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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-20

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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-20

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gone by like means to her husbands
brother, Leslie Wrandall, instructing
him to break the news to his father
and mother and to come to her apart
ment after he had attended to the re-
moval Of the body to the family home
near Washington square. She made 1t
quite plain that she did not want Chal-
lis Wrandall's body to lie under the
roof that sheltered her.
His family had resented their mar,
rage. Father, mother and sister had
objected to her from the beginning,
not because she was unworthy, but be-
cause her tradespeople ancestry was
not so remote as his. She found a
curious sense Of pleasure in returning
to them the thing they priced so high,
" and surrendered to her with such
bitterness of heart. She had not been
good enough for him; that was their
attitude. Now she was returning him
TO them. as one would return an article
that had been tested and found to be
worthless. She would have no more
of him!
Carroll, her lawyer, an elderly man
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grave. Presently little man came
bustling down the walk. We knew at
once that he was, at least, part Of
the group we were expecting. We
knew it because he was parsonage,
there being an unmistakable purpose
in his bearing, which matched our
anticipation, and besides he carried d
small bouquet of flowers.
He was an old gentleman, dignified
and very spry His clothes were
quaint, seeming to be of a past gen.
Grafton, and his appearance was ratn-
er shabby. He rapidly approached the
grave, passing us, and laid the. fora.
Offering there, stopped, lifting his
high. old-fashioned hat a moment, as
if in prayer, then turned and was
moving as quickly away again when
waylaid him, asking if there were to
be no reading of ''The Deserted Vii
lage" today.
His face on closer scrutiny was seen
to be refined and the expression was
full of sadness and emotion. l shall
never forget the gentleness and the
pathos Of his reply:
Mono more. all dead now except
myself. I am left alone"
The darkness had become gloomy
when we returned slowly tojthe grave
stone. There lay the flowers, a queer
little collection, symDoMcal, have no
doubt to the bearef, for there were
ivy leaves. some yiolets and one pure
white tuberose- "Sic gloriae mundi''
the lights of the church from ex-
quisite widows filtered out toward US
comfortjHgly and the strains of even
song pere trying to be an angelic
beneGiction AS we rode home
through the crowded streets, l thought
of that lonely old man and how Lon
don with all her millions must have
Seemed that night to him Deserted
Village.
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FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes after giving
her children california Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal Laxative,
because they love its pleasant tas'e
and it thoroughly cleanses the tenaer
little stomach, liver and BowehSSsNata'
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feyerish
breath is bad, stomach sour, look az
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is fuH
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem.
Der, a good "inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick chitd
tomorrow. Ask at the store for as
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs which has directions for babies,
children Of all ages and groWn-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
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THEORIES OF LlFE's ORIGIN
Scientists Disagree and vexed Cues,
tion Goes Back to the Belief OF
the Great Majority.

Untf7 very recently progress had not
been important as to the vexed ques-
ton Of the origin OF life. Although
Professor Haeckel and his group OF
Monists have insisted that life is the
resultspurely and solely Of chemical
action and. reaction. most scientists
haveSnot held. this view, Laboratory
experimenting has been to the con-
trary. Much has been learned as to
the nature and functions OF life in
many ways, but its origin is still a
mystery, unless the researches OF
Prof. Jacques Loeb are to- be taken
as conclusive
Thfs.extraordinary investigator has
ACCOMPLISHED some hitherto unhearo,
Of things. He has made life persls'
under., abnormal circumstances. sucn
as keeping the heart of chicken
alive 9oz;weeks after the death OF the
fowl. fertilizing the eggs OF frogs, etc
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ACT ON FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Old Adage That "He Who Hesita'es
Is Lost" Is a Whole Bundle
Of Truth.

In letter to friend at greae
moral crisis in his life Darwin e2-
pressed an observation which IS con
frmed by general experience. Inc
action which had suggested ltsel "
him when he first faced the Crisis ne
had condemned as dishonoraole. On
further consideration, when ne was
sorely tempted to proceed, he toio MS
friend OF the struggle he was haFiHs'
but added. First impressions are sen
orally right" and he proposed 10 SIAM
by his first impression that the course
in view would be dishonoraole.
When moral question lnVo'ins
difficulties is put up to a person MS
first impression is on the merits oi
the question, without reference TO the
difficulties of the course. Later the
difficulties begin to loom up, and eau
ton is apt to get the better OF the
doubter.
Reflection on matter of disagree
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CHAPTER III.
Hetty Castleton,

At half past six she went to the tele-
phone and called for the morning
newspapers. At the same time she
asked that couple of district messen-
ger boys be sent to her room with the
least possible delay. The hushed,
scared voice Of the telephone girl
downstairs convinced her that news
of the tragedy was abroad; she could
imagine the girl looking at the head
lines with awed eyes even as she re-
sponded to the call from room 416,
and her shudder as she realized that
it was the wife of the dead man speak
ing.
One of the night clerks, pale and
agitated, came up with the papers.
Without as much as glance at the
headlines, she tossed the papers on
the table. 81 have sent for two mes
senger boys. It is too early to ac-
complish much by telephone, fear.
Will you be so kind as to telephone at
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GOLDSN|TH'S GRAVE
Annual Event at. Last Resting
Place of Noted Author.
Interesting Resume of Occurrences to
Commemorate Anniversary Of
Oeatf of the Writer of "The
Deserted Village"

London.-It was in the early part
of November in London one autumn
that I remembered having read OF an
Interesting occurrence which took
place there each year and would re-
cur in a few days. So went to the
Temple church and inquired of the
sexton. He was not one to overflow
with eagerness in giving information
and was irritatingly vague. He did,
however, slightly corroborate tnat
which I had read.
1t was true, he said, that there were
a number of old men who had been
in the habit of meeting for a number
Of years at the grave Of Oliver Gold
smith, outside the Temple church, on
the anniversary of his death, Novem'
ber 10. At that time the custom had
been for one Of the number to read
aloud "The Deserted Village" My
friend and decided to spend the aft
ernoon of November 10 il the Temple
gardens and its neighborhood and OBJ
serve what occurred.
1t was gloomy day, the kind which
fills most people with depression, but
for others is tinctured with rare
beauty. There was no sun and by two
o'clock the darkness had begun to fall
The air was heavily still and hal
charged with smoke, which coloret
the whole earth and sky soft sable
In the adjacent buildings light az
peared now and then through this pal
Of murkiness, giving an impression
that night had come before day wa
spent.
We went to the gravestone by tn
side Of the old church. 1t is set int
the pavement though raised some
what above it. We sat on the ston
and waited. There was no one hu
ourselves as yet, although hundred
were passing in and out by the walk
The sound of the footsteps on tn
stones was all that was heard. 1t wa
an hour filed with expectancy, witt
romance, with atmosphere.
Suddenly the church clock strucl
three and we instinctively rose ant
walked up and down the path by tn
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col I)
Anup-to-date remedy for
colds. That is what Perunas
is. In successful use over
80 years.

Colds are caught In many
ways: lily ventilated rooms;
rooms that have direct draughts;
crowded rooms; damp houses;
stufy school rooms; Offices Dr
heated.
A dose Of Peruna at the tight
time, at the first symptom sot
cold, before the bones begin to
ache, before the sore throat
.manifests itself, or tie cough, or
the discharge from Ses nose; just
a dose or two of rPssts.a before
these symptoms begin IS gener-
ally sufficient. But after the cold
is once established with the
above symptoms prominent, a
bottle Of Peruna, or maybe two
will be necessary.
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adage, Gle who hesitates is lost, en-
bodies a store of wisdom.
-r;,,n,n of Russian Art.

Russian art has captured the world
and today many influences are accept
ed from the Slavonic people. Not IN
opera and dancing alone, says the Pail
Mall Gazette, Go the subjects OF the
Tsar excel. but long centuries ago the
peasants in remote and snow-bound
districts had evolved art ideas for
themselves, and they worked away
quietly during the winter evenings.
Hands, horny with the toll of cultivat-
inc the land. all winter produced mar
yels of delicate lace and Of wood cary
ing as fine as any weft made on the
pillows during the summer. Recently
the industries have become known be-
yond the confines of district that for
seven months in the year holds its folk
showed up in their humble houses
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NapoIeon,s Victory at Brienne.


One hundred years ago Napoleon
met the army of the allies at Brienne,
q village in northeastern France, and
was victorious after keenly-contested
battle. The emperor had left Paris
only two days before, prepared to-
make last desperate effort to halt
the advance of the enemy on the
French capital and thereby save hts
tottering throne. The allied Russian
and Prussian armies we're in command
of Marshal Blucher. SNapoleon's forces
were in a deplorable condition. AT
Brienne, it is true, mis- old soldiers
displayed prodigies Of courage, In his
name and under his orders, but the
raw conscripts were discontented and
many of them deserted their colors.
Napoleon owed his victory. chiefly to
the fact that he came up to Blucher
when the latter was separated from
part Of his forces. Prince Schwartz
-zenberg, in command Of the Austrian
forces, Immediately set out for the
purpose of supporting the Prussians,
and the combined armies Of the al
lies recommended their advance on
Paris.
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Her Opportunity.

While visiting a friend the other
day a Washington woman was admir-
ing some fine bits of china that were
displayed on buffet table, and OF
these her attention was particularly
drawn to a big Japanese cup. TAX
ing it up to examine the details Of de-
sign, the called was startled to sea
that the piece had been broken and
awkwardly glued. She called her
hostess attention to the fracture,
whereupon the latter Immediately
summoned her maid.
Margaret" said the lady Of the
house, this cup is broken"
''Yis, mum, l had an accident"
'tBut it has been glued together"
continued the mistress. 1T Is un'
pardonable Of you to conceal your
fault in this way-to glue the pieces
without saying a word to me. Now,
il you had come to me openly and
said you had broken it l would have
forgiven you and"
Excuse me, num-" interposed the
maid, eagerly, "the other one ike It
is broke too''-Harper's Bazar.
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not snow that the origin of life is by
chemical action. They explain moth
ing as to the beginning of life on
the earth. Prof. Arrhenius thinks
1hat life came here in spores borne by
cosmlc dust, but this is simply throw
ing back the problem without giving
Us a beginning. Sir Oliver Lodge.
from a coldly scientific view, has
come to the conclusion that there Is
spiritual element in nature which de-
aes mere laws of physics.
II some light can be thrown on this
vexed question it will be interesting
to all, although most of Us are al.
ready satisfied that life came from a
Creator who rules the universe.
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Her lips tightened and her figure
seemed to stiffen in the seat.
Where do you Hve?" repeated the
other sharply.
''Why should I tell you that? I do
not know you. You"
You are afraid of me?"
ooh, 1 don't know what to say, or
what to dos" came from the lips of the
hunted one. 81 have no friends, no
one to turn to, no one to help me.
You-you can't be so heartless as to
lead me on and then give me up to
God help me, IL should not be made
to suffer for what I have done. If you
only knew the circumstances. If you
only knew"
Stop" cried the other, in agony.
The girl was bewildered. "You are
so strange. I don't understand"
Eve have but two or three miles to
co." interrupted Mrs. Wrandall. eve
must think hard and-rapidly. Are
you willing to come with me to my
hotel? You will be safe there for the
present. Tomorrow we can plan some
thing for the future"
If can only find place to rest
LOT a little while began the other.
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CredulcuS.

YEP" said Enoch Flint. lounsing
comfortably on the porch OF the
SQuam Corners grocery. when l was
over 10 Russetville l seen a mighty
queer critter that they called calf
for want OF better name. Its mother
was a COW, an 1t had the body an
legs OF a calf, an the feet, wings an
bill OF a goose. On its head II had
feathers in the place O hair In the
daytime it bleats like calf, an at
night it honks like a goose.
Wal, I'll be gol-Iwisted." ejacuiat-
ed Jason Squanch. 81 must go right
hor,o ord TOLL mother about that
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J. accentuates the demand fqr neat foot

aeesntuates the demand '9 neat foot,
wear.
ITO the extent to wo}ch the fash
ionable skirt displays the foot is also
attributable the demand d for the light,
turned SOLE The te3 3ldency to It's
adoption is growing stronger each
season, and the outS Sut of turns as
compared with wei Is, in nearly ever:
factory, shows a laSge increase.
The question has Of late been
asked, Why it is II hat turned shoes do
not seem to weat- as long today as
swer is, it is the narrow skirt that
doespit. The Well-dressed woman
and this applies 20 the great majority
of American woA Anen-is obliged to
take twice as mahy steps as she used
to before the INTRODUCTION of the pres
en-. style
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TheHOIlOW
; ) Of Her Hand
~Geor9e Barr MoCutCheOn
nm ArH1 S GOh9NH>

seven o'clock or a little after to my
apartment?-You will find the number
under Mr.. Wrandall's name. Please
inform the butler or his wife that they
may expect me by ten o'clock, and
that shall bring friend with me--a
young lady. Kindly have my motor
sent to Haffner's garage, and looked
after. When the reporters come, as
they will, please say to. them that l
will see them at my own home at
eleven o'clock"
The clerk, considerably relieved,
took his departure in some haste, and
she was left with the morning papers,
each Of which she scanned rapidly.
The details, of course, were meager.
There was double-1eaded account of
her visit to the inn and her extraor-
binary return to the city. Her chief
interest, however, did not rest in
these particulars, but in the specula-
tions Of the authorities as to the iden-
tity of the mysterious woman-and
her whereabouts. There was the like
lihood that she was not the only one
who had encountered the girl on the
highway or in the neighborhood of the
inn. So far as she could CLEAN from
the reports, however, no one had seen
the girl, nor was there the slightest
hint offered as to her identity. The
papers Of the previous afternoon had
published lurid accounts Of the muir
der, with all Of the known details, the
name Of the victim at that time still
being a mystery. She remembered
reading the story with no little inter
est. The only new feature in the case,
therefore, was the Identification OF
Challis Wrandall by his beautiful
wife," and the sensational manner in
which it had been brought about.
With considerable interest she noted
the hour that these dispatches had
been received from special CORE
spondents," and wondered where the
shrewd, lynx-eyed reporters mapped
while she was at the inn. All Of the
dispatches were timed three o'clock
and each paper characterized its issue
as an Extra" with Challis Wrandalls
name in huge type across as many
columns as the dignity Of the sheet
permitted.
Not a word Of the girl! Absolute
mystery!
Mrs. Wrandall returned to her post
beside the bed Of the sleeper in the
adjoining room. Deliberately she
placed the newspaper on a chair near
the girls pillow, and then raised the
window shades to let in the hard gray
light Of early morn.
It was not her present intention to
arouse the wan stranger, who slept as
one dead. So gentle was her breath
ing that the watcher stared in some
fear at the fair, smooth breast that
seemed scarcely to rise and fall. For
a long time she stood beside the bed,
looking down at the face of the sleep,
er, troubled expression in her eyes.
81 wonder how many times you were
seen with him, and where. and by
whom" were the questions that ran in
a single strain through her mind
Where do you come from? Where
did you meet him? Who is there that
knows of your acquaintance with
him?"
Her lawyer came in great haste and
perturbation at eight o'clock, in re
sponse to the letter delivered by one
Of the messengers. A second letter hao
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SAVING Came Tr,,a

The discovery that Scottish bank
notes have actually been forged with
in the walls OF Peterhead convict
prison recalls an amusing incident.
Unlike the notes Of the Bank OF
England (Which are destroyed as soon
as they find their way back to the
banS}, notes on Scottish banks are pct
in circulation again and again. The
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brain, how much she had really suf-
fered
Her blurred eyes turned once more
for a look at the girl, who. sat there,
just as she had been sitting for miles,
her white face standing out with al
most unnatural clearness, and as rigid
as that Of q sphinx.
The girl spoke. do they hang WON
en- in this country"
Mrs. Wrandau started. "1n some OF
the states," she replied, and was un-
able to account for the swift impulse
to evade.
! "But in this state?" persisted the
other, almost without a movement Of
the lips.
"They send them to the electric
chair-sometimes," said Mrs. Wran-
dali.
There was a long silence between
them, broken finally by the girl.
''You have been very kind to me,
madam. I have no means Of express
ing my gratitude. I can only say that
I shall bless you to my dying hour.
May I trouble you to set me down at
the bridge? remember crossing one.
I shall be able to
'tNo!" cried Mrs. Wrandall shrilly,
,divining the others intention at once.
'fYou shall not do that. I, too, thought
Of that as 8 way out Of it for you,
but-no, it must not be that. Give me
few minutes to think. I will find q
:8ay."
The girl turned toward her. Her
eyes were burning.
do you mean that you will help
me to get away?" she cried, slowly,
incredulously.
Let me think!"
"You will lay yourself liable"
'Let me think, say"
"But I mean to surrender myself
to
can hour ago you meant to do it,
but what were you thinking Of ten
minutes ago? Not surrender. You
were thinking of the bridge. Listen to
me now: am sure that can save
| you. do not know all the-all the
circumstances connected with your as
sociation with-with that man back
there at the inn. Twenty-four hours
passed before they were able to iden'
tify him. It is not unlikely that to-
morrow may put them in possession OF
the. name Of tbs woman who went
with him to that place. They do not
know it tonight, of that I am positive
You covered your trail too well. But
you must have been seen with him
during the day or the night"
The other broke in eagerly: :!
don't believe any one knows that +
that went out there with him. He
arranged it very-carefully. Oh, what
beast he was!" The bitterness o!
that wall caused the woman beside hel
to cry out as if hurt by a sharp, al
most unbearable pain. For an instant
she seemed about to lose control o:
herself: The car swerved and came
dangerously near leaving the road.
A full minute passed before she
could trust herself to speak. Ther
it was with a deep hoarseness in hel
voice.
"You can tell me about it later on
not now. I don't want to hear it. Tel
me, where do you live?"
The girls manner changed so abso
lutely that there could be but one in
ference; she was acutely suspicious
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Maid Causes Much Trouble.

Chicago.-Katy, Miss Anna john
sons maid, went to the moving picture
show and left an electric iron turned
on She saw fire engines and hose
carts in front Of the house when she
roturned Fire." she asked. Eyes,
and fred replied Miss Johnson.
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Hits at Moments Dress.

Frankfort, Ky.-Representetive Huff
has introduced a bill in the state leg
islature forbidding the wearing of a
skirt by women over eighteen years
of age that measures less than SO
inches at the bottom.
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--o,Iev Wire Nearly Kills Boy

chfcago.-A crowd Of schooiboys,
who threw wire over trolley con-
nection lust for fun" may cost the
life of Walter Armens, aged eleven
who touched the wire.
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M,.,,,.,e Wise process,

In the case of all fish which fake care
of their young, curious adaptation OF
natural law 20 circumstances Is found.
Those which take the greatest pains
and care in sheltering their oGsprlns
have the fewest eggs, peraafs less
than 100 at lay, while, on she otper
hand, species of fish which pay nes'the
slightest attention to their young pro,
.duce hundreds of thousands, a9d even
millions Of eggs, at a single lS.
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ting particularly grubby and worn
in the course of their travels.
An English barrister who was once
given a sheaf Of these notes in pay
ment of large amount. regarded
them with horror for few seconds,
holding them delicately between his
thumb and finger.
Now he said, holding them at
arms length, now I understand the
meaning of that saying about filthy
lucer.'