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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
THE MARKETS


NEW YORK.-Wheat-No. RED,
s1.25. i New York. spot, and No. z
hard. s1.s01k, c New York to arrive: .
No. / Northern Duluth, sf.1S%, and
No. / Northern Manitoba, Sill, I
Buffalo.
Corn-No. yellow. soAc.
standard. CSC: No. white,
s7hc; fancy clipped white, 6SQ7Sc
Butter-Creamery extras 1913 scorel,
2sQ26Ac; creamery thigher scoring).
2ss4 OPTIC: frsts, PAGES &c; sec
onds, 221sG234c.
-Fresh-gathered, extras, 2Sh
625c: extra frsts, 21A923c; frsts,
1sh621c: seconds. 17Q1Sc; nearby
hennery whites. fine to fancy $50
s4c: nearby hennery browns, 2oQSoc,
Cheese-State, whole milk, fresh,
fats. colored, specials, 1S% Ollie; DO
white. 1915 G1SAc; do, colored. aver
age fancy, 1sQ1s1kc; do white, $50
13Ac.
Dressed Poultry = Western. frozen,
roasting chickens. 1SG22c; fresh
fowls. iced. 1sQ17c; fresh turkeys,
iced, l5Q16c.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
EMPLOYEES Count.

The success of a manufacturing con-
Germ depends to a great extent on the
good will and cooperation of the men
employed.-Dr. Carl LANCER.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
A Woman's Discovery

Inc wife OF Congressman Taylor of
Soiorado says that the women of that
state nave found that 1T does not take
as long to vote as it does to match .
piece Of sikh"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
Live Stock

CHICAGO. - Hogs - Bulk, $1,000
735; light, s71097S5; mixed, $1,000
$50; heavy, $6.35Q73O; rough, $685.
@6.50; pigs, s7dS.
Native beef cattle, $1,000
1925: cows and heifers. $3.10@9.10;
calves, sS01165.
Sheep Sheep, s5.9O@6.65; lambs,
s6.75QS.95
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
OWED INTO EMPTY TANK.
Cornell Sophomore Dead OF A Broken
Neck.

Utica, n. Y.-Donald Crawford, of
Laporte, Ind, aged 81 years, sophie
more at Cornell University, died at a
hospital here from broken neck
Crawford dived headlong in the dark
Saturday night to the cement bottom
of swimming tank which had been
drained for cleaning.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
Education.

Education is nations best invest
ment, since it is in and through its
educational system that nation finds
and expresses itself-Charles Cullen.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

London.-Italy has declared war
against Turkey and the Italian am
bassador has left Constantinople. This
announcement is made in Reuter-
telegram from Constantipople via Ber-
lin and Amsterdam.
Marquis di Garroni, Italian ambas-
sador to Turkey, handed to the Porte
a note declaring Italy considered her
self in state of war with Turkey and
demanded mis- passports.
The reasons given in the note for
Italy's declaration of war were the
support given by Turkey to the re
volt in Libya and the prevention OF
the departure of Italian residents
from Syria.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Aua. %. 1914.


Japan declares war on Germany.
Namur, Belgium, captured by the
Germans.
Germans advanced westward
against Mons and Chartered.
French and English forces moved
northward against German right
wing.
Germans occupied Luneville,
northeastern France.
Austria announced victory over
Russians at Krasn;k.
Aug. "a, 1914.
Retreat of the English forces
from Mons began.
Germans in East Prussia retreat
ed before Russians.
Antwerp bombarded by German
Zeppelin.
Japanese warships bombarded
Tsinetau.
Aug. rs, 1914.
Austria declared war on Japan.
Germans in East Prussia retreat
ed on koeniesberg.
Russians reached point within
eighty miles of Lemberg, Galicia.
French evacuated Muelhausen.
Lord Kitchener made his first
speech in house of commons, pre-
dieting a long war.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

Watchful waiting may be all right
we wouldn't say; but this policy which
many people pursue. of wishful wait
ing, is fierce.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
WAR SHIPMENTS GROWING.
Allies Getting $500, 900 OF Supplies
From u. S. MONTHLY.

New York-The United States is
now shipping war supplies to the Allies
at the rate of $15,500,000 a month, or
100000 year, according to fig
ures made public in custom house
manifests. This total however, does
not include the exports by rail via
Canada to England and Russia. 1t is
intimated that these American NUM-
tons of war amount to enough to bring
the grand total of exports to 1925, 600.
900 year
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

Go ahead first and take chances on
being sure you are right afterwards.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

PHILADELPHIA. - Wheat - No. 2
red. Western. s121612S; steamer,
s1.1701.2O; No. 2 Southern, sL15Q
III: steamer Southern, $111G1.14;
rejected A, s1OS01.11 rejected B,
s161.05: No. l Duluth. s1.56Q1.70.
Corn-No. yellow. sOqs1; steam
err yellow, SsQsOc; No. 8 yellow. sSh
@S9c.
oats-No. 2 white. e6Q7Oc; stand
ard white, 65hQ66c; No. 8 white 65Q
$3.50.
Butter-Western fresh solid-packed
creamery. fancy, special 29c; extra,
ETC: extra first, 25626c; firsts. Csc;
seconds, 24c; nearby first, fancy, soc;
average extra, 29c; fair to good. 26c;
tobbing sales of fancy prints, ale.
Eggs-Nearby extra, 25c per dozen;
nearby firsts. Sc per standard case;
nearby current receipts, $5.4065S5
per case; Western extra firsts, Sc per
case; do do, frsts. s5.55@5.s5 per
case; fancy, selected. candled and
fresh eggs. jobbing at 27Q2Sc per
dozen.
Cheese-New York. full cream.
fancy, new. 14Q14Ac; fair to good.
new. 1874 Q13% do do, part skins,
6@13c
Live Poultry - Fowls, 16Q1613c;
exceptional lots higher; roosters, 11Q
12c; broiling chickens. fancy, not leg
horns, weighing, 1902 pounds apiece,
21022c; exceptional lots, higher; do
do, smaller 1@1A pounds apiece, II
620c; do do. leghorns, weighing lk
az pounds, 17@1Sc: do do, weighing
IL pounds apiece, 15016c; ducks,
Pekin, old. 13@14c; do do, Indian run
ner, old, 12Q13c; do do, young, &C
cording to size, 15@16c; large sizes
preferred; pigeons, old, per pair. 210
23c do do young. per pair, 20@21c.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

Do unto others as you know they
would do to you if they ever got the
chance
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

ST. LOUIS.-Hogs-Pi and lights,
$7.35Q7.90; mixed and butchers, $3.50
Q7.90; good, heavy, $6S5@740.
Receipts, 1900 head; steady.
Native beef steers. s7.5001015; year.
ling steers and heifers, s850Q10:
cows, seas; stockers and feeders, So
G8.50; Texas and Indian steers, 1925
QS.S5; cows and heifers, s4Q6.50;
native calves, $6611
Sheep-Lambs. &S@s.s5; sheep and
ewes, s550Q725.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

There are some people whose chief
study in business might be called that
of ''trickenometry.'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
ITALY At WAR
WITH TURKEY
Will Now Aid in Forcing the
DardaneIleS.
ARMY OF $4,000 READY

Germany Alone OF the Austro-cer
mani Turkish Alliance is Not oper-
Iy At War With Italy, Though Such
Declaration Is Considered Prob
able-ltaly BEames Her Action On
the Support Given BY Turkey To
Revolt In Libya and Prevention OF
the Departure OF the Italians.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
M'CLARYGRAMS

He who lies must sometimes crawl.
It is easy to tell the man to whom
one can tell nothing.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
REVISED VERSIONS

My country! May she always be
halfway right; but if she ever hap
pens to be all wrong-still my coun-
try!
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

The man who gets two ideas at once
isn't much better off than he who
gets none.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

Never put off until tomorrow what
you can get somebody else to do for
you today.-Life.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

KANSAS CITY. MO.-Hogs-Bulk
710Q745: heavy. s70725; packers
and butchers. $7.10G750; light, s7.2t
Q750; pigs. s7@725.
Cattle-Prime fed steers, s9.50d
e.s5; dressed beef steers, 3S09.50:
Southern steers, $5.S50s.e0; cows
s4.50q7-50, heifers, s6.5OG9.7O; stock
srs and feeders. s625QS.25.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
7. N. JONES, !
General COntrsclu|
CHARLES TOWN. E.u

Concrete Work IN al ih buu,.
kinds of Stone Work, R1csuss
Satisfaction guaranteed. Gluuss|
aept. 10y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
GALVESTON WAS
SAVED BY SEAWALL
Reports so. Killed and Property
Loss Over $751; 900.
U. s. ARMY CAMP DESTROYED
Ten Soldiers Perish At Texas City
Camp-Entire Gulf Coast Devas-
tated, Many Towns Being
Wiped Out.

Houston, Texas.-The loss of life
in the storms which struck the Texas
coast has reached 1S9 and the prop
erty loss is estimated at $35,000,00O.
The story of the disaster was aug
mented when a Houston newspaper
man reached this city bearing the first
details of the destruction of life and
property in Galveston. He went and
ratnrnPd nv steamer
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

Greenland in 1913 exported 100000
worth of cryolits.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24
STATES "GREATEsT CITIZEN"
j. J. Hill Selected BY Special Min
nesota Commission.

st. Paul, Minn.-James j. Hill, of
st. Paul, capitalist and railroad build
er, was notified of his selection by
Governor Hammond's special commits
sion as "Minnesota's greatest living
citizen" to represent this State in the
Panama-Pacifc Exposition Hall of
Fame.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-24

Citrus trees in California number
II. 706,931.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-30
New Yorker a Hero.

Chicago.-Charles Williams, repre-.
sentative Of New York concern, was
. hero in the Eastland disaster. Strip
ped to HIS underclothes, he plunged
into the river, and saved q man who
was choking to death. Next he saw
a young girl struggling in the middle
OF the river. Williams grabbed her,
swan to 6 dock and helped her to
safety. A man in patrol boat yelled
to him that another young woman had
gone down at a spot he pointed out
Williams dived, found the girl and
took her TO shore, where a pulmoter
revived her Then he brought q three
year-old child to shore
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-30
Crowded on One Side.

Chicago.-That a sudden rush Of
persons on the deck Of the Eastland
to the port side to look at a speeding
launch caused the catastrophe, was
the assertion Of Jack Ebert, gauge
tender Of the steamer He said he and
]. NJ. Erickson. chief engineer, escaped
drowning by crawling out Of port
hole into the river. Eye-witnesses In
formed the police that there was .
man in the launch with . moving pict.
urs camera and that this attracted the
tention Of passengers on the Eastland,
to one side OF the beat
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-30
WOMEN ARE CALM,
MEN IN A PANIC
Thrilling Stories Told by Those
Rescued From Death Trap
in Steamer.
TRAGIC SCENES ARE ENACTED
Men Fight Madly for Their Lives,
Dragging Women From Tempo
rary Places of safety-Eyewit-
nesses Tell of Tragedy.

Chicago, July Histories of Joy
Joy which found expression In tears
were told by those rescued from the
river or from the death-trap hull OF
the steamer Eastland.
In the crisis the women were the
stronger While men fought madly
tor their lives the women and girls,
after the first panic, quickly recov-
cred. Either they chung patiently to
rails and bits of wreckage, or, II
trapped in the hull, they waited calm
ly for rescue or death. Rescued, their
thoughts for the most part we're for
those not so fortunate.
With the men 1t was different. They
dragged the women from places of
temporary safety In order that they
might be saved. They struggled mad.
ly to save life, not for others, but for
themselves. And some, when rescued.
stood stunned and helpless, watching
others at work.
RECOGNIZES HIS DAUGHTER.
Fred Swigert, a city fireman.
worked three hours lifting bodies
from the hold. Then q diver handed
him the body of little girl Swigert
placed the little body on a stretcher
and looked closely at the child's sea-
lures. He gasped and fell uncon-
scious across the body. It was his
own daughter.
Not until four o'clock did the divers
recover most of the bodies from what
was known as the second deck. Until
that time they had made no attempts
to locate any bodies on the first and
cabin decks.
"6Esr LITTLE FELLOW. GONE.
George Maley, office boy in depart
ment No. 21S6 at tne Western Elec-
trio. was everybody's friend. His
cheering smile, his rapid thinking. and
his ability to please, even under the
most trying circumstances, inspired
in all the stenographers and woman
clerks Of the department a sisterly
love and in the men big brother
attitude.
In the morning he was among the
first aboard the Eastland, distributing
programs, smiling cheering greeting,
and making himself the pet of the
crowd. During the afternoon more
than fifty women and girls tramped
from morgue to hospital and from hos
pitA to information bureau to inquire
as to the fate Of George.
At the bureau at 216 North Clark
street three pretty stenographers
gathered around the desk marked
Names from J. to NJ" and asked
about George Maley.
"A relative?" one Of the clerks
asked alphabetically, when no report
was found in his index.
NO. But the best little fellow you
ever knew" answered one, and led
the group away.
FAT MAN SCARED; TWO DROWN.
Il heard her fiop over with crash
and splash" said william Raphael.
II jumped out to the door and saw
what had happened. | saw two WON.
en- come bobbing up to the surface not
far from the shore piling. jumped
in to grab them.
Some fat man, his face green with
terror, was making for them, too. |
got hold Of the women and started to
pull them out.
The fat man held on to the won.
ems dresses. and couldn't swim with
the whole load. yelled at him, tread.
ing water as ] fought. He wouldn',
let 80.
Il kicked him IN the face and made
him let 90. lost one Of the women m
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-30
Riot at Morsue.

Chicago.-Shortly after the opening
of the great morgue at the Second
Regiment Armory to the public, tho
first Identification took place. An ED.
erly woman accompanied by young
man dropped ON her knees. then fell
moaning and wailing upon what
proved to be the body Of her daugh-
ter. Similar scenes followed fast.
Members OF the crowd waiting outside
the armory stormed the doors and the
police were forced to use their clubs
70 drive them back. Several persons
we're injured, It was said.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-09

Virginia Bruce Loney Of New York
is only sixteen years old, but she can
not live on less than $25,OOO a year,
her guardian says. And the guardian
herself, who is much older, cannot
live on less than $4,000 a year.
The girls father and mother were
Lusitania victims. She was saved.
They left her 81 100000. The guardian
has gone into court with a request that
the child be given $4,000 a year from
the estate and $4,000 for herself. In
her list of expenses in her affidavit,
the guardian shows how $4,000 a year
may be spent:
Rent of Pa:a avenue apartment,
$4,000: school, music, languages, books,
ETC., $2,500; maids wages, 5000; three
servants wages, $1,000; food and
household supplies, $4,000; clothing,
$3,50O; doctors, dentists, etc., $500; up
keep of auto and chauffeurs wages,
$4,000; recreation and amusements,
$1,500; summer vacation and travel
Eng expenses, $2,5OO; insurance and
storage charges, 5000; incidentals,
$1,000; wages of guardian, $4,000; total
for one year, $4,000.
After tabulating the expenses the
guardian says: evr ar,u
"As result of the loss of her father
and mother the infant finds herself at
sixteen, the most important and for
native period in a young girls life,
absolutely alone in the world, with
few friends in New York, as she has
spent the greater part of her life in
England, and with only small num-
Der of relatives. She has two uncles
on her mothers side and two aunts
and two uncles on her fathers side,
and with none of whom she could live
| satisfactorily.
ut is very important therefore,
that she should have a nice home of
her own in which she could receive
and entertain friends, and that she
should have every opportunity to
make friends and have good associ-
ates who will help her in her social
career. She must, therefore, live &C
cording to her station in life, and
after thorough consideration of the
matter the petitioner is Of the opinion
that it will not be possible to main.
tain and educate her and give her
the opportunities she should have for
less than $4,000 year.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-09
BEDTIMESTORIES
FOR LITTLE
FOLKS
WHAT MR.. FOX THOUGHT.
(sequel to Pete and Bennie Rabbit
Play Trick

A few days after Fete and Bennie
Rabbit had laughed so much at Mr..
Fox for dropping his pipe so quickly,
they saw Mr.. Fox coming along the
road toward the house.
"Oh, maybe he has found out we
played a trick on him." said Pete.
Let's hide"
Mr.. Fox come into their yard and
knocked at the door.
Mrs. Rabbit opened the door. >"Why,
good morning, Mr.. Fox" she said;
come right in.'
Bennie and Pete began to tremble.
"He has thought of u.s." said Pete,
"and he is going to tell mother. Well
be punished, am sure. Let's run
away"
"Wait minute said Bennie, catch
ing Pete by the ear; lets listen and
hear what he has to say"
They crept softly up to the window
and stood under it.
"And Mrs. Fox is making ice cream
now," they heard Mr.. Fox say, "and
know Pete and Bennie love ice cream
and there will be some frosted cake
with nuts on top of it, too"
THANK you very much, Mr.. Fox,
said Mrs. Rabbit; you are very kind
and thoughtful to think of Bennie and
Pete. They will be there this after
noon"
| Bennie and Pete waited few min
lutes after Mr.. Fox went out Of the
gate before they went into the house
for, of course, they did not want theil
mother to think that they had listened
"Mr Fox has just called to invite
you to his home this afternoon. They
are making ice cream and cake" said
Mrs. Rabbit.
Bennie and Pete, all dressed in clear
white jackets and, trousers, set off fol
Mr.. Fox's house that afternoon, ant
on the way Bennie said, II wish We
hadn't played that trick on Mr.. Fox.
Lets pick him a bouquet of wild
roses" said Pete, ito make up for put
ting the mustard in his pipe"
The briars of the rosebushes pricket
them and hurt them very much, but
Bennie said that would pay them fol
being unkind to Mr.. Fox.
Mr.. Fox met them at the door Of his
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-09

house smiling. "Come right in," he
said. Mrs. Fox is not at home, but
she has put everything on the table;
all but the ice cream. l have some
thing beside ice cream and cake"
Mr.. Fox seemed very much pleased
with the roses and smiled very broad
smile. In act, Bennie and Pete
thought he almost laughed, he was so
delighted with them.
OUTSIDE the door they saw big ice
cream freezer, so that when Mr.. Fox
urged them to eat some chicken salad
and biscuit they refused, thinking of
the ice cream and the big cake in the
middle of the table.
At last the cream was brought.
Such great big dishes as Mr.. Fox gave
them Bennie and Pete had never seen
before. Then he cut the cake, and
while he was doing this Bennie and
Pete tasted the ice cream.
The first spoonful did not seem just
as they expected so they took another
bigger than the first, and this time
both of them dropped their spoons and
looked at the dish in front of them.
| But there was the cake that would
be all right, they felt sure, and Mr..
Fox helped them to very generous
pieces.
Bennie and Pete broke off a big
piece and put it in. their mouths; then
they swallowed hard and took another
spoonful of ice cream.
They looked at Mr.. Fox, but he was
busy eating; he ate all his cream and
then looked at their dishes. "Whv,
bless my soul, do you mean to tell me
that you do not like ice cream and
cake?" he said.
ooh, yes, it is very NICE" said Ben.
ME. weakly, while Pete said, "May |
have a glass of water, please, Mr..
Fox?"
oh! am so sorry; that is the only
thing cannot give you," said Mr.. Fox
looking very sorry. 81 dropped the
bucket down in the well this morning
and have not had time to get it. Eat
your ice cream. That will be cold at
least" -
Pete tried another spoonful. 81
guess / have a sore throat, he said
laying down his spoon.
sOh! ! am SO sorry you are not we'll
III put piece of cake in bag and
you can eat it when you feel better
said Mr.. Fox.
"ohl / don't think shall be able tc
eat it. thank you. Mr.. Fox.y said Pete
Mother never let's US eat cake when
we are sick"
Goodbye said Mr. Fox. "come
again, but always come when am a,
home." 4
| Mr.. Fox went in the house al
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-09
The Art Of Arguing
by FLORENCE E. lODER

The art of arguing gracefully is one
winch few women possess. They
start out with the very best inten-
lions, but these inten tions melt like
tie morning mists before the hot sun
of their wrath. For it is well-kaown
fact that not one wofaan in ten can
enter any sort of dis cussion without
losing her temper, and very frequently
at the same time her head.
49,
Women are popula rly supposed to
be illogical creatures. and it is small
wonder that such an opinion should
have currency since they seldom show
any real 10 gic in their arguments. The
less some women know about a sub
ject the more are the inclined to air
their views thereon. \
A certain young couple Of my ac-
quaintance very nearly made ship
wreck of their married life through diff
ference of opin ion on one point. This
point, however, was the friendship
which the young wife cherished for q
certain dashing damsel who was the
pet aversion of the husband. He
couldn't understand the strange pref
erence which his wife showed for the
society of this maiden, and he did not
hesitate to tell her so, and pretty
plainly, too.
81 simply can't stand that grill" he
announced in decided tones. "She is
the silliest and most affected woman l
have ever met in my life!"
'I'm sure she is nothing OF the
sort!" his little wife retorted, loyalty
to her much-loved friend getting quite
the better of her temper MARY is
one of the cleverest girls / know, and
not one bit conceited. l insist that
you shall be at least decently polite TO
herl Last night, when the poor girl
was trying to amuse you with an ac-
count of that concert she had been
singing at, you asked such sarcastic
questions and made such cutting re-
marks that you made me feel quite
hot annd uncomfortable"
VERY WE'LL" was the grim re-
sponse, 81 won't offend your friend
Mary by my conversation again."
The next time that the feminine
bone of contention dropped in to din
ner the young husband sat perfectly
silent, replying as shortly as po.sible