Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-11-14
SAVED FROM
A TERRIBLE
MISTAKE
By WoLCoTT L. BEARD
70, Doubleday, Page & Coz

4 n Vlli,erS ii"u whipped tle prooh
ior houls WIN iou anu me ~
was uush anu ie iuu 'uNeii uo"i n's
tuehie When he saw her approaching
Wioi niucAoe"ru, nei Soo'y Ie,sian
cat trottine as ner heels' ms h"ple
VI loilowlng' uos-iushioh, was one Vi
Di"cAoe''rus distinguishing pecu'i"ri-
'ieS,
,, nus oncie Aipneus reie,i'eu' "sAeu
Jimmy, e"seriy' us tne siri uleW near
Nv, NO, sne answered, AT ias.,
.nousn, mes eohSenteu 70 explain why
ne won | reient, 30 come qulSkiy De
lore he-why' biacKoearu Ieach' WHAT
"re you uoing
hus.iiy wltnurawlng the paw that
% I,, nuu inserted unuer TN the closeu nu 0,
jimmy nshlng Greer biackDearu gazed
INTO sp"ce WIN an air Oh injured liho-
gehce' ricAins up tne creei' Jimmy
uroppeu ms ree,eu me INTO II una
sturteu' WIN Moiiy Ut nus siue, pack
".ons 'Ie pun ny when sh1 iau
I'm I'm Lney wen, IN Siience' nlach-
Deu' nus p,uiiie-liHe .ail ra,seu sruce-
10y Iono"ins "s peiore' 'iiiiny was
'ni i,A, l'aru.
A'pneus Ieucll' cililuiess Whoever
was Mohy srahu-uncle ana the ohiy
parent she hau ever Known Auored
',4 H. sno 80 ~ 1,' Au".ly wiz
too mo,, pmt u" ''',U U Ip.s,h nNe .'. on,s
sIo,,,s 49, s ' WY oneie Alpneus
eron ho,,,.,s 80 ' ~. co ,.", mi.noa ~
-. 10 M tne 1Vupk tn"n "
mvstorI 80, os' ~ u,o, n"u "een "n u''''
"IIo,s 80 49,, " Mo'l''
Ian,ern +, satd Nall os .Sh,, noorod
tho ho,'so naaa,. - s5S' 80
sonoro o,,,o,n 49, -,
don,t 49, -. ~ 49,. L.,
She addad u,stsni,, ,sf1o ~ p 800
oueer it'll wnna ~. So, "~ Iii ~
49, w"ssl ou' Ano" you Ii NC
Jimmy nror,,sod Tooo.hor ,hor
c,,p,had unsts,ra 80 ,rto H. fo,tar,
- ~. S s-'u -A'o e''0
There Jimmy discovarsd With sur.
prIse. that Trncle AInbars ,yos a moro
wish of a man with a drae ,ner,s evos
and emile ~ rr,nn,n,, s,r,oatross
az faor tbot vor hoS $50 r,,or. 20
Won 0sbed Toocb,s hroot, snId no
taking Ummv,s hand II doubt ~ ~
CON hoost o,y.h,r, Iar,,o,. 49, ,,,,,
now"
''The one front that 7 caught wasn't
much larger" replIed ,Jimn1V setting
rod and creel in n corner "But-par.
don nv abruntness Mr.. Teach--J,m
awfully anxious to"
az understand" ,nterrunted the
other. "You want IN know wbv oh.
iect TO vour marrying Molly Re scat.
ed. please. IT isn't easv 70 convey NV
exact point of view. Perhaps 1 would
best begin with the statement that |
am an absolute believer in the doctrine
of heredity. Then-do you see that
bellT
Jimmy saw II. II hung nv n chain
from the ceiling and seemed TO he very
old.
"That hell wos taken from n Snan-
Ish shin nv an ancestor Of ours Ed
ward Tencb who wos killed in ITO
He was better known as Blackboard.
the pirate. You've heard of himT
"Rotherrr noddod Jimmy 1st1r. ~
Won suppose I'd let that make anv dif-
ferenceY'
nvor ,,,soohono, a,o o,.. L.
tbie" rotrrnod tho oIder nor "vor
Lnow Gov hovo ,nrostino.odo
doecordod fron, tbo vrI,ors ,,,ho ,,aro
d,,I,oa 80 p,,oi,,noho Th,. 10 e.,
a rom,,u nnnnared r. .onaI oomrts !"
'.1ha. 49, - - - a :" -
,oa.ah ia, we ~. ~ . VS.
$50, "' nv ~ 800 80. ~"
100 - ' ,,",' ' Va mo "0'''' So"
hiackpearu' ne Continued was
i"r more til"h d mere cutthroat' ne
posSesseu personally 80 strohg' 30
lhcrediDly Dynamic that-as IL ID SUD-
ana as l am strongly inclined 10 pc
neVe-it dld NOT cease WIN ms deatil'
put persists 10 the present day' Al
most certalliy' III my opihion, II Is
WIN US at this present moment
GOOD heavens! cried jimmy as
uncontroilaDle lttle shudders chased
ehch other down MS backbone HOW
Is ms ghost supposed 10 MANIFEST IT.
selif
by Jlngllng that silly ola Dell
answered Molly with scorntui snin'
more IKE sclssors-grihuers spook
thah pirate
'MOlly " TaSDeu Uncle AlUleIS, In