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Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18
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Gerry stood in the hall outside AliX'
room for a moment hoping to hear a
sob, a cry, anything for an excuse to
go back. Instead he heard the scratch
of a pen but he was too troubled to
deduce anything from that He went
slowly down the stairs and out into
the street. The biting winter air
braced him. He started to walk rapid
ly. At the end of an hour he found
himself standing on a deserted pier
He took off his hat and let the wind
cool his head. Il have made woman
cry-Alixw He turned and walked
slowly back to the aveRue and into his
club but he still felt uneasy. A waiter
brought whisky and soda and put it
at his elbow. Gerry turned on him.
"Who told you to bring thatT" Then
he felt ashamed of his petulance. "It's
all right, George" he said, more geni-
ally than he had spoken for many a
day, ''but l don't want It, Take it
away"
He sat for long time and at last
came to resolution. Alix loved roses.
He would send her enough to bank her
room and he would follow them home.
He went up the avenue to his florists
and stood outside trying to decide
whether 1t should be one mass Of blood
red or a color scheme. Suddenly the
plate glass caught a reflection and
threw 1t in his face Gerry turned.
A fSur-wheeler was passing. He
could not see the occupant but on top
was a large, familiar trunk marked
with a yellow girdle. On the trunk
was a familiar label He stared at
it and the label stared balk at him and
finally danced before his mazed eyes
as the cab disappeared into the traffic.
Gerry stood for a long while,
stunned. He saw a lady bow to him
from a carriage and afterwards he re-
membered that he had not bowed back.
Somebody ran into him. He looked
back at the flowers massed in the
window, remembered that he did not
need them now, and drew slowly
away. Two meA hailed him from the
other side of the street. Gerry braced
himself, nodded to them and hailed a
passiRg hanson. From the direction
Allx' cab had taken he knew the sta
ton she was bound for. AS he arrived
on the platform they were giving the
last call for the Montreal Express.
He caught sight of Alix hurrying
through the gates and followed. AS
she reached the first Pullman, some
body raped on the window Of the
drawing room. Gerry saw Alan's face
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Not the African Variety.

SnOoks was one of those conceited,
make-believe. bold hunters and was
always spinning his yarns about his
experiences in Africa. and he gener-
ally wound up by saying he never yet
saw a lion ne feared One night. after
be had finished EARNING. he was little
taken aback by one of his audience.
who said:
That's nothing. / have lain down
and actually slept among lions in their
wild, natural state"
Il don't believe that. I'm no fool, q"
said the bold hunter.
Its the truth, though"
You slept among lions In their wild,
natural state?"
Yes. certainly did,"
Can you prove it? Were they AT.
rican?"
well, not exactly African lions
They were dandelions"
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CHAPTER IV-continued.

Towards the end of the voyage Allx,
faced, wide-eyed, the revelation that
the stakes of the game she and Alan
had played were body and soul.
ALAN" she said one night with drOOp-
ing head, "I've had enough. 1 don't
want to play any more. want to
quit" She lifted tear-filIed eyes to
him. The foil of artificiality had been
knocked from her hand. She was all
woman and defenseless.
Alan felt a trembling in ali his
limbs. 81 want to quit too, AliX," be
said in his low vibrating voice, ''but
I'm afraid we can't. You see, I'm
beaten, too While I was just in love
with your body we were safe enough.
but now I'm in love with you. It's
the kind of love a man can pray for
In vain. No head in it; nothing bui
heart. Honor and dishonOr become
mere names. Nothing matters to me
but you"
Tears crawled slowly down Alix'
cheeks. She stood with her elbows
on the rail and faced the ocean so no
one might see. Her hands were locked.
In her mind her own thoughts were
running. Somehow she could under
stand Alan without listening. If only
Gerry had done this thing to her, she
was thinking, the pitileSs wracking
misery would have been JOY at white
hooA Che vyoC ,yD,noCl-ad q Io h11f
Gerry had not unmasked her. Not
once since the day of their engage
ment had Gerry unmasked himself.
Alan was standing with his side to
the rail, his eyes leaving her face only
to keep track of the promenaders so
that no officious friend should take her
by surprise He went on talking. "Our
Judgment is calling to us to quit but
1t Is calling from days ago." he said.
1--WE wouldn't listen then and it's only
the echo we hear now. We can try
to quit if you like, but when l am
alone / shall call for you, and when
you are alone you will call for me.
We will always be alone except when
we are near each other. We can't
break the tension, Alix. 1t will break
US in the end"
The slow tears were still crawling
down Alix' cheeks. In all her life
she had never suffered so before. She
felt that each tear paid the price of all
her levity.
'Alan," she said with a quick glance
at him, did you know when we began
that it was going to be like this?'
mo" he answered. =" l have trifed
with many women and l was ready to
trifle with you. No one had ever driv-
en- you and I wanted to drive you.
l thought l had divorced passion and
love. l thought perhaps you had too.
But love is here. l am not driving
you. We are being driven"
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SPEECHES BY LONG DISTANCE
PHONE.
Gov. Johnson, OF California, Addresse
Banqueters At Cumberland.

Cumberland. The Cumberland
Chamber of Commerce held their an
nual banquet Tuesday night at the
Queen City Hotel. Over 200 guests
were present.
Former Judge Ferdinand Williams.
the POSTMASTER, greeted Governor
Hiram Johnson, of California, over the
long distance telephone following the
roll call of plant wire chiefs from Cum
berland to Sacramento. Each ban
quetter had his individual telephone
and heard Governor Johnson make q
five-minute address.
Henry Shriver, chairman of the
board of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce, then spoke to Walton
Moore, president of the San Francisco
phone and Mr. Moore replied with
five-minute address. The roaring Of
the Pacific Ocean waves was heard
while pictures of the coast were shown
Little Gray Home in the West" was
sung from San Francisco, followed by
a goodnight roll call of wire chiefs
Robert G. Wall, of Washington, de
livered an address.
The guests included D. s. Porter,
division manager, Washington; J. w.
George district plant superintendent.
Baltimore; J. E. Boisseau, publicity
manager, Baltimore; M. Mellor, dis
trict commercial agent, Hagerstown.
o. H. W. Hunter, local manager, Ha-
gerstown; R. W. Stake, local manager,
Martinsburg; P. Payne, local manager,
Frederick, and ]. Brooke Boyle, locaT
manager. Cumberland, all of the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany.
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\O1

Alix and Alan were in the grip of a
fever that is hard to break save
through safety and ruin. They were
still held apart by generations of sound
tradition but against this bulwark the
full food of modern life as they lived
it was directed.
1t was only year ago that the table
talk one night had turned on what was
society's religion and Alan had said,
Society has no religion nowadays;
it has given up religion for a corrosive
philosophy of nonethics." He had seen
clearly then but not clearly enough to
save himself. He had played with the
corrosive philosophy until he had di-
Vorced flesh from the soul and now it
was playing with him. He found him
for AliX.
With her, things had not gone so far.
From the security Of the untempted
she had watched her chosen world play
with fire and only now when tempta-
ton assailed her, did she realize the
weakness that lies in every woman
once her outposts have fallen and her
bare heart becomes engaged in the bat
tie. Not many days had passed after
their return when Alan's constant at
tendance upon Gerry's wife became
the absorbing center Of interest to their
part Of town life. People said little
enough. Their eyes were too wide
open watching the headlong rush to-
wards catastrophe
One early morning Nance sent for
Alan. He found her alone. She had
been crying. He came to her where
she stood by the fire and she turned
and put her arms around his neck. She
tried to smile but her lips twitched.
"Aian," she said, 81 want you to go
away"
Alan was touched. He caught her
wrists and. took her arms from around
his neck. You mustn't do that sort Of
thing to me, Nance. Pm not fit for it."
He made her sit down on a great sofa
before the fire and sat down beside
her. "You remind me today Of the
most beautiful thing ever heard said
of you-by a spiteful friend"
what was it?" said Nance, turning
her troubled eyes to him.
"She said, She Is only beautiful in
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ave Can't Break the Tension, AIix."
himself and got up to go. 81 wish we
could, Nance" he said gravely and
then added half to himself, half to her,
"I'll try"
For some days Alan had been pre-
pared to go away and take Alix with
him. should she consent Upon his ar
rival he had had an interview with
McDale & McDale in the course of
which that firm opened its eyes and
its pocket wider than it ever had be-
fore. When he left their offices he had
contracted more or less on his own
terms and McDale, Junior, said to the
Senior. Hes only twenty-six-a boy.
How did he beat us?"
'By beating WaltOn's record first,
replied McDale, Senior, 'and how he
did that time will show"
AS he walked slowly back from
Nance's, Alan was thinking that after
all there was no reason why he should
not cut and run-nO reason except
Alix.
He reached his rooms. AS he crossed
the threshold he saw that he had
stepped on a note that had been
dropped through the letter-slip. He
picked it up. A thrill went through
him as he recognized Alix's handwrit-
ing. There was no stamp. 1t must
have been delivered by hand. He tore
it open and read: "You said that a
moments notice was all you asked.
will take the Montreal Express with
you today"
Alan's blood turned to liquid fire.
The note conjured before him a vision
of Alix. He crushed it and held it to
his lips and laughed-not jeeringly but
in pure, uncontrolled excitement.
1t was not a coincidence that Gerry
had sought out Alix at the very hour
that Nance was summoning Alan. Ger
ry and Nance were driven by the same
fOrewarning of catastrophe. Gerry had
felt it first but he had been slow to
believe, slower to act He hadA no
precedent for this sort of thing. His
whole being was in revolt against the
situation in which he found himself.
1t was after a sleepless night-a most
unheard Of thing with him-that he
decided he could let things go no long
er. He went to, Alix' room, knocked
and entered.
Alix was up, though the hour was
early for her. Fresh from her bath she
sat in a sheen of blue dressing gown
before the mirror doing her own hair.
Gerry glanced around him and into
the bathroom looking for the maid.
~Good-morning," said Alix. "She's
not here. Did you want to see herT'
He was standing beside an open
window. He could feel the cold air on
his hands. he felt like putting his
head out into it. His head was hot.
"Alix," he said suddenly without look
ing at her, 81 want you to drop Alan"
But / don't want to drop Alan"
replied Alix lightly.
Gerry whirled around at her tone.
His nOstrils were quivering. To his
amazement his hands fairly itched to
clutch her beautiful throat He could
hardly control his voice. 'Stop play
ing, Alix," he gulped. There's never
been a divorcee among the Lansings
nor a wifeDeater and one is as near
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copXPIaHT By ZE CEN7IRY CO

her own home | never understood
it before. It's a great thing to be
beautiful in ones own home"
'Oh, Alan" said Nance, catching his
hand and holding it against her breast,
sit is a great thing. It's the greatest
thing in life. That's why sent for
you-because you are wrecking for
ever your chance Of being beautiful in
your own home. And worse than that,
you are wrecking Alix' chances. You
and AliX cannot do this thing. 1t isn't
as though her people and ours were
of the frOth of the nation. You and
she started life with nothing but
Puritan to build on. You may have
built just playhouses of sand, but deep
down the old rock foundation must
endure YOu must take your stand on
that"
Her eyes had been fixed on the fire
bus now she turned them to his face.
Alan sat with head hanging forward,
his gaze and thoughts far beyond the
confines of the room. Then he shook
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Gaspins, She Pushed Alan From Her.
all, what was there in America for
such men to do except make more
money?
For the first time he was struck by
the narrowness Of American life.
There was only one line of effort.
The whole people thrOnged a single
causeway. They made a provincial
demand that all should dress alike,
look alike, think alike. They pressed
on in a body to the single goal Of
wealth and when they got there they
were lost.
Individualists were rare and unwel-
come. Boys stoned Cinnamon because
they were different; they followed a
turbaned Asiatic, Strayed to an un-
friendly shore, with jeers; an astOund.
ed Briton, faultlessly dressed, found
his spats the sensation Of a street.
Each Of these incidents Gerry had wit
messed with amusement and dismissed
without a thought. Now they became
so many weather-vanes all pointing
the same way. How was it Alan had
summed up the history of America
''Men, machinery, machines?'
With the thought Of Alan his brow
puckered. Here he felt no impulse to
indulgence. Some day he would meet
Alan and when be did he would break
him. The scorn he had expressed to
AIix for Alan and Alan's nature was
without understanding but it was gen.
uine. He knew there were such men
and he ascribed all their acts to a de-
basement beyond regeneration and
none to temperament. From moral
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tiled roofs. Giant plane trees cast blOts
of shade on the cObbled esplanade
of the boat quay. In their shelter a
negress squatted behind her basin Of
CONSCIOUS and another before Il tray
of fried fish. Around them lOunged
a ragged crew, boatmen, stevedOres
and riffraff, black. brown and white.
Beyond the trees was a line of high
succeed houses, each painted a diff
ferent color, all weather-stained, and
some with rusted balconies that threat
ened to topple on to the passer-by,
One bore the legend, "Hotel Europe"
There Gerry installed himself.
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HeIpfuI Fable,

Once there was village editor who
wrote stinging hint item about the
misbehavior of an anonymous certain
man" Ten different men whom the
editor had not Heretofore suspected
of malefaction were so certain they
were the certain man that they all
came up to the Office and beat him.
Moral-From this we should learn
that when we denounce a certain man
we should be certain that we are not
taking in too much territory.-Kansas
City Star,
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Boat-service Question.

At a conference between the city
senators and those representing the
tidewater counties 1t was decided to
authorize the President of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House to pre-
pare resolution requesting the Inter
state Commerce Commission to extend
the time for the discontinuance of the
boat service by the railroad company
1t is thought that if the state should
ask this, in addition to the trades
bodies, the request will be granted.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18

laxiy there was no appea! beyond the
sin itself.
The landfalt of Pernambuco awoie
him from reEeries and introspection.
He did not look upon this palm-strewu
coast as land of new beginnings-h
sought merely a Lethcan shore.
The ship crawled i'll from an oily
sea to the long strip of harbor behind
the reef. Above, the sun blazed from
bowl of unbroken blue; Oh land,
the multicOlOred houses spread like 4
rainbow under dark cloud of brown
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SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill,
his home, by his uncle. J. Y. as moral
failure. Glen runs after him in t-ngle
of short skirts TO bid him good-by. Cap
tain Wayne tells Alan of the falling of the
Waynes. Glenn drinks Alan's health on his
birthday Judge Healey buys a picture for
Alix Lansing. The judge defends Alan in
his business with his employers. Alan and
Alix meet at sea- homeward bound, and
start filtration which becomes serious.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18

Flat cars have been adopted by
German railroad upon which ordinary
open cars can be run and dumped
bodily in any desired direction.
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Military Elections.
Bank Tax Law Stands.

By vote of 81 to 33, the House re
fused to substitute the Hall bill to re-
peal the 1914 bank tax law for the uR
favorable report made by the Ways and
Means Committee. Mr.. Hall made d
hard fight for the passage Of the
measure
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-18

Sublime porte literally means lofty
gate" It is the principal entrance TO
the seraglio at Constantinople, and is
the place from which the imperial
edicts are issued.
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Fully 80 per cent. of the Argen-
tine railways, about 10000 miles, ars
managed by European engineers.
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No further legislation to do away
with hanging will be considered by the
present General Assembly. The bill
introduced by Delegates Layton and
Wimbrow, of Worcester county, was
killed. Other legislation, however, will
come up to provide a central place of
execution.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-03
COL. DODD WILL
Be 4 BROADER
Leader of Cavalry in Dash
ing Attack on Villa Has
Won His Promotion.

Washington. D. c. July S.-Col.
George a. DOdd. who led two troops
Of cavalry on dashing so mile ride to
attack Villa near Guerrero, Chihuahua,
and scattered bandits in all directions
after killing many, now becomes a
brigadier general
Army promotions under the new re-
organization law submitted to the sen
ate today by president Wilson were
headed by the nomination Of Brig.
Gen. Albert Z. Mills, now chief of the
militia division, to be major general
The following colonies were nomi-
mated brigadier generals;
Charles q. Morton. Fifth infantry
Granger Adams. Fifth field artillery.
George A DOdd, cavalry, unassigned
Edward II. Plummer 2Sth infantry.
Clarence P Townsley, coast artillery.
New Colonies Created.
The following lieutenant colonies
were nominated colOnels-
John E Mcmahon, First field artil-
lery-
John NJ Arrasmith, Eighth infantry.
Williams H Johnston, unassigned
Benjamin W. Atkinson, Second in
fantry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-03
STRONGER GUARD IS PUT AT
ISLAND" TO STOP SMUGGLERS

Following the alleged crossing Of
three wagons loaded with ammunition
at Findley and Cebada streets q few
feet from the international line, near
the island Saturday evening, mill
tary guard has been stationed there
on orders from Brig Gen George Bell.
II. Provost marshal Capt James ALI
son was notified late Saturday evening
that wagons. which were believed "a
contain ammunition, had crossed the
line al this point BE at once went TO
the scene and found fresh wagon tracks
where smugglers had evidently crossed
As the road is well defined across the
boundary line, IL was thought advisable
to station a guard there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-03
NEGRO TROOPERS
GO To HOSPITAL
Wounded Sergeant, Seeing
Capt. Boyd Fall, Fought
Way Out of the Melee.

Columbus y. n, July 3-Sergt. D.
Farrier. c troop, Tenth cavalry, and
private Ernest Johnson. k troop. sur
vivors of the Carrizal fight. arrived
here today from Mexico on their way
to the Fort Bliss hospital FL Paso.
Farrier is suffering from a 5lauser
bullet wound in his right wrist which
he received while following Capt Boyd
in the very forefront Of the fighting
Johnson is not wounded. but has been
untitled by the nardshps he under
went
Fought Way Out of Melee.
Farrier said he was but ten feet
behind Capt. Boyd when his com
mander was hit. and he saw him fall
When he saw his leader was done for,
the trooper fought his way out Of the
melee with a six-shOoter.
He walked 60 miles before he was
picked up by Lieut. Meyers relief
column.
Johnson was a householder under
Capt Morey- Compelled TO flee he
seized mount and rode % hours be-
fore he succeeded in reaching the
American base During this time ne
was without water to drink
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-03
Reorganization of Regular
Army Shifts Many Off
GERS Along Border.

San Antonio. Tex, July 3.-El PasO.
Tex. is 20 have three Of the new regi-
ments to be organized in the United
States army as a result OF the new army
law.
Gen Funston has received the assign
ment Of officers TO the new regiments.
All officers have been ordered to re-
port to their rcgimental commanders at
their stations
All Three Arms for Fl PasO-
Following are the regimentaI COM
manders and majors assigned.
Eighth field artillery. Fort Bliss. Tex.
Col E F. McGIachlin. IT.. Col H C.
Bishop. Mai. w c. McKlaustin.
Thirty-fourth infantry. FL Paso. Col.
C. E Dentler. Lieut. Col d. a Wolf.
MaJs- G.. F. Armistead. T. NJ Anderson,
jr-. and A r. KerWin.
IhirLy-fOurth infantry DouE1as Col
J. II. FrIer, Lieut. Col II. /. Jackson.
Majs- Gems. Bugge, ~ T. smith and E.
T. Hartmann.
Lieut. Col. sample to brownsville
Thirty-siXth infantry, Brownsville.
Col y L Parmerter. Lieut.. Col ". r
Sample, Majs- H B. Fiske. J. V. Heidi
and z. A Roche
Seventh field artillery, Fort sam
Houston. Col S. D. Sturgis. Lieut. col
D. p. Aultman, Majs- II. L NewboId and
F. H Gallup.
Seventeenth cavalry. Fort Bliss. Col
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-03
MARINE SLAIN;
THREE WOUNDED
U. S. Forces Have Encoun
ter With San Domingo
Natives.

Washington. D. c, July S.-Two en-
counters near Santiago, san Domingo.
July /, between American marines and
revolutionist bands, in which one ma
rine. private Mills Of the S1st company,
was killed and three wounded, were
reported to the navy department by
rear admiral Caperton.
Private Mills was killed in a fight
between marines commanded by Col
Pendleton and 100 revOlutiOnistS at
Old Canine Real, while the Americans
were advancing upon Santiago from
Monte Christi
A marine detachment advancing
from another point clashed with a
group Of revolutionists % miles from
Santiago. Lieut. D B. Roben and
trumpeter julius Goldsmith were
slightly wounded and LIST Sergt. Fer
nando Barrier seriously wounded IN
the leg. At Monte Christi last week
a marine was killed and several
WOunde1-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-03
CLAD HAND FOR
10TH TROOPERS
FL Paso Negroes to Give the
Survivors of Carrizal Re
ception TONIGHT.


All American citizens will be well
at the public reception to be given TO
the % negro troops Of the 10th cavalry
v no were in the Carrizal fight by the
negroes Of E. Paso at $50 tonight at
the negro Masonic temple The 24th
trooper TO be rescued after the fight,
who reached Juarez Sunday. is also
included in the men TO be honored- \
Ianch vii be given to the guests, the
riece de resistance to be Texas water
melon.
Invitations have been sent to Cen
L s. MOrev and mayor Tom Lea and
ether officials
At q meeting TO perfect arrange
ments held Sunday night at the Second
BAPTIST church, presided over by VIII
ham Coleman and Of which Leroy
White was secretary, the following
committees were selected to have
charge Of the reception
PrOgram-Leroy White, L ". Wash
ington, Jasper 3. Villains.
ception-Mesdames L. J. Kelley, z.
c. Coleman. g. A Stul, T. D. Clopton,
=. W. Shanklin, H H Butler, L 3.
Caviness. NJ. j. Ford, A James. c. 7.
White. Mittie MCGOWAN. NJ Sampson,
2 NJ Bonner r. c. Dixon, II. A Wells.
General arrangements--r. A. Bill, J.
=. Baldwin. J. ". Shanklins h h Hall.
s N. Collins. Robert Fraley, G. W.
Gradington W. c. Parrish. W G Ma
son, J. h Echols, ". B. Gray, Charles
Common.
Escort from Fort Bliss-John Slater.
John F. Kelley. William Coleman
George W Robinson, h A Wells