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CHAPTER XVI.
The Mercy of the Great Captain.

ENERAL LEE arrived at Spott-
sylvania Court House on the
9th. To him Grafton at once
reported Captain Grafton"
said the general, Il find General Stuart
has carried out my orders. 1t Is evil
dent that my message was delivered. l
have heard from others of the brilliant
fighting of the cavalry, and that they
have succeeded in holding back the
Union advance and giving us this place
is due in large measure to your intell!-
gent carrying out of my orders. i shall
recommend you for promotion. The
service you have rendered your coun-
try has been invaluable, sir.
General Lee" said Grafton. paling
under his sunburn. "1-l-
What is it, captain?' asked Lee
kindly.
Il deserve nothtng-nothing-of what
you have said, sir"
Were not my orders given to Cen
eral STUART"
They were, sir.
Did not you-
But not by me-
by whom. them
by my wife. General Lee.
II do not understand"
Il have to confess a dereliction of
duty, SIR.
Explain yourself. Captain Grafton
1t was a hard thing to have to face
that incarnate greatness. by whom me
sacrifice OF Brutus, or of VirSinius, if
It had been required, would have been
cheerfully emulated, and confess that
which Grafton's honor compelled him
to disclose.
After leaving you, general" he be-
gan desperately, II met with no ad-
venture until / reached the Catharpin
road. ] concluded to try that in the
hope that the Federal troops had not
occupied Todd's Tavern. and l could
save a great deal Of time that way.
About halfway to the tavern / heard a
woman scream for help. Just where II
small branch road turns out of tn,
Catharpin road to the left ] stopped
The general shook his head.
II can understand the appeal of
woman in trouble" he said. but there
are tin .es-go On. sir
Il am happy to say, sir. that / did
rot turn aside from the road at first
although TO refrain from 1t WAS the
hardest task ] ever essayed.'
You did we'll.
But. sir, AS | started on man
burst out of the bushes. negro. and
begged me to conn to I'll. rescue -
his mistress. who was In the hands Of
Ruerrillas. You know what that
meant?"
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CaIif0rnians Attend
Statehood Celebration

Many former Californians in Wash.
ington attended the celebration Of the
sixty-third anniversary of the admission
of the State into the Union at the rooms
of the Chamber of Commerce last night
The celebration was held under the
auspices Of the California State Asso-
citation.
Congressman Denver s. Church of Cali.
fornia made the principal address. An
drew ]. Boyer, historian Of the society.
read a paper telling Of the many hard
ships endured by the early pioneers of
California, and the struggle to gain ad-
mission to the Union.
A letter from Governor Johnson, con-
graduating the Californians residing
here on their loyalty, was read by NJ.
F. O'Donoghue, president Of the asso-
citation.
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MRS. SARA D. KING.

Funeral services for Mrs. Sara D.
King. wife of Clarence P. King, pres.
fdent Of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company, who died at her
Atlantic City cottage, YESTERDAY. prob
ao.y will be held at Mrs. Kings old
home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. King had been in ill-health for
years with heart trouble Mr.. King
left Washington for Atlantic City the
latter part of last week and is believed
to have been at the bedside of his
wife when she died. Mrs King was
formerly Miss Sarah Mclean. of Phila-
delphia.
She leaves two sons and her husband.
The elder son, DR.. Isaac H. Jones. I'd,
married Miss Emily Austin, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William l.. Austin, of
Rosemont- DR.. and Mrs. Jones lives
at i5Jl Spruce street The second son,
Clothfer Jones, lives at Anmore.
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W. Gould Brokaw Says
He Can't Pay AIimony

NEW YORK. Sept. I0.-Attorneys for
william Gould Brokaw represented to
Supreme Court Justice Kelly. in Brook
lyn, that their client is no longer able
to pay Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw SIS. OOo
a year alimony They asked that the
case be sent back to the referee to take
evidence as to the changed financial
status OF Mr. Brokaw.
Mrs Brokaw's lawyers vigorously
fought tn" motion. Justice Kelly asked
both sides to present briefs
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Stork Again Visits
Ethel Barrymore

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-John Drew
Colt was announced today as the
name Of the third child, a boy. born
yesterday to Miss Ethel Barrymore
the actress. who in private life IS
Mrs. Russell G. Colt. The stork ar
rived at the Colt summer home at
MsmarOneck.
Samuel. aged four, and Ethel. ff-
teen months old. are the other little
Cclts. The latest arrival is named
for Jchn Drew, the actor, his mothers
uncle.
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SEEK INSPECTION
( OF BRIDGE SITE
Anacosa Citizens Want Senators and Congressman to See
Place For Proposed Bridge Between Southwest Wash
ington and Congress Heights.

night made arrangements to 60 to
Alexandra, Va, I'm q body, accom-.
panied by the other five councils IN the
District, to take part in the celebration
Of the sixteenth anniversary Of AIexan-
dria Council NO. 5. Fraternal Order Of
Americans. on September IL Ray
Brashears. councillor Of Anacost1a Coun.
ell. named a committee Of farrangements.
With the reed bird season little over
a week old, cunning for Them on the
Eastern branch Of the Potomac appears
to have lost all charm for District marsh
shooters.
Mrs. George F. Pyles and son. Ray
mond. have gone to Niagara Falls and
adjoining cities.
DR.. Edith A. Mcdowell. Of Olean. n.
r., has been appointed medical In
terne at the Government Hospital for
the Insane.
Dr. Raymond Apgar has resumed his
duties on the medical star OF the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane after
a vacation In Allentown. Pa.
Charles Green. of the Office force Of
the Government Hospital, is absent
from his duties on a, two weeks yaca-
tion.
Frank N. Finott. chief clerk at the
Government Hospital. spent his annual
leave at Virginia Beach. Va. with his
wife and family. They have returned.
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JOHN BURNSIDE.

Funeral services for John Burnside. n
newspaper pressmsn, who died at his
bone. Sideburn, Va, on Monday. We're
h-'d ut GienwOod Cemetery, yesterday
afternoon. Herbert DOwney, Aubrey
MAJ Giant. ". Is. Burnside, and Edward
Piasictt. four arandSons Of the de-
Ceased, acted as pallbearers.
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CHARLES McDERMOTT.

Furcra! services for Charles McDer-
mott, contractor. OF Philadelphia. who
was once resident OF Washington,
were held at his Philadelphia residence
yesterday. Mr McDermott died in a
Baltimore hospital
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LEONARD w. BATES.

Funeral services for Leonard W,
Bates. old resident of the District and
for years engaged in the lunch room
business, were held at his home, 1920
Fourteenth street northwest, yesterday
afternoon at o'clock. Burial was In
Rock Creek Cemetery
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Breaks Her Hip Tangoing.

Los ANGELES. Sept 1O-Mrs. Ray
mond Terry fell and fractured her hin
while "tangoing" at a fashionable Long
Beach hotel.
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CHAPTER XXv.-(continued.)

~ E turned to Breathed as ne spoke.
The commander of the horse ar
tillery laughed softly.
We're iust waiting for orders
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\ Cc~-'""~''"- nf This Story VIII
De Found In Tomorrow
Issue of The Timea.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-12
GLOSE SIGHTS

BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE

A sissy is born, not made.
Don't put more vim in your vaca-
ton than in your vocation.
After one walks up a few of them,
mountains don't seem so beautiful.
An Atchison man has such a mean
disposition he enjoys hating people.
No man can have hay fever and a
sweet disposition at one and the same
time.
Cold weather brings certain hard
ships. but it covers a number of ell
bows.
A miss is as good as a mile; in fact,
some of them may be a great deal bet
ter.
Most of the novels are long enough,
although unsatisfactory in other re-
spects-
When a man is mysteriously murder
ed the rule is to look Tor the woman
in the case.
Stenographers shouldn't try to spell
in shorthand when writing the elonga-
ted variety.
You can't do good work if most of
your time is devoted to getting bust
head, or getting over it. -
Any woman who works to support
her husband in that luxury to which
he is accustomed, loves him too well.
No matter how long a woman has
been married her mother keeps on
''toting' her some of her own cooking.
Men and women have the same idea
about each other on one subject. Each
think the others figures are funny
Link Preston has engaged in the UNI
brella and macintosh business. Now
when it starts to rain-Link is no
bOdy'S fool.
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One big drawback to a man loving
his neighbors, says the LIE Roy Re-
porter, is his own wife.
1t occurs to the Washington Palla-
dunn that the Mahin law is, no doubt,
the cause of the drouth in Kansas.
Brother Tucker calls attention in
his North Shawnee Chief to the fact
that this is blamed poor weather for
an umbrella mender.
And the observing "Gasaway," the
son County Citizen, remarks: A good
many wells are on sleds this dry
weather.
Some excellent philosophy from the
Lacrosse Republican: 1t will not
make you happy to have everything
you like. But you can be happy by
liking everything you have.
Cast your bread upon waters, ad-
vises the writer of the Singletons
Store items in the Wilson County Cit
izen, and you will soon realize how
many people are out for the dough.
The Cottonwood Falls parrot should
worry. thinks the Emporia Times, and
it asks: At its present rate of speed,
eggs in 19 years, when will there
be enough parrot eggs for set
ting?''
Speaking of hard luck, a Hutchin-
son man who received notice that he
was heir to $4,000 quit work before
he got the money and now he is view
ing life from the inside of jail, his
wife having had him arrested for
non-SuppOrt.
There is quite a ''back to the farm"
movement by number from town, re-
ports the Chesebro correspondent of
the Formoso New Era, and then he
sagely remarks: Some seem to think
that wheat being hauled to town is all
clear profit.
We have known men all our life,
writes Conner Davies in his Concordia
Kansan, who seemed to get along all
right enough without working at all.
We have often thought of suggesting
to them to start college to instruct
others how they do it-but that would
be work and of course they'd balk on
being professors in such school.
There was a stork party in Atchison
recently and the husband was in the
room when his first baby was born. He
suddenly rushed from it and down
stairs to where several persons were
waiting to hear the news. Its a baby,
it's a baby" he said greatly excited.
What did you think it was going to
be, a cat?'' asked his brother.
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SAYS UNCLE CAV

Given disposition to work and a hide
that can grow sufficiently callous to hard
knocks, success is largely a matter of en-
durance. The general run of humanity
begins life with high hopes. One in a
Thousand realizes something that approxi-
mates his goal. One in a hundred thou
sand gets farther along the road than he
expected. The rest of us fail because we
haven't the gift of lively endurance. The
knocks are too much for us. We either
quit working or forget to think. The man
who does neither passes us, appropriates
the road and leaves US to trail or quit.
MANY defeats are due to failure to use
the last ounce" of strength. Others come
when one becomes so busy with the
to elaborate. or perfect it's plan. Life is
never anything but battle and it is be-
ern inventions compifcate and Sharpen
rather than simplify and soften the strug-
gle; gle To T. 5. succeed zee even in an unselfish pur,
of others and overcome them. Wherever
your field lies. you'll find your antagonists
II, bigger or trtfle smaller, but there
isn't a great deal of, difference between
you. Life runs that way. The love of a
struggle, if nothing else, would make you
seek, consciously or unconsciously, foemen
worthy Of your good right arm. Hence
the moral equation, enters-the courage to
stake your last drop OF blood. your last
OUNCE of energy upon the outcome of the
longer when men are falling from exhaus-
ton or fleeing from fear, will soon have
the IlelQ 10 himself lie VINO Knows now
to fight on his nerves when real strength
has refused to respond to the summons
of his brain knows the secret of victory.
Likewise with him who never becomes
So mazed with the struggle as to fight
blindly and mechanically lies huge ad-
vantage. Too many of go about the
business of life like mule in a treadmill.
Our persistence is at par or q little better.
We're not lazy and none can accuse of
lacking courage. But We never get any
where. The fruits of efforts go to others
who do the thinking while we furnish the
muscular energy. We're so busy keeping
our feet moving that We haven't time to
reflect upon the uselessness of our ac-
tIvity.
There men who go through life like
that. They spend their days turning some
bodys treadTnill. They do overy necessary
thing except apply their labor where they
may reap the benefit.
Remember the huge Importance of the
last ounce" Keep your mind on results
as we'll as upon your work. Work with
out planning is so much wasted energy,
as far you are concerned Don't quit
and don't turn anybody's treadmill.-
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspa-
The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-12

about tea and coffee growing than
you did this morning."
"It wasn't necessary for me to
learn any more" was his reply.
It didn't know I was marrying such
a wise man.,
II have known for a long time that
bananas were not dug out OF the
ground
Then it's just as father warned
me-"
land as mather warned me-"
Hugh, 1 have always said would
never live with a stubborn mule of n
husband a week after finding him
OUT
"Make a change of sex. and it's the
very thing I've said.'
"Then-then-
her, but when he came home again
she had departed from his house and
gone to her fathers. He locked the
doors and went to his mothers.
No talk about divorce. No agree
ment to separate. One fall day,
three months later, without husband
and wife having met meanwhile,
Hugh Rexford stood in the door of
the office in which he was employed
and saw a runaway horse and wagon
take to the sidewalk and trample wo-
men and children under foot With
out waiting an instant, Hugh dashed
forward and flung people out of the
path, and, as the frenzied horse
y
it's bride. There was shout of fear.
When next the man opened his eyes
he was lying on a cot in the hospital
and Lionel was sitting beside him.
She had a patch of plaster over a cut
on her forehead, but was smiling
bravely.
whats happened?" he asked.
1--WE made ounces of ourselves dis
putting about tea and coffee"
Yes, we did" .----.-.--.--
"And like two kids we went home
to pa and ma"
Just like kids"
"And I was on the street when a
runaway horse took to the sidewalk" :"
IT remember
"And I was one of the half-dozen
women you threw over the curbstone
to save them
And you got a cut?''
IT'S nothing. You were knocked
down and have a broken arm"
Yes, it begins to hurt. And now %
Say, dear; I want to tell you that
I don't care a snap whether tea and
coffee grow on stump or big oak
tree"
Nor T, either
Lets go home and be sensible and
loving and happy"
"Amen! Call carriage, and look
out a little for that arm when you
hug me!"-(Copyright. 1918, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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HUAOR or THE D\Y

The Doctor-"Mrs. Brown has sent for
me to go and see her boy. and i must
go at once" His wife-''what is the mat
ter with the boy?" The Doctor-'T don't
know, but Mrs. Brown has a book on
What To Do Before the Doctor Comes"
and / must hurry up before she does IT."
Buck.
From a circular-"Brief1y, PeIlidol in
diacetyla mid idoazotoluol." II the writer is
really aiming at brevity. he must try
again.-Punch.
Street Bandit to Professor-'1f you move
you are a dead mani You're wrong.
my man. II I move it will show that I
am alive. You should be more careful IN
the use of your words. Life.
What did the boss say when you asked
for a raise in salary?'' HE asked me
why thought ought to have it" seNhat
did you tell him?" Il told him that I had
been twelve years in the same place -
'And then?" HE said ought to be
ashamed of myself."-Detroit Free Press
although I was travelin' fnco9nfto''
mused Plodding Pete, "I was received
with marks of distinction too numerous
to mention. People of wealth and position
We'd for my attention." What are Won
doin'?" asked Meandering Mike. ''Dream-
in out loud?'' mo. I'm talkin' about
when 1 was in Kansas pretendin' I was
a farm hand lookin' for work."-Washing-
ton Star.
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EVENING CHAT
The Scarcity of Common Folks.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Inc scarcity Oh common folks.
Abraham Lincoln once said that God
must have loved common folks because
He made so manv of them.
1 wonder what Lincoln would say if he
coulo come back to earth now. For some
times it seems to me that common folks
nowadays are one of the rarest things in
the world.
few years ago I went, early in May,
to a summer place to spend the summer.
1 was almost the first arrival at the
house at which 1 stayed, and 1 inspected
all the later comers with even more than
the keen and personal interest that the
lirst arrival always feels in his success
sors You see L hoped there would be
some common folks among them. si=f
Now in the course of that summer there
must have been at least fifty guests at
the house, and yet among the fifty don't
believe there were more than half dozen
common folks.
What do 1 mean by Common folks ?"
Why simply folks, common everyday
| folks; folks that aren't trying to appear
don't have to prove their Importance by
wearing expensive and elaborate clothes
all the time, but are able to Signify sin simple pie
by the selves inside of them.
What do L mean by common folks? L
sions to distinction. ana who don't try to
make UP for that by telling as about their
talk for some few minutes without telling
you that my brother is Just making i, ms +,
fourth trip abroad or my sisIer-In-Ia"
has a rose bush that she paid 500 lot.
What do mean by common folks?' !
mean people who don't affect to disdaln
all kinds of simple pleasures, who like to
listen when a good hurdy-gurdy comes
round, who are pleased when there's ice
cream for dessert, who don't pretend to
have outgrown their taste for such ma
tional institutions as ginger ale and Ice
cream soda.
1 mean folks who have neighbors and
ere neighborS in the good old-fashloned
way, instead of taking pride in not nav
ing even a speaking ACQUAINTANCE with
the other families in the apartment.
What do I mean by common folks" L
mean folks who don't call other folks
common in that disagreeable, snlffy
sense which that word has lately ACQUIRED
And now that you know about what L
mean by common folks" search your ac-
ouaintar1ce and see how many you know.
I'm afraid you won't need more than
two hands to count them.
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days later, and found to be still alive,
but reduced in weight to 40 pounds.
Banting maintained that fat people
who want to become thin should eat
five meals a day In his Letter on
Corpulence," which ran into ten edi-
tions, and was translated into French
and German. he states that low living
brings the system into an impoverished
state without decreasing corpulence. 1
have now discovered that quality of
food is the chief desideratum.
take the most agreeable and savory
viands, meat and game pies, that my
cook can concoct, with the best possible
gravies. jellies. etc, and drink sherry,
claret, brandy. gin and whisky. 1 en-
deavor, however, to abstain as much as
possible from bread, butter, sugar. milk
and potatoes" On this regimen al
though he ate five meals a day, Bant-
ing brought his weight down 46 pounds
in IL months.-London Chronicle.
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from OTHER PENS
ARMY SERVICE AND CIVIL LIFE.

ARMY SERVICE AND CIVIL LIFE.
Secretary Garrison's proposal to
teach useful trades in the army is in
teresting, and we hope may prove
practicable eventually. AS a matter
of fact, useful instruction already is
given in some branches of the service
In the coast artillery electrical work
is important and men receive valuable
instruction and experience in this line.
The signal service long has been
good training school for telegraphers,
and in the medical department knowl-
edge of pharmacy is impaired. The
problem for the mobile army seems
more difficult. Instruction along the
lines of the three RS has been tried
without great success. as the teaching
has been rather pertunctory and in
ferior. Some special practical schools
have been established. as at Leaven-
worth, where horseshoeing is taught.
But the problem of working into the
cavalry, infantry and field artillery
service a practical system of vocation
al education, without diminishing
necessary military training or over
loading the service with non-military
machinery, will prove difficult. Its de-
STABILITY is, however, plain. A better
class of recruit or higher average
would be assured, since enlistment
would not then seem to parents or to
the young men themselves a loss of
time from practical preparation for
civil life. To many 1t would be ac-
cepted as a valuable schooling. Pub
lie support for the army would be
more intelligent and more general
than it now is, and expenditures could
not be called waste, even by pacifistS.
Secretary Garrison realizes, as more
Americans should realize how serious
Is the need for an adequate army OF
defense. This army must be a citizen
army, a comparatively small force un-
der arms and a large reserve of reg
ularly trained men in civil life. To
get this army we need such induce
ments as Mr.. Garrison suggests, and
if they can be created a very great and
very serious problem will be solved.
But while we are talking of army
training it would be we'll to understand
that the value of military service as
it is now is, unfortunately, underes-
timated. The moral. intellectual and
physical benefits of the service, entire
ly apart from any vocational teach
ing, are well worth the three years
spent. Look over the men at Fort
Sheridan and see how they average
with the young men of our city streets.
Sturdy, well set up, clean skinned,
clear eyed young Americans, self-re-
specting but not ashamed to obey ac-
customed to doing what they do with
will, they are getting a schooling in
some of the most necessary require
ments of successful civil life.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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A remarkable feat of involuntary
fasting was performed twelve years
ago by a corporal in a regiment of
French colonial infantry. On his way
to work one morning a man heard cries
proceeding from disused mine near
Brest. At the bottom of an excavation
nearly 100 feet deep Corporal Andre
Desrats was found in SO weak a con-
dition that he could hardly articulate
a word. When he recovered his res
cuers learned that, after accidentally
falling into the mine, Desrats had been
imprisoned for 2S days without any
thing to eat or drink. But a pig can
beat a man. DR.. w. B. Carpenter. in
his manual of physiology. records that
a pig weighing 160 pounds was entornb-
ed by the fall of a portion of the chalk
cliffs at Dover. 1t was dug out $50