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word: Beer. And the tongue of me was
eleaving to the shingles of my mouth. So
1 entered and found no one. The halls
were deserted save for a yellow cat with
prominent chin which made her look
like spinster Of good family but poor
income. I debouched upon a vine COW
cred dooryard and peered into the cool
gloom Of an immense kitchen. A Little
old woman in black dress came skipping
out and / asked her in my very best
Entente if she had any beer. Yes, she
had beer. Then 1 said, Bring me some,
for I perish of drought. And I walked
forth into the garden.
Now this garden was a series of inter-
secting tunnels the roof of which was
vine leaves, and grapes not yet ripe hung
like clusters Of jade beads in the shadow.
And between the tunnels were squares Of
cultivation whereon stood fig trees and
peach and apple and apricot and ounce
and orange. And young lambs gambolled
before me. Ut is true one turned and
made as though to charge at me head
down, but held my stick in front and
showed him my fingers crossed, where
upon he fed in disorder.) And then I
came upon green tables with high legs,
for they were used for grape cutting, and
chairs, and a notice beseeching the
stranger to refrain from destroying the
flowers and trees. And, pursuing my
way onward through the tunnel of vines,
/ came upon a stairway leading upward
to kind Of arbor, which assembled and
found myself in q pleasaunce so cool and
charming that I gave thanks and sat
down to look across the sea Of green
foliage at the many colored domes Of
Hub-el-Bubl in the distance, and a great
bird sitting little way off upon a palm
tree gave me wink Of welcome.
The Garden of Eden.
Surely, I thought, this is the Garden
Of Eden and the Serpent has moved on.
And became aware of the old lady run
ming about the garden seeking for me,
for could hear the glass and the bottle
jingle on the tray. So 1 clapped my
hands loudly, the great bird took offence
and sailed away, and the old lady has
tened up the steps and las the story
writers say) knew no more. In q
moment had plunged my features into q
foaming edition Of what you call "bock,"
only this was what the French call "un
book formidable" and the sound of the
old lady's voice as she told me the price
of pint bottle was only eight piasters
was like the voice of an angel.
We 60 there every night now. There's
the Doc, shrewd London Irishman who
loves to make caustic comments. There's
the Chief, disillusioned fisherman wto
exists in deep gloom. There's the Third
Officer, who is in love. We form a small
select society for the assimilation Of malt
liquor. It's such q treat to get away
from the ship and from the hot huddle Of
khaki on the hotel veranda.
Excuse mel We're just scnS up th0 :
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Mediterranean Musings of William McFee

London and knew old books. He had a
shrimp's body, rats face and a great
big meaningless nose rising up like
rock. He was all upset because he had
to leave Mexico. Liked the country and
used to sigh for his Dulcinea. / shall
never forget how one evening as we sat
in Kolb's tavern the band started the
Mexican national anthem. Smith shot to
his feet This legs were so short his ele-
walton was only a few inehes), flung out
his arm and Joined in in Spanish. A big
deep voice he had, almost as astonishing
as If kitten were to bark like st.
Bernard. His thin nostrils flared, his
gingery mustaehe bristled, his Adams
apple worked like pulmotor, and all
the world wondered. He was Carried
away" When the music stopped be sank
to his seat and looked sadly into his beer
where three flies were in their death
throes. He was the only Englishman I've
ever met who didn't want to go back to
England by the next boat. No, the peace
full land over which the benign spirit Of
Villa was reigning beckoned him. He
sighed for Ca1ranza's caresses and the
sweet music of the magazine rifles in Main
street, r. l. P.
Of course you know George w. Cables
New Orleans novelist I think The Gran
dissimes one of his best. But Of course
he deals with New Orleans Of the van
ished past. They tell me the old St.
Louis Hotel has tumbled down. The
grand staircase never did look good to
me. 1 loved Royal street lived in
Lafayette Square for a while and acquired
the necessary boarding house reach"
Very pleasant to stroll out under the
trees in the evening and watch the young
sters sweethearting on the steps. 1 used
to spend my evenings in Aison's store
talking with him ian old newspaper
MANI, Kansas lawyer and Washing
ton secret service guy. Haec olim menu
nisse jarGbit.
1 wish you could step aboard and join
us some evening at dinner. There's no
beer, but we have the Old Stuff and gin
and benedictine. Or better still would it
Be if you could accompany US to place
within the meaning Of the act, which l,
even I, have had the honor of discover
ing. For some time we followed the
lead of the others and sat on the yeranda
Of the hotel and were robbed. 1t was
like drinking liquid gold, for beer and
stout were Is. Cd. pint. / said, "Look
here, I'm going to stay aboard. 1 shall
be a pauper at the end Of the war and
the dago who owns this joint will be buy
ing London at Tokenhouse Yard. Let's
quitw Well, they wouldn't. They sat
on and continued to be robbed.
Hush! A Discovery.
And one day went for a walk along
the Sweet Water canal, and it came to
pass that I happened upon house set
in garden, and inscribed upon the walls
of that house 1 read the word Ristorante.
And when / had come round to the front
of that house / saw yet another magic
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The Afternoon
By w. J. Henderson.

Oh, sing me song of the afternoon,
When the sun goes down the west,
When life and are in perfect tune,
And my soul is wrapped in rest
For the dogs will bark and the cocks will crow
In the flush of the early light;
But peace lies still on the rock and the nil
When the sun rides out to the night.
Oh, sing me song of the afternoon,
When the wind sits low in the south,
And the east leans down to the crescent moon,
And to your lifted mouth.
For the grass will shine and the dew will drip,
And the fog will follow the sailing ship;
And the mill will claek by the highway track,
And the water will sing on the wheels brown bael
In the swift young hours of the day;
But you and will hold commune
By the silent touch, in the old, old way,
In the land of the afternoon.
From Scrbner's
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the wonderful ease with which he weaveS
his stories. He must have worked many
of them over and over to get them to read
ike ripple of laughter on the surface
Of Life. He has spoilt many Of them
with insincere cynicism and leetle too
much slang. To say that something or
other "does not grow on every Anheuser
Busch" is clever but ephemeral. The
Gentle CRATER is rich fun indeed, but I
have a sneaking banker after his New
Orleans stories, with bits Of banana boat
life added as a seasoning. Of course he
knows nothing Of New Orleans life really;
he was only there at times.
Hurrah for New Orleans!
I was just getting into real touch with
New Orleans life when quit. October,
1914. 1t is most curious city. Every
body knocks it. Everybody hates it, or
says so, and 1 have had to hammer the
bar and make the half shell denizens rat
tie among the ice to convince them that
it is fine town and chock full Of inter-
esting people, places and things. Many
half hour I have spent in Springer's
in Royal street polishing off dozen on
the half shell and pint of the best.
Many a Sazerac cocktail has come to me
across that wide tessellated pavement be-
tween the brass rail and the regal free
lunch tables served by an ebonite poten-
tate in white apron and snowy cap. Many
gin fizz have I suspirated in the Cres-
cent, that most convenient bar where you
can dodge bore in Canal street by going
out at the st. Charles street door. Many
dinner have 1 dawdled over in An
tonnes, at the Bourbon, at Old Hickory
on Carondelet and Conrad Kolb's German
Tavern. Poor old Conrad had a bad time
in September, 1914. We used to gather
at the Cosmopolitan in Royal street and
then march down to Kolb's, order a
schnitt apiece and start "Rule Britannia"
l met queer start there-an English
man named Smith. Mr.. Smith was a
wizened little shrimp of man you could
almost crush between thumb and finger.
He appeared suddenly in my friend Ali
sons second hand book store during the
Huerta- Villa Carranza scrap. He was all
in, had lost everything. Had been Gov
eminent interpreter at c., was engaged
to large Mexican girl, whose photo he
carried next his heart. He was as nervous
as kitten. No money, no trade, nothing.
We did what we could Got him a room
and got some cards printed for him as a
teacher of Spanish. Just as he had got
about six pupils he took sick and nearly
died in the hospital. When he came out
he came down to the ship as soon as she
arrived to see me. Wanted something to
do. I took him along to the port steward
and begged him to give fellow country
man q lift. Of course there was nothing
but scullion's work to do and believe
he got job. / loaned him ten bucks to
get some dunnage and have never heard
of him since.
Smith was an educated man. He had
been in Sotheby's or Quantch's store in
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Hush! A Discovery.

And one day went for a walk along
the Sweet Water canal, and it came to
pass that 1 happened upon a house set
in garden, and inscribed upon the walls
of that house read the word Ristorants.
And when / had come round to the front
of that house / saw yet another magic
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The Gold Star
BY Harold Willard Gleason.

By Harold Willard Gleason
Little gold star on the snowy field
With its brave little border of red,
How can you shine when your Star and mine
Has set In the Land of the Deadi
Little gold star, you shame me sore,
For the tears well fast in my eyes:
/ must CLEAN like you, as he'd have me do.
Our new Star, beyond the skies.
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Perception
BY Clinton Scotland.

BY Clinton Scotland.
Now that my Weakened sense pereeives
The secrets of the gossip leaves;
Now that know what wild flowers know
Why all the buds to blossoms blow;
Now that I mark the source of springs,
The lunar moths first futterings,
Not bound by custom or by art,
Somehow l feel as one apart,
Catching through Beauty's lenses here
A glimpse of some diviner sphere!
Failure
By Stokely S. Fisher.
A little child from the shore
Blew a silvery cloud from her hand;
The breeze the winged seeds bore,
As it CHANGED away from the land,
And all they were meant to be
Was lost in the smothering sea.
Oh, the pity of 1.-THE wing
Was made for the wind, and the seeds
They failed not in anything!
Oh, the pang in the deep that pleads,
The grief in the wind that cries!
But with God the secret lies.
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Letter Blocks

By Francis Carlin.
He who plays with words
Can build them into Trees
Where gay black letter Birds
May MARBLE as they please
In the little hooks
Of leafy books,
And am playing with these.
But / remember well
When letter blocks BY me
We're strangely made to spell
With their G and o and D;
And I'd give my rhymes
To be back in the times
When played with poetry.
rom the Philadelphia Evening Publ
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26

Dob Kalele. a syrian. vas srrssfss
by city police Thursday night aud
transferred 20 the federal authorities
Friday The accusation against him
on the police docket was % making
pro-German remarks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26

confessed IN writing 10 him and no
promises were held out TO Rogers ex-
cept that the papers would be shown
the district attorney.
Witness had seen Mrs. Julian and
directed her in writing the letters 10
Ware. Witness said he had seen Ware
before the present proceedings were
started and Ware told him he had
been paid a fee and didn't know
where ROBBERS got the money and
didn't give a damn"
Court then recessed until o'clock
Says Fee Was $4,000.
Court rscOnvened Thursday after
noon with Rogers still on direct ex-
animation testitying that he was ar
rested October II. 1914, and that So
coo was finally decided on as the fee
he was TO pay Ware for defending
him, Ware to engage Victor Moore
and pay him $1,000
Witness testified that two or three
days after gave Ware the money, he
told me not 70 telephone or see him
any more. as the circumstances Of our
being together would look suspicious.
The next day or so after / gave him
the money, he told me there was S23--
see. and 1 was very much surprised
Testifies Money Buried.
Later in jail. witness said, The told
me he took the money near the five
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26
Take BitrO-PhOsphate
To Increase Strength,
VigOr and Nerve Force
says Editor OF .Physieians' Who's
Who
Women Need Il 10 Bring Pink Glow
OF Health to Pale Cheeks ard Fore
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4leu Need &c % Make strong,
Vigorous Bodies and
STEADY Nerves.

People who are irritable. restless.
nervous: those who tire easily OF lack
vim and energy, men and women who
rave faulty memory. sleeplsss nights.
tits o. depression or the blues
should take Bltro- Phosphate three
times daily after meals.
Frederick Koile a. D.. Ediror-in-
Chief Of Physicians who's Who"
New York. says; ~Bitro- PhosDhate
should pc prescribed BY every doctor
and used 10 every hospital 20 Increase
strength and nerve force and TO en-
rich the blood
Good sound advice this. moreover
the genuine. standard Birro-Phcs-
plate IS inexpensive and Is sold by
Court House Drug store, Star ana
most all good druggists under : bind
ing guarantee Of satisfaction or
money back. Test your strength by
seeing how far you can walk without
firing before beginning TO take h
and then after two weeks or So see
Tor yourself how your strength las In
creased Note. too. IL you do NOT feel
more uuoyant- have better color
better appetite, stronger nerves ana
increased vigor and energy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26

y EPEATING his admission that lie
n stole $4,000 from the local post
office in September, 1914, and declar-
ing that his. testimony at his trial was
false, but that he was now telling the
truth. and that he had given s22.500
OF the alleged stolen money TO W. 3.
Ware. local attorney. who defended
him. Glare Rogers. recently pardonod
from the Leavenworth peuitentiary.
left the witness stand in federal court
late Friday morning. after having
testified since court convened Thurs
day morning for the government in
its case against Ware, IN which IL IS
alleged that the artorueS received the
S22.560.
The case is exciting great attention.
district court judges w D. Howe and
p. p. Price being among the many
spectators. Counsel Tor the gov=rl-
ment appearing 50 far are assistants
district attorneys Frank 3. TREY. r.
Z. Crawford and Hugh Robertson.
while so far Ware has been defended
by T. A. Falvey. Tom Lea, r z.
Thouason. Joseph Page. c. II. VIII
char.
Made Money Singing.
Rogers. when he resumed the stand
Friday morning. went into che details
OF his finances at thu Ume he stole
the S25.000 from the local postoffice.
as he had testified His salary had
been S1100 a year, and he was making
about S55 on the side as choir leader,
he testified
You and Mrs Bancroft sang to-
getherga
we sang in the same choir"
You abandoned your wife and had
no one 10 support but yourselt-
Il was supporting my wife, sending
her regular amounts
Had you ever been at the First
Baptist church at night before Sep
TENDER when there was no church I
serVice2'
4 generally locked the door after
choir practice"
had you ever gone back anI an
locked the door,"
7 don't remember
says Was With Wife.
If you were there when there was
10 service. who was it WITH
-Aly wife.
Il thought you had abandoned your
wife You mean your own wife2'
NY wife also sang in the choir.
Did you not 90 there in the after
.sNo."
Were you ever there with Mrs
Bancroft teaching her music9~
No"
At any other church,"
Yes. I had permission TO use the 4
music room at the First Christian.
church as a studio"
Had Two Safety Boxes
What did you do with so many
safety boxes2"
Il never had but two.
A letter from witness to Ware was
then introduced in which this sen
reuce was read: 'I suppose you know
everything is off between stella Grace
and myself"
On redirect examination, witness
said he had been cautioned BIZ Ware
never 20 admit guilt On recrossex-
animation. he said his health had been
bad.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26

You got more feverish after sep
/ TENDER ., 1917
Yes"
do YOU intend TO 80 back TO Cata-
Ina island soon after all this litiga-
T ton is over.
7 don't know if Lever intend to 60
] back there.
aPIan To Cover II Up.7
J. Witness here admitted that letter;
] TO Ware before the confession con-
/ tanned fictitious facts, and 1T was all
part of a plan TO cover 10 up Wit
I ness denied Ware and Victor Moore
/ had counseled him to give uD the
I money If he was guilty
] Mrs. w J. Julian. Of Cananea, So
nora, Mex formerly Mrs. stella Grace
Bancroft, was the second witness in
/ the case.
Did Clare Rogers see you at Provi-
dence hospital the morning Of OctO-
Der ., 1912" she was asked.
The court here ruled that whatever
conversation was had was not admis-
sible in evidence. Witness said she
also saw Rogers that afternoon at
Providence drug store
Had you instituted suit against
your husband for divorce
Not AZ that time. but I had been
separated"
Got Money From Ware.
Did you receive money from Mr..
Ware2"
yes, for milk. medicine and the like
for Mr. Rogers in jail 1t was money
from the sale OF AIr. Rogers's personal
effects and had nothing TO do with the
stolen money"
After Rogers was taken to the pen
did you receive money from Mr..
Ware?'
Yes, occasionally, He paid my
transportation 10 Birmingham, Ala
where 7 was 10 see the federal judge
in regard 10 a pardon"
DID Ware pay your tuition in q
business college,
Yes. $50"
Got Not Over $500. says.
witness also said a. ring had been
given her by Ware on be@alf OF
Rogers as a Christmas or birthday
gift, and that the total of all moneys
she received from Ware was not over
$500.
a letter from witness to Ware.
dated July H. 1917. was then intro
uuced- This letter said Rogers had
written her he was 10 make a clean
breast Of the affair, and he said be
(Ware) Tor safekeeping-" Mr.. Wares
reply, stating that the money he
gave me was disposed Of according to
his instructions"
Another letter from witness to Ware Z
dated August /. 1917, said: when
he fRogers) confessed TO his mother
and sent her TO you. he expected you
TO turn the money over at once"
Wares reply said. IF Mr.. Rogers de-
slres 70 make a confession. il is [
purely his matter"
Saws Wanted Ware TO Talk.
On cross examination. witness said
p T kinZell postoffice inspector. was
privileged TO read her mail from Ware
and had consulted with her relative I
to letters written Ware The object, I
y illness said. was TO get Mr.. Ware /
TO express himself"
E W. Hatch who drove a car for a I
detective who Swallowed Rogers be- !
fore his arrest. testified Rogers went I
to Providence hospital Oct. ,. 1914. I
and later to the courthouse and Trust !
building and 10 Providence drug /
store.
Mr.. KinzeII testified that Rogers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26

None. except 10 clear my con-
science aud see that the bond COM
pany gets its money back"
You haven't the money!"
NO, sir"
Is it on the Catalina islands
NO unless Ware put il there.
Was Ware there?'
NO"
Refers TO small Fee.
NO doubt you feel your compensa-
ton in the case has not been suffI-
cieuL" was the ringing sentence from
long letter written by Rogers 70
Ware from the penitentiary relative
10 pardon efforts. The statement was
wen worded one. opening with the
sentence, The main scene IN the life
OF young man is SET" and going
through the details Of a trial in which
the "bloodthirsty jaws OF justice" are
referred to.
Man comes out Of here a man hatsr
and a country hater.~ Rogers wrote
relative TO the penitentiary.
Following the reading Of this state
ment, court adjourned until 9 o'clock
Friday morning
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26
CLEAR YOUR HEAD.
BREAK THAT COLD
Get after that cold, cough,
grippe, with Dr.. King S
New Discovery.

Don't wait until il ~sets" into your
entire system and approaches the
dangerous stage Go 20 a druggist. as
millions OF others have done during
the last fifty years. and get a fifty
cent oottle-the same price Il always
has sold at.
Ihroat-tickis IS relieved by the first
spoonful eyes stop watering. chest
pnlegm looSeus. sneeziuE ceases
cough eases up. shifting IS done away
with. quick relief fellows.
Good for every member OF vour
family from Grandma to the young-
ster. Just say Kings New DiscoF-
cry, 70 your druggist-hel1 have /.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26

mile brIoge and buried it. Later. he
told me he was afraid IL would be
found, and so he dug 1t up and took il
20 Fabens on 4 hunting trip and
buried il in five places He was
afraid to use the money as IL might
be marked He suggested we might
turn II over 10 some one who could
be trusted"
After witness was IN the 2eniten-
tiary, he said Ware visited him
there and informed him part Of the
money had been loaned out, $4,000 OF
$1,000.
THAT Was All Frnmed.s
He told me what TO say about send
ing my mother $500. That was all
framed up" witness continued. i was
to say I had farmed the year before
In the Red River valley and the S250l
was supposed 10 come from there
That was not trueE assistant dis
trict attorney Robertson asked.
That was not true. It was false,
I'm sorry TO say
Witness here presented a notebook
containing notes relative TO his finan-
ciaI operations which he said were
partner, while witness was in the
county jail Witness said Ware saw
and verified these notes
Memoranda shown.
The notes were offered in evidence
and dated from october J.. showing
loans and repayments and the like
and going down 70 the payment 70
witness mother about the time Of the
theft Of the money from the pOstof-
flee, and showing a balance Of S25 at
the time witness had testified he
had about $50 on his person when ar
rested-l
These figures are hetiuous:"
They are"
Witness then related that after he
was at the penitentiary he received
moneys from Mr.. Ware, S45 from the
sale Of two overcoats and a gun and
$50 from a diamond ring, all witness
property sold for him By or through
Alr. Ware.
Confessed 10 Chaplain.
when did you first confess that
you stole the money!
To the chaplain at Leayenworth in
March Of last year"
Witness then explained that the fol-
lowing month he was in correspond
ence with postoffice inspectors and
attorney Lake Jones for the Federal
Bonding company.
Correspondence between Ware and
Rogers relative 10 the latter's urgent
request for efforts TO secure his par
don were then introduced.
~ aNAA@a EaAAAA AaI AAA4 LEEA A4NAaeQ NN
Ware not to appeal the case. as il
would take a year and Rogers could
not stand the ordeal Of remaining in
jail that length OF time.
Recently Pardoned.
Cross examination. conducted by at
torney Thomson. was then started.
You were sent TO the pen about
Nay /. 1852
Yes"
You were confined from that time
TO about two weeks agocT
Yes"
Witness here showed his pardon. At
request, and explained that
he had lived in Fl Paso since 1903
except for "a year spent on his wife's
farm at IeXarkana. He was first
married in 1911, he said. and divorced
from that wife, and be also became
separated from his second wife on
leaving TeXarkana-
said Wife Had Funds.
You LETT her without funds with
which to live"
she had some funds"
You took all the profits Of the
farm for that year,
NO, sir; there was very little az
ter expenses we're paid"
witness said he resumed his posi-
ton in the local pOstoffice on his re-
turn here. the fall of 1913, and the
next spring he met Mrs. Stella Grace
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-26
VACANT HOUSE on COTTON
AVENUE DAMAGED nv II

Fire OF unknown origin in "a vacant
house at 1908 Cotton avenue did slight
damage at $3.50 o'clock Friday morn
ing Fire companies No. 8 and No
and truck company no. made the
run. -Four other vacant houses have
been dana ged BY fire within Z n,nnth