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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-01-21
DEATH OF MRS. SUSAN NEAL.

Mrs. Susan Neal, widow of James
Neal, died about 6 o'clock yesterday
morning, January 20, 1920, at the
home here of her son-i NV ~,
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Lynch,
aged 72 years. Her husband pre-
ceeded her 10 the grave III ye..'s
ago. She was a sister of the late
Robert w. Woodward, OF Frank
ford, and was The mother o. quite
large family---flvc of whom are
sstili Hving--three sons--Julian,
Lawrence and John Neal. and to
daughtcrs--Mrs. Alex Freeman and
Mrs. Ed. Lynch. both OF this coun-
~. She was member OF the Pres
byterian Church. The funeral
service will be held at the Church
ri Maxwclion at 3 O'Clock this AFTER
noon (Friday) coudrc'"6 y %.
I. II. Wix and the burial will be
In The Frankford Cemetery where
her husbands body was laid.
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Total
S.l.i6.70
FOR SALE.

AS Executor Of s. y. Pace, have
Tor sale his Law Library, Office
Furniture, Filing Cases, 2 Fire
prof. Safes, 1 Remington Typcwrit-
er with desk together with all the
latest appliances for fastening pap
crs together.
The Law Library contains over
800 volumes Of textbooks and re-
ports, blanks for abstracts and 9TH
er things too numerous to mention.
Everything new and up-to-date.
This is 4 splendid chance for a
man who wants to open law Of
fee here. HENRY GII.MER.
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GRASSY MEADOWS,

We are having real cold weather
now and plenty of snow.
Rev. Ollield preached ut Nc
Ellheny Sunday morning and night
AS this is a fine sleighing time he
had a very good congregation at
both services.
Miss Mabel Holcomb is working
in the Laundry at Ronceverte.
There are q few cases of scarlet
fever at Dawson.
Miss AWE Stevens, who is attend
ing school at Anderson, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with her father,
S. l.. Stevens.
John Harrah. of Kccney's Knob
had his foot badly mashed few
days ago.
Kenny Ford was in Hinton Mon
day.
J. l.. Duncan is thinking OF
moving TO Dayton. Ohio.
Rev. Oflield and J. r. Montgomery
were visiting the folks on Kceney's
Knob Tuesday.
Our bachelor. Sam Lewis, takes
The lead in getting the most eggs
this bad weather.
The young folks at this place will
meet al AIKEN Martins with their
Pastor, Rev. OiIield, and have sing.
ing one night this week.
Henry Ford, who was working
at Ecllpoint. is mt home now.
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PARENTS-TEACHERS ORGANI-
ZATION.

A number Of interested patrons
and friends Of the Lcwisburg Pub
tic School mel on Thursday after
noon, January 9th at the school
building. After an instructive adj
dress by DR.. O'Rryan, of the Nation
al Mental hygiene Committee. ii
Parcnt$-'Icachcrs Organization
was, affected. The following Of
licers were elected: President, Mrs.
Henry LippS; Vicc-prcSidcnt. Mr..
J. S. McWhortcr; Secretary. w. f.
Scott; Treasurer. Mrs. Howard
Campbell. A Constitution for the
Organization was submitted by Miss
Mellichamp which after slight a.
mcndmcnt. was adopted. The next
meeting will be held in the school
building Thursday afternoon, Feb.
oath.
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RESOLUTION OF THANKS.

AT Special Meeting of the Town
Council of the Town of Lcwisburg,
held in the Mayors Office, January
18th, 1920, the following Resolu-
hon was adopted:
~ u RESOLVED, That The Mayor, Re-
corder and Council of the Town of
LewlsDurg. representing the citi-
zens of said Town, extend 10 the
Roncevertc Fire Department their
thanks and appreciation for their
help and cooperation, rendered to
the Town Of Lcwisburg during the
lire at the Lcwisburg Female Insti-
tutc on January 3rd, 1921 and that
the Recorder be instructed to have
a copy of this Resolution published
III the Grecnbrier Independent and
The West Virginia News and copy
mailed to the City of Ronceverte.
r. NJ. BELL, Mayor.
L. 5. Davidson, Recorder.
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COW TESTING ASSOCIATION

The following gives the names
and records of the cows in the AS
sociation which have produced
more than 40 pounds of buttcrfat
or 1000 pounds of milk during
thc period of 80 days ending Dec.
81, 1920, Jesse J. Coa'man, Official
Tester:
J. 0. Handley s. Son-Daisy
Moore, G. lol., 43.1 pounds of but
ter fat; Cameo, Holstein, 1919 lbs.
milk, 31.3 pounds of butter fat.
VIM. Laing-Hol. Hcifer, Hol.,
J. Fl. Handlcy-Lizzie, G. Jer..
~ pounds butterfat; Betsy, G. Jer.
1879 pounds butterfat; Jersey, G..
Jer.. 1870 pounds buttcrfat; Blanche
Cross. 1926 pounds butterfat !:
Brindlc AT pounds butterfat; Olga
Hol., 1925 pounds milk. 30.3 pound
buttcrfat; Tolcna. Hol., I PSI pound
milk, 1868 pounds butlcrfat.
Tuckwillcr & Livcsay-Bculah,
Hoi., 1,O83 pounds milk, 3I.7 pound
buiterfat.
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FRANKFORT HIGH SCHOOL LIT.
ERARY SOCIETY.

(BEATDICE KERSIINER, Secretary
The Debate by the Frankford
High School Literary Society, held
Friday, January II, 1921, was won
by the Negative side:
RESOLVED:- THAT the People of
has Country are Growing Better.
Atiirmativc-Moody Hull, Pauline
Archart, Katie Hayes. Thurmond
Green, Marguerite Fisher, Ray
nard Arehart, Clara Fisher.
Ncgative-Ruby Scldomridge, Ira
Hull, Zhylpha GRAPHICAL, Elizabeth
Livesay. Gladys GRAPHICAL. Paul
Gibbs, John Bright Fisher, Beatrice
Kershner, Maynard Booihc.
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NOTICE.

We, The undersigned members O
The Garascm1ns Association, BY
mutual agreement and contract q
.;rcc that beginning January I, 1921
10 extend credit to any Of our Gus
toners for period of 80 days only
We believe that it is to The interes
OF all parties that The Automobile
and Garage business be conduclc,
on as nearly cash basis as posi-
Ole The cooperation OF The pub
lie will be appreciated.
ALDERSoN GARAGE.
SOUTH ALDERSoN Moron Co.,
CLARKSON & TUCKwILIFg,
RONCEVERTE GARAGE,
RICHMOND 4 HOBBS,
}. G. BoGGs Moron ( LIGHT Co,
MhXwELLS GARAGE,
FARMERS SUPPLY Co,
+. C.. COLEMAN,
C.. +. CONNER.
IlUDDLESTON GARAGE,
CABBELLS FIREpROrr GARAGE,
WHITE SULPHUR Moron Co.,
w. A. BOONE,
UNION Moron Co.
w. S. PECK's GARAGE,
McCoMAS n WAuuop,
HOBBS Bros. GARAGE,
HINTON GARAGE & SALES Co.,
AUTO OWNERS & SUPPLY Co..
SERVICE GARAGE.
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WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES.

'tEIvA BRANsFORD, Rcporter.)
The Literary Society gave the
Following program Friday after
noon. January 7, 1921:
sCRIpTURE READlN M; 80 ''''''s
OUARTETrE, ~
Omar Cook, Oakry Dean.
'rn Rransford, Eva McMillion.
READING. Chlora Hume
SHORT STORY, Loretta OGDEN
CURRENT EVENTS Eta WYATT
Observation-Disclosures that the
Government Should Own and Con.
troll the Postal System.
To Affirm: To De,v.
Cassie Nicely Norval Smith
NnMr Tootllman Polly McClint;c
READING. Pauline MAN,.
nnnr STORY. Montford Hume
SCHOOL NOTES, Theo. McMillion
Oh what is so rare rs n dav IN
January! Sleighing! Skatingi Snow.
balling!
One Of the Junior girls, Birdie
'"cnTY' is very sick this week. We
conc she will soon be back at
""'0oi.
TIC Grandiury of Faycitc coun-
=" :" session last week, returned
y felony and 81 misdcmeanor In.
dictmcnts
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SCHOOL HONOR ROLL.

DUG HILL SCHOOL. Frankford
Ditrict; Nancy. Chisholm, Princi-
pal; Robert SeldOmridgc, Assistant.
Third monthAUppcr Room:
Blanche Scldomridge, Nellie Neal.
Althca DotSon, Erma Owens. Ina
Hazel. Glcnna fleming, GLADYS
licnning, LOWE Yates. Trcssic Yatcs
Ara Hazel. Lewis Scldomridcc.
Richard ScldOmridGc, Viola Louder
.milE, Connie Mcdowell. Fcrdic Nc
Dowell. DclbcrI LoudcrmillS. Elsi.
1oudcrmilk' Rcba Doison, Maggie
DolSon.
i.owcrROom-pauI Neal. Wilson
$eIdonlridsc, lAl seldomriIi'ec, t OIir
ocidoInridGc, Rudolph i}ar.on. Al
;nn jackson, Earl Owncs. Ci,as.
Hughes, Jessie Hughes, Eunnnc
hughes, Airline Owens, Elizabeth
Owens. Ira LOudcrmilk, Ina LOIIu-
rrrmilk, Eva Loudcrmiik, MaXjc
ii:oudcrmilk. Mary Burris, Bessie
Yates, Allie fucker, MaNbclIe Uugh-
cS: Gar land Hcnning. Alice IIenninp
Mildred DoiSon. Halle ScItlonlridrS
Nina, Jackson, Alicia Hazel, GLADYS
Hazel.
Average attendance. 91R.
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WEEKLY MARKET BULLETIN.

The Capitol building and its
contents were destroyed by fire in
Guiding our Weekly Market Bullc-
tin and other publications.
| would be glad 10 have those
who were On these lists to send me
a letter or card giving their names
;Ad addresses.
Very truly yours,
J. II. STEWART,
Commissioners
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Commissioner.
SENATOR BOONE IS PLACED.

The Standing committees of the
State Senate were announced by
President Arnold Monday. Scna-
tor r. II. Boone, of Grccnbrier, is
on the following committees: Privi-
lcges, and Elections; Roads; Militia;
Emigration and Agriculture and
Prohibition and Temperance. Only
one Of thesc-Roads-will probably
have meeting during the session.
Senator Stewart, of Morgantown,
is Chairman of the Judiciary Com
nittec and Senator Lewis, Of Fay
cite, of Finance. One or more Of
the four Democratic Senator's are
placed on all the important COM
mittceS.
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NICHOLAS WANTS TO SPREAD.

Nicholas County wants new
boundary line established on the
Greenbrier side in order to give
the town Of Redwood chance to
grow and remain in Nicholas. 1t
is proposed to take about 10000
acres from Grcenbrier. The matter
will be taken up by the County
Courts and perhaps go to the Leg
iSlaturc for action.-Fuy., Tribune.
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TO OUR LEwISBURG FRIENDS.

We wish. publicly to offer our
very sincere thanks for and to cx-
press our hearty appreciation of
your kind and tircless efforts in
our behalf during our stay in your
delightful Community House. We
will never forget nor cease to be
grateful 10 YOU for your kind inter-
est in and sweet ninistrations to
us in time of suffering and trouble.
Please accept this rs an express
sion OF our gratitude for all you
did for us.
ESTHER BILLS,
KATHRYN MARSHALL,
DIR. c. NJ. MARSHALL.
While Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
January 10, 1921.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-01-21

The general motive offices of the
Virginian railroad, ut Princeton
were destroyed by fire some DAYS
ago. Some Of the records of the
Office were saved. The loss of, the
building, which was two-story
brick structure, located near the
railroad shops, was estimated at
between thirty and forty thousand
dollars.
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FoR SALE.-Twcnty-h orsc-power
Geiser saw outfit. Price and terms
will be made attractive. Address or
See Goad & De Barr, Lcwisburg. w.
Va. Or II p. Johnson, Wythcville,
Virginia. If
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The Willing Workers Sunday
School Glass of the Methodist
Church. will have an oyster and
chicken salad supper in the Tea
Room of the Lcwisburg Drug Store
Saturday evening, Jan. Cpd, begin
ming at $3.50 y. M.
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CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express through
tho columns of this paper our APP
probation for the kindness and
sympathy shown us by friends and
relatives i'll or recent bcricvcmcnts
the death of our dear wife and
mother, Mrs. Iowa d. Deitz.
Fl. l.. DEiTZ AND Son.
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CONTNIBt'TIONS-

CONTRIBUTIONS.
Previously reported s2G3.65
Caldwell Chapel sos
Roy BlankenShip 500
Mrs. +. L. FinkS 1000
y Contribution 5000
Miss Lima White 500
Mrs. Halle Pace. (kondD 5000
Mrs: VI. y. Beard, tbonO 5000
LASH 1000
Total SlI6.7O
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DR.. John D. McCorkle. registered
Eye Sight Specialist, of Hinton, w.
Va. Il, The Grecnbrier Hotel, Ron
ccverlc. First Monday of each
month from nine to five o'clock.
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VIM. +. Allen. n prominent mem
Der OF The Covinston, Va, bar drop
pea dead from his chair at his home
IN Covlngton las. Friday afternoon
OF heart irublr. He was a LAWYER
OF excellent abilities and standing
and had served as States Altrney
Tor Allegheny county for many
years.
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BLACKSMITH SHOp.--I have OPEN
ed shop one door East of Helms
Carriage Shop, and am prepared to
do your work. +. l.. MCCARrY.
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THE GREEABRIER COUNTY WoMAH'S
ASSOCIATION.
CONTRIBUTIONS,

Mrs. II. F.Mays,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. McGcachy:--
Bed, dresser and washstand, and
other furniture stored here when
they went TO Decatur Ga. I
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WANTED FARMs:-E. A. Strout,
Farm Agency; J. p. Skaggs. Repre-
sentative. Anderson, w. Va. I7-2w
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TEACHERS MEETING.
4 meeting of the Frankford Dis
irict Teachers Reading Circle will
be held at Frankford, January 29th.
at 2 O'clock.
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EUROPEAN RELIEF.

HERBERT HOOVER, MI. Chm.
MASON BELL, County Chairman.
5. G. BEARD, County Treas.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-12
Tabloid Sermons
For Busy People by
ParSon AbieI Halle

Our days shadow. and none abdeth
Il Chrcn. 1915.
The books Of the Chronicles stirring Our text
not mere aabe ension Of epgzm reclining beneath
shady tree nor the noraing bzst dftung lin
pidify Il was the awful impressed the scribe
as he witnessed the majesty immutab
and eontrastsd With and short days Of
man wars passions greeds nterrzcs the lore Of
women and gold all things Many today act talk and
hink as il the creation started their birth and that they viii
dwell IN security earth forever The Chronicles tell Of
tine thousand before dawn the Christian
era King David Old literally dying his
feet cold and bloodess peslenc had bghed
and desoaed the fair land; others had
made it. Fair cities had fallen feeble works witheed
in the blast and children perhed
agony and misery Recent Russian history contains dread
m tales than those recorded during the awful time il Palestine
David punished mad repented Mighty
king lifted from obscury high potentate and monarch
He left the Law by which hubd He spoke Of
hadows Today have the basic emotions in DaTa
inegreed vanity lust gold power sshness
We believe ourselves fxibut death real and
Our days the shadow and bdeth
The axiom David reveals what he
learned contrawise
thine shadowy
ebuous stewards eustodians Of what is committed
but days shadow.
grateful shade and shadows that cloak
growth Of David
Psslmist that difference between the
and the that endur eternally.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-12
Three Passing Gases

Respect for the law al increased by three recent
occurrences
Some ten days ago automobist high powered car
going at 60 miles hour smashed another car killing
one person and seriously njurng half dozen Others besides
wrecking two automobiles
The speed maniac violating the law, was directly
responsible for the homicide for personal injury
ton Of property.
However charge has been filed against him and he is
not called to for his violation Of law Hence law
violations resulting in death the highway, continue
unabated
middle aged Salem shoemaker pleaded guilty charge
Of attempted assault II year old grthe third time he
has been arragned for similar ofenses He fined S50
and costs the maximum penalty, instead Of being sent to
the asylum where be belongs.
If this degenerate had pleaded guilty to making drink
Of beer he would have been guilty Of far heinous
offense than assaung little girls and have been fined $500
and sentenced to term in jail
The jury in the Todd in which eighteen investors in
mythical timber land sought $1,000 advanced TO
the promoter Of the deal after due delberaton awarded
verdict of $1665 for each $500 investment How such
verdict reached Of the unsoved mysteries OF
the jury-room Either the defendant guilty of swindng
the investors he innocent In the former the
investors entitled judgment for the full amount of
their In the latter they entitled to
nothing. Yet the jury awards them three and third
percent dividend TO square the account It
Can you beat it?
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-12
Rev. W.W.LOng
Is Installed as
Local Pastor

Formal installation services oi
Rev. Ward Willis Isong as pas,or
Of the Presbyterian church q this
city were held last night in the
ehureA parlOrs. Rev. H. I. row-
man Of the FIRST Presbyterian
church OF Portland desiverfnx the
principal address. Rev. w. y. Lee
q Albany was chairman cf the
meeting.
Rev. Mr Long came to the local
church In May from ahs Foflses
Presbyterian church Of Portland 10
fill = vacancy left By the resiEna-
tioa 81 Rev Thomas Andersoa. He
comes with splendid recon
mendation of the people az Port
i&1d. where be made a renarkahie
sarce~ cf the work. In ghe family
Is Mrs Long. a talented musician
Of charming personality. and :
baby daushter who was baptized
las night Al the services.
Rev Long was educated in
Princeton, receiving masters
DECREE there. sad later graduates /
fFou the Princetou theoloricsl
seminary.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-12
Klamath Court
Orders Sale of
Courthouse

klamath Falls. Or, July 12.-
The Hot Springs building is the Of
ficial court house Of Klamath
county, according to a decree of
the county court. and the Main
street building win be sold and the
proceeds applied to the completion
of the Hot Springs structure.
The order affirmed that Judge
Bunnell was elected April %,
1918, TO "re-establish the former
policy Of the people of Klamath
county Of constructing the county
court house on block 10, Hot
Springs addition" and that said
policy was reaffirmed by the sub
sequent election Of Commissioner
Fordyce and the reelection of
Judge BunnelI and Commissioner
Short.
An order Of sale of the Main
street court house was enjoined
by Judge Calkins and the injunc-
ton today was still in force. The
court declared that it would cost
$4,000 to complete the Main
street court house and there is moi
money available, but that money
rom special levies made in 1913
1914 and 1918, with the probable |
receipts from the sale of the Main |
treet building, is available and is
to finish the Hot Springs
.ourt house.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-12
Polk Library
Popular; Plan
ToExtend Idea

Dallas. Or, July 12.-The -eoun-
ty library which was recently or
ganized and put in charge Of Miss
Frank H Hout, who has been EN-
ployed at the state library ior the
past three years. is nov in opera
tion. 1t began to operate jane J ,
and in a short time the lihrariar
expects 10 have permanent branch
es at Independence, Monmouth.
Falls City and possibly West sa-
lem. There viii be stations in
practically every school district in
the county. The books viii be dis
tributed as the demand is shown
by the county librarian to the var
ious stations. The stations will be
in charge either Of the school
teachers al the school house or
some reliable persons in a central
ly located home in the district
Books are loaned free Of charge TO
al residents Of Polks county, and
will be sent out in response to tele-
phone or mail orders from people
Who live beyond the reach of the
branch libraries until the stations
In each district are established
Any reasonable number of books
nay be taken at time. except the
more popular recent books and
others on special demand. SC long
3 the number of books borrowed I
IRE not kept more than q month |
-hildren under the age of IS are
'ermitted TO take but two books
'hould the borrower fail II return
ne books, then q fine OF one cen,
dsy will be charged :o~ each
.ook.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-12
Fire Lookout
Now Equipped
With Telephone

Dallas. Or, July 12--The chiei
fire warden Of this section of the
country. W. V. Fuller, has just re-
norted that the work Of installing
the wire receiving outfit at the
fire patrol lookout station on the
TOD of Bald mountain has beer
completed and the plant is now in
operation in chara-> Of T. c. Stock
well. Mr. Fuller also reports that
I'D 10 the present time there has
been no fires reported by the Polk
county patrolmen.
Yesterday morning the farm
house Of D. D. Bartel Sr., Vho is a
minister in the Salt Greek district,
was burned while the family we're
attending church. The loss was in
the neighborhood of $500, coy
cred with $1,000 insurance. The
Z neighbors noticed the fire and
succeeded in removing the piano, |
which was the only piece Of fuTRi-I
ture saved.
The barn on the farm # Wr.
Vincent near Amity was also de-
stroyed by fire Sunday afternoon
lue to combustion in the new
lay. The barn has been recently
illed and indications were that
yas was accumulated from the
leated hay and members o. the
amily were afraid TO go near it.
momentary explosion,
which finally occurred and blew
he top off the barn and burned
TO the ground
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-12

unselfish and be is my one great
solaee, my one great excuse fol-
living. We are happy. Alix, al
most as happy as we were before
/ Sometimes Bill has hours OF de-
preston and dependency when he
calls himself a log and and q
weight about my neck, but in his
heart be knows better. He helps
me in my work immeasurably.
He reads everything there is to
read and keeps me posted on
everything necessary to my ad-
vanceDent all the time. Why,
Jeff Turner told me the other
night that Bill was getting more
highbroww than /
Who is Jeff Turner?"
highbrow than l."
Turner. ard ! wish ] could tell
you how splendid he has been TO
Bill and me. 1t was through him
that l got this position with the
magazine. l knew that Roland
Early was rather dubious at first
about my being able TO fill il, but
Jeff insisted and for many years
/ have felt that Mr.. Early de-
pended upon me more and more
And now. my dear, can't you go
to sleep for a little while2" /
AT this I sat bolt-upright. How
can / sleep, how can I sleep, when
don't know whether my baby
Is sleeping or not He may be
crying because he is hungry and
DO one beside to feed him. He
may be cold or in pain. Oh,
Alice, 1t isn't true, is it2 1t Isl
ust a bad dream Please wake
ne up" burst into an uneon-
rollable fit Of weeping and sob /
,ing and that blessed woman. in .
Ter great understanding. never ,
nee said: Don't cry" although
must have made her very IN
comfortable. she Just took me in
Ier arms until physically tired
ut and wraeked with sobs I went :
o sleep with my head upon her !,
reast :,
Years afterwards ! was taken
D task by some Of the critics be- =.
ause In one Of nv stories / had \
lade one Of my characters say. :,
Don't tell me not to cry. It isn't
seause you are sorry for me that +;
on ask me to stop weeping; il m
because my weeping annoys you. n
on never know the dspths OF
lent grief and. in fact you are II
.ad for your own sake when I 81
, not err because il makes you 81
aeomfortable. Il is then You b.
Ike ne in your arms and say. or
'oat cry. dear, don't CRY. II M
lrts ne when you cry and I do is