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GRASSY RUN

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Carpenter
visited at the home Of John Boyce
recently.
Mrs. zanie Hawkins ana children.
Opal, Adam, Genevieye aud June,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. David 3. Sat,
terrified Monday.
Olive and Morgan Rudy visited
Marion Rudy Monday.
Mrs. frankie VANDERBILT visited
Mrs. W. E. Hall last Monday.
Miss Pearl Hall visited Miss Ada
Vandergrift last Monday.
A number Of local people attend.
cd the, Christmas tree entertain.
ment given by Rufus Davis at Ham.
mond Sunday evening.
Miss Adara Clinton visited
friends at Coiiax Monday and Tues.
day.
Miss Ada vandergritt visited rel.
atiyes at Benton,s Ferry last Sun.
day.
Paul Hail visited his Erandpar.
ents Monday and Tuesday.
Neva Morgan motored to Fair.
mont Tuesday.
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When Araheila was fifteen. her
father died. leaving tef in hes
uncle Is giatdianehif
one day toward The end Of May.
when tie heat was beginning 70
grow oppressive. there crawled into,
Carlisle Bay q wounded, battered
English ship. the Pride OF Devon,
her freeboard scared and broken,
her coach d gaping wreck. She had
been In action OF Martinique with
two Spanish treasure ships, and al.
though her captain Swore that the
spanlards had beset him without
provocation, Il Is difficult to avoid
a suspicion that the encounter had
been brought about quite other
wise. One OF the spaniards had
fled from the combat, and II the
Pride Of Devon had not given chase
It was probably because she was
by then In no case TO do 30. The
other had been sunk but not before
the, English. ship had transferred
to her own hold q good deal 0t the
treasure aboard the Spaniard.
Steed, however, after the fashion
OF most Colonial governors, was
willing enough TO dull his wits to
the extent OF accepting the English
seaman's story. disregarding any
evidence thatmIght belieit. There.
fore he gave the Pride OF Devon the
shelter she sought in his hatbor
and every facility 10 careen and
carry out repairs.
Continued In ous Next lssue.)
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rebei-conyict' had been discovered
TO be physician. The thing had
come 70 the ears Of Governor Steee.
who suffered dafnnably from the
Rostf and Governor StAed had boFs
fowed the fellow from his pm:
chaser. Peter Blood had afforded
the Governor that relief which his
eScelieney had failed 70 obtain from
the ministratlons Of either Of the
two physicians praeHcing IN
HridgetoWn. Then the Governors
lady had desired him to attend het.
for the megrifis. Mr.. Blood had
prescribed for her and she had con.
ceived herself the better for his
prescription. After that the fame
of him had gone through Bridge.
town, and Colonel Bishop had
that there was more profit to be
made ott Of this new slave by
leaving him 70 pursue hts protes-
sion.
at Is yourself, madam, j have to
thank for my comparatively easy
and clean condition. said Mr.,
Blood. tand / am glad TO take this
opportunity otsdoing 500
and why do you thank me for
It? Il was my uncle who bought
YOU.
But heswould not have done so
had you not urged him. I per-
ceiVed your interest,"
"You did!not seem quite like the
others
II am not" said hes
"ohi" She stared at him, bridlins
q little. you have a good opinion
Of yourself"
son the contrary. The others are
all worthy rebels. / am not. That
Is the difference. was one who
had not the wit to see that England
requires purifying. ! was content
to pursue q Doctors trade in
Bridgewater whilst my betters were
shedding their blood to drive ont
an unclean tyrant and his rascaily
crew. y
"But II YOU are not q rebel, how
come you here?"
He saw the thing she apprehend.
ed, and be laughed Faith, now,
ITS a long story" said he.
And one perhaps that you would
;prefer not 10 tell"
Briefly on that he told 1t her.
What an infamyi" she cried,
when he had done.
ooh, It's a sweet country Eng.
land under King James! There's
no need to commiserata me further.
All things considered 7 prefer Bar.
'bados. Here at least one can be.
lieye In Cod"
OF the forty.two who had been
landed with him from the Jamaica
Merchant. Colonel Bishop had pur.
chased no less than twenty-five.
Amongst Bishops slaves Peter
Blood came and went freely, sleep
ing In their quarters, and their lot
he knew to be a bratalizi1g misery.
Though the same blood ran In
her veins as In those Of Colonel
Bishop. yet .Arabella Bishop was
free OF the vices that tainted her
unele's, for these vices were moi
natural to that blood. Her father
Tom Bishop-that same Colonel
Bishops brothef-had been a kind.
ly, chiyalrous, gentle soul, who
broken hearted by the early death
oE a young wife, had abandoned the
Old World and sought an anodyne
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FIVE CONVICTED p
INJUSTICE court.
Liquor Law Violators Sent to.
Jail Either Tor Thirty
or Sixty Days.

Between the hours Of 9 aud s
O'Clock yesterday afternoon jus
tice ]. L. Bloeher disposed OF NO
less than seven Criminal caset
OF this number live were convlc.
ed, one was dismissed and ono
was given a continuance.
Joe Ross, q Water street Ital
ian who has been IN the county
jail for some time ON whisky
charge. was sentenced TO sixty
days in the county iall and fined
$3.50. He was found guilty OF
having mash IN his possession
William Terry colored. arrest
ed by city Officers az piclShandiq
Hill. confessed to cliarses OF HAY
ing moonshine whisky ia his pos.
session, and was fined S2oo and
sentenced to serve thirty days in
the county jail. /
George Green and wife. Eliza
Green, OF Morgan Mines. arrested
for having moonshinc whisky in
their possession, were each given
sixty days In jail. Mrs. Green
was fined $256fand ker husband
was fined 5000.
( George Deyers OF Riyesyllie
confessed TO q charge OF having O
revolver on his person IN viola.
ton OF the state law He was
sent to jail for aix months and
fined $50. 80
George .Hymes, colored, arrest.
ed on a charge Of having q razor
in, his pocket In Violation of TN
state law, was found not gully,
Because OF the absence OF witness.
es the trial Of Charles Mottio on
a liquor charge was continued.
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Arabella Bishop.

One sunny morning in January.
about a month after the arrival Of
the Jamaica Merchant at Bridge.
town, Miss Arabella Bishop rode
out from her uncle's fine house on
the heights to the northwest Of the
city. Reaching the summit Of a
gentle, grassy slope, she met tall,
lean man dressed in a sober, gen.
tlemanly fashion, who was walk.
Ing in the opposite direction. He
was a stranger to her and yet in
some vague way he did not seem
quite a stranger.
Miss Arabella drew rein.
II think know you, SIR" said
she.
The stranger came to a stand
still upon being addressed.
IA lady should know her own
property" laughed he.e
She recognized him then.
Miss Bishop had heard that this
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Bishop shaded his eyes with his
hand TO look in the direction IN
which she was pointing. Then SLOW.
~, With his pondefous, rolling gait,
he approached. Peter Blood founu
himself staring into a pair OF beady
brown eyes. He felt the color
creeping into bis face Under the IN.
suit Of that contemptuous inspec.
ton. "Bahi Abag Of bones. What
should do with hirn2"
he was turning away when the
Captain in charge interposed.
"He may be lean, but he's tough;
tough and healthy. When halt OF
them was sick and the other half
sickentng, this rogue kept his legs
and dootored his felloys: Say fit'
teen pounds for him, Colonel.
That's cheap enough
The Colonel finally purchased
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The word doctor originally
was used to signify any sort Of a
teacher.
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Canned and
Dried Fruits.
BY BERTHA E. sHAPLEIeII
OF Columbia University

Every person responsible for a
tamily's food should supply can-
ned, dried or fresh fruit each day.
Breakfast calls for fresh fruit,
when possible, and at this season
grapefruit and oranges are plent-
full and reasonable In price.
Prtines should he served at least
twice 4 week. Occasionally dried
whole figs. stewed and served
with cream, for breakfast or
dessert at dinner, offers . pleasing
change and laxative. In cooking
all dried fruits, bear In mind that
long soaking; and then q short
cooking In the water In which
they are soaked, makes for tn.
proved taste. Slices Of lemon, add
ed while cooking, help the flavor.
How. about fruit canned last
summer? Do not serve It always
as Just Canned fruit" but use 1t
In desserts and salads. thus giving
1t In a new form several times a
week.
Fruits with cooked rice are
good. Cherries combine well witt
taploea or sago; pineapple, cut In
small pieces may be added to a
corn starch pudding. stewei
prunes, served on French toast
with cream ARE very good. To ths
prepared gelatines, any small
pieces Of canned fruit or dried,
cooked food maybe added For d
salad, use less sugar and servo
with a mayonnaise or cream
dressing. For the dessert, a euI
tard sauce or cream is good.
Remember that Q different
shape Us to mold, possibly an III.
dlyidual mold, a bit OF garnish OF
fruit or cream. and a variety
Will keep any family happy most
Of the time.
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

Captain Blood, physician and ad.
yetturer, Il Captured BY RoYalist
troops, while giving medical aid
to one Of the leaders Of a rebel.
lion against the English Grown.
With Jeremy Pitt, a young ship.
master, captured with him, he Is
brought to trial charged with high
treason against His Majesty, King
James. He protests his Innocence,
stating he was taken when acting
in his capacity as d physician and
not participating In the rebellion.
GO ON With THE STORY
81 was never with that army. d
never was attracted to the late re-
bellion. l regarded the adventure
as a wicked Madness. Twas sum.
moned that .morning TO suecor
Lord Gildoy. and I conceived Il toI
be the sacred duty imposed upon me
by my calling to answer that sum.
mons"
"was there ever such an! impu.I
dent villain in the world as thou ~
The Judge swung, whitehead, to
the Jury. II hope, gentlemen Of the
Jury, you take notice Of the horri.
bic carriage Of this traitor rogue,
and withal you cannot but observe
the spirit Of this sort OF people.
what a villainous and deyillish one
It is." S'''
Upon that he proceeded to his
snmmlnsup, showing how Baynes
and Blood were both guilty Of trea.
son, the first for having harbored a
traitor the second for having sue.
cored that traitor by dressing his
wounds. Peter Blood looked round
the scarlet-hung court: He laughed
and his laugh Jared uncannily tlpon
the deathly stiffness OF the co,irt
DO you laugh, sirrah, with tho
rope about your neck, upon the very
threshold Of that eternity you are
so suddenly to enter into?" And
then the Judge delivered sentence
OF death in the prescribed form
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earuthers, sweepins the girl into
his arms Now. I've simply gos
TO find that viii
They. locked the ottiee and went
out into the street. Daylight was
nearly gone and the street lamps
blinked weakly out at them
through the half light.
"see, that's Btli Tthomas's office
up there, said Caruthers stop
ping In front Of a tall building.
iSee that light on the sixth floor7
Wonder what he's doing up
therei It's way after Office hoars.
dc. you know him. and does he
know bis brother has engaged d
Eyes, I've meet him. but Of
coruse we're working In the dark
II our suspicious are correct and
he got onto the fact that we're
trying to catch him, he'd be sure
to detsroy the Will providing II
exists. On the other hand, IL he is
not afraid Of discovery and every
thing seems to be quiet he'll
probably hold onto Il and hide It
somewhere because the penalty
for destroying such papers is
pretty deep. You see we think II
was written In California where
the old man was on that last trip
two months before he died and OF
course there are witnesses. but
who We're they? That's the ono
thing makes we think the will %
safe because Bill would be afraid
that some day with proper inyes.
LEGATIONS those people could be
round and that would give him
away" :.
"I,d love to to see this man.
said Elolse greatly interested
greatly interested.
"I'd love to know what you think
OF him. | tell you, he's secretary
OF the Golf and Country Club.
suppose l run up and pay my dues
now, then It would be easy
enough TO introduce him to you. :
A moment later they landed on
the sixth floor Of the Burton Bank
building and hurried into Thorn.
ass outer office. CaruthArs walk.
ed to the door marked Private"
and raped.
side.
Thomas sat at his desk reading
some papers.
You didn't empty my waste
paper basket this morning, Noah,
he said without looking up.
"0h, he gasped a second later,
~ thought YOU were the janitor, I"
In a flash Eloisc stood petfifiel
as she saw her fiance pointing a
revolver at Thomas's head.
"As chief detective, I demand
that You give ms that will OF the
late, Ebenezer Thomas that you
were reading when we came In. T"
Caruthers turned the lapel Of
his coat and showed his button.
and Thomas, seeing that he was
trapped handed voyer the papers
without a word.
The evening ts the two lovers
sat In front OF the fire and read
the will, Eloise was lost in admir-.
alton.
you're. simply wordertur,
George dear" she declared over
and over. again. sand to think
that your client will get over
100000! But ] didn't know that
you were convicted with the city
police"
Neither aid II, laughed George
"Those pins cost fifty cents
apiece--any one can buy EN-. AMI
they're very impressive sbmO.
times. That revolver wasn't load.
ed. either"
"You wonderful fraud! Your
bark is certainly worse tllan your
bite, laughed Eloise.
"But effective, you'll admit.
"veryl" declared the girl warm,
~, her eyes glistenlng with adj
miration.
Copyright 1922. BY Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
49,
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| MIKE Mole sat at his front door
tss across from Munich Mouse's
louise In the basement Of Maple
free Flats.
( Nike was lonely and sad. As he
aid he hadn5t seen a living soul
iardy since cheeky Jack Frost
me around. Chris Crow and old
Rr owl were about the only
and, dear knows, Mike said
aid rather see a good case
potic come his way than
thoin.
N cuidn,t see 80 very well
E daylight, but he knew
scratchy "eaw" and os-
uw eltopp' that hts enc
o poking around looking
b
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purchased

Peter for ten pounds, jeremy FIT
went to the same master for thu
sum Of twenty pounds.
CHAPTER Y.
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THE DAILY
ST IORT STORY
Prepared Paid
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for his grief in the New. He had
come out to the Antilles, bringing
with him his little daughter, then
five years Of age, and had gwen
himself up to the life OF a planter.
Prospecting, he had bethopght him
Of his younger brother, q soldier at
home reputed somewhat wild. He
had advised him to come out to
Barbados William came. and was
admitted by his generous brother
to partnership in the prosperous
plantation Some six years later,
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CHAPTER VI.
Human Merchandise.

On the morning OF the 18th there
arrived at Taunton courier from
Lord Sunderland, the Secretary OF
State, with a letter for Lord JET.
treys wherein he was Informed that
HIS Majesty had been graoIously
pleased to command that eleven
hundred rebels should be furnished
Tor transportation to some OF His
Ma1esty's southern plantations, ia.
maica, Barbados, or any of the,
Leeward Islands. Slaves were ur.
gently required and ashealthy, Wig.
orous man could be reckoned worth
at least from ten to fifteen pounds
Thus 1t happened that Peter
Blood. and with him Jeremy Pitt
and Andrew Baynes were conveyed
TO Brlstal and there shipped with
some fifty others aboard the ia.
maica Merchant. From close con-,
ffnement under matches, ill.n0ur.
ished and foul water, sickness
broke oat amongst them, Of which
eleven died.
The mortality might dave been
higher than Il was but for Peter
Blood.
Tow6fd the middle OF December
the Jamaica Merchant droppel
anchor In Carlisle Bay. and put
ashore the forty.two surviving rebel
convlcts.
TO inspect them, drawn up there
on the mole, came Governor Steed.
a short, stout. red.faced gentleman,
who limped a little and leaned
heavily upon stout ebony cane.
After him, In the Uniform Of a
colonel Of the Barbados Militia.
rolled Colonel Bishop, tall, corpu..
lent man who lowered head anI
shoulders above the Governor. Al
his side, and contrasting oddly with
his grossness, moving with an easy
STRIPPING grace, came a slight young
lady in 2 modish riding gown.
Buyers came and stared and
passed on. Blood noticed that the
girl was speaking to Bishop, and
pointing up the line with asllyer.
hilted riding-whip she carried.
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n was the least 81 NIlka,a

.6los. HIS little tpm tum was
most empty. for he lived on
|so7fhworms and the earthworns
|sn3 sruhs had gone down ten feet
|ander tho ground ~ the first sign
Il lack Frost and stayed there.
Nike waa geed digger, but ten
|tsst. one would have to have
hnndf HE steam shoyels TO so
thAirtAF.
'Wdih j sipese winter has come
r. ssay." sei1 MIA,
Who's talking 70 himseit?"
laeKef q voice \
u WAS Nancy and Nick fol-
W. bz Dastg. ceat. Tie little!
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pleasant in this land where the Summers
are cool and the Winters are warm"
Seneca speaks of his pleasant stay at
Pompeii, which was famed for It's Crosses,
its wines and its pleasures.".
Hither came men who had earned re-
pose, either temporary or for q lifetime,
and with the turmoil of life far away
came all the pleasures, either Of the in
tellectual or artistic life, r'the dissipa-
tion of the younger men, in search of joys
that Rome could not or would not fur
nish. It was a combination of Newport,
Long Branch and the Long Island and
Westchester homes, with the designations
of the "Great White Way" added.
Pompeii was at the height Of its pros
rife earthquake, caused by some internal
bursting within the bowels of The neigh
boring Mount Vesuvius, February s, 63
A. d. Pompeii and the nearby city of
Herculaneum were so shocked that many
buildings fell into ruin, and the colony
of Nuceria, near Pompeii, was also stirred
deeply. The loftier temples naturally felt
the shock most and statues were rent
asunder and thrown from their founda-
tions. -
Hardly had the extent of the catas-
trophe been realized when the work Of
rebuilding began and pieces Of the
broken statuary and vases were built into
the new walls. The ight-hearted Pom
peians took up life where they had left
of and soon forgot the terrible disaster,
which had caused few deaths although
the terror had been great.
1t was not until sixteen years later,
when the villas were filed with their
Summer guests, in August, that the worst
calamity occurred, for Vesuvius was In
violent eruption, pouring down upon the
devoted city ashes and small stones which
soon covered everything with smother
ing layer that snuffed out the life Of all
who could not fee. Pliny the Younger
was an eyewitness of the catastrophe, In
which his uncle, the famous naturalist,
lost his life, and he described the occur
ence In letters which he wrote TO Tacitus,
the historian. He explains that his uncle
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more homely folk of the town dwelt.
There were plenty Of wine shops and it
must have been a quite lively section.
Restoration here is well under way.
The taverns and cook-shops Of Pompeii
were most popular resorts. The wine
shops were at all the crosSways, as Amer
lean saloons were at every corner before
prohibition, and there were many cook
shops, for the people seem to have de-
lighted in light housekeeping. The meat
from the sacriRcial affairs was sold to the
cook-shops by the popae or priests, hence
the shops were called popina. They also
had their bake-shops with signs in the
windows: "Tarts smoking hot from the
oven"
One of the most noted Of the Pom
peian road houses was kept, the scien-
lists found, by a man named AlbinusI 1t
will be rebuilt with just the same scien-
tific care as the Temple Of Isis, one of the
most striking of its religious houses, will
also be. In the stables Of Albinus's road
house were found bones of horses and
mules and tires Of wheels and fragments
Of cars, caught there during the catas-
trophe. He had quite an elaborate estab-
lishment," with two rooms for travellers
and an inner private room for guests who
required privacy. The inn-keepers had
notices on their walls in praise Of their
special dishes. One who prided himself
upon the hams he served had this motto:
"Once one Of my hams is cooked and set
before a customeB, before he tastes it, he
hcks' the saucepan in which II was
cooked" '.' . =.
Pompeii had been founded in quite an
cient times, probably by the oscans, and
only came under Roman rule after the
defeat Of the Samnites about 27O B. C.
Il was under Nero that It became really
Roman colony, famous then, and most
famous now because Of It's preservation
Of the picture Of life as II was lived in
the first century. fea.-. I,s-E"'
Many Of the greatest Romans had their
villas In Pompeii. Augustus came here
TO visit Cicero; Claudius had country
house In the neighborhood, for, as Status
writes: "An things conspire TO make life