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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-24
One Must Suffer

He was awakened by a gleam of unexpected sunshine, which had found it's way somehow through the murky sky, and across a wilderness of housetops, to lie for moment upon the linoleum floor of his ugly bedroom, and stealing onwards to touch his eyelids with insstent force He was out of bed in a moment, and over by the window. The blind flew up, and he looked out across the waste cf smoke stained slate-roofed buildings.
 Yes! beyond, there was sunshine; out in the world where the atmos phere was free from this pail of smoke, sunshine he was sure, and blue sky. Already it was midApril; out in the country there were vio- lets in the hedges, the song of birds, the joy of coming spring. When he looked back into the room, the seeds of revolt were already sown.
 He left the window and threw the neatly folded black clothes, laid out for him, ill the bottom drawer of the wardrobe. After a good deal of rum maSng he found an old gray suit and a flannel shirt, in which he pro- ceeded to array himself. He had scarcely finished before his wife hustled in.
 He stopped in blank amazement. -Her tone. when she spoke. was shrill and Noluhle.
 Stakes alive. Tom. what are you doins, in those old thjngs2 You cant go to chapel sight like that. Where on earth Aeu found those clothes. ] can't imaginc,'
 Now that the moment of conflict had arriN ed, he found himself cooler and more determined than he had imagined. H. was not even apolo- gctic.
 T am not going to chapel this morning. Ellen" he answered firmly. q have Il headache and I'm going for walk in the cc cuntry."
 Not going to chapel she re- pcatcd inert dulousl!. Have you for gotten that my cousin James Branch the Rev. James Branch-fs going to proach2@
 "l had forgotten it." he admitted. hunting in his drawer for a .colored nccktie; hut it makes no difference. ] am not gt ing to chapel. l am go ing for q walk"
 Perhaps she appreciated the unusual note of finality in his tone.
 What about the children?h she demanded. Who's going to look after them. 1 should like to know. pcrhaps you've forgotten that Cousin James and my uncle and aunt are coming to dinner after service
 "The children can come with me, if you like" he said, Let's go down and have some breakfast
 She followed him almost meekly. Like most women who have held the upper hand for long time, she was unprepared for so sudden an attack upon her supremacy. Before break fast was over, however. she was once more eloquent.
 Any other Sunday" she declared q don't know as l should have minded it so much. But why you should choose this special day Ter
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Up in the creviced wall the for ward length of the snake showed, it's head still guardingly reared on it's slim neck, its lidless pale eyes, like twin bits of blurred glazing, aglow in the shifting freight.
 He got upon his feet and ter rife pain struck at his heart, squeezing and wringing it. His throat closed and he checked. A sec ond pain twisted his heart.
 With a drunken leap he cleared the sill of the rear doorway. ran in wavering course few strides out across the horse lot and then. as his knees gave way under him, he pitched forward on his face, his lol- led mouth full of weeds and muddy grass stems
 His cramping fingers of his out stretched right hand almost touched a reddish black smear where the earth was trampled and the grass flattened down.
 Good reddance, by gravy! I'd call it that; wouldn't you, dtc?" The speaker was driving Doctor
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with pale face, a coronet Cf dark hair, soft eyes, brown and deep set. mouth sensitive, almost tremulous.
 He threw himself into a chair, but he was up again almost immediately
 "I, too, have brought you a birth day present-of a sort, he declared "Something we story writers always grudge one another too-a plot"
 She shook her head.
 q can't believe it. she murmered. You're much too grasping to part with it, If it were any good"
 You shall judge for yourself" he answered. q will tell you a story. It is simple, but there is tragedy in it."
 She nodded, and curled herself up on the sofa.
 'Go on."
 "There was a man." he began, "an ordinary man, married to an or dinary woman of his own class. They were both the children Cf trades people, He was in an auctioneer's office, and earned just enough to keep his wife and children in a six roomed cottage in Streatham."
 "There were children" she said iii low voice, pulling to pieces rose from her bosom
 There were children" he repeated. two. Iney lived lHe usual HuHi . drum life for a year CT so, when a thing happened which you will doubtless find improbable. but which was nevertheless true. The man had always been fond of reading in a way. and he found the desire for 1t growing upon him more and more. Something of the artist must have been born in him and lain dormant for years, for when the moment came baf ba tria C. tion, he was immediately successful. Under an assumed name he began to publish some stories, which brought him in money"
 "The woman?' she asked.
 "Stood still" he answered prompt ly. Worse than that, she resisted almost passionately his attempts to haps she saw further than he did. Perhaps she realized that the more he succeeded in his efforts, the fur ther apart they must grow. Her ambitions were fixed and definite to keep her house cleaner than her neighbours house, to attend chapel with her husband and children every Sunday, and to put by money every week. For these things she slaved. For these things, and the lack of the others, the man left her. There seemed to be nothing else that he could do."
 She nodded
 "Tell me the manner of his leav- ing" she asked.
 He did it brutally-out of kind ness" he declared. "He went for a walk one day and never returned. The woman received a letter from a firm of lawyers few days after, and a cheque book. No more. She does not know whether he is alive or dead. He changed his name, shaved off his beard and started life over again."
 Successfully she asked.
 "What is success?" he answered "He travelled, he made Of himself what God or nature meant him to be. He has done work which has been
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By B. Phillips Oppenheinn

ing room, separated from a further apartment by hanging curtains.
 Wait here for me" she whis- pered. I'll announce myself, Mary" she added to the maid, who smiled and withdrew.
 She drew the curtain aside lt- tie as she entered. and he scarcely repressed a start
 There was something wonderfully | familiar about the woman whom he saw first lean forward in her chair, and then rise to greet her visitor. He heard her speak, and his heart gave a thump. Then he realized what a fool he was.
 This woman was quietly but fash ionably dressed. her voice was pleas- ant, and her voice, the voice of . l lady.
 Yet something had sent his | thoughts wandering back down the 1 avenues of time, back to the days before he had become a great man, when the auctioneers desk was a sanctum, and his newly married wife shy girl in his arms. He had thought of those days more than once lately. It seemed strange that the memory should come to him there.
 1 He drew a little closer to the cur | now. A tall boy, in Eton coat and 1 trousers, was standing upon the l hearthrug-a girl in a white fruc> was leaning back in a chair reading. The boy was shaking hands with the visitor.
 'I say, Miss Isleworth," he heard the lad say. I'm awfully glad you came. Don't you think I'm old enough to take mater and Cissy to the Pantomime one night week? All the other fellows are gc ing. Cheston's governors taking him on Boxing night"
 The woman in the chair looked for a moment into the fire. Her eyes were very soft and very sad The man behind the curtain came stag gering into the room.
 '1 say, you know. Who are you?' his son exclaimed. taking his hands out of his pocket in sheer surprise. i Mater, is it all right?" l Sobbing and laughing. she as- sured him that it was and someone fitted unseen from the room.
 The man was full of wonder. He held her from him for moment and looked into her face. crimson with bushes
 Ellen" he exclaimed, incredulous- | ly What are you-what have you been doing?"
 Learning things" she whispered. My teacher has just gone out I'm so glad to see you, Tom. I thought you'd come one day"
 She drew him once more shyly tC her. Then he understood.
 He dined at the Savoy that night but with his wife, and Tom Junior sat in the midst of a small family party at the Pantomime, on boxing | night. But the other woman was | obliged to spend her Christmas locked in her room. Her maid ex- plained that her mistress had caught bad cold driving. As a matter of fact. she was justifying an eternal l truth.
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your tantrums, I'm sure I can't ina gtne. Here's my own cousin come all the way from Tottenham to preach, and not one from this house to hear him! What shall we say to him at dinner time, 1 won der? And my Uncle George so strict, too, about Sabbath breaking, and three shops all his own, and neither chick nor child to leave 1t to,'
 After that she became a little in- coherent He finished his breakfast, stuffed a small volume of Keats into his pocket, and prepared to depart, She called to him shrilly over the banisters.
 Just you wait fer the children, Tom" she cried. see that they don't spoil their clothes, and don't let Cecilia sit on the grass. One o'clock sharp diner. remember, be- cause there's prayer meeting at 2:l5, and childrens service"
 "Tll wait ten minutes" he an- swered shortly.
 In less than that time she brought them down to him. Amidst stream of admonitions, warnings, and scelding, they started off. When at last they had turned corner he drew sigh of relief.
 children" he said. would you like ride in the train?"
 If it would not take too long" Cecilia answered primlN.
 If mother won't be cross," young Tom declared.
 The man laughed softly tC himself as they climbed the railway steps With glad recklessness he bought first-class tickets. and throwing himself into q corner of the car rage, watched the children, stiffly seated and uncomfortable. They ct TT the novelty of their surroundings soon had it's effect Their father smiled as he watched then They were human, after all, then
 They aliehted at q small country station, which seemed set in the midst of moor of blossoming gold. Once on that smooth springy turf the children darted away and the man flung himself down amongst the heather
 Do what you like, children" he Crdered spoil your clothes if you like; throw stones if you want to- and-Tem,"
 He united the boys pale blue tie and tore it into shreds. Little Tom laughed with the joy of destruction. His father patted him on the cheek and gave him a shilling.
 When you are tired of playing he said, "gC to that cottage over there, and ask them to let you have some milk and bread. Run away now"
 And so the morning, and more than the morning passed. The chil- dren played, the man read Keats and dreamed. Soon he book slipped from his fingers.
 The glCry of the springtime had passed into his blood as the small revolt of the morning had passed into a greater unhearal. It was finished. he told himself, the half lived life, the life of shams, of shame and ugliness.
 He, like the others, claimed his heritage. He claimed and he would have it.
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"Now, you irritating young monkey" she said, will you tell me what do you mean? Gone where2"
 Cecilia began to cry.
 T dCn't know" she answered. He left us at the corner of the street"
 Mir. Branch approached solemnly.
 Send the children upstairs. Ellen" he said. q can see through this. Your husband has been warned He is keeping away"
 Cecilia suddenly burst out crying.
 'I don't believe," she sobbed, that that he's coming back any more"
 The mother was suddenly white. For a moment her thoughts had flashed back to her wedding day; she saw herself-as she was then, caught up fer too brief time into the other world. She saw, With lightning like apprehension, the black gulf which had widened between them She suddenly realized It. They had
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1 approved, he is certainly of more ac' count in the world than an auction | eer's clerk"
 What more does he want?" Happiness" She sighed softly.
 There are so many of us,' she murmered, "who are wanting thatn And after all," he said, firmly, "it is a simple thing" Again her fingers played with the petals of the rose at her bosom. "No." she said, fit is not a simple thing. How old are those children now?"
 He frowned at her aparent irrel- evance.
 About ten and twelve" he an- swered. 'lt is four years ago"
 And the man has not seen them or the woman?"
 "No!" he answered.
 That" she declared, was a mis- tage. They may have changed"
 Impossible" he declared shortly.
 "The woman-may have wanted him."
 "The aucticneers clerk" he an- swered bitterly, not the man he has become"
 "Is your story finished" she asked
 Not quite. The man made friends, one in special, woman"
 Wasn't that little thoughtless of him, considering?' she ask ed softly.
 "Why?" he demanded. "The other woman belonged to his other life. If he had been true to her, he would have been false te' himself, Which would have been the greater sin?''
 The bell of her flat rang. The man swore under his breath. T will think over your story she said. Some day l will answer your question:"
 Somehow the man saw little of her for the next few days. Then she went abroad, and wrote to him to wait fer her return. He threw the letter on one side with an angry ex- clamation and plunged into his work IL was mid-winter before few lines summoned him to her. He found her dressed in her furs for driving, with the car at the door. They shook hands and looked at one another steadily.
 Come and drive with me-" she said. T am not going far" And my question?' When we return she answered
 She sat with her veil back. Her cheek -bones seemed to have become more prominent. She was very thin and very colorless. He realized with a sudden wave of pity, that she was growing old, old before her time Scarcely a word passed between them until the carriage drew up be- fore block Cf flats in Battersea
 T am going to call on a friend who has been abroad with me-" she said Her children have just come home from their holidays, and I want you to see them"
 q will wait for you" he said.
 "No. come up," she answered. q want to intro duce you" 1 He obeyed. although without en. thusiasm. A neat serving maid ad- mitted them into a pretti1y furnish e6 flat. They were shown into a din
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-24
MAY AGAIN CONGREGATE
German Police Lift Ban On Open Air
 Gatherings


 BERLIN, June 23-Once mLre. after ban of nearly six months, the Germans are permitted to hold open air demonstrations in Berlin without special permission.
 The chief of police issued an or der early this month lifting the pro- hibition he instituted late last Mo- vember. It was then decided to for bid outdoor meetings and processions because plundering of shops was re- garded as likely result of the hard times facing the populace during the winter.
 A few open-air meetings have since been specifically authorized. such as a demonstration against the, occupation of the Ruhr district and the labor assemblies staged in cele- bration of May Day.
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clouds, Snake Doctors house made a black squrae against the lesser blackness of it's background.
 To 1t. panting in his haste, came the assassin, running. He feared the place-to the bottom of his desper- ate soul he feared it-but a fear yet greater was driving him hither.
 Previously it had been stated that this man had a powerful imagina tion. To literate person it might have been a gift. To him, in this emergency, it was a curse. It set his sore and smitten nerves on end; f; still, it horned his wits to a sharper edge.
 What he overheard back there on the dirt road had remodeled his firmless flight into a shaped intent Now he had to deal, not with phan
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visit he ever paid Snake Doctor two weeks before when this shooting scheme first formed in his mind, he had noted these things in detail
 He had marked also the very spot where he felt certain the place of ccncealment for the money was. All through his stay, Snake Doctor. tremulous and plainly apprehensive, had maneuvered to keep between the unbidden. unwelcome caller and the corner where his comforters and blankets were placed.
 Also, the recluse's eyes had helped to betray him; time and time again they had turned nervously to the wall just beyond and above the bed ding. point, say, five or six feet above it. Just about there--prob- ably in a concealed gap between or
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drifted apart! Something was tug ging at her heartstrings-som ething that she had not felt for many a year. She sank into a chair, and covered her face with her hands.
 The little room was almost bower of roses. In spite of the open win dew, he found their perfume almost oppressive. He who had brought her nothing was almost embarrassed by these evidences of the forethought of others.
 My friends" she murmered. "are almost too kind"
 Tt Is l alone,' he said, "who bring you ncthing."
 You have brought me yourself" she answered softly.
 He turned abruptly from the win dow. and looked at her, She was of the tall and willowy order of woman,
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In the patchy moonlight which sifted through the shredding rain
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Street Car Patrons Know Him
Long Service With Traction Company Brings
Many Friends.

Cornelius B. Roberts was born in
Bell county, Texas, in 1870. He lived
on farm till 1900 and then went TO
work for produce house in Killecn,
Texas. In 1906 he came to San An
tonic and went TO work for the PUB
lie Service Company three days after
his arrival.
For over year he has been operat-
ing the shuttle car that connects with
the West End line and runs out past
the vocational school. He says he
likes the "dinky" because it is ut
of traffic and lie has the entire line
to himself. At the present time he
is handling an afternoon run. He
goes on duty at 3 p. m. and leaves
his car at the shed at / o'clock the
next morning. His longest stay on
any route was continuous run of
seven or eight years on the Beacon
Hill line.
Mr.. Roberts and his wife live at
800 South blackberry street. When
he is not at work on the "dinky,' he
spends his time at home working
around the house. He joins with 9th
CIR trainmen in saying that the San
Antonio Public Service Company GER
tainly treats its ,mplOyes well.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
JAPANESE RELIEF
COLLECTION HERE
ALMOST TO QUOTA
Maury Maverick Reports
$500 Raised by Sat-
urday Afternoon.

Contributions TO the Red Cross
fund for japanese relief work had
reached total of $500 Saturday aft
ernoon with the electricians, lawyers,
druggists and furniture men yet to be
heard from, according to Maury Nav
erick, chairman of the drive forces.
The subscriptions of the army and col
lections from Catholic churches are
also yet to be received.
Mr.. Maverick expressed himself as
being highly pleased with the results
of the drive. There were no large
subscriptions received. but each firm
and individual contributed, Mr.. Nav
erick stated. There are a number of
large firms doing business in San An
tonic with headquarters in other cities
that did not contribute locally. One
city that was mentioned as Over-sub-
scribing its quota received $4,000
from the Union Pacific railroad and
many other large amounts.
"Our local firms and individuals
have contributed as much per capita.
according to their individual wealth,
as any city in America and more than
many" he said.
Mr.. Maverick was strong in his
praise of tie workers who volunteered
their services during the campaign and
the members of the local Red Cross
officers. Special praise is due Miss
Mabel Ferguson, Red Cross secre-
tary, Miss Nellie Casey, Mrs. Gray
Leavell, Miss Perry and Mrs. Plum
mer of the Red Cross staff, and Miss
Alice Lathrop, who acted as secretary,
and Marshall Freedom, treasurer, he
said.
Conspicuous service was done by
Mrs. f. A. Wilson. NJ Fujiyama.
Alexander Joske. Wolff & Marx Com
pany, Dr.. }. b. Wagner, Mayor John
w. Tobin. Augustus McCloskey.
Frank Lewis. Albert Stoves Jr.. Rev.
Arthur J. Drossaerts. Rev. NJ. s.
Garriga. Bishop J. s. Johnston. Rev.
s. Arthur Huston. Rev. S. p. Robert
son. Jesse OppeEheimer, Mrs. Hugh
=. Rice, Fritz Russi, w. L. HOefgen
C. c. Leel. Mrs. George II. Allen and
Mrs. Frank Martin. and number OF
others, Mr.. Maverick rtated.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16

from enjoying the same railway ia
cilities as those held by the uvalde
Rock Asphalt Company. The de-
PENDANT alleged that the Uyalde Rock
Asphalt Company and the Texas Rock
Asphalt Company, were the chief pro-
ducers of asphalt in Texas and that
the Texas Rock Asphalt Company
was compelled 10 carry its product by
truck 10 railway that the Uvalde
Rock Asphalt Company had the adj
vantage of a line direct to its mines.
In supplemental answer filed by
the Asphalt Belt Railway Company,
it was stated that Frank Kell and w.
u. Eldridge each owned As per cent
Of the stock of the railway company,
and that A. II. Ponder owned 4 per
cent except as such percentage as was
reduced by distribution of qualifying
shares to directors.
The Asphalt Belt Railway Company
was organized June 8, 1923, by filing
articles of INCORPORATION with the state
secretary
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
ASPHALT BELT LINE
CASE IS DISMISSED
IN FEDERAL COURT
Judge Dual West. Holds
That He Has No
Jurisdiction.

Holding that he had no jurisdiction
and that the defendants motion to
dismiss the bill of complaint and
amendments should be granted, Fed
eral Judge DuNal West at a hear
ing Saturday morning, denied the ap-
plication of j. b. Smith, W. A.
Smith and the Uvalde Rock Asphalt
Company for an injunction restrain
ing the Asphalt Belt Railway Com
pany from continuing the construc-
ton of, a railway line from a point
on the S. A. L. & c.. near Pullman,
Zavalla county, Texas. TO the mines Of
the Texas Rock Asphalt Company,
about 80 miles west of Uyalde. The
plaintiffs gave notice of appeal to
the higher courts.
In the plaintiffs original bill, filed
July 3, 1928, they allege that the
Asphalt Belt Railway Company was
subsidiary corporation of the San
Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railway
Company, of which A. Il. Ponder is
receiver, and that the road was
brought into existence by the code
PENDANTS and that it was under the
complete control of The co-defendants.
the 5. A. L. & G. Railway Com
pany, and A. X. Ponder. The bill
Of complaint alleged further, that the
new road was an integral part and
extension of the lines of the $. A. L.
& G. and as such was under the jur-
isdiction of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
To Dredre Canal.

Harrington, Tex. Sept. 15.-At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Cameron county water improve
ment district number one. the board
authorized the cOmpany's engineer TO
draw W specifications and plans to
dredge the main canal OF the district
from the pumping plant to the
arroyo. and also a strip known MS the
DilwOrth cutoff. With these. two
projects and the other dredging that
rs now being. done in the Stubb canals
OF the district. 1.-THE district canals
will be in first class condition. Mr..
bobo. the president of the district.
was authorized 10 advertise for bids
on the new dredge project at once.