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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10

woman. 1t seemed as if the high gods
were hardly playing fair, to throw
fainting woman on his hands just then,
at q time when he was all preoccupied
with his own absorbing tragedy.
Even while this thought was rum
ming through his mind, he was gather
ing the slight young body into his
arms; and he found it really astonish-
ingly easy to rise and bear her to
tile bed Then turning to his handbag,
he opened it and produced small,
leather-bounG flask of brandy a little
of which would go far toward shatter-
ing her syncope, he fancied.
1t did, in fact; a few drops between
her half-parted lips, and she came to
with disconcerting rapidity, opening
dazed eyes in the middle of spasm of
coughing. He stepped back, stoppering
the flask.
That's better" he said pleasantly.
"Now lie still while 1 fetch you a
drink of water
AS he turned to the washstand his,
foot struck the tumbler she had
dropped. He stopped short, frowning
down at the great, staring, wet, yell
low stain on the dingy and threadbare
carpet. Together with this discovery
he got whiff of an acrid-sWeet
ef1luvium that spelled "OXalic Acid
Poison as Enthusiastically as did the
druggists label on the empty packet
on the washstand.
In another moment he was back at
the bedside with clean glass of wa
ter. which he offered to the girls lips,
passing his arm beneath her shoulders
and lifting her head SO that she might
drink.
She emptied the glass thirstily.
"Look here" he said almost roughly
under the lash Of this new fear-'you
didn't really drink any of that stuff,
did you?"
Her eyes met his with Il look of
negation clouded by fear and bewilder-
ment. Then she turned her head away.
Dragging a pillow beneath it, he let
her gown again.
Good" he said in accents meant to
be enheartening; you'll be all right
in a moment or two"
Her colorless lips moved in a
whisper he had to bend close to dis
tinguish.
please -
"Yes?"
'please don't call anybody. :"
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DRAWN FROM LIFE
WASHINGTON IRVING USED
FRIEND AS MODEL.
Jesse MerWin, Companion of Famous
Writer, Was the Original "lchabod
Crane" in the Legend of
Sleepy Hollow"

Few people who have read Wash
fngton Irving's Sketch Book" are
aware of the fact that Ichabod Crane
really existed, writes George N. Mac
Donald in the Atlanta Journal. Few
er still know that the granddaughter
of that classical figure in American lit
erature is resident of Waycross, Ga.
Washington Irving, sorrowing over
the death of Matilda Hoffman, his first
and only love, sought and found con-
genial retreat at Lindenwald, the home
of Judge William S. Van Ness, two
miles south of Undertook, N. Y, in
the mansion which afterward became
the home of President Martin Van
Buren,. Irving wrote "The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow and most of his
"Knickerbocker's History of New
York; while engaged in filling the po-
sition of private tutor to the nieces OF
Judge Van Ness.
Near Lindenwald stood a small log
schoolhouse, where Jesse MerWln, the
village schoolmaster, trained the bud
ding intellects of the youth of Kin
derhook. According to the prevailing
custom, he sojourned among the farm
ers of the neighbOrhOOd, staying at
each house successfully q week at a
time. Eventually he arrived at the
home of Judge Van Ness, and there be-
came acquainted with the author OF
the "Sketch Book" a close intimacy
springing up between them which last
ed through life. They spent many
hours together fishing in Kinderhook
creek or in the nearby ponds. At
night they read and studied together,
sometimes passing merry hour or SO
at the genial fireside of Katrina Van
Tassel or Brom Bones, who, like lch-
abod Crane, were people in actual life.
Among the letters Of Washington
Irving, found after his death, is one
written to him by Jesse Merwin, on
the back of which, in Irving's own
handwriting, Is penned:
''From Jesse Merwin, the original
Ichabod Crane"
Harold Van Sanford, q trustworthy
literary critic, has in his possession an
lCIISI HllItCA IL NlA5 W
his friend Merwin, recalling the days
spent together at Lindenwald. A part
reads as follows:
''Do you remember our fishing expe-
dition, in company with Congressman
Van Allen, to the little lake few
miles from Undertook, and John
Moore, the vagabond admiral of the
lake?
"By the way, that same John Moore
and the anecdote you told me of him
gave ME the idea of the vagabond
character, Dirck Schuyler, in my
'Knickerbocker History of New York.
which 1 then was writing.
"You tell me the old schoolhouse is
torn down and q new one built in its
place. I am sorry for it. should
have liked to see the old schoolhouse
once more, where, after my mornings
literary task was over, I used to come
and wait for you occasionally until
school was dismissed"
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In Mid-Victorian DAYS.

Trollope, the English novelist of
mid-Victorian days, was neither critic
nor commentator. He pointed no NOR
al rs he wrote. One is scarcely curl
Gus to inquire whether he himself per-
ceived a moral.
He saw the dim shadow of social
transformations without wish to
hasten or retard them. He sketched
the life about him, an inchoate con-
temporary scene.
We turn back to his books with the
mingled amusement and respect which
Il good son may feel as he turns the
pages of his fathers diary.
We gather as we read the unearned
increment which coGRsa 80 tEath from
tine.
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TRADITIONS OF "DOG DAYS"
Superstition Concerning These Has
Been Generally Prevalent Through
out the Centuries.

The "dog days." when excessive heat
is supposed to prevail, begin July 3, ac-
cording to the ancient reckoning, ana
continue to August II. All sorts OF
traditions and superstitions are con-
nected with this period, and various
dates are also given.
In some sections the dog days" are
said to begin on July "a and to END
ON August "a, while still others at
tribute the malevolent influence OF the
dog star upon the earth to the period
;rom August to September 4, in ac-
cordance with the ancient Egyptian
reckoning. AS matter OF fact, the
rising of the dog star, Vanis MaJorls
or Sirius, has nothing to do with the
affair at all. The rising of that star
has been so accelerated by the pro-
cession of the equinoXes during the
passage of more than 1000 years that
the corresponding conditions for the
ancient dog days no longer exist.
Is .er,jeni ltAss ~ shs iaiitNfieh ss
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By Louis Joseph Vance

Whitaker nodded without words.
The youth shrugged and scrawled
a hieroglyph after the name. Here
Sammy" he said to the boy-"Forty-
three" To Whitaker he addressed the
further remark: "Trunks?'
"NO."
The youth seemed about to expos
tulate, but checked when Whitaker
placed one Of his hundred-dollar notes
on the counter.
81 think that'll cover my liability"
he said with a significance misinter-
preted by the other.
81 amt got enough change"
That's all right; I'm in no hurry"
The eyes of the lout followed him
as he ascended the stairs. On the
second floor as Whitaker came into
view, the boy thrust open the door,
disappeared for an instant, and came
out minus the bag. Whitaker gave
him a coin in passing-an attention
which he acknowledged by pulling the
door to with bang the moment the
guest had entered the room. AT the
same time Whitaker became aware OF
a contretemps.
The room was of fair size, and it
was tenanted by a woman in street
dress. She stood by the washstand,
with her back to the light, her attitude
one of tense expectancy; hardly more
than silhouette of a figure moderate
ly tall and very slight, almost angular
in it's slenderness. She had been hold
ing q tumbler in one hand, but as
Whitaker appeared this slipped from
her fingers; there followed thud and
sound of split liquid at her feet. She
moved forward a pace or two, her
hands fluttering out toward him, then
stopped as though halted by force
implacable and overpowering.
81 thought" she quavered in
stricken voice-I thought. you
my husband {. Mr.. Morton
the boy said . :"
Then her knees buckled= under her,
and she plunged forward and fell with
a thump that shook the walls.
"I'm sorry-I beg pardon Whit
aker stammered stupidity to ears that
couldn't hear. He swore. softly with
evaporation, threw his hat to a. chair
and dropped to his knees beside the
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The DESTROYING ANGEL

couldn't gain his own consent to 90
so. She was in no condition to be
left alone, this delicate and fragile
child, defenceless and beset. A strange
girl, to find in a plight like hers, he
thought: not pretty, but quite un-
usual; delicate, sensitive, high-strung,
bred to the finer things of life-this
last was self-evident in the fine sim
plicity of her severely plain attire.
A variety of impressions crowded
upon his perceptions in little more
than a glance. For suddenly Nature
took her in hand; she twisted upon her
side, as if to escape his regard, and
covered her face. her palms muffiing
deep tearing sobs while waves of pent-
up misery racked her slender little
body.
Whitaker moved softly away.
Once, pausing by the centre-table,
he happened to, look down. He saw
little heap of the hotel writing-paper,
together with envelopes, a pen, bot
tie of ink. Three of the envelopes
We're sealed and superscribed, and two
were stamped. The unstamped letter
was addressed to the Proprietor of the
Commercial house.
OF the others, one was directed to
a Mr. c. w. Morton in care Of another
person at a number on lower Sixth
Avenue, New York; and from this
Whitaker began to understand the sim
gular manner of his introduction to the
wrong room; there's no great differ
ence between Morton and Morten,
especially. when written carelessly.
But the third letter caused his eyes
to widen considerably. 1t bore the
name of Thurlow Ladislas, Esq, and
q Wall Street address.
Whitaker's mouth shaped still-born
whistle. He was recalling with sur
prising distinctness the fragment of
dialogue he had overheard at his club
the previous afternoon.
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CHAPTER III.
Mrs. Whitaker.


He lived through long, bad quarter
hour, his own tensed nerves twanging
in sympathy with the girls sobbing-
like telegraph wires singing in a gale
his mind busy with many thoughts,
strangely new and compelling, wearing
fresh complexion that lacked alto
gether the coloring of self-interest.
He mixed weak draught of brandy
and water and returned to the bedside.
She made an effort to rise. The eff
feet was quickly apparent in the color
that came into her cheeks, faint but
warm. After ! moment she asked:
"Please-who are your"
.sMy name is Whitaker" he said
'sHugh Morten Whitaker. II didn't
want to be known, so registered as
Hugh NIorten. They mistook me for
your husband
The girl swung to her feet.
81 want to tell you something" She
faced him hravely, though he refused
the challenge of her tormented eyes.
won't you listen?"
hc SlOSSCu " u "AAuo", "hSAS AN
stood staring out. "Td rather not" he
said softly, "but if you prefer"
81 do prefer" said the voice behind
him. "I-Fm Mary Ladislas."
"Yes," said Whitaker.
81 -. l ran away from home last
week-fve days ago-to get married
to our chauffeur, Charles Morton -
She stammered.
please don't go on, if it hurts" he
begged without looking around.
'.I've got to-I've got to get it over
with. -. We were at Southampton,
at@my fathers summer home-I mean.
that's where l ran away from. He
Clfarley-drove me over to Greenport
and 1 took the ferry there and came
here to wait for him. He went to New
York in the car, promising to join me
here as soon as possible. :"
And he didn't come," Whitaker
wound up for her, when she faltered.
"How much money of yours did he
take with him?'
There was a brief pause of aston
ishment. "What do you know about
that?" she demanded.
81 know good deal about that type
of man." he said grimly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10
Low Salaries in Greece.

No doubt Greek officers, who are very
badly paid as compared with our own
standard, console themselves with the
knowledge that they are probably as
well off in the army as they would be
in any other profession. For salaries
in Greece are ridiculously low as
gauged by our own. The highest
judges, for example, do not get much
more than f20O year. while many of
their less exalted brothers have to
make ends meet on about half that
sum-with the prospect of a full pen
sion after 80 years service London
Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10

ANY milliner and almost any clever
amateur will be able to make set like
this. The bag is circular piece of
material with three triangles of velvet
set on it, and the flowers are outlined
with little beads and filled in with en-
broidery silk. Small rings are sewed
at intervals about the edge, and the
bag is closed by heavy silk cord that
runs through them. This cord also
serves for carrying it.
The second set is made of rich
striped silk with gold threads wrought
in with the pattern and finished with
| odd ornaments of silk and gold. 1t IL
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10
Fillinu Tree Cavities.

If trees have very large hollows
within, so that the shell is thereby
weakened, to fill this cavity with con-
crete is not always sufficient, for if the
shell be thin and weak it may be so
pliable that it will not remain close and
solid TO the concrete core. Disease and
insects may enter or the tree break
with wind during heavy storm. Braces
in the shape of bolts, with big washers
at each end, and tightly screwed up,
may be necessary, these bolts to she
tsssF tsz,t'ass L. sa,ag .tst.rcetess h.sis;
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I'm W0man'S Realm
Reception Gown the Idea of Western Designer Worth Com
parison With Any That Has Been Sent to This Country From
Paris-Some of the Latest Ideas in Bags Are
Simple but Extremely Pretty.

find a novelty is to look in the right
quarter.
Some of these sets are rather simple
affairs which will serve for very prac-
teal use, and some of them are of rich
materials in fanciful design, evidently
intended to embellish an afternoon or
evening toilette. An example of each
is shown in the picture above. The bag
of gray velours and black velvet
matches exactly small hat with tam
crown of velours and brim of velvet.
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Joy to All Around Her.

A cheerful, uncomplaining woman
is the most wonderful humap being on
earth. In truth she makes life for
herself and those around her zone
grand, sweet song" Whether she Is
rich or poor, old or young, educated
or uneducated, makes absolutely no
difference. The example she sets and
the hope she brings to others are what
count, and everyone of us can, with
profit, initiate her.-EXchange:
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bows and ends are placed at intervals
holding little chiffon roses, in pale
tints, to place. This petticoat is full,
but the beads weight it so that it
hangs straight. Panels of white bro
cade fall over it, finished at the bot
tom with a deep fringe.
The bodice is of chiffon and the
V-neck is outlined at the back and
front with festoons of the tiniest chif-
fon roses. There Is not much to the
bodice except the extremely wide gir-
die of white brocade wrought with
beads and silver threads.
The magnificent scarf of white
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10

From q western designer came this
splendid reception gown and royal
scarf, along with several others OF
equal rank in the realm of clothes.
Comparison would not be odiOus to its
creator even in the establishments of
Paris, where everyone expects to find
the utmost in evening dress.
The under-petticoat of white chif-
fon has a fringe of beads, and the
hem is bordered with rows of narrow
silver ribbon with picot edge. Small
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10
Symbolic JeWelry.

1t is said that symbolic jewelry will
come in with the host of other orien-
tai fashions which have invaded the
world OF dress and fashion this sea-
son. Orientals have very decided ideas
abo.t the relative meanings or signi-
ficance of certain jewels alone or in
combination. These symbols will be
considered when the neckchains,
brooches, etc, are made up for milady
of fashion. Jade is we'll knoWa as a
protection against evil spirits ana 9
ahpru 70 rrias Essd b1shilll mud pgss'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10

the Mediterranean the period of great
est heat nearly correspond with that
time in which the dog star rose at the
same time with the sun. To this con-
junction all antiquity and all the later-
followers of judicial astrology attrib-
uted malignant influence. Among the
modern notions regarding the dog days
is the absurd belief that it is during
this period that dogs are most likely
to go mad.
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perity to the wearer. Why the man.
darin's chain always contains 1G9
beads is known to those officials of
China. and they also know that every
bead has its own significance. These
chains will be copied, and also some
Of the old Egyptian chains, which are
said to possess quite as much symbol.
ism,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-11-10

Can you imagine a more tragic
figure than young girl deserted
/ in ratty hotel by the man with
whom she eIoped, and given no.
tice that her people have cast
her out of their lives and she
must shift for herself? One lit
tie maiden in such plight
thought there were but two
courses ahead for her. One was
dishonorable. So she emptied a
little black bottle into a glass of
water and-weII what happens
is told in this instalIment with
dramatic effect.
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PacciK,aickts NieAn

When troubles do break their rule
and come singly, they make up In
duality what they lack in quaEsitysssa
alsh,nssl T',assssslshetsi,
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SOMETHING NEW IN BAGS.

so oriental looking that it has been
called the East Indian, and the name
fits perfectly. There is a turban with
a plain top) in which the striped sil6
is wrapped about the coronet. and two
ornaments dangle from cords at the
side. The bag in this set is joined TO
a girdle, both made of the striped silk
lined with plain silk.
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Recipe for Bappines5,

Happiness" said Uncis Eben, as
de ability to forget about de shower
.p aamirin' de bsaEt, sf So gsagsssss'
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panne velvet over a mantle of chiffon
is trimmed with bands of pure er-
mine. There is q fringe of ernine
tails across the back. They are tied
at the front with a heavy silk cord,
and the handsomest of bead tassels
finish it's long ends. They are one
of the several details of toilette
which offers no chance for criticism.
The slippers are of silver tissue worn
with white silk stockings.
There is always something new to be
found In bags. All one has to do TO
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SYNOPSIS.

Young Hugh Whitaker's doctors tell
him he has but few months to live. and
his sweetheart jilts him. His friend, Peter
Stark. finds him disconsolate and proposes
a sea voyage.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-20
PERSONAL MENTION.
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W. Fl. Echois of Sherman was a
visitor here Tuesday.
John Yarbrough has gone tc Hous-
ton for few days visit.
A. G.. Chapman OF Bardwell was
in the city Tuesday afternoon.
w. A. Jackson of Tyler is visiting
ris niece. Mrs. p. II. Mitchell, on
Vickery street.
/ Mr.. and MIS-. A. N. Yowell and
Miss Frances Wylie spent Tuesday
afternoon at Dallas.
Mrs. O. Il. Oldham and daughter,
Miss Louise, and Mrs. Burke Rafston
are visiting in Dallas today.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Mullican of
Crisp are visiting their daughter.
Mrs. P. H, Mitchell, on vickery
street.
DR.. P. H.. Mitchell left last night
for Kerens to attend the funeral of
his sister, Mrs. c. A. Hervey. who
died at San Benito Sunday morning.
Dewey Ferguson. who has been
visiting his parents. left this morn
ing for Alpine, where he will rejoin
his company in the Texas National
Guards
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-20

II. r. Bush. Dallas; j. G. Bown
Dallas;a N. A.. Wittenburg. Dallas;
w. H. Echols, Sherman; c. M. Hut
son, Dallas; B. r. Botkins, Fort
Worth; l.. M. Johns, Fort Worth
M. r. Crum, Dallas; Hal Hillman,
Dallas; ]. w. Stribling, Columbia. 8.
G.; w. B. Westly, New Orleans; Sam
H. Ross, Corsicana; j. B. Smart,
Fort Worth; o. H. Weissinger. Wa
co; 7. M. Conover. New York; E.
Grant and wife, New York; Mrs. C.
r. Southwick, Galveston: A. c.
chapman, Bardwell; r. l.. Seay.
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City Tax Notice.

According to ordinance city taxes
are delinquent after December 31st.
and a penalty Of 10 per cent is add
ed after this date. AS the S1st
comes on Sunday this year the Tax
Collectors office will be closed, but
all checks coming through the mail
on said date will be accepted. Please
remember that Saturday, December
seth, is the last day to pay your
taxes at the office
CARROLL TODD,
adv-241 City Tax Collector.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-20
To BEGIN TEST FOR OIL
IN ITALY COMMUNITY

+. II. Murphy of Italy was In the
city Tuesday and stated that the
work of drilling test wells for oil
or gas would be started on land
about four miles south of italy the
last Of this week or the first of
next. The project is backed by Italy
citizens. He said that about 700 or
soc acres of land had been leased
and the machinery for drilling the
wells IS now on the ground. The
contract calls for a depth OF not less
thaa 1890 feet 1t is said that
surface indications of oil have been
found IN that community.