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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-13
i, Coon's tree and teIephoned to
Mr.. Peerabout what had happen

Coon's tree and teIephoned to
Mr.. Peerabout what had happen
ed.
.sAll right. answered the.
Moon-Man. Isn 80 to my handle
house and see who has been fool,
ing with the handles
So off he trudged through the
Golden Forest He had pulled on
the handle marked full moon;
nice and clear and fastened it so
it would stay
But what did he see? The full
moon pale and misty" pulled out
insteads
MY goodness." cried Mr. Peer
about, hopping his forehead
WHO do you ss,pose?" Then sud-
denly he saw a shadowy figere
scoot away. The figure had bow
legs.
so that's it." nodded old Peei-
about wisely
To Be continued.)
copyright 1929
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Nancy and Nick went to Cob.

r .lEHiH HAHa n5aE#E@@ a+gM#mM t~HaaeFa g-E#gTa
There was magic about-nct a
doubt OF it, Chris Crow said SO
Mr.. Peerabout. the Mancin-the-
Moon, had fixed everything for a
nice clear moonlight night.
But Chris didn't want it. he
wanted to dig up the sprouted
grains out of Farmer Smith S
cornfield with his long sharp
beak. And he didn't want the
Scare-Crow to see him. He told
Nancy and Nick moonlight was a
SSisance.
He said his friend, Comet-Less.
would fix things up for him.
Now Comet-Legs was d wicked
fairy. Jealous of the Man-in-the-
Moon and did iall he could to spoil
things. Nancy and Nick were on
the lookout for this fellow.
Suddenly the moon got dim-oh
awfully so, and looked as washed
out as faded button Chris CroW
was as happy as a clown.
Nancy and Nick went to COB
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lsfromSwatcfiiIg them arolnd the
CLUB to = where might
go Eve gottoSgo over I he&ota
SeavifIe Station this aItsrnoonsG3laall
take Iook5atSsome of aShesptaces
Eonsthe waywhere they mlghtsstop
@thesgarage,af orTinstance.
Privately and aside Garrick tried
to calm Dick down. You may he
"a great inventor and all that, he
remarked following out the thought
that had been running Shrough&h1s
mind, but well, tackle the
wireless reading Off woman's heart
thent"
What do you mean?" snapped
Dick, contertiously.
"Nothtng-just nothing, vas
Garrick's -sententious answer
In the late Afternoon Curtis drew
'up at the Binnacle. a queer OLD
place furnished like the cabin OF
an old clipper ship. There was q
wireless at the Binnacle ana
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Teal ordered Jack, turning
from Ruth toward the waiter.
Two? Yes, sir The walter
Jack leaned owe Going to seq
what that wink meant" he wh1s-
pered to Ruth as he followed the
waiter out. A moment and he re
turned. Names Herman. He's
all right he explained.
few minutes later Herman ap-
speared with cocktails in tea cups,
Here's looking at
Ruth and Curtis had the cups
balanced, ready to taste,
Don't
Ruth looked at him surprised.
"Why?"
..It's a drug-ether-something
- He turned quickly toward the
waiter, rose, seized him by the
shoulder, swung him around. The.l
he reached into the walters waist
coat pocket and drew out a little
vial.
you'll go to jail for this, Her,
mani"
PLANTED on mel"
"That's what they all say!"
The screen door IF the porch
swung open. and Professor Fario
strobe in. He had evidently heard
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Wings
OF Wireless
Continued From PAGE Two1

F#gr kCOutlnuSu fFOtu d6e \ VI
, crashing crack. The 1ictagraph
receiver was smashed.
Garrick thoughtfully laid down
the earpiece. well, that's that!'
81 think suggested Dick, not q
bit ruffIed, eff the Waldens are
| going back to the Club well go
out t. my workshop on the harbor,
If ~anything's going to happen, It
will be out there
"And you'll beIuear. Ruth" pene.
trated Garrick.
well! Where Ruth is, that's
where things happen, eh?"
When her mothers a pulled up
| at the Club that afternoon, Ruth
hoped out and was up the steps
with a bound.
We'll, it is good to see you,
Glad!" Shake hands, Jim, old
| dear, Wasn't 1 lucky 1 didn't get
| killed dead?' Hello, Bob, Steering
| gear on the Fritz" What a jolly
| crowd to see after being laid up
| for a couple of days. I tell you,
| Vira's d peach of a little nurse
Never &C back on that girl" June
you should have seen now we
went over the bridget"
Her mother stood and looked at
Ruth aghast. No n else had got
in a word and she had Lad a word
with every person on the porch, had
| made them feel that the We're each
her particular friend and had been
let in on the whole secret. She
hadn't given anyone a chance to
| ask a question and had told only
just what she wanted and no more,
just as if it had been the whole
story to the whole crowd.
These flappers don't need a
mother or a diplomat; they are all
the wisdom of the world condens-
ed" soliloq'lized Mrs. Walden.
1t was perhaps an tour or two
later in the afternoon when the
big story had become ancient his
tory, a mere nine minutes wonder.
that Ruth at the Country Club be-
gan to feel lonesome. With no
car, it was almost as bad as NO
legs.
As if in answer to a prayer for
new hearts to conquer. Jack SWEET
up with a furry in his crimson
chummy car
There was nothing flustered,
nothing hurried about Jack, al
though he left the motor running,
throttled down. No one could have
been more ~deferential or reassuring
to Mrs. Walden. She did not like
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broke out III intense Love mailing
Did YousgemE f1oWersRnth2
sThey wereSbeautifuls How did
know my favoritss
gsMine. too hatsshow.Rut
dear, Observation-Disclosures how many
things%we hayesinFcommon Love
of fast cars, speed, excitement
teveu4to roses! Why Ecoufdn"t even
quarrel with yout"
He edged over under the wheel
nearer her. Ruth smiled at MIN.
Suddenly he leaned over to- steai
a kiss. It went wrong and fell on
her ear. Somehow Ruth was glad
1t wasn't the one Dick had kissed.
But the next moment she had taken
Jacks hand and given it a little
squeeze in return.
They were just about leaving
Merrihew's when the faithful Nc
Kay, whoNhad been watching the
departure vigilantly from the park.
ing space at the Club, tapped light
|ly on the door of Dicks boathouse
workshop.
It needed only to have Mckay
spill the news about the automobile
ride with Curtis to set Dick frantic
over Ruth. a few minutes later
Dick and Garrick We're on the Club
porch.
Professor vario was there with
Mrs. Walden. very thoughtful and
sympathetic. In fact, he was so at
tentiye that Garrick found himself
wondering where lay his %interes>
in mother or daughter:
1T beats the devil" Guy found
himself wondering. show these dod-
.dering scientists can bs SO clever
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the boy, but on second thought she
was forced to admit to herself that
she had nothing "on" him
The conversation waited merrily
to the new chummy car.
wouldn't you IKE to try the
new boiler?"
would I? Run me o>er to Mer-
rihew's garage. I want to - that
wrecked boat OF my owr and give
some instructions what shade l
want the body done over in. I5feel
lost without a wheel in my hands.
You won't mind, Mumn sy-for a
little while?"
Mrs. Walden was powerlcs5. Size
had wanted Ruth to stay on. But
she had her cue from her own
daughter. After all it was She who
would have to sweep the older COS
sips "off their ears.
Ruth may have dressed to i'm
press the crowd at the Club but it
all went to Jacks head and he
H"---FL -r--sr I--nr. HH
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MY husband took from his pocket
anotice that my checking account
was once more overdrawn.
Il Were bankrupt, all right" he
I'm sorry for you, lit
tIe girl, butt guess we'd better get
along with one checking account.
$50 we'll close yours l guess mine
viii hold all Lean earn. And we can
keep track of what we have-bet-
ter-with just n account"
II always have kept track 1 pro-
tested. "See my STUBS
1t didn't take Jack long to dis
Covert had q habit of going to the
bank cash and never subtract
ing the sums from my stubs!
Trying to be helpful, suggested:
.Gan'tswe - just for once pay
these bills out Of your savings?"
But Peggins. our safety fund
has been paid out for the furniture,
sSVedgwood, the lamps and odds
and ends you needed"
Then Ishad another inspiration.
3can borrow, Jack! Of Mr.
Tearle. He'd be Just happy to help
Jus, -, \
.Borrow? Borrow? Why, Peg.
81 don't know what you're
saying. Why, girl. unless we can
live on what we earn, big or little
money, I'd feel as if we were-as
rjfSIswere Cheating myself"
sAfterSJack had gone sat down
Eand hadsa goodSlong cry.
"a Jack had carried off the bills
they made a bundle too large for
hfsspockets HI went .straight to the
hank Ito balanceSmy checking ac-
court and close It.
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OUR FIRST YEAR
BY A BRIDE

| My feelings were dreadrully hurt.
Jack hadn't been pleased with one
of my suggestions was sorry !
had spoken about borrowing. l
ought to have gone to Mr.. Tearle.
obtained a loan, paid the bills and
saved Jack from worrying. And
Mr.. Tearle would never have ex.
pected to be paid, though. of course,
IN time I'd have arranged some
how.
l said to myself I had been quite
stupid, had made a of our
financial affairs from the beginning
and that it was my duty as a bust
ness partner, equa1awith Jack, to go
to work.
AS a feminist, I believed In the
economic independence of the wife.
Butt it had been very pleasant to
be supported, to be a parasite. In
my heart, IEdidn't at all like the
idea of going to work.
But if my husband couldn't man
age / was quite willing to carry
my part Of the household expenses.
But if didn't breach the subject
until after dinner.
Jack, dear. Let me help. I've
never earned any money. But I'm
sure 1 CAM"
"Peggins!"s was Jacks reply. 1t
sounded iikeFas reproof- Jack said
no more, just sat still and watched
me, speechless with au3azement.
Didn't my husband believe I was
smart enough to earn my own liy-
tTo Be continued.1
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tcontinued il Next issue
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StheSwhole thing on The other side
s lbs thick Observation-Disclosures before
anyone could NORTHEASTERN
the wal sTnelled@i then smeiled5
the two cups
5stThatsa ID aphrodisiac8a love
potion. He turned toward Curtis
II believe you saw me getting U
ofsmy car Just now outside. Young
mani,
Continued In Next 1ssue)
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fOULL 10 10 1N'H FO11
THIS!"
and deep in their own .ields-and
such children when it comes to
affairs of life and the heart
Dick saw nothing. His vision was
eclipsed by one thought. Ruth
was somewhere with Jack. Nor
was it long before he blurted 1t
out in some thinly disguised form
L wouldn't worry much over
Ruth and Jack" put in the profess
scr. Those youngsters seem to
me to be quite capable of taking
care of themselves-at least ruth
does" He paused a moment, =
think l know enough of their habits
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of her money. Oh, dearl oh. ha,
ha, hal"
Three mighty cheers!' OK
claimed Albert
But Lefty only chung to mis- lap
els and laughed and cried when he
kissed the top of her head.
(Copyright 1927
The Press., 1922-12-21
IINION

George Coolidge is home from Wes- leyan seminary, Kent Hill, Maine.
 Miss Julia Heck was home from the Stafford high school for the week end.
 Miss Esther Moore of the South bridge, high school was home for the weekend.
 There was no sermon at the church on Sunday on account of the storm and bad travelling.
 Miss Grace Tyler is in Shrewsbury, Mass, caring for the sick in the family of Mrs. Forest May.
 Mrs. Minnie Horton, who has teen helping care of her mother, returned to Worcester this week.
 The many friends of Mrs. George Thayer are much pleased in her re- covery from recent illness.
 Miss Florence Barrows of the Con necticut college returned to her home last Friday for the holidays.
 The schools closed last Friday for a vacation of two weeks. Appropriate Christmas exercises were held and Christmas trees enjoyed.
 Mercury was at zero on Wednesday morning. The sleighing has not been so good for years and there is only about five inches of snow.
 The Christmas exercises in connec- tion with the Christmas tree will be held at the church next Saturday eve ming at 7.30. AS in former years this will be a community tree and it is hoped all the children of the town and their friends will be present to take part in the exercises.
The Press., 1922-12-21
SOMERS

Christmas exercises by the chill dren of the Sunday school will he held in the Congregational church Sunday evening at o'clock.
 Miss Lucille Moore, a student at Connecticut college, is spending a three weeks vacation with her moth CT, Mrs. Susan P. Moore.
 John Spellman, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Spellman of Hall Hill road and a junior at Brown University, has been elected captain of the Brown football team for the coming year.
 Mrs. M, F. Dakin extension special ist on food gives two lectures, one at 10 a. m. and at 1.30 p. m., today in the home of Mrs, Bert D. Cooley, un- der the auspices of the Farm Bureau.
 The Christian Endeavor society held their semi-annual business meeting Thursday at the home of Mrs. R. s. Bugbee. The following officers were elected: President, Frank P, Combs, Jr. vice-president, Mrs. R. s. Bugbee; secretary, Sarah l.. Billings; treasur- CT, R. s. Bugbee; organist, Marion Cooley; assistant organist, Mrs. Ar chic Cooley
The Press., 1922-12-21
Roman Law Hard on Debtors,

Roman law, according to the Twelve Tables, drawn up in B.. O. 449, pro- vided harsh penalties for debtors, as follows: "In default of payment af- ter 30 days of grace have elapsed. The creditor may take the debtor away with him, and bind him with thongs or with fetters, the weight of which shall not be more than 15 pounds. The debtor may, if he choose, live On his own means. Otherwise the creditor that has him in bonds shall give him a pound of bread a day, or, if he choose, more. In default of settlement of the claim, the debtor may be kept in bonds for 80 days. In the course of this period he shall be brought before the practor ip the COmitium on three successive market days, and the amount of the debt debtor may be punished with death or sold beyond the Fiber. After the third market day the creditors may cut their several portions of his body, and anyone that cuts more or less than his just share shall be guiltless,"
The Press., 1922-12-21
Leather His Hobby.

One of the curious American char acters of the last century was the "Old Leather Man" who for nearly 80 years tramped over eastern New York and Connecticut clad almost en- tirely in leather. His home was in a cave near Sing Sing, where he was found dead in 1SS9 He did occa- sional jobs of plumbing, and never accepted any recompense but food and tobacco.
 He was said to have been made in- sane by an unfortunate love affair in France when he was young man. According to the story, he won the heart of the daughter of wealthy leather merchant and entered into her fathers business to prove his worthi- ness. He speculated in leather and when the market in that commodity crashed, his prospective father-in-law was ruined and his own hopes were shattered This unhinged his mind, and he determined to spend the rest of his life wandering around the countryside clothed in leather His name was Jules Bourglay.
The Press., 1922-12-21
Miss Sarah Westenholme has re

Miss Sarah Westenholme has re- gently purchased a Buick six, from the Hudson Garage at Stafford Springs.
 Mrs. w. H. Hall, MT. and Mrs F. Russell Smith of Norwich. Miss Frances Hall and Holman, will spend the Christmas as guests of MT. and Mrs. William LeRoy Melee of Adams, Mass.
 After losing it's first three games the local Y M C. A. basket ball team broke into the winning column ty de- feating the Atlas A. C. of Stafford last Friday night at the boys club of that place, ty a score of g to "A. The all around playing of Captain Zemec at forward guard and Usher at center featured. Whitaker of the Atlas was the shining light for the losing team.
 The towns folks here were present ed with a new mode of transportation last Sunday. We have all heard and read of flying machines, autos, sea planes and such, but it was up to our genial Charles Woodwork, to go them all one tetter by hitching his little donkey to doutle rip and giv- ing the children and also some of the grown ups the time of their lives riding around the town. It was sure ly very amusing incident.
The Press., 1922-12-21
euns Squeeze Themselves.

The sun Is a great globe, a96O00 miles in diameter; beside 1t the earth Is the merest speek, All the planets combined would hardly do more than ripple the solar surface If they should plunge into 1t.
 The sun shines by it's own heat, though not by fire, for fire implies com hustion. On the sun clements are far too hot for anything approaching chemical union as we know 1t to take place. Neither is solar heat generated by friction or contraction,
 The sun has not varied it's output of energy greatly for many millions of years, Its energy is molecular Deep in its center there are complex, radio active clements. When the solar system was in the shape of nehula 1t absorbed prodigious quanti. ties of light and heat. This energy was stored in the atoms. Now that the sun Is condensed into sphere, 1t Is giving this energy out again, and we. feel 1t as warmth.
The Press., 1922-12-21

Had Written Santa Letters Together. they really posted them from New York and Chicago and Seattle and HohOkus, New Jersey, and hoped that they could fool the receiver of the postcards that these cards had not been at one time gifts to them.
 And he did dislike those who would say to him after he had had his last years suit nicely sponged and pressed, How that has wprn; 1t has cBrCa1n- ly done you good service, and 1t doesn't look bad at thatW
 But especially he disliked and felt as though he could almost choke those who were given to telling others to count their blessings, while they moaned and groaned and whined and whimpered themselves at all times and about all things.
 These were his special aVersions, but Hilda was different. Hilda never jared. Hilda was always sweet. Though Hilda did not, or had not as yet agreed to, marry him, and he had asked her many a time.
 The second time Horace had pro- posed had been when Hilda was six teen and they were sitting out the sun- per dance at one Of the Christmas hol4 tday parties. Horace was two years older than TIilda.
 T couldn't marry you," Hilda had said, "as you are really nothing but a child. need 8 man more my own mental equal"
 -"1'ut you're two years younger than am," Horace had protested,
 ''True," Hilda had admitted, "but woman is always so much older than B man." Hlda called herself a wom. an from the time she was sixteen until she was twentE-one, ~
 Again and again Horace proposed. Hilda always put him off, but she al. ways seemed to come back to him af- ter each waFFisome filtration. Per- sistepcy and devotion were Horace's strong points, and every Christmas. as he took her the yellow rosebuds, which was his choice of Christmas bouquet, he proposed anew. It was Horaee's annual declaration
 Hilda loved the f1owers-the rose buds were always so pretty and Hor- ace had so much taste. Always in the center was spray of holly, and they were tied with gay red ribbon. And
The Press., 1922-12-21
ARREST RUG IN THE WORLD
Beyond Price Because 1t Was the
 Earliest Piece of Pile Weaving -.s- to Come Out of Asia.

A rug that is dated is more valuable than one that is not, and because our knowledge of early weaving is SD meager the earlier the date the more valuable the rug. A date subsequent to 1850 does not add much to the worth of a rug, while a date ill the Eighteenth century might double it; Seventeenth century date would be sure to do so, and if we could find ap- other rug of the Sixteenth century earlier than the ArdebiI Mosque car- pet its value over an undated piece of equal merit fin other respects might easily be threefold. .. ....
 Inscriptions add to the value of a. rug ill proportion as they give infop- nation concerning the place OF char. acter of the weaver; but as most in- scriptions are merely verses from the Koran or more often from some Per- sian poet we do not often get much help from that source. E.
 More important still as a source of historical information is the character of the design. To the practiced eye It can a tale unfold and sometimes elevate an ordinary-looking rug to peak of eminence. For example, there is in the Kaiser Friedrich museum In Berlin little rug that would not get a bid of $10 if displayed for sale in the window of a New York department store. Yet it is beyond price, and the museum authorities even refused to allow it to be loaned to the MetrOpol- itan museum, the risk of the ocean voyage being thought to be far too great to be incurred for such pre- cious piece. '':
 It is an ugly little brute, but it is perhaps the earliest piece of pile weaving out of Asia. Moreover. it's design connects it with Chinese pat terms and symbols of the Twelfth cen tury, Mongolian color schemes of the Thirteenth, Caucasus weavings of the Fourteenth and Italian painting of the Fifteenth. Rarity and historical in- tenest AlUle endUw this rug with su- perlative value.-Arts and Decor ations ..
The Press., 1922-12-21
Greeting Gifts for Your Christmas List.
LiSt... ..

Boxed Gifts with appropriate verses Each one bears the marks of quality in the gift, it's packing and destinctive box. A set of Graters, thre A real help in
 the kitchen, 75c. Set of Four Wood Spoons, $1.5O. Spatula and Fork. The last word in
 efficiency, $2.25. Stainless Steel Gems. Grapefruit knife
 and kitchen knife, S1.5O. Fairy Crystals from the Sea, for your
 fire, 6Oc and SI %. Crumb Tray and Scraper Hand decor
 ated, $I.5O.
 Pastel Crayons in turned wood contain CT, $lOO.
 Orange Pekoe Tea in quaint packages, soc zoe, $1.5O. Mahogany Candlesticks with hand dipped colored, $2.75, $a. 75, $475. Surprise Bag filled with Toys, $20O. Wonder Bubble Box, contains two bub- bIers, two rubber bibs and fairy soap enough for untold bubbles, $1.5O. Wedgewood Fibre Cups, tumDier size
 with lids for preserving, 6Oc. Hundreds of other boxed gifts, dainty
 and useful, priced from 25c to $500,
The Press., 1922-12-21
ELLINGTON EPvck0E T.aKo

Owing to the storm last Sunday there was no service at the church.
 MT. and Mrs. Perlin Dimock visited their son Wilton Dimock and wife in Stafford Springs on Sunday. :.
 Mrs. B. B. Neff spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Busher, and granddaughter, Mrs. George Brigham, in Rockville.
 School will close Friday for the usual holiday vacation. There will be a Christmas tree for the children and exercises by the school,
 Christmas services at the church Sunday afternoon at 2,45 Christmas sermon by the pastor, E, A. Legg, and Christmas anthems by the quartette of the Stafford Springs Methodist church.