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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-02-03
SHOWING IN MISSOURI

ST Louis. Mo-, Feb. 3.--The heavies
show of the winter now covers east.
ern Missouri. Three and a half inches
fell here last night and at noon today
il began showing, which prospects OF
continuing the rest of the day.
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= MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION
,<,t ANTI lIJDEc
KILLS AND INJUR

y Marshfield, Oregon, Feb. "a )
\ mysterious explosion wrecked :
y the Donaldson building here to-
= day. Mrs. F. W. Bertram was
" probably fatally burned and her =
= little son seriously injured. The
4 property loss was $4,000 covered =
= by insurance.
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TURNS DOWN
"SlX YEAR TERM" PLA

Sacramento Cal, Feb. 1.-THE Cali
fornia senate, by vote OF % to 10
refused to urge the states delegation
in congress to work for the passage
of the six year presidential term reso
luton, now pending.
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CHARITY BALL.

\ THERE WILL BE AN OR =
4 GAN RECITAL TOMORROW \
Y NIGHT AT THE SCOTTISH =
4 RITE CATHEDRAL FROM 8 to =
\ 10. DANCING WILL BEGIN AT \
= $50. =
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THE TRAGEDIES OF CHILDHOOD.


Their,
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-07-03

toned sense Of intimacy and warm, en-
joying interest in the world-what we
mean when we talk of ''living"-had
been completely drawn out Of her.
The cold, biting in to her marrow,
at last woke her to a realization of her
surroundings, and she sat upright
looking blinkingly to the right and left.
The half-lit plaza lay like a lake Of
shadow surrounded by a circlet Of
light and girdled by noise. 1t was like
the brightness and animation Of the
world flowing round her but not touch
ing her, as she sat alone in the dark
ness.
She rose suddenly, determined to
escape, If such were possible, from
her gloomy thoughts, and walked
toward the upper end Of the square,
directing her steps to the Spanish and
Italian section Of the city which is
called the Latin Quarter. She walked
slowly. not knowing where to go, only
determined that she would not go
home. She thought for moment of
her sisters. where she could have din.
ner and find the cheer of congenial So
ciety. But on consideration she felt
that this, too, was more than she
could just now bear. They would tor.
ment her with questions and she felt
In no mood to put them of or to be
confidential. Finally she remem.
bered Mexican restaurant, to visit
which had at one time been q fashion,
She had been there with Hazel and
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with this room. Coarse, dirty, lace
curtains hung in the archway and,
looped back against gilt hooks, left q
space through which a glimpse of the
interior was vouchsafed to the diners
without. 1t was smaller than the res
taurant proper, and was fitted up with
an attempt at elegance Lace curtains
also coarse and dirty-veiled the
windows, and two large mirrors, with
tarnished and fly-spotted gilt frames,
hung on the wall opposite the en-
trance.
Just now 1t was sparsely patronized
In one corner two women in mourning
and a child were sitting. They glanced
at Berny with languid curiosity and
then resumed loud and voluble con.
versation in Spanish. A party Of three
Jews, an over-dressed woman and two
young men-evidently visitors from
another part of town-sat near them.
On the opposite side there was no one.
Berny slipped noiselessly into a chair
at the corner table, her back against
the partition that shut OF the rest Of
the dining-room. She felt sheltered
in this unoccupied angle. despite the
fact that the mirror hanging opposite
gave a reflection of her to any one
standing In the archway.
The cloth was dirty and here and
there showed hole. Her ineradicable
fastidiousness was strong in her even
at this hour, when everything that was
manifestation of her own personality
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SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon, the bonanza king. and his
daughter, Rose, who had passed up Mrs.
Cornelius Ryans ball at San Francisco to
accompany her father. arrive at Antelope
Domlnlck Ryan calls on his mother to
beg a ball invitation for his wife. and Is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
to recognise her daughter-in-law. DOM
iulck had been trapped into marriage
with Bernice 1verson. Q stenographer
several years his senior. She squanders his
money. they have frequent quarrels. and
ne slips away. Cannon and his daughter
sre snowsd in at Antelope. Dominick
Nclous condition and brought to Antelope
hotel Ant0lSpe u cut or by storm. Rose
Cannon nurses Dominick back to life.
Two weeks later Bernice discovers In
papSr where husband is and writes letter
trying to smooth over difficulties between
them. Dominick at last is able to join
fellow snowbound prisoners in hotel par
lor. He loses temper over talk OF Buf9rd
an actor. After three weeks, end OF I'm;
prisonment 10 seen. kilograms and mall
arrive. Dominick gets letter from wife
did Stormbound people begin to depart:
Rose and Dominick embrace, father sees
them and demands an explanation: Roses
brother Gene 10 made manager OF ranch
Cannon expresses sympathy for Domi-
nick's position in talk with Rose. Domi.
nick returns home. Berny exerts herseh
to please him, but he IL Indifferent can
Dominick's marriage difficulties. and Can
non suggests buying of Berny. Dominick
goes to park on Sunday with Berny and
family, secs Miss Cannon. bows to her
and starts uneasiness in Berny. In Mrs.
Ryan's name Cannon offers Berny $4,000
to leave her husband and permit divorce.
She refuses Dominick sees Rose. Cor
nelia Ryan engaged TO Jack Duffy. Can.
non offers Berny 100000 and is turned
down. Berny tells sisters of offer. Bu-
ford. the actor. makes a hit In vaudeville.
Rose tells Dominick that he must stick
to wife, and FIRST time acknowledges that
she loves him. Cannon offers Berny $780,,
900 which she refuses, saying Cannon
wants Dominick for Rose Gene wins the
ranch. Berry accuses Rose OF trying to
steal her husband and tells her OF the Of
fered bribe Rose tells father what she
learned about the attempt to bribe Berny
and declares that she would never marry
Dominick. should he ever be divorced. Ex-
acts promise from father TO let Berny
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a prudent distance behind her, he kept
her in sight as she passed from the
smaller streets Of the Latin Quarter
into the glare and discord of the more
populous highways, along Kearney
Street, past the lower boundary of
Portsmouth Square, He noticed that
she walked without haste, now and
then glancing at window or a passer-
by. She was like person who has
no objective point in view, or at least
is in no hurry to reach it.
But this did not seem to be the
case, for when she reached the square
she took her stand on the corner
where the Sacramento street cars
stop. The man drew back into door
way opposite. They were the only
passengers who boarded the car at
that corner, Berny entering the closed
interior, the man taking a seat on the
outside. He had 1t to himself here.
and chose the end seat by the win
dow. Muttering imprecations at the
cold. he turned up his overcoat collar
and drew his soft felt hat down over
his ears. BY turning his head he
could see between the bars that cross
the end windows, the interior of the
car shining with light. its polished
yellow woodwork throwing back the
white glare OF the electricity. There
were only three passengers, two de-
pressed-looking women in dingy black.
and Berry on line with himself In
the corner by the door. He could see
her even better here than in the res
taurant. She sat, a small, dark figure.
pressed into the angle of the seat,
her hands clasped in her lap, her eyes
down. Her hat cast a shadow over
the upper part Of her face, and below
this the end Of her nose, her mouth
and chin were revealed as pale and
sharply.cut as an ivory carving. She
seemed to be sunk in thought and sat
motionless; the half of her face he
could see, looking very white against
her black fur collar.
He was furtively surveying her,
when she started, glanced out Of the
window and signed to the conductor
to stop. The man on the front dropped
to the ground and stole lightly round
the car. SO that its moving body hid
him from her. Emptiness and silence
held the street, and he could easily
follow her as she walked upward
along the damp and deserted side
walk. Hallway up the block a build
Ing larger that those surrounding II
rose into the night. A mounting fls
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JOSH, and once m q party with some
OF the bank people. She knew where
the place was and felt that she could
dine there with no fear Of encounter
ing any one she knew.
With an objective point in view.
her step gained decision, and she
moved forward briskly. leaving the
plaza and plunging into the congeries
OF picturesque streets which harbor a
swarming foreign population. The
lights Of shops and open stalls fell out
into the fog. Transforming 1t into thick,
churning currents of smoky pallor.
Wet walls and sidewalks showed Q
gold veneer. and lingering drops.
trembling on corn!ces, hung like tiny
globes OF thin yellow glass.
People and things looked magnifed
and sometimes horrible seen through
this mysterious, obscuring medium.
Once behind a pane Of glass she saw
lines Of detached, staring eyes, fas-
tened glaringly on her as she ad-
vance,. It was the display In an op-
tician's show-window, where glass eyes
were disposed In fanciful lines, like
decoration. She looked at them ask
ance, feeling that there was something
sinister In their wide, unwinking scrut-
my. She hurried by the market stalls.
where the shawled figures OF women
stood huddled round the butchers
block. They looked as II they might
be grouped round point Of interest,
bending to stare at something lying
there, something dreadful, like q
corpse. Berry thought
When she saw the Mexican restau.
rant she felt relieved. The strange vt
mospheric conditions seemed to have
played upon her nerves and she was
glad to get somewhere where she
could find warmth and light and peo-
pie. The place, q little shabby house
dating from the era Of the projecting
shingle roof and encircling balcony,
stood on a corner with windows on
two streets. It was built upon a slope
SO sharp that the balcony, which In
front skirted the second story, In the
back was on level with the sidewalk.
The bright light of gas-jets, under
shades of fluted white china, fell over
the contents of the show-windoW.
They were not attractive. A dish OF
old and shriveled oranges stood be-
tween a plate Of tamales and another
of red and green peppers. There were
many flies In the window. and, chilled
by the cold, they stood along the In
side Of the glass In state OF torpor.
Berny pushed open the door and en-
tered. The front part of the place was
used as a grocery store and had short
counter at one side, behind which
stood shelves piled high with the
wares demanded by the Mexican and
Spanish population. Back Of this were
the tables of the restaurant The pow"
erful, aromatic odors of the groceries
blended with the even more powerful
ones of the Mexican menu. The room
was close and hot. In corner, his
back braced against the wall, Span
lard, with inky dark hair and large
expanse of white shirt bosom, was
languidly picking at a guitar.
Berny knew that there was an inner
sanctum for the guests that preferred
more secluded quarters, and walked
past the counter and between the
tables. An arched opening connected
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view was like a kaleidoscope, which
Is Unexpectedly turned. Sitting mo-
tionless on the bench she saw the IA
miliar aspect Of life fallen into new
shapes, taking on alien forms.
She realized that Dominick had new
er been happy with her, and, for the
first time, she understood the gulf be-
tween them. She saw what the life
was that he had wanted to lead, and
that he could have led with the other
woman. 1t would have been that very
form Of existence which Berry had al
ways derided, and thought an outward
expression Of the inward dullness Of
people who had children, looked shah
by, and did not care for money. Now
she felt insure as to whether her
scorn Of 1t was not foolish and unen-
lightened. AS in a sudden forward
shoot Of a search-light, she saw them
-Dominick and Rose-happy in a way
she had never dreamed Of being happy,
in world 80 far from hers that she
had never before had n clear look at
1t, a man and women concentrated up
on the piece Of life that belonged to
them, living passionately for each 9th
er, Indifferent to all that seemed to
her OF value.
She brought her mental vision back
from this upon herself and felt shaken
and slightly sick. Seeing beyond the
circle Of her own experience and SEN
sation for the first time, she would
have said to any companion who
might have shared her thoughts: mo
wonder Dominick didn't get on with
mel" For a dispassionately-co
plative moment she saw herself in
Dominick's eyes; she saw their mar
ried life as it had been to him. She
felt sorry for both Of them-for him
in his forced acquiescence with the
conditions around him, for herself be-
cause OF her ignorance Of all he had
wanted and expected.
Il couldn't be any different" she
whispered to herself, that's the way
l am"
She never could be any different
She was one kind Of woman and Rose
Cannon was another, and Dominick
belonged to Rose Cannon's kind. She
did not know that 1t was so much bet
ter than her kind but 1t was different
They made her feel like an outsider in
a distant world, and the feeling gave
her sensation Of deadly depression
The burning heat Of resentment that
had made her speak to Rose was gone.
All the burning heats and ang@rs of
the last two months seemed to belong
to the past. An Icy, nostalgia ache Of
loneliness had hold Of her. Tbs accus-
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seemed weak and de-ftalized. She was
disgustedly clearing away the crumbs
OF the last occupant with daintily-
brushing movements Of her fnger-tips,
when the waiter drew up beside her
and demanded her order. II was part
Of this weird evening, when natural
surroundings seemed to combine with
her own overweight condition to Gre
ate an effort Of strangeness aud terror,
that the waiter should have been an
old, shTveled man OF shabby and de-
jected mien. with q defect in one eye,
which rendered It abnormalIy large
and prominent under a dropping, red.
dened lid. In order to see well It was
necessary for him to hold his head at
a certain angle and bring the eye, star
ing with alarming wildness, upon the
object Of his attention. His aspect
added still further to Berny's dissatis-
faction. She resolved to eat little and
leave the place as soon as possible.
When her soup came, a thin yellow
liquid In which dark bits Of leaves and
herbs hoated, she tasted It hesitating-
ly, and, after a mouthful or two, put
down her spoon and leaned back
against the wall She felt very tired
and incapable Of any more concentra-
ton OF mind. Her thoughts seemed to
fioat, disconnectedly and indifferently,
this way and that, like a cobweb
stirred by air currents and half held
by restraining thread. To her dulled
observation the laughter Of the Jewish
party came mingled with the tinkling
OF the guitar outside, and the loud,
continuous talk from the Spanish
women In the corner.
The waiter brought flsh-a fried
shetland she reused herself and
picked up her fork. She did not no.
tice that a man was standing near
her in the archway, the edge Of the
lace curtain in his hand, looking
about the room. He threw . side
glance at her which swept her shoul-
ders, her hat, and her down-bent pro-
file, and looked away. Then, as II
something in this glimpse had sud
denly touched a spring Of curiosity,
he looked back again. His second
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and turned her head away from IN.
Get me an enchilada," she said per
emptorily, "and after that some m
toles. don't want anything else"
The waiter moved away and the
man behind the curtain. as II satisfied
BY his long survey, also turned back
into the general room. Close to the
opening there was an unoccupied
table, and at this he sat down, laid
his hat on the chair beside him. and
unfastened his coat. To the servant
who came for his order, he asked for
cup Of black coffee and a hqueur
glass Of brandy. He also requested an
evening paper. With the sheet open
before him he sat slipping the coffee
the slightest noise from the inner
room causing him to start and LIT
the paper before his face.
He sat thus for some fifteen min
utes. The Spanish women and the
child emerged from the archway and
left the restaurant, and few moments
later he heard the scraping OF chair
legs and Berny's voice as she asked
for her bill. He lifted the paper and
appeared buried in its contents, not
moving as Berny brushed back the
lace curtain and passed him. Her
eyes absently fell on him and sAS had
a vague impression Of the DARK dome
Of a head emerging from above the
opened sheets of the Journal. AS she
rustled by he lowered the paper and
followed her with keen, watchful
glance. He did not move till the
street door closed behind her. when
he threw the paper aside, snatched up
his hat and ficked 4 silver dollar on
to the cloth.
mo change" he said to the walter,
who came forward.
The surprised servant, unaccus,
toned to such tips, stared astonished
after him as he hurried down the pas,
sage between the tables, quickly
opened the door and disappeared into
the darkness Of the street.
Berny was only few rods away.
moving forward with a slow, lettering
step. 1t was an easy night to follow
without being observed. Walking at
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-07-03
Billiards In the Country.

Willie Hoppe, the billiard player,
was discussing in New York the queO
ton of summer vacations.
II like summer vacations" he said
"in the heart Of the country The
only trouble with the heart Of the
country is, that you can't get good
game OF billiards there.
Maybe you've heard about the two
chaps, summering at Sunapee, who
complained that they couldn't tell the
two white balls apart, as neither oi
them had a spot. But the proprietor
explained to them that 1t would b.
easy, after a little practice, to dis
tinguish the balls by their shape.
Another chap up at Sunapee asket
for game Of billiards. and when tn
balls were brought. gave loud, BIT
ter laugh Of disgust.
Look here he said. it's balls
asked for--not dice New YorA
Tribune.
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bors say / look younger now than / did
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Run a WaIkInq Stick Farm.

OF the many curious farms that hava
been established in our peaceful coun.
tryside, surely walking-stick farm
Is the most curious. relates LondoD
Answers.
AS a matter Of fact, however, there
is at least one such establishment, .
fourishing concern, to be found in the
depths of Surrey. Instead of the corn
fields, pasture land and root crops usU
ally expected on farm, the walking
stick acres present the appearance Of
long, neat rows Of tiny sapling trees.
some four years old, others younger.
Quite forest Of walking sticks may
naturally be produced in four years.
but the handle occasions some delay
To obtain right-angled handle, The
growth is pegged down along the
ground and from this the saplins
shoots vertically upwards
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81 hay-vtaeows broke NJ 1AeAds. An6
few steps above the level Of the
pavement. line OF doors with num-
bers showing black on illuminated
transoms revealed 1t to the man oppo-
site ~ fat building. Here Berry
stopped and without hesitation. evi-
IDENTIFY az one who was familiar with
the place. mounted the steps and
walked to the last Of the doors.
The man. with soft and careful foot
steps. crossed the street. As he drew
nearer he saw that she was not using
latch-key, but was waiting to be ad-
mitted, leaning as II tired against the
wall. He had reached the sidewalk
when the door opened. Touchsadng
him q bright, unimpeded view Of .
long flight Of stairs carpeted In green.
Berny entered and for a moment, be-
fore the door closed. he saw her
mounting the stairs. She had not
asked for any one, OF indeed made a
sound Of greeting or inquiry. She
was therefore either expected or an
AOSARuO VI INC plaSo' "ACu luo uOOA
was shut he, too, mounted the porch
steps and read the number on the
transom. He whispered It over sew
eral times. the light, falling out on his
thin, aquiline face with q sweep Of
dark hair dropping downward toward
his collar.
Satisfied with his investigation, he
left the porch and walked rapidly
down the street to the corner. Here
there was lamp, and halting under
its light he drew from his pocket a
leather wallet and took therefrom
Dominick Ryan's card with an address
written on It. The penciled numbers
were the same as those on the door
he had just left, and he stood looking
flxedly at the card, an expression of
excitement and exultation growing on
his face.