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funds for the fireworks with which
some of his fiatterers were to cele-
brate the forthcoming event, and that
one form of illumination was gil
gantic frame which, set upon the SKY
Hill, Immediately in front OF our
house. was intended to display in
brilliant lights the glowing words
God Bless the Happy Heir" Ger
tainiy the birth was to be announced
by the ringing of. the big bell Of the
tower as signal to the country round
about that the appointed festivities
might begin.
Day by day through September into
October, news came from Castle Raa
by secret channels. Morning by morn
ing, DIR. Conrad was sent for to see
my mother. Never had the sun looked
down on a more grewsome spectacle.
1t was a race between the angel of
death and the angel Of life, with my
fathers masterful soul between,
struggling to keep back the one and
to hasten on the other.
Ny fathers Impotence affected
everybody about him. Especially it
communicated itself to the person
chiefly concerned The result was
just what might have been expected.
Ny mother was brought to bed pre-
maturely, a full month before her
TINA
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va o keep her ROOM

parish churches, and his nights In
talking loudly in the village inn. Half
in jest and half in earnest. people
called him "Neale the Lord" One
day he was brought home dead, killed
In a drunken quarrel with Captain
o'Neill. a dlssolute braggart Who had
struck him over the temple with
stick. His wife my grandmother,
hung n herring net across the only
room OF her house to hide his body
from the children who slept in the
other bed
Boys Pride.
There were six of them. and after
the death of her husband she had to
fend for all. The little croft was
| hungry land. and to make a SUFFICIENT
! living she used to weed for her more
prosperous neighbors. 1t was i'll
paid labor-ninepence a day fine days
and sixpence all weathers. with a
can of milk twice a week and a lump
OF butter thrown in now and then
The ways were hard and the children
were the first to feel them Five OF
them died. They weren't willing to
stay with me-" she used to say. Ny
father alone was left to her, and he
was another Daniel As he grew up
he was a great help to his mother.
feel sure he loved her. Difficult as It
may be to believe II now, I really and
truly think that his natural DISPOSE
ton was lovable and generous to be-
gin with
There is story of his boyhood
which II would be wrong OF me not to
tell. His mother and he had been up
in the mountains cutting gorse and
ling, which with turf from the Cur
ragh used TO be the crofter's only
fuel. They were dragging down p
prickly pile of It by straw rope
when. dipping into the high road by 8
bridge. they crossed the path Of &
splendid carriage which swirled sud
denly out OF the drive Of the Bis
House behind two high spirited bay.
driven by an English coachman il
gorgeous livery The horses reared
and SHE'D at the bundle of kinding
whereupon a gentleman Inside IN,
carriage leaned out and swore. ant
then the brutal coachman. lsshing on
at the hare headed woman with hi
/ whip. struck the boy on his NAKED
| legs.
, At the next moment the carriag,
= had gone. 1t had belonged to tn,
e head OF the o'Neills, Lord Raa Of cas-
e tie Raa, whose nearest kinsman. Cap
3 tain O'Neill, had killed my grand
5 father, so my poor grandmother sale
e nothing But her little son, as soon a.
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A Man of Daring Dreams.

! think my father was great man
at that time. ! think he is still
great man Hard and cruel as he
may have been TO me. feel bound to
say that FOR him, IL he had been born
king he would have made his ma
ton feared and perhaps respected
throughout the world He was born a
peasant. the poorest OF peasants. a
crofter. The little homestead of his
family. with its whitewashed walls
and straw matched roof. still stands
on the bleak ayre-lands az ELAN, like
herd OF notified cattle crouching
together In a storm.
His own rather had been a wild
creature. full OF daring dreams, and
the chief OF them had centered in
himself Although brought up In a
mud cabin. and known as Daniel
| Neale he believed that he belonged by
lineal descent TO the highest aristoc-
racy OF his land the O'Neirs OF the
Mansion House commonly called the
Big House, and the Barons OF Castle
Raa 10 prove his claim he spent his
DAYS in searching the registers OF the
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mis- smarting legs would allow, wiped
his eyes with his ragged sleeve and
said:
Never mind, nanny. You shall
have a carriage OF your own when 1
am man, and then nobody shall
ever lash you"
His mother died. He was 20 years
Of age at that time. large limbed,
lusty-lunged fellow, almost destitute
of education. but with a big brain
and an unconquerable will; so he
strapped his chest and emigrated to
America. What work he found at
first | never rightly knew. l can only
remember to have heard that 1t was
something dangerous to human life
and that the hands above him dropped
off rapidly Within two years he was
a foreman. Within five years he was
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To Be Continued Tomorrow
With the Tide.

II had been raining steadily for nv
past twenty hours, and, in consequences
the field was more like lake tnan
football ground. But the sun was shln-
ing now, and big crowd had Assem- oleo
to see the game. so the referee declaeo
that the match could not be postponed
WHAT" gasped the captain Of t0'
visiting team: surely you're not goins
to make US play under these cenor
tions?'
whistle; then, seeing an angry resof'
forming on the captains lips, he adas1 ,
Now, don't hang about. You've w
the toss. Which side are you taxing
well, II we must play" came .S'
answer, ''1 guess wen kick on win 'A'
tide"
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day long The rain was beating hard
against the front of our house and
running in rivers down the window
panes. Toward in the afternoon
the wind arose and then the yellow
leaves OF the chestruts In the long
drive rustled noisly, and the sea,
which is a mile away, moaned like a
dog in pain.
In my fathers room, on the ground
moor. Father Dan sat by the fire I'm
gering his beads and listening toevery
sound that came from my mothers
room. which was Immediately over
head. My father himself. with his
heavy step that made the house
tremble, was tramping to and fro,
from the window to the ingle. from
the ingle to the opposite wall. Some
times Aunt Bridget came down to say
that everything was going on well,
and at intervals OF half an hour DIR.
Conrad entered in his noiseless way
and sat in silence by the fra took a
few puffs from n long clay Pipe and
then returned to his charge upstairs
My fathers imps tierce was con-
Stunning him.
It's long" he said. searching the
doctors face.
Don't worry-above all dom
worry" said Father Dan.
There's no need" said Or. Conrad
Then hustle back and get II over,
said my father 1T viii be Ave hun
bred dollars to you IL this comes Of
NIL right
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FIRST CHAPTER.

tlNUT of the depths. O Lord, out
" OF the depths" begins the
most beautiful OF the serv-
ices of our church, and It is out OF
the depths of my life that ! must
bring the incidents of this story
was an unwsnted child-unwant-
ed as a girl at ALL events. Father
Dan Donovan, our parish priest, told
me all about t. was born in Octo-
Der. It had been raining heavily all
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A Clash of Wills

"Guess 1t can't be long now" my
father would say.
Praise the Lord" Father Dan would
answer
By the storm was at its height.
The roaring of the wind IN the wide
chimney was as loud as thunder.
Save for this the thunderous noise of
the sea served to crown all sounds on
the land Nevertheless, in the midst
of the clamor loud rapping was
heard at the front door. One of the
maidservants would have answered 1t,
but my father called her back and,
taking up lantern, went to the door
himself. AS quietly as ne could for
the rush of wind without, he opened
1t, and, pulling it after him, he step
ped into the porch.
y A man in livery was there on horse
back, with another saddled horse be-
side him. He was drenched through
but steaming with sweat as II he had
ridden long and hard. Shouting above
the roar Of the storm, he said:
Doctor Conrad is here is he?"
He is-what of it?" said my father.
Tell him he's wanted and must
come away with me at once"
who says he must?"
Lord Raa His Lordship is dan
gerously i'll. He wishes to see the
doctor Immediately"
I think my father must then have
gone through a moment Of fierce con-
f1ict between his desire to keep the
old Lord alive and his hope of the
immediate birth of his offspring. But
his choice was quickly made"
Tell the LORD" he cried, that a
woman is here in childbirth, and until
! she delivers the doctor can not come
to him.
But I've brought a horse. and the
doctor Is to 60 back with me-
"0tve the Lord my message and say
1t is Daniel O'Neill who sends IT."
but his Lordship Is dying and un-
less the doctor is there to tap him, he
may not live till morning."
UNLESS the doctor is here to de-
liver my wife, my child may be dead
before midnight"
What is the birth of your child to
, the death of his Lordship?" cried the
man; but, before the words we're well
out of his mouth, my father, In his
great strength, had laid hold of the
reins and swung both horse and rider
round about.
Get yourself to the other side OF
my gate, or I'll fling you into the
road" he cried; and then, returning to
the porch, he re-entered the house
| and clashed the door behind him.
Father Dan used to say that for
some moments more the groom from
Castle Raa could be heard shouting
the name of the doctor to the lighted
windows of my mothers room. But
| his voice was swirled away in the
whistlins of the wind, and after a
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while the hoofs of his horses wa,
champing over the gravel in n. =,
rection of the gate.
When my father returned 70 ~.
room. shaking the rain from his ,.,'
and beard, he was tuning with mat
nation. Perhaps a memory - ,,
years ago was seething in his evoi,,,
brain.
The old scoundrel," he said. "H,,
ike Il. wouldn't he? They'd an like
1t! Which of them wants a son =,
mine amongst them?"
The roaring night outside hoc.u
yet more terrible. So loud was ~
noise from the shore that II NO. -,
most as If wild beast were fri
TO hberate itself from the womb -
the sea. At one moment Aunt Rria.
ct came downstairs to saw tho. =
storm was frightening nv motbsr
All the servants of the house w,r.
gathered in the hall, full Of fear ans
telling each other superstitious stu.
ries.
A Child's Cry.
Suddenly there came lun Pat,
and wind seemed to cease IN az 1.
slant. The clamor of the sea hAc.r.
less and the tolling of the bell on :,
Mary's Rock died away in the dis
tanoe. 1t was almost as II the world
which had been whirling through
space, suddenly stood stiu.
In that moment of silence a deAn.,
moan than usual came from the room
overhead. My father dropped into
| chair, clasped his hands and closed
his eyes. Father Dan ratified his p.a,,
beads and moved his lips, but utt.r.
ed no sound.
Then a faint sound came from IN.
room overhead. My father OPENED
his eyes and listened. Father Dan
held his breath. The sound was 70.
peated, but louder, clearer shrtllsr
than before. There could be no mis-
taking 1t now. 1t was Natures eter.
nal signal that out of the womb Of
/ silence living soul had been born
into the world.
It's over" said my father.
Glory be to God and all n,
saints" said Father Dan.
"That'n beat EN-" cried nv father.
and he leapt to his feet and laughed.
Going to the door of the room, he
flung 1T open. The servants in tha
hall were now whispering eagerly,
and one of them, the gardener. Tom
Dug, commonly called Tommy tbs
Mate, stepped out and asked II ha
ought to ring the bell.
Certainly" said my father isn't
that what you've been standing By
for?"
A few minutes later the bell Of tho
tower began to ring, and it was fol-
lowed almost Immediately by the bell
of our parish church, which rang on.
a merry peal.
"Thatll beat 'em, say" cried my
father, and laughing in his triumph
he tramped the tagged floor with a
f1rmer step than ever.
All at once the crying of the child
ceased and there was a confus
rumble of voices overhead. NY i-
Their stopped, his face straishtsned
and his voice, which had runs ou,
like horn, wheezed back Ike q
whistle.
What's going doing? Where's Con
rad? Why doesn't Conrad come 70
me?"
Don't worry. He'll be down pres
emily" said Father Dan.
A few minutes passed, in which
nothing was said and nothing heard
and then, unable to bear the suspense
any longer, my father went to ina
foot of the staircase and shouted the
doctors name.
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"OH! | FEEL
so THANKFUL"
Sincere Gratitude Express
ed by Lady After Being
Delivered From a
Very Low State.

Hayne, n. CT feel il my duty"
says Mrs. z. V. Spell. of this place, ito
tell everybody how much good Cardui,
the woman's tonic, has done for me.
Last Spring l suffered dreadfuIly
from womanly troubles, and was In a
very low state Of health. was not able
to be up to attend to any of my
duties.
We finally consulted our family
physician, and he advised me to try
Cardui. the woman's tonic. which |
did, and soon began TO feel better
After using seven or eight bottles |
was able TO do my homework
y am now able to do all of my work
and take care of my children. fee
so thankful for the benefit have re
ceived that shall heartily recon-
mend Cardui to all similarly affect
ed women
II you, lady reader. suffer from an,
of the numerous ills SO common (,
your sex, try Cardui, II has beer
helping weak, nervous, WORKOUT wo
men for over half a century, and will
help you, too,
Cardui is perfectly harmless veg
etable extract Of mild acting. medici
ual, tonic herbs. II is the idea
strengthening medicine for women.
Cardui regulates irregularitie,
tones IN the womanly organs, an
brings back the brightness Of health.
Get a hottie to-day.
y. b Write TO; Ladies Advisor
Dept. Chattanooga Medicine Co. Cha
tsnoogs. Tenn for Special instruction
a. 90 -.
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Martin Conrad to the
Author

tt have talked about Do as
YOU Ike with them. Alter,
amend. add to or take away from
them. exactly as you think best.
They were written in the hrst
instance for my own eye alone,
and hence they take much for
granted which may need explana
ton before they can be put 10 the
more general uses you have de
signed for them. Make such ex-
PLANTATION in any way you CON
slider suitable. II Is my wish that
in this matter your judgment
should he accepted as mine. Tne
deem feeling YOU could not con
ceal when told you the story OF
my dear ones life gives me conf
dence in your discretion.
Whatever the immediate effect
may be, feel that in the end !
shall he justified fully justified
in allowing the public to look for
q little while into the sacred con
fessional Of my darling's stainless
heart.
heard her voice again to-day
She was right-love is immortal
God bless her, Ny ever lovely
and beloved onel
AUTHORS NOTE-The name
Raa (of Celtic origin with many
variations among Celtic races) Is
pronounced Rah in ELAN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
The Narrative of Mary
O'NeiU
FIRST PART.
My Girihood

Copyright. 1919. by Hearsts Magazine
Copyright. 1919. by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain Copyright
1913 by J. r. Lippincott Company
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The Author to the Reader

TOW much OF the story OF
II Mary O'Neill is a work OF
my own Imagination, and
how much comes from an au-
thentic source ! DO not consider IT
necessary to say. But as ! have
In this instance drawn more
largely and directly from fact
than ia usually the practice Of the
novelist. | have thought It my
duty to defeat all possible at
tempts at personal Identification
Nv altering and Disgusting the
more important scenes and char
ncters
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Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co, chat.
tsnoogs. Tenn, for Special instructions
and 81 page book. Home Treatment for
Women, sent IN plain wrapper. on re-
quest -Advt.
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HY 6 o'clock the wind had risen
X to the force of hurricane.
The last of the withered leaves
of the trees in the drive had fallen
and the bare branches were beating
together like bundles OF rods. The
sea was louder than ever, and the bell
on st. Mary's Rock, mile away from
the shore, was tolling like a knell
under the surging of the waves.
Sometimes the clashing of the rain
against the window-p anes was like
the wash of pillows over the port
holes of ship at sea.
PITY the poor folk with their f1re-
works." said Father Dan.
They'll eat their suppers for al
that" said my father.
1t was now dark, but my father
would not allow the lamps to be light
ed. There was therefore no light In
his gaunt room except q sullen glow
from the fire of peat and logs. Some
times, in a momentary lull of the
storm, an intermittent moan would
come from the room above, followed
bv a duh hum If voices
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SECOND CHAPTER.

DY o'clock the wind had risen
r. to the force of a hurricane.
The last of the withered leaves
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WANTED-Wan papering and paint
ing. ). G. Harvey, cumb. Phone ss7.
3 1926
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colt: also some other good horses
Hattiesburg Steam Bakery. loft
CARD OF THANKS.

The Fifth Avenue w. NJ. u. desires
to thank those merchants who so lib
orally assisted them by the loan of
dishes, furniture, etc, and the Trac.
ton Company fer tire use of their
building, and other friends for their
patronage at the dinner given Thurs.
day. 10-1t
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is vouched for. Mothers give it to tiny
babes. and grown people, taking a lit
tie larger amount, find it equally eff
fective. 1t is mild and gentle, pleas
ant-tasting and free from gripping.
1t does not hide behind high sound.
Ing name and Is absolutely free from
any prohibited ingredient. Families
who once use Syrup Pepsil forever
after avoid cathartics, salts, pills and
other harsh medicines, for these only
do temporary good are iauseous and
a shock to any delicate system. Such
things should never be given to chill
dren.
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by
addressing DR.. W. B. Caldwell, 4f9
Washington St.. Monticello, Ill., A
postal card with your name and ad-
dress on 1t will do.
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ture in the hope Of reaching COM
promise by which the guarantee fea-
ture should be taken out of the law
In this attempt, he said, he had failed,
but was glad to note that the bankers
are not strong in their opposition to
it as they once were.
neil strawberries" These berries were
picked by T. L. O'Donnell, the STRAW
berry king" from his new 400 acre
strawberry farm at Sanford Mr..
O'Donnell spoke on strawberry culture
and said that his company expects to
net$1s7 an acre from this years crop,
or a total Of about $4,000. He said
this estimate is conservative.
n "Good Banking Today"
J. c. Ballard, cashier of the Citizens
Bank. at Hattiesburg, spoke on Good
Banking Today" He said the banker
of today should not merely care for
thu community's savings, as of old,
but should also do, everything possible
to build up the communitys business
enterprises.
/ Other addresses at the banquet were
Bank Credits" by Walter Breach, Of
Meridian; "Pecans." by F. M. Weed,
of Ocean Springs; Shrimp and Oys.
ters." by E., G. Tonsmiere, of Biloxi;
and Prospects for This Section" by
Leon Tyrone of PrentiSs
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Itching Stops
Instantly!
One Application Of ZEMO Stops This
Unbearable Torture and Makes
a..y Life Worth Living.

Get . 2bc Bottle Today and Prove II.
1t doesn't take any longer to apply zEMo
than 1t does to scratch and rub thOss
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ElOery Home Needs
4 his Great Remedy


4 No weli-regulated home should be
vith9at a laxatiye.:foe 1hAre is scarce.
" day in a family of several persons
that someone doesn't complain of a
headache. of sleeplessness, or show
the first signs of cold.
A laxative then becomes a necessity
or what was trifiing congestion at
the beginning may run into a serious
cold or fever. No harsh remedy is
needed. but simply a mild laxatiye-ton-
ic that will make the liver active and
stir up the bowels. People who have
tried great many things, and are
themselves heads of families, who
have seen the little ills run to big
ones. will tell you that there is moth
ing better than DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup
Pepsin. which you can obtain at any
drug store, for fifty cents or one dollar
= bottle, the latter being the family
size.
among the great believers in Syrup
Pepsin for constipation in old or
young. and as airgenerar household
emergency remedy, lis Mrs. M F.
Smith. no n. Cherry St.. San Antonio, |
Tex. To use her own words, she says
she will bless DR.. Caldwell to her dy-
ing day. for she believes that through
bis remedy Syrup Pepsin, she found |
the wsysto permanent good health.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sci
entfdcaily compounded and its purity
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BANKERS AROUSED
Continued from Page One

secretary of the Mississippi Bankers
Association.
The resolutions call attention to the
fact that all the banks in Mississippi
are in one class and should have rep
resentation on the Board of the Re-
serve Bank, "as one director will be
the representative of every Mississippi
bank. in addition to representing all
other banks of the same class in the
District. ~
Rare Character and Ability.
e Mr.. Foote is described as "a banker
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l.osTm5GOld brooch, crescent and
flower set with pearls and. small
diamond, Reward If returned ID
Mis. Matte Kelly. 100 Hall Ave. /
az .s an. s-2t /
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ICKLIs SUI CEEDS
JUDGE MA. TAYLOR
ATTORNEY OF sARo,s APPOINTED
70 CIRCUIT ssNcH IN 18TH
DISTRICT.
speciol TO The Ne,rs.-

Special to The Netcs.
Jackson. Miss. April iO.-J. B. Eek
les, of Sardis. district attorney, late
yeste rday afternoon was appointed BY
Governor Brewer to succeed Judge n.
A. Taylor. as Circuit Judge Of the Sew
enteenth district on May H.
Judge Taylot'sihome is at Batesville,
and he was appointed by Gov. Noel
four years ago. He declined to offer
for reappointsnent,.
District Attorney ,Eckies, it is said,
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will soon announce himself as candi-;
date for election as circuit Judge 20
succeed himst If in the position to
which he has just been appointed by
the governor.
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u w I u l IT. b In g
places. but ii does
more good. ZEMO
puts an instant end
to the itching,
leaving the skin
cool and comfort
able, while scratch
ing Just makes IL
worse, and ZEMO
conquers the cause
Of the itching at
the same time"
This remarkable
skin remedy acts
almost like magic.
II quickly sallays
the Irritation thht
n n ar - .. - "A --l-1-
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w. An II,
LOST AND FOUND

LOST. STRAYED OR STOLEN-One
Jersey COW and calf, dark brown,
horns curved to front; calf five
months old. Light tan, cow branded
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