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OUR FAMOUS SONGS
The Grapevine Swing

| so. I had some success and won my
way into the Century Magazine by
pieces like I Wonder What Maude
Will Say? "A Kiss in the RAIN etc"
The complete photography of DR..
Peck's books follow: Gap and Bells"
f1ss6), "Rings and Love-Knots"
(1ss2), Rhymes and Roses" 1ss5).
"The Gold Girl" (1899), Fair Women
of Today" (1soD, Alabama Sketches"
(19o2), ''Maybloom and Myrtle" (1s10).
But when we Gull from all that DR..
Peck has written and read that one
matchless song, "The Grapevine
Swing" we can ALMOST envy the honor
which has come to this typical son of
the old south. And while every one
knows its words. its Tilt, Its very
music Of the old plantation home. I
quote from 1t, with the authors per-
mission:
When was q boy on the old plantation.
Down by the deep bayou.
The faifest spot Of all creation,
Under the arching blue:
When the wind came over the cotton and corn,
To the long slim loop I'd spring
With brown foot hare, and . hat brim torn.
And swing in the grapevine swing.
Swinging in the grapevine swing,
Laughing whsrs the wild birds sing,
dream and sish
For the days gone By
Swinging in the grapevine swing.
4 =
0UT Of its few verses DR.. Peck has
builded his monument This one
song makes him immortal It has
touched millions Of hearts and will
live n long as our poetry and our
music shall last. Upon its popularity
the authors fame win rest secure.
What man or woman, amid the
clamor and noise Of city life. has not
awakened In an Idle hour and gone
back. In raverie, to the blessed days
Of childhood life? It was there we
sent forth our ships Of hope, which
are still upon the seas, and never q
day passes but somehow the weary
eyes look out across the main, hoping
for their return. It was there We
built our castles and planned our
|conaussts. never thinking that victory
would be 80 long delayed. In such an
hour Of reveriS the words. the music
and the sentiment expressed In "The
Grapevine Swing" come back to US
with double force. It 10 then we are
children asaia. sailing ships upon the
unknown seas, building castles with
gold-ttppsd minarets, and dreaming
dreams which. alas. can never come
Eff0os S &. ~ ~ ~, q
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and she called attention to mine.
but we kissed and made up like
young lovers. The next minute she
was vamping old Horatio Peabody.
the silly old fool! And 1 had to
make eyes at his stuffy old wife In
self-defense. 1t was. indeed, hasty
and hectic month, AS George Tithers
said.
Thank heaven" I said to George,
on the last day of September, "this
month is over. I hope Susan is to
be something respectable in October" :"
Il say. you know" George ex-
claimed. you don't know that wife
Of mine. Up and doing. what? AL
ways a little bit more, what? Spread
a bit more sail-that's her motto, II
you get me-
"You mean to tell me" 1 gasped
well, rather" exclaimed George
Tithers. Upward and onward. so to
speak"
He was right; Amelia must have
told him. ''Well educated show-girl
who is not just sure she has married
the right man." was what Amelia
had cast Susan for in October. It
was with the greatest difficulty that
I was able to maintain my role Of a
man who regretted his past and was
seeking his solace in good books. 1t
was indeed hard for me to sit with
the second volume of Henry Esmond
and see Susan making merry with
| half dozen brainless noodles while
citement to unseemly levity.
"It has been a lovely month" Susan
said at its close. II did feel SO free.
I hope you're to be something re-
tiring in November. I'm to be-"
what" I snarlsd. I do believe
snarled.
wait and sect" she said.
The next evening when I returned
from my bank and met Susan fell
into a chair and stared at her. She
| who had never used rouge had used
It too, too abundantly. Her gown
can only describe it by saying that
even Mrs. Hinterberry, who goes
what IL practically the limit, would
| have hesitated to wear 1t.
Like the Countess Of Duxminster"
| Amelia Tithers breathed in my ear
"Chic. yes?"
shuddered I had read Of the
Countess of Duxminster. It was she
who gave the notorious party at
which she lost thirty thousand pounds
sterling and then bet all her garments
and lost. And this was but Novem-
Der. and Amelia Tithers' motto was
Spread a bit more SAIL and there
were nine more impersonations on
Susan's list!
T CLOSED my eyes and groped fol
/ the stair bannisters. When
reached the upper floor lodged fol
the stairs that led to the storeroom
There, in a row, were the twelve
| trunks. Number was not there. II
was evidently in. Susan's boudoir. Fol
a moment I stood before trunk num-
Der s. 1t was unlocked; so were they
all. I put my hand on the lid and
hesitated. After all I could guess
what might be in truck number S
might as well know the worst.
staggered to trunk No. ia
Now, 1 trust 1 am not coward
but did not dare open the lid of that
trunk. A dozen times ! drew a deer
breath, and a dozen times hesitated
1 turned to trunk number IL, te
number IL.
Augustus" said to myself, "be
a man! Face this thing"
| 1 threw open the lid Of the trunE
containing what was to be, in effect
the tenth Mrs. Tulkington. At frs
the trunk seemed to hold nothing bu'
a few red artificial flowers and some
hay, Jumped in one small corner.
lifted these. There was nothing else
| in the trunk! The red flowers, a.
1 looked at them, assumed mean
ine-they were a wreath for thu
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THE HOTEL MOUSE
BY G.. Bruno-Ruby.

AN officer" Lea said to herself.
Not much to hope for. but I am 60
ing to open the bag all the same"
CHE approached the bed (the mo-
~ ment to administer chloroform
had Gomez and leaned over the
sleeper. The officer had blonde halr.
a boyish face. shaved like an Eton
scholars, and. in his sleep, all the
charming abandon of adolescence.
Lea drew back a trifie, the chloroform
still in her hand.
"a little sublieutenant." she muir
INJURED.
Then she noticed on small table
by the bed 500 francs in bank notes,
| a watch and a time table.
| HE arrived here" she thought: "he
came to the first hotel. near the sta
ton. and here is his pay
She bent down again over the
sleeper. What confidence. what
hardihood, in that clear countenance.
and what beautiful honesty, also!
She, Lea, with her forty years. could
have had, II she had not gone wrong,
q son of that age, a handsome and
charming boy like this one, who
would give her some reason for liv-
ing-yes, she could have had such a
| son!
She recoiled again.
This young man evidently was not
rich. She was going to rob him in cold
blood, deliver him over. on his arrival
at his garrison, to difficulties. to hu-
miliations, perhaps to despair!
She had troubled feeling for the
first time at the sight Of this hand
some. innocent face. She judged her
self. For the first time she felt q sense
Of shame.
She looked again at the bare room.
the simple wardrobe, the worn travel
1 ing bag.
IF had some money with me-" she
sighed, II would double his pay myself. /"
But she had no money with her and
she simply left the room. her head
~buzzing and her heart heavier than q
hotel mouse's ought to be. She went
back to her own chamber without the
courage to continue her evil work.
She began to think. All! How af-
fecting it was a clean SOUL! What q
pure face it gave one, also!
| ***
CHE slowly took OF her gray over.
garment. Then. seating herself al
her table. she reread her brothers: let.
ter. She had laughed at 1t q few min
utes before. But now-now,, AZ II some
mysterious hand guided her. she took W
a pen and answered:
You are verysgood. agree to work
with you, shall come"
She signed her name. On the other
side of the wall she could hear the
regular breathing Of the little sub.
lieutenant. How happy she was that
he sttll had his 900 francs! How happy
i she was!
So the die was cast. She was going
to become honest again and 1t was the
| mere sight Of q young and pure face
which had accomplished that miracle
Honest! ) She looked at herself in the
| mirror. It seemed to her that she
! already had a different look-that she
was different woman. She went te
bed full Of q light-heartedneEs which
4 she had never felt before, and for the
hrst tins. tranquil and Without booty,
1.-THE hotel mouse slept The sleep of M
jQD4s II 80 Il s5.sssi
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"Oh, they're just on-again. on
again, gay little marriers, Augustus:
George said. Tired of one wife, get
another: tired of one husband. get
another It's done in their circle.
man does get tired Of the same old
wife. Routine stuff. if you get me-.
Deadly monotony, what? Sick of the
sight Of her; hate her-what?
ITS in u.s." said Amelia paacidly.
"The bigamy thing. mean. Amy man
who can afford it and is not re-
strained by conversation or his ethics.
hops about bit; has variety. King
Solomon. the sultan. Henry VIII, Lord
Byron. And Tithy. here"
'1n a way Of speaking" said Tithers
modestly.
"And myself, Tithy," said Amelia,
| ''in a way Of speaking. as you re-
mark, darling. And Cleopatra, and
the Queen Of sheba-by all accounts.
Now, stop this nonsense" I said.
| You know, both of you. that you do
not run about aftetsAother men and
women"
"weu, rather mott" cried George.
He don't get US, Amelia: he's bit
Dense Tell him.
Marriage" said Amelia. lis almost
never a failure; married life Is.
Marriage is the first Joining Of two
people together and jolly sport 1t
is with the getting acquainted in
timately, rubbing sharp points to-
gether, and all. Somethin' interestin'
all the while. what? And then, in
a few years-hve. maybe, or ten, or
twenty-comes married life; the rou-
tine stuff. Awful bore sometimes;
same old wife; same old husband;
same old ways and everything! Moth
ing new! They get jolly well sick
of each other, and no wonder"
"A mana man with a business to
attend to-can't be running around
diyorcing his wife every day or so,"
I said.
"crickets. no." exclaimed George
| Tithers. He'd be doing nothing else
That's not the right card. The right
card is to marry the whole lot at the
] first jump of. Il you get me"
"I don't" I said dryly.
| "You did it. though" said Amelia,
| with a laugh. Susan did it, too. It's
q poor stick of q woman that isn't
a dozen women, and poor stick@or
| a man that isn't dozen men,.
| "what we mean" Tithers broke In,
''is that you and Sue need to be stage
managed, what? You two have twen-
ty roles in you, between the two OF
you but you won't change. YOU
| Augustus, keep the middle OF the
stage forever and day as the heavy
father, and Sue has been playing the
faithful wife twenty long years.
twentieth year Of the appearance OF
Honorable Augustus Tulkington ana
Mrs. Augustus Tulkington in their
disKustingly familiar parts of Hon
orable Augustus Tulkington and MRS.
| Augustus Tulkington, what! It's not
a wonder you want a divorce; It's a
! wonder you don't murder each other"
| Amelia Tithers was looking at me
| i5thoughtfully.
you can't grow no hair" she said'
| "but you might wear a wig occa-
sionally.''
"What ho, yes!" cried Tithers,
jumping from his chair excitedly.
when he stages himself as the
conceited elderly ass, what? toupe,
what? And white spats! And q mon
ocle? No. not monocle. A monocle
can't be DONE"
/ But it was done, It was not q
/ complete success: 1t would not STICK
in my eye. but dangled 1t from q
atring and learned to swing 1t around
my fore-anser quite, well. Exceed
ingly we'll, may say
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III.

A 8 anything seemed preferable to
n divorce, Susan and Latter thor
ouEh consideration of the matter IN
company with George Tithers.and his
wife, agreed to appoint George ana
Amelia stage managers OF our mar
ried life and allowed them liberal
compensation. After q long consult
tation George and Amelia decided
that It would be best for George to,
be my personal manager while Amelia
managed Susan. I agreed to every
thing in advance. but I was surprised
when George presented, me with q
sheet of paper at the top of which
he had written, Cast Of sCharacters,"
ON this shset were written SIX vari-
cites Of husbands. all men Of my
acquaintance, ind 20 5two aiiike. AZ
the Asel of The lit yas yvfttten
sJsnn1sysslf. sprospefsus b4p1ker.s =
Evening star., 1922-09-24

r MMORTALIZED by single poem
is the good fortune which came
to Samuel Minturn Peck when he
i wrote "The Grapevine Swing" "
which appeared in his second book OF
poems. Rings and Love-Knots," pub
lished in 1892. In a letter to the
writer from DR.. Peck ne says: This
is the one poem that will save me
from oblivion. If I am remembered
a hundred years from now it will be
because Of The Grapevine Swing"
DR.. Samuel Minturn Peck has al
ways been so modest and kept him.
self so much in the background that
few people Of the thousands who love
his famous poem know anything about
fts author. He comes Of q distin-
guished Alabama family, although his
mother and father were both OF
northern birth-his father native
of New York and his mother Of Con-
nscsicut. For many years his father
was chief Justice Of Alabama, ana the
subject Of this sketch was born IN
Tuscaloosa in that state. in 1855. He
was educated for . doctor and took
his degree, but tho call Of literature
was too strong, 80 he turned into the
rentler profession OF writing Verse
and stories and giving special atten-
tion to music
FORTUNATELY for DR.. Peck he was
possessed Of . comfortable fortune
ana his literary work is therefore Of
the leisurely and inspired kind rather
than Of tho type Of the hack writer.
During the past decade or moro he
has spent much OF his time abroad,
but usually he spends his winters In
New York, visiting the old plantation
at Tuscaloosa once or twice q year.
Il am only IN old bachelor" he writes.
who has lost every ono very near to
HIM In point Of blood. Altar my pa
rents died I erisd 70 live ut the old
home. but = was . failure. Ny health
could not stand IT. 20 some twenty
years a9e I 9aye mp trying 70.
never know six months ahead whore
shall be-
Rsesrdins his disliies for the msdi-
cal profession aud his drift into htsr-
aturs DR.. Peck sayss NY parents In
tended me for the medical profession
but an early taste for music and At-
erature defeated their designs. re-
altxed my distaete for medicine ~ .
profession, and went astfay aftAr my
eariy lcsss, drifting. - IL were, into
son1 without design.. Just - = man
talis inte lote without meaning 20 DO
*
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~ 7 only excuse for throwing
Nu George Tithers into the lily
wv pool at midnight is that l
L thought he was my wife
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18

Monday IN the battle al
Welsburg and prominent
Indians west
official.
Duval estate
be IN
MS
the
Of a cowboy state another
Wsbg in the Republican landslide that
his platform unons and upon this plank ne
OF Brooke county.
victims complained
nstgaed
special grand jury epaneled and after
neachd The impeachment proceedings started
Circuit
sommve who had handed his decision when
Sheriff Dlv
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
LA TOILETTE ASSAILS
PREDATORY WEALTH

Milwaukee. Wis, July l7.-tBq The
Associated press)-Cnited States Sena-
tor LaEOllette, opening his campaign
for denomination in n keynote speech
here tonight attacked predatory wealth
declared 1t had reached undreamed pro-
portions, and tha; IL dominated the dig
armament congress. the tariff and other
important Republican legislation. He
was not a pessimiSt. he said and be-
ueved a way out would be found
He claimed that monopolistic control
OF industry through over capitalization
was the greatest cause OF present IN
dust4al disease" To overcome Conop-
oily. ne proposed the government taxing
back contro! OF natural resources and
maintaining a strict leasing system to
give all manufacturers an equal right
He predicted that the government would
not have TO fix the prices under this
system.
Speaking from a prepared address, the
Senotor did not 80 into the question Of
prohibition.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
OFFICERS WHO KILLED
ASK CHANGE OF VENUE

B.uer.e'd. W. Va. July lI-Iniied
States Prohibition officer Robert l..
TAYLOR and State PROHIBITION pfflcer HI!
Watkins, indicted recently FOR shooting
C;corre Stewart. colored. at Northfork.
,vh,le he was attempting 10 escape after
having been arrested. appeared before
indie Struther OF the criminal court Of
Mcdowell county today. renewed their
hord in the sum Of $1,000 each. and
made . petition for change OF Venue
"A the United States district court. II
rudgo McClintjc signs the petition the
cr,irers will be tried At the Elu"fi"ld
,arro next January. otherwise the ca 50
H.. 80, for trial In tho Mcdowell county
rnYr, na>t September \ change "t
,or,,. FROM MnNoNcn county will ha
asked. j. g said.
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COLONY
IS bOkEN Up

Acting under orders from Sheriff Tom
Duyal whose father. tn" late Sheriff
H II. Dual. and ~ leas, four invaders
we're killed IN the attack on Clifton
Vile ". Va. Monday morning, Deputy
sheriff George t. Caldwell last night
dispersed tn" miners tented colony at
CIiftonrille.
Approximately a dozen tents in the
striking miners camp On III" northwest
side Of N. Wabash railroad tracks were
torn down and the occupants wsr" scat
tered.
Very few me0 w"re ~ thn tented
colon when ths breaking UP "f m"
camp started. most of these. l. .s said.
having disappeared following 'he battle
A, the Clifton mine yesterday morning
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
Must Settle
The Strikes
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright by The Inteilisencer)

Washington. July 17-Spa-rlUS sor
position and trying 10 get the best bar
gain they can. the various parties to
the railroad and coal strikes are cor
viuced that they must make peace soon
cr run counter 70 drastic action by ths
federal government.
The general opinion here Is that the
coal strike wIl. be settled along "I>h
the railroad strike before many days
have elapsed. No such impression .:
rcpeleSS deadlock - unusually fore
casts a long strike can be obtained Dy
talking with any OF the principals o.
their SpokeSmen. The pearueSS or an
agreement in the rail strike IS such
that the president has hesitated TO use
federal troops lest The situation may
be aggravated and peace prevented.
The coal miners are aching 10 modify
their refusal OF arbitration and the gov
ernment has been trying ever since sat
urday to prevail upon the coal opera
tors TO take the necessary action which
will make arbitration possible.
The s!nS,e obstacle in the coal con-
troversy has been the division among
the operators. The miners before &C
cept!nG arbitration want TO be con
vlnced that the decision Will apply !"
all coal operators or at least SUB
stantial majority such as VIII TN
scale for the industry. Because assrr-
snces 10 this effect have been lacking
the coal miners hesitate. They are ear
81 70 have the arbitration cover non
union as well as union mines 50 that
when the award Is made the non-un!on
miners will sec the benefits OF the union
and Join 1t thus making material IN
crease in the membership strength -
the miners union for future bargaining.
Many OF the coal operators who run
ron-union mines refuse TO come into
the fold and accept the jurisdiction of
The arbitration tribunal. Efforts TO get
as many as possible are preceding
however and when 30 or SO per cent
81 the total tonnage OF coal IS repre-
sen:ed BY the operators who do accept
the arbitration the strike will come 10
sn immediate end.
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EDDIE kETCHELL WINS

Toledo. Ohio. July l7.-tS>ecial)--
Eddie Ke:che!. Toledo. battered Jackie
Saunders Kokomo. Ind. all over the
ring IN their i2-rouHd bout here tonight.
but could not STOW the game youngster
away. The local scrapper annexed all
OF the rounds in easy style and hit tho
Indiana boxer With everything but the
ring posts. Saunders displayed little
science hut won his way Into tho hearts
- the crowd by taking everything shot
a. him.
In the e!ght-round Se.ui-fraf Monk
Pennecc. Columbus vas oUtC!assed by
Jack Dairy. Toledo. losing all the way.
Dairy had Ms opponsn. IN a bad condi.
cIon IN the frsl round and would have
landed ? kayo II the bout had lasted
another round
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TROUBLE INHERITED
SAYS SENATOR WILLIS

Jersey city. y. j.. July l7.--Presi-
dent Harding'I present difficulties with
the coal and railroad strikes are trOub-
les "inhcrited' from the Wilson admin
Stratipn In sem" respects Senator VIII
lis. Republican. Ohio. declared IN an
address here tonight before tho Hud
son county Republican club.
Not only have the present unfirtu-
nat" industrial troubles come l." rresi-
dent Harding" said Senator Willis. as
the rirCnsd. hirtC" and certain fruitage
of mistaken p"li"ics In the past. but
on March i.l92l, there was handed to
him the most tangled. disorHanized
wreck in governmental affairs that was
ever rresenied hy one administration
70 another.
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FIND MRS. PHILLIPS (
KILLED HER RIVAL
coronsrs jury D>oddsS 1raooos1 SS
Mr.. ReAdows 70 Dss@ Win
Hammer

Los Angeles July ia eoronArs
Jury today found Mrs Clara PhApS
responsible for the death Of ArA
Alberta Meadows, who was slain VIA
hammer and rock4 and the Inv having
had it's way with the smiling prisene6'
nernItted her to $50 her husband. 4 l.
Phillips, for tho nrst time since she
was arrested
Tho meeting, which took place IN the
tailers office, was anectionatA What'
over the two said to each other was not
caught by the attorneys and Newspaper
men present
Phillips his wife and counsel Later
held a conference. The attorneys issued
a statement saying the circumstances
OF Mrs. Meadows death Is presented 70
the public thus far were incomplete ana
asking that judgment be suspended un.
I'll the entire matter had been brought
out In court
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Yeast Magnate'S Son
Is Divorced By Wife

Chicago July 17.-Nrs. Gertrude
Broscius FTeisctmann was granted
divorce today by Judge Charles Nc
Donald from Harry Fleischmann. son
Of Gustave Fleischmann. the Cincin.
natl yeast manufacturer.
She testified her husband left her
the day after their marriage February
is, 1920. telling her be was going to
California to build love nest where
they could live In happiness. She has
not seen him since. she said. Detec-
lives employed to trace him followed
10 San Francisco and then to Los An.
geles, where the trail was lost.
No alimony was awarded. as the de-
'endant could not be reached for
service.
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THREE BURNED BY
GASOLINE BLAST

Clarkshurg. ". Va. Jul" l1.-Three
were burned two seriously. when
hasemen, tank OF gasoline exploded Al
the High Grade oil and Gas Company
filling station today. Al Flowers @5.
q plumber, and Forest Douglas, Is.
helrcr. were seriously burned about
their heads. shoulders and arms. Will"
Victor. 40. a plumber was less seriously
burned. The explosion vas caused. =
IS bcltevd by a spark from An el"ctri"
fan set ablaze fumes from trap door
Of the tank The blast and resulting
fire caused damage of $500.
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7 NJ Scott. superintendent Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad in Wost
Virginia. stated last evening that he
had not heard OF any action being taken
by the railroad officers 10 discontinue
any more trains on the local division.
MIR. Scott said that conditions on the
B. & O were improving each day and
that yesterday was exceptionally good.
New men are being employed each day
to take the place of the striking shop
men, Superintendent Scott said.
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made last night by deputy shcrf guarding the
mining village Conve W. Va where least four and possibly
seven or more fatalities occurred battle yesterday morning.
Steve Italian striking miner of Avea Pa, who is
csed being the actual slayer of Sheriff H. H. nva of Brooke
county.
Belts wore his left in sling when he taken to the
county Weburg Deputy hcrif who brought him TO
Wesburg explained that hr had been captured the West N
gnia- line and that he suffering from bullet
lrnln which shattered bone in his