The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-10

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Her N-he's nutty, that fellow. !"
- anbSdHS1d 'Tt ain't women that
eause u e the trouble"
Ane4s-r. Cargan." put In Profes.
eor b. od, syou gfve Il a. your opia.
ION tn 1eman,A - no trouble maker,
ana hest admit that I agree with
your plopiap In general, although oc-
casson6 a che may cause IA slight
ennoy0eo Undeniably, there 10 q lot
oe tfoo4h IN the world. To whose Of.
forts - ~ ascribe ftp
The, mayer ran his thick nngsrs
throukhtis hair.
II eskyisF - said, "and I rot your
answse s Who makes the troublel
who's made It from the beginning Of
t1mss 1he reformery, Doc. Yes. sir.
who W'a4 the Arst reformer? The
enneo ~ tAe garden Of Eden. This
nermle guy probably has that affaar
IA'd down at wpman's door. Not much.
1vesything was running ell right
around The garden, and then the snake
came along. IFS twenty to one shot
heo Just onished series Of articles
on Tue shame Of Eden for a maga-
sane. what dye meanr be says 10
the wemNn., by letting well enough
alone2s Things are all wrong here.
The. present administration 10 running
everything Into the ground. I can tell
you . few things that will open your
eyes. What's thatl What yen don't
know wOn't hurt your The cid cry
y says. 'tbs old cry against which pro-
sressiyes got to nght.' he says. wake
upI .Yog need Q change here. Try this
nice red apple. and you'll sec things
ehs way ! do.' And the woman fell for
k Yot know what happened"
"Ar cfisinal point OF view," said the
aassd Stvfessor.
"YN, Doc" went on Mr.. Carean.
svidsta lys On q favorits topic; '.it's
ehs ~ 1rmers that have caused all the
6ouhle from that snake down. Things
are thinning smooth, folks all prosper
Gus 30 satisfied. then they come along
TN thu gum ohoeD and white necktiee
And ney knock away at the existing
order unit, the public begins to be-
ievec EN- and gives 'sm q chance to
run lingA What's the resultY The
@ xosl9S 'n . worse tansle than ever
"YdA feel deeply ON the subject. Mr.
Ceronh." rsmarksd Mases.
Il uught TO-" the mayor replied. II
amt 20 writsr. but Il I was Id turn
out bcok that would drive this whis-
ksred PERMITS argument to the wall
Woman-bah! The only way women
nake,Hvgess T. By falling for the re-
fsrmIag.
Mr Peters here interrupted with the
oess&4. and through that course Mr..
Carghn elaborated on his theory. He
p0nopd out how. IN many states, re-
form had Interrupted the smooth dow
Of lie, set everything awhiri and cru.
ely cent the boys" who had always
been faithful out into the cold world
setSvAg the stranger. work. While be
talk1o the eyn Of Lou Max looked
out him from behind the iucongru.
ous ia rimmed glasses, with the de.
votio4 OF the dog to its master clearly
wnqn n them. Watching him now
Mr.. lsSes marveled ut this cheap crea
turee evident capacity for loyalty.
TWas the reformers that got Ma
po'sen." the mayor finished. "Yes;
theys sent Napoleon to an island at the
end And him without an equal since
the world beannr
N. your-begging your pardon-is
youk history Just straightf" demurred
Professor Bolton timidly.
"Eitf frowned Cargun. "You can
bet j y! ] know Napoleon from the
cradle 20 the grave. aint an educat.
ed ma6. De. can hire all the edu.
Gated men I want for $ls q week, but
I'm up. on Bonaparte."
IL seems TO me-" Miss Norton nut
In. II have hcard-did I read It in a
paDer2-that picture Of Napoleon
hahgs abovo your desk. They say
thst you SEQ In your own career q
similarity to his. May ask-is It
trysr
mo. MISS" replied Cargan. That's
q joking story some newspaper guy
wtots up. No. amt no Napoleon.
There's lots Of differences between us
Ono In particular" He raised his
voice and glared at the company
around the table. "One In particular.
The reeormers got Napoleon ut the
end"
"But the end Is not yet" suggested
Mt -Mssee. smiling.
Mr. Cargan gave him q sudden and
interested look.
4 amt worrying" he replied. "And
don't you. young fellow"
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CHAPTER X.
~. Max Tells Tale of Suspicion.
m ETERs entered with coffee and