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die syllable OF a word will be slurred
to the point Of extinction From
Mary Magdalen, fearful and penitent.
ONE the word maudlin. now gen.
orally used to designate the lachry-
NOSE stage Of drunkenness. Sacristan
is contracted into sexton; the old
French word paralysie becomes palsy,
hydropisie becomes dropsy. and the
word %procurator becomes proctor In
English. Bethlehem hospital for luna.
tics. established in London. came to
be telescoped into bedlam. much as
Cholmondeley came 70 be Chemley
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and Marjoribanks, Marshbanks. Peel
is for appeal. mend for amend. lone
for alone. fender. whether before a
fireplace or outside a ship, Is for de.
fender. fence for defense faint for
attaint. The word peach. commonly
regarded as English thief slang, goes
back to the time OF Shakespeare and
Is related Il impeach. though used TO
indicate informing against an accom-
plice. Sir John Faistaff In act 2 scene
2. in the first part Of Henry w."
says: III | be taken. III peach for
this" The word cad ID for Scotch
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Pitchlnu Pals,

Mathewson and McGinrity were
great chums throughout their years Of
association on the New York team.
Sometimes. with one of them in the
box and going badly. the other would
start from the bench with:
Get out Of there, Matty! You're rot.
ten! Let me show EN- something"
The following rejoinder:
"All right, Joe. Come on In | hope
hey knock you full Of holes" Then.
easing the ball 20 his pal. he would
s,art for the clubhouse.
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circle went whistling out over the
plain, his score Of pursuers instantly
changing their course to a tangent in
order to cut him off. And seeing that
they bid fair to do SO the pursued one
Strengthened his course into direct
flight, and with his face turned back
ward over his shoulder led them
straight away. For the next mile the
Blue Dragon and about half a dozen of
the fastest of the machines seemed to
be holding their own with him, while
the rest. unable to keep up the terrific
pace, gradually strung out behind like
a kites long tail. Whittier he was
guess, but as for the pursuers they
cared little provided they could keep
him in sight. Whether they ran the
race and fought the fight over jagged
mountain tops or level ground made
little difference to these seasoned sail
ors Of the upper air sea, whose con-
slant close association with death
had made them almost contemptuous
Of 1t, and as g%rayhounds course a hare
they went whistling on with strained
muscles and eyes glued upon the black
streak that sped as an arrow before
them. Whether the pursued one was
doing his best or only trifing with
them they could only conjecture,
but this much was evident. doing
their own best as they were,
they were barely holding their W
with him. North, still retaining his
initial advantage over his nearest COM
petitor, could not see that he had
gained a foot upon the enemy. To
the spectators upon the ground and
now far behind, the ones In the air
appeared but distant floating specks.
Then one by one yer the specks dis
appeared great sobbing sigh OF
relaxation welled from the bosom Of
the watching city.
Fire minutes had elapsed since
North left the ground, FIVE minutes
during which time March, grown to
the spot, had stood staring after the
flyers with his heart pounding and
his enthusiasm mounting with Its ev-
cry beat as he thrilled with admiration
at the skill and daring Of the pursuers
Of this half human-like, half bird-like
creature of prey of the upper air. Car
ried away by the excitement Of 1t, he
had In spirit flown with North In his
aerial rush, seeming to ride by his
side as he leaned forward in his seat
as a jockey rides a leaping race horse.
every muscle taut al the singing stays
about about him, the rush Of wind In
his face, the throb Of the machine be-
meath him, the roa Of the propeller
behind. Ecstatically he gloried in the
long, sweeping upward rise Of the
machine when they rose and rose as
a ship mounts a towering, upheaving
billow; ~involuntarily he drew his
breath with a sharp intake as they
swept downward in a long dip as the
ship sweeps down from the towering
crest Of a lord of the ocean when the
deck falls from beneath ones feet
and he feels as though he floated in
midair, so rapid is the plunge into the
valley below. Then the graceful rise
again with the sudden plunge into an
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mllls her Arhea to Flower Bed.

That her body be cremated and her
ashes scattered into the central flow.
cr bed in front of the crematory at
Fresh Pond. Queens, n Y, was thu
wish expressed In the will OF Mrs.
Margaret Carmichael Webster, who
was burned to death In her home In
Washington street, Flushing.
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air bank that opposed them with a
solidness that caused the light plane
to shudder and SILVER at the impact.
and wherein the machine again
seemed a ship wallowing In a sea that
had swept her from stem to stern,
until shaking herself free she once
more raced on, buzzlng like a hornet.
ITO BE CoNTINUEp.)
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CommendabIe Brevlty.

The Hon. Brand Whitlock, who says
that II he had the job Of writing a city
charter he would do 1t ION a small
sheet Of paper in n large hand" has
evidently left far behind him his days
when no worked on space. "-Phila
delphia Inquirer
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CHANGES WROUGHT BY TIME
During the Course Of Centuries Many
Words Have Seen Modified to Suit
the Generation Using Them.

IN the Romance Of Words" a pub
fication by an English author. much
space Is devoted 10 "aphesis." which
means a gradual or u~nintentional loss
OF an uhaccented vowel at the begin
ming of a word. This kind OF word
~yhrinkage is more common than n
might suppose. Sometimes the mid
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Noble Enough for Him,

Miss-"Of curse you know, baron,
that my father is not in the remotest
degree a nobleman?" He-"Say no
more, beautiful one. A man who will
give his daughter a dowry Of Q mil
lion il noble enough for me-"
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McGraw left the pitching problem
largely to these wise old foxes. with
them working together so well, no
wonder we win," was a favorite com.
ment of his.-Popular Magazine,
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caddie. once an errand boy. now IA
miliar in connection with golf. Caddie
Is from the French word cadet. mean
ing a junior or younger brother.
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSQlO0L
LESSON

by +. O.. SELLERS. Director OF Evening
Department. the Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago.)
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LESSON FOR FEBRUARY IS.
cHRIST'S HATRED OF SHAMs.

LESSON ~TEXT-Luke 11:37-A.
GOLDEN TEXT-'Be not deceived: God
Is mot ed" Ca CT.
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eopyrish.. loIa. by Harry Irving Grssrs>
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paused, waving both arms franticaliy,
the head OF the pursuing party swept
into the mouth OF the ravine.
At the same time the chauffeur no
ticed that the two men on the hillside
were following the woman pellmell,
throwing themselves down the slope
with gigantic leaps and bounds.
And then great cxplC,sion rent the
peaceful hush of night-that till then
had been profaned by tho pattering
cracks OF the revolver flsillade.
AS the roar OF dynamite subsidized
the entire side Of the hill shifted and
slid ponderously down, choking the
ravine with debris to the depth OF
some thirty or forty feet, burying the
leaders of the pursuit. beyond hope Of
rescue.
Only an instant later the motor car
jolted to halt ah2 Alan pulled him
self together to find that Rose and
Barcus were standing beside the door
and jabbering joyful greetings. mixed,
with more or les sincoherent explana-
tions OF the manner in which they had
come to seek shelter for the night in
the prospector's shack and, reused by
the noise Of firing and recognizing
Alan in the car by the aid of night
glasseS, had with the prospector's aid
hit upon this scheme of shooting u
landslide in between the pursuit and
Its devoted quarry.
(To be continued.)
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ell tho remainder OF that day sof ter
ror, she was never far from his SIDE
With the meekneSs of the strong,
she iiiaeie herself his shadow, And
she was now the stronger, for she
md had more than an hours rest She
side tiie waterhole, which he = iad
missed on the way of that rock Wind
break. Sooner or laterfhis strength
must fail him end he would need her.
Till then she was content TO hide her
hour. y S.s & u.s. ssss & ~
Y II hefell presently In start ling fash.
lon; she was not a yard beh hind him
when he ranished abruptly.
But the next moment Juiith herr
self was trembling on the crumbiing
brink OF an arryo OF depth and width
iiieterniinabie In the obscurity OF the
dust storm. Down this, cvideiitIy,
Alan had fallen in his blindness.
She found him iHsensibls, lying
with an arm bent under him IN d pose
Ifrightfnily suggestive OF disiocation.
Yet when she turned him on his back
and released the arm he made no sign
TO indicate that the movement had
castsed him the slightest pain.
There was q slIghs cut upon his
brow. q brutse about his left temple
She tore linen from her bosom. be-
meath her coarse flannel shift. and
With spRring aid from the canteen,
washed the cut Clean and bandhged
II. 81 3 8. IS - 4 5,
Then. seeing that the storm held
with fury annbated. she fssse, recoE-
nolteFed and returned 10. exert eli Aer
strength and drag 4he. unc1nseiors
man across the dry bed OF that am
lelent water course and under the; leo
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dumb companionship of misery and
wonder
Thus an hour passed: and for all
their desperate struggles neither could
see that the light on the mountain
side was a yard the nearer.
Behind them other lights appeared.
two staring yellow eyes that peered
up over the horizon, seemed TO paiIse
time I'm search ofrthc two, then
leaped out directly toward them.
or this they were altogether ignor-
ant; and when deep, droning sound
disturbed the desert silence, like the
purring of some gigantic cat, both as
crlbed IL to the drumming of their la
boring pulses.
The two lights were not a mile be-
hlnd them when, silently, without q
sign to warn the girl, Alan released
her. took step apart and dropped az
IL shot.
Instantly she was kneeling by his
side. But in the act of bending over
him she drew back and remained for
several moments motionIess, staring
at those twin glaring eyes, sweeping
down upon them with all the speed
attaiuables by a six-cylinder touring
Car negotiating tracklcSS desert
When Judith did move it was not
to comfort Alan. On the contrary, her
first act. was 20 draw from her pocket
heavy, blunt-nosed revolver, break
1t at the 1breech and blow it's barrel
clear of dust. Her hand went next
to the holster on Alans hip. From
this shn extracted his Colts As, treat
Ing 1t as she had the ofher. Then
che crouched low above the man she
loved, as If thinking perhaps to escape
notice from the occupants of the mo-
torcar.
II that were her thought, 1t. wag
bred of an idle hope. Alan had chosen
fall i'm the middle of wide space SO
arid that not even sagebrush had VEN
tured to take root there. When the
glare OF tho headlights fell upon them
1t was inevitable that discovery should
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of Its farther bank.
There, sitting, the pillowed his head
upon ller lap. and bending over him
made her body an additional shelter TO
him from the swigling clouds of dust.
And for hours on end judith nurs-
cd him there. scarce daring TO move
save to minister TO his needs, bathing
his fevered brow and Jnoistening his
parchcd lips and throat.
In the course of the first hour she
was once startled by the spectral Wis
ion through the driving sheets of dust
OF horse that plodded up the arroyo,
bearing two riders on it's back.
Weary with the weight of it's double
burden, IL went slowly and passed SO
near to Judith that she was able to
recognize the features OF her sister
and Tom Barcus.
BE sure she made never O sign to
catch their attention.
Within the next succeeding hour
the coppery light lost something OF
It's hot brilliance, took on a darker
shade, and then one darker still.
Twilight stole atlrwart the desert,
turning its heat to. chill, It's light to
violet.
Growing more intense, the cold
eventually rouEed the sleeping man.
And hardly had his eyes uncloscd
and looked up into the eyes of Judith
bending over him than he started up
and. out of her embrace, got tinstead-
lily upon his feet and after a moment
at pause. watching her rise in turn,
strobe away-or. rather. staggered
with the gesture of eXorcism
Uncomplaining, hugging her new
born humility to her with the ecstasy
of the anchorite his horsehair shirt,
Judith followed him patiently. at a
little distance.
Not far from where he had rested
there was a break In the overhanging
wall OF the arroyo. Through this he
scrambled painfully, reaching the level
of the desert only after cruel effort,
tho UNDECIDED woman at his heels
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UNION NEWS. : :.
. 5000 o.ooooo 900 o 0 o.

THANKSGIVING was spent quietly but
pleasantly by tho most OF orr peo-
Pile.
The community at la-ev enjoyed q
very pleasant evening at the box
party and. entertainment given by the
School Improvement Association on
last Friday at the school house. One
feature OF the evening was q .Mock
Wedding" along with recitations and
2. "oia time spelling match a.E..ci.
interest was shown by both the young
and older people, and It is hoped
that much good will be- accomplished
for the school and community.
Mr. Hayne Newton OF Liberty was a
visitor at the home OF Mr.. u. C. Nc
Eonneli last week;
Several OF the young people gave
the Misses Keys q surprise party
Thanksgiving might.
MessFs. Allen and Herman opt and
Sam Rollisen. who are now at Ander-
son, attended the box party Friday
6igilt. e & .!
Mr.. Robert Dye. of Georgia is visit
ing friends and relatives here now:
The schcol at this place is doing
nicely under the management of Prof.
A. w Attaway and Miss Nellie New
ton. Tia following IL the honor roll
for the past months: Erla Gambreli,
Marion Keys, Raymon BreazeaIe,
George Robertson. Make Ganibrell,
Etliel Rogers. Frank Eeapey, aIuIet
BURGESS. Herman Brooks, Harold
Campbell, Melvin Campbell, Clyde
iGambrell, Glenn Knight end George
Remseys
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APPRECIATION
Servant OF the Late N. .B. Sullivan
Expresses Gratitude For Good. !,
moss Of Master.

The following card was handed The
Intelligencer by John Lomax, colored.
who has been servant in the home
OF the late Mr.. Sullivan. and wishes
to extend this token OF his apprecia-
tion and regard:
In this humble way I wish to ex-
press my deep gratitude and appre-
citation for the many kindnesses be-
slowed upon mo by MFR, MIN B. Sui
livan. have been his body servant
for II years, and during that time he
helped me most generously. As his
last bequest he! lifted the debt on of
my home, which amounted to $175.
He WAS most charitable to all those
In need He often sent me out to
held the colored folks, when they were
In distress. # -
May the divine spirit resttits sooth-.
ing hand upon his tbereayed family,
and may. they feel that In me they
have q friend and servant, ready al
ways to lend a helping hand. g
N, "a. JOHN LOMAX.
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follow. The motor car stopped with
In 20 feet. Three men jumped out
and ran towa~f the pair. leaving two
In the carthe chauffeur and one
who occnpied q corner of the rear
seat; an. Sged man with the face, or a
damned soul. doomed for sas little time
To live upon this earth In tho certain
knowledge of his damhation *; I,
As: this happened. Judith Trsno
leaped to her feet and stood SoYet the
body OF Alan, q revolver poised ]; In
either hand e sts:.ss
f9altI' she ordered simperatfvsiy.
Hands mp ~ 8.
Without a moments ssitafipn. her
rathefs creatures, tliey knew mo
! edAushter.s fhinper fSrss too well t3
dream pf opposing her VII ]. 3
In tho six hands that were siihouet-
tod againaS the headlights radiance.
three roYofVors rlfmu1eretf. - hrl af
|ihsr comm nd all three dropped haf1a=
ieasJy to the earth.
sThsn, sharply Stand back two
Trees : she required.
They moved unanirnousiy. s
Daring forward, sssis picked rip and
Docketed the three weapons, then with
one sof tsr own siHgted' out the i1en
che named
Now. Marrophat teSaIfa you. Hicka4
Dick Mr.. Law ,lD and carry him into
The car And tr,cat him gently. ininsiil
if one Of yon hits q finger 10 harm
him, tbns enh hall answer so Taess'
Still none yenturssdS TO disputc her.
The two men designated; without d
Sign OF disinclinRlipn, stepped fpf-
ward One lifted Alan LaW Or the
|shonldafs; the other TOOK Ills. legs.
HetEeen tliem they bore lsllia With
exsrs care toward the ,lzater car.
y But now q ekcond VIII man sfcesed
itself. The man ips che rear scat II :
cd zap 9 weirdIy sonof1as yoics. ); e Z
= astOpis he cried, ''st0p this noii-i
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the waste, hot as O furnace blast. In
trice, dust envc.oned man and horse.
n stifling cloud OF snperheateds par
ticlesS that stung tho flesh like q my
Rad needles. And then darkness fell,
the, twilight OF haies, a copper-co olorS
ed pail Nothing remained ID visible be
yonds AIMS length. -, 81, 1 1
Blinded, half suffocated, unspsakabiy
dismAy ed and sDewf lidarcti, tho sbronclo
swung round, back to the blast. and
refnsei to badge another inch. S ~
Himself more than alf-daSed, bist
still bounded by his mis- ghtmare vision
of JUDITH Alan disnoanted to escape
being torn bodily from the saddle by
that hsfiish HanG- blast. and SEEKING
The birdie sought to draw the horse on
witt, Sim.
Hs wasted his strength In that en-
daayor.. the animal balked. planted It's
hoofs deep IN the sand, stiffened Its
legs and resisted with tho stubborn
ness Of a rock; then. OF. sudden.
tierked Its head alnaftiy, snapped the
bride from hts grasp and flung away,
schdding before the storm.
Pursuit WA out OF the question. I'M
deed, the bridle was barely torn from
his hand before Alan lost sight oi the
Hhronckos
y For q moment he stood rooted ia
sconstesnatien es In q bog-with an
arm pthrown across his face.
Then tho tkoaght OF 5udlth recur-
red. & =, ~ ~. ! a s
& Head bendef ana shoulders round
ed, he DegaE 70 forge d way into the
teeth OF the hndstorfn.
IS How long he fo,iSht on, Tuttin9 hts
.stgength aggtaek The elements, cannot
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be reckoned.
In the end he stumbled blindIy
down slight decline and was abrupt
ly conscious that he had in some way
found shelter from the full force of
the wind.
He staggered on another yard or
two, breathing more freely, and blund-
cred into a rough-ribbed wall OF rock
some sporadic outcrop, he under
stood, whose bulk stood between him
and tho storm.
He thought to rest for time, until
the storm had spent It's greatr~t
strength; but as he laid his shoulder
gratefully against the rock and scrub
bed the dust from his smarting eyes
hc saw what he at first conceived TO
be an hallucination: Judith Trine
standing within a yard of him, alive,
strong, free.
He stared incl edulously, saw her
recognize him, open her mouth to ut
ter a wondering cry that was inaudi-
Bile, and come quickly nearer.
Alan! You came to me! You fol-
lowed me. through all time."
He threw of her hand with a bitter
iaugh--that was like the croaking OF
o. raven as 1t issued from his bone
dry throat-and I'm momentary pos
session OF hysteric madness, reelcd
away from the woman and the shelter
OF the rock and delivered himself anew
to the mercy OF the dust storm.
III-OPEN MUTINY.
Though she had been schoolcd to
hold the very name Of T-aw in Ina!a-
ing unspeakablc and to think OF Alan
as mortal enemy and as one whose
death alone could properly requite the
cruel injury that had been done her
father; and though the man himself
had laughed to scorn her first inyol-
untary confession of that love for him
which now consumed her being with
Its Unsuitable fires, she swallowed her
chagrin end followed him with the So
licitudo OF one whose love can rec
ognize no wrong in its object. Through
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| "A brief pause there Afforded both
+ ttino to regain their breath and survey
the desert fer signs of assistance: 1t
offered .nene. other than what they
might accomplish thropSh their, own
lexeftions. For leagues In any quarter
1t stretched without break other
Itfan the Black cleft of the arroyo,
|gleamiag bleached and desthl white
In the shine like the face OF q
frozen world. ~, q 4; u q, ~. !:
= With stacit consent Jhotil turned that
way, Alan leading, Judith his perth
llacsous shadow. with nayer n word or
sign between them TO pgeye that eith-
er was aware OF the others company.
But this was q state rT ,zif1,iT IN {
could, not long. endure. Judith had
the price TO pay for her own trials.
Fsufzering and priyation tie strain
beggn to tell sorely upon her. She
EreeIed eiightly as she walked, weav-
Ing winding trail ACROSS ana across
the straighter line OF footpriats that
trerked Alan's course through the or
Idered pattern OF the p1sxl cred age-
brush.
And Uf sudden che collapsed.
Instinct alone made Alan glance
Ioyer-ahouider; foss ahe hsd made M
sesina whatsTsTs
He turned and came directly back
10. her. kRelt beside her, lifted her
head, piliowed II gently on bis arm
and piled her In turn with the dregs
tof the canteen.
Hiltl . Sigh. Q stilicsi moRa and q
little. slsiver, slle revived. = e s;s.:'
he helped her gently 20 fegAir her
feet. Easscd en- arm rouad her.
Thus they struggled sin strange.