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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

to be devoted to meditation, although
could not help seeing that some of
the big girls were whispering to each
other while their heads were down.
After that and mass In the church,
we went scurrying away 10 the refec-
tory which was now warm with the
steam from our breakfast and bub-
cling with cheerful voices, making a
noise like water boiling in sauce
pan.
was so absorbed by all saw that
forgot to eat until Mildred nudged
me to do so, and even when my spoon
was halfway to my mouth something
happened which brought it down
again
At the tinkle of a hand bell one of
the big girls had stepped UP to the
reading desk and begun to read from
book which l afterward knew to be
"The Imitation of Christ" She was
about Is years of age, and her face
was so vivid that | could not take my
eyes off ii.
Her complexion was fair and her
hair was auburn, but her eyes were so
dark and searching that when she
raised her head, as she often did.
they seemed to look through and
through you.
who Is she?" ! whispered.
alma Lier," Mildred whispered
back, and when breakfast was over
and we were trooping back to lessons
she told me something about her
Alma was an American. Her faith
er was very rich. and his home was
in New York. But her mother lived
in Paris. though she was staying at
a hotel in Rome at present, and some
times she came in carriage to take
her daughter for drive.
Alma was the cleverest girl in the
school, toe, and sometimes at the end
of terms, when parents and friends
came to the convent and one OF the
Cardinals distributed the prizes, she
had so many books TO take away that
she could hardly carry them down
from the platform.
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A Child s Worship.

listened to this with admiring
awe, thinking Alma the most Won
derful and worshipful Of all creatures
and when I remember II now, after all
these years. and the bitter experiences
which have come with them, ! hardly
know whether to laugh or cry at the
thought that such was the impression
she first made on me.
My class was with the youngest Of
the children. and sister Angela was
my teacher She was so sweet to me
that her encouragement was like a
kiss and her reproof like caress: but
/ could think of nothing but Alma,
and at noon when the bell rang for
lunch and Mildred took me back to
the refeotory, wondered If the same
girl would read again.
She did. but this time In a foreign
| language, French as Mildred whis-
| pered--from the letters of the Blessed
Margaret Mary Alacoque--and my
admiration for Alma went up tenfold.
/ wondered II 1t could possibly occur
that should ever come to know her,
There is no worship like that Of a
child, and life for me, which had
Eeemed 30 cold, and dark the day be-
fore. became warm and bright with q
new splendor.
was impatient of everything that
took me away from the opportunity
| NJ meeting with Alma-the visit 10
the lay-sisters 10 be measured for my
new black clothes, the o'clock
rosary" when the nuns walked with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

AT the next moment Mildred
stepped back to me. and putting her
arm about my waist she said:
Never mind, Mary. She's a heart
less thing. Don't have anything to
do with her"
| But all the sunshine had gone out
of the day for me now and ! cried
for hours. was still crying. silently
but bitterly when at o'clock we
were saying the night prayers. and
/ saw Alma, who was in the oppo-
site benches, whispering to one OF the
girls who sat next to her and then
looking straight across at me.
A Reconciliation.
And at o'clock when we went to
bed l was crying more than ever, so
that after the good night bell had
! been rung and the lights had been
put down, Sister Angela, not know
ing the cause of my sorrow, stepped
up to my bed before going down
stairs for her own studies, and whis-
pered:
you mustn't fret for home. Mary.
You will soon get used to It."
But hardly had I been left alone,
with the dull pain could find no
ease for, when somebody touched me
on the shoulder. and, looking up. |
saw a girl in her nightdress standing
beside me. 1t was Alma and she
said
Say. little girl, is your name
O'Neill?"
Trembling with nervousness an
swered that 1t was.
do you belong to the oNeills of
Ellan?"
Still trembling told her that l did.
MY" she said in quite another
tone, and then l saw that by some
means / had begun to look different
in her eyes.
After a moment she sat on the side
| of my bed and asked questions about
my home-if 1t was not large and
very old, with big stone staircases,
and great open fireplaces. and broad
| terraces, and beautiful walks going
down to the sea.
| l was so filled with the Joy of
| finding myself looking grand in AL
mas eyes, that answered yes" and
yes" without thinking too closely
about her questions, and my tears
were all brushed away when she said
II knew somebody who lived in
your house once, and I'll tell her all
about you"
She stayed a few moments longer,
and when going off she whispered:
Hope you don't feel badly about
my laughing in the garden to-day.
didn't mean a thing. But II any of the
girls laugh again just say you're Alma
Liers friend and she's going to take
care of you"
| could hardly believe my ears.
Some great new splendor had sud
| denly dawned upon me and | was
very happy.
| | did not know then that the
house which Alma had been talking of
was not my fathers house, but Castle
Raa. | did not know then that the
person who had lived there was her
mother, and that In her comely and
reckless youth she had been some
thing 10 the bad Lord Raa who had
dashed my father and sworn at my
grandmother.
| I did not know anything that was
dead and buried In the past. or
shrouded and yelled in the future. I
only knew that Alma had called her
self my friend and promised to take
care OF me. So with a glad heart I
went to sleep.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Now Go On
The Narrotiue of Mary
O'NeiU
FIRST PART.
My Girlhood

Copyright. 1912, by Hearst's Magazine.
Copyright, 1918, by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain. Copyright.
1918. by ]. B. Lippincott Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

their classes in the sunshine, and,
above all. the voluntary visit to the
Blessed Sacrament in the Church of
the Convent, which seemed to me
large and gorgeous. though divided
across the middle by an open bronze
screen, called a Cancello-the inner
half, as Mildred whispered, being Cor
the inmates of the school, while the
outer half was for the congregation
which came on Sunday to Benedic-
ton.
But at o'clock we had dinner,
when Alma read again-this time in
1talian-from the writings of Saint
Francis Of Sales--and then, to my Ia
finite delight, came a long recreation.
when all the girls scampered out into
the convent garden, which was still
bright with afternoon sunshine and
as merry with laughter and shouts as
the seashore on a windy summer
morning.
Ridiculed by Idol.
The garden was a large bare in
closure, bounded ON two sides by The
convent buildings and on the other
two by yellow wall and an avenue
made by a line of stone pines with
heads like open umbrellas, but II had
no other foliage except an old tree,
which reminded me of Tommy the
Mate, having gnarled and sprawling
limbs, and standing like a weather
beaten old sailor. four square in the
middle
number OF, the girls were singing
and dancing around this tree, and I
felt so happy just then that ! should
have loved to join them, but I was
consumed by desire to come to close
quarters with the object OF my devo-
ton. so ! looked eagerly about me AMI
asked Mildred If Alma was likely to
be there.
Sure to be-" said Mildred. and
hardly were the words out Of her
mouth when Alma herself came
straight down in our direction, sur
rounded by a group Of admiring girls,
who were hanging on to her and
laughing at everything she said.
My heart began to thump, and
without knowing what was doing,
! stopped dead short, while Mildred
went on a pace or two ahead OF me.
Then noticed that Alma had
stopped, too. and that her great
searching eyes were looking down at
me. In my nervousness. tried 20
smile, but Alma continued to stare,
and at length, In the tone of one who
had accidentally turned up something
ulous, she said.
Goodness, girls, what's this?"
Then she burst into a ft of laugh
ter, in which the other girls Joined,
and, looking up and down, they all
laughed together
knew what they were laughing at
the clothes my mother had made for
me and had felt so proud Of That
burnt me like iron. and l think my
lip must have dropped, but Alma
showed no mercy.
Dare say the little doll thinks her
self pretty. though" she said. And
then she passed on, and the girls with
her, and as they went off they looked
back over their shoulders and laughed
again.
Never since any human creature
not even Alma herself-made me SUI
fer more than ! suffered at that mo-
ment. My throat felt tight, tears
leapt TO my eyes. disappointment, hu-
initiation and shame swept over me
like a flood, and | stood squeezing my
little handkerchief in my hand and
feeling as If | could have died
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
The American Girl.

The Reverend Mother was there
with the other nuns or the convent,
all pale-faced and slow-eyed women
wearing rosaries, and she said "A long
prayer, 20 which the scholars (there
we're 20 or so altogether made re-
sponses, and then there was silence
for FIVE minutes, which were supposed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Twelfth Chapter-Continued.

This fell on me like a thunderbolt
/ hardly know what l had led my
self to expect, but certainly the idea
of being left alone in Rome had never
once occurred to me.
My little heart was f1uttering, and
dropping the sisters hand l stepped
back and took Father Dams and said:
You are not going to leave your
little Mary, are you, Father"
1t was harder for the dear Father
than for me, for I remember that,
fearfully Hurried, he stammered in
a thick voice something about the
Reverend Mother taking care Of me,
and how he was sure to come back
at Christmas. according to my fathers
faithful promise, to take me home for
the holidays.
The Dormitory.
After that Sister Angela led me,
smiling a little still, to the refec-
tory, which was a large, echoing
room. with rows of plain deal tables
and forms, ranged in front of a read
ing desk that had another and much
larger picture of the Sacret Heart
on the wall above it. Only one gas
Jet was burning, and I sat under it
to eat my supper. and after l had
taken basin of soup felt more
comforted.
Then Sister Angela lit lamp and
taking my hand she led me up a
stone staircase to the dormintory,
which was similar room, but not
so silent. because it was full of beds,
and the breathing of the girls, who
were all alseep. made 1t sound like
the watchmaker's shop in our village,
only more church-like and solemn.
Ny bed was near to the door, and
after Sister Angela had helped me to
undress and tucked me in, she made
her voice very low, and said would
be quite comfortable now. and she
was sure I was going to be a. good
little girl and dear child of the In
FAINT Jesus; and then | could not help
taking my arms out again and closp-
ing her round the neck and drawing
her head down and kissing her.
After that she took the lamp and
went away to cubicle which was
partitioned off the end of the dormi-
tory and there could see her prepare
to go to bed herself-taking the white
bands off her cheeks and the black
band off her forehead, and letting her
long. light hair fall in beautiful wavy
masses about her face, which made
her look so sweet and homelike.
But oh, l was so lonely! Never in
my life since-no, not even when
was in my lowest depths-have I felt
90 little and helpless and alone. After
the Sister had gone TO bed and every
thing was quiet In the dormitory save
for the breathing Of the girls-all
strangers to me and 10 them-from
mere loneliness ! covered up my head
in the clothes just as | used to do
when l was little. thing and my ia
Their came into my mothers room.
try not TO think bitterly Of nay
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

FOR sALE-1OO feet front on Boulevard st.
Southeast corner Ange 3-room apart
ments bath and modern conveniences. In
come Of sos per month Make us a cash
offer quick and pick up a valuable corner
that VIII make you big profits
20 Ieet front on Wyoming St, southeast
corner Ange. Broom apartments bath
and modern cOnveniences. Income s1O8 per
month This is the very best cash bargain
on the market today
lots and . 5-room red pressed brick cot
tdses, path and all cOnveniences; south front
on Rio Grande St, close to schools and
ehIurchesi very high grade property. VIII
give you great bargain for cash.
ArmijO Realty Co.
Fhone IA 227 Trust Bldg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
Civil Engineers.

-~~@~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~-~~ ~~|-~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~-N~~-
ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING.
Civil and mechanical engineers, examine
and make reports on irrigation and other
projects Design and supertntend construc-
ton Make plans maps, plats, tracings, blue
prints, and patent office drawings Town
site and government surveys and maps a
speciality. Our office is equipped with every
instrument fer quickly, accurately and sci
enthcally making surveys and drawings
VIII give prompt attention to all inquirers
The La Sale Engineering Association, 325
Mills Bldg Phone 1908
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
FOUR ROOMS AND BATH,
NEW BUNGALOW.

Two lots, fenced, one block from car
line, cement front and sleeping porch.
Well located, free of incumbrance, to
trade for close in property on cash
valuation. A bargain for one who
wants new home that has never
been occupied.
SOC Mesa Ave. Phone 2O6S
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

Subscribers failing to gel The Herald
promptly should call at the office or
telephone No. 2O30 before 6:30 p. m.
All complaints viii receive prompt
attention.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
Stocks and Bonds.
WE WILL SELL FIVE SHARES
MESA REALTY COMPANY

WE WILL SELL FIVE SHARES
MESA REALTY COMPANY
STOCK AT S16O PER SHARE. THIS STOCK
HAS AN ACTUAL REAL ESTATE VALUE
OF $500 PER SHARE; AND AT THE TIME
OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COM
PANY WAS -FOUR TINES OVERSIZE
sCRIBED AT $3.50 PER SHARE. THESE
FIVE SHARES ARE ALL WE HAVE, AND
WE BELIEVE ARE AN EXCEPTIONAL
BARGAIN AT THE ABOVE PRICE.
CURTIss-MANNING CO.,
INCORPORATED.
NEW FIRST NATL. BANK BLDG.
Ell PAsO, TEXAS.
PHONE 376.
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CARPETS Cleaned.


CARPETS CLEANED and general house
cleaning. Duntley Vacuum Cleaning Co.
Phone 1918.
DU SANG & WELLBORN.
Carpet RenOvatOrs and UphOlsterers
Steam and Vacuum cleaning Phi. 1899
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
Wanted-Real Estate.

" dIILCu-INCdI LloLdLCs
-----~-~-----~-----~-----~
WANTED lots for cash on Alameda. A.
J. Bartz. 1924 Alameda
HOME WANTED on easy payments. Can't
pay more than hundred dollars down. not
over $40 monthly, interest included. P. o.
box HoS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
Agents Wanted.


WANTED-Manager for Ell PasO and each
county in West Texas and New Mexico;
kerosene burner, heat stove like coal at
half cost; clean as natural gas; also want
partner. Hurst, Hereford, Texas.
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-Eurnished o. Unfurnished.
By Tad

- 800 T7-oD+ bedroom adjoining bath,
fC--i-f,eT - 1Infurnished. Phone 1888
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

ROOM with private bath and heat, no other
rOOmers, $50 per month references eS-
changed; no sick taken. Phone 1875.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

FURNITURE and hardware store for
sale at invoice price-paying well-in
an Arizona mining town of 10000; very
low rent; center of town. Or will sell
y interest to right party to manage it.
Write P. o. box "a, FL Paso, Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
Employment Agencies.
Help Wanted-Maie

HELP SUPPLIED - Howell Employ
ment Agcy. IS Morgan Bldg. Phi. 567
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

FOR SALE - General merchandising store
doing good business; located on Santa Fe
r. R.; splendid shipping point for hay good
p car capacity hay barn. This business will
easily double in Is months; will bear close
Investigating. Call 4O4 Roberts-B Banner Bldg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

o-o-o-~-O~~---~~-~-~
BIG FURNITURE SALE Saturday, 1890 a
m, els n Campbell st. All kinds Of ID
hand furniture; / square piano, graphic
phone, Edison's and so records: 1 electric
auto, and number of other things. Sale
starts promptly at 1880 Saturday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

FOR RENT newly furnished front room
in a private residence close in; no sick
taken. Phone 1882 or 322S
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

MOE LARGE ROOM, closets, 2 beds
sleeping porch; close in; 2 permanent gen
tlemen Phone S23S.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
Help Wanted-FemaIe.

WANTED English speaking woman for
general hOuseWork; 2 adults, 2 children; re-
main nights. Apply ga Prospect or phone
5515
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

RAILROAD FOR SALE AT Ell PASO-
Standard gage = miles long. complete
with 1 Baldwin combination locomotive and
coach. / Davenport locomotive and 1 pas
senger coach. win be sold to highest bid
der for cash. FL Paso Suburban Ry. Co.,
box 1853
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16

FOR SALE-The best wholesale and retail
candy and ice cream factory in the city
at invoice price. Address Candy, care Of
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-24

Recommend That Experts Do Work.
The legislative auditing committee
hich examined the State Treasury,
the office of the State Auditor and
the Insurance Department recently.
and found the substantial general
fund balance in the state treasury OF
$164,572 for the close of the fiscal
year December /, filed its formal re-
port with Governor Craig for the
General Assembly and included
number of important recommends
tions.
One is that provision be made for ex-
pert accountants>to examine the state
institutions that receive state aid an
nually, especially for he reason that
it is practically impossible for legis-
lative committee to perform this duty
with the thoroughness and accuracy
that the interests of the state de-
mand
Attention is directed to the fact
that the funds that the federal govern
ment provides for the work at the ex-
pertinent station are paid over to the
experiment station quarterly and that
there are no vouchers showing how
the money is disbursed or under
whose direction and authority it is
expended. Also the committee finds
that the vouchers coming in for ex-
penditures by the Agricultural De
partment and the A. & M. Collage are,
not accompanied by detailed stats
ments of the purposes for which the
amounts are expended and that there
should be law to require such state
ments.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-24
Opinions of the Supreme Court.

Opinions of the Supreme Court.
State VS.. Ed. c. Craft, ct al, New
Hanover, no error, State vs.. Southern
Express Company, Burke, affirmed;
Corpening VS.. Westall, Burke, new
trial; Ridge VS.. Norfolk Southern Rail-
way, Randolph, no error; Clark VS..
Wright, Lincoln, new trial; Lutz VS..
Lincer, Cabarrus, modified and af-
frmed Horton VS.. Jones, Caldwell,
modified and affirmed, costs divided;
Land Company VS.. Bostic, Rutherford,
no. error; Carpenter VS.. Rutherford
ton, new trial; Hoyte VS.. City of
of Hickory, Catawba, no error; Pierce
VS.. Eller, Wilkes, reversed; Whitaker
VS.. Garren, Henderson, new trial;
Embler ct al VS.. Glouster Lumber
Company, Henderson, no error; Pad
gets VS.. McKoy, Buncombe, no error;
motion, for new trial for newly dis
covered evidence denied; Turner VS..
Asheville Power & Light Co., Bun
combe, new trial; Reynolds VS.. Palm
er, Buncombe, no error; Ingle Admr.
VS.. Southern Railway, Buncombe, no
error; A. Dicks VS.. Chatham, Bun
combe, affirmed; State VS.. McDraw
horn, Sampson, motion of defendant
to reinstate denied; billiard VS.. Sim
mons, Granville, motion for new trial
on new evidence allowed; Lancaster
VS.. Bland, Craven, dismissed under
rule II and motion to reinstate de-
MED.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-24

the compound as separate words. But
in international telegraphing there is
word length limit Cor, as the Ger
mans would print wordlengthlimit)
Ten letters is the maximum allowed
for single word. Any word longer
than that counts as two; or as three
if It gets beyond the second ten, as
some German words do.
When 1t comes to counting letters
or making up Ineligible telegraphese,
English, it seems, is the tersest Ian
guage in Europe. An Italian news
paper correspondent has lately discov-
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-12-24

grudges and let bygones be bygones
shake hands with their enemies and
wish one another good luck.
How many reunions and reconcilia-
tons take place then is known only to
these good women. The hearts of
many men who have been separated
from their wives and families be-
come softened as the holidays draw
/ near, and it isn't uncommon for the
settlement worker to find them to-
gether when she comes with the
Christmas basket.
Many prodigal sons return on
! Christmas eve. A striking case of
this kind that occurred two years ago
was run across by a settlement work
er in Philadelphia. She said that
she had never witnessed a scene on
any stage that could equal it. 1t
was a real case of where the Christ
mas prayer of broken-hearted moth
er was answered by the return of her
boy.
The son ran away from home seven
years earlier, when a youth of sixteen
years. He had a good home and the
family consisted of his parents, an
older brother and a sister. His father
was handwriting man and used all
his earnings for his home The young
er boy, being the baby of the family,
was the pet of all; but he had a wild
disposition, and he wanted to see
something of life. He decided to run
away from home and go West.
When he reached the ranches of
Arizona he found that the cowboy life
wasn't as bright as it was painted.
He longed for home many time, but
vowed that he would not return
failure. He persevered until he had
made good, though it took seven years
for him to do it. His fearlessness and
daring attracted the attention of the
owner of the ranch, and he placed
him in charge of another place When
the young man had a goodly wad of
bills accumulated he decided to re-
turn in time for Christmas.
He reached the old house to find
that another family was living there,
and he learned from neighbors that
his father was dead; that his sister
had grieved SO over his disappearance
that she died shortly after he had left.
and that his brother had been killed
in an accident. The mother, doubly
aged with grief, had been left alone
and was subsisting as best she could
in a third-story room. The son lost
no time and arrived in the room just
after the settlement worker had
reached there with her basket of pro-
visions. The mother had just finished
telling her story to the sympathetic
listener when this latest prodigal re-
turned
NO one can really appreciate" said
a settlement worker In another city,
how happy one feels. litter visiting
the homes of the poor on Christmas
eve. The gratitude of one woman
alone last year was enough to recon-
pense me for the work I did. This
Woman's husband was in the peniten-
tiary serving an 18-year term for MUIR
der. 1t appears that he and a CON-
pan1on were working in the cranberry
boys. They quarreled, and in a scuf-
f1e this man stabbed his opponent. He
made his wife promise she would
never allow the family of six to be
separated. She not only kept them
together by taking in washing and
working until all hours of the night,
but she refused to accept outside aid
in any shape or form. There would
have been no Christmas celebration