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should do. And l do 1t cheerfully.
"They wait and put off and then
they wish I'd hold back for them.
"It's not only the children, dear me,
no. Of course the children will put
off their lessons until they hardly have
time to study them and then they
blame me and say:
"'Oh, that mean old clock. I won't
get this learned in time and I'll get
scOlded tomorrow
THAT is the way they talk.
"But there are the mothers, too.
They will say:
81 should have got at this basket
Of stockings before, but dear me, l
didn't realize it was SO late. do wish
that clock would not race ahead so
quickly
''Pm not racing any more than usual,
but they think so because they are be-
hind themselves and think they can
do things in half the time they really
know very well it will take.
"Then there are people who do not
start getting their dinner ready in
time and they blame me, or members
of my family.
''Of course 1 will admit that do go
steadily on-with regular windings, to
be sure.
And there Is something tremendous
about the amount Of time that goes by
steadily moment after moment, hour
after hour.
"It is enough to make people fuss
and fume when they realize that they
are behind time and that they are try
ing to make it up.
But still that is no excuse. The
clock is stern one. He allows no
special permissions to anyone.
''But mostly / hate to see people
abuse me. By that 1 mean can't bear
to see people do things with my mo-
ments and hours that they are going
to spend more moments and hours
feeling sorry for later on.
"Now the other day a little girl
picked enough radishes from the gar
den for a nice dish Of radishes for
the family.
wen, LucIC udUu DSOu d CIOp VI
radishes in quite little time and she
was so pleased at seeing them that
she just couldn't seem to be able to
resist them.
"She ate every radish herself.
"Well, ever since then she has been
spending time feeling so ashamed of
herself.
mo one knew there were enough
radishes ready for the table. No one
has known what she did.
"But she feels just as bad as she
can feel. She feels that it was so
dreadful to let her love of radishes
get the better Of her unselfishness.
"It doesn't matter that no one knows
it and that no one can scold her.
"She has scolded herself many
times.
"That is what I call such a waste
of my good moments wasting them in
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
CHAPTER Xxx
Home

A chorus of yelping certified to the
Invasion of the main cabin, but it's
note of triumph was changed to con-
sternation as SiIver's bIoodhounds
discovered that their bird had flown.
"Gone I"
'The - knave's scooped us!''
''Boats, lads; boats!"
And presently the click-clOck of
oars behind us caused Darby and me
to redoubIe our labors. We drove
ashore several rods downstream from
the town on the shallow bluff, and we
dared not wait to seek shelter within
its log walls. Truth to tell, we doubt
ed now that the town itself spelled
safety to us. The Walrus' carronades
would make short work of such de-
fenses as Savannah had to boast.
So we pelted up the bluff by a
sandy path that debOuched upon the
cleared fields outside the stockade,
urged on by that persistent oar-rattle
and the shouts the pirates exchanged
betwixt their several boats. Whether
they were following us we could not
QLSCONS11 AOA IuC ulS1I was DIdCk DIS
q cellar-vGult; but we left nothing to
chance, and ran hOt-foot through the
plantations of the citizens, overhear-
ing. as we passed, the excited COM
ments of the men on the fir1ng-plat-
forms of the StOckade, who evidently
anticipated an attack from their ugly
visitor In the river. We never tarried
for breath until we had gained the
verge of the forest.
Peter was now In his element. He
could find his way about a strange
countryside by day or night as easily
as a sailor could navigate the track
less wastes Of the sea, and he led us
In a beeline north and east in the
general direction of the outlying set
Elements which intervened betwixt
Savannah and the Carolinas. An hour
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English!" she cried. "Unless it be
the Dutch"
But l am galloping ahead of my
story. Drop back across the years
it's no more of an effort than it was
for us to slide down the cable over
the bow of the Walrus that night off
Savannah-tO the settle on the porch
of the tavern in Charleston. Ben
Gum was disposed of our plans were
made for the northward journey along
the seaboard. All that remained to
be done was to come by a priest to
wed Moira and me; and that, it
seemed, was impossible short of Bal
timOre, in Maryland. Yet at the last
our luck held, for the day we were to
start turned stormy and we delayed
our departure; and that afternoon
French West Indiaman put into the
harbor under stress of the weather.
Among her company was a kindly
Franciscan, and he readily agreed to
perform the ceremony.
For the rest, we rode into New York
about four of the clock on the after
noon of April the oath, in the year
1855. My father was in the counting
room of our house in Pearl street,
and he came to the door at the sound
of the horses hoofs on the cObbles.
The sun was sloping out of the west
full into his eyes; and for the time
that it took me to dismount and swing
Moira down from her saddle he stood
dazed, fearful lest the dazzling light
was playing tricks with him.
us it truly you, Robert?' he cried.
"But it must be, for there are Peter
and Darby"
Eyes, father" I answered. "And 1
have brought home another"
He opened his arms with an eager
smile.
There's room here for two of you,
boy. Certes, you have but followed
in my footsteps and fetched home
wife from your adventures"
"She is the little Irish maid I"
whoever she is, she's more than
welcome. But come in, come in, the
pair of you. Safe and well-and with
a wife Robert, I can scarce credit
it. After a whole year! Peter, God
bless you l knew with you he'd come
to no harm. All, Darby, you have
more sense in that red nOddle of yours
than when you left here; and if you
stuck by Master Robert y'are forgiven.
What a tale you'll all have to tell ~
That night as I lay in the upper
room I had occupied since childhood
l was aroused by a distant clatter and
jangling which became louder and
louder. At the corner it broke off
with a heavy clang, and a pompous
voice proclaimed:
"Past twelve o'clock of a fine,
bright night, and Master Robert Or
merod is home from his captivity
amongst the West India pirates. God
save the king and the worshipful
magistrates Of New York !"
Twas Diggory the watchman; and,
listening to him, recalled how Silver
had cozened him the night l was kid
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selfishness and in
regrets.
"T h e n t h e r e
was a parent the
other day VINO
w a S so Gro S S
and punished a
child for no rea-
son at all except
that the parent
was tired.
"T h e p re n t
still, deep in her
heart, feels so
sorry for that.
It's C-lly a little
thing but she still
worries about 1t.
"Those are the
kinds of moments
the old clock calls
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
LoUe After Marriage

Adolescent love is an event Mar
ried love is a situation. The first is a
critical phase of development, the
second Is sustained romance The de-
sire to retain a special mystery or at
traction is imbecility. Love for wife
implies an inability to conceive of life
without her. The music of the spheres
begins, years after the marriage cere-
mony, when this happy condition Is
achieved For both man and woman
the domestic atmosphere should hold
rest, understanding and sympathy.
So is one ready for the great adven-
ture.-Eaton Mayo, in Harper's Maya
zine.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
The "Kid" Is Clever

A motoring party came to a swiftly
flowing river and were startled to see
an infant seated on stump overhang-
ing the rushing water, while a small
boy, evidently the baby's brother,
played some distance away. A lady in
the party called the boy severely to
account for his negligence.
"Aw, he can't fall in,' answered the
youngster. 81 nailed his shirt to the
stump"
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

latter was young man zealously de-
voted to Judaism. He is generally
identified with the very celebrated
Jewish doctor, Gamaliel, who was the
son Of Rabbi Simeon, and grandson
of the celebrated Hillel. He was pres
ident Of the Sanhedrin, the great
council of the Jews, during the reigns
of the Roman emperors Tiberius, Ca
ligula and Claudius.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

ters in their early teens to take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Louthan says-"I gave my
flfteen-year old girl Lydia q. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and it did her
wonderful lot of good. She was out OF
school for four months. read the
advertisements of the Vegetable Com
pound, and since she has taken it she
has improved and has gone back to
school. I recommend the Vegetable
Compound to other mothers with girls
who are not as strong as they should
be."-MRs. ALICE LoUTHAN, Route 2,
Charleston, Illinois.
Some girls in the fourth generation
are now relying on Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

ana you, ben Gunn {! SAID TO
the steward who sat across the porch
from us. "Will you come north with
US? My father"
He jumped up, writhing and twist
ing in an excess of embarrassment,
aye, and with something of fear in his
face
"'Twas yourself was promisin' me
I'd not ha' to wear livery-shuit," he
protested "And before that ye said
as how ye'd find me berth as a real,
tarry sailor-man, a-pullin' on ropes
and standin' tricks at the wheel. Yes,
We did, Master Ormerod; and 1 be-
lived ye, did-though there's a many
think naught O. foolin' poor Ben
Gunn.'
'I'll not fool you, Ben," answered.
"If you would go to sea, to sea shall
you CO."
And on the morrow I found him a
berth upon a Barbados packet, eau
tioning him to employ discretion in
discussing his past life, lest he be
handed over to the admiralty officials
as former pirate. He was our last
link with the infamous company that
had owned the joint rule of my great
uncle and John Flint, and what be-
came of him or of the remnants of
Flint's crew aboard the Walrus I do
not know to this day. But from the
fact that the Walrus was never re-
ported again I have suspected that
she must either have been wrecked
or voluntarily abandoned by her
people. She left Savannah with
in twenty-four hours of our landing
there-so much I discovered by cor
respondence with a merchant of that
town.
Did she put back to the Rendezvous
and ransack the islands surface for
the treasure Flint had buried? Or
did she try for the gold we concealed
on the Dead Mans Chest? Hopeless
ventures, either of the twoi AS well
search for certain grain of corn in a
heaping bin.
And what happened to Bill Bones?
Did he elude the pursuit of his desert
ed comrades and seek an opportunity
to lift Flint's treasure for himself?
I'll swear that was his intent from the
tirst-precisely as I'll take oath that
had Silver been first to get his hands
upon Flint's map he would have plot
ted so that only he and a small circle
of his immediate familiars should
have shared in the prize. Ruthless
ScOundrelS, one and all But perhaps
Bones never won clear. Perhaps Sill
yer fastened upon his trail and pur-
sued him with that fantastic venge-
ance they called the Black Spot. l
have often wondered what it might be-
AS to the treasure, they are well
come to 1t or any part of it if they
can find 1t. Moira and I talked over
the desirability of notifying her
Jacobite friends of the hoard that
was buried on the Dead Mans Chest,
and for time she leaned toward this
course; but after she had dwelt a
while in the Hanoverian prosperity of
New York she revolted against the
idea of taking any step which would
embroil the peace of the realm, and
any lingering doubts in her mind
were dissipated by the titanic conflict
of the Seven Years war, with it's
worldwide convulsion of nations that
set armies marching to battle all the
way from the parched plains Of India
to the forests of our wilderness coun-
try.
Here is no time to think of Han
overian or Jacobite," said she. eve
will all be English together"
Der Irish, too?" asked Peter
gravely.
'Troth, the Irish will be the best
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Still Studying Grammar

Richard" asked the teacher, sud
denly, "have you learned your his
tory lesson2"
"No'm," answered the idle boy, slow
ly, Il amt had no time for nothing
but my grammar lesson yet"
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

VI 81 alter UdWn we emerged upon d
village in a clearing, whose inhab-
itants eyed us dubiously until Darby
produced one of the golden doubloOns
from the store he had acquired during
his reign as Flint's favorite.
These people had never before seen
gold, and for a doubloon and an onza
they sold us an old but serviceable
musket with bullet-pouch, powder
horn and store of ammunition, and
deerskin garments. They also sold us
a small quantity of salt and flour, and
put us on the trail to Charleston in
the Carolinas.
OF our journey thither I can say
only that it was such an odyssey as
the frontier-dwellers of our provinces
have long been accustomed to. To
Peter and me it's perils of forest and
stream, red savages, and wild beasts,
were far less formidable than those
Of the sea, and Moira and Darby
thrived upon the experience-so much
so that when at last, brier-torn and
footsOre, we entered Charleston's
sedate streets and found awaiting us
an ample choice of packet ships to the
north we four were unanimous for
continuing our journey by land.
Men," said Peter. II don't ever
go to der sea again, Bob"
"Ah. who would be fool enough in
his ignorance to be wandherin' wet
and bedraggled on the salt waves of
the sea when he might venture the
forests and be shootin at the red deer
and the bears and the catamounts
and it may be an Injun, If he was in
the full tide o. his luck?" snorted
Darby.
all for the sea, and would wave the
skull and crossbOnes in anybody's
face" 1 jeered.
"Troth, and l knew less then than
I do nOw," he replied unblushingly.
"Them pirates was enough to break
the heart of Pontius PLATE Barrin'
Flint, there wasn't one of them
would be able to hold his own against
such as u.s."
"Silver might"
"He was q clever one, Long John:
but he'll be in throuble, you see if
he's not" insisted Darby. "Too grasp
in he is by half"
81 care not how much trouble he
is in," 1 said. 81 want never to see
him or any of his crew again"
Moira sitting beside me on the set
tie of the tavern-porch, twined her
arm in mine with slight shudder.
"Never again!" she cried. "And if
it will be the same to you, Bob, We'll
stay off of the sea- l like fine the
clutch of the earth on my feet and
the whispering Of the trees. Men
may be cruel on the land, but faith,
they're never so cruel as the cruelest
of the seafarers. And all my days
when I hear the rumble of the surf
and the suck of the tide running out
I'll be thinking of himself that lies
SO far and lone under the Spyglass
and of Master Murray, God rest his
poor bones, and many another The
sea had them all! All, Holy Virgin,
what hunger it has for men!''
But Peter shook his head soIemnly.
"Neen," he said. DER sea did not
take them all. They died from der
greed dot cankered in their hearts.
1 do not like der sea, but der sea is
der same as der landt. 1t works
Colts will"
We were silent for a space, looking
out upon the busy life about US, the
negroes in their bright bandanna
headdresses, the planters passing on
half lf-thoroughbreds, the decent towns
folk in hodden-gray.
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bolt Ah, and them -- villains are
a-hammerin' it this moment. Don't zee
go, and leave me like this They'll
keelhaul me, they will. They'll trice
me to the cat"
"Back oars, Darby" said. "We
can't leave the poor fellow"
"And MIN with Bones!" protested
Darby.
"'Twas not his fault"
We rowed under the stern, and i
called up to the steward
Jump into the water and we'll
pick you up, Ben"
"Whore your" he answered shakily.
"'Tis Master Ormerod"
I could hear the blows on the door
at the end of the companiOnway.
"Hasten. mani We can't wait for
ever"
He jumped and we hauled him,
dripping, into our midst.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

''I'm not going
to stop for them!
The very idea.
The very idea In
deed.
"Just because
they have put off
doing things until
late I'm not go
ing to hold back
for them.
"Now they are
6 r u m b Ii n g be-
cause every time
they look at me
rve gone on so
m u C h f u r t h e r
ahead.
But that Is
~.s-LA r a. 4~ r
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
Traffic Note

ST have a terrible rumbling on my
stomach. It's like dagon going over
a bridge"
Its most likely that truck that you
ate this morning at breakfast" st
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
Nervous

CAROL can't play with this nervous
tennis racket.
Jack-Nervous tennis racket?
Carol-Yes, it's all unstrung.-Cin-
cinnati TimeS-Star.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

ing side by side in
thecause Of healthy,
happy, Intelligent
womanhood; train
ing the minds Of
g a 6 er girl s for
gre a ter service,
training their bodies
for the destiny that
shall be theirs.
All honor tothem!
Wise mothers like
Mrs. Alice Louthan
urge their daugh-
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
An Appropriate Reply

"Cranberries make better apple
sauce than prunes," said little Au-
drey's cousin, Emily.
Jaw, apple saucer retorted little
Audrey, just like that, and laughed
heartily.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
Too Many of Then,

'T want to get something for my
husband. He's golf player"
"Why not get him a new club?"
"Dear me, no. He belongs to three
clubs already. Good Hardware.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

A dollar saved by a miser means q
dollar squandered by his heirs later
on.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

wasted ones. Moments into which
selfishMess and unhappiness are al
lowed to creep when they needn't have
been permitted to come in at ALL"
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
Ignition Trouble

"I'll bet Jack is regular human
dynamo
Eyes. The storekeeper told me he
had everything charged
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

There's place and means for every
man live.-Shakespeare.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
ll.lsIZka Sgsl[lly3
@E1s!Z!lS
NARY GRAHAlM BONNER
THE RACING CLOCK

''Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock," said the
Twins and the old clock said:
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31
ORGANIZATIONS
AND MOTHERS
BOTH AGREE
Health of School Girls
Important

The Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls
are two national organizations, work
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-31

The number of childless marriages
In the United States is increasing.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-14
Notes of
Interest
City of Mortified

The daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Lewis Mathis, of Oak Crest avenue
will return home for the holidays
Miss Evelyn Mathis will return OH
December 10 from the Russell Sage
college and Miss Clara Brinton will
return from the Southern college
on December Is.
Mrs. e. G. Shreve, who has been
absent from her home for the past
several weeks. is expected to return
for the Christmas holidays.
DR.. Norman j. Quinn, of Atlantic
City, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A
Quinn, of Shore road, is leaving the
first of the year for Europe for
three months, where he will special
iZe in a. course of study. Mrs
Quinn will join her husband in
March for tour before his return.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-14
Newsy
News
MRS. F. PEDRICK
RESIGNS PLACE
AS CLUB HEAD
Women's Civic Club of Lin
wood to Hear Report of
Committee.

Mrs. Frank Pedrick, nominated
and elected president of the Wom-
ems Civic club of Linwood, has de-
clined that office, because of other
duties, and efforts are being made
to have her reconsider her decision
before the next meeting OF the club,
at which time nominating commit
tee appointed will be in charge OF
the election of officers.
Bookcases are ready in the fire
house, and county library books
will be delivered by Miss Jane
Brown, county librarian, and are
expected to be received sometime
this week. The library committee
will have charge at present, and
other arrangements which may be
made will be announced at q later
date.
The relief committee will have
charge of the Christmas baskets.
Those present at the meeting
held last Wednesday included:
Mrs. Harry Pennell, Mrs. Len Will
liams, Mrs. Marie Candy, Mrs. Mark
Hears, Mrs. Anna Risley Mrs.
Sybil Wright, Mrs. Ethel Steelman.
Mrs, Frank Pedrick, Mrs. John Pc
drick, Mrs. Florence Cant, Mrs.
Mary Sutton, Mrs. Eva Clark, Mrs.
Howard Fluck, Mrs. j, McBonicale,
Mrs. Amy Cope, Mrs Charles Johns,
Mrs. Mary Wilson, Mrs. John Mauls-
berry. Mrs. Frank Cunningham,
Mrs. Clarence Lee, Mrs. Florence
James, Mrs NJ Cullen, Mrs. Joetta
Wilson, Mrs. Clara W0lfbrandt and
Mrs. Harvey Resell.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-14

latter the holiday season Mrs. Metz's
mother. Mrs. H. w. Sapp. of Balti-
more, Md
Edward N. Wells. of Roosevelt
avenue, will spend Tuesday and
Wednesday in Reading, Pa. attend
ing to some business affairs.
The Woman's Civic Club of North
field will entertain the Junior club
at the home of Mrs. Joseph Ritter,
of Broad street, this evening.
Mrs l.. J. Brown recently enter
tanned her daughter, Mrs. P. E. NJ.
Thompson, of Atlantic City.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Mortified Progressive League will
hold, their regular meeting Thurs
day, December 16. AT that time
members will bring their donations
for the Christmas baskets which
the auxiliary plan to give to the
needy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-14

prepared for the occasion, with
prominent citizens of the Borough,
Mainland and resort attending.
p. G. Hannum, we'll known mem
Der of the League, and citizen OF
the Borough, will act as toaStmas.
ter. Mayor Charles Brown will
welcome those attending in behalf
of the Borough
Other speakers include Rev. G.
NJ Gordon, of the Federation of
churches, Atlantic City; Rev. J. J.
Messler, pastor of The Wesley NJ.
e. church, of Pleasantville; and
Rev Alonzo Dare, pastor of st.
Paul's NJ. L. church, Atlantic City.
The Kiwanis double quartet, Of
Pleasantyille. is expected to sing d
number OF selections. Rev. William
C. Bishop. pastor of the Central NJ.
e. Church Linwood. will ask grace,
while Rev Richard B. Mahoney,
pastor of the Seaview Baptist
church, will pronounce the benedic-
ton.
Tickets are being disposed of for
the affair by a large number of club
members.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-14
News Of The City Schools

dance banner which they won
this month.
The third and fourth grade
classes are ali planning interest
ing programs for December 30, the
day before the Christmas vacation
starts.
Miss Alice Parker, steacher of
the third grade, was i'll Wednes-
day. Miss Painter took her place
during her absence.
The pupils are spending much
time decorating their rooms for
the Christmas season. Each room
is decorated differently. and they
show the work of the pupils and
teacher.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-12-14
In Linwood Borough
p. T. A. WILL MEET.
Session To Be Held In School AID.
Iitiop il, January

Session To Be Held In School AID.
dition in January.
Because the new addition TO the
public school is not quite complet-
ed, the meeting of the Linwood Par
nt-Teacher's Association which
was scheduled for Friday afternoon
did not take place. II is expected
that everything will be ready be-
for the first of the year, and the
Association can again start having
its meetings. The association is
planning special program as a
dedication, with every lodge and
club of the borough participating.
School children will be guests OF
the LinWOOd fire company at the
firehouse Christmas week. Teach.
ers are preparing a splendid pro
gram, and the children will enter
tain their parents at that time.