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Continued.
CHAPTER ~,
Fall Into a Brier Patch,

Fall Into a Brier Patch.
HAD been sitting on a stone wall
watching the shadows lengthen.
rose now aud followed the wall
toward a highway along which
wagons and an occasional motOrcnr
had passed during nay ~reverie. The
slopipg pasture was rough aud fire.
quently sent me along at a trot. The
wall that marked the boundary Mt the
roadside was hidden by a tangle Of
raspberry bushes. and my foot. turn.
Ing on 4 stone concealed In the wild
grasses. l fell ciumsily and rolled n
dozen yards INTO Il tangle Of the berry
bushes. As | picked myself up ! heard
voices In the road, but should have
thought nothing Of II had ! not cen
through a break Ia the vines and al
most within reach Of my hand Cecilia
HOLSTER talking earnestly to some one
not yet disclosed. She was hatless.
but had flung 4 golf cape over her
shoulders. The scarlet lining OF the
hood turned up about her neck made
an effective setting for her noble head.
"Oh, I cant tell you. l amt help
you! mustn't evs appear to give
you any advantage. went into 1t
with my eyes open. and I'm In honor
bound not to tell you anything. You
have said nothing remember
that. There L. absolutely nothing b.
tween Va"
But l must shy everything. / ~
fuse to be blinded By these absurd r.
s%trictions, whatever they are. Its not
fair. It's inviting me into a gams
where the cards are not all on the Ia
bic. I've come to make an end Of III"
My hands had sutfssed BY contact
with the briars. and | had been minis
tering to them with my handkerchief.
but l fell back upon the slope in my
astonishment at this coiloquy. Cecilia
HOLSTER I had seen plainly enough,
though the mans back had been to
ward me. but anywhere on earth !
should have known Wiggins' voice. |
protest that 1t Is not my way to be-
come an en- vesdrOpper voluntarily, but
to disclose myself now was impossible.
II 1t had not been Wiggins-but Wig
gins would never have understood or
forgiven, nor could l have explained
plausibly to Cecilia HOLSTER that !
had not followed her from the house
to spy upon her. | should have made
the noise OF IN invading army II ! had
attempted to effect an exit by creeping
put through the wndrow OF crisp
leaves in which | lay. and to turn back
and ascend the slope the way l had
come would have Teen to advertise my
presence to the figures in the road
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There seemed nothing for me but to
sion between Cecilia HOLSTER and
Hartley Virgins would not be contin-
ued within earshOt. To my relief they
moved a triie further on. but | still
heard their voices.
81 cannot listen to you. Now that
I'm committed I cannot honorabiy
countenance you at all. and l can ex-
plain nothing. l came here to meet
you only to tell you this. You must 80
-piease, And do not attempt to see
me In this way again"
l was grateful that Wiggins' voice
sank so low IN his reply that | did not
hear 1t. but ! knew that he was plead.
ing hard. Then a motor flashed by.
and when the whir OF Its passing had
ceased the voices were inaudible. But
4 moment later ! heard 4 light. quick
step beyond the wall. and Cecilia pass
ed hurriediy. her face turned toward
the house. The cape was draw n tight
" about her shoulders. and she walk.
ed with her head bowed.
/ breathed u sigh Of relief, and when
/ felt safe from detection. climbed the
slope.
Pausing on the crest to survey the
landscape. l saw a man. wearing a der
BY hat and a light tOpcoat. leaning
against a fence that lnclosed \ pasture.
A ! glanced In his direction he moved
away hastily toward the road below.
The feeling Of being watched Is not
agreeable, and ! could not account for
him. AS he passed out Of sight still
another man appeared. emerging from
Q strip Of woodland farther on. Even
through the evening haze | should have
said that he was a gentleman. The
two men apparently bore DO relation to
each other. though they were walking
IN the same direction. bound. | judged,
for the highway below. | had an un-
comfortable feeling that they had both
been observing ne. though for what
purpose l could not imagine. Then
once more. just as ! was about to en-
ter the Italian garden from a failow
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28
Fiuured II Out.

At n trial in Macon recently n negro
was on the witness stand. He testified
that a man who had been knocked
down lay on the ground five minutes.
and the opposing lawyer challenged
the statement. To test the accuracy
Of the witness he took out his W
watch and asked the negro to tell him
when five minutes was up. The negro
told him correctly. AS he was leaving
the courtroom the lawyer canght up
with him. Plum he said. "i1l for
give you If yeull tell me how you did
it." Yes, boss said the negro; "Ab
ius' Figured It out" Figured 1t out?'
"Yes, sab; by de clock on de wall be-
hind you."-Macon Times-Democrat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28
Wouldn't Be Bossed.

.'But, madam said the surgeon aft.
er the woman had recovered conscious
ness In the hospital. why didn't you
stop when the crossing policeman held
up his hand? Then you wouldn't have
been struck by the automobile
"What-me stop when Jim Meginnis
holds up his hand? I'd let you know
I'm his wife, an he never saw the
day when. he could boss me."-Reho-
both Sunday Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28
KEYP0RT

Mr.. and Mrs. r. Palmer Armstrong
are rejoicing In the arrival of twin
daughters in their family. Word of
the event was received here yester-
day morning from the Ann May Hos
pital at Spring Lake.
The turkey supper at the Keyport
Yacht Club will be held on Friday
night, January 81, instead OF Thurs
day night, as originally planned.
A series of religious meetings will
be conducted at the Calvary M. e.
church this week, beginning with to-
night. Rev. l. s. Yerks will have
charge of the services.
Raymond Mckinney, OF New York
City. spent Sunday with his parents.
DR.. and Mrs. Edmund Mckinney, OF
Mott street.
Col. BENJAMIN u. Lee. OF New
York City. spent Saturday in town.
Miss Bertha Stanger, of Red Bank,
spent Sunday with her sister. Mrs.
Phelps Cherry, of Broad street,
Miss Bessie Shreve. of Borden
town, is visiting her sisters, the
Misses Margaret and Alice Shreve, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps
Cherry, in Broad street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold p. Collins, of
Asbury Park, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Sallie Collins, of Broad street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold G. Smith. Of
New York City. spent Sunday with
Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John G. Schanck. OF Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Mathews, of
Red Bank. spent Sunday with Mrs.
hIathE-. = ~ rc.fo Nv pnd HrY Iaa.,
N. Johnston, of Osborne street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28
Ono Condition,

"What must a man do before he can
live at peace with all the world?' de-
manded the exhorter.
"He must be dead" came a voice
from the outskirts OF the crowd.-Phil-
adelDhta Racnrd-
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Unsafe.

Cashier-But there is not a cent here
10 pay this check of yours.
Fair Customer-I am glad that you
fave confessed. II your bank Is as
hard up us that you can give me what
money I have here and I will take my
account to a safer institution.-Puck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28

Never again will ! marry n dream
err said the woman after securing her
final decree.
you might do worse, my dear" re
marked her friend. 81 married a
s~u0rer."-Judge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28

On the third day of December, 1894,
bly, the ~strangest announcement of the
news was that which appeared on the
poster Of q morning paper famed for
Its alliterative ingenuity. The mes
sage ran: stevenson SuccumEs; Sepul-
chred on a Samoan Summit" To this
favor do even great stylists come
Pail NAL Gazette.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28
Cut the High Cost Of Living.

w. IL. Chapman, Winnebago, Neb1
tells how he did it. "My two children
had a very bad cough and the doctors
medicines did them no good. l got u
bottle Of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, and before it was all used the
children were free and cured Of their
cough. ! saveif dccN-~s-
zoe bottle Of Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound" A mean stufy cold, with
hoarse wheezy breathing is just the
kind that runs into bronchitis or pneu-
monia. Don't trihe with such serious
conditions, but take Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound promptly. Contains no
opiates. For sale by all druggists.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-28

Causs and Effect.
"What makes your baby so head
strongT" "He was raised on goats
milk ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-30
Cocaine Habit Besets Paris.

PARIS March %. The use Of CO.
caine i'm France continues to grow to an
alarming extent in spite of the fact
that it has been placed on the prohib-
tied list and under the surveillance OF
the police. The drug is sold openly
some chemists not even asking for a
medical prescription.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-30

NEWS
Important Events From All
Over the Old World Told in .
Few Short Lines.
British Miners Want Advice.

LONDON. March 29.-The Miners
Federation Of Great Britain cabled .
the United Mine Workers Of America
for information regarding The attitude
of the union miners in the Unital
States upon the proposed national
strike in Belgium, beginning April !.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-30
POLITICAL NEWS
FOR BUSY MEN
How Mrs. J. Ham Lewis, Geor-
gian, interviewed the Great
Lii Hung Chang.
BY LANES 9. NEVIN.

Mrs James Hamilton Lewis. wife "
the new Democratic senator-elect from
Illinois, was born and reared in Gegr-
gia. hailing from the good old county
Of Screven. in the southeastern section.
,She was a Georgia girl, to the manner
born, and she is just as loyal Geor-
g,an to-day as she ever was more
over.
Mrs Lewis has never figured in the
newspapers extensively being content
10 let her brilliant husband appropriate
the Iaurels that might be gathered by
the way-and the senator has not been
backward in the least about perform
ing the duty set aside by family con
sent for his attention.
Once upon q time. however Mrs.
Lewis did get away with something
that made noise, an right-and it VIII
serve 10 SLOW that in brains, intelli-
gently applied. her distinguished hus-
band has nothing whatever on her,
Mrs Lewis who was then Miss Rose
Douglas. of Screven county aforesaid,
once did newspaper work in New York.
and while writing on space here au'
there she pulled "A rafting good inter
view with Ii Hung Chang, tine great
chinese diplomat. when he was visiting
,r.is couutry-and i'm doing that SIN.
beat the world and turned up a story
that the best newspaper men iu The
country had undertaken unsucccssfuCy
time and again TO get
Mrs Miss Douglas. rather
vas not engaged i'm newspaper work
ircrularly. She was studying In a local
.Eosgital 10 be a trained nurse and ouy
Ia16ed In an occasional story. one
d L. Hung Chang was brought rp
,sna hospital for a brief treatment ard
Miss Douglas made up her mind TO
1utarview him She communicated her
q, sire 10 a doctor she knew quite Wen.
hut the doctor told her that man after
-man had tried TO get at the famous
C-iontal diplomat. but never had there
been anything doing.
The ould-be nurse however. knew a
:hiI or two. SO she sent a curious old
ring she had on I'm to Ii by the accom-
-rodatiug doctor and told him to tell
the great man she thought the ring
might have an interesting Chinese his
tory"
II was as curious as cat-aud the
ruse worked. He asked Miss Douglas
to come in and talk to him. She d,l.
The interview was the resultant 10
was a cracking good one,
The lady sold it for S50-which was
shame, for it was easily worth five
times that
When Ii Hung Chang found out what
had happened, he stood up maufullv
and said it was all right. He really
admired the young woman's ingenuity.
Mrs. Lewis IS a very handsome wom-
an, extremely popular I'm Washington
society, where she Is well known, ana
has played a fine and compelling part
in shaping her husbands eminently
successful political career.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-30
Rothschild Pens Play Called "croesus'

PARIS March 29.-Baron Henri
Rothschild has written a play called
"Croesus." and dealing with the life of
"a French millionaire The scenes are
laid in Paris. The baron has also
translated the play into English and
it win bee produced in London, first
after which Mr. Gutry will present it
iu Paris
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-30
puke Not to Vlslt u. S.

LONDON. March 29-The Daily Tel
egraph confirms the announcement that
the Duke of Westminster Is not going
to the United States to witness the in
teruatiunal polo game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-30

Noting that there have been couu-
ties named for those three great Geor-
gians-Stephens Toombs and Hill-The
Cordele Rambler suggests that there
should be one named for Joseph r.
Brown, the fourth Of Georgia's grand
old guard Of the long ago
\ Joe Brown county would be the
right thing-aud the present governor
would rather have one named for hts
father than for himself too,
II the election of Democrat.
president means that only the presideu-
egg ana a few high-up offices go 20 th.
Democrats. very naturally they are be-
ginning 10 wonder just why any change
should be made at all" suggests The
Carroll County Times
This please pass thy-pie plea Is ga0-
ting more and more vehement among
the faithful OF Georgia every dsyi
Representative r.. y. Cole. Of Bar
TOW. proposes TO introduce bin in the
next Legislature requiring ain ordinarics
or the state 10 attend 10 Confederate
pension matters free Of charge.
The law now permits them 20 charge
81 for each pension voucher made out.
and IL Us this fee that Cole proposes To-
have withdrawn. If he can.
The veterans get comparatively little
individually. as it IFS. and as they are
generally poor men. ne thinks the doll
lar saving TO each will bee appreciated
and that its loss by the ordinarles viii
hardly be felt.
As a matter Of fact. there are many
ordiuaries who have made a practice Of
refusing this fee for wears.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

May, the morning glories laugh in fantastic col
orings with the earliest dawn and then the others
follow, lovely and fragrant troop. Offering their
blessings OF varied incense and beauty and glory
to the senses of all the living. each doing Its
part, humble splendid as nature has ordained
In August the Haunting iowers--like the new
rich, the vulgar and the craven. They had not
the courage to come help bless the world while
there was danger of frost snow to be broken
or nippng breezes to be faced. They give no
fragrance. The bees. indomitably at work. man.
age TO pull from OF them scanty additions
to the stores in the hives. So we see people.
They faunt and flourish while prosperity is with
them and the sun Is bright and they follow it
They may give something to ever busy and har-
vesting restaurant walters and bartenders and
the like. They give little to the beauty and
nothing to the fragrance and happiness of the
world They are looked at That is all Bask-
ing and Haunting In the sunlight, they are con-
spicuous. They are looked at but not especially
admired. The sun1ower, dying at the first touch
of frost makes with its dropping seed fine food
for chickens, as the millionaire and fashionable
family come to disaster, makes nourishng pick
ings for busy lawyers.
The goldenrod will come presently, making the
fields glorious and without ostentation. To
the hard freezes we will have the chrysanthe-
nuns. in their endless variations and varieties
Of blazing glories, flowers of courage and sac
rfice, the glorious and splendid rear guard Of
the slowly retreating summer. They the
last we have to REMIND us of the long and lovely
days just gone by. They stay after the mountains
have lost the wonderful blazonry of autumn and
the seashore has become chilly and desolate
The flowers of spring dare and serve and the
roses OF June bloom and glow and load the air
with luxurious and languor- giving fragrance
The flowers of the fall face coming frosts and
defy disaster to the last giving us our last
glimpse of summer gories. The flowers of Au
gust Haunting, gaudy, sunloving, sun-depend
ing and following They can live only in pros
perity and brilliant light and they flash and
shine and fade and are useless-like some PEG
pie most Of us have seen and known and some
of desire to initiate and none Of us should
initiate If We intend to be of any value to The
world
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

large votes are cast usually, but at which the
votes were so small that the election judges did
not think them worth reporting, assuming that
they would have no bearing on the results.
People in the country like to get home and to
bed early and when a farmer or storekeeper has
sat all day at the polls. counted the vote and
made and sealed the returns. he is thinking of
his supper. not of going to telephone tele-
graph wire or sending a messenger to report
anywhere from six eight to fifty or hundred
votes In general surrounding atmosphere of
Indifference II Is hard for country election
Judge to realize that the vote of his precinct
is of any special interest or that people outside
are eager to know the figures. In one commu-
nifty, of which we happen to have knowledge,
where there are some 400 Democratic voters, the
vote less than hundred; and the day after
the election the clerk OF court, the most active
local politicians and the one Judge of election
who could be found we're alike unable to give
an idea even of the results Doubtless this con-
dition was duplicated many times and In many
places.
Many Of us seem to forget that in this loose
talk of fraud" serious attacks are made on the
characters of respectable Virginans and against
the white Democrats OF Virginia Such accusa-
ton tends to unsettle confidence in the Demo
cratic party. 1t may be pleasant for those who
are angry or whose tendency Is toward unrest,
turmoil and dissatisfaction because their only
hope of power place is in some general up
heaval and violent sSasge 1t is well. therefore,
even at cost of scme aDace on matter unim-
portant on It's face, to direct the public thought
to the facts. There is not the slightest pretext
for the insinuations of fraud" in the recent
primary Those who whisper or shrek them are
trying their best to do harm and arouse sus-
Ipicion and uneasness. They have reason or
facts and their suggestions simply are the out
givings from their disturbed minds or
malevolent purposes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
Opening Their Eyes

The Richmond Virginan opposes Mr.. Bry-
ans reform" for election of presidents
and vice-presidents by the people direct. 1t
says:
I'VE do not need and should most
estly repudate the presidential primary
scheme"
The virginan also opposes the scheme to
abolish representative government and es-
tablish in its stead the direct system as called
for by the referendum a national law. On
this point the virginian says:
There are States of the Union with
out traditions and habits of thought and
conduct, lacking fixed standards. Their
populations consist of Heterogeneous ele-
ments thrown hastily together, large
eratons of subsection to monarchies,
aristocracies and landlords and with but
the vaguest notions of orderly liberty and
self-government. ]" These new people
fell under the rule of political and money
bosses. Their legislatures were bought al
most at public auction. Even their courts
were corrupted. They pundered
more or less oppressed. subjected to the
power of brutality sordid shameless. dis
graceful influences. In time they rebelled;
and following the inevitable tendencies OF
human nature, they were too submissive
to the rule of the few they have gone too far
in demanding the direct rule OF the many
The strange part Of 1t all is that Southern
papers are just now Selling to these schemes
of the far West. These anti-constitution agita-
tors have crossed the Mississippi entered the
East, and invading the South. They have
been and doing all they can to destroy the
system of representative government, and South
ern papers have failed to protest 1t required
Mr.. Bryan's declaration that presidents would
of States, and that more national conventions
would be held, to arrest the attention of South
ern editors to the purposes of these anti
istitution agitators calling themselves Pro
| gressves"
Ever since 1907 The Telegraph. observing the
growth of this rebellion against the constitution
has warned the people against this movement
Macon Telegraph
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

Election returns from counties in this section
are about hard to get the returns for dele
gate to congress in Alaska. In fact, the Alaskan
returns usually more prompt.
In Campbell county only nine of the nineteen
precincts have been heard from. Today the
county seat, Rustburg, was called up and any
information regarding more complete returns
requested. The only information that the
returns for primary elections were sent the
county chairman and to the clerks office,
which happened to he known here already,
Rustburg, 1t would SEEM is content to walt until
the rest Of us have heard. although it happens
to be the capital of Campbell
From Nelson. only the vaguest rumore have
come. Nobody to know anything about
Williams majority was about rs
Two days after the election had to elapse be-
fore Amherst county knew anything definite
about how its voters stood nominations for
State officers.
OF course 1t doesn't make any difference,
particularly. Some day the votes will be can
vassed and possibly the totals will he kept Even
in close election that between Koiner
and Brown four years ago and Pollard and
Williams this year. the people OF entire State
ought not to be impatient. AT the same time,
the eagerness of folks at county points to know
the State results might suggest that if their
county votes were available more promptly, the
result for the State might be less uncertain
Lynchhurg Advance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

of comfort left them. Eliyson carried the First
district largely, and he and Koiner won In the
State. These offices were the only tests as there
were two men only up for each--one an organ
ization and the other an differentiation man.
In each instance the ants went down. The
crumb left them was that Pollard got small
plurality where two organization men cut into
One another. The Cyclone" predicted by him
did not come. and he goes in as minority
choice
The big defeat of j. Thompson Brown is at
tffbuted to two causes, mainly: The sending Of
kilograms the day before by H. ST. George
Tucker to friends to cline up" for Brown, and
the exploiting by the Times Dispatch Of the
canard that the machine" had taken up their
candidate Brown. The Times Dispatch fought
Elyson and Koiner and was ANONYMOUSLY de-
feated.s 1t supported Pollard, and won by a
small margin. though Polard's victory was by
no means an anti-machine victory. since Cum
ming and Williams were both of the same
faction. Nine-tenths Of the Cumming vote
would have gone to Williams and overwhelm-
ingiy elected him.
The Virginia Citizen IL not "hoggish." and
winning two out Of three can rest satisfied, par
ticularly since the three-cornered race showed
a total vote for attorney general in favor of
the organization. AS stated before the primary,
We shall pull off coats for all three nominees,
and shall expect other Democratic land So
caled) journals to do the same.-virgtnia
Citizen