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in to scrape acquaintance and take
you out to a dinner somewhere, and
meaning nothing good. Jim's honest
all through. Say, Lisette, who was
that fellow l seen you talking to
yes'day morning? I seen him round
here two or three times. I thought you
might ha' made a hit with him."
Miss Spurgeon!" cried the floor
walker severely, and Miss Spurgeon
hurried away, leaving Lisette Blanch-
ard to her meditations.
If the loquacious salesgirl could have
known the thoughts that she had set
coursing through the others mind she
would have been genuinely horrihed.
Lisette Blanchard had come south
from her home In Canada elev-
en- months before leaving her par
ents. her friends and her lover be-
hind. In vain Andre had asked her
to stay.
"By Christmas we can be married,
Lisette," he had pleaded. What Wilt
thou accomplish In New York? Sup
pose thou dost earn some money to
bring back home-what is that to q
happy life in the village where We
were both born? Thou wilt never
come back. Stay, Lisette!'
But she craved life and excitement;
the stories which she had heard OF
the metropolis of America had fas-
cinated her; the deadly monotony or
life in St. Joachim had become impos-
sible to her. On the morning Of their
parting they had strolled in the woods
together, and Andre, STOPPING, had
picked a stem Of wintergreen, with
its clustering berries, and handed 1t
to her. She smelled the faint, acrid
odor of the leaves even then.
when the wintergreen bears fruit
again, and thou art not here, then
shall know that thou wilt never re-
turn" said Andre.
That was eleven months before.
Lisette had spent nearly whole year
away She had had time to become
dischanted, to realize what life In
large city meant to girl living alone.
And then the stranger had come IN
to her life.
She had first seen him upon the
street as she left the store one eve
ming, and had flushed under his stare.
On the next morning she found him
waiting outside the store. He follow
ed her in, made purchase. addressed
a few conventional remarks to her.
He came again and again. He always
treated her with respect, and, though
her fear of him was instructive, grad
ually he scraped an acquaintance WIN
her. It is hard for salesgirl to re-
fuse the polite offer Of little atten'
tions-theater tickets suppers, Sun
day outings. Little by little they
drifted into intimacy. She knew he
loved her. He was well-to-do, and,
though she did not love him, she felt
that here, at least, was the chance of
salvation from her laborious lot.
Then. on the preceding Sunday, he
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modest, kind-hearted little spinster
who sat 60 demurely at our table and
lived so unassumingly. think we all
felt sense of personal loss.
| remember that night vividly, for
We were all engrossed by the news
that Governor Cowper had pardoned
NcIchior Jetley, the famous murderer,
who had formed the text for innumer-
able discussions at debating societies
during the period of his imprison-
ment Everybody knew about Jetley;
but since it is some years since his
relaase the story may have faded out
of the public mind, so l will briefly
record it. Jetley had served seven
teen years for the murder Of Sam
nriggs. 1t wGs deliberate, premedi,
tatcd, cold-blooded murder. Jetley was
{. racing man. and Sam Briggs was his
partner. Jetley had recently married
a very charming woman, the daughter
Of fashionable clergyman OF our
town. Their short married life was
singularly happy. Jetley abandoned
his old habits and associates, settled
down, reformed and went into busi-
pcss. Sam Briggs, his partner, fol-
lowed suit and became his partner In
business likewise. They had been
;rarried about eighteen months when
.'et!ey was called west on business.
Somebody-some busybody-sent him
4 telegram which brought him back
IN hurry. He went home; Mrs. Jet
lry was not there. The scared maid
told him she had gone to Kings res
taurart, frcquented by rather flashy,
"sECrty" set. Jetley went there In a
cansom, entered, saw his wife seated
1T a table with Sam Briggs, drinking
cocktail. Jetlcy pulled out a revol-
yer and shot Briggs dead.
He was tried, sentenced to death,
nd had his punishment committed tc
Imprisonment for life. After seven
teen years Governor Cowper par
Toned him. And the Imprisonment,
md the pardon, too, divided society
nto two holly antagonistic camps.
'ome maintained that he should have
been sent to the chair-or gallows.
lther, for hanging was then the legal
method Of execution. Others demand
d that he be freed During the whole
seventeen years the agitation contin-
ted. No doubt old-timers argue out
he matter yet, as we did on that eve
ming.
Look at it this way" said Parsons.
The man shot fellow man In cold
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lhad told her something which filled
her with humiliation and shame. He
was married, he said. His wife and
he had been separated for years, but
he could not divorce her. What did
that matter, as long as they loved
each other? He would not press her
for her decision, but would wait for
her outside the store on Wednesday
night Then she could give him his
answer
Lisette had torn herself away and
fed from him. All that night she
wept, lying sleepless in her bed in the
little hall room of her boarding house.
But on Monday the eternal grind be-
gan again. Tuesday came; Wednes-
day. This was Wednesday. And in
her heart was a wild tumult of emo
tions, and she could not foresee the
Issue of the battle.
He met her outside the store that
night, and she greeted him icily. She
did not order him away but walked
beside him, thinking, thinking hard.
He was the only person in the city
who had ever cared for her; the
thought Of losing him seemed unbear-
able. Little by little something Of an
affection for him had crept into her
heart. She turned toward him pres.
emily, her eyes brimming with tears.
God forgive me, l am too weak to
say what l should say" she said.
Have pity on me and leave me. Help
me against myself
He drew her into the shelter OF q
doorway and pleaded with her. She
felt the last atom Of her strength leav-
ing her. She thought of the store.
with it's dreaded monotony, and then
Of life with him, None need ever
know that the bond between them was
not legal one. Life would hold some
thing for her after all, not the endless
monotony Of the years that she saw
stretching away before her.
"Wintergreen! Sweet wintergreen!"
cried voice beside her.
She started violently. A peddler's
cart had stopped before the curb, Ia
den with flowers and greenery. And
In the hand that he thrust out toward
her she saw the plant that suddenly
awakened such poignant memories, la
den with its clustering berries. And
suddenly the past year was blotted
from her mind. In st. Joachim woods
the wintergreen was bearing fruit
again. And Andre was waiting, as he
had sworn to wait.
"Good-by," she said, looking at him
steadily. II am going home. l shall
never see you again" And something
In her voice told him that her resolve
was ineXorable.
Clutching q spray Of wintergreen
against her heart, Lisette slipped into
the crowds.
Copyright, 1912 by w. @. Chapman)
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LITTLE GRAY LADY
W'hy the Oldest Boarder Left Her
Little, Half Bare, Top
Story Room.
BY HUBERT PAUL.

The Little Gray Lady had left our
boarding house!
1t was all the more astonishing be-
cause she had lived there, SO Mrs. Pot
ter said, for fourteen years. She had
occupied that little half bare room OF
hers on the top story nearly all or
that time. When she had come, most
of us young fellows had been children
playing Indians and making mud pud-
dings. Nobody had thought that she
would ever leave. She went out every
morning at $3.50 to her work-she was
cashier in some Office downtown-and
came back promptly at six; she had
no friends she never went out In
the evening. Some of US, taking pity
On the lonely little middle-aged spin
ster, had sought her friendship, but
che had always amiably and politely
discouraged us.
We looked at each other In aston
ishment that evening at the dinner ta-
Bile when Mrs. Potter told US. No, the
Little Gray Lady had given no explain
alton. She had merely said. very
sweetly, that she was going away, had
racked her trunk and gone, giving
some address in modest uptown
street. Mrs. Potter had hoped that
she might be permitted to call. The
Little Gray Lady had evaded the
proposition with the adroitness born
Of fourteen years Of evasion of all
personal matters. Then she had
driven away in cab. and that was
The only thing that had seemed un-
usual in the manner Of her going.
For the Little Gray Lady was not
siven to cabs.
perhaps she's gone to get mar
RED" suggested Parsons. a shock
haired youth, who sat at Mrs. Potter's
right.
"Mr. Parsons, there isn't any man
worthy of her." said Mrs. Potter &C.
vorely, and to that he heartily agreed.
For everybody had loved the quiet,
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URMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD THURSDAY JANUARY 1913

"Have you ever seen that play, The
Harvest Moon?'" said the first girl.
If you have, you'll understand what
mean by the power Of suggestion.
You see, I'm distant relative of tho
Granby's, and l happen to know that
Nevin never drinks, or CANDLES, or
does anything out Of the way. But !
have an idea that he Is becoming q
health-faddist; some one must have
suggested that he was i'll, and now he
does nothing but worry about germs
and things. He has plenty Of money,
and that's the reason he didn't worry
more about losing his position"
We'll, that's certainly interesting!"
said the second girl, "but what has
the power of suggestion to do with
Bert Ainsworth's prosperity"
"Everything!" asserted the first
Girl, positively. Have you any idea
Of the sort Of circulars that are sent
him? Being urged continually to In
vest in mines and factories and bonds
would make any of us feel like capia
talists, after awhile. And he has also,
I am told, been urged to make himself
everlastingly famous by writing the
words to popular song, which makes
him think that he has brains, as we'll
as riches. And then he has so many
aristocratic acquaintances. They say
Stanley Moore makes great pet OF
him. and l hear"
But Maizie decided that she had
heard enough. She paid her bill
hastily, and went over to the hos
pital. And, strangely enough, Nevin
Granby's improvement in health dat4
ed from that very day. and the ugly
wound in his forehead healed quickly,
and thoroughly-as did likewise the.
wound in his heart.
You'll never want to see a chanti-
cler hat again, will you, Mr.. Granby?"
remarked the nurse, on the day Of his
leaving the hospital But to her
astonishment he replied:
"Why-ah-I don't know that l
should greatly objest-in fact. |
rather like chanticler hats"
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TUMuLT OF EMOTIONS
The Sight of Wintergreen Saved
Country Girl From a City
Temptation.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Gee, I'm tired-ain't you, Lisette?"
asked Miss Spurgeon, leaning back
against the shelves, piled with bur.
lap and monks cloth-which, as all
salesgirls know, make heavy rolls.
Say, Lisette, I'm sick of this job
What's the use? You toll and slave
all day and wear yourself to pieces
for your eight bones week, and when
Sunday comes you're 30 used up all
you can do is to sleep"
Yes, som l." answered Lisette
Blanchard disconsolately.
There was lull in business at How
ards Emporium it was two in the
afternoon. and the morning rush was
over, while the afternoon shoppers
had not yet put in their appearance.
Miss Spurgeon surveyed the little
French Canadian girl who had Joined
the sales force some three months
previously. All the girls liked her;
they recognized, too, that she was
the right Sort" as they phrased it.
Nobody ever took liberties with little
Lisette.
Say, Lisette," continued Miss
Spurgeon confidently, Il got dandy
fellow. Works in a wholesale hard
ware store and gets eighteen steady
the year round. He's asked me to
hitch up with him every Sunday night
this past year, and l don't know but
what | will"
"Yes?" queried Miss Lisette.
"Sure, that's what l say" went on
Miss Spurgeon. Hes the kind Of a
fellow any girl would be proud Of. not
like these cheap pikers that comes
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Was Glad to Get That,

George Kingsbury staked a theat-
rical man repeatedly in the hard times
of couple of summers. The amounts
ranged from 81 to $5 and came to
represent loan of s75 or more.
The borrower let payment slide for
several seasons, never referring to 1t
until short time ago, when he burst
into the Chicago opera house mana
gers office and began to blurt:
Somebody told me that you have
been talking about me-" he said
abruptly, because happen to owo
you some money. know I owe you
money, but l have forgotten exactly
how much. Is 1t SO or $4?"
-Four" answered Kingsbury In Q
hurry.-Chicago Evening Post.
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STRANGE Meals In Disraeli's Novels.

Some of the meals in Disrael's nov.
els are Of decidedly barbaric nature.
Not many of us nowadays would care
to sit through the dinner described
in "Venetia," which opened with IAN
ample tureen Of potage royal, with
boned duck swimming in Its center.
Then came huge roast pike fianked
on one side by leg Of mutton and on
the other by bombarded veal To
these succeeded a grand battalia fire.
in which the bodies of chickens, pig
cons and rabbits were embalmed in
spices, cocks combs and savory balls,
and we'll bedewed with one of those
rich sauces of claret, anchovy and
sweet herbs, technically termed
lear. The repast closed with
a dish of oyster loaves and pomps-
tone of larks." j,
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blood. Tn. law Irescribes penalty
Tor murder. 1t should have been ex-
acted"
| maintained that it was every
fans duty to defend his home. We
" ere divided half and half.
II don't believe the taking of life
is ever justified" put in Cranborne,
our Socialist boarder. "Jetley was the
victim of his environment. How
many of us would not have done the
same? Besides, did you fellows ever
stop to think that he may have had
loved ones who would suffer more
than he by his death?"
You're sentimentalist," sneered
Parsons. "Who cares for a murderer
serving a life sentence?"
Somebody may have cared. His
wife!"
Good Lord, Cranborne, do you sup
pose she cared what happened to him,
or he what happened to her? You
treat those criminals as though they
were actuated by the same emotions
as ordinary people. Why, society Is
we'll rid of them. Kill the man and
drive the woman out of society and
you'll improve tho world better than
Iy any crazy theories which don't ac
cord with facts"
I'D like to take a look at Jetley
when he arrives at the station to-
morrow" said Parsons. "The papers
~ tho O.dD |
guess therell be q mob Of sight
seers."
"Yes, ready to mob him." said Gran
borne.
Stuff" said Parsons. They'll car
ry him shoulder high. The mob al
ways applauds the wrongdoer"
Well" / interposed, lets 60 and
see" l think, but am not positive,
that somebody laid bet that Jetley
would swagger through the crowd
like a triumphant baseball star.
Somebody else expected to see a bro
Zen criminal, creeping back hopeless
!y to the world of men. Anyway, we
were all curious.
The train came in half an hour
late. We were jammed into the heart
OF huge throng that blocked the
entire station. On the outskirts a
force of police attempted vainly to
clear a passage The train slowed
down; the passengers descended and
stood gazing helplessly about them.
Nobody could move a yard.
Suddenly shouts went up. That's
him!" they yelled, that's him." And
they surged forward and about him,
end neither cheered nor hooted, but
stared openm mouthed at middle
aged, tired, bowed, unhappy man In
d suit Of dark serge, carrying cheap
new suitcase.
Then through the crowd a little
woman pushed her way, forcing aside
the strongest men by some super
humanity endowed strength. She went
up to the tired man and put her
arms round his neck and kissed him,
and the tired man dropped his bag
and stared at her and said something
softly and then covered his face with
Ills hands: and | was near enough to
see the tears trickling between his
fingers. And the woman was the
Little Gray Lady!
That's all l know. That's all |
can tell, and l don't know who she
was-although | know her name,
which wasn't that Of his wife, but
may have been assumed. I'm only
recording what i saw before the po-
lice pushed us away, and the tired
man and the Little Gray Lady dis
appeared from our sight for ever.
But there was a look Of forgiveness
and Of love on both their faces that
kept me quiet that night at the
table, although Cranborne end Par
sons engaged in pretty stiff argu-
rent.
Copyright. 1912, by W. @. Chapman)
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Imnense Sum for Harbor,

Brazil is preparing to spend $780,
100000 in improvements upon the har-
Dor Of Para the commercial metropo-
lis of the Amazon valley and the great
est rubber exporting center Of the
world. Formerly large vessels, owing
to the shallowness Of the water, were
obliged to lie some miles from the
quays. A considerable part of the
new quay wall will have a depth along
side of from thirty to thirty-two and
q half feet.
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Freight Service as Usual.

Freight StFVICe us Us'"''
The Frederick Railroad Co. begs to IN
form the general public that it's freight
service to and from Baltimore, and all
other points, reached via Thurmont, has
not been interrupted in any manner
whatsoever.
1t is, as it always has been, the quick
est and best service to and from all
points it reaches.
july l3tf
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ORGANIZED 1913.
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No Premium Notes Required.
Insures All Glasses of Property against
Loss by Fire at Rates 25 per cent.
less than Stock Companies charge.
A Home Insurance Company for
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TRESPASS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all persons
not to trespass with dogs, guns, fishing
or cutting down of any timber upon my
mountain land, home place or the Will
hide place, or on any land belonging to
me wherever situated, as the Law will
be strictly enforced against such person
or persons.
MRS. CHARLES SHIPLEY.
july l6t If
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
TOT SAVES PARENTS LIVES.
Flags Train Approaching Spot
where Auto Pinned Them Down.

Bakersfield, Cal, Nov. 2.-Helpless to
aid her parents, who lay pinned beneath
their overturned automobile, the five
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ID.
Turner, of East Bakersfield, yesterday
tagged a Southern Pacific train near
Upton and had the train crew come to
the assistance of her papa and mamma.
Engineer J. l.. Whyers, leaning from
the cab window of the Southern Pacific
Valley Flyer, No. 81, saw the little girl
frantically waving her arms, and
brought the train to a stop Assisted
by the train crew, he managed to lift
the heavy car OF the man and woman.
Tie accident occurred about a mile
and half from Upton, when the steer
ing gear of the automobile broke while
the car was running at a speed Of ten
miles an hour. The automobile became
unmanageable and turned turtle, throw
ing the little girl clear. She kept her
nerve and probably saved the lives of
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner were only slightly
injured.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03
TROPICAL LIZARD
In MARYLAND QUARRY
Reptile Dislodged from Rock BY
Blast Measures -Four Feet-Alive
After Blast, Foreman Shoot: 1t.

special 70 Ihe Weshngon Herald-
Cumberland. Nd. Nov. 2.-Laborers in
"a quarry near here were greatly sur
prised today when four-foot tree lizard,
peculiar to tropical countries. glided from
the pieces of a huge mass of stone that
had been broken by a blast.
The camp Of Italians was thrown into
a panic by the appearance of the lizard.
There had just been exploded an un-
usual quantity of blasting powder. Sew
eral tons of stone were dislodged. When
a laborer dug his pick into one Of the
pieces he thought he had started a land
slide, for the "stone" commenced TO
move rapidly from the spot
The screams OF the Italian attracted
his fellow workers. They gave chase
to the stone" On finding that the
moving mass was some sort Of reptile
they became frightened A foreman at
the camp procured a rife and shot the
lizard, which seemed dazed by the force
of the explosion.
How the lizard became imbedded in
the stone remains a mystery. 1t is be-
lieved to be hundreds Of years old.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-03

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