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The Lamar register., 1914-12-16
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lucy sno" ""o ! "n, anu VIVA.
Will Moreo'er' oon imagine 'ne
Ne" assistah' u'ahaser "ouiu sell W
eny one WI" "ou'u BE" " ne'
Possibly not, nuseu MI spooeer.
nave hearo that MT Daw Is very
curious person.
he paused now as MS nngers toucn-
60 tne money. ana morning. more was
Dreamed by elmer gentleman until ne
mad counted II three times and felt
eacn Dill and heid It to the light
III l should OBTAIN some OF his stock
l suppose you would be In the imme-
diate market Tor 1t. ne suggested after
ne mad deposited the money In his safe
and twfrled the knob about nine times.
AT the present moment declared
MT Wal1ngford. with trace OF vim
dictiveness. there Is nothing ! desire
50 much as to have every share Of the
bessmer stock taken away from Mr.
Daw
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inc money" observed 6lackio.
Il had to be identified to cash that
other check of yours. and | don't like
to have bankers look ut me as II they
think me a suspicious character"
You don't want cash for this
amountr' protested Mr.. SpOoger. Its
entirely irregular Why. man. it's
S131. 500
81 can carry that much" Blackie
boastfully assured him. Feel my
muscle"
81 know. but the banks won't IKE
it," worried Mr. Spooger who was as
with the reluctance Of real money to
be moved about.
III we do II the other way l won't
like it" Blackie serenely argued. "Td
like to accommodate the bankers we'll
enougb-they're nice men-but they
never seem to want to accommodate
me. No; it'll have to be cash. Mr..
spooger."
well. I'll see II can get them to
honor the Checks" reluctantly granted
Mr.. Spooger But we have to 20 to
all three banks"
"As many as you like" consented
Blackie most amiably. "I'll assign you
these certificates before we CO.
81 don't know about that" hesitated
Mr. Spooger. but Blackie was already
writing the assignments upon the backs
Of the certificates as carelessly az II
he were inscribing his room number on
bar check
You keep the certificates awhile,
then" SpoOger cautiously directed, and
when they were down In the lobby he
called up Bessmer.
''Is Mr.. Daw all rightY' he wanted
to know.
''1'll vote for him." stated Bessmer,
| and know all the men In the shop
will back him"
HE wants to sell me 1915 shares Of
stock in your corporation
81 am sorry" replied Bessmer. with
genuine regret. but they're his shares.
He paid cash for them. and he may do
with them as he likes"
"But how did he get SO manyr
Bought them
Mr.. Spooger considered Then I
can't get stung If I do business with
him?" he ventured
81 didn't. and don't see how you
cam Bessmer emphatically assured
| him. Those shares are worth 500
apiece
III carry those certificates now, Mr.
Daw." Mr. SpoOger kindly offered.
Blackie took them out Of a little
wooden box and Mr. Spooger leafed
| fhrnnyb IN. hat
there. They bulged his inside coat
pocket frightfully. but he did not mind
He went with Blackie To the three.
banks and persuaded the much pained
gentlemen in charge to relinquish. col
Iechvely. S131 800 in genuine United
States currency: then he and Mr. Daw
parted
The latter gentleman dashed into the.
| express office next to his hotel. md in
quired how soon they would put pack
! ages in car headed for New York
I'm just thirty five minutes. Blackie,"
| replied the express agent Whats in
this boxT'
"Oh. lot of souvenir junk I'm send
ing home" answered Blackie careless
ly. Regular valuation: not to exceed
$50"
Meanwhile MIR SpOoger. with an ash.
en- face. was being Informed that Mr.
Wallingford had left the city Mr.
Spoogers first thought was swift. di.
rect and natural to his mind. THE
swindler" he gasped
who said SOP" demanded Curly
Washburn- I'm tell him that when he
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pened to say 30 to Tommy Grail. and
nearly got a licking. The men down
there are crazy about him. They say
he's the busiest kidder In the United
States, but there with the large brain
or ths straight arm lab Or any other
game"
WalHngford chuckled to himseh -
b pictured Blackie in his earnest sps-
ciaity Of having a good time wherever
be happened to be- when does the
factory intend to start work againr
be inquired. sympathizing with tns
proprietor
"Bessmer says they never lose
stroke. He says they laugh more and
work harder than any ct Of men he
ever saw. I think I'll get Job down
there myself"
How about the stockT' asked Wal
lingford. suddenly remembering that
he had serious business On hand
There isn't any," declared 6praddles.
when I asked Mr.. Daw about II b.
said that the maiieabse casting bud-
ness was his regular ambition. He's
learning to make molds."
Ell Spooger looked over bis glasses at
wallingford with benevolent smile
and rubbed his bOny old knees very.
very gently Eyes. am Mr.. Spoo
GER" he acknowledged to Wallingford's
query. and his voice was full Of human
kindness. And you are Mr.. Walling-
ford, am sure"
wallingford smiled with fully a.
much benevolence as Mr.. spooger had
exhibited. Il seem to have been de-
scribed accurately" he returned and
ceased to study Mr.. SpOoger with any
degree of curiosity. On the door Of
Mr.. Spooger's plain but clean little Of
dee in neat script was the golden text.
Ell Spooger, first mortgages" On the
walls were bright colored pictures Of
little children playing with lambs and
happy fathers returning from honest
toll to vine clad cottages and sweet
faced grandparents playing hOrsy for
the babies. and Wallingford knew
without looking twice that a benevo-
lent old man who could smile as sweet
ly as Ell Spooger would foreclose a
Widows mortgage on a snowy night
and prove II to be an act of mercy.
Certainly" agreed Mr. Spooger.
ANY gentleman endeavOring to buy
control in local concern for the bene-
ft of trust Is sure to be much dis
cussed.''
Its the sad truth" admitted Wal
hngford. very visibly annoyed by the
fact 1.-THE public works double
swivel spotlight on any one connected
with a big concern such as I am sup
posed to represent Personally.
shrink from publicity. but since can't
what do you want for the Bessmef
stock7"
I've are coming on" approved Mr.
Spooger. much gratified He had been
30 eager as to be almost impatient
81 have ten shares of my own and
twenty-five shares that yesterday &C.
cepted from clients of mine to apply
on mortgage payments that were In
arrears"
"Thirty-nve shares" figured Walling
ford in a disappointed tone. "Is tina,
air.
That is all for the present" regret
fully admitted Mr. Spooger. The
price will be 1925"
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CHAPTER xxx.

The Gentle Art Of Being 000s.
IN n URDERr exclaimed Walling
MI ford. pleased and yet shock
wi ed that his plans had work
ed so extremely well. why.
you are trying to take advantage OF
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VIM Like torrent the words came, ringing with
boyish conviction. I'll ride him. I've worked him
out know him, and he knows me-;lnd he'll win for
me, Miss Lucy Honest ter Gawd he will.7 Carrots
thrust his hand impetuosv backward toward the horse
his twitcing earnest little face pleaded with her and
big black muzze quvered his fingers the horse
took playful little nibbles at them, nodding his head
"See See Miss Lucy!' the boy cried brokenly, half
crying half laughing, the feeling rushed over him.
"See! He says he will! See! Old Jupe says he will,
Miss Lucy And he will! And it'll mean pot of
money! Oh won't yer wait till after the race, Miss
Lucy Say yer Will In utter abandon he pleaded.
And for some reason, she never knew why,-she had
stecled herself sell them all the eloquence of his
broken pleading the look his terstained, quverng
face perhaps the love OF it all bred in her BONE the Incl
dent of the nodding horse maybe just thetle
the three of thcm the boy, the dog and the horseany
how, something touched chord somewhere in Miss
Lucys heart for with little choked sob she said yes
and with her handkerchief at her mouth from them.
AFTER that it didn't make any difference to Car
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rOtS whether or not
the other horses were sold:
he was busy; he had his
work to do. On the day
he had dreaded the horses
were led out to the ring
one by one, and he could
hear the confused shout
ing at the sale; but his
heart was glad with a
fierce, wild gladness and
he whistled as he crouched
between the legs OF a big
black horse and rubbed
them until they shone like
black satin, for he knew
that the notice posted on
the stable door showed
that Jupiter, stallion, 16
hands, by Mars out Of
Cherry B, entered for the
Suburban. was with
drawn from sale.
For three days, four
days, a week, he worked,
tending the horse like a
baby, exercising him,
working him out under the
friendly direction Of an
old gray-haired swipe who
in his pal1ny days had
once had a stable of his
own, increasing the work
outs in length and speed
gradually as the days
went by, until the horse
was fit. And Jupiter was
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it-illed to the very skin with life and the devil,
ugly black yet beautiful demon in a shining silky coat
that gl1nted in the sum- who paved the earth and
reared and kicked like Satan himself before the
yet, when the word given like streak OF shin
ing black round the track the incarnation Of power
and speed for distance.
Meanwhile out in the little Long Island cottage that
other than the old homestead in Kentucky all that
Miss Lucy had after the bills had been paid that little
lady waited seized alternately with regret and hope
and again condemning herself rnomcntariy for
having weakened, but almost instantly hoping against
hope that they might win, and thinking how with the
stake the debts the little old place at home could
be paid. Then too there a young somewhere
very earnest young who wanted her. and whom
Miss Lucy-wel to whom She could not find it in her
heart go while saddled with load Of debt. Ii Car
rots only could!
SO for days the preparations went on, with Jupiter
showing better each day. until the old swipe chuckled
he the horse swing in great, long strides round the
under the guidance OF little bareheaded. red
haired tilc, and noting the way the horse responded
to the boys merest whi he borrowed all that he could
scrapc together, betting it Jupiter at good odds.
Carrots? Well, Carrots always grinned when he
slipped to the ground. And Lcgs Legs chained in the
stall to prevent his running the track during work
outs, always welcomed them in a wild ecstasy of tail
wagging dog JOY, jumping on his master, and barking
whole paans of delight in short, quick, shr,
barl.s.
Five days more-four days more! Miss Lucy came
to see them then every day to watch the workouts and
to cheer them with her presence word. And she
watched Miss Lucy smiled. Surely Jupiter was ready
Perhaps, after all, Carrots might The memory Of
other things to her,-of the old home and OF
not at all like Carrots, but big and strong, who
called her his Little Girl. If Carrots only could.
Meanwhile, out the track all unconscious of any
thing that she-AIiss Lucy-was watching him.
little red-haired tke sat top of great, black
plunging stallion if he glued to the saddle and
guided him with smile! Old Jupe was fit and Miss
Lucy there-what more could he ask
Put up at the edge Of the stand who watched
them did not smile either at the speed OF the horse
at the little codger his back the glowing OF
the girl Instead, Matern, as he looked stop watch
in his hand, shook his head and scowled. He knew
Jupiter, and he had promised Miss Lucy to win the
Suburban with him il she would only At the memory
his face grew white. Maybe the girl might have a
chance after all against The Gar, the horse he was
training for Abercrombie. But the combination OF
broken sport, red-eaded kid and girl couldn't beat
him. even with Jupiter 1t foolish! Yet, never
theless as Mattern the boy dismount and Miss
Lucy greet him with SMILE he shook his head.
Later, as he stroled by the stable that housed
the single Roderck entry he heard shri joyful yawp-
Confined rag. Is
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disqualified for fouling-a bad ride by usually Al
Jockey. Result, money lost in both bets and stake
besides the hundred and other things that money
in starting horse in big race. Tier Sumber Boat
an ordinarily sure-footed mare, stumbled during a
workout Just week before the ten thousand-doar
Orchard Stakes she groomed to win, and falling
cl,lnlsily broke her leg Result, bullet and more
money lost. After that The Gondoer with a
sprung tendon, meaning racing for him, and the
stud for his. Then after another Close hard
luck races lost by head a nose. Only Jupiter
seemed to win with any regularity, and he lost
some heartbreaking races
Things went from bad to worse and the Rodcricll
money disappeared into the air from which had come;
this time drab colorless WINGS swifter even than
those OF blue and gold. One by horses were sold
and boys and jockeys dropped away, the latter glad
to get away from "nx7 stable where the soft pclngs
were rapidly becoming hard. Then Mattern, who had
between times been paying assituous court to Miss
Lucy, received his congo from that young woman and
left the Roderick employ in a rage.
And finally to cap 1t ALL just prior to the Suburban,
Big Bill Roderck took extra whisky much, and
apopexy took him.
After that came the accounting and the preparations
for the sale, the posting of sales notices. of pegrces
the prospective buyers shopping round the stalls looking
over the horses feeling their legs for bad endons,
swelngs, and the like with the dread impending feel
ing OF calamity lowering in the air, when there
races to be run: just long string of days to wait
through before the 1.-The day when according to the
poster the stable door, Jupiter stallion black 16
hands, by Mars OF Cherry B. entered for the subur-
ban,' would be sold.
AT last the day dragged round To Carrots it meant
the end He going to lose Jupiter! Yet he
was garne,-even if he was, Jupiter must be ready.
Silently, earnestly with quivering lips and twitchng
face, little redheaded duffer rubbed his horse until
his coat hone black and satny like jet and then after
everything was ready, throwing his round the
horses great neck burst into an uncomfortable flood
of tears while Legs sat his launches with one fore
paw raised and one cooked up, eying the pro-
ceedlng with all the inquisitive wonder of fool dog,
ollirg out his tongue, tossing his head and swapping
his jaws geefully in awhile if invite his mas
ter to come and play with him and forget it all.
And it was quiet, sad Miss Lucy who to the
door of the stall and leaning over it watched them
For moment she did not speak Perhaps it was be-
she couldn't that the little catch in her throat
wouldn't let her. Anyhow, it devoved upon Legs
to open the conversation with little yawp as with
wildly waggng TAIL he paved the door frantically in
front Of her, in ecstasy of canine joy At first Car
rots didn't notice; then, rubbing his sleeve across his
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tcar-stained checks, sniff
ing forlornly, he turned
toward the gate to be
hold-of all persons in
the world to see him cry
ing-Nliss Lucy! For a
moment he stared at her
in amazement, with his
mouth open, and then like
a little red meteor he
crossed the stall to the
door and grabbed her
white-glovcd hand in his
two dirty little paws.
Miss Lucy, Miss Lucy,
yer not a goin' to sell Jupe
my Jupe, are YER he
begged, the tears in his
eyes.
Miss Lucy's eyes were
swimming too as she
looked down into the lit
tie, freckled, upturned
face and nodded. It's a
hard thing to sell a horse,
you know, and especially
after you've seen him
grow from a colt and seen
him win. Yet selling a
luckless stable when you
have to is quite different
from buying one, and one
has to have money to live.
Il have to, boy dear,
she spoke almost in a
whisper.
"But he's entered for
the Suburban, Miss Lucy.
He's entered, and the
moneys paid. And he'll
win, Miss Lucy! He'll
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-05-01
CAUSTfC CRITICS.
When Poet Clashes With Poet Then
Comes a War Of Wit

When Poet Clashes With Poet Then
Comes War of Wit.
Tennyson has been severely handled
by his fellow writers. Bulwer Lytton
killed three birds with a stone when
he spoke of Tennyson's
Jingling medley Of puFloiRed cSnceits.
Out-babying Wordsworth and out-gitter-
ing Keats.
George Meredith suid of the Holy
Grail" that the lines are satin lengths,
the figures Sevres china. Why this
stuff is not the muse-its musery. The
man has got hold of the muses. clothes
line and hangs It with jewelry." The
"Idyls of the King" are yards Of linen
drapery for the delight Of ladies'"
But. then. Tennysoa once said of
Meredith that reading him was hike
wading through glue. And If Meredith
called Matthew Arnold "a dandy
Isaiah" George Moore has set it down
that lin George Meredith there Is moth,
ing but crackjaw sentences. empty and
unpleasant in the mouth as sterile
nuts" not particularly happy bit of
style in itself.
Of Carlyle's French Revolution"
Hallam said. The style Is so abomi-
nable could not get on with it." and
Of Hallam's European History" Car
lyle remarked. "Eh. The poor. miser-
able skeleton Of a book New York
Post
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Relatives and Friends Throughout.
State Anxious for Safety of Off,
GERS at Vera Cruz.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT records show
that several of the officers now on duty
on Uncle Sans ships in Mexican wa.
tiers are from Jacksonville and other
Florida cities. At least seven Of the
officers who are teaching Huerta how
to salute the American flag are Flo.
ridians. They are:
Hutch Ingham Cone, commander OF
the dreadnought Utah, born April 26,
1871, appointed the academy Septem.
Der 5, 1890. Brother Of Fred Cone,
of Lake City.
William Dilworth Puleston, COM
manding the Drayton, born September
1, 1881. Appointed to Naval Academy
September 6, 1898. Brother of Charles
G. Puleston, former member of com.
pany D, N. G. F.
William Merrill Cory, Jr., ensign on
duty on the Kansas. Born October S,
1887. Appointed to Naval Academy
June 20, 1906.
Francis Arthur Laroche, ensign on
duty on the Prairie. Born November
IS, 1887. Appointed to Naval Academy
June 80, 1906.
Ellis Mark Zacharias, ensign on the
battleship Virginia, born January /,
9, 1908. Brother of Zacharias boys
of this city. He visited here a short
time ago.
Joseph Young Dreisonstok, an en-.
sign on the Wyoming Born July 8,
1889. Appointed to Naval Academy
July 2, 1908.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-05-01
SAWDUST HAS MANY USES.
Once Considered Waste, 1t Is Now a
Very Valuable Product.

Once Considered Waste, 1t Is Now a
Very Valuable Product.
The sawdust man In New York Is a
very important business man. The
Wholesale sawdust dealer adpertises all
kinds of sawduSt and requests that you
will telephone your needs SO that there
may be an early delivery.
1t used to be that any one who want
ed sawdust went to the sawmill and
asked for as much as he wanted Fhere
was only one kind of sawdust in the
good old days and that was an unim-
portant product. which anybody could
have for the asking. Now the saw.
dust wholesaler will tell you that saw.
dust is a very valuable product and
that the sawdust business is Offering
greater opportunities.
There are about sixty kinds of saw
dust On the market, so says the saw
dust expert, and all of them have their
stated uses In the realm of trade.
All the way from the preparation Of
food to the polishing of precious metal
ranges the usefulness OF sawdust. The
hardwood duStS are used for polishing
in some jewelers. shops and cheaper
sawduSts are used for polishing less
valuable metal work. In packing and
making cushions. for the covering of
floors and in the fur BUSINESS, SawduSt
is useful Now York Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-05-01
OUR DIMINISHING IL
FISHERIES.


The Times Union reprints the
"Save the Fish" editorial from The
Palatka News, and reinforces the i'm
portance of protecting our fish sup
ply with an editorial of its own, I'M
der the above heading, as follows:
Thirty years ago the waters of
Florida still teemed with fish, and
with the Atlantic and the gulf to
draw upon it was popularity supposed
that the supply would never run
short. Therefore the utmost waste
of this great resource for cheap ald
wholesome food was winked at in the
legislation of the period. But we are
learning that this salt water source
of supply is not ineXhaustible. In
fact, all along the Atlantic coast,
from Maine down, the supply of
food fish is diminishing.
Salt water fish generally spawn in
the streams running into the ocean,
If they are caught in great numbers,
some of them wantonly destroyed,
on their way to their accustomed
spawning grounds, their number will
surely decrease, or they will abandon
these spawning grounds for quieter
ones. The young are often destroy
ed by murderoUs methods of capture.
The result is seen in the fact that the
fishermen of the St. Johns and other
Florida streams are finding their oc-
cupation yielding them less and less
returns as the years go by,
Two remedies are applicable, which
together, may restore the value Of
the Florida fisheries in the course of
few years. One is protective leg
islation, the other is the stocking Of
the waters with the young fry-but
they should go together. Something
has been done in both lines in recent
years, but not enough.
The fishermen of Welaka have
started a movement to protect the
fish of Florida and add artificially to
the supply of the future. This
movement should meet with general
encouragement, for everyone in the
state is interested, directly or indi-
reilly, in the preservation of the food
fish resources of the state. With the
price of meat steadily increasing, and
little prospect that it will come down
again for many years in the face of
a constantly diminishing supply of
food animals all over the world, it is
a patriotic effort to enlarge the sup
ply of this article of food, the best of
substitutes for meat.
There are abundant examples of
the fish supply being increased in va
rious parts of this country and
abroad. Floridas stock of fish
could be rapidly and cheaply improv-
ed, with the great sweep of ocean
waters around her twelve hundred
miles of seaboard. The, national
government may be relied upon to
give generous aid, if our citizens will
but move in the matter, and, with the
proper amount of effort on the part
of her citizens, the waters of Florida
might some day be even richer in
piscatorial life than it was in the
past, if that is possible,