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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-06-22
sEPTEMB BER

Well, vacation is over, and go back
to Boston tomorrow. It's been very
nice and I've had good time, in spite
of being so mixed up as to whether
I was Mary or Marie. It wasn't so
bad as I was afraid it would be. Very
soon after Father and I had that talk
on the piazza, Cousin Grace took me
down to the store and bought me two
new white dresses, and the dearest lit
tie pair Of shoes I ever saw. She said
Father wanted me to have them.
And that's all-every single word
that's been said about that Mary land
Marie business. And even that didn't
really say anything-not by name. And
Cousin Grace never mentioned it
again. And Father never mentioned
it at all. Not word.
Fathers been queer. He's been aw-
fully queer. Some days he's talked
lot with me-asked me questions just
as he used to, all about what l did in
Boston, and Mother, and the people
that came there to see her, and every
thing. And he spoke Of the violinist
again, and, of course this time I told
him all about him, and that he didn't
come any more, nor Mr.. Easterbrook,
either; and Father was so interested!
WHY, it seemed sometimes as If he
lust couldn't hear enough about things.
Then, all Of a sudden, at times, he'd
get right up in the middle of some
thing 1 was saying and act as.n he
was just waiting for me to finish my
sentence so he could 60. And he did
90, Just as soon as had finished my
sentence. And after that, maybe, he
wouldn't hardly speak to me again for
a whole day.
And so that's why say he's been
so queer since that night on the piaz-
"a. But most of the time he's been
lovely, Perfectly lovely. And so has
Cousin Grace. And I've had a beauti-
full time.
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he was not.
THAT is not my present intention"
he said. His lips came together hard,
and he looked over his shoulder to see
if Cousin Grace was coming back.
"But you're going to some time," l
begged him.
81 do not expect to-"
1 fell back in my chair, and I know
I looked grieved and hurt and disap-
pointed, as I almost sobbed:
ooh, Father, and when thought
you were going to-"
"There, there, child! He spoke,
stern and almost cross now. "This ab-
surd nonsensical idea has gone quite
far enough. Let US think no more
about it."
1T isn't absurd and nonsensical ~
I cried. And I could hardly say the
words, I was choking up so. Every
body said you we're going to, and I
wrote Mother SO; and"
"You wrote that to your mother?'
He did jump from his chair this time.
Eyes; and she was glad"
"Oh, she was! He sat down sort Of
Imp-like and queer.
eyes. She said she was glad you'd
found an estimable woman to make a
home for you.''
"Oh, she did," He said this too, IN
that queer, funny, quiet kind Of way.
'Yes." I spoke, decided and firm. I'd
begun to think, all Of sudden, that
maybe he didn't appreciate Mother as
much as she did him; and I deter
mined right then and there to make
him, if could. When I remember all
the lovely things she'd said about
HIM
Father" began; and I spoke this
time, even more decided and firm. II
don't believe you appreciate Mother" !"
"Eh, What?'
He made me jump this time, he
turned around with such jerk, and
spoke so sharply. But in spite Of the
jump I still held on to my subject,
firm and decided
'T say don't believe you appreciate
my mother. You acted right now as
If you didn't believe she meant it when
I told you she was glad you had found
an estimable woman to make home
for you. But she did mean it. I know,
because she said it before, once, last
year, that she hoped you would find
one. Yes, and that isn't all. There's
another reason why I know Mother
always has-has your best interest at
heart. She-she tried to make me over
into Mary before I came, so as to
please you"
"She did what?" Once more he made
me jump. he turned so suddenly, and
spoke with such short, sharp snap.
But in spite Of the jump I went right
on, just as I had before, firm and de-
cided. I told him everything all about
the cooking lessons, and the astronomy
book we read an hour every day, and
the pink silk dress I couldn't have, and
the self-discipline. And how she said
If she'd had self-discipllne when she
was a girl, her life would have been
very different.
I talked very fast and hurriedly.
was afraid he'd interrupt, and !
wanted to get in all I could before he
did. But he didn't interrupt at all. BE
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ONE WEEK LATER

ONE WEEK LATER
It isn't a dream. It's all really,
truly true everything: Father COM
ing to meet me, the lovely automobile,
and the pretty lady in the light-blue
dress, who kissed me. And when /
went downstairs the next morning l
found out it was real, Especially the
pretty lady; for she kissed me again,
and said she hoped I'd be happy there.
And she told me to amuse myself any
way I liked, and. said, if wanted to-,
I might run over to see some Of the
girls, but not to make any plans for
the afternoon, for she was going to
take me to ride.
Now, what do you think Of that?
Go to see the girls in the morning,
and take ride-an automobile ride
lin the afternoon. In Andersonville !!
Why, / couldn't believe my ears. OF
course, was wild and crazy with de-
light-but it was all so different. Why, /
began to think almost that I was Ma
rie, and not Mary at all.
And it's been that way the whole
week through. I've had beautiful
time. I've been so excited! And Moth
er is excited, too. Of course, / wrote
her and told her all about it right
away. And she wrote right back and
wanted to know everything-every-
thing I could tell her; all the little
things. And she was so interested in
Cousin Grace, and wanted to know all
about her; said she never heard of her
before, and was she Fathers own cou-
sin, and how old she was, and was she
pretty, and was Father around the
house more now, and did I see a lot
of him? She thought from something
I said that I did. '.-.
I've just been writing her again, and
I could tell her more now, of course,
than I could in that first letter. I've
been here a whole week. and, Of
course, know more about things, and
have done more.
told her that Cousin Grace wasn't
really Fathers cousin at all, SO 1t
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Of Course.
course. Then I whizzed off, and he
was left standing all alone on the
platform. And I felt so sorry for him;
and all the way down to Boston kept
thinking Of him-what he said, and
how he looked, and how fine and splen-
did and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
him he was as he stood on the plat
form waving good-by.
And so I guess I was still thinking
Of him ana being sorry for him when
I got to Boston. That's why couldn't
be 80 crazy and hilariously glad when
the folks met me, suspect. Some
way, all Of a sudden, found myself
wishing he could be there too.
Of course, I know that that was
bad and wicked and unkind to Mother,
and she'd feel so grieved not to have
me satisfied with her. And wouldn't
have told her Of it for the world. So
I tried just as hard as I could to for
get him-on account Of Mother, so as
to be loyal to her. And I did most
forget him by the time I'd got home.
But it all came back again little later
when we were unpacking my trunk.
You see, Mother found the two new
white dresses, and the dear little
shoes. I knew then, Of course, that
she'd have to know ALL mean, how
she hadn't pleased Father, even after
all her pelns trying to have me 60 as
Mary.
"Why. Marie, what in the world 10
Inls?" she demanded, holding up one
Of the new dresses.
l could have cried.
suppose she saw by my face how
awfully l felt cause she'd found 1t.
And, of course, she saw something
was the matter; and she thought it
was
Well, the first thing knew she was
looking at me in her very sternest
sorriest way, and saying:
"Oh, Marie, how could you? I'm
ashamed of you! Couldn't you wear
the Mary dresses one little three
months to please your father?"
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I said yes, l did.
"Well. II got ready for Marie"

wv ell. II got Teduy LUZ hdlle'
But then l didn't quite understand,
not even when l looked at him and
saw the old understanding twinkle in
his eyes.
"You mean-you thought was COM
ing as Marie, of course" said then.
Eyes" he nodded.
"But 1 came as Mary"
"I see now that you did. Well, Mary,
you've told me your story, so I sup
pose I may as we'll tell you mine-now.
You see, not only got ready for
Marie, but had planned to keep her
Marie, and not let her be Mary-at
ALL"
And then he told me. He told me
how he'd never forgotten that lay in
the parlor when I cried and he saw
then how hard it was for me to live
here, with him so absorbed in his
work and Aunt Jane so stern in her
black dress. And he said put it very
vividly when talked about being
Marie in Boston, and Mary here, and
he saw just how 1t was. And so he
thought and thought about it all win
ter. and wondered what he could do.
And after a time it came to him-he'd
let me be Marie here; that is, he'd try
to make it so I could be Marie. And
he was Just wondering how he was
going to get Aunt Jane to help him
when she was sent for and asked to
20 to an old friend who was sick.
And he told her to 60, by all means to
90. Then he got Cousin Grace to come
here. He said he knew Cousin Grace,
and he was sure she would know how
to help him to let me stay Marie. SO
he talked it over with her-how they
would let me laugh, and sing and play
the piano all I wanted to, and wear
the clothes I brought with me, and
be just as near as I could be the way
I was in Boston.
"And to think after all my prepara-
ton for Marie, you should be Mary
already, when you came" he finished.
Father had covered his eyes with
his hand, as If thinking and thinking,
Just as hard as he could. And 1 Sup
pose it did seem queer to him, that
he should be trying to make me Marie,
and all the while Mother was trying
to make me Mary. And it seemed SO to
me, as 1 began to think it over.
"And so your mother-did that"
Father muttered; and there was the
queer little catch in his breath again.
He didn't say any more, not a single
word. And after minute he got up
! and went into the house. But ne
didn't 90 into the library where Mrs.
Small and Cousin Grace were talking
He went straight upstairs to his OVID
room and shut the door. heard it,
And he was still there when went
up to bed afterward.
How do you suppose Mothers going
to feel when I tell her that after all
her paths Father didn't like it at all
He wanted me to be Marie. It's a
shame, after all the pains she took
But I won't write it to her, anyway
Maybe I won't have to tell her, unless
she asks me. Q .
But know it. And, pray, what am
1 to do? Of course, I can act like
Marie here all right, if that is what
folks want. But I can't wear Marie
for haven't a single Marie thing here
They're all Mary. That's all brought
Oh, dear SUI me! Why couldn't
Father and Mother have been just the
common ive-happy-ever-after kind, OF
else found out. before they married
that they were unlikes?
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY
R.H.UVINGSTONE.
iCopyrieht by ELEANOR H. PORTER)

the car, and kissing me as she did so.
Now, do you wonder that I have
been rubbing my eyes and wondering
if I was really I, and If this was An
dersOnville?
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Ito be continued next week,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25
Bedtime Stories
Old Mr. Toad Is Caught
BY Thornton W. Burgess
A moments coreiessNess may bring
A Srddcn end to everything.
Old Mr.. Toad.

While Jimmy Skunk was eating
inc three fat beetles which ne had
found under the old board to which
Peter Rabbit had led him. Old Mr.
Toad had started on for The Smiling
Pool Hop, mop. hop, hippcrty-hop,
mop, hop. he had gone without d
thought Of anything but getting down
TO the Smiling Pool. He was too
srNlous 10 get there to think about
danger. The nearer he got 10 tho
Smiling Pool the louder sounded the
grand. spring chorus Of his little
cousins, the Hylas. Old Mr., Toad
tiAgled all over with desire to get
there and take his part in that chorus.
Now there were others who were
interested in that spring chorus, and
one o. these vas Mir Blacksnake He
mad wakened IRON his long winter
sleep and had been out long enough to
change his suit. Now he was hungry.
He knew all about those singers in
the Smiling Pool and he knew that
ii vas not at all unlikely that he
might be able to catch some of them
at the edge of the water.
SO Nh Blacksnakc also started for
the Smiling Pool and just by chance
ne was behind Old Mr.. Toad. Old
MIR. Toad was so intent on getting
down there that he didn't lool be
hind until d rustling sound just back
OF him warned him that somebody
was just behind him. Too late he
discovered Nh. Blacksmith. Old Mr..
Toad's big poo eyes popped more
IMAM ever as ne made frantic jump.
Before ne could make another Mr..
BlacAsnake had seized him. Old Mr..
Toad gave little shrek Of fright and
despair as re felt the teeth Of Nh.
Biacksnake
Mr.. Blacksnake had caught him BY
one hind leg. Without wasting any
time Mr.. Blacksnake began to swallow
him. He kicked and struggled. but
Mr. Blacksn&hc paid no attention TO
this. Old Mir. Toad could feel him
self being drawn backward down
VIZ Blacasaaao's throat In few
minutes orjy his head remained out
Of Mr., BLACK 5rake's mouth.
Poor Old Nj Toad, He could hcal
The joyous chorus Of bis little cousins,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25
10000 Radio Fans
Hear Brides Kiss
In Aerial Wedding
Eager Ears Of Amateurs Get
FLYING Parsons Words
and Timid II DO" as the
Knot |. Tied in Mid-Air

A kiss struggled through tho ether
yesterday afternoon and 10000 radio
enthusiasts knew then that somewhere
between Nineols. l.. l., and Forty-sec
ond Street and Broadway, $500 feet up
in the air, Miss Sarah Cockefair and Al
bert P. Schlafke had been safely mar
ried.
The aerial wedding with the radio
service was decided on last Thursday.
Brooklyn Hospital and Mr.. Schlafke,
who is physical director Of the Vet
Grams Camp Mt Tuppor Lake, decided
that Stree they we're going to be mar
ried anyway they might as we'll have as
large all audience as possible.
A six passenger Fokkcr was rugged
up with radio set. Bert Acosta
agreed to pilot the ship. The Rev. Bel
vim Maynard. the PLYING Parson," was
there to perform the ceremony. SO
yesterday afternoon The wedding party
hoped off with Frank Daniels to at
tend to the radio, seven year, old
Louise Robb. winner Of sixteen baby
shows, As flower girl, and George Weed
to sec that everything went properly.
Tho bride threw out her bridal bou-
quot Of roses when she WAS 1900 feet
up and. when the plano was passing
over College Point Lieutenant May
nard began tho service. His questions
plainly from an amp)ticr SGT up on the
field, and by ell those who were lis
tenlng in ON their own radio sets.
The couple landed al $40 in 4
shower of rice, To-day they Will fly
IN 'hc ramC pIauc TO Schenectady and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25
Could
Would RESIGN
TrusteesI,ip
Applies 10 Supreme Court
for Permission to Quit as
One Of The Executors
Of His Fathers tate
Won't Return 10 u. S.
Asserts He Will Surrender
Place. Even if 1t Means
Curtailmcnt of Income

Howard Gould. now in Europe, ap-
piled through his attorneys to the
Supreme Court yesterday for permits
sion TO resign As trustee Of the estate
Of his late father. Jay Gould. Mr..
Gould has been in Europe since 1914.
partly because Of his continued i'll
moss. and has no intention Of return
ING to the United States in the near
future, it is said,
Up to 1920 the estate of Jay Gould
was in the hands of George J. Could.
Gould. also children Of the tostator.
George J. Gould was removed by the
court as executor and trustee in an
accounting proceeding brought by an
other brother and sister, Frank J..
Could and Anna. Duchess dc Tallcy-
rand, who charged George !. Gould
with mismanagcmcnt Of thc estate.
Injunction Proceeding Pending
Mr. Gould, who is appealing from
this decision ousting him from his
trustecship has brought proceeding
in the Surrogatcs' Court to compel
Edwin Gould and Mrs. Shepard, as re-
naming trustees. to pay him more than
100000 due him as his share Of the
income from his fathers estate. Frank
j. Gould and Duchess de Talleyrand,
both living In Europe, through their
attorneys here, have brought an in
junction proceeding to restrain George
j, Gould from prosecuting his Surro-
gates Court action, alleging that his
accounting to the estate will show that
he owes it in excess Of 100000 900 and
contending that the income due him
should be held possibly as part pay
ment of that obligation. Justice
Delehanty has the matter under advise
mcnt.
Upon argument in the injunction pro-
cceding, attorneys for various inter
ests asked the court to designate q
trust company as trustee to take the
place Of George J. Gould. Howard
Gould. who has been unable to give
his time and attention to the affairs
Of the estate. now expresses his desire
20 resign rs a trustee and also sug-
rcsts the appointment Of trust com
pany.
Often Wished to Resign
Up to 1914 Howard Gould was active
in the management OF his fathers e.
tate. Scvera times when he went to
Europe he expressed his desire to re-
sign his trustceshir, but was prevailed
upon to continue in that capacity. Now
he insists that he be permitted to re-
sign, even il it means curtailme en- I
Of his income because Of such resiena
ton
At the injunction proceeding before
Justice Delehanty. William Nelson
Cromwell, attorney for Duchess dc Tai
!yrand and also guardian ad Item for
her children, announced that the re
moval Of Howard Gould as a trustee
would be asked. This statement. how
ever. was not the cause Of Mr.. Gould s
latest move. because it has been his
intention for long time TO quit as
trustee.
Judge Delehanty will hear argument
on Mr.. Gould's application on Thurs
daV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25
Miss Tannebaum Held i'm
Death of Kidnapped Child
Detained as Material Witness
After Body Of Ida Kramer,
I. Is Found in Greek

CAMDEN. N. j., April 24.-Miss Es
ther Tannenbaun1, twenty ght years
OLD, of 729 Chestnut Street. Camden.
Is held at headquarters as a material
witness in the inquiry being conducted
into the Staying of Ida Kramer. seven
years old, of Woodbury.. The child was
kidnapped several months ago and YES
terday her body was found in Newtons
Creek
An autopsy revealed wounds on the
side of the head. These wounds. au-
thorit'es believe, cannot be held as
conclusive evidence of the manner in
which the child met her death. since
they may have been caused after the
body was thrown into the creek.
Prosecutor Wolverton, of Camden
County, who ordered Miss Tanncn-
baum's detention. will confer with Joe
Manning, acting prosecutor Of Glouccs-
ter County. A clash is expected to re
cult between the authorities of the two
counties. Miss Tannenbaum was ar
rested in Gloucester County four DAYS
after the Kidnapping, but later WAS re-
leased
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25
Five Fires at Mt. kisco
Believed Due to Torch
Posses Search COUNTRYSIDE for
lnccndiarv; Loss in Ono
Blaze 100000

Five fires. believed 20 be tho worl,
OF pyromaUiac. were discovered IN
and near Mount ki8co between 5 O'Clock
sunday night and 4 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon.
The first fire destroyed moro than
100000 worth Of lumber in the lumber
yard Of Young, Halstcad & Co. The
local fire forces were unable to cope
with the flames and aid was summoned
from nearby towns. The subsequent
f1res were smaller, and the damage in
three of them was negligible.
The fifth blaze occurred In a barn
owned by Denis Mcmahon, on the Ar
monk Mount Kisco Road. No one had
been seen in the barn for several hours.
The blaze had gained good Roadway
before it was discovered. The struc-
ture was destroyed, as no water was
available. The loss was estimated at
$1,000.
Members Of the state constabulary
searched the woods and roads for scv-
eral miles, but no suspicious persons
were found. Posses have been formed
to hunt the countryside for the fire.
bug.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25

&c Ss'd IN hesitatjng accent. 1T is
strange that COME 60 Your country
CHS way Even "a countess can have
Aoy llbeT'ice. suscly. and ii want to
20 stccTaG". WHY have a nose in the
nldd|c o. Hl. fsc7 and eau follow il.
II am 'ery much Interested IN i'm
nigrat@on and | wanted to investigate
conditions tor nYsclf aud learn Just
what travelling ", stccrarc means 60
the thousands VINO cross tho Atlantic
Ocean. shall have much TO say later,
when have recovered my strcngth
and poise.
Praises Immigration Service
Asked what she Thought of Ellis
Island. shc said it was rcnarkahlo
place and that she had a high r2ra I'd
Tor the American immigration system
She qualified this somewhat by adding
tat she thought somc Of Tic proceed
urc "mpractical." immigrants, she
said, were treated with toe utmost
courtesy aud there was little red tape
upon arrival. so far as she could sec
Countess Roscnkrantz did social
work for the Salvation Army in Den
mark and is Well known in her native
country. Her former husband is a
half brother OF the former Danish am
bassador al Washington, Count Kari
Mo'tke. who married Corncha Van
Zen saelcr IhaYcr. o. Boston. daugh
ter Of Mrs. Nathaniel Tnayer Since
lis divorce, Baron Eoscnkrantz has
remarked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25
Get e Months Church Term

Every Sunday, rain or shine, for the
next six months Harry Baulsr. of e6
Sumpter Street. Brooklyn. and his
tr'end' harry Pearson, Of 21 Second
Street, Union Course. l.. l., will attend
church or report to Magistrate Fish IN
lhe Gates Avenue court to be sentenced
to jail.
The men We're arrested early Sunday
the Ralph Avenue station. who told tho
court that both used profane language
when ne tried to stop their hghting.
10 ths question of church attendance
the men said that they occasionally"
went to church. The court clerk was
instructed to communicate with Tho
pastors of the churches and ask thai
the court be informed on the attend.
ance OF the men for the next six
months ''A
IN you attended church rcpu]ar]v )"
sa1o the court, I'VE wouldn't have Won
mere TOR using profane language
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-25

the, Hylas. over III the Smiling Pool,
and he wondered ii they would miss
his sweet voice there. You know, he has
one of the sweetest Of all the spring
voices. He could see the Green
Meadows and he felt that he was
looking a them for inc last time. He
gasped for breath. He could no
longer struggle, for he was being held
too tightly for that. He was being
swallowed alive, Can YOU think Of
any more dreadful end than that?
Old Mr.. Toad had been caught bv
Mr.. Blacksnake once before and lust
in the very nick Of time he had been
set free by the tao little Bears. Boxer
and Wool Wool. But he couldn't
hope that those cubs would happen
along again. 1t was pure chance that
they had discovered Mr.. Blacksnake
that other time. No, Old Mr.. Toad
couldn't hope for anything like that
again. This surely was to be the end
OF him. Never again would he work
IN Farmer Browns garoen. Never
again would ne hunt in the twilight
for worms and bugs. Never again
would he dart that long. hind-side
before tongue OF his out to catct A
fly. Old Mr.. Toad didn't have the
tee1lest. weenest hope.
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