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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
O. WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF
MORTAL BE PR0UD7


o why should the spirit Of mortal
be proud?
Like swift-flying meteor, fast
flying cloud,
A flash Of the lightning, a break of
the wave,
Man passes from life to his rest in
the grave.
The leaves Of the oak and the willow
shall fade,
Be scattered around and together be
laid;
And the young and the old, and the
low and the high,
Shall moulder to dust, and together
shall lie.
The infant, mother attended and
loved;
The mother, that infants affection
who proved,
The husband. that mother and infant
who blessed
Each, all, are away to their dwellings
of rest,
The maid, on whose cheek, on whose
brow, in whose eye
Shone beauty and pleasure-her tri-
umphs are by;
! And the memories of those who loved /
her and praised
Are alike from the minds of the hv- I
ing erased.
The hand of the king that the scep-
ter hath borne,
The brow of the priest that the inter
hath worn,
The eye of the sage, and the heart
Of the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the depths
Of the grave,
The peasant, whose lot was to sow
and to reap;
The herdsman, who climbed with his
goats up the steep;
The beggar, who wandered in search
of his bread,
Have faded away like the grass that
we tread.
The saint, who enjoyed the COM
munion of Heaven;
The sinner, who dared to remain un-
forgiven;
The wise and the foolish, the guilty
and just,
Have quietly mingled their bones in
the dust,
So the multitude goes, like the flower
or the weed,
That withers away to let others sue
coed;
So the multitude comes; even those
we behold
To repeat every tale that has often
been told.
For we are the same that our fathers
have been;
We see the same sights that our T
fathers have seen;
We drink the same stream, and we
view the same sun;
And run the same course that CURL
fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking, our
fathers would think: /
From the death we are shrinking; our
fathers would shrink,
To the life we are clinging, they also
would cling;
But it speeds for us all, like bird
on the wing.
They loved, but the story we cannot
unfold;
They sconed, but the heart of the
naughty is cold;
They grieved, but no wall from their
slumbers win come;
They j0yed, but the tongue of their,
gladness is dumb "
They died-ah, they died-and we
things that are now,
Who walk on the turf that lies over
their brow,
Who make in their dwelling tran
silent abode,
Met the changes they met on their
pilgrimage road.
Yea! hope and dependency, pleasure
and pain,
We mingle together in sunshine and
rain;
And the smiles and the tears the
song and the dirge,
Still follow each other like surge
upon surge.
'Tis the wink of an eye, It's the
draught of a breath,
From the blossom of health to the
paleness of death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier
and the shroud,
0 why should the spirit Of mortal be
proud?
William Knox.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

Missouri in 1916 welcomed only
954 fereign-boFn new settlers.
The water of the Antartic ocean is
colder than that of the Arctic. >
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13
NOTICE

A special election will be held in
Disctrict No. 9, Upton county, Ten
nessee for the purpose of electing Il
Justice of the peace to succeed P. RI.
Somervell, deceased, to fill the I'M
expired term. Said election to be
hald Saturday, September o9th 1917.
All candidates for this office must
qualify by filing a petition 10 days
before said election.
This September LIST, 1917.
GEO. P. ELLIS, Chairman,
r. s. CALHOUN, Sec.
M. A. KAY. Sew
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

California has more than 1000
freight and passenger jitney com
panies.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-09-13

IT'S the wink of an eye, It's the
draught of breath,
From the blossom of health to the
paleness of death,
From the eilded saloon to the bier
and the shroud,
0 why should the spirit Of mortal be
proud?
William Knox.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30

some fiend, but he was hers, hers in
death as he had been in life. Neither
Gloria nor her own husband, David,
could ever take him from her now.
Lois went to her dressing table, took
from locked drawer her open bag,
and drew from Ait the silver-framed
photograph of Freneau that she had
stolen from Gloria. Staring at it long
ingly, she kissed 1t, then, pausing with
anxious jealousy. lifted it from its
frame and read the Inscription on the
back:
ITO Gloria, my only love, with all
my heart. Dick.
Lois recoiled from the words as If
they struck her in the face. Then, turn
ing the photograph toward her again.
she gazed at 1t searchingly. Suddenly
she smote 1t with her clenched fist and
threw it from her. But at once, with
swift revulsion of feeling, she knelt
and clasped 1t to her bosom again,
bursting into dry sobs and misery.
She was Interrupted by u knock at
the door and the warning voice of her
maid: Miss Stafford is calling, mad
am"
Lois was startled. She rose and
slipped the photograph between two
volumes in book rack on table and
called to her maid: "Show Miss Stat
ford up here"
Rushing to her dressing table, she
hastily ran a powder puff over her
face and brushed back her hair.
When she turned 1t was to confront
Gloria clad in heavy mourning. For a
moment the sight of the Grape stung
Lois to jealous frenzy next she deter
mined to make some excuse to wear
black herself. She felt that she had
better right to mourning than Gloria
had.
Advancing, she kissed Gloria Is cool
cheek, mumbling SLOW are you, dear
Do you think you ought to be out on
such cold day?"'
"Oh, yes" answered Gloria listlessly.
II thought a drive would do ME good.
just dropped in on you for mo-
| ment."
Putting up her furs, Gloria wan
dered aimlessly about the room, then
| sank into chair by the table. The
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30
NINTH EPISODE
The Shadow of Scandal


Pitiful fate played on Gloria. She
had ordered her wedding gown while
she was dangerously i'll. But now her
bridegroom would not appear. The
newspapers said that he was drowned
in the lower bay. She believed she had
seen him throttled to death on River
side drive, and her mourning was en-
bittered with doubt.
At such an incongruous moment the
little bridal gown came home from the
dressmakers to torture her with its
beauty and Its futile intent. Gloria was
in her bedroom, looking out Of her
window Mt the fateful monument be-
low, living over again the scene Of the
murder.
With the pathetic droop of her head,
and her arms hanging ut her sides, and
the long lines of her gown sweeping
about her inert, almost lifeless form,
she stood like a Tanagra figure of
grief. Poor little soul, she was just
entering the real world of womanhood
when the grim arms of tragedy lnfold-
Cd herl 1t was her first great sorrow.
Her old nurse came toward her.
Gloria moved, gave little moan OF
horror, and ran to put her head on the
nurses breast, sobbing out her pent-up
hgony.
''It can't be trueI I can't bear 1t
It's too horrible. A week ago he was
alive and happy. Now he-oh, I'll go
mad II I think about what he Is now n
"There, there. Miss Gloria" the
nurse importuned her. "Try to keep
your mind or your loss as much as you
can. Think of your father and your
brother and how much they need you.
That will help you."
A knock was heard at the door and
the nurse went to 1t to admit Doctor
Royce. His heart contracted with
quick pain at sight OF his idolized pa
TENTS distress. Gloria sank into q
chair and made brave effort to stifle
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30

publicity at once. There would be head
lines in all the papers about you every
day. Gloria Stafford Involved in Ere
neau Mystery Secret Engagement of
Heiress Just Discovered; Gloria Stat
ford Claims She Saw Freneau MUIR
dered'; The Beautiful Daughter of
Pierpont Stafford"
She groaned. "Oh, don't, father: I
can't bear it."
But Stafford continued inexorably !:
you could never leave the house nor
enter 1t without a dozen cameras be-
ing focused on you. The police would
swarm the house. demand all your pfr-
vate correspondence with Freneau. If
you refused them anything they would
use force and should be powerless to
help you. And what the police get the
reporters get. Do you want your love
and your sorrow given over to the gos-
sips? Now do you see why we cannot
set the machine In motion7 have only
one desire, to protect your reputation.
If you want to protect Freneau's, you
will keep silence. PromiseT
Gloria was convinced, at least for
the moment. She nodded her head in
obedience, kissed her fathers cheek,
patted him absent-mindedly, and left
him. But once alone again she burned
with resentment at the plan to shield
the murderer of her lover. She re-
spected her fathers dread of publicity
and she shared his hatred of publicity,
but sire would not relinquish her de-
mand for Justice. She realized, how
ever. that she would have no help now
in her hunt for the murderer. But
this only strengthened her determina-
ton. Alone she would unravel the Sc
cret knot and bring the guilty to pan
ishment.
Meanwhile Lois, In her own passion
ate way, was suffering also, but her
suffering was tinged with certain
amount of horrible satisfaction. Death,
instead of Gloria, had taken Freneau
from her. Gloria could not claim one
smallest part of him from her now He
had never cared one atom. for Gloria I;
he had told her so. 1t was for financial
reasons alone that he had intended to
marry Gloria, hut she could not buy
him now. Freneau had been struck
down in his youth and strength by
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30
SYNOPSIS.

P.erpont Stafford, banker and railroad
magnate, with his sixteen-year- -oid uausn-
ter. Gloria. is wintering at ,,h,, Palm Beach,
lady who chafes under the. restraining
hand OF n governess from whom she re-
cause young Doctor Royce to fall In love
with her. She steals from her room at
night and In an auto plunges into the
lost In the everglades she falls into the
hands of the Seminole Indians. She Is
rescued and returned to her father VINO
had offered reward for her return. Clio
ria falls In love with her rescuer. Free
neau. Five years later she leaves school
and meets Freneau at the theater. his
siater-in-law he has forgotten Gloria Clio
ria feels that her one dream Is shattered.
Later Freneau persuades her to forgive
him. 0loria's sister-in-law. Lois. becomes
intensely Jealous and Doctor Royce dis
covers In her an ally to assist in thwart-
ing Freneau. Doctor Royce warns Ere
neau that there Is another woman besides
Gloria; Freneau goes sleighng with Clio
ria without her fathers knowledge. II re-
fly becomes fncensed at Freneau when
they learn the truth. Royce is summoned
fiuances being low he approaches Pierpont
Stafford for a loan. Doctor Royce ngain
warns Frenenu of his conduct. But Lois.
learning of Freneaus betrothal to Gloria,
threatens him with dire punishment Her
husband Gloria's brother David. becomes
suspicious: he plans a trap for his wire,
threats agrees to spend week with her
iiI the Catskills He plans to have Mulry
send Gloria bunch OF kilograms. LOIS
husband threatens to kill a man. After
Freneau takes leave of Gloria she sees
him when he goes to meet Lois. Doctor
Royce convinces her that what she has
seen Is the result of delirium. Later a
telegram followed by a letter, comes from
Freneau. She replies. but her telegrains
are returned The first morning she Is AL
lowed from her room. she accidently sees
the supposed suicide of Freneau reported
in the paper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30

women eyed each other with con-
straint. Neither wished. to speak first
of Freneau. Gloria noted the haggard
mien Of Lois with wonderment. Cast
ing about for something to say, she
fumbled with the books on the rack.
The picture Of Freneau fell out.
The blosd pounded In Gloria's heart
and spread a quick flush over her face
as she picked 1t up. She turned it over
and read the inscription. She asked
bewilderedly: "How did this come
hereT
Lois. controlling herself with diff
Guilty. tried to speak.
"was 1t you. then, who stole 1t from
my room?" Gloria hurled the question
with set lips and glittering eyes.
With desperate inspiration Lois
explained. "Yes, stole IL. / was 60
Ing to surprise you with it. And then
he died"
Gloria was touched, and believed as
impulsively as she had suspected.
Throwing her arms about Lois she
embraced her. ''Thank you, dear; 1t
| was wonderful Of you to think of that.
You are SO very thoughtful. / must
go now" She slipped into her coat
in spite of the protests of Lois, and
left her. She took the photograph with
her, and Lois dared not protest.
Far away in q Colorado town lived
woman who after all was most to be
affected by Richard Freneau's death,
for she had given him more than Glo-
ria with her young girls heart or Lois
with her guilty love. She had given
him birth.
In quaint, old-fashioned sitting
room the venerable, sweet woman was
sitting In rocking chair before the
fire. On her mantel were portraits of
Freneau as child and as man. She
put down her knitting and rose with
some difficulty. Clinglng to the man
tel, she took down one of the photo
graphs and, turning 1t, read In the
beloved handwriting: ITO my darling
mother from her adoring son, Dick"
She kissed the photograph and car
ried 1t back to her chair.
An elderly maid brought in the morn
ing paper and few letters, which the
mother ran through eagerly. Find
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30

but food was distasteful to her, and,
dropping into reverie again, she
seemed to see Freneau as she had so
often seen him, enter the room and
greet her.
Again the vision became almost
real it was as If he put his arms
about her and embraced her, then her
eyes fell to her left hand, which their
engagement ring had adorned, and its
nakedness rebuked her. She seemed
to see the look of anguish and re-
proach on Ereneaus face as he took
account of its absence.
She put her hands before her face.
Pierpont looked up anxiously, then
went to her side. She shivered with a
chill. 'Tm sorry, daddy, to spoil your
dinner. Please let me go to my room.
I'll pull myself together after bit.
It's just fit of nerves. No, don't
come with me; I'm all right. Finish
your dinner, dear; don't mind at all.
I'll be all right"
She dragged herself wearily away
from him and on up to her own room.
She threw herself down upon the bed
moaning: They've even taken your
ring from me. o Dick, Dick, come
back and help me-"
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30

ing none from Dick, she shook her fin
ger reproyingly but affectionately at
the photograph; she then leaned back
In her chair to glance carelessly over
the paper.
Almost Immediately her eyes lighted
on the headlines announcing her sons
death, with hint OF suicide. The
shock of the news almost killed the
mother; for she was old and Dick was
her only child and she knew only the
good side of him, The evil that he
wrought in the world was mercifully
kept from her.
The maid, hearing her moan, ran
out of the house and summoned the
doctor who was caring for her. He saw
that her disease was the incuruble one
that mothers are often prey to, the
loss of their children. There was no
remedy for this in the doctors books
and the only help he could give was
to answer her one remaining wish that
her sons body should be brought home
to be buried in the family plot where
his father lay and where she hoped
soon to rest.
The doctor telegraphed the mothers
request to Freneau's partner, Frank
Mulry, who took steps at once to
comply.
Thus 1t was that Gloria was de-
prived even of the sad satisfaction of
following her lover to the grave. Her
chief enemies were those who loved
her best, Stephen Royce and her own
father. They would do everything
they could to thwart her. When she
learned of his mothers wishes her first
impulse was to go to Colorado herself,
but that impulse she quickly put aside
for her most important duty was to
find his murderer, and that search she
must start at once.
Pierpont Stafford felt deep resent
ment against the world for its treat
ment of his children. He had won and
held position of. power in the finan-
cial world. He had made millions of
dollars and he controlled more, yet
his son was married to worthless
woman and his daughter mourned the
death or a blackguard.
He could not buy happiness for his
children and bis own success was
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30
NEW DISEASE is ANNOUNCED
From the Strain of Working Too Hard
Comes angina OF Effort"
a Pain.

The rush of modern life has pro-
duced new disease, greatly increasing
in extent and especially prevalent
among doctors, teachers, clergymel,
lawyers and other men of affairs, OBJ
serves the Philadelphia Bulletin. I,
DIR. Oliver S. Haines, who announced
the new ailment, calls it angina of
effort" In plain English that means
sudden shooting pain under your
breastbone because you're working too
hard.
If, at the age of so, you find your
self unable to walk city block with
out pain, you probably have "angina
of effort" 1t comes from having lived
too hard and sometimes from an IAN
tagonistic attitude toward the prob
lens of life"
No happy-go-lucky ever gets 1t.
Those who have been obsessed by love
of power, love of struggle, or who
harbor exaggerated ideas of their
rights and privileges usually do.
Everybody who gets "angina of effort
dies sudden death, usually ascribed
TO gastritis, according to DIR. Haines.
Deadly corked up venom, brought
on by mental conflict with the prevail
ing ideas, becomes a toxin he says,
which gives rise to pain that radi-
ates into every part of the body. Neu-
ralgia. rheumatism and similar aches
may be symptoms of it.
You can best be cured by slowing
down, DIR. Haines thinks, and by modi-
flying the war spirit which, he says,
you carry into every day life. If you
don't slow down, you're doomed.
For certain temperaments DR..
iaines announced more specific rene
dies. The victim of "old Man Con-
science" who worries over unimport-
ant details, and cannot sleep at night
because of the passionate and harsh
way he has treated his family during
the day, ought to be given a potash
preparation.
For the emotional idealist who dis
solves readily into tears-"at the mov-
les, Tor instance, or the theater." DIR.
Haines seid--treatment by oxalic acid
is the cure. The prey of suicidal de-
sires Is about hopeless in DIR. Haines'
estimation, but he recommends aurum
for trial.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30
cleria shivered at tho .Ord ghost"

Gloria shivered at tho WOrd ghost"
but summoned smile to reassure him.
'Tt's nothing. dad. I'll be all right in
a minute" And raising her glass
again, she put it to her lips.
The butler at the serving table hand
ed the soup plates to the second man.
who conveyed them to Gloria's side.
Pierpont chatted jovially to entice
Gloria to a cheerful mood. She tried
to be gay with him. but her heart
yould not respond. She tried to eat,
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30
Sure Remedy.

"Ah, dearest sighed the young man
VINO had Just broken into the silly
class, my heart is burning with love
for you"
rs that sol" exclaimed the practical
maid. wait a minute and I'll get
you a little soda. Grandma says that's
the only thing for heartburn
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-03-30

hind each chair. Seating themselves,
Pierpont took up his cocktail glass and
lifted 1t to drink to Gloria, who picked
up her own glass with faraway look.
Suddenly, 1t was as If Freneau stood
beside her. She imagined he was put.
ting his cheek close to hers to SIP
from the same brim. So vividly did
she feel his presence that she gave o
startled gasp and put down her glass.
Her father half rose: what is 1t.
honey2 You look as pale as q ghost"
The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-25
What Has Gone Before.

The Secret Sevsn is band of wealthy and brainy conspirstors. ruled by a super criminal known as The Great Master Thomas Clarke, one of their number, who is a multi-milionaire, becomes ill and de- cldes to leave his wealth to his niece, Rev. erly Clarke, instead Of to The Secret Sev- en, as he had sworn Co do. He summons Beverly. who Is kidnapped by hireiings or The Secret Seven while on her way to his home. but is rescued by William Mont gomery Strong, wealthy young clubman Strong escorts Beverly to the Clarke home and there they receive casket filled with treasure. This is the prize The Secret Sev- en is after. At BeVerly's request, Strong car. ies the casket to his home. nespeIa- does sent out by The Secret Seven kidnap Strong and steal the easket but the treas ure has been saved by Strong's Chinese servant. Wee See. Learning that Beverly has been again seized by the band, strong after being freed from the headquarters of The Secret Seven under orders from The Great Master, starts out to find her, wear ing the clothing of Chug. a desperado whom he has overpowered iu his home lie attends a masquerade ball given by The Great Master, there learns that his nancee Eunice Morton, is false 10 him. and finally trails Beverly to a rendezvous of the sansters, where Chug confronts him. With Chug are half dozen gang stcrs. Strong, knowing that the police are on their way to the rendezvous, parries for time when Chug challenges him to hand -to-hand combat
The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-25
CHAPTER V.
THE TRAP.

Outwardly the clubman seemed cool and uuconcerned, but inwardly every nerve tingled, and his muscles were tense at the respect of terrible bat tie. When he had slowly removed Chug's coat, which he wore. he began rolling up his seves, meantime survey ing the desperate band he faced.
 If I whip this fellow you men agree 10 keep. back, do yout' he demanded.
 "That'n do" roarcd Chug. You've said enough, you sissy Here he aimed a blow at Strongs jaw. The clubman evaded it by dueking and smashed Chug with straight right hand punch that sent him on his back. Instantly tue other gangsters began piling in like a pack of timber wolves assailing mountain lion. And Strong, the darling of Fifth Avenue society, was fighting like a mountain lion. He bowled over 1hree men. Another dived at his legs and dragged him to the floor His shirt was torn from his bacs He was pounded, kicked and Clawed At last youth, determination, skin and yigor gave way 10 methods of bestial brutality, and he sank to the
The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-25

The story "The Happiness of Three Women the adventures Billy Craig His the wife of a jealous husband the hepmeet bank cashier the three happiness in the hollow his appear either sacrifice his ancee the husband the bank cashier How matters enlightened by the quick naturally be 0 unusual cf the production the the clever attorneys to onfessons from criminals
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