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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28

The words raised the wall of for
mality again. Innes bent over her
plate.
What made you change your plans?"
suddenly demanded his wife Of Hardin.
surprised me So"
My boss kept me-" Hardin's face
| looked coarse, roughened by his ugly
passion. Richard, your old friend.
He served n subpoena on me at the
station
oh" cried Gerty. Surely. he did
not do that. Tom 20
Sure he did" Hardin's face was
black with his evil mood. I'm only an
underling, a disgraced underling. He's
my boss. He's going to make me re-
member IT."
You mustn't say such things" pout-
ed his wife. eff it does not hurt you,
if you do not care, think how 1 must
feel"
"Oh, rotr exclaimed Hardin. The
veneer was rubbed down TO the rough
wood. Innes saw the coarSeneSS her
! .nother had complained of, the Gingg
fiber.
orders, to jump at the snap of the
whip?" He was deliberately beating
up his anger into a froth. "Oh. sure, 1
do. That's Hardin, through and
| through"
Again the angry blood flooded his
wifes cheeks. He, too. was throwing
the boarding house at her.
You uld it yourself" Gerty with
difficulty was Withholding the angry
tears. II told you how it would be.
You would do it,
"Oh, hell - cried Tom. pushing back
his plate.
His sister Looked drearily out the
wire-screened door. Her view was a
dusty street. Hardin got up, scraping
his chair over the board floor.
"And to keep it from me" persisted
the wife. ITO let me ask him to din
ner-'
Does that dismal farce have to go
on?" demanded Hardin, turning back
to the table You'll have to have it
without me, then. I'll not stay anG
make fool of myself. Ask him to
dinner. Me! I'll see myself"
Innes wished she was in the neigh
boring tent. Tom was flashing himself
into a coarse fury.
To her dismay, Gerty burst into
tears. 1t was killing her, the disgrace,
she cried. She couldn't endure ii. She
couldn't stand 1T there; she had not
the courage to go to Los Angeles,
where her friends would pity her. 1t
was crushing her. She was not Har-
din; she was sensitive; she could not
justify everything a Hardin did as
right, no matter what the consequences.
The pretty eyes obscured, she rushed. a
streaming Niobe, from the room.
fhe brother and sister avoided each
others eyes. Innes rose and cleared
the table of the dishes. She made a
loud noise with the running water in
the shed, racketing the pans to drown
the insistence of Gerty's sobbing.
She kept listening for Toms step.
She wanted to go with him when he
left; he must not reach the office in
the blackness of that mood. She
wished he would not betray his feel
ings; yet she knew it was not he who
was to blame.
When she heard the screen door
slam, she flashed out the back way.
"GOing?" she called after him. wait
for me-" She dashed into her tent for
her hat. She had to run to catch up
with him.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
HIMSELF A BARGAIN
Los Angeles Youngster Certainly ls
Not Burdened With Any Undue
Sense of Modesty.

The high price of labor was under
discussion at the Rotary club the
other day and Manager Chamberlain
of Hamburger's remarked:
There has been so much boosting
and salving of the laboring man dur
ing the war that great many people
are inclined TO overrate their impor-
lance Like the boy we hired the other
day. He seemed to think he was ia
vorins our firm by deigning TO work
for us. and was flagrantly lOafing on
the job when n department head re
mOnstrated with him.
"'MOve lively. now he finished (;
we've got to have some snap around
this store
Imagine his amazement when the
boy answered:
"'WeIl, If a Teller my size at So
Il week amt a snap for any store, l
don't know what is Los Angeles
Times.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
War Makes Deer n orate.

War has driven the der OF Massa-
chusetts from one Of treir favorite
stands. When the six dats' open sea
son started hunters who hive been ac-
customed to stalk the animals in the
Nashua River valley in the central part
of the state had TO find E. new obJec-
tive, for what was once : great area
Of scrub growth Is now the canton
ment city Camp Devens-
Reports from towns a short distance
away indicate that large numbers o5
deer have found refuge ia woods nos
many miles away.
Sportsmen anticipated 6 leaner sea.
son than for many years, compare.
tive scarcity of deer being reported by
residents of rural districts.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28

for six weeks. 1 did not know whether
10 order it or not"
"And in Los Angeles with my sum-
mer sewing all done! What good will
it do me then?" The pretty eyes
looked ready for childish tears.
II know. That is, I didn't know
what to do" apologized Innes Hardin
Il decided to order it as I'd found the
place, and was right there, but made
sure that 1 could countermand the or
der by telegram. So can this very
afternoon. / knew you would be dis
appointed. was sorry"
s.TTl need 1t next winter" admitted
Gerty, helping herself to some of the
chilled tomatoes. I'm sure I'm much
obliged to you. hope 1t did not put
you TO much trouble"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
STORMS HOVER OVER THE CANVAS HOUSEHOLD OF TIE
HARDlNS AS RICHARD TAKES THE RENS.

synopsisK Richard of the Overland Paclhc ran
Tucson Ar Whie
Colorado
Reclamation
Richard COL
had ancied he
In
Richard take charge
embarrassment suppann2
Hardin Richard Caexo and the way
Hardin his Richard Mr. and Mrs
Hardin half AT the
Valley"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
Clocks That Speak.

Clocks without hands or faces are
now common in Switzerland. The
timepiece stands in the hall, and. when
a button is pressed, by means Of pho
nographic arrangements it calls out:
@'Half-paSt five" or Five minutes to
nine" as the case may be.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
Only Small Transeression.

Jane had new tricycle., but hao
been told not TO leave the front walk
Instead OF minding her mother she
rode around the block. On her return
her mother scolded her and asked why
she did not obey. lane thought of no
good excuse 80 :. 8 "WPl | didn't
fin 80 : 7 | lus1 went be-
il.Io II. oIos
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28

A congeniai dinner party, IL
may be imagined, was this ehe
consisting of HarSia, tho de-
posed general mana ger; PIGk-
ard, the man who has sapplanted
him; Hardin's sister. who toves
her brother deVoteAy ana re-
sents bitterly the appointment
of Richard to succeed him, and
Hardin's wife, former sweet
heart of Rickard. pead about
this interesting situation in the
next instailment
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28

darnedest ass! Imperial! And the
gate hung up
For Gods sake stop that buzzing :"
The happy little noise was quenched.
Innes, entering at that moment. heard
the rough order She looked implor-
ingly at her sister-in-law
"Supper's on the table" cried Gerty.
the fixed. determined smile still on her
lips
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
WHY NOT TRY 1T?


grades would realize larger
profiusif he raised purebred
SHORTHOhNS. They don't
require any more room, nor
any more feed, nor any bet
ter care than the grades
should have. But they sell
COR more money. A kansas
farmer produced - heac
from one registered short
horn COW in ~ years. Two
brothers IN Wisconsin pro
duced il9 head from one in
ID years. The value counts
mp when you re breeding
Sho-thorn Breeders
Az Park Ave Chicago. Ill
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
What Did He Mean?

Mrs. Weeds-The last thing my hus-
band did was to kiss me.
Mr.. Widder-Then 1 suppose he was
rcadv 10 die
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28

RdulC LKOQDie WHICH
pulled me down I'M
til / could not put my
foot to the floor and
could scarcely do my
work, and as / live
on a small farm and
rails e six hundred
chickens every year
it made it very hard
for me.
Il saw the Com
pound advertised in
our paper, and tried
1T 1t has restored
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28

my health so can do all my work and
/ am so grateful that am recommend
ing it to my friends. - Mrs. d. ID.
ALTERS, r. r. a, Oregon, Ill.
Onlywomen who have suffered the tor
lures of such troubles and have dragged
along from day TO day can realize the
relief which this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters.
We men everywhere in Mrs. Alters
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mendation, and if there are any COM
plications write Lydia E. Pinkham' q
Medicine Co. LYNN. Mass, for advice.
The result of their 40 years experience
il at your service.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
NOW RAISES
500 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved of Or.
ganic Trouble by Lydia E.
Pmkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Oregon, Ill.-"I took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for an or
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-28
Relieve that Cough by taking
DICKS
Pine Tar & Honey

Compound of Honey, Tar, Wild
Cherry, Ipecac, Muriate of Am.
monia and Peppermint. 1t is fine
for recent and chronic Coughs
and Colds. 25C a bottle.
The sun., 1919-07-27

in--in word. a most enchanting
home.
Who has wrought this transforma-
ton? None other than George TOO
Much" McAvoy himself with his own
hands. From his wanderings on the
dunes he has piced up the tiotsam and
tetsam of the sea; the boards of
wrecked ships. the floors of discarded
dredges. old iron, old asbestos .
what not. They say IL you wait long
enough beside the shores of ocean
that big thief will bring everything at
last to your feet.
With these bricks. stones, wreckage
OF all sorts McAvoy patched and added
until the cottage. "Mack's Shack" is
one Of the picturesque show places OF
the vicinity. And all that we have
described is merely the outside of the
cottage.
Inside the offering is made of eight
rooms. each one fitted up differently
but artistically and attractively. The
artist, sick no longer but a real nature
The sun., 1919-07-27

OF wheat, fruit trees and young do
nestle animals and fowls, 10 say moth
ing of the loss of animal and human
life caused by disease spread by ro-
dents, was considerably more than
ee-auarters OF a billion dollars.
Exciting Experiences.
During his fifteen years as keeper
and Ave years as head keeper of the
reptile and mammal department OF
the Bronz Geological Park, Snyder has
had some strange experiences which
have never reached the public ear.
Their recounting portrays the inter-
esting character of a man that loves
dumb things with a deep, sympathetic
understa nding, knowing their ways
and unafraid TO risk his life in their
behalf.
1t is hard to reconcile snyder's
youthful appearance, boundless en-
ergy and enthusiasm with the fact
that he is the father Of two fighting
men and two daughters. Before he
Joined the Park stan in 1899 he was
an electrician. One can imagine his
feelings when he was ordered. before
he had fairly learned the paths in the
Park, to move i've alligators.
Live" wires and live gators hadn't
much in common, but as he had ham
died one he determined to handle the
other. Old Nose, the king Of the tank.
weighed 500 pounds and objected to
having his eyes and teeth covered
with burlap bag. Snyder says he
didn't act as IL he enjoyed the ride
in the wheelbarrow. but the real agony
didn't come until he tried to take off
the bag.
When asked about his most exciting
experiences Snyder told of two thrill
ing incidents. The FIRST related to the
escape and recapture of a mountain
lion. In the best regulated zoo things
will occasionally escape. Charley was
the man who located the escaped lion.
and he cornered the animal between
the side of building and a wire fence.
He was within few feet of the snari-
ing beast, unarmed. until a lasso and
blanket from over the fence relieved
him.
Let 1t be said here. 10 the credit of
the New York Geological Society. that
this lion. black bear and an elephant
are the only animals that have es-
capped. and these in each case were
recaptured before the visitors in the
park were aware Of their escape.
Snyder's other exciting exporter &c is
a snake story. He and Curator Dit
mars were fraternizing with the big
The sun., 1919-07-27
EyXyIyEy2YSSzSZzdSxH4
CHARLES SNyDEP NEE1
WITH FLIP TIE PET
WALRUS

python. helping 1t shed Its skin. Mis-
understanding their intentions, 1t
broke from them. threw OF the blanket
and coiled, tail awhirr, head poised
for a lunge. The park was closed,
most Of the keepers had gone for the
night and light in the cage dim. Death
by construction would have followed a
move by either man.
The blanket was out Of reach: the
light was failing; deep. long Kisses
alternated with dartings OF the long,
forked tongue that is so sensitive the
slightest vibration would have lurched
the head forward. Three minutes
passed when a keeper discovered their
peril. He pushed a blanket slowly
and quietly into the cage and then.
from the outside. pounded on the glass
and attracted the reptiles attention.
Snyder grabbed the blanket and got IL
over the snakes big head This snake
has a mouth that opens ten inches and
is armed with teeth like butchers
hooks that have razor-like sides. The
reptiles speed OF movement and power
OF construction are tremendous It
swallows a three-quarter grown pig
without difficulty.
But the keeping OF the Zoo is not all
tragedy. Alice. the elephant, became
frightened one day when about TO be
weighed. Mistaking the Reptile House
for her building. she ran into 1t. After
deal Of coaxing Snyder got her out,
only to have her run in again. Like
the famous Finnegan she went out and
In again, this time through the side
door. taking the screen door and the
door jam with her. Out again she
The sun., 1919-07-27

the Park ono day, saying Il had a
freight car full Of collins, live chickens,
general merchandise and some rattle
snakes consigned to Brooklyn. They
couldn't just locate the snakes and
asked advice. explaining that a "mixed"
car Is apt to shift It's load. Charley
went over TO the Jersey freight yard.
got broom and entered the car. One
rattler was coiled on crate Of
chickens, another on a coffin. He had
to move every piece Of freight in that
car to find the other two. He. put
them in a strong box and the engineer
consented to move the car and break
up the accumulated freight congestion.
Snyder, often confused with 'BiH'
Snyder, who won fame III the Central
Park Zoo. believes animals are like
people. some Of good and some Of bad
disposition. He Is sure all are con-
scious OF being in captivity. He does
not believe II more wicked to keep one
kind OF animal in cage than an
other. Whether or not an animal or
reptile is happy in captivity depends
on the individual. One lion will do
well and another will not. Some ami
mails will pine away, but the majority,
providing they are treated with gentle
ness, viii do we'll.
Another bit OF wisdom long expert
ence has taught Snyder is that the
most TRUSTED animal is the one most
likely to turn on Its keeper. Flip's
disposition was not improving with
age, and a large Australian monitor
(lizard) that was a pet OF Snyders
turned On him when he was carving
II to an outdoor swamp.
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re Are Mighty Lonesome Animals Since Snyder Quit 70
Helping the Huge Python Shed Its
Skin and Finishing Surgical Oper-
alton on a Cobra Are Samples
of Jobs That Await
the Next Man

Snyder and after all other methods
had failed, caused the bear to move.
Snyder declares Flip was the smartest
animal he ever met. Flip weighed
$50 pounds when he died and had
tusts three inches long.
Among the conveniences Snyder de-
vised was a glass washing arrange
ment that took most of the danger
out Of cleaning the glasses Of the poi
sonous snake cages, leaving the cages
dry and comfortable for the occupants.
1t was Snyder also who found the
means for Kidding the snakes Of the
black mites that got under the abdom-
inal plates and into the eye pits, at
tackled the tissues and killed the
snakes. After trying dozens of reme-
dies, roach powder applied with bel
lows did the trick.
Milking rattlesnakes, that is, OPEN
Ing the mouth and squeezing the pol
con secreting glands and draining the
poison through the fangs into a recep-
tacle, was part of snyder's job. II
you know anybody who would like to
take up this work the Geological So
ciety would be grateful for the persons
name. There's another little job
awaiting some one. Not long ago
Charley removed part of the jaw bone
of the king cobra and IL is believed
the operation will have to be performed
again. Snyder has supplied Thousands
Of frogs for scientific research and this
is another duty that goes with the po-
sition.
Snyder has proved himself a social
benefactor, ready to help a fellow being
in distress. An express company Called
The sun., 1919-07-27

the base, adds character to the place.
Gods and goddesses abound and the
Buddha Is not infrequently seen in his
accustomed fat complacence. These
statues are the work of the painter,
who reveals in them quality of the
sculptor too.
In each of these schemes of decora-
ton the useful and necessary things
that are sometimes out of keeping with
surroundings are not to be seen at all.
The designer and builder has devised
hiding places for them
Health, large, buoyant and to spare,
is now the artists happy portion, and
with II has returned equally large and
full ambition. Naturally Mack's shack
got early to be a Mecca for his friend
artists and naturally also Cupid soon
found its whereabouts. There have
been seven weddings which grew out
Of week end parties in Mack's shack,
and as many engagement breakfasts
and wedding suppers. The latchstring
Is still out to the little god, too.
The sun., 1919-07-27

ment. In the walls Of the living room
he has drawn a knight In armcr and
colored 1t to- iifelikeness. which he
neticulousiy assists by hanging on the
knights head a mediaval bonnet and
hanging near his head a medieval Ian
tern. A bust of Alighieri Is on a shelf
over the fire and candlest!cks of odd
materials and shapes are everywhere.
The latter were made by McAvoy out
OF any chance material. Great chains,
perhaps the chains that once wound
round capstan. hang from a thick
iron bar on either side of the fireplace.
A fascinating room draws it's inspi-
ration from old Egypt, all in 1t being
fashioned massively and in the heavy
lines peculiar to that style of archi
lecture and decoration. Here the sill
houettes OF Rameses and other straight
nosed kings remembered from their
mummies seen in the British Museum
are cut deep into the concrete wall and
bands of color cunningly applied as the
Egyptians used color, the heaviest at
The sun., 1919-07-27
Jolly Hermit Painter Makes Fascinating Bay

this sombre view as final and called in
another doctor. He was more san
guine about the artists chance to re-
cover. but strongly advised him to
hasten to the Adirondacks and in
clearer. purer air seek restoration to
health.
or course. being a professional
painter, the sick man had coolies Of
money, and to take a nurse and pfi-
vate car and HE up to a magnificent
camp" in the mountains was easy.
Instead, he elected to accept his land
lady's offer of shack she owned on
the fats midway between Richmond
Hin and Ozone Park; it wasn't work.
ing and the sick man was welcome to
it. There has been a lot written in
regard to the commercial hard heart
eduess OF landladies. Thackeray Is the
solitary author who presents a differ
ent picture of them. and the Brooklyn
specimen bears out his picture.
on to the shack went Mack and for
a time he loafed in the air and soli-
The sun., 1919-07-27

tude. dutifuliy and lovingly attended
by his daughter until health and ambi-
ton slowly came back Whine they
were coming he grew to love the
silence. the salt air. the strange sights
and sounds, and as the season drew
70 close and II became personally
obligatory to pay rent or get out Mack
felt Discrimination to go back to
Brooklyn. Il
In his wanderings over the dunes
he had noticed a deserted shack with
put a door. with no panes in the win
dows-a demoralized, disgraceful ap-
pearing apology for a summer home.
Everybody TO whom he talked NJ his
plan said he was crszy, but he carried
It out and bought the shack.
II you had seen It then and II you
should see It now you would not
recognize the shack as the same place.
1t is pleasant two gabled cottage
with dormer windows In the upper
story. big broad projecting window.
a pleasant enclosed porch fit to dream
The sun., 1919-07-27
Continued from Preceding Paoo.)

hangouts Of the gangs and gangsters
were the dives along the Bowery.
Among the ones that were exception
ally notable were those of Billy Nc
Glory and John H. McGurk. These
two men were about the most wicked
men that New York ever produced.
They kept dives of the lowest charac-
ter places where knockout drops were
given, where murder was done for al
most nothing. and where all the gangs
and gang leaders came to plot their
meanncss. Some indication of their
type can be gained from the fact that
McGlory was known for years as 1.-The
wickedest man in the world"
McGurk was the more spectacular
of the two. and came into general no
toriety through his ownership Of Sui
The sun., 1919-07-27

man. lives there the year round, and
so to provide resistance TO the fierce
winter breczes. not to call them winds,
that swept across the flats, he has
put a cavernous fireplace in almost
every room.
The bedrooms, Of which there are
three, can accommodate an overflow
OF guests because the beds are literally
hunks set into the walls. The dining
room, which is the largest of the
rooms. is a medieval picture. all its
ornaments and articles of use being of
that style. These were made by
Mack" He designed and built the
furniture Of the entire house. and 1t
is quite wonderful how ingeniously he
has made beauty and usefulness COM
bine.
In living room, as in dining room.
the "piece" is, as it should be, the
mantel, whichs gives each its note.
These were made by the artist out of
mud gathered on the flats Cthere is
always plenty or it) mixed with ce-