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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26

~ Guess Somebody's Going to Have
Good Time"
in" admiringly. "All the way from
western Idaho, 81 days OH the way.
over rocks an mountains an through
mud, an never hipped till she got
back into her own dooryard, so to
speak"
"Never saw this comic supplement
Of road before" Molly shifted dis
dainfully, "Or at any rate, II ever did,
I'd be ashamed. Trouble was that
you swung into that openin' by Seth
Dobb's store, thinkin' it looked more
promisin'. an 1t fooled you at the very
fust corner"
"How YOU know It's Seth Dobb's?"
"Well, I was 10 years ago" defen
sively, IAN things never change on
this part o Cape Cod. Hey? Hi!
Catch back that Christmas tree fore
1t falls Off ag'in. Tom. An while we're
ut II. hist back that box o. presents
a little more so t won't unbalance
Hope nothins been left by the way
side"
Has" piped high but rather sweet
voice from the gloom Of stunted pine
This here baggy thing fell out box
when 1t caught In the tree branch.
Guess t want hurt much, bein' soft
an not glass"
Land O Goshen" calculated Molly.
aghast, as the tear-Stained face of the
girl appeared, that's my plum pud-
dim"
whats plum puddin'i'
Part o Christmas" explained
Molly. For longer keepin' an to he
sure Of havin'."
"You see" added Tom, 1--WE come
from Idaho. an ma packed grub for
hungry folks a long way, meanin' ME
mostly. An while she was bout II
she added Christmas fixin's."
ut was 40 years ago when we left
here" confided Molly. IAN OF course
I wanted to bring all was handy to
In the car. That's why I had Tom
cut handsome Christmas tree along
the road. I didn't member any good
ones CROWN round here. An we
gathered some mistletoe an holly, too
an bought more Santa Claus STUFF
along the way"
"Gee!" envied the girl. Il guess
somebody's goin' to have good time
! an bet It's Susan Bunch. She an
her folks have most everything
though Susan does say they can't
ford anything but a Cape Cod turkey
this year. They did have regular
turkey one Christmas. though. Susan
brags on 1t now. II never saw one"
rs that what you were blubberin'-
] mean cryin' about!" asked Tom kind.
ly.
'M-mostly," In a low voice. Ell
got to thinkln' bout Christmas close
by, with nothin' hut Goldfish for every
Ii years I've lived an'--an' hate
Cape Cod turkey. So--T--dropped
d0wn--an' bawled. An was lone
some. too. Father an mother went for
week to the village 10 visit Aunt
Jane who's sick, an do her chores.
I'm alone. with Billy, who's ten. am
broke down Jest minute
"TOo bad" began Tom.
"D0n't get an idea father an mother
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26

are to blame" fiercely. "They do all
they can. They're plannin' to buy
Christmas presents for us, an lookin'
forward to comm back the day before
Christmas. But they've only AZ cents
between 'em, an" she Strengthened
up and ch"ked back something, and
laughed
Got over it." She declared. Don't
often mu$h soft like that. Now can
help say show direction nr >one~
sAS@>t t>N~& (5&e YOU nAbSAt he ~tf The
srae&>NN
"N"t aia%STalaeg," t,onSitserrra Tnaa
i've been right along This road IN
spite "f Molly'S doubts, Thai p'inl
or land runin' out into the bo. hole
yonder." nodding into the deepening
gloom. lis where I Numbered in will.
a buggy an had 10 wade ashore with
my feet soaked I was embarrassed
FOR that was the night ! proposed to
Molly crisis of my life. YOU see"
"Pshaw! Tom stop bein' foolish"
laughed his wife. Look here NY
dear" to the girl. at will take Tom all
night to ramble through explanations
l don't know who's alive-though ~
course nobody's moved away. Nobody
never does from along here"
"They do" affirmed the girl. "Who's
your folksY
"Sally an Jane an Ed Tate-thats
my folks. An John an Bill Walton
Toms folks"
John Salton's dead, an Bin moved
to Canada,." began the girl, An
".ou know 'em both?" asked Tenn,
II know 'em or know Of EN-, Amt
only handful round anyhow, Sc
everybody knows everybody else. Jane
Tate moved to provinretown. married .
fish man. Ed went to be sailor.
an" She climbed on the runnin.
board and was now peering into the
car, first at one face and then the
other. "Why! Guess you're Aunt
Molly ar Uncle Tom. Sa-ay. we live
only few rods here In the scrub. Pr
an mas off visitin' Aunt Jane hut
comm back soon. An mas Sally. I'm
keepin' house, with supper jest ready.
I was startin' to call Billy, who's
pickin' cranb'ries?-"
"Cranb'ries?" interrupted Molly. ex-
citedly. That's the one Christmas
thing we couldn't find West. SO Rilly's
got cranb RESP
"More'n barrel, so far. Lows
mebbe he can sell part of 'em to the
store-but shucks! No one buys
cranb'ries here. They raise 'cm, an
Cape Cod turkeys. an three feet
pines, an nothin'-oh yes, wild geese
sometimes fly over. But come on to
supper" as a "Hoo-hoo" sounded
among the scrub. "That's Billy. Hope
you're hungry"
starved" declared Uncle Tom.
Solemnly. AN there amt nothin' so
good in all the West as a Cape Cod
turkey.
After they had finished supper, and
the woman and girl cleaned up and
washed dishes and the man and eager
boy gone out to groom Highway Steed
as well as they could In the half dark
ness. they all gathered outside TO talk
things over.
pretty good cook, Janie" asked
Aunt Molly.
"Ain't had many things to practice
on" confessed the girl.
"Well, I've been told am. so good
an willin' ought to do fine. Pa an
ma comm home Thursday, you say?"
Tie girls and boys heads bobhed
together. Their eyes We're swapping.
-Four days." went on the woman
Guess we can do 1t all right. Wen
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
Students Must Work

At Mena, Ark. is n labor college
the official name OF which is the Com.
monwealth college. now in It's third
year of existence. which rules out all
students found incapable of doing the
highest standard of academic work
It's capacity Is fixed at $50 students
Every student is required to earn his
board, lodging and educational ex.
penses by four hours of manual labor
ut the college each day. The only
money cost Is $40 semester, which
is tuition. ,Washington Star.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
Rare Metals in Siberia

Rich veins Of radium, gold and other
rare metals have been discovered in
the Ekimchansky region Of the Amur
province, Siberia. A telephone line has
already been constructed, GO, operatives
organized and general signs Of life are
present in this formerly desolate re-
giOn.
New deposits Of phosphstes were re-
Gently found in Ii different localities
Of the government Of Voronesh. The
total area of these localities covers
about 40 square miles. and the de-
posits are estimated at 10000 TONS
Science Service.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
Movement to Save Birds

Motorists throughout the country
have been generally appealed to to try
to avoid accidentally killing birds when
travelling through the countryside. II
was discovered on stretch through
one Of the Middle states, that more
than so birds had been killed by auto
mOblists, due to the birds flying
against the machine. 1t Is argued that
motorists could avoid killing the birds
to certain extent. Many of the flyers
are not killed outright and II given aid
could be resuscitated.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26

leaves of richer green, the native
maple of our northern states and tn"
mountains extending to the south,
puts on yellow garment for autumn
says the American Tree association
Of Washington, p. c., which for a
stamp sends free tree planting sug
gesti0ns. Its yellow Is not as brilliant
as that Of the leaves Of the Norway
maple, but the foliage Of this member
Of the maple family drops from the
Limb soon after the green has left.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
NOTICE

The undersigned, having decided
to engage in business, have discon-
nected themselves from the POGO
moke City Garage, and can be found
at their place on Front street on and
after Monday next December l4th.
Public patronage solicited, 12-l2-2t,
FRED HOPE,
W H. MERRILL
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
DR. J. K, COOKE
VETERINARIAN.

Practice on all live stock. Specialist
in Canine work. Hogs vaccinated,
Horses and Mules vaccinated against
Meningitis. Vaccinate your bird dog
against Distemper. Nearest Veteri
marian to Pocomoke City. Phone night
No. SO. Day phone No. 81, Temper
anceville. Oct.-24-tf.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Mrs. Rogers, of course, thinks that
woman is "Rose." She still demands to
know the rest of her name and few
other particulars; for instance, did he
finally send the money she said was
needed and how much has he sent before
and since? This awkward and .unanswer-
able question of show much intrudes it.
self whenever Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers dis
cuss matters of expenses and economies.
The amount Mrs. Rogers ought to spend
on a fur coat can't be considered strictly
on its merits because the phantom of
"Rose" arises swathed in chinchilla.
There has been much speculation as to
who would do such thing and why.
Rogers is connected with humorous
weekly and is, or rather was, somewhat
of a humorist himself and some ire
sponsible friend might, as he at first sug-
gested have sprung the thing as joke.
This idea has now been pretty well dis
carded. Most people know better"than to
start up the fires of domestic jealousy
and suspicion unless they stand ready with
a bucket of cold facts and explanation to
put out the fire before anyone gets hurt
Rogers and his friends have come to the
belief that it had the same motive as
"poson pen" letters-sheer malice. They
think that whoever devised and sent that
message hoped that it would have just the
result it did have, the wrecking of the
Rogers home. 1t may have been an odd
rival in business or love, still smarting I'M
der an old defeat.
Possibly it was the hand of some woman
who had just turned up in Boston and,
finding Rogers happily married, demon
strated the old adage that Hell hath no
tC) 1926 by American Weekly In
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fury like woman scorned." Ransacking
his past life the man is unable to think
of anyone with reason for such baleful
be some enemy of his wife. This theory
gets no help or encouragement from that
lady. To all such questions she replies:
81 know why the, telegram was sent.
The woman wanted some money. Didn't
she say so? | understand everything per-
fectly. All / want to know is her last
name and address. / know the answer,
just give me- the rest of the riddle"
Rogers says that he has done everything
he can to convince his wife and boy but
they treat him with cold disdain. One day.
in hopeful impulse, he brought home an
eXtravagantly expensive bunch of flowers
for her and just as he reached his door
step horrible thought struck him. In
stead of delivering the peace offering, he
went around the corner and dropped IT
into an ash can. He remembered Just in
time that they were roses, and nothing by
that name smells sweet to Mrs. Rogers.
Business required him to travel quite a
lot. How does Mrs. Rogers know that
this is not merely an excuse to visit
Crosse? If he telephones her from the
various towns to prove that he is really
where he said he was going to be, how
does she know that it is not a clever trick
to make sure that she is not following
him?
He feels himself a sort of outcast in
his own home, person treated with cold
politeness, like landlord. Thus far
there have been no moves toward divorce
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

visable for the companies to hold an in
quiry and assure themselves that the send
crs are all sane, sober and know what
they are talking about?
Suppose a woman in Chicago who signs
herself "Amy'' hands in a telegram to
John Smith in New York that reads: d.
"SEND A HUNDRED DOLLARS
QUICK. JOHNNY HAS MEASLES"
That reads like an innocent message if
ever there was one. But how about it
if that particular John Smith happens
to be married to lady named Susie who
has never heard of Amy before or little
Johnny? In that case should the com
pany make inquiries, find out that Smith
is married and if his wife is home, order
the messenger boy to hide behind tree
outside and slip it to Mr.. Smith when no.
body is looking? That message might be
just as full of dynamite if it fell into
wife's hands as the one that blew up the
Rogers home.
In that instance, the logical thing would
he for the companies along with their other
rates to have one for married men and
special blank, perhaps printed on red
paper with an NJ on it, and a warning:
Married, deliver with care
1t would be a tough job for the COM
panles to even make sure that the senders
are who they pretend to be. Many
messages are brought in by irresponsible
Office boys or Stenographers and often
they bear mighty signatures. 1t would
be useless to ask one of these innocents
to prove that Mr.. j. p. Vandergold actual
" cia L., a.. l.
1t would not be tactful to call the great
man up on his office telephone and ask
him if he meant that message, no fooling
Probably he would be on his way to the
country club by that time. In the even
ing at his house, he would hate to hear
that it had been held up four hours to
make sure.
If Rogers wins his suit, the precedent
may well tie the telegraph companies in
a snarl to avoid future attacks Yet if
he loses, new and subtle improvement
has been found more effective and dan
gerous than the "poison PEN letters.
These of necessity must be anonymous
and even the most jealous wife will take
an unsigned communication with a grain
of salt
This new thing slips under their guard.
1t II not addressed to them and therefore
pretends not to be for their eyes at all
and not anonymous for it bears a sigma
ture which she naturally supposes is
quite familiar to her husband and maybe
it is, who knows? There is no way he
can prove he never heard of Rose or who
ever's first name may be at the bottom of
the telegram. Also while most married
people respect each others mail, most any
wife feels justified in ripping open her
husbands kilograms just as Mrs. Rogers
did.
Mr. Rogers in his damage suit has GER
tainly started something interesting-wi
the jury give him his $4,000?
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prevent its being made the means of the
preparation of fraud and unwarranted
act
That some damage has been done to
Mr.. Rogers happy home ought not to be
hard to prove but is the company respOn-
sible because one of its boys slipped a
couple of typewriter lines under his
door? Rogers says yes. He claims that
the Office from which this telegram was
delivered knew that he was married and
that anyone old enough and smart enough
to be telegraph operator could see that
it was loaded with dynamite and not
safe thing to put within the reach of any
wife. The mails and the express COM
panies won't forward explosives and tele
graph companies refuse threatening, pro-
fame or libellous messages and he con-
siders this one even more dangerous.
Mr.. Rogers thinks that instincts of
prudence and humanity should cause
anyone with any heart at all to have
held that terri lie message until it could
be slipped into his own hands.
Telegraph companies have always held
that they have no time to stop and test
the sincerity of the messages they handle.
With all the marriages and divorces how
could anyone keep an up-to-date and re-
liable list separating the matrimonial
goats from the sheep? Speed and ac-
curacy of Transmission are the main
things.
All sorts of people toss messages across
the counter Some seem sensational
some incredible and many hardly make
sense at all. Would it be possible or adj
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
rR. SAMUEL ROGERS, of Boston,

MIR. SAMUEL ROGERS, of Boston,
M has started suit for $4,000
w. against the Postal Telegraph and
Cable Co., because they delivered tele-
gram to his house and it fell into his wife's
hands
Mr.. Rogers, in view of what was in it,
thinks the company was careless and neg
ligent in leaving such a telegram in
place where wife might get hold of it,
and actually did get hold of it. This is
the fatal telegram:
BOSTON MASS MARCH 10, FILED
12P. r-
SAMUEL ROGERS 81 WAMBECK
STREET N.,
DON'T PHONE ROXBURY. ARE
YOU STILL HERE? COME SEE ME.
'D crosse"
The service on that message was beau
tifully prompt. 1t gave Mrs. Rogers, who
is said to have come home and found it
sticking under the door, several hours in
which to think it over before her husband
came whistling happily up to the door of
their Roxbury home in the suburbs of
Boston. Mrs. Rogers met him at the door,
as wife should, but before their were
any kisses or other greetings, she flashed
the telegram at him.
From her expression, and that of his
twenty-year-old son lowering in the back
ground he got the impression that the
little blank contained some bad news. 1t
certainly did.
Mrs. Rogers gave him. time to stare
blankly at it long enough to have read it
through about three times. IT. did not
mean thing to him. Then she said:
"Who is this woman"
Mr.. Rogers looked at Mrs. Rogers and
realized that, while the thing meant moth
ing to him, it meant unutterable things
to her. In fact, she had sketched out in
her mind complete story of double
life that he must have been leading, per-
haps always had been leading. 1t was all
perfectly clear now-deceitful wretch
except for one missing fact. The only
important detail that was missing was the
other wOmans name, and she had part of
that. He was Mortified to see, that out of
this tiny fossil of alleged fact, she had
built up whole dinosaur of infidelitys
"WHO is THIS WOMAN?" she slowly
and solemnly repeated.
The husband could only stammer that
he did not know. The wife made it per-
fectly clear that this was not the right
answer. 1t is possible that if he had told
her who Rose was and all about the affair
that he might have been forgiven. But
how could he when there wasn't any affair
and he did not know any Rose?
"WHo is THIS WOMAN?" Mrs. Rog-
ers repeated with rising voice.
II want to know who that woman is"
she continued, "and how long this has
been going on"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

but these things have driven
him frantic and now he has
sued the telegraph company
for. $4,000.
In his complaint Rogers
asserts specifically that he is
a married man with a child
and lived with his family;
that the troublesome tele-
gram was opened and read
by his wife, causing a break
in his family; that he has
been Inundated and dis
graced and that the alleged
libel was maliciously pub
lished by the defendant COM
pany.
Further he asserts that
the defendant company was
aware that he had a family
and that the company was
Negligent; that it sent the
telegram without authority;
that it was sent unlawfully
without the request of any
sender; that it was unau-
thorized by any third person;
that it was not written on
one of the company's blanks
(by the declared WON a n
sender); that it was not
signed by any third person,
and that it was the defend
ants duty to exercise reason
able care and diligence to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

This was awful 1t was like those
Nightmares where you can't speak. He
could speak, but he could not seem to say
anything. In despair, Rogers turned APP
pealing eyes to the son who had always
been pal, but the boy looked sadly
away His father was a fallen idol
This was outrageous. He reminded
them that man is innocent until proved
guilty. Mr. Rogers then learned that this
statement applies only to the public
courts of the land. In the little private
court of domestic relations where the wife
is plaintiff, prosecuting attorney, judge
and petty jury, the husband is guilty
until proved innocent and sometimes even
then.
The victim vowed that he would find
out who had perpetrated that joke and
then she would be sorry she had ever
doubted him. Even that hurt his case be-
cause he never was able to find a clue.
He telephoned everyone he could think of
and incidentally told them what he would
do to the skunk" when he got his hands
on him. This was unwise because even
a skunk has some regard for his life, and
therefore was likely to carry his secret to
the grave.
Then Rogers went after the telegraph
company that had pushed this bomb under
his door and there he was baffled again
He learned, so he says, that the mysterious
message which had convicted him in his
wife's eyes was taken down by the man.
ager of the company's Broad Street Of
flee at the dictation of woman. More
than that he could not get. They refused
to tell him even the appearance of the
women, even though he called them a
brainless as well as a soulless corporation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

This sounded like a
last chance, but he could
think of nothing better
at the moment than to
guess that it must be a
practical joke. Who
would play such a joke?
No, that excuse did not
go at all. They both
knew something about
jokes.
Her husband was in
the joke publishing bus.
mess. Jokes did not
come from the telegraph
company any more than
from the gas company.
Mistakes yes, but this
was no mistake = the
name and address were
clear and correct. The
only mistake was that it
had fallen into her
hands. She was amazed
that a man with that
thing staring him in the
face would try to brazen
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22

Some Mysterious Woman Dropped the Telegraph Office
and Asked the Manager He Would Kindly Take Down
Important Message for Her and See That Was Sent Right
Away-Quick. She Asked Him Sign 1t Rose
Who Is Rose?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-05-11
CITIES URGED
TO ELIMINATE
STREET FAIRS

North Dakota club women are be-
ing called upon to urge the elimina-
ton of the travelling street carnival
and the fair side show, by Mrs. G.
l.. Young of this city, legislative
chairman of the state federation of
Womens Clubs.
Speaking of the shows that are
almost customary with the fairs and
expositions, and that for years have
attracted boys sand girls and their
parents to the Bearded Lady," or
the "World's Tallcst Cor Shortest
Man, or the "Wild West" or the
thousand-and-one other freaks or
features, Mrs. Young said:
every one knows that these shows
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-05-11
Tribune Classified Advertisements
HON e 80 =-4.
FOR SALE

is.st. =. 10. F..
HOUSE; close in, splendid condition,
strictly modern, fine for rooming
house, reasonable terms; $6300.O0.
BUNGALOW, Riverview, A years odd,
newly, painted and decorated. Must
be sold this week, if at all. 6
rooN.s, modern, basement garage;
$i-uJ.UU cash, balance easy pay
mems. $45OO.OO
HOLaL; about tive years old, A
condition, east front, hot water
ht,. .a,l basement roomed off,
veg .o.sona5ie) ut $525D. 90.
HOl ~; rouhls, east front, corner
lot, modern, full basement, one Of
the best BAIT houses in city but
meets lcdecoration, only $36OO.0O.
| HAVE probably the best selection
OF houses and lots of any dealer
in the city.
FARM LANDS; The past week have
submitted offers on 8 quarter sec.
tions and by fall buyers>will be,
standing in line. Come in and get
at the head of the line now when
there are some rare bargains to be
had.
INSURANCE. Fire, tornado and au
tomobile insurance written in re-
liable companies.
F. E. YOUNG.
.t't E-11-1w
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-05-11

are useless and carry much money
away from the community, leaving in
their wake nothing but disaster and
often ruin to our young folks.
"A large number Of towns have
decided to hold fairs and all women,
whether they belong to club or not,
should exert special effort to make
them clean, Il source of information
and education, means by which
creative effort may receive recogni-
tion and a help, not Il hindrance to
civilization.
'ln most cases, fair boards and
city officials are perfectly willing to
refuse them licenses if only there
is any one interested enough to pro-
test"
Only once is pearl mentioned in
the Old Testament.