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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

special to watch my room door. But
it's of outside protection we're talk
ing now. Only, who is to protect me
against your men,"
What do you mean by that, your
honor"
"They are human, are they not :?
They have instincts of curiosity like
the rest of U.S. How can I be made
sure that they won't yield to the temp
tation of their position and climb the
fences they are detailed to guard?"
And would this be so fatal to your
peace, judge?" A smile tempered the
suggestion.
"It would be breach of trust which
body on my grounds, nobody at all.
Has not my long life of solitude within
these walls sufficiently proved this? l
want to feel that these men of yours
would no more climb my fence than
they would burst into my house with
out warrant"
Judge, will be one Of the men.
You can trust me-
Thank you, sergeant; 1 appreciate
the favor. I shall rest now as quietly
as any man can who has met with
great loss. shall always suffer from
regret that I was not in condition
to receive Bela's last sigh. He was
man in a thousand. One seldom sees
his like among white or black"
"He was very powerfully built
man. 1t took a ixty-horsepower rae
ing machine, going at high rate of
speed, to kill HIM"
A spasm of grief or unavailing re-
gret crossed the judges face as his
head sank back again against the high
back of his chair.
II should like to ask a question"
he finally observed. "You were not at
the inquiry this afternoon, and may
not know that just as Bella and the
crowd about him turned this corner
they ran into a woman leading small
child, who stopped the whole throng
In order to address him. l saw that
woman myself, earlier. She was In
this house. She was in this room.
If you will consent to look for her,
and if she is found and no stir made.
will pay all that you think it right
to demand"
S,YN
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

Collars are very uncertain. They
follow the lead of Cromwell, Raeburn,
or Romney, Medici, or Mary Stuart
Very pretty are the elaborately folded
fchus, which appear just inside the
hodiceg, a revival from the days of
our great-grandmothers, and they are
fastened with all sorts of brooches and
pretty pins, the more oldfashioned the
better. All the summer through, the
fronts of the bodices have displayed
the prettiest lace and the prettiest
diaphanSus muslin The latest idea
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

that intense moment of complete 81
lence they could hear the splash Of
his lifeblood as it dropped from his
forehead on to the polished boards
beneath: then he threw up his arms
and fell in heap to the floor.
"Dead!" broke from little Miss
Weeks as she flung herself down in
reckless abandonment at his side. She
had never known an agitation beyond
some f1uttering woman's hope she had
stif1ed as soon as born, and now she
knelt in blood
A solemn hush, then a mighty sigh
of accumulated emotion swept from
vades, already abashed If not terri
fed by the unexpected spectacle Of
suspended animation which confronted
them from the judges chair, shrank
tumultuously back as little Miss
Weeks advanced upon them. holding
out her meager arms in late defense of
the secret to save which she had just
seen man die.
"Let US do as he wished" she
prayed. Il feel myself much to blame.
What right had we to come in here?"
No one in authority was present;
a doctor; only haphazard persons from
the street and few neighbors who
had not been on social terms with the
judge for years and never expected
to be so again. His secret!-always a
source of wonder to every inhabitant
Of vital importance by the events of
the day and the tragic death Of the
negro! Were they to miss its solution,
when only door lay between 1t and
them-a door which they might not
even have to unlock? Miss Weeks
was about to utter an impassioned ap-
peal to their honor, when the current
of her and their thoughts was changed
by a sudden sense of some strange
new influence at work in the room, and
turning, they beheld the Judge upon
his feet, his mind awakened, but his
eyes still fixed-an awesome figure;
some thought more awesome than be-
fore.
Death was present with them-he
saw it not. Strangers were making
havoc with his solitude-he was as
oblivious of their presence as he had
been unconscious of 1t before. His
faculties and all his attention we're
absorbed by the thought which had
filled his brain when the cogs of that
subtle mechanism had slipped and his
faculties paused inert.
Where is the woman7" he cried.
1t vas cry of fear: not of mastery.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
CHAPTER l-Continued.

1t was an awful and a terrifying
sight to little Miss Weeks and, scream
ing loudly, she left her window and
ran into Judge Ostranders presence,
and, gazing wildly about, wormed her
way toward a heavily carved screen
guarding q distant corner and covered
down behind it.
The gasping, struggling men, the
frantic negro, were in the next room
now-she could catch the sound of the
latter's painting breath rising above
the clamor Of strange entreaties and
excited cries with which the air was
full; then a quick, hoarse shout of
Judge! Judge!" rose in the doorway,
and she became conscious Of the pres
ence Of headlong, rushing force
struck midway into silence as the fro
zen figure of his master flashed upon
the negro's eyes-then-a growl of
concentrated emotion. uttered almost
In her ear, and the screen which had
been her refuge was violently thrust
away from before her and in its place
she beheld a terrible being standing
over her, in whose eyes, dilating under
this fresh surprise, she beheld her
doom, even while recognizing that if
she must suffer it would be simply
as an obstacle to some goal at her
back which he must reach-now-be-
fore he fell in his blood and died.
What was this goal? AS she felt
herself lifted, nay, almost hurled aside,
she turned to see and found it to be a
door before which the devoted Bella
had now thrown himself, guarding it
with every inch of his powerful but
rapidly sinking body, and chattering
defiance with his bloodless, quivering
lips-a figure terrible in anger, sr;~
lime in purpose, and piteous in it's
failing energies.
Back! all of you'll" he cried, and
stopped, clutching at the door casing
on either side to hold himself erect.
you cannot come in here. This is
the judges
Not even his iron resolve or once
unequaled physique could stand the
sapping Of the terrible cash which dis
figured his forehead. He had been run
over by an automobile in a moment
of blind abstraction, and his hurt was
mortal. Already his head, held erect
by the passion Of his purpose, was
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Curioue coineidenee

There are two things that make me
hesitate about buying farm" said the
city man.
''What are they?" inquired the ex.
pert performer in real. estate.
"All the people know who want to
buy farms don't know thing about
farming, and all those who want to
sell them have had whole lot Of ex
perience"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

times. And so Tagtug, as in the He
brew history of Noah, plants a garden,
names the trees and plants and is
permitted to eat of all but the cassia
tree, an herb of healing par excellence.
OF this plant Tagtug was not to eat.
for thereby he would obtain eternal
life. Mankind until this time possessed
extreme longevity, but not immor-
tality. Tagtug on his own initiative,
takes and eats of the forbidden tree.
He is cursed by Nintud and becomes
a prey to disease and ordinary NOR
tality. Thus in the original Sumeriar
story Noah, the survivor of the food,
is the one who eats from the tree of
life. No woman is concerned in this
disobedience which resulted in our
loss for perfect health peace and
countless years.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Anticipatina the Future.

"This political opponent of ours is
making strong appeal" said the
campaign manager.
How" asked Senator Sorghum.
"By coming out strong for prison
reform"
Accuse him of graft of the most
subtle and farsighted SORT Say he's
looking forward to luxurious life at
public expense"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

During his last Illness, Curran. the
great Irish wit, was one day told by
his medical attendant that he seemed
TO cough with more difficulty than he
had done the previous day. That's
odd enough" replied the famous Irish
man, ''becauee Tvs beea practictng all
hight
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

finished at the back with sash ends
that terminate in fat rosettes
Narrow borders of fur might be sub,
stituted for the ostrich feather fringe,
and the sleeves and skirt bordered
with wide bands Of fur. Coats very
similar to this in outline have been
made of heavier materials and trimmed
with fur.
The skirt appears only of moderate
length because of the long waist line.
But the garment is long, graceful, at
tractive and comfortable. And it is
distinctly original and new in design,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
is large starched linen fichu collar
on wires, suggestive of Tudor days.
ChantillY Cepes,

Capes of chantilly, ornamented with
embroidery, are formed in lcose sacks,
dark blue, silver and deep red appear
ing in the stitchery. Sometimes the
chantilly is mounted Over cape Of
black tulle for young girls. They are
just little sacks with kimono sleeves,
the long fronts trrned under and
caught into the bet: this makes o
pretty little addition to a dress.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
pepressina Contrast,

"Do you find that set of books you
bought interesting?"
mot very" confessed the man who
tries to improve himself.
"Do you regret Your bargain?"
"a little. I'd feel better about 1t ii
the man who comes around to collect
were as good an entertainer as the
one who sold me the books"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

sinking on his breast; already his glaz-
ing eye was losing its power of con-
centration, when with a final rally of
his decaying strength he started erect
again and cried out in terrible appeal:
81 have disobeyed the judge, and,
as you see. it has killed him. Do not
make me guilty of giving away his Sc
cret. Swear that you will leave this
door unpassed; swear that no one but
his son shall ever turn this lock; or I
will haunt you, /, Bella, man by man,
till you sink in terror to your graves.
Swear! sw-"
His head fell forward again and in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Hens His Application.

Here's Swiss named Egg who
lives in New York petitioning to have
his name changed"
"Sort Of an egg shake, eh? What's
the trouble?"
HE and his wife have four chill
dren and his family is constantly re-
ferred to as the half dozen Eggs
He claims his yolk is too heavy to be
borne"
"Why doesn't he lay for his tor
mentors?"
1T appears that he did once and got
beaten, whipped to a froth. Poor
Egg could barely scramble home"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
The unresented Personality.

What are your friends qualifica-
tions for the appointment you wish me
to obtain for him?" inquired Senator
Sorghum.
WELL replied the political plug
ger, "he hasn't any special ability"
do you call lack of ability a quail
f1cation?"
mo. But it's an advantage. A man
who hasn't ability can make friends
without creating envy, and everybody
is rather pleased to see him get
helped along at public expense"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
rTjs . Cold World,

After a man has held office for a
number of years and then becomes a
back number in politics he is seldom
able to earn a living"
That's true. He's almost as help
less as the man whose wife has con-
Quoted successful boarding house for
long time and dies suddenly of heart
disease"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Explaining an Escape.

Were you ever among cannibals?
asked Miss Silligal.
YES" replied the constant trav-
eler
And they didn't have you for din
ner?"
Certainly not. Let me see, met
some cannibals just before Easter" ;"
"Oh, see. How lucky for you that
you met them during Lent"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
An Effective Combination.

An Effective Combination.
Rankin-What's become of Smear.
son, the artist?
Phyle-He is on Easy street now.
Rankin-How did he get his wealth.
Phyle-Married a militant suffra.
gette.
Rankin-Woman with money?
Phyle-No, she didn't have dollar.
Rankin-Well, then
Phyle-They made an arrangement
by which she publicly slashed every
picture be painted, and the adver'
tising made him famous.-Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Willing to Work.

Taking pity on the tattered wan
derer, the kindly housewife asked,
sympathetically
But why don't you go to work?'
! Il would" the tramp replied, "but
the war has made work scarce in my
line"
What is your line?"
I'm a hunger strike breaker
Youngstown Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Derivation EXPLAINED,

Inkblotz-Toronto is an Indian name
signifying a place of meeting.
Smudgely-How do you suppose II
got the name?
Inkblotz-It may have been a get
together place for absconding Ameri
can bankers in the early days.
Youngstown Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
The Second Stage.

Young Gadson and Miss Doppel
have reached the second stage Of
their courtship."
What is that?"
They have stopped playing the Vic
trota and have started to reading
poetry together.'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Waste Of Time.

"Felice tells me that she wants te
20 out into the world and do some
thing for humanity
HAS she any plans?"
None of any practical value. She
wants to distribute soap among news
boys
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
SIohS Unseen.

What do you think Of the location
they have selected for the new rail.
road terminal, Mrs. Nurich?"
81 haven't given much thought to it,
but heard my bus band SAY IFS Sper
SecS ssgBs"-BuGaID Express.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Had Trained.

Mrs. Datus-Do you find your gym
nasium work helpful?
Mrs. Archaeological. Why, this
morning l was the first one to reach
a bargain counter out of bunch OF
one hundred starters.-New Yorl
World
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Modern DANCING.

when Miss Pippin came to town
was requested to give her a whirl."
"And did you?"
ITO the best of my ability, although
l couldn't wrap her around my waist
as some of those professional dancers
do"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Beware Of MISUNDERSTANDING.

Little inharmonies between friends
are dangerous, not in themselves, but
in the bitter memories and misunder'
Standings tley ,nay leave in their
u faiIs.-WiEIan George yordsL.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander,
county judge and eccentric recluse. fol-
lowing veiled woman who has gained
en- -.4Ice tLrous5h = "a o. .ne .tsn
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
Is found in q cataleptic state.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
But No vesetabies Thrown

'sHow did you enjoy ths root garden
last night"
"The show was the worst truCt
ever
sort OF truck garden. eh?"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

Mrs. Skolder-I would have stayed
away longer. but l didn't think you
could afford 1t.
Skolder Nonsense, my dear, I
would have willingly borrowed money
to have had you stay away longer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Socially impossible

81 Thought you liked your new
friends so much?"
$50 do, but just had to give
them up-they own such cheap car
Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08
Its DISPOSAL,

tsWhst question was on the carpet?"
aThs benefits of war
did the negative side win ?"
Yes, by its sweeping arguments
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

Harry-What is the most expensive
education that you know Of?
Leonard-Learning the names and
past performances of lot of race
horses.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-01-08

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31
MORRISVILLE

.. Rev. George Tabor was called to Calais
Sunday to officiare at the, funeral of Mrs.
Orrin Davis, wife of Rev. Orrin Davis.
Mrs. Annah Daniels Harvey of Mil
waukee, Wis, is at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Louisa Daniels, where she
will remain for several weeks.
The Universalist Mission Circle will
meet with Mrs. Mary Thomas this week
Thursday at 2:30. The watchword will
be Hope" Reading from "The Child
in the Midst will be continued.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome jackson, who
have sold their farm on the Laporte road
to Charles Cox, expect to go soon to Flor
ida, where they ewn property and where
they have a son now residing. They will
spend some time in Stowe before their
departure.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31
Bird Calendar Again

SO many people have expressed an in
terest in the bird calendar kept at the
Library last Spring that it will be con
tinued this season. AS before, anyone in
town is invited to send In the date on
which the different birds are seen, care
being taken that they are sure of the
birds identity.
The following have been reported thus
far:-Horned Lark. E. s. Robinson, Feb
II; Grow and Blackbird, Edison Durham.
Feb. %; Bluebird, Paul Neuland, Mar
81; r bin, Mrs. o. M. Waterman, Mar.
"a; Red winged Backbird, Carrie Dyke,
Mar. 20. ar
Some others have been reported which
are more or less regular winter residents
and it is hoped a list of our winter resi-
dents may be made. Those who have
kept such records are invited to send
them in. AS last year pictures of many
of our commOn sOngsters will be posted
at the Library as they come, together
with descriptive leaflets which the chill
dren are especially invited to see.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31
CONGREGATIONAL Church

Taking as his text, "My God shall
supply all your needs, Rev. Mr.. Baker
spoke on the subject, "Our Wants and
Our Needs, showing that the discrepen-
cy between these is very likely to be the
measure Of our unhappipess and plead
ing for more careful differentiation,
which might lead to greater degree of
harmony between these two forms of
self expression.
The Union meeting in the evening, ad-
dressed by Miss Catlin, formerly of Har-
poot, Turkey, was we'll attended.
Miss Catln addressed the ladies of the
church in the church parlors on Monday
afternoon. With Miss Gwendolin Smith
costumed to represent an Armenian lady.
Miss Catlin gave some very interesting
facts about lifg in the far away land of
Turkey.
Miss Stearns' Sunday School class of
boys met in the church parlor on Monday
evening and organized under the name
of Young Gideons'', a name of their
own choosing. There are eleven charter
me mbers.
Prayer meeting on Thursday evening.
The Teacher Training Glass will meet
this week in the Universalist church par
lor.
The Camp Fire Girls will meet on Sat
urday,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31

Miss Mary Gates. who teaches in Proc
tor. is spending the Easter vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. {. l.. Gates.
Miss Eva M. Stancliffe went to Shell
don Springs last Friday to pass week
with her sister and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ford.
Souvenir week at the Rexsll Store
promises to be considerable of IL success
An especially interesting window display
is attracting much attention there this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Ring have sold
their farm in Wolcott to Oliver Staples
of Rhode Island and possession will be
given soon. Mr.. Ring and family expect
to move to Morrisvlle for the present.
Marshall, the little son of Supt. and
Mrs. c. d. Howe, who has been recover
ing from measles, was taken seriously ill
last Saturday morning from commissions.
developed this morning and
his condition is critical
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31
WOnan'S Club

The Woman's Club held its last liter.
airy meeting Monday evening, when the
following program was presented:-
Haciendas and Peonage, Mrs. Kate War
rem; Physical Features and Resources,
Miss Della Thompson: Foreign Ibflu-
ences at Work in Mexico, Mrs. Fannie
Bickford; Reading, Miss Nettie Law.
After the papers several important
items of business were presented. The
amendments to the constitution read at
the meeting of March - were adopted
and generous sum voted the Village
Improvement committee to carry on the
work they plan for the Spring. The mat
ter of the Clubs interesting itself in Sc
curing an Extension School on Home
Economics was presented by Mrs. Ide
and will be decided at the next meeting.
The support which the Club will give the
State Federation in purchasing copies of
the May Vermonter, which is TO contain
articles of especial interest to the women
of the state, will also be voted on then
The annual meeting comes Monday night.
April 5. Besides the business suggested
ABOVE there will be the report of the
year work and the election of officers.
All are reminded that according TO the
constitution the dues are pay able at that
time and the treasurer urges that they be
brought in as this not only will save the
trouble of later collection but adds quite
a sum to the Club treasury In interest
when they are placed in the bank.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31

This Is Souvenir Week at
The RexalI Store.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31
Advent Church

Last Sunday morning Rev. P. G.. Lord
spoke from Hebrews 1879, "Be not car
ried about with divers and strange doc
trnes." He called attention to the fact
that the teachings of the Scripture are
mentioned in Scripture as doctrine"
while the teaching of men are called
doctrines" Bible teaching is harmoni.
Gus, not contradictory with itself.
Some of the members of the Sunday
School have finished the "Search" ques-
tons and handed in the list of answers.
Others will be ready next Sunday.
The L. W. meeting was led by c. G..
Chamberlain.
The evening lesson was upon "Satis-
faction" from Ps. 1915.
Next Sunday will be Communion SER
vice and an Easter sermon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-31
GEORGE P. BROWNE
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