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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16
CHAPTER TX.
The Ghost at the Feast.


The next day he appeared bright
and early with his copy of the Studio.
There" he said. holding 1t before
her eyes. She took it from his hand
and stared long and earnestly at the
reproduction.
DO you think it like me?" she in
CURED innocently.
Amazingly like you." he declared
with conviction.
She turned the page. He was watch
ing her closely. AS she looked upon
the sketches Of the half-nude figure a
warm blush covered her face and
neck She did not speak for a full
minute, and he was positive that her
fingers frightened their grasp on the
magazine.
THE same model" he said quietly.
She nodded her head.
"Hetty Glynn, | am sure" she said.
after a pause, without lifting her eyes.
Her voice was low, the words not very
distinct.
He drew a long breath, and she look
ed up quickly. What he saw In her
honest blue eyes convicted her.
Sara Wrandall came into the room
at that moment. Hetty hastily closed
the magazine and held it behind her.
Booth had intended to show the re-
production to Mrs. Wrandall, but the
girls behavior caused him to change
his mind He felt that he possessed
a secret that could not be shared with
Sara Wrandall, then or afterward.
Moreover, he decided that he would
not refer to the Hawkright pictures
again unless the girl herself brought
up the subject. All this flashed through
his mind as he stepped forward to
greet the newcomer.
When he turned again to Hetty, the
magazine had disappeared. He never
saw it afterward, and, what is more to
the point, he never asked her to pro-
duce it,.
He thought hard over the situation.
The obvious solution came to him
She had been at one time reduced to
the necessity of posing, circumstance
evidently known to but few and least
Vi iii u sara lAOlh
the girl plainly meant to keep the
truth. This conviction distressed him,
but not in the way that might have
been expected. He had no scruples
about sharing the secret or in keeping
it inviolate; his real distress lay in
the fear that Mrs. Wrandall might
hear of all this from other and per
haps ungentle sources. AS for her pos
ing for Hawkright it meant little or
nothing to him. In his own experience,
two girls of gentle birth had served as
models for pictures OF his own max
ing, and he fully appreciated the ext
gencies that had driven them to It,
One had posed in the altogether"
She was girl of absolutely ire
proachable character, who afterward
married a chap he knew very well,
and VINO was fully aware of that short
phase in he life. That feature OF the
situation meant nothing to him. He
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CHAPTER vI,-contInued.

IL say, Leslie, is she staying here7"
cried Booth, lowering his voice to an
excited half.whisper.
"Who?" demanded Wrandall va
cantly. His mind appeared to be else
where.
why, that's the girl saw on the
road Wake up! The one on the
envelope, you ass. Is she the one you
we're telling me about in the club-the
Miss What's Her-Name who"
"Oh, you mean Miss Castleton. She's
Just gone upstairs. You must have
met her on the steps"
you know / did. So that is Miss
Castleton."
Ripping. isn't sheY Didn't I tell
you so?"
she's beautiful. She is a type, just
as you said old mana really wonder
full type. saw her yesterday-and the
day before"
I've been wondering how you man.
aged to get a likeness of her on the
back of an envelope" said Leslie sar-
castically. Must have had a good
long look at her, my boy. II isn't a
snapshot, you know"
Booth flushed. ut is an impression,
that's all. l drew 1t from memory,
pom my soul"
She'll be immensely gratifed, I'm
sure"
For heavens sake. Les, don't be
such fool as to show her the thing"
cried Booth in CONSERVATION. Shed
never understand"
"oh, you needn't worry. She has a
fine sense of humor."
Booth didn't know whether to laugh
or scOwl. He compromised with him
self by slipping his arm through that
Of his friend and saying heartily:
Il wish you the best of luck, old
boy"
Thanks" said Leslie drily.
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ment to inspect Hettys wardrobe, os-
tensibly for the purpose of picking out
gown for the picture. AS a matter
of fact, he had decided the point to
his own satisfaction the night before.
She should pose for him in the dainty
white dress she had worn on that &C.
casion.
While they we're going over the eK-
tensive assortment of gowns, with
Sara as the judge from whom there
seemed to be no appeal, he casually
inquired II she had ever posed before.
He watched her closely as he put
the question. She was holding up a
beautiful point lace creation for his
inspection, and there was a pleading
smile on her lips. 1t must have been
her favorite gown. The smile faded
away. The hand that dangled the gar
ment before his eyes suddenly be-
came motionless. as IL paralyzed. In
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SYNOPSIS.

Challis Wrandall is found murdered In
n road house near New York. Mrs Wran-
dali is summoned from the city and iden-
titles the body. A young woman who &C
companied Wrandall to the inn and sub
seuuently disappeared, is suspected.
Mrs. Wrandall starts back for New York
In an auto during a binding snow storm.
On the way she meets young woman In
the road who proves to be the woman
who killed Wrandall. Feeling that the
girl had done her service in Kidding her
OF the man who though she loved him
deeply, had caused her great sorrow.
Mrs. Wrandall determines to shield her
and takes her TO her own home. Mrs.
Wrandall hears the story of Hetty Cas-
tleton's life, except that portion that re-
lates TO Wrandall. This and the story OF
the tragedy she forbids the girl ever TO
tell. She offers Hetty home. friendship
and security from peril on account OF the
tragedy. Mrs. Sara Wrandall and Hetty
attend the funeral of Challis Wrandall at
the home of his parents. Sara Wrandall
and Hetty return to New York after an
absence OF year In Europe. Leslie
Wrandail, brother OF Challis, makes him
self useful to Sara and becomes greatly
interested in Hetty Sara sees In Les
He's infatuation possibility for revenge on
the Wrandalls and reparation for the
wrongs she suffered at the hands OF
Challis Wrandall by marrying his muir
deress into the family. Leslie. In com
pany with his friend Brandon Booth, an
artist, visits Sara at her country place.
leslie confesses TO Sara that he is madly
In love with Hetty
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lust Noises.

Look here!" shouted the ira
farmer. What are yeou doing fish
IN my lake when it's posted?"
Jaw, go ont" sneered the tough
Lad. Make a noise like a hoop
roll away"
The old farmer took out his knit
and cut of a section of birch.
sonny" he said solemnly, II reckon
yeou'd be better making a noise lik
a locomotive for the next few mir
utes."
Like a locomotive, old clover see
Why?"
Because you are going to
switched"
And the next moment the yells th
emanated from the clump Of bush
made a noise like a band OF India
on the warpath, that could be hea,
for miles away.
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was in no doubt concerning Hetty She
was what she appeared to be- A gen
tlewoman.
He admitted to himself that he was
under the spell OF her. 1t was not
love. he was able to contend; but
il was mysterious appeal to some
thing within him that had never re-
yealed itself before. He couldn't
quite explain what 1t was.
In his solitary hours at the cottage
on the upper road, he was wont to
take his friend Leslie Wrandall into
consideration. AS a friend. was 1t not
his duty to go to him with his sordid
little tale? Was 1t right to let Wran'
dali go on with his wooing when there
existed that which might make all the
difference in the world to him? He
invariably brought these deliberations
TO a close by relaxing into grim smile
of amusement, as much as to say;
Serve him right, anyway. Trust him
to sift her antecedents thoroughly.
He's already done 1t. and he Is quite
satisfied with the result Serve them
all right, for that matter"
But then there was Hetty Glynn.
What Of her? Hetty Glynn. real or
mythical, was a disturbing factor In
his deductions. II there was real
Hetty Glynn and she was Hetty Cas-
tleton's double, what thenG
On the fifth, day OF series Of rather
prolonged and tedious sittings, he was
obliged to conhne his work to an hour
and a half In the forenoon. Mrs. Wran'
dali was having few friends 10 TO-
auctlon-bridge immediately after lunch
con. She asked him to stay overlA ana
take a hand, but he declined Hel at
not play bridge. -
GRO M COZ
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critical eye of the artist AS he turn
ed to the canvas with his crayon point.
he remarked, with an unmistakable
note of relief in his voice;
THAT explains everything. II must
have been Hetty Glynn who posed for
all those things of HawBrlght's."
Il dare say" said she indifferently.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16
CHAPTER VII.
In Which Hetty Is weiohed,

In Which Hetty Is Weighed.
Booth and Leslie returned to the
city on Tuesday. The artist left be-
hind him memory sketch" OF Sara
Wrandall, done in the solitude of his
room long after the rest of the house
was wrapped in slumber on the first
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16
FEE. -,E
A new WOMAN
AS Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Dispelled
Backache, Headaches
and Dizziness.
Piqua, Ohio. would be very UNI
grateful If / failed to give Lydia E.

Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound the
praise it deserves,
for i have taken It
at different times
and it always re-
lieved m Q W b e N
other m edicines
failed, and when I
hear a woman COM
plain l always rec
ommend it Lastwin-
ter / was attacked
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16

Many a girl catches the man she
wants by pretending to desire some
man she doesn't want.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16

The Countess of Warwick taboos
furs, and also will not wear feathers
except those OF an ostrich
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16

in the fact that they emanate from the
members of a learned profession,
dealing with the practice OF that pro-
fession.--New York World.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets re
and invigorate stomach, liver and b
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to
candy. Adv.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-05-16

Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DR.. Peery's Vermifuge Dead
Shot" Adv,
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Some peoples specially is pourina
ice water on enthusiasm.
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ConaratulatIons.

Wilby-How is your wife, Billy
Bilby-She's holding her own.
Wilby-Is 1t a boy or a girl?
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He Was as Deeply PerpleHed as Ever.
night of his stay at Southlook. 1t was
as sketchily drawn as the one he had
made of Hetty, and quite as wonderful
in the matter OF faithfulness, but ut
terly without the subtle something
that made the other notable. The
craftiness of the artist was there, but
the touch of inspiration was lacking.
Sara was delighted. She was fat
tered, and made no pretense Of disguis-
ing the fact.
The discussion which followed the
exhibition of the sketch at luncheon,
was very animated. II served to ex-
cite Leslie TO such a degree that he
brought forth from his pocket the
treasured sketch of Hetty, for the pur-
pose OF comparison.
The girl who had been genuinely en-
+ thueiastic over the picture OF Sara,
and who had not been by way OF know
y that the first sketch existed, was
With confusion. Embarrass-
shy sense Of qualification
almost at once by a
7yance. The fact
u LesIie's pos
a thing to be
the pleasure
ID during the
rest,
fash in her
and unac-
we'd almost
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30
(COMNIENT.

The Editor of the Herald is partly in error.
When a member of the Legislature in
1922 [ changed the law of Landlord and
Tenant, putting the tenant on equality with
his landlord in litigating about the rent. That
law has been boon to the under dog.
[ was appointed by the Chairman of the
Temperance Committee, Hon. G. r. Pringle,
to answer all the arguments against Local
Option. We passed the bill and drove the
saloons out of III counties long before the
unsettled policy of Statewide Prohibition
was considered at ALL
In Congress, I not only got the first appro-
priation for the r. F. D. System, but won the
fight for the self-coupling attachment to
freight cars, thereby saving the limbs and
lives of many thousands of wage earners.
My struggle against the new Military law
and against the Pinkerton Detective Army"
was also successful.
People quickly forget Never has any
Labor organization passed a Resolution in
my favor; and never has any national con-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30
PERSECUTION.

Hon. Thomas E. Watson has held office four
years-two in the Georgia legislature, and two in
Congress.
In the Legislature he made a great record, by
introducing and passing bill providing for pub
lie schools for the country children of Georgia
In Congress he introduced and passed bill
providing for rural free delivery for the farmers
of the country. What two pieces of legislation
are more beneficial to the country than these?
Notwithstanding this splendid legislation Tom
Watson has suffered political persecution. Few
men have ever suffered as much political persecu-
ton Watson.
Now he is suffering religious persecution. He
opposes the mixing of Church and State. He
opposes people of any religious sect exercising
political domination over the balance of the peo-
pie. In sustaining his position, he has made
certain quotations in his paper.
He indicted in the Federal court forsprint-
ing obscene language That indictment could not
stand, and the case was mol pressed.
Another Indictment presented to the
Federal grand jury, and bill was again found
against him by just one majority. The case will
never be tried. If ever tried, Mp Watson would
never be convicted. If ever convicted hundreds
yes, thousands of people would go to his rescue.
His conviction would cause the greatest storm of
protestation and indignation ever witnessed in
this country.
Today Mr.. Watson has many friends as he
has ever had during his career. They are stand
ing joyfully by him; but there hundreds of
others who do not agree with Mr.. Watson on
other matters, yet are opposed to his suffering
persecution.
The case should be quashed 1t amounts to
nothing except to plague, embarrass and harrass
Watson.
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THE JEFFERSONIAN

vention of r. F. D. carriers honored my
name, or invited me to attend.
The "leaders" of these organizations know
that [ am hated by the Powers-that-be, and
they leave me out of all the bouquet business.
But that's all right. see the good results
of my work. and that is my reward.
T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30
PAGE TEN.
A Good Word From jackson
County, On WatSOn's Record.

\ EAR SIR: You will find enclosed clipping
- from the Jackson Herald, our county paper,
in regard to your persecution, by the treacherous
Roman Catholic church, also touching upon your
record while in the Georgia Legislature and the
U. S. Congress.
We compelled to take off our hats to you
Mr.. Watson, when we think of your record in the
legislature and the u. S. Congress-
Your platform of the Nineties the best
platform advocated by any man, set of
men, and is being enacted into law by the socalled
Progressive Democratic party of today, and is
the best piece of legislation practiced by any
country, since the days of Solomon.
I have always had great admiration for you,
but | am drawn closer to you because of the
fight you have made on the Roman Catholic
church.
There hundreds of men and boys in Jack
son county who stand ready to help you any way
they in your fight Catholicism.
Respectfully
Jefferson, Ga. ROBT. r. BARBER.
The editorial in the Jackson Herald reads
fol
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-11
FROM "A woMAN's srRANporNT

Editor Star: I'm no suffragette.
nor do / hope to be. 4 seek not the
ballot, only stand for my rights,
and get them. Other women have
the same privilege. One of these
rights, Mr.. Editor, is a space in your
valuable columns, when | wish to air
my sentiments and which is always
granted me.
Don't mention the war-it is more
than disastrous; but why sit idly
now, lamenting situation over
which we have no control? That
will not alleviate suffering or rectify
matters. / like the advice of that
plucky travelling man in last week s
Times Union: tfLets not cry hard
times, lets get UP and hustle" That
is not slang, that is real scientific
language. Now at this crisis, should
America awake to the situation and
rely on her own resources If every
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-11

citizen would realize this, and gov
ern himself accordingly, it will mean /
more to us than anything yet pro-
jected Let us apply this to our own |
town, and individually and collect
lively get busy at once, and not wait.
something to turn up" Lets turn
up ourselves, and not lose a minute
either if we don't want our town to
retrograde. There is opportunity for
every man and woman in Seala to
help in the matter. If you have idle
money, put lit into circulation. OF
what good is your talent in a nap
kin? Buy real estate (this is your
last opportunity to get 1T cheap in
Ocala, and I'm not a real estate
agent either). If you have property,
build a house on lit for a home for
some one. Put hut on your farm,
put into it some man out Of employ
ment; let him break up the fallow
ground for a fall crop right now.
Make fertile all your desert places
There will be need for every morsel
of food we can raise within the next
year. If you have only a garden
spot, let it blossom as a rose. Chop
down your surplus trees for winter
firewood, raise more chickens and
fatten more hogs. Study agriculture
and perhaps you can persuade your
| fruit trees to bear a double crop
next year. Get out and investigate,
then let your editor know of the re-
suits so that the people of the frozen
north will profit by our experience.
Use up every opportunity before you
cry hard times. The poor will never
be clothed, the hungry viii never be
fed, nor the idle be employed until
we awake from our Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep and move. There is no cause
for alarm in our peaceful America.
Business on this side of the deep
liblue ocean is bound to be briSker-
. perhaps tripled or quadrupled. Lets
; arise in our might, and put our heads
together for working out this solu-
ton, which means so much to US at
: present All of our papers affirm
that the Southland will be greater
. benefited by the present condition OF
} affairs, because of her great facili-
} ties and larger field of material &c
work upon Let US combine our faith
and confidence and all work together,
) using such material as we have until
J better presents itself, and We are III
. good active trim to receive and tackle
> it as we should. Necessity is the
; mother of invention" Let us take
2 2 our mothers advice and heed heI
. call to arms, if we would enrich our
. selves and enrich others, is the best
: way out of the difficulty that 1 see, II
: am only A Woman.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-11

the next few weeks. They will spend
the next ten days in the mountains
Of North Georgia.
Miss Marguerite Porter writes en-
Enthusiastically to her friends in Ocala
regarding her trip to Denver, Color
ado Springs and Juanita She says
she had never been able to form an
adequate conception Of the beautiful
country and magnificent mountain
scenery until she saw it. On return
ing to the home of her sister, Mrs.
L. W. Lyons, in DesMoines, Miss P,or-
ter was greeted by her new nephew,
Master William Wallace Lyons, who
arrived during her absence. He is a
cute little chap, and the darling of
his aunits, Miss Porter and Mrs. W.
q. Collier, as well as his mother.
Miss Porter will soon return to
Ocala, and will he accompanied by
Mrs. Collier as far as her home in
Tuscaloosa, Ala, where their mother,
ing Masters William and James Col
lier. Mrs. Hood will return to Ocala
with Miss Porter, and it is more than
likely that Mrs. Lyons will bring her
little son here soon for winter visit
to her childhood home.
Mrs. Fannie Anthony has return
ed from her visit to her daughter
Mrs. H. c. Webb, in Houston, Texas.
Mrs. Anthony enjoyed her trip i'm
mensely. Her friends are glad to
see her at home again
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. Clements are
home from Daytona Beach, where
Mrs. Clements and the children spent
the summer, Mr.. Clements going af-
ter them Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J a. Virgins re-
turned Wednesday from their we'd
ding trip, which was to the principal
points of interest in South Florida.
They are at their home on North
Magnolia street.
Mrs. ]. r. Moorhead left yesterday
afternoon for weekend visit to her
husband in Gainesville. Mr.. Moor
head is busily engaged in building
the racetrack for the fair association
i'm that city.
Miss HELEN Hardee has returned
to Jacksonville after a delightful
visit to relatives and friends in this
city.
Rev. and Mrs Roy Bowers and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Winston
and little son and Mrs. Jennie Whit
field returned this afternoon from a
weeks visit and camping trip ON the
shores of North Lake Weir.
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Howen-IBeck

y One of the grantfest social events of
the mid -sunsgner season was the mar
riage of NNIis Altahula May Beck to
Mr. William Eeslie Howell, which was
solemnized at the Fellowship Baptist
church, on Thursday evening, August
9th, at $50 o'clock.
On Thursday hi sI-noon most
enjoyable prenuptial reception was
given at the home OF the brides father,
Mr. J. L. Beck.
Mrs Beck, assisted by her daughter,
Mrs J. NJ. Smith, received the guests
in the hall, and made each one feel
!, welcome by their congenial greeting.
The guests wandered over the rooms
at leisure and enjoyed looking at the
many beautiful and useful gifts. which
/ were attractively displayed in the
/ back hall.
/ At one o'clock, the bridal party, Mr..
| Howell, Miss Beck, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r.
Beck, Miss Resale Smith, Rev. E. NJ.
Henderson and a few intimate friends,
Misses Carrie Barco. Mary Gates and
Ira Beck were invited to the dining
room. which was tastefully decorated
with ferns. palms and long vines of
bamboo. In the center of this blower
of loveliness stood the dining table
with its snowy damask. The center
piece was an elaborate battenburg
piece on which rested a bronze fern
bowl filled with dainty springeria and
long sprays of pink mountain vine
while long streamers of pink and
white crepe paper were caught to the
ceiling and draped to the four corners
of the table. After the guests were
seated, sumptuous wedding dinner
was served The meu consisted oi
roast turkey with giblet dressing
i creamed peas. pepper cups filed with
Irish potato blocks with mayonnaise
, Ihot biscuit, pickles, ice tea, vanilla ice
T Icream. pound and other cakes
Mesdames j. NJ Smith and c. r. Cur.
{ ry served the dinner. Tt was indeed {
, jolly party and we think even the bride
forgot her timidity and with all the
rest enjoyed this feast The othel
: guests We're served in the dining room
at a later hour.
About five O'Clock most of the guest.
departed to meet at the church at ;
| later hour
S The church was exquisitely decorat
/ ed with ferns, palms, magnolia an
bamboo The altar was banked witt
palms entwined with long vines wit
dainty pink blossoms. On either sid
t of the altar were pots filled with Ions
r graceful ferns and from the ceilin
there extended beautiful pure whit
streamers and these were caught a
the altar, while directly in front of tn
y altar was a large white wedding bel
Il with tiny pink blossoms draped grace
7 fully around 1t, directly under whic