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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-16
BY FANNIE HURST
Observation-Disclosures
Copyright. 1870. by The Wheeler Syndicate. mo

Doc, and she feels like before we GO
we oughta--"
cant you tell girl, Doc? Amt he
ever coming to again? Amt he, Doci
Oh, my God, amt he?"
The doctor snapped his spectacles
into case and regarded her above a
remaining pair that straddled his nose
halfway down. His voice was DELHI
crate and as slow as treacle in the
pouring.
I'VE are going to move him now,
young lady, just as soon as the hospital
wagon arrives. Then we can tell
more"
Fear lay on her face like a death
mask.
Il have set three fractures, but !
can't look at that back until we get
him to the hospital, little lady"
"Oh. my God! His back
Mr. Charley Lee smoothed a nervous
hand up and down the back Of his
CLOSED hair.
What she's trying to get at is this,
Doc. We gotta get that fourteen train
out and"
Don't listen to him, Doc, we"
1--WE gotta get that train out and
II he amt done for she wants to know
II he'll come around all right He will,
won't he. DocT"
HE will, Doc, won't he? He will
Doc, for Gods sake tell me he surely
WILL"
Il won't know how much, little lady,
until we get him to the hospital, but Il
looks to me like he will come around
all right"
See. Lo; now 60 get your duds"
"Oh, my God. Doc" She caught al
his hands in frenzy Of suppliance and
fell on her knees huddle at his feet
Just pull him around, Doc. That's all
ask. Pull him around, Doc, and I'll
make it up to you. I'll work my fingers
to the bone for you. I'll black your
shoes and walk on my knees for you
Only don't let him die, Doc. For Gods
sake, don't let him die" The incoher.
ence of frenzy muddled her tones,
saw, cut it, Lo. Don't you see that
Docs doing all he can. Go get your
duds on, Lo. You see, Doc, it's this
way. She kinda feels like it was hel
fault, but there's nothing to that It's
just like he got dizzy all Of a sudden
the way he missed that bar. I've seen
1t happen dozen times. She flung IL
all right enough, but she kinda feels tC
blame about it. It's dead sure that he'll
come around all right, amt 1t, Doc,
Tell her"
II done it, done it, Doc, but
didn't think it would swerve. l done
it. Oh, my God, Doc. 1 done it'll"
He stopped and drew her gently
from her crouching attitude at his feet
and, as If anticipating that she would
sway like silver reed, placed a firm
hand between her bare shoulder blades
There's no immediate danger OF
anything right now, little lady. You
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-16

Broadway for sure, Leel Say,
you'll be giving Belnsco lessons next"
He ran a finger along the top of
his tall collar.
I'm going to put on the biggest girl
show that town ever SEEN"
Gee, but-but I'm glad for you,
Lee"
He glanced at her sidewise.
What you going to do, sister
stick around this dump?"
IL dunno"
Fine place for a murder or a deaf
and dumb school,"
TIT amt so bad, Lee, when you
get used to it; the neighbors and
friends they"
"M-m-m-m. Live spot for a kiddo
with your face"
ut amt like l was without any
friends, Lee. There's Ben and"
benz"
"You know, AIS friend"
THE guy that owns the town.
"Yeh, he owns this cottage and
everything else, Lee. We've don't
even pay rent for 1t. He's the fellow
that gave us the chair you're sitting
on and the lamp you're seeing with.
There never was a friend like him,
Lee, Where would the money have
come from all the months after the 0p-
erations and all tiff he hadn't been
sent to help us just like out Of heaven.
Givin' and givin' us so we wouldn't
know it. Helpin us so we couldn't
see it, keeping up AIS nerve, helpin'
hiIU to"
ben CollingsT
"Yeh. Gee, don't wish you could
meet him. Lee. After the aldermen's
meeting tonight he'll he stopping in.
| just wish you could see him for your
self, Lee, honest l do. You never met
a fellow like him, honest, you never
did"
He regarded her through a film of
abstraction as If her words only half
filtered to him. His glance was for
her white throat where 1t rose above
the black and the timber easy line of
| her silhouette.
Honest. Lo, you're better looking
Kind Of filled out and toned down
bit Country air, Ell? Some little
locker !"
Jaw, Lee"
He shifted his cold cigar.
Guess you'll be pulling up stakes
around here pretty soon. eh?"
"I-why, I dunno, Lee"
There amt many girl-shows being
booked for summer Me and Mack's
got the first grab at 'em, too"
'The Amsterdam Roof is sure the
SWEETEST on Broadway, Lee"
you think ! forgot NY promise
10 you, kiddo, nOw-now that you're
out in the swim again, don't your You
think I've forgot?"
"What?"
'You think l forgot that prom
ised you last fall that there's for
ty-dollar job waiting for you in that
show"
She grasped the arms of her chair.
OH, Lee, =
'You onT
"T-oh-I--I gotta stick around here
for awhile, Lee. Since everything hap
pened, lit just seems like can't
think. ! try to think and think and
it's just like my brain hurts"
"All you got to do is to say the
word, kiddo, and you can tag on the
leven-seven tonight with the show and
transportation back to New York
thrown in"
Lee !"
THAT'S the kind Of a sport I am.
You don't wanna hang around here
Twin off this guy, do you, or may
be"
"Leel"
'"The house is his, amt TT You said
so yourself. It's the easiest getaway
you can make, kiddO; 1even-seven to-
night"
mo, no, Lee, II can't"
Continued in next issue)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-16
Wesley Improved me Minutes"

O.
John Wesley indu' red in the dan
gerous habit of reading IN horseback
'or many years without SUFFERING r :.
Jap. History. poetry ";'t' "..u
he says in his ior'i
'ead on horsehack. having ,ane. e.l-
)loyment at other times. /
isked myself Few is II no horse
stumbles when am reading? No &C.
count can possibly be given hut this:
Because throw the reins on his back
then set myself to observe; and I
aver Tint in riding about one hundred
thousand miles scarce remember any
lorse (eXcrlt two that would fall head
Ver heels anyway to fall or to make
4 considerable stumble while I rode
With slack rein"
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quicker.
1--WE should worry?"
uY0Y1 doDs< vooDn 49, ~

I'VE should worry?"
You don't mean that, Lo."
"Dor
Poor little kiddo Poor little kid
dol"
His throat might have been fur
| lined.
you think Pm laundering, don't
you? You think I'm laundering just
because the shows coming here mex
week. Like fun amw
You wouldn't squeal : If you was
baby, but don't you think 1 know
Don't you think know what Twin
In this amen corner is"
"Shh-h-h |"
! Don't you think / know what liv
, Ing with hulk like me in a"
"You-you're going to begin now ts
make me cry, amt you? You-you're
going to begin and remind me of what
l done and make me wish 1 was dead
and-and-oh, God, AL, If anybody
ought to be hankering it's you, not me
l."
"Shh-h-, darling! You don't need t.
De ashamed of hankering. 1t would be
funny If you didn't. A pretty SIXTY
little thing like you. 1 amt laundering
because the night the spring-board
didn't work was the luckiest stroke
ever had. Would II have got you II
If 1t hadn't gone back on me? Would
} II Even for hulk l amt got nothing
to banker about, baby, tt
But I amt neither, AL. Honest ]
amt. Gee, this little house and you
and Benz Gee, amt laundering"
There never was a friend like Ben
Lo, there never was"
There never was, AL"
"And now he thinks the world and
all OF you, Lo. and laffs and laffs al
your cute little ways. Honest, baby
sometimes I just think to myself If
II you could get that other laundering
out of your head, / wouldn't mind
nothing If I knew that you and him
after well, after I-well, you know
what mean. baby. after l."
"A-Al, you make me ashamed to
listen. Please. darling, 1 can't stand II
when you talk like that. Amt you
feeling right today? Amt your
Il mean 1t, baby. There couldn't be
nothing that would set me as easy
about you as that. He's so strong, Lo
/ like to see him all lit up like g
Christmas tree when you begin cutting
up with your cute little ways. He's So
strong, Lo, and like kid at the same
time. He could be so good to you
baby. I'd feel so easy IL knew fol
sure that"
"Al, please-please cut it. Please
darlingi"
Even when hear him coming down
the street on his way to the factories
or when he stops by from the alder
mems meeting; even when hear his
footsteps coming down the street, it's
like soldier with new spurs on his
boots was marching to stand by US
Amt it SOP"
hand.
That's why, Lo. I-even If you car
get the hankering out of your system
L"
Il amt hankering, Al; honest
darling, -,
"You don't mean that, Lo."
do! Do! Do! Lemme go, darling
femme put some bulbs out. Lemms
hurry, darling"
She broke from him with a grea
show Of raillery. .4
tulips first" And she was out IL
the sunshine and down the steps tw,
at a bound.
In the center of the lawn. delicat,
and fragrant as fountain spray, tn,
lilac bush was purpling in the sun.
By afternoon the sun had shifted 81
that the warm flood of light lay to the
rear and streamed into the small
square kitchen with it's rows of uten
sils rejecting and cleaning. A few
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-16

W It1 now AtoHH tne WaiI.
gray chickens prinked in the open
doorway and on the window sill o
potted geranium lifted its head crate.
fully to the light. On that same window
sill a coffee pot lid back, turned it's
black mouth to the sun. Mrs. Lola
Delano swabbed out a great shining
dishpan and hung it in its row along
the wall The pink was high in her
face and her fingers would recoil.
"Ugh!" wwWHWTw
what Lo?",
Nothing, AL. I'll be in there right
in minute. The dishes is done. Shall
! wheel you back here, hon"
mo, no. / like to watch the kids
coming from school,"
She wruna out her dishcloth after
the immemoral fashion of those to
whom falls this ancient and greasy
rite, slapped it open and hung it
across the sill. Blonde tendrils of hair
chung to her moist face.
Comm AL"
In the front room, quite in the atti-
tude Of the morning except that his
head lay back against the pillows
more completely relaxed, Mr.. AL De-
lano gazed at the white ceiling The
clean litter Of wood carvings lay scat
tered on the carpet. and on the table
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How Tastes Differ.


That we do not eat as heartily as wa
did few centuries ago, is proved by
reading old menus. In the Fifteenth
century. and in England and conti-
mental Europe, such meats as crane.
heron, peacock. seal. swan, porpOise
and whale were, If not everyday dish
es. at least common in their appear
ance on the tables of men, and by the
prosperous and rich it was not con-
sidered great extravaganza to serve
the tongues of larks and peacocks.
It is curious thing. or at least it
must seem curious to some that the
Tusc ms, while rejecting mutton, as
food. will eat heartily of hedgehog.
They may have fiocks of sheep, but
they do not eat them. They will eat
the flesh of their herds of cattle, but
they prefer, it is said the flesh of
oxen that have worked hard.
Played Chess on Plains of Troy.
Chess is one of the most ancient
pastmes known to mankind. One OF
the Greek legends ascribes it's origin
to the epic siege Of Troy, 1900 B. c.,
which is the subject of Homer's Iliad.
This weary siege was supposed to
have lasted ten years. Long night
watches around the campfires of the
Greeks were necessary to guard
against surprise and night attacks.
To enliven these waste hours Pala-
medes, one of the Greek host on alien
Trojan soil, invented various pastimes
for his countrymen, whose spirits 81
often tagged Among these he In.
vented the noble game of chess, and
kings and castles, knights and pawns,
still move in illustration of the great
er game which was then being played
on the plains of Troy.
ScilIy Islands Land of Flowers.
The flower ha vest in the SciIlv Ia
lands begins soon after Christmas ana
lasts well on into April or MAY. ae.
cording 10 the weather on the mainA
land. The harder the winter the bet-.
ter for the trade. The season is AZ
its best about Easter, when the de-.
! mand for flowers is enormous and
prices rule high. Ton by ton The
flowers are picked, punched, boxe.
shipped to Panzance, and then carri, i
IN specially designed railway trucl
TO London and all so quickly that II !.
flowers Gre on sale in tn. km
shops within % hours of h,t
taken from their native. 0Ayo
Privileges of had yet
Cicero says: "Neithe''iis, when nor
wrinkles can suddenly mother, ect,
hut the former part of husband, ably.
spent. reans he fruits of a! Alta, at
the close. There are maly ex-
cellent rules in our college, but this
Of which am treating especially. that
| in proportion as each man has the adj
vantage In age, ;" he takes precedence
in giving his opinion and older augurs
are preferred, not only to those who
are higher in office. but even to such
as are in actual command. What pleas
ures, then, of the body can be COM
pared with the privileges of authority,
which they who have nObly employed
seem TO me to have contaminated the
drama of life, and not like inexpert
performers to have broken down In the
last act?"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-03-16

By afternoon the sun had shifted so
that the warm flood of light lay to the
rear and streamed into the small
square kitchen with it's rows of uten-
sils rejecting and cleaning. A few
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-20
news TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
tNssisrr Ssspspef Unioo N<si sevies !
WESTERN

Three OF the convicts who escaped
from the state prison. at San Quentin.
Calf, were captured near Knoxville,
Calf, after n revolver battle lasting
several minutes.
Seventeen persons are reported dead
and more than eighty injured as re-
suit Of tornadocs and transforms which
swept from west Texas east into Okla
homa toward Arkansas.
The defense of Roscoe G. (Fatty)
Arbuckle In the three manslaughter
trials in connection with the death Of
Miss Virginia Rappe cost more than
$1,000, not including attorneys fees.
The remaining manslaughter charge
against Roscoe Uatty) Arbuckle, who
was acquitted In San Francisco by II
jury after six minutes OF deliberation,
has been dismissed by the district at
torney.
Gus Erickson, section foreman for
the Northern Pacific railway at Per
ma, Mont, was robbed Of checks, cur
rency and Liberty bonds estimated at
between $4,000 and $4,000, accord.
Ing to messages received at MissOula,
Mont.
Tse-Ne-Gat, the Piute Indian who
precipltated the Pmte uprising In 1915
because Of his resistance 10 arrest, and
son Of Old Polk. Piute band leader,
is dead, according to advices received
by United States forest service officers
at Salt Lake City.
Pilot B. II. WInslow, driving a
heavlly-laden mail plane. set new
flight record for the trip between San
Francisco and Reno recently by max,
Ing the distance In one hour and twen.
ty.f0ur minutes. The old record was
one hour and thirty minutes.
The efforts being made by Mrs.
Angela Kaufman Of Los Angeles to
aid Mrs. Louise Peete, serving q life
sentence In San Quentin penitentiary
for the murder Of Jacob C. Denton.
wealthy mining man, probably will be
halted. Inability to verify the new
statement made at the prison by Mrs
Peete concerning the staying, 1t was
said, may result In Mrs. Kaufman
giving up her campaign In Mrs. Peetes
behalf
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-20
WASHINGTON

Great Britain has informed the State
Department that she Is ready TO begin
Immediate negotiations looking toward
the funding Of the S11,000.0O0,000 al
lied debt to the United States.
The steamer Levlathan. now being
recondItloned by the shipping board al
Newport News Ship Building and Dry
Dock plant. has been renamed the
president Harding Chairman Las
ker announced In Washington.
Byav vote Of 1903 to CO the House ap
proved the amendment added In com
mittee OF the whole to the bill provid
Ing appropriations for the Department
Of Justice expressly forbidding the USE
Of funds In the prosecution OF labor
unions for agreements relative to
wages or conditions OF labor. The
amendment also prohibits the prosecu
ton of agricultural producers for co
operative marketing Of their products
The United States has officially rec
ognlzed the new government in Guate-
mala, 1t was officially stated at the
State Department. The old govern
mcnt In Guatemala was oycrthrOwn
last December and the new govern
ment established In February with the
election Of General Oreano as presi-
dent.
Woodrow Wilson's blunt and unqual-
flied repudiatlon of the sO-called "Wil-
son message delivered to the Nation
al Democratic Club banquet In New
York by his ex-secretary, Joseph +.
Tumulty, brought open confirmation
Of the fact known TO inside Democrat
lc circles In the capital for months
that decided coolness exists between
Wilson and his former aide.
An accounting Of the $350,00O, 900
worth Of enemy property held by the
government was given the Senate in n
report filed by Thomas W. Miller, alien
property custodian. In response to n
resolution by Senator King OF Utah.
'aThe final disposition Of this proper
ty," Miller said. will, undoubtedly,
have direct bearing on the economic
relations between this country and
Europe, with particular reference to
the late enemy powers"
Secretary Fall has left Washington
for an extended trip through western
states which have large public lands,
to make personal investigation Of
Indian reservations, reclamation pro-
jects and other field activities of the
Interior Department. Before begin
ming his trip OF inspection, Secretary
Fall will first go to his home at Three
Rivers, n. NJ, to attend to some per.
s0nal business. After two or three
days spent at his home, the secretary
will 20 to Arizona and then cover as
many states as possible before return.
ing to Washington early in May.
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-20
She Learned Something.

She Learned Something.
$50 you've been around the world?"
isked the young housewife.
Eyes. num-" said the applicant for
broken victuals. II went around on q
tramp steamer"
Dear me! ! didn't know there
were steamers that made a speciality
Of catering to tramps."
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-20

II you want good friends all the year
around, get some good books.
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-20

P. D. Armour's Joke.
The millionaire packer, founder O.
Armour and company, was rldln,
through the country with the late
"Jim" Hill. Armour gazed for som,
time at a herd Of fine cattle. then re
marked: Eat hearty-one bite Is 70,
you and the next Is for me-"
The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-20

There is a limit to all things. Ever
the people who are fond Of pets d.
not welcome the wolf at the door.
Graham guardian., 1922-01-20
Her laugh was iust a funny littIe

Her laugh was just funny little
gurgle.
"Bluebeardi" !" she said, just like
that. "And you haven't even killed
Miss Rsndle yet Thank you. ever SO
much; but l don't want to be one Of
several Besides, you haven't any
money."
Talk Of impasses and impossible sit.
uations! What could man say, or
hope to say. to such a girl as that!
"Did you come over here just to
torment me?" 1 rasped.
"Woof" she shivered. here comes
the bear agninw ~ and then, right smash
out Of clear sky: kiss me-just
once, Stannie-bear."
Did 7? She was gasplng a bit when
she got up rather unsteadlly to &c
back TO the cabin across the dump
head and wouldn't stay another min.
ute, though begged and pleaded with
her.
"No, indeed, Blusbesrd man." she
said with that queer little gursle Of a
laugh. IL think I have found out
what I wanted to. GoOdby." And
then, after I thought she WAS clean
gone. she turned back to say, alrily {:
"Oh, yes; had almost forgotten what
I came over here 10 tell you. You
mustn't sell the Cinnabar. Stannle; not
for any price that anybody might offer
you. GoOdhy, again."
Can you beat itf When the good
Lord made women He doubtless had
many patterns; but do believe the
mold was broken and thrown away
after this JeanIe girl had been fash
Graham guardian., 1922-01-20
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER l.--Uuder his Erandfathers
will. stanford Broughton. society idler,
finds his share OF the estate. valued az
something IKE ttio,ro, lies In ,tsfe re.
scrlbed. and that is alt Il may be idenu'
lied by the P.esence nearby OF brown
haired, blue-Iyed girl, piebald horse,
n snd al, cog wish spnt face naT resnrSs DlISs
the beauest as Joke, but after considera-
uon sets out to ind his legacy
CHAPTER IL-On his way TO Denver.
the city nes-sst the meridian described
a, his grandfothcr's Will, Stanford hcais
from a fellow traveller story having Ia
do with q Hooded mine.
CHAPTER III.-Tninkins .hi"gs over.
40 begins to imagine there may be sS.i-.
thing In his grAndfHther's bequesi worth
while, his ldea'r.ally centeinF oh i"e
possibility OF mIne, as sale reposi-
tory" Recalling the narrative on the
rain, he aseef,aiRs that his fellow trNv.
eler was mining engineer. Charles Bu"
lerton. Bullerton refuses him in'ornla-
tion. but from other sources Brousnion
learns enough to make him proceed w
Placervile. in the Red desert
CHAPTER Iy.-on the station platform
az Auopia, Just as the train pulls out
tical horse and dog described IN MS
grandfather's will. Impressed, he lslHet
the train at the next stop. Angels. mere
PiacsrVii. 81 sndS ' IL. d.stiPpatIOn Gp Unable to
secure = conveyance at once to take him
to Piaeervlle, Brouglitnn seizes q con
st..:;en 80 and escapes, sNving the I'M
Arssslon On LIP .swn marshal, Beaslsy'
that he 10 slightly domentee,
CHATTER V.-Pursued, he sbsndons
the car, which Is wrecked. and escapes on
foot In the darkness. he Is overtakeh
BY q girl on horseback, and THE dog.
After he explains his presence, abe In
vites hina 10 her homo. at the Old CHINA
bar mine. to meet her father
CHAPTER VI.-Broushton's hosts are
Hiram Twombly, caretaker of the mine.
and his daughter Jeanie. Seeing the girl.
stanford iR satisfied he has located his
property. sat seAs not reveal his Identity.
CHAPTER VII.-Next morning, with
Hiram, he visits the mine. Hiram asks
him 10 look over the machinery. and he
does So El.d st an excuse ~OcN to be ,l,sr near
ested, and he engages In the hrst real
werk ne has ever done.
In all this, you Will notice, there
was no word said about Bullerton. We
sat IN silence for while, Daddy chew.
Ing spear OF grass After time he
called attention to the envelope which
] stlll held unopened la my hands.
"DOn't ye want To know what your
gran'paw says?" he asked mildly.
At this ] slit the end of the envelope.
Its contents were deed In fee simple
to the Clnnabar aud note to me,
written In Grandfather Jasper's
crpmpcd. old-fashioned handwriting.
In the note he merely suld that he was
leaving me property which had cost
HIN pretty well up to half million
and thar he hoped I'd brace up and 20
Ia work and make something out Of It,