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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-06-25
SYNOPSIS.

John Bellamy Smart, unmarried and
heir to a fortune. while abroad with his
secretary, Poopendyke, and his valet.
Britton, buys a dilapidated old castle on
the Danube, in care Of the Schmicks. and
discovers a mysterious woman inhabiting
one Of the towers.
Smart fails to batter down a huge door
leading to the east wing in search Of the
fair lady. He interrupts q visit Of Amer
lean relic hunters.
Their amusing attempts to buy some Of
the castles ancient furniture result in
their discontinue and hurried departure.
Smart catches a glimpse of his fair neigh
boris waving hair.
Another visit to the mysterious east
wing fails, but later the beautiful stran-
ger strikes up an acquaintance with the
new owner through a secret loophole.
She agrees to entertain him at tea.
Meanwhile he learns the history Of the
old castle from the Schmicks and receives
q visit from a crowd Of tourists.
Refusing to be put of by the fair chat
elaine's plea of a headache. Smart bat.
tiers down the doors to the maiden's
apartments. - ere a surprise awaits hin
He learns she is a rich American girl.
divorced from her nobleman husband. and
= ~ AAA0A1t9e AONA9 H>A "
taby.
The Hazards. friends Of Smart. visit
| the castle, bringing with them the count
ess' husband. masquerading as Mr.. Plseo.
Smart learns the villains identity.
Smart aid The countess to foil her ex'
husbands attempt to md his way
| through a secret door and tries to throw
the count off the track.
Smart dimes with the countess in cele.
bration Of the departure Of the count and
other guests and she speaks Of buried
treasure.
The newspapers publish statements IL
which Smart is made to say he uphold!
Count Tarnowsy in everything. Smar
sends a denial.
The count invites the "fool' to lend hin
$780, 600 for which he offers doubtful Sc
curity. He shows resentment when tn
money is refused.
Smart is informed he is in love. an i'm
preston his secretary aids in creating b.
sending flowers to the countess. Bangs
a lawyer, reports to the countess.
Count Tarnowsy and a Mr.. Schwartz
muller visit the castle, offering to restor
ancient frescoes for 10000. Blows ar
struck. and the count draws a pistol.
The countess unfolds a plan whereof
her mother, Mrs. Titus. hopes to get he
safely out of the country.
Smart motors to the railroad station t
meet Mrs. Titus. but, she arrives wit
her sons, Colingraft and Jasper. by a dill
ferent route.
The mother and the boys establis
themselves in the castle with the sam
freedom adopted by the countess. Smar
fearing detectives. forbids Mrs. Titu
leaving the grounds.
Smart fears the countess is in low
With Lord Amberdale. Tarnowsy kills
man in q duel and is a fugitive.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-06-25
CONTINUED from last week.

per junior when he undertook to en-
tighten me horticulturally. She agreed
to come forth every day and assist me
in building the poor thing up. proppinG
it, so to speak.
AS for Mrs. Titus. that really engag-
ing lady made life SC easy for me that
l wondered why l had eve been ap.
~prehensive. She was quite wonderful
when lit came to a pinch" | began
to understand a good many things
about her. chief among them being her
she did not actually commit herself. ]
had no difficulty in ascertaining that,
from her point of view. marriages are
not made in heaven and that a proper.
~ arranged divorce is Il great deal less
terrestrial than it is commonly sup
posed to be. She believed in matri.
mony as a trial and divorce as a re
ward, or something to that effect
My opinion seemed to carry consider.
able weight with her. Fo: a day or two
after our somewhat s%anguinary en-
counter she was prone to start. even
to jump slightly. when l addressed my.
self to her with u~nintentional direct.
ness. She soon got over that. how,
V
We were discussing Aline's unfortu.
nate venture into the state Of matri.
mony, and l, feeling temporarily au-
gust and superior, managed to say the
wrong thing and in doing SO put my
self in a position from which | could
not recede without loss of dignity. If
my memory serves me correctly l re-
marked with some asperity that mar.
riages of that kind never turned out
we'll for any one except the bride
groom.
She looked at me coldly. II am
afraid, Mr.. Smart. that you have been
putting some very bad notions into my
daughters head" she said.
bad notions?" l murmured.
"She has developed certain pronounc.
ed and rather extraordinary views con.
corning the nobility as the result OF
your-ah-argument, l may say"
I'm very sorry. l know one or two
exceedingly nice noblemen. and I've no
doubt there are a great many more,
She must have misunderstood me. !
wasn't running down the nobility. Mrs,
Titus. was merely questioning the
a~dvisability Of elevating It in the way
| we Americans sometimes do"
"You did not put it 30 adroitly In
discussing the practice with Aline.'
she said quickly. "Granted that hel
own marriage was a mistake. a dread
full mistake. it does not follow that al
International matches are failures.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-06-25
CHAPTER XXI.
The Duel.

ALONE. l soon became a prey to
certain disquieting thoughts.
Summed up they resolved
themselves into Il condition
OF certainty which admitted of but one
aspect-the charming countess was IN
love with Amberdale. And the shock
ing part of it all was that she was in
love with him prior to her separation
from Tarnowsy! | felt a cold per
spiration start out all over my body as
this condition forced itself upon me.
He vas the man. He had been the
man from the beginning. My heart
was like lead for the rest Of the day.
and very c%uriously for Il leaden thing
it was subject to pain.
Just before dinner Britton. after in,
specting me out Of the corner OF bis
eye for ome time, advised me to try q
little brandy.
"You look seedy. SIR" he said. with
concern In his voice. "A cold setting
in perhaps, SIR"
tried the brandy. but not because
thought I was taking q cold. Some
how it warmed me up. There is virtue
in good spirits.
The countess was abroad cry early
the next morning. l discovered her II
the courtyard, giving directions t.
Max and Rudolph. who were doin'
some spading in the garden. Sh'
looked very bright and fresh and en-
ticing in the light Of IN early .
and l was not only pleased. but as
tonished. having been led to believ'
all my life that a woman. no matte
how pretty she may be. appears at he
worst when the day is young.
joined her at once She gave me
gay. accusing smile.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-06-25

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providing a place to eat and sleep
and gives you better accommodations
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
BIG FALL CROP PLANTED.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 23.-According
to the weekly press there has been
more fall blowing done this year than
ever before in the history of the state,
and a greater acreage has ben plant
ed to oats, wheat, clover, vetch, rape
There have been good rains recently
and all such crops are up and growing
nicely, so that they will furnish fine
grazing during the winter months.
There is strong and growing senti-
ment that the farmer who does not
produce an abundance of feed for both
man and beast is unworthy the name
of farmer, and all such are now dub
bed "hay-seeds,'' to distinguish them
from the real, sure-enough farmers.
They have not reached that point
where cotton is treated as surplus
crop and perhaps never will on the
majority of farms, but cotton is no
longer the only crop on any Mississip-
pi farm, and it is hoped never will be
again.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
How Thanksgiving Day Came to Us

In every home in America, prepare
tons are under way for the observ-
ance of Thanksgiving Day, next Thurs
day. 1t is the day set for general rec
ognition of our blessings and for eX-
preston of JOY in our happy condition
as a people. There is much this year
to be thankful for as a nation. The
wheels of industry are humming at
their height, we have garnered rec
ord harvest, and peace, the blessing
that has forsaken so many nations, is
still with us.
Thanksgiving Day is peculiarly an
American institution. 1t is not bor-
rowed. as are so many of our holidays,
from ancient traditions of the older
world or from ecclesiastical calendars.
While it has basis of religious belief
in the protective grace of an over-rul-
ing Providence. it has gained its place
of supremacy because it stands for the
ideal of the community out of which
our great republic has grown AT
every step in the evolution, this is ap-
parent as the controlling impulse.
The beginning of the real Thanks
giving Day came from the heart and
mind of William Bradford, the first
Governor of Plymouth. Grateful for
the rich harvest of 1921, after a long
period of privations and seml-starVa'
ton this good man proclaimed a day
of thanksgiving for Dec. IS old style
calendar. of that year Then did the
royal bird of our Thanksgiving dinner
tables make his legitimate entrance
into the theatre of action.
The good Governor, having fixed
upon the day of thanksgiving for the
| Pilgrims. sent four stout warriors with
guns in search Oh game. These early
hunters returned at night staggering
under the weight of wild turkeys suf
ficient to meet the wants of Plymouth
| for week. To them were added the
goodies coneocted by the thrifty house
wives of the colony land when the 19tl
of December dawned, all was in read
mess for the first real American
Thanksgiving ever known.
And that was not all. After Eide
Brewster's sermon in the church;
matter of two or three hours-dinnel
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
the winter.

out of danger. Seeing the cloud sub
side Dan turned again toward the
wells, where a great crowd had col
lected.
q saw your brave deed, Dan" said
the superintendent. IF it had not
been for your courage, Winona would
have been killed. 1t was too late for
us to do anything when we looked
around and saw the pony almost over
the we'll"
But Dan got something better than
thanks. The next week the superin-
tendent appointed Mr.. Danton to fine
position in Boston. Happy Dan was
soon back in his home town, where he
was able to fill the desire of his heart
and go to the school in which he could
learn civil engineering.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23

followed; and the scent of it's goodness
depths of the forest, for in the midst
of the feast the Indian yell was heard
and a party of a hundred friendly red
skins under King Massasoit appeared,
bringing with them great launches of
venison. With all this supply of food
on hand, it is not strange to learn
that the day of Thanksgiving length
ened into three the feast being varied
with psalm singing and exhortations;
with war dances by the Indians with
military drill by stour Myles Stand
ish's soldiery, and with various sports
and pastimes of the more sober Eng
lish kind.
This was the first Thanksgiving, and
others followed more or less regularly
down through the years. From Massa-
| chusetts the observant spread through
out New England and later obtained
recognition. Washington proclaimed a
| day of thanksgiving following the sue
cessful ending of the War for hide
| pendence, and Lincoln did the same
after the battle of Gettysburg. There
after the last Thursday in November
| has been designated from Washington,
and a national holiday has become es-
| tablished
| 1t is recorded that on Thanksgiving
Day, 1913, the Governor of Connect
cut and the Kings commissioners were
just preparing to fall upon the viands,
when it was announced in horror
stricken tones that the bear prepared
for the occasion had been shot on We
Lords Day" AT that dismal news, the
entire gathering declined to touch a
morsel of the roast bear, and it was
decided that the Indian who shot the
animal should be whipped to the extent
of 80 stripes and restore the price paid
for the meat. Then, having inflicted a
lust and righteous sentence on We
sinful heathen," the company fell upon
the meal with clear consciences and
quickly put it out of sight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
Love As a Game
BY FLORENCE E. lODER

vivre of the sex, and an enormous pre-
ponderance of men ready to feed out
of their hands would destroy half their
pleasures of life.
Women" he continued imperturba-
bly,, display their charms principally
to annoy each other. superfiuity of
women would only afford extra oppor-
tunities. Indeed, it can't be the girls
who complain.
Surely it can't be the men? Man is,
| know, essentially hunter; but he
is at most times a lazy hunter-in
nine cases out of ten interested in the
kill than in the chase-especially if
the quarry is particularly attractive.
Besides, he has the primative in
stincts of the scalp-hunting savage.
He likes quality, but he almost always
prefers quantity
The same complacent Englishman
moreover made it formally understood
that he was not really disturbed in
mind in the smallest degree when emf
nent statisticians told him that in a
few years time there would be nearly
two women to every man in England,
Knowing that no efforts of mine
can seriously interfere with the i'm
mutable laws of nature" he remarked
imperturbably, 81 accept those figures
resignedly-almost cheerfully.
81 have merely to take things as
they are The prospect of an extra
million or two of fluffy feminity let
loose upon the world is not going to
give me restless nights
In spite of all this talk about super
| fluous woman, l have always noted
with interest and a certain amount OF
cynicism where the pessimists are con
cerned that, whether it be in England
| Ireland, Scotland, France or America
every Jill, be she ever so homely, ap
parently manages somehow or other tC
icaptivate Jack, and to suffer from
no lack of either entertainment or ad
mirers-even in wartimei
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Get in the habit of drinking a
glass of hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long, so let's make
our stay agreeable. Let us live well,
eat Well, digest WELL work well, sleep
well, and look well. what a glorious
condition to attain, and yet, how very
easy it is if one will only adopt the
morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache. stuffy from cold, foul
tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
WE'LL should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspOonful Of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver and bowels the previous
days indigestible waste, sour bile
and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing.
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal before putting more
food into the stomach. The action of
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach Is wonderfully In
MIGRATING. 1t cleans out all the sour
lamentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one splendid
appetite for breakfast. While you are
enjoying your breakfast the water
and phosphate is quietly extracting
large volume of water from the
blood and getting ready for
thorough flushing of all the inside
organs.
The millions of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble; others who
have sallow skins, blood disorders and
sickly compilations are urged to get a
quarter pound Of limestone phosphate
from the drug store. This will cost
very little, but is sufficient 10 make
anyone a pronounced crank on the
subject Of inside-bathing before break.
fast
ADV.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23

Love" says an expert authority de-
cisively, lis a competitive game, and
should be played by two; then one
wins, and the other loses. If more
than two play, they all lose, and the
bank (held by lawyers) wins.
"a Woman's interest makes man
think that he is very fascinating; her
indifference makes him think that she
is very Fascinating"
Be that as it may, as long as the
world lasts girls will continue to make
desirable matches with men they do
not desire.
And the cynic puts It's sad state Of
affairs down to the fact that the world
is filled with superfluous women, and
that those superfluous women should
take what they can get, matrimonially
wise and in season and be thankful
for the proverbial half loaf which yet
is better than no bread.
You can scarcely pick up paper or
magazine today of any note which, in
dealing with European affairs, is des-
titute of some one seriously perturbed
anent the alleged preponderance of
women over men in such time as the
war shall be over!
Even after a year and a bit of war, %
| heard a cheerful bachelor over in
London declare not so very long ago,
Il have failed to discover a superiority
of women, and even if there were
such a state of things, should in no
wise be inclined to grumble.
"a mass of pretty flowers in ones
garden is always twenty times more
lovely than a solitary bloom, however
beautiful it may be. A shade more
difficult to attend to. possibly-in both
cases-but it's worth it, isn't it?
Il sometimes wonder who it is who
writes to the papers and grumbles al
the so-called superfluity of woman? II
can't be the girls themselves.
"The spirit of rivalry is the jOie dc
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23

This dainty little confection-thats
what the high-class dressmakers call
it's really modest There will be
ways. If you want to make this one
just listen to the fashion expert:
1T is fashioned like a little girls
puffed sleeves, and full gathered skirt.
This suit is of gray salt water satin
and has a high collar fastened with
pearl buttons. The cap is trimmed
with green and white striped satin"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
BEDTIME STORIES
FOR LITTLE
FOLKS
DARING DAMS DEED.

Dan lived out West in a State in
which there were big oil wells gush-
ing hundreds of gallons of the fluid a
day. The country around the place
was ugly, sandy and fiat; the town a
dirty one of greasy men and hot, sun
burst streets.
But Dams father had come here to
get work and stay he must 1t was
not a bit like their old home was in
Boston, but it was the best that could
be done, so the boy tried to appear sat
isfied. But it was of little use. Day
by day he grew weaker and paler, till
only a shadow of his old self.
"Oh, if l could only get away from
here, from the blazing sun and the
drifting sands" he would sigh, as he
lay in the bed at night and looked out
Of the cabin window. ''If l could only
get back once more to the grass and
trees"
Mr.. Danton, Dams father, had asked
the superintendent for position East,
but his request had not been granted.
Yet this did not impair the friendship
between Danny and little Winona, the
superintendent 10-ycar-old daughter
She and Dan were great chums
Winonas pony was pretty spotted
one called Dixie, and Dan had a small
! black horse known as Hawk. One
bright afternoon the two children
started out early for a long trip.
BE sure and be home by 4 o'clock"
said Mr.. Danton, Eve are going TO
shoot a well at that time and l want
YOU to be here to attend to something
for me-"
Shooting" a we'll is the way one
expresses the fact that terrible ex-
plosive known as nitroglycerine is let
down through a deep hole made in the
earth and set off down there-it shat
tiers the ground and rocks, sends up
clouds of stones and dirt, and oil
shoots high in the air if there is any
found at all.
When it was almost o'clock tile
children turned to come back to the
icompany's village. In the distance
they could see the men gathering
about the we'll
Lets race said Winona, as she
struck her pony a sharp blow. Dixie
sprang forward like the wind and
Hawk came close at his heels. Neck
and neck they tore across the sandy
waste toward the oil wells. AS they
neared the place Dixie became unman-
ageable. He took the bit between his
teeth, stuck his head downward
and plunged onward. He was point
ing straight for the oil wells.
When a well is "shot" the men all
run away as fast as they can to a
safe distance to be out of reach OF
the explosion that follows. In
crowds they were running now. Dan
could see that in a few seconds there
would be an explosion, yet Dixie was
nearing the spot with long leaps.
He must save her. Striking Hawk
: 4 savage blow, e sent him flying
ahead and as he passed the pony, he
!! grabbed the reins and made him
r swerve aside. That turned his course
and in another second he was scurry
ing away from the well as fast as he
| had before been racing toward it.
/ Boom, boom, crash, crash!" There
: was loud report, cloud OF dirt ant
: stones shot into the air and the grounC
, trembled. But the two children were
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
W0MAN'S PART IN
THE NEWS TODAY

San Francisco, Nov. 23.-One Of the
most interesting women at the EXPOSE
ton last week was Mrs. Ann Maria
Miles Sprague, sister of General Nell
son A. Miles, the famous American
soldier. She is 70 years old, and is
touring the country with the greatest
relish Her home is at the old Miles
homestead in Westminster, Mass.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23

Here's milady of Palm Beach. She
will be down there by the thousands
within a few months. In the mean
time she is getting ready her cos
tunes. This is one of them. OK
course, it costs some money, but very
few except those who have much
money and time go to Palm Beach in
the winter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23

New York, Nov 23.-The American
fashion followers have their eyes on
New York today, for the Faris origina-
tors are staging eighty of their mod
els at the Ritz Carlton, and there has
been flutter of excitement as to how
far the new models will affect the
American styles. Eight prominent
Paris houses have formed a syndicate
to prevent what they term the ''pirat-
ing of models. Forgetting their pre-
vious rivalries, the great houses of
Callot, Doucet, Lanvin, Jenny, Worth,
Bianchini-Ferier, Bremet and Poiret
haE formed an offensive and defen-
siEf ALLIANCE, and the grand opening
today of their combined forces puts in
the shade any other fashion event of
recent years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23

Boston, Nov 23-Mrs. James J.
Storrow, sister of Thomas Mott Os-
born, the famous prison reformer, be-
lieves that many women mistake fash
ion for beauty. For three thousand
years" she says, I'VE have known the
ideal shape of human beings, yet have
persistently disfigured ourselves and
spent infinite time and money mistak-
ing fashion for beauty. The efficient
woman will know the natural use of
the body and will insist on freedom of
exercise, and to have health, grace
and beauty. Perhaps the woman who
wears shoes so small she cannot walk
is as bad as the one who stumps along
on fiat heels, Earring her system. Find
out where you are weak, and strength
en- yourself. One is never too old to
improve. Break through that she'll of
middle age. AS for moral health, let's
rid ourselves of prejudice"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-23
"Neer in My Life Saw Anything Act SO
Quickly and MagcalIy as 'Gets-lt!'"


Quickly and MagcalIy as 'Gets-It!'"
corn rem e. ~ I n today. "Gets-It'
will sur set tat corn or callus
you've been tying for a long time 10
get rid o.--;aEe it right off clean as
whistlo. ApIlT it in seconds
put your stock n and shoe right over
it,-nOthing 10 suck. nothing to hurt.
You needn't fuss with thick bandages
that make a package out of your toe.
No knives, raZOrs and scissors, no
tape, no trouble. It's simplicity itself.
sure, quick. painless. Try it also for
bunions and warts.
"Gets-It is sold by all druggists, 90
a bottle, or sent direct by T.. Lawrence
& Co, Chicago. Sold in Hattiesburg
and recommended as the worlds best
corn remedy by Love Drug Co., New
Central Drug Store, New Corner Drug
Store.-Adv.