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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Is some woman 70 come along ana
marry you out OF hand and teach you
common sense. Why didn't you marry
katherine Hampden when you had the
CHANGER
81 never really had the chance" John
replied calmly.
"Oh, go to the devilp' And with
characteristic abruptness Haig rose
and walked out OF the Office.
A minute later he reappeared TO de
mand. DO you still want to-"
want TO wha.? said John SO blank
" that Haig again recommended the
devil as his ultimate destination and
withdrew.
Out in the street he stopped long
enough to look back through the win
dow. John was still absently iabbing
the Goals. Haig shook his head and
passed on, mutterfng TO the snowy
night:
Il have seen a miracle-a man who
has tested. yet believes in the people
and who has loved the same woman
through five years | wonder how
long his courage will hold out?'
john drew up to the desk and began
letter. 1t did not progress rapidly.
His pen had gone as far as Replying
TO your favor Of the both inst" when
returned To his contemplation of the
fire
He was thinking of Katherine Hamp-
den. He had been thinking of her a
great deal lately, after a long period
in which he had kept the remembrance
OF her in the secret. rarely opened
chamber of his innermost conscious
ness.
1t had been the easier to bury, if not
| completely to forget, the past, because
| Katherine's life and his had not often
crossed. The incident of the flowers
has been told. One day, a week be-
fore the conversation just narrated.
they had accidentally met
| He was in the Steel City TO deliver
| his lecture on Civic Responsibility
| before one of the reform bodies that
discussed, but did nothing to alleviate
| the city's Ills. For early luncheon he
went into a restaurant where elab-
crate trappings and service enabled
the patron to ignore the moderately
well cooked food and immoderately
high prices
As he was passing through the
foyer he came face to face with Kath-
crime Hampden and another lady
whose attire proclaimed her one OF
| fashions elect. There was moments
hesitation, and then impulsively Kath
crime held out her hand. Mutual in.
/ quiries concerning each others health
followed, were satisfactorily answered
and Katherine introduced him to hei
companion Mrs. Deland nodded dis
family, as from great height. down
upon the rather countrifed looking
man who carried the queer. black
SLOUGH hat
This is the Mr.. Dunmeade." Kath
crime explained
"Oh. indeed was the murmured an
swer. accompanied by vacuous smile
Mrs. Deland. it was clear. had never
heard of 1.-THE Mr. Dunmeade." JUS
then another group entered the foyel
and with scant ceremony she escaped
to join them Katherine said:
There isn't any reason why we
shouldn't have nice, chummy littl,
chat. is there? I am waiting for Mr.
Gregg. who is always late. Shall w,
sit down SOMEWHERE
He assented. and they ensconced
themselves on a luxurious davenpor
with which the foyer was equipped
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15
ASTHMA
CATARRH
CURED
Expert Medical Scientists Announce
Startling Results Obtained
by senplne

New York-rnousands are taking
advantage of the generous Offer made
by the Woodwork Co.. 1851 Broadway.
New York City, requesting an expert
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1t is curing thousands of the most
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ence how long you have been suffer-
ing or how severe the climatic con-
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If you have experimental with 9TH
er treatments and have failed to find
a cure do not be discouraged but send
for a trial of this wonderful truly mer-
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compound discovered by a professor
of Vienna University, and is being
recommended by thousands
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15
STERLING SILVER rLArwARE

[ have over $4,000 worth Of Sterling
Silver fiatware in the store-the latest,
most stylish silver and the very best
grade manufactured. The prices are
as attractive as the goods. Come in
and look over the stock and select
such articles as you want for your
self, the family or friends Gifts from
this stock last a lifetime and are al
ways a source of pleasure and satisfac-
ton, both to the giver and those who
receive them. A. e. Burnett,
Cad. tf) The Jeweler.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Here is a message Of hope and good
cheer from Mrs. c. j. Martin, Boone
Mill, Va, who is the mother of eight
cen children. Mrs. Martin was cured of
stomach trouble and constipation by
Chamberlain's Tablets after five years
of suffering, and now recommends
these tablets to the public. Sold by
all dea1ers-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15
If you have Dizzy spe11s, attacks o

II you have dizzy spells, attacks Of
momentary blindness, with ringing
noises in the ears it is an unfailing
sign of a torpid liver; a condition
which brings on some serious sickness
if neglected. Herbine is a powerful
liver tonic. It puts strength and ac-
tivity into the liver, purif1es the bow
els and restores a feeling of health,
vigor and cheerfulness. Price soc.
Sold by all druggists.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Do you know that more real danger
turks in common cold than IL any
other of the minor ailments? The
safe way is to take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, a thoroughly reliable
preparation, and rid yourself OF the
cold as quickly as possible. This rem
edy is for sale by all dea1ers.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

This is the season or the year when
mothers feel very much concerned
over the frequent colds contracted by
their children, and have abundant rea-
son for it as every cold weakens the
lungs, lowers the vitality and paves
the way for the more serious diseases
that so often follow. Chamberlain
Cough Remedy is famous for it's cures
and is pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by all dealers.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Chest pains and a dry, hacking
cough should be treated with Billiards.
Horehound Syrup taken internally, and
a Herrick's Red Pepper Porous Plaster
applied to the chest Buy the dollar
size Horehound Syrup; you get a Por-
Gus Plaster free with each bottle. Sold
by all druggists.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15
DRAY FOR GENERAL DELIVERY

Mr.. A. s. Burgess has gone into the
transfer and delivery business. He
has a big dray and a team of power
full mules, with competent men to
manage them, and will haul and deliver
your goods with promptness and good
care Call phone 470.-Ad.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15
SITUATIONS WANTED

SITUATION wANTED-Young man
with several years experience as man
ager and bookkeeper in commissary
work desires a position. Best OF ref
erences furnished. Address P o. Box
us, Baldwin, Fla 1-20-1m
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Use bikes Quinine and Sage Hair
Tonic once a week on your head and
enjoy a healthy, clean scalp. You will
find this excellent tonic at the Court
Pharmacy.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15
New Seeds
r 0 n 1 9 Z 8

We of seeds
Can weighing
a carry and be
glad to make quotations others not listed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Many beautiful pieces OF hand
painted china at Burnett, the Jewell
er's.-Ad.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Edison monographs anu nearly two
thousand records to select from at A.
E. Burnett sd.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Solid and filled chains, the best for
the money, and guaranteed as repre-
scented. A. E. Burnett.-Ad.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Pearl tooth brushes are sold at
Gerig's Drug Stores at use. and guar
anteed.-Ad.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15

Continued Monday
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-15
CHAPTER XIII.
The Forerunner.

{" IL went south The doctor had
! 4 prescribed three months rest
sb1G John was back in New Chel-
tEsEaY sea in one preparing with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

thrown recklessly together, and tho kiss
is the match. Her parents disapprove OF
her association with this young man,
and then sit righteously back, smugly
content with themselves because they
disapprove, and let the girl meet him
night after night
1t takes something more than disap-
prevail to save a girl. 1t takes AC-
TON
Another little girl writes:
"A boy of Is has been paying atten-
ton to me for a week, and every night
am only 16, and do not know him
very we'll"
A girl OF 16 sitting in dark cor
ners and fighting the advances OF boy
she has known only week is not pleas
ant to think about The poor little
things want love. 1t represents to them
all that life offers worth having, and
with heads no less impressionable than
their hearts they begin their search of
It at a dangerously precocious age.
They do not know the peril OF famil-
iarity, and the pity is that, TOO young
to think, they are not also too young
to suffer.
Bread and cheese and kisses!" How
often is Love degraded and made sor-
did and ground to death through lack
of the first two and dragged in the mire
through too much of the thindi
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Up-to-the-Minute Jokes

At a church conference a speaker
began a TRADE against the universe
ties and education, expressing thank
fulness that he had never been cor
rupted by contact with a college.
After proceeding for a few minutes
the bishop. who was in the chair, in
terrupted with the question:
DO l understand that Mr.. X is
thankful for his Ignorance"
We'll, yes" was the answer; you
can put it that way if you like"
We'll. all I have to say" said
the prelate, in sweet and musical
tones" all l have to say is that Mr.
Y has much to be thankful for"
The evening callers were chatting
with the hosts when there came a
patter of little feet along the hall.
Hush" whispered the hostess.
raising her hand The children are
coming with their good Knight mes
sage. 1t always gives me a feeling Of
reverence to hear them. They speah
from the fullness of their hearts never
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

and married men. Such a tax, it is
estimated, would produce about $780,
100000 a year.
Ebony is always soaked in water
for from six to eighteen months as
soon as cut. 1t comes chiefly from
Mauritius and the East Indies.
Heather will last longer out of
water than almost any other flower
The stem transmits very little water
to the flower.
Sydney Lighthouse has the most
powerful electric light on any light
house-1s0,00O candlepower.
Until the year 1921 the word dom
key was only seen in slang diction-
aries.
The pulgat, a Burmese measure. is
the only foreign measure exactly cor
responding to our inch.
A steel rail lasts. with average wear.
about eighteen years.
London uses 10000. 900 tons of coal
a year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
The Head Waitress
By HANK.

ties. Then her companion remarked
that they looked like two nice-l look
ing young men they had seen eating
cheese sandwiches in an Owl wagon
l never saw anybody yet who could
look good and eat a cheese sandwich
at the same time"
Some people amt got no idea OF
beauty" said the Head Waitress. y
seen a lovely young girl the other day
gushing all over a high collared bloke
with a thousand logger on his upper
lip. I never could stand for no man
with one OF them eye brow mus
taches, and l can't see no beauty in it,
at ALL"
In the old days every man had a
mustache and a beard" replied the
Steady Customer.
That was because there wasn't no
safety razors and no BARRIERS" said
the Head Waitress. I've got a
brother-in-law with a face full of
fringes, and every time he kisses me
l feel like a lost babe in the woods
Wells here's your check Maybe If
you smile sweetly at Marie she'll
speak to you, but / doubt It,"
How do you do. Marie" remarked
the Steady Customer pleasantly. as
he approached the cashiers desk
I'm sorry If I hurt your feelings"
There's your change" said Marie,
please move along, you're keeping
others waiting on the line"
"Br-r-r-r but the weather has
changed cold" said the Steady Gus
toner as he went out.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
y Bread and Cheese and Kisses =

more than he denies the girl, for he
is denying himself the pleasure Of her
company is risking her disapprobation
and knows II. and realizes that the COM
parison made between him and young
men who are more reckless with their
savings is not to his credit
For the Future.
He is saving up for future bread and
cheese. and when one is young, and
amusements of all kinds assume a mag
nified value. this denial is most unusual
and commendable. The girl who is
loved by a man of this kind is not the
pitiable object that her young friends
at first sight declare.
Worried" writes me- 81 am keep
ing company with boy of 1S l am
of the same age. l allow him to hug
and kiss me every night before part
ing, though / do not approve. have
been told that he was in the reforrna-
tory for one term, and my parents dis
approve of him, though they do not
know all that is going on between us"
Plainly they are the kind of parents
who do not know what a daughter is
doing until the world has discovered 1t
first. And the world is merciless and
unforgiving.
Precocity in love is always deplora-
bic, and in this case II is more--it is
dangerous. Gunpowder and tow are
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

JOO may POplAoLl
this testimonial for the benefit of
other suffering women."--Mrs Anna
Bender. st. James. Missouri.
Another Case.
Dixon, Iowa. have been taking
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for some time and II has done
me much good. My back troubled
me very much. II seemed weak.
had much pain and I was not as reg
ular as l should have been. The
Compound has cured these troubles
and l recommend it to all my friends"
Mrs. Bertha Dierksen, Box 1O2. Dix
on, Iowa.
If you have tho slightest doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkhann's Vegetable Com
pound will help you, write to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confiden-
tiaD, Lynn, Mass, for advice. Your
letter will be opened, read and an
swered by woman, and held in strict
confidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
Things Worth Remembering

Not a scrap OF paper is permitted to
be carried out of the United States
Treasury Department until it has
passed the censorship of the official
examiners OF the waste paper bas-
kets. They are two women, who sit
side by side, going through the con-
tents of the Department waste bas-
kets. For years they have been doing
this work, and have saved the Gov
eminent the amounts of their salaries
many times over Some time back
one Of them found in a waste basket
$4,000 United States coupon bond.
There are but three mats of ivory
in existence? The largest one meas
ures s feet by feet. and. although
made in the north of India, has a
Greek design for a border 1t is used
only on State occasions, like the sign
ing of important State documents.
The cost of this precious mat was al
most incalCulable, for more than
$500 pounds of pure ivory was used
in its construction. only the finest
and most flexible strips of material
could be used, and the mat is like
the finest woven fabric.
Following the proposal for a tax
on bachelors in France, the society
La Race Franchise" suggests that
every male citizen who either has not
three children alive or who has not
reared three children to the age of
81 should be taxed $3.50 a year for
each child below the number of three.
This would apply to both bachelors
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27
One Woman's Story :;

was satisfied with the feeling of friend
ship which he knew she had for him.
Was there any one else she loved?
No, there was nobody else, she re.
piled and Craig caught eagerly at this
admission
Il could make you love me-" he said.
Again she checked him. Gordon. %
she said Il married once without true
love. and were TO sin in this way a
second time l feel there would be no
forgiveness for me | know that life
with you would mean peace. home, free
dom from care But as | am not sure
that ] love you. l must not see you any
more"
All the mans protests failed to
change her point Of view As he rose
to go he spoke very gently
MARY" he said. see here. dear |
have carried in my pocket all these
years the little coin l gave you once.
Do YOU remember it,"
As the woman looked down at the
silver piece bearing her initials and
his the tears rushed to her eyes, but
she did not speak.
Please, dear" he said. take this
and II my prayers should ever be an
swered and you should find that YOU
love me--please send this back to me
and l will understand VIII you do
this?"
Yes she whispered
Six months later Bert Fletcher's
mother passed out Of the life that he
had made so hard for her Mary knew
that her mother-in-law was glad 10 go,
but she missed sadly the blunt and
sincere woman who had been so good
to ner and her boy
The lonely young mother engaged a
good maid TO stay with her little son
during the first few months after his
grandmother's death. Mary did not look
forward beyond the present. She seemed
10 oe waiting Tor something that was
coming into her life She did not let
herself think what il might be, but
ever since her last talk with Gordon
Craig she had known that the love she
bad thought dead had been only sleep.
IN. Still she sent him no sign of the
knowledge that had come 10 her.
Then. on one beautiful April morning
she got letter in the familiar hand
writing The messenger who brought
DO you know dear" Gordon wrote
that this is the anniversary Of the
day on which We first met, years ago.
II Is spring again. dear heart And the
psnsies-for thoughts-are here once
more. l love you, Mary, and shall all.
ways love you. Can not YOU send me
just sign that on this day of DAYS
you, too, remember
Mary bent her head and laid her
cheek for an instant against the pan
sizes velvet faces Then, as once he
fore. she unfastened a slender chain
from about her neck. drew from il a
silver coin. and kissed swiftly the mi
tials on one side Of this LAYING II
dLG great yellow pansy between the
folds OF sheet of paper. she sIinpsd
the paper into an velOpe. sealed il
securely and took il into the hall. where
the messenger waited
Give this to Mr. Craig, please" sha
said. and be very careful not to lose
it,"
THE END.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

so freely as when the dark has come.
Listen!"
There was moments pause and
then the message came in a shrill
whisper:
Mamma" it ran, willie found a
cockroach in the BATH"
A man remarked that he came from
a very large family.
How many are there of you?" he
was asked
Well, there were ten of US bows 3"
he said, land each of us had a sister ."
Good gracious!" exclaimed the
other. Then there were twenty of
you?" "
No" said the boastful man.
Mrs. Whimper-John. if l should
die, would you marry again?
Whimper If the fran
was set differently
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

" HE serpent probably acquired his
reputation for wisdom by get
Il ting here before there were any
WIDOWS.
The reason a widow succeeds better
than a girl is that the girl depends
upon love. while a widow puts her
faith in schemes.
A diwower uses his children as an
excuse for marrying again the same as
he uses them for going to the circus.
The times have changed. Men do not
look for second wives as industriously
as they once did.
Shortly after a woman dies her friends
who are too good to gossip sigh and
say piously that is very good thing
the dead don't know what is going on
in this world.
When q woman is fatally Ill reflections
Of the next world are not as disquiet-
ing as thoughts Of the pretty widow In
the next block.
a widower that instead Of his children
making trouble for him he gets to It
first
The second summer is as hard on a
widow as on a baby.
The only time It is exousable for a
man to be neglectful of his personal
o. fu hA 10
widower, and than It Is really com
mendable.
A widows love affairs are Curtds
dull reading, but q widower's are his
funny papers.
For . few weeks after his wife's
death a widower looks at women with
the indifference that oharactsrtzes a
sick man, but oh. how soon he gets
over I'll
It is q wonder that It is not demand
ed Of the bereft that they put up new
monuments every time the styles
change.
There are not enough men to go
around, which accounts for the change
Of sentiment regarding widowers
Formerly It was an outrage when they
married again; now 1t is a duty.
When some men marry the second
time, everyone is reminded of a boy
who has to learn his lesson over again.
1t often happens that a man retain
ed to the last a reputation for good
sense because his wife outlived him,
and he never had a chance as a wild
over to show how big a fool he could
be.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-27

AID the young man who wrote the
II following letter searched the
language from A to u he could
not have found four words more ex-
pressive of desolation, abandonment and
grief than those he uses as his sigma
ture; Broken hearted Foreign Lover"
\ hopeless and lonely wanderer in the
Kingdom Of Love, he is also an alien in
strange land. away from home and
friends. He writes me:
Il am deeply in love with a young girl
two years my Junior She says she loves
me very much, but she says she doesn' I
think II advisable to keep company with
me until l earn more. l am getting SIG
week. with TO prospects OF soon get
ting more. | love her very much and
would not like TO lose her"
And / do not want him to lose her, for
when "A man or woman loses the one he
or she loves. something sacred and sweet
is gone out of life that is never replaced.
But neither do | want him to win her
with only SIC a week to live on. for then
something will come into his life that is
sordid and that will grind and Cypress.
and make OF Love a milestone instead
of an inspiration
Their love might survive the hardships
that accompany SIS a week for two, but
ii is too priceless to be risked. In his
Fatherland. where bread and cheese cost
less it might even flourish. but here II
would die of deprivation and despair.