she turned back to find her belated
sewing, she spoke, as though to her,
self, and with no peculiar glorying in
her voice, How like he is to his ia.
ther!" And so took up her burden.
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nervous l could not sleep, then / would
be 70 tired mornings that / could scarcely
get Ground. 1t seemed almost impossi-
BILE to move or do u bit of work and /
thought 1 never would be any better IN
I'll l submitted to an operation. / COM
menced taking Lydia Z. Pinkham's Veg
etabis Compound and soon felt like a
new woman. / had no pains, slept well,
had good appetite and was fat and
could do almost all my own work for a
family of four. / shall always feel
that I W my good health to your med
icine."-Mrs. HAYWARD Sewers, Cary,
Maine.
III you are Ill do not drag along until
m operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND.
III you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia H.. PinEham's Vegeta-
bic Compound will help you, write
to Lydia IL. Pinkham MedicineCO.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held i'm strict confidence.
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Only William.

At a singing contest at Frankfort re-
Gently Kaiser Wilhelm. who attended,
was served by several high-school boys
as pages. According to Jugend. he
was attracted by the bright face OF
one OF them and asked his name.
"Korner, your majesty" said the
boy.
And your first name Is Theodore?"
said the emperor. thinking OF the pa.
triot-poet Theodore Korner. whose cen
tenniaj rear this is.
I'm SORRY" replied the uncourtier
Hike youngster. but it's only viii
helm"
When Kaiser Wilhelm broke into a
hearty laugh at the answer the page
realized his missed opportunity.-New
York Evening Post.
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'CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
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with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
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Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
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Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
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A Cascaret tonight will make you
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Millions Of men and women take a
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Constipation. Adv.
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SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Experience Of a Southern Mar.

please allow me to thank the crigi.
nntor of Postum. which In my case,
speaks for ITSELF" writes a Fla. man.
Il formerly drank so much coffee
khat my nervous system was almost q
wreck" (Tea is just as injurious be.
eause It contains caffeine, the drug
found In coffee.) my physician told
me to quit drinking 1t but l had to
have something, 30 ! tried Postum.
TO my great surprise I saw quite
. change in my erves in about 10
days. That was a year ago and now
my nerves r steady and I don't have
those bilious sick headaches which I
regularly had while drinking coffee.
Postum seems to have body-build-
Eng properties and leaves the head
clear. And ! do not have the bad
taste I'm my mouth when I get up morn.
fngs- When Postum is boiled good
and strong. it is far better In taste
than coffee. My advice to coffee drink
en- b to try Postum and be con.
vfnced."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Write for copy OF the
little book. The Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum--must be well
boiled
Instant Postum Is q soluble powder.
= ~teaspoonful dissolves quickly in q
EMP Of hot water and. with cream and
sugar. mekes . delicious beverage
lnsenntiy. Groccrs sell both kinds.
There's . reason" for Postum.
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Lords a~nointed. had none 1t was at
that time that his mother somewhat
f~urtiyely stole away down the village
street.
Ii was at about this same time, also,
that there CHANGED to pass by, on the
sidewalk in front of the parsonage,
two boys younger than John Rawn
himself. These he regarded intently,
for he saw from a distance that each
had some suspicious object in his
hand. His w suspicious became GER
tainties. Here was visible proof that
they, mere common persons, were
owners Of specimens of that fruit
throughout the town. They ate, or
we're about to eat, while he did not!
They had Injuries while he had none!
They had not asked his permission.
yet they ate! Form this picture well
In your mind. oh, gentle reader. 1t Is
that Of John Rawn and ourselves.
With great gravity and dignity
young MI. Rawn stalked down the
brick walk to the front gate of the
parsonage yard. Calmly, with no
word. but with uplifted hand-nay,
merely by his stately d~ignity-he
barred the progress Of these two.
They paused, uncertain. Then he held
put his hand. and. with a growl of
command. demanded of these others
that which they had regarded as their
own. He took 1t as q matter of course
that Caesar should have the things
that were Caesars; and they who give
tribute to our Caesars now. gave it
then.
Having possession Of these bananas,
which as yet remained unbroken Of
their owners young Mr.. Rawn showed
them that, although these fruits were
unfamiliar to their former owners,
they made no enigma to a person of
his powers. AS though he had done
nothing else all his life. he broke open
the tender skin and removed the soft
interior contents. After this he hand
ed back to each OF his young friends
the disrupted and now empty skins.
Yet, with much kindness. he explained
to both that at the bottom of each
husk or envelope there still remained
some portion Of edible contents which.
with care upon their part, might yet
be rescued. They departed. wonder
ing somewhat. but glad they had been
shown how the thing was done: even
as you and I humbly thank our great
men for robbing us today.
Young Mr.. Rawn. age six. turned
nov with much dignity back to the
gallery from which he had with much
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MADE MATTER OF NECESSITY
According to This, There Is Little
Doubt About coiored Mans lik-
inq for Chickens.

In the endeavor to uplift the race, a
friend OF ours started in by trying to
smash silly old superstitions. Our
friend believes that negroes are ma
ligned, and that many of the stock
jokes about them are not founded on
fact. He has. in fact, succeeded in
proving that a number of the old min
strel standbys are mere s~enseless
jests. And the other day he inter
viewed the elevator boy in his office
building.
Arthur" he said. there's a silly old
saying that you colored people are
crazy about chickens. can't see how
that started. Do you like chicken"
"Yassah."
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Ot course-almost everybody likes
chickens. mean to say. do you like
1t better than anything else in the
world? Do you like it SO well that you
would steal 1t If o couldn't obtain
it honestly?"
BOSS. l likes chicken so we'll dat II
! couldn't git it no other way, I'd buy
it!'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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A Quaker Oath.

TWO small boys in a family of
Friends, writes a contributor, had a
disagreement. during which the older
boy became very much incensed.
Finally. no longer able to control
himself. he took his brother by the
shoulder and shook him. with the ex-
clamation. "Oh. thee little you. thee!"
Then as the enormity OF his .offense
came over him, he said. in a changed
voice. Don't tell mother l swore."-
Youths Companion
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More important Than Success.

The most important thing in a mans
life is that which he has been striving
at. All that he actually accomplished
was dependent to a considerable ex-
tent on purely accidental circum-
stances, and, in the best of cases.
proved only a far inadequate realiza-
ton of his intentions.-John Ruskin.
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Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound did for me.
One year agoI found
myself a terrible suf-
ferer. ! had pains
in both sides and
a soreness l
could scarcely
st aighte up at
times. My back
ached, ! had no ap-
petite and was so
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Pain i'm Back and Rheumatism

are the daily torment of thousands. To eff
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WOMAN ESCAPES
OPERATION
BY Timely Use of Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Here Is her own statement.

Cary, Maine. -"I feel it a duty I owe
% all suffering women to tell what
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Coughs vanish in a night. Deans Mentho-
lated Cough Drops soothe the throat, eff
fectlng a speedy cure-5c at all Druggists.
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Somewhat,

WAS that a heated debate?"
in one way. 1t had plenty of hot
air."
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The best thing about hope is that
it's absolutely free.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
COUNCIL PREPARES
FOR BUDGET VETO
Measure to Pass Regardless of
Action Mayor Will Take-Cre-
matory Made Certain.

The June budget. carrying the
$3.50, 600 crematory appropriation, had
not reached Mayor James G. Wood
wards office Tuesday morning, and
the executive said he would not make
any statement of approval or disap-
prevail until he saw the measure.
Council will meet Wednesday and
pass the budget over the Mayors We
to if he fails to approve it. since the
four days time limit in which he can
either approve or veto expires by that
time
The Mayors chief objection to the
budget. providing he finds any OBJ
lection. will lie in the possible fail
IRE of Council to associate the
new crematory contract with the old
agreement. The Mayor lakes the
ground that court proceedings have
completely nullifed the first contract,
and the rev one must cover all phases
without reference to the original con-
tract.
After reading the proposed speCifi-
cations for the Crematory Mayor
Woodward intimated parts Of the lat
est agreement We're dependent on the
invalidated contract Unless these
objectionable features are removed
or the Mayors Interpretation of them
is changed, he may disapprove the
budget
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
% JAPS WANT To
SETTLE IN GEORGIA
Washington COIonizer Writes to
Governor to Learn if State Law
Prevents Land Owning,

According to information received
in the Governors office Monday, a
party Of % Japanese are TO colonize
i'm Georgia. and several thousand
more probably viii be located If there
is no obstacle to prevent them from
becoming landowners.
This information was contained in
"a letter from B. F. Johnson. of John
sons American and Foreign Real Es-
tate Exchange, Washington, d 9. 1t
said party of % japanese were
ready To remove to Georgia from CAL
ifornia ard requested information re-
garding the law. The writer said he
already lad been in communication
with Georgia property owner and
that everything was ready for the es-
adjustment Of the colony.
If there is nothing to prevent them
from holding property, | am sure sew
eral thousand Japanese could be in
duced to settle in Georgia. now that
the California alien land bill has leg
islated so much against them" the
letter read.
The query sent Colonel Jesse Per-
ry, the Governors secretary. delving
into the laws of Georgia, and his CON
clusion is that no law exists which
would prevent the japanese from be-
coming citizens of Georgia He
wrote this opinion to- Mr. Johnson.
but referred him TO Attorney General
Fielder Mr.. Fielder was away from
Atlanta Monday morning. and his
opinion in the matter viii come later.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Atlanta Orthodox
Jews Found Church

Beginning with the Feast of Weeks to-
night. the congregation Of Anshe- Sfard
win organize the only Jewish synagogue
of its kind in the South. The organiza .
ton viii he strictly orthodox. after the
tradition OF the Spanish Hebrew Church.
Services to-right will he held in a
temporary location, 344 Woodward Ave-
nue.. but during the summer the cOngre-
cation expects to erect a magnificent
So gogue in the heart Of Atlanta. Al
ready the new congregation has over
loo members.
The second service will be held to-
morrow morning, and others tomorrow
night. Thursday morning and night the
festivity viii be celebrated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
RATE FIGHT GETS
IMPETU5FROM
DECISION
Railroad Inclined to Believe the
Minnesota Ruling Brings Issue
Directly to Congress.

NEW YORK, June 10-The belief
existed in railroad circles and in Wall
Street to-day that instead of ending
ihe fight of railroads against the
right of state railway commissions 20
fix intrastate rates the United States
Supreme Court decision yesterday up
holding the present wight of sucn
commissions TO dx passenger ana
freight rates within the borders II
respective States is only the begin
ming Of a Gercer battle to come
The inevitable result of the deci-
sion many pointed out will be TO
bring the question of federal control
Of railways directly before Congress.
This Will involve political issues ana
a hot contest is expected.
As the decision read by Associate
Justice Hughes stated explicitly that
the present method of rate fixing n
such States as have railway COM
missions shall go on until Congress
shall determine otherwise by direct
provision of law" the matter seems to
Tee pa; directly up to Congress for "A
final decision.
Best Lawyers Scan Decision.
The bgainiesr corporation lawyers
I'm America. representing great rail-
way systems. to-day have the decision
under scrutiny looking for loophoies
in it,
Samuel Jntermyer. special counsel
for the Government in the none.
trust Investigation took the stand
that the decision is a victory for the
Government He said:
~ regard the decision as COM
pIetp yndicttiou Of the Federal au-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
0VerWOrk Destroys
Voice of Inventor

CHAMPAIGN. ILL. June l0.-Wil-
liam W. Moore, an inventor. of chi
cago, was speeChless to-day He came
here to discuss with University of IL
linOiS professors new hydraulic
pressure invention When ne at
tempted 10 talk he found he had no
control over his vocal organs.
His memory appeared to be nearly
gone. Physicians who examined him
said that too close application to his
work had caused aphasia
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
Man DoCtOred 1000
Miles By Cable Dies

SAN FRANCISCO, June TO-
Stricken with commissions al the lone
" cable station on Tanning Island,
DR. Herbert Metcalfe, resident sur
geon died in three days in spite of
the cabled prescriptions of the near
est physician, 1000 miles away, at
Fiji.
Employees of the cable company,
returning to-day on the steamer
Sierra. brought news of the surgeons
death. Only a score of Europeans
live on Tanning Island. and none
knew how TO treat the invalid. For
three days hourly bulletins of DR..
Metcalfe's condition We're cabled to
Fill and the doctor there cabled back
instructions.