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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

with a little laugh. --Are you on your way home?"
 No such luck" denied Ben. T am going to Blairsv1ue. I must be there in the morning to deposit the money to meet the note for the fac tory we bought there. We had it all arranged to have the bank take up the note. but at the last moment they wired a negative and must produce the actual cash.
 The Compton company are after the plant and we don't dare let the rote go to protest even by an hour. l must be the first customer through the bank doors"
 And you are waiting for the early tTain," she nodded comprehendiugly. That is the worst of a branch line. I had to come down on the last train tc catch the western express. which comes through here at B."
 ''As long IS you had to sit up, I am glad that am here,' said Ben cheer fully. T meant to stay over on my way homo and pay call. I should have missed you. As 1t is-"
 You will be inflicted with my com pany for an hour and 90 minutes, ." she concluded for him.
 Much history may be I.aade in that time," declared Ben. Do you know that this Is the first time I've had a chance to chat with you without won dering how soon Dick Freeman would TOD around the corner and spoil 1t aIl?"
 There is no danger of Mir. Freeman here" she said laughingly. "He dis likes night travel"
 T can't say that I blame him. 20 conceded Ben. T don't like 1t my
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

"'Bout two months after I shipped my cattle an she an me hooks up and goes over ter my ranch. We lived thar fer a couple uv years, and I thought I wuz the happfest puncher thet ever roped a cow Pretty soon, however, she begins ter banker after the company uv them kind uv people as I told yer the bossman's brother wuz. She had her books an all thet
 but whut she wanted wuz civilization. She jest pined away fer it. She had ter have it So I says ter myself:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

'er to this dance and thet picnic. and so forth. She never distributed no favors ter either uv us. Ben; but she 'peared to like the talk uv thet young city chap a hull lot They'd git to- gether and yarn about Shallesper' an
 Browuin' and a feller named George Eliot and ernother chap what w-uz a brushman an called hlsseIf Walt Whitman-guess thet wuz his Texas name, anyhow. I don't take no stock in sech talk, but when 1t comes to passin' the dope on cattle and lam an the like. I'm there with both feet.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

Whatever became of that pretty New England sChoOl-teacher, Pete the one with the philanthropic ideas?" Pete shifted uneasily under his blankets and rolled another cigarette. Didn't cher hear?"
 NO"
 I married her"
 "Oh. I see. And you are coming back to the trail. Is she going to join your"
 '' Not if the court knows herself % Williams said no more and Pete gloomed awhile at the stars. In a low
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
Beat the Water Wagon.

How did you enjoy your trip across the lake, colonel?" asked the Ohio man.
 Fine, sah,' answered the gentleman from Kentucky. It wass a case af 'watah, watah everywhere. and not drop to drink, sah."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

gihle than the others that had filled his waking dreams, but Esther had been in his thoughts all the evening.
 She live1 three. stations below Blairsville, and he intended to stop over train when his mission should be concluded.
 But, unlike the other visions, thi. one spoke, and Ben sprang up to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
SorN He Spoke.

"Matilda," said Sam Sunhower, aa he stretched back in his chair with yawn, Pete Greens wife am cummin' obeh to trade yo' chickens en yoll hab to gib her somehn' to boot Dess gib her somefn' wuthless."
 'Somehn' wuthless," laughed Ma tilda. "All right. Suppose An gibs her yo'?"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

voice he began:
 You know, Ben, I loved that wom- an heap. l thought she wuz the bell mare of the hull outfit. You remem- Der, she came out here the summer afore you left. The fust minute I set my peppers on her I said she wlIz ter be mine. She wuz a-goin' with the bossman's brother bout thet time, a young chap frum the city. an 1t wuz nip and tuck atEeen us as who'd take
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

We use ter have some high o' times in that shack. didn't we, Ben2"
 Yes: and, by the way. do you re- member the night we took old man Perkins out and tarred and feathered him for beating his wife 2"
 DO r We'll, should ante! Say, warn't he a sight?' They chuckied over their recollections. and talked in the same strain for some time. Finally Williams asked:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
Real Wizard.

''He Is, indeed. magician" said the sweet singer.
 That so?" responded the low com edian. Docs he produce eggs from a silk hat?"
 Well, l guess not Eggs are too cheap. He produces porterhouse steaks when they are retailing at bits a ponnd."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

'I'd saved some money, an made a killin' one night at poker in the Blue Goose l had some cattle uv my own, you know, so I leases me a ranch over in Mexico and put a bunch of men to work on my own hook. Ever 'once in awhile I'd take the trail and see this young schoolmarm. Jest about this time thet bossman's brother shoots a greaser an has ter hit the overland. This leaves clear field fer me.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

When David's eyes met those of the girl she flushed brightly and put staying finger on the reins.
 Why, David!" she safdz confusedly, i've didn't expect you back until to- morrow. Let me introduce NIT. Hart- wood. the manager of our new road"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

''I have had a very pleasant visit," said Esther. The time has passed very quickly. I have been thinking of one time when a party of us came to take this train. Dick was so sleepy that he was hprfid and"
 ''And?" he echoed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
Had Seen Service.

But" said the fair maid, you seem rather young to be wearing the title of colonel"
 Anyway" rejoined the beardless youth, I've participated in seventeen summer arrangements"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

NID came down the dust white road. He had spent long. weary ins days on jury duty. and he was in he ste to set back to his home. to his harvest ing. and last. though never least. to Jes- gicC.
 Gosh. Dave' I had to lick my horse t0
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

got out of the wagon and continued his way on foot despite the farmers proffer to take him home.
 He spent the rest of the day with his parents, going over the farm with his
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
Professional Discount.

Small Boy-How much for a pound of chloride of sodium?
 Druggist-Twenty-fve cents.
 Small Boy-1t's for Dr. Pillem. Druggist-Oh. that's different. Give me cents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

tones were waited back to him
 Your friend doesn't seem exactly responsive"
 The encounter, coming so closely on the farmers idle remark, put a touch Iof bitterness in David's homecoming When they came to the next turn he
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
HER TIES '

Elon friends, and almost before they realized it the time passed. Some sleepy officials and a dozen sleepy passengers made their appearance, and finally the long line of slecpers rolled into the station.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

David scruunized the manager keen ly and a trifle sulIenly as he ackNOwl- edged the introduction. Remarking that he was in haste, he bade the farmer drive on. Hartwood's amused
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

And you were not" she finished. You have stood the test. l have nev- er been able to decide between you before. but I know now"
 Bless the branch line" said Ben
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
What He | eff

The hobo had just finished dining. "If you will excuse me-" he said to the kind lady, I will now leave the table"
 And after his departure the k l. dis
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
The Woman of It.

The forward movement of her sex
 Goes onward day by day And yet she off a street car gets
 In the same old backward way.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

grasp the gloved hand extended 10 him.
 ''Is 1t really you?" he cried. '1 thought 1t must be a dream. I was beginning to believe that only the scrub women and myself were left awake in the world"
 Tt is lonely" answered the girl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

HE mesquite ranged @ x. . N 5. ;. 5 < ... <. ..... = :. x. :: x. . X ETHO % outward and upward M 6R | r1l tlI. in every direction, [lNN % the gray-greeu trees
 EN v seemed to touch the rim
 cES | behind the heavy clouds
 A S}SS 4 which had banked in { AGTyFE the northwest with the EAE approach of evening,
 sploshcd the heavens
 with a profusion of col ors. while an occasional ray gleamed upon the piumage of some wild bird as 1t made its way honeward to escape the night. The hurries whir of the blue quail as a startled covey arose upon the approach Of the horseman. or the rustic of a Chapparal bird as 1t sCut- tied off into the mesquite, were the only sounds to berak the stiffness.
 The man rode on, his head hanging from his shoulders in deep absorption. Ills face was not tanned by the black enlns rays of the South Texas sun. It was red and blistered. showing him Co have lived in the city for some time. Evidently he was familiar with the country. as he took the short cuts be- tween the windinga and twistings of lle old trail, yet wltE that same half vacant manner which would have at tracted attention. The horse was an ugly claybaclS. wiry and tough. with a streak Of Spanish in him, a~d it was only his constant shy'7g at objects along the trail that kept his rider in touch with the surroundings.
 Fcy three days auj two nights the man and horse had boeu in the brush. After leaving San Antonio he had avoided the towns and settlements. even the ranch houses, preferrins the solitude of the mesquite. He was near ing the NueCes River. where he would Carau for the night and could see the trees in the distance, bigger and green CT than the SLIT oundins country.
 For another hour he logged along. until he ueared a point where a trail ran into the one he was travelling. Coming into his own tail was a horse man, who drew up and waited. As he approached the broad grin spread over the newcomers Countenance, and he e1aCulatcd:
 Well. I'll be durnedl It's Ben Will Hams"
 "Howdy. Pete.' returned Williams.
 ''Whar yer goin'?' asked Pete.
 Taking the trail for the old T. Auchcr, Pete. Had hauEcring for
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fervently as he watched her disap- pear into the car, but 1t was with a different meaning than that which he had used when he first got off the train.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
FROM JOKEL AND

covered that the table was about all he had left
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08

Their departure only emphasized the loneliness of Ben's situation, and he vigorously commented to himself upon the business affairs which com handed his presence in Blairsdale at banking hours the next morning, or rather this morning. for the hands of the big station clock stood at l I.1O.
 There was a train out on the branch line ct 5:2O. IL was scarcely v orth while going to some hotel for the brief interval. 60 Ben sought the waiting room.
 It was as large and more lonely than the train shed. over in one cor ner a telegraph instrument clicked out its messages to the sleepy operator. and two scrub women backed slowly down the long room, leaving a wake of wet wood
 Save for these, the room was so still that Ben could hear the click as the electric clock set forward it's hs.pds at 3O-second intervals.
 The stiffness brought a condition that was neither sleep nor wakeful- ness. 80 he was net surprised to see Esther Norby coming toward him. rAla image was mors real, more tan
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-08
EN MORGAN

llN NIOIENTENIT ETUTIIVU about him fOrlornIy. The tide of humanity that had swept him along platform had now left him stranded on the con course to amuse him self with the weighing machines and pen ny phonographs while they hurried home to
The Washington herald., 1919-07-20

Miss Katherine Lewis Watson, went
recently under the chaperonage of
friend to spend the summer in Eng
land with Mr.. and Mrs. Davis.
Miss BasseH came TO Washington
from her home in West Virginia
about a year ago to do war WORK.
and is occupying Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
apartment at 1909 Sixteenth street.
She hopes to rent It furnished next
autumn to avoid the trouble of break
ing up housekeeping and storing Mrs
Davis furniture.
Between you and me and the gate
post, I strongly suspect that social
ly the Davis aren't having as bril-
liant a time in London as their pre-
decessors have had. They tell me
that the first summer Of the after
the-war era is passing as a mere
ghost of the old London social sea-
son, which formerly for three
months after Easter transformed
Belgravia and Mayfair into a spec
tacle by day and night
LONDON WAS
VERY GAY THEN.
In other years. before the war
wrought It's NAAS N~-- >
weeks of summer saw the great
London houses thrown open for en-
tertaining on a scale which no
other European capital knew. Their
blazing windows at night told of re-
ceptions and dances on grand
scale. Court was held at Bucking-
ham palace with an array or uni
forms and Jewels making an unssr-
passable show. By day the entire
west end was packed with cars
and carriages taking the women OF
society about for their calls and
shopping.
There have been four blank years
from 1915 to 1918, and now most OF
the establishments OF the dueal ana
old landed families who were the
pillars of the declining regime are
closed. or their lives are ordered IN
a quiet and subdued tone. Not
few bear the sign For Sale" or ITO
Let" testifying to the devastation OF
fortunes through war taxation or the
retirement of families in mourning.
Nearly all of the social fixtures are
missing this year. No courts are
being held at the palace for that
presentation to royalty Of debutantes
and others which gave them the for
nal seal Of rank among the socially
elect One big garden party Is to
take the place of these. The shep-
herding of the exclusive world into
the royal fnclosure at the Ascot races
has been almost the only semiofficial
gathering of society. and pressure
upon the lord chamberlain's office for
admission consequently has been
more fierce than heretofore.
To the stranger London may seem
lively and even gay. but It Is res
taurant and theater-gojng liveliness
like the customary life of New York
and Paris. The war profiteers are
spending recklessly in their way, but
among the old-fashioned people there
Is a general sentiment that display Is
not in harmony with the times. and
for many it would be impossible If
they desired it, so I am told.
Even the restaurant life is much
curtailed. Suppers have been elim-
mated and there are hardly a dozen
The Washington herald., 1919-07-20

knew Asw trss tk,k u. Anyway. he
Morses bought the place from the
Francis Alton connollys. ana are
planning to make . show place out
Of it; have sasased the nnest land
scape Gardeners, ETC.. to that end.
The connollys. you know. planned to
DO wonderful thfnet with the place,
but 3ust about that time there was
great sseitsmAnt About eonfdsnttai
information beink given out prsma.
tyreiy. ana Mr.. connolty's brokerage
e@es was soma way eoncsrns1. ana.
any way. the connollyt never spent .
esat On the pises ant never lived
thsrt. ..tt, :. :.
ThAt property. Iseatsa sesut eas-
halt nile frsn the city iifnits of Alex
andris. which city 70 stsht milss from
the City Of washintton. consists OF
nfty-twe snd ene-haif scrts. situate4
on high esnineneS. with A command
Ing view Of the Potomac River, Nary
lana Heights. the city Of washinston
ana svrrevaAint country. IL 10 Just
on Of that dns new concrete ros6 that
gess 70 Camp Aumphrsys nov from
1iexsadria-
The Washington herald., 1919-07-20

places in this largest metropolis or
the world found open later than 10
o'clock The midnight wayfarer sees
women in evening dress with men in
guards uniforms or formal black buy
ing coffee and sandwiches at q side
walk coffee stall, elbow to elbow with
a crowd of soldiers. cabmen and mis-
cellaneous night wanderers, a picture
undreamable for the old London.
Still, with its life war-shorn OF
much that was almost sacred to It's
ancient aristoeracy. England could
never be otherwise than picturesque
and fascinating. sa say all that know
1t. The Derby came into its own again
as the greatest popular sporting event
OF the world. as Ascot Is the most
patrician in its atmosphere. The
guards regiment performed the his
toric ceremony of trooping the colors
In Hyde Park on the Kings birthday.
although in dull khaki instead of the
old array of scarlet and blue. The
coach with the sleek four-in-hand
starts from Piccadilly for Richmond
with the stirring flourish of the horn
although there has been none on the
Brighton road since Alfred Vanderbilt
drove that course. Boating, cricket,
tennis and golf have burst forth with
renewed enthusiasm after four years
OF sports famine. so I am told.
ROYALTY COMING
HERE IN FLOCKs.
Washington will surely be host
to royalty in nocks this autumn! The
latest prospective visitor 10 the
ltahan crown prince. who Is re-
wing plans for a world tour which
were abandoned at the outbreak OF
the war. According to present sr-
rangements he will leave Italy this
fall. coming to North and South
America first
IaIkins or rumors, the air In
thick with them in connection with
The Washington herald., 1919-07-20

suags living conditiona and to build
. suaoient number OF homes and
apartmsn6. but they declare II will
ba IN tuapossibility to meet all the
demands Of cut-of.town people who
are dssisous Of living here. There
10 every indication that Washing
ton 10 going to have such . brilliant
season here next fall e. 1t never ex-
perienced In al 10 history.
Actually for the momen. We are
without foreign mission within
cur midst! The members OF the
Abyssinian Mission who came to
this country 70 present tie eonsrat-
ulations Of the Abyssinian govern
mont and people to the President
Of the United states left here Thurs
day mernine for Detroit. From that
city they will so to Buffalo and
Niagara Falls and arrive in New
York City tomorrow morning.
Accompanying the mission as rep
resentatives Of the United States
are @. c. carlar. Of the State De-
partnent and Capt. Paul Morrissey.
Of the army. Before leaving wash
ington the mission gave 1000 pounds
for the beneft of American crippled
$50 "ShAASA p0AasNAss
DELE0ATE's cosTUMEs
VERY pICTUREsoUE.
When they were received by the
President with true Oriental mag
, nificenee they presented the Presi-
dent with gifts of gold and ivory.
including two enormous elephant
tusks mounted with solid gold. An
address from the Empress Of Abys-
sinia contained In q gilded box,
lined with silk. and two gold cups,
were also presented by the Abys-
sinians.
When the three visitors stepped
out Of the automobile at the White
House. they might have served as
an illustration for the Arabian
Nfshts Each wore . red velvet cape.
heavily trimmed with gold, and .
large silk turban incrusted with
pure gold and Jewels.
That was an interesting story,
too. about Duke Dedtazmatch Nado.
member of the mission who
picked up the huge anaconda in
the Washington Zoo last week
and calmly shook the sleeping rep
tile into consciousness. Oniookers
gasped at the feat of daring.
At the time the delegation was
waiting the Zoo where specimens
of the wild beasts which were sent
to former President Roosevelt from
Abyssinia by Emperor Menelik II
are chartered. They had paused
before the cage of the anaconda. It
was asleep.
One Of the party expressed a de-
sire to see the snake move and the
guide prodded IL with a stick. but
1t dozed on. When further prod
! dings failed to disturb It. Duke
Nado thrust his hand into the cage
and taking the reptile by the throat
shook 1t until it quivered and
squirmed into wakefulness. Then
he quietly tossed 1t to the far end
of the cage. His act gave the party
q thrin. but the dukes modest de-
pertinent indicated that snake
charming is no new novelty to him.
MANY RUMoRED
ENGAGEMENTS.
The air is full OF rumors about en-
| gagements as well as the coming OF
royal visitors. On top Of the runor
| Of the engagement OF Preston Gibson
i to Mrs. Beatrice Rogers Benjsmen
] Pratt, comes a whisper that his sec
ond and last wife. Mrs. Grace Nc
| MILAN Gibson. is also seriously con-
templating matrimony again. In re-
| gard to Mrs. Pratt and Mr.. Gibson 1
heard from one who knows-no. not a
member of either family-that those
| two are tentatively engaged but are
not contemplating matrimony immedi-
The Washington herald., 1919-07-20
'LoRD FxrUxx.

LORD KAhE<EAk
Mount Eagle wss originally N
homs ef Bryan. eighth Lord ran
tax. whoa tue was confirmed b
the British House Of Lords Tn
rssidencs was built IN III. and IN
oririnai structure 10 stiil m an en-
osiisat state Of prsssrvatson- II oria
inaily consisted Of eight large roomf
with spacsoas hails. but from tim
to time ,int<rior alterations and In
provennefts have been made 70 Pre-
vide more modern horns eonveniencss
always pres<r%inS the quaint. origi
nal architecture. which the Norse
viii also preserve
Although Lord Fsirfsx was an az
dent royaiist. thu great friepdshiI
between him and Cen. wsshinsto
continued unbroken until The deau
OF the latter. History teus US ths
on Deesnber Z. liza Gen Washing
ten called and dined with Lord Fair
fax ct Mount Eagle. this being tn
very last social call made by Wash
inston- On December IL fonowns
CONTINUED on FACE SEVEN
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CONTINUED on rAeE SEVEN.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12
PULIAR
 & NIVEN
PRISONER A PROBLEM.
Model in Jail, Reverts to Theft When
 ScleascI.

NorristoWn Pa. Dec. 12.-With a record of twenty-seyen years spent in prison, William Rinker is 8 problem for President Judge SWartz to solve. The judge stated in eourt recently tlat-the prison inspecors are >eonvinc- ed further incarceraLon ul,shas of no avail; that when he<sas II ain jail he is model prisoner; that 2ile is all right outside, except when lie gets ,2runk. and then he reverts to stealing' uncon- sciously, Rinker claims. s 7.
 He has been out Of jail for two years, after serving a five year sen tence for larceny Rinller! was, found at 3 o'clock in the informing With a bag of shoes. In pleading guilty to receiving stolen goods he said after a fellow he did not know piled him with whiskey he handed him the bag, whose contents he did not know. Rinker's latest employer, Frank k. Heaviner, builder, informed the court he is willing to take Rlnker back and act as patrol officer.