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THE activity of the grand jury and judge Blair in Adams county, Ohio, which
has resulted already in about 1000 indictments and many hundreds of pleas
of guilty of the crime of vote selling, recalls a ridiculous and disgraceful in
cident in this city a few years ago, when wholesale vote buying and selling were
known by everybody to be going en and one man was arrested to make a test
case; he was taken before a justice of the peace and pleaded guilty to the crime
charged, but the justice refused to hold the man for the grand jury and discharged
him with the declaration that he did not propose to make a victim of this one man
when almost everybody else was doing the same thing.
There have been times in the past when an Adams county jury and a judge
Blair in this community might have made a regiment or two take to the grass.
There are other ways of controling the voting now, and the El Paso politician can
hold up his hands in holy horror at contemplating the Ohio disclosures. Ohio has
never been introduced to the poll tax receipt.
Hot cheaper rates, but better servicers what the people may most wisely de
mand of the railroads.
Get ready now to smudge the fruit orchards next spring. Smudging has been
proved over and over again to be worth many times its cost. It has been reduced
to a science and the comparatively slight extra expense is almost perfect insur
ance against lossof crops through late frosts. The agricultural experiment sta
tions will give the farmers any information' thev want on this subject.
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A Big Eastern Dam
WE boast with justice upon our big dam and irrigation project, which will be
the largest water storage project ever built by man in the world. The
Roosevelt reservoir of the Salt river project is so far the third largest in
the world; but it may lose this distinction when the great Portage dam on the
Genesee river in H"ew York is completed.
The Genesee iver drains a large area and' is. subject to fearful and destructive
floods. The state commission which has studied the situation has completed plans
ior a storage dam near the falls at Portage, which will cost $4,600,000. The cost
will be divided among the various towns, counties, and individuals that will be hene
jited, and a large number of towns, pities, and individuals are" to be assessed an
nually, for flood relief, amounts ranging from a few hundred to many thousands of
dollars. The proposed reservoir will cover 13.5 square miles and will submerge five
villages and 10,000 acres of farm land now under cultivation. Thirteen miles of
the Pennsylvania railroad will have to be moved. About 30,000 horse'power will
be generated at the dam, and the sale of this power in the manufacturing cities
will go far to carry the fixed charges on the cost-of construction and to meet the
cost of maintenance..
Some of us are apt to -get the notion into our heads that all the big, daring,
and sensational things are in the west these days, b but New York state alone has
a $5,000,000 storage dam, a $100,000,000 canal project, and a $400,000,000 city
waterworks undertaking to interest the man who likes to know what is going on
n the world.
Bryan says he is willing to stand hy the Democratic platform, but the Demo
tratic platform has a habit of leaving Mr. Bryan and following its own vagrant
inclinations.
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The best news for Texas in the last 48 hours is the big rain that has pretty
well covered the north, of Texas. The drouth in that part of the state has been
the worst in a generation. And the suffering and loss have "been tremendous.
Drouth has prevailed in many 'other states, east as well as west. Heavy snows and
& tight winter will be a great ,thing for the farmers.
Railroads As
WESTERN xailroads are carrying on a systematic advertising campaign in
the small weekly newspapers of the eastern states. In most any of the
small town papers one can read about California, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Idaho, or Colorado. But nobody would ever guess that west
Texas, New Mexico, or Arizona were on the map.
Of one thing we may be very sure, that whenever we cooperate-for a big adver
tising campaign and show a disposition to help ourselves, the railroads will be ready
to jump in and 'help in ahig way.. The railroads are greatColonizers and great ad
vertisers, but they invariably require the active cooperation of the section they
turn in to develop.
Sentiment in New Mexico among members of both the parties is strongly in
favor of adopting the new constitution, while in Arizona the result will be in grave
doubt, with the failure of the constitution a possibility not at all remote.
New Mexico has more fuel in the ground than any other state or territory in
the nation. Yet we are forced to pay outrageous prices a few hundred miles from
the mines. Railroad competition in the coal regions and undertakings for the man
ufacture of electricity from the coal and lignite to be transmitted to the mining
regions and cities of the southwest, are projects deserving encouragement in a big
way.
The idea of keeping convicts in idleness is at variance with modern principles
of reform for those who violate laws and is also a costly and unnecessary waste
of human energy. This climate is ideally suited to out of door work for convicts
and while the county is doing its big road work on main highways tinder contract
it is possible that convicts might be used to advantage 'to construct first class
laterals earth "roads to open np the back country.
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The disturbance in the state of Chihuahua seems to be directed rather against
the tate governing regime than against the national government. Americans hav
ing business interests in Mexico have nothing to gain through the success of the
insurgents, but they would not be averse to seeing some changes in line of more
progressive governmental methods 'adopted in the, state of Chihuahua, with a grad
ual fading away of the feudal system that prevails over a considerable proportion
of the state in connection with the immense interests of the governing powers.
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THE other day, while homeward waddlin', I slipped and fell around a block,
and 1 was rendered sick and maudlin by getting such a beast! Oiojlc. .And
sunclr- little boys stood near me and filled with joyous shouts the glen; they
thought it fun to gibe and jeer me, and say: "0 please, do that
again!" 1 listened to the rude things spoken, and teardrops
THE KIND trickled down my face, for all my ribs and back were broken,
BOY my vitals all jarred out of place. ''The modern boy is but a
viper," I muttered, as they laughed again; "when he in wicked
ness is riper, they'll surely take him to the pen. Had I a son
who'd laugh and chortle, and paw with glee the fertile soil, when -viewing some
poor stricken mortal, I'd surely boil that youth in oil.' Then came a youth in
miite a hurry, to help me in iny awful plight. He softly murmured: "Do not
li-nrrv. -viiir limine will pt. orrjliri Jill Tiprllt. Hfi "ttfc a, nolft nilfl t.llpn lift nrifvl Tllfi.
cut of' the pavement to mv feet, and then he kindlv walked: beside me, and helped
me up the village street. ' A boy like that-ll men will love Mm, while in this
world his face they see, and when the
will prize his memory!
Copyright. 1910. by George 5iaratTT
)orothy)ix
EAR MARY'S MOTHER:
The wedding is over, and with
a heart that broke between joy
and sorrow, you have given your child
into another's keeping. You are glad,
for you know that the natural life, the
best life, for any woman is that of wife
and mother, but, oh, your little girl
looked so little, so young, such a very
babe to you, as she stood at the altar,
so unprepared for all the struggles and
the trials that she was going so blithely j
and ignorantly out to meet, that you
wanted to snatch her away and hold
her safe again in the shelter of your
arms.
You love your daughter. You desire
above everything else on earth for her
to.be happy in her marriage, and so I
venture to address these few lines to
you in order to call your attention to
the fact that you can really be either
the good angel or the hoodoo of the
new home that is just being founded
To begin, with .take : note of the fact
iniii sui.usi.ics snow miic in uei iiuij.
of the divorce cases the motherinlaw
Is accused of being the real storm cen
ter. Half of the homes that are broken
up are broken up by the meddling of
the motherinlaw. Just let that appall
ing truth sink into your mind for
awhile, and then, unless it is a choice
between the poorhouse and living with
your soninlaw, stay out of your daugh
ter's house. Also keep the bridal couple
out of yours.
The Unpardonable Error.
It may be that you are a widow, and
Mary is your only child. You have
never been separated from her, and
3Tour whole existence is wrapped up in
her. The very thought of not living
under the same roof with her, and see
ing her every hour of the day, Is like
the bitterness of death.
It may be that it isa good financial
arrangement for you and the young
couple to live together, and that, shar
ing the expenses, both can live in much
better style than either one can do
separately.
Don't be misled by any such argu
ments. No matter what the sacrifice
of hearr, or purse, let your daughter go
alone into her new life if you want
her to be happy. ILet her and her hus
band adjust themselves to each other,
and have out their Inevitable spats
without you standing around to referee
.the fight
It's a lot easier for a bride to admit
that she has been a little goose, and
fnr n man r can -fVio- Via Vino qninH
like a brute, if there is no one around
to see them eat humble pie. Many a
The Fetters Of the Past Tfce Herald's
(Br Haivor Borch). Daily Short Story
fcfclkLGA it-has come at last, the op
portunity I have been lookin
for. An old friend of my
father who has been living abroad for
years, has returned a rich man and
says nobodj in the world cares for him.
He has sriven me acase and he says he
j will have more for me afterwards."
"But perhaps he does not like you
to be engaged to a poor girl, but will
want you to" marry a rich girl of goo.1
family."
Boger shook his head and smiled.
"He will soon find out that my choice
is made and when he learns to know
you he will congratulate me."
She kissed him tenderly and sent him
away to his office and his books. She
wanted to be alone, but Roger had been
gone only a few moments when there
was a knock at the door and a tall
elderly gentleman entered.
Olga stared at him with an expres
sion of horror. .His eyes looked like
those of a hunted deer.
"So you have found me at last," she
stammered.
. She laughed sneeringly.
"My dear girl," he said, "you should
give up the idea that you can hide
yourself from me anywhere in the
world. We have too many commoa
Interests in the past."
"Common Interests," she repeated
scornfully. "How dare you say that
to me when you know that all my
life, ever since you found out how use
ful I might be to you, I "have been your
unwilling 'tool, though I abhor this life
of fraud. But I tell you now, I am
done with it forever. You are my
lather, but you have lost all claims
on me' and I will have nothing to do
with you or yon? rascalities."
"Whether you like it or not Olga,
there is one more thing you must do
for me. Then I shall never trouble
you again. It is not money I warn
this time. I have been rather success
ful that way of late. I want to win
back my place in good society from
which I was banished years ago, and
you alone can help me."
"What do you want me to do?"
"While I was young I did a very
foolish thing, and in moment of boy
ish regret I wrote a confession or my
guilt. This paper has now fallen into
the hands of a man who knows how
to use it- He wants to put me behind
prison bars now. You must get hold
of that paper for me to save me and
yourself from dishonor."
"Tell me what I must do," she said.
He drew a sigh of relief.
"This man has a suite or rooms in
Grand hotel. I know just where the
paper is hidden in his desk. I have a
key which will open it. It has cost
me a pile of money to get hold of It.
Think -the matter over and save us
both from disgrace."
She stared at him again with an ex
pression of disgust and contempt.
"You want me to do this you want
me to become a thief? Father, I can
not do it!"
"Well, if you can't, I suppose it
can't be helped and you will have to
take your part of the disgrace. D shalf
do nothing to save you. Here is the
Denatured Poem
green grass grows above him, the world
fe3i77wt
Aaanis.
"Writes An Open Letter To
the Bride's Mother.
I quarrel that ends in the divorce court
would have ended in a kiss if a young
couple had been living alone, with no
body to tell them to stand Aip for their
rights and not to give In.
In His House.
If, however, circumstances force you
to live in your soninlaw s house, (try to
remember that it Is his house and not
yours, and that the man that pays the
freight is entitled to run things accord
ing to his own taste. If you have a
preference for plain cooking and he
likes highly seasoned dishes, don t feel
called upon to tell him at every meal
how bad what he likes is for his in-
digestion If he wants his glass olf"iiVC" "'-" wcu anc ncm.-
beer and you have W. C. T. U. procliv- the cannot but decrease in numbers
ities. don't make such a row that he
will have to drink on the sly.
He didn't marry to get a motherin
law to reform him, you know.
And don't always be offering advice
on everything that comes up, from the
way to carve a chicken to what sonln-
b'ufness.
Snrallow Advice.
Bridegrooms are prickly persons to
handle, attest. They bristle like por
cupines with the sense of their own
dignity as the heads of the house. Try
to be just to your soninlaw, and expect
no more of him than you would of your
own son.
Kindly reflect that It is your daugh
ter's duty, just as .much as it is that of
your daughterinlaw, to be a godd,
thrifty, unselfish wife.
Don't encourage your daughter to
come to you with her little matri
monial troubles. Don't Jet her tell you
all the details every time she and
j John disagree, and don't Weep over her
j and call her your poor child, and a
! nersecuted angel.
On the contrary, Drace ner up to qu
her duty, and make her feel that you
will regard her as a coward and a
quitter if she hasn't the courage to take
the bitter along with the sweet of
matrimony:
Above all, let your motto toward
your daughter's new life be, "Hands
Off." Try to keep it in mind that
when your daughter marries, her hus
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band has a claim that outranks yours.
The phrase, "Mother says," is the rock
on which many a matrimonial bark has
gone to pieces, so do you, with your
own hand, remove it out of your
daughter's course.
The mother's attitude toward her
daughter after marriage, as before
marriage, must be one of self-abnegation
if she is to make that daughter
happy. It is a high price to pay, but
it is worth it.
Ac.v aiiu tne iia.ns ui Liie rooms ana
aesic in case you should change your
mind. Goodbye!"
Olga trembled with fear. She had
entered the rooms and her hand held
the paper her father wanted. The fear
of being publicly disgraced, of losing
the 'man who loved her had conquered.
She had carried out her father's or
ders to free herself from the fetters ?
of the past. She was about to lock
the desk again when she was startled
bj- the sound of voices.
Her heart was beatinjr violentlv. for
lme of these voices was Roger's. She
I suddenlj understood. She was In
Svend Berger's room, the ma,n who had
given Roger his first case.
Escape was impossible and she had
only just time to hide herself in a win
dow recess behind the heavy curtains
before the two men entered. Olga was
trembling from head to foot and she
praye'd fervent!- that her presence
might not be discovered. The conver
sation between the two was not long,
but to Olga it seemed to last an eter
nity. A few moments later they left.
She remained where she was for a
while listening. Then she slipped out
and found herself facing a man whom
she instinctively knew to be Svend
Berger. He had suspected her pres
ence and had come back to catch her.
For a moment he looked at her in
silence. Then he said:
"I know you. Roger had shown me
j-our picture. He told me you were
the best woma.n in the world, and here
I 'find you a thief. You have stolen a
paper from my desk. What have you
to say in your defense?"
"Nothing."
Perhaps sorfthing In her behavior
touched him, for his voice sounded less
severe, when he said
"You are the girl Roger loves, and
for that reason I will give you this
choice. You will either break your
engagement, inventing some reason, or
I will tell him about this.''
She bowed her head.
"I shall drop out of his life.' Never
shall I try to cross his path again, and
here is the paper I stole."
He stared from the paper to her.
"I do not understand what maJe you
do this," he said. "But tell the man
who sent you I am glad to pay this
price to save a young man I love from
marrying a girl who is willing to be
the tool of a scoundrel."
He tore the paper In two and threw
it onto the fire.
The young girl was hrd at work
bent over the keys of her typewriter,
but her thoughts were far away!
Months had passed since she dropped
out of Roger's life. He was rapidly
building up a reputation as a lawyer,
and she had seen his name in the
papers several times.
She heard steps outside, a knock and
Svend Berger entered, but how strange
ly changed. The stern look she had
seen in his eyes had given way to one
of tenderness.
"Roger," her pale lips whispered.
"Roger is all right, Olga.'
He pro
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Craze Of Women For Feathered Hats v .
Makes American Water Fowl Scarce Frederic
J. Haskin
Some Specimens Are Almost Extinct Through Persistent .
Hunting.
T
HE water Fowl club of America
will IIOIU lis anuuui mecuuo
New York tomorrow. Jt is doing
much, to create a nationwide interest
in the protection of the water roii.
of the country and to stimulate na
tional interest in them. It had a hand
in the passage of a bill by the iew
I York legislature, which was approved
I - hf'J JlofL.
of bird plumage for millinery purposes
Unless some nullifying legislation can
be put through within the next six
months this bill will go into effect
July 1. After that date it will be un
lawful for any firm in the state of
New York "to have on sale any part of
the skin, head, wing or any plumage
of a gull, eagle, tern, vulture, alba
tross or any plume bearing heron."
Fassinjr of the "Water Fowl.
The passing of tne American water
fowl Is a subject that is receiving much
attention. Many organizations are
uniting to secure protection for these
birds. Owing to the craze for feathered
millinery, the greed of hunters, and
several other causes, a number of va
rieties of American water birds have 1
become almost extinct. Others are de-
oronelncr en i-nr!rJlT. flint c-i?rt lASrislA
tion and vigilance in its enforcement
is necessary If they are to be preserv
ed for the benefit of the future. Be
sides the demands of the milliners and
sportsmen the loss of life to water
birds from the effects of navigation
and various industries must be con
sidered. Oil polluted waters are poi-
sonous to bird life and as they are
' ""o oie c i"'" wu
them.
The most noteworthy example of the j Pelican Island off Florida, which is
American water bird to become entire- i the home of the snowy heron: the Bat
ly extinct Is that of the great auk , tledore islands off the coast of Louisi
formerly found along the coast from j ana, where the royal tern is lodged:
.Labrador to northern New Jersey. This j and a group of small, salt grass islets
bird was about the size of a eroose and i or shoals known as the Mosauito islets
was- conspicuous for its short wings
used as paddles for swimming, and for
its close, rich plumage. The last record
of these birds was on an island off
the coast of Maine in 1847, when some
fishermen slaugntered a large flock.
Now that they are no longer in exist
ence, naturalists are realizing their
value and a single skin of an auk was
recently sold at an ornithological sale
in London for ?S00. There are only
about 40 specimens in existence, in
cluding those In museums and private
ownership.
Conserving the Tern.
The fact that other American birds
are likely to share the same fate has
aroused the interest of the American
public to the need of measures for their
protection. The tern and the laughing
gull used to be very numerous along
the Atlantic coast. Now they are so
reduced in numbers that there is said
to be only a small spot along the New
Jersey coast where they breed.
Through the efforts of the New Jersey
Audubon society, harbors and breeding
places for these birds have been pro
vided. The school children of the state
have raised 500 for the preservation
of Marsh Island as a home for them.
The feathers of these -birds have been
p.,!,.
In demand for milliners pur-
' poes The tem 'has been especially -in
favor sInce the earljr eighties and
hunters have been continually In
its quest until now its former haunts
are almost entirely depleted.
At one time the white egret heron
was tne most proline breeder along
the coast of Florida and the other Gulf j American water fowl may be in a
states. It Is now difficult to find a I measure under control. The depreda
group of heron In Florida, outside of ' tions have been so serious during the
the Everglade swamp, and the greed j past 10 years, however, that it will
of the hunter has extended even here, j take many years of protection to re
To furnish the milliners with the white i place them and there . is no question
egrets so much in demand during the J in the minds of scientists that despite
last few years these beautiful birds j all the measures now being taken
have been slaughtered by the million, j there are still a number of species so
The most grievous side of this great nearly extinct that thev never airain
sacrifice is that the egret is at Its most
TIPrfAOf ztntr& inct Qt KTKr?lno. -Myth
Therefore the killing of the parent bird
means the starvation of the young.
Wild Ducks Decreasing.
The lust nf th hunter fftr ornmo fc
rapidly decreasing- the number of wild '
ducks. The modern Improvements In j
hunting aparatus have rendered it pos-'l
sible each year to kill birds with less
difficulty. So rapidly has this decrease
been recognized during the past 10
years that it is stated upon good au-
, thority that if allowed to continue Un
checked, the American wild duck will
be known to the future student of tho
next generation only through the
"pages of natural history. American
wild ducks are divided into two classes
known as divers and nondivers. Divers
have to go to the bottom of the water
for food and are more apt to come
within the range of the hunter through
the allurement of he decoy. Canvas
backs, redheads, blue bills and bay
widgeons are among the best known
of the diving ducks. The nondivers in
clude the mallards, the black and gray
ducks and several others.
Last month 5000 wild ducks were re
ported to have been shipped from
Georgetown, S. C, In one day.. While
this was an unprecedented record, nev
er likely to be duplicated, it is an evi
dence of the rapidity with which the
American water fowl i3 being slaugh
tered. Recognizing also the loss to the
world in their extinction, the sports
men themselves are urging the passing J
nounced her first name in a tone of
such tenderness that she wondered
what miracle had happened to send
this man, who had driven her away
from Roger, back to her.
"I do not come for Roger," he said.
"I come for myself. Listen. I have
strange news to tell you. But, first
of all, the man you believe to be your
father, Djalmar Storm, is dead."
"Dead!"
"Yes, he was killed in a street acci
dent, but before he died he sent for
me, and through his confession he has
done what he could to make up for
the evil he has done. Olga, long time
ago he and I were enemies. He was a
scoundrel already then, he poisoned .the
mind of the woman I loved against! me
and persuaded her to leave me, 'her
husband. After she left, she had a
child, who lived when the mother died.
My child! Oh, Olga, can you ever for
give my cruelty? Dare I ask you to
call me father?" ,
"What does this all mean," she
gasped.
"That you were never Hjalmar
Storm's daughter, but mine."
"Not theaughter of a. scoundrel?"
"No, of an honest man."
"And Roger may I love him now?
May he love me?"
"It would at least be a very nice
thing for him to do bo. For now that
I have discovered that I have a child
myself I must disinherit him. Roger
will be a poor man if you do not take
pity on him and become his wife."
"She smiled and held out both her
hands.
"Let i3 go and tell him together,' she
said. t
j of hunting laws and their proper en-
l tuitcmcuu iJCi;jsiauu;i uj)u:i missuu-
ject is now pending in almost every
state in the union.
The national government also ha3
taken up the matter through several
departments and is endeavoring to pro
vide every possible protection to birds.
Bird harbors and breeding places have
been established, by executive orders,
the first of these being along the coast
of Alaska and on some islands near
Hawaii. Within the past year, the
United States revenue cutter "Thetis"
was sent to the islands near Hawaii
for the purpose of breaking- up depre
dations by foreign plumage hunters.
The:e were discovered on Laysan and
Lissiansky Islands. Twenty-three Jap
anese 'were arrested there and $112,
470 worth of plumage confiscated. The
JarJanese poachers were disposed to
fight at first but were quickly over
I come and were severely dealt with as
to make them an examnle likelv to
hinder further depredations of the
kind.
Esttibllsh Breedins: Reservations.
By special executi-e order, 50 breed
ing reservations have been made on
public lands controled by the United
! States. These are under the direction
of the department of agriculture which
cooperates with the National Audubon
society for the protection and" preser
vation of birds. Most of the bird
reservations are along the Pacific and
Gulf coasts, although there are in-
land reservations in T)nlrnt!i in "Tiohi-
gan, in California and Oregon. These
mot aic luienueu 101 iresn wu.ier uuus
since land birds do not breed in large
;u"'- "'U"B "j wuuiwa u.ua uuu j
islands devoted to bird protection are
j Along the Gulf coast. The Auduban
society provides seven steam launches
j which are always in service for the
j inspection of these and other bird
reservations. They also pay officers or
game wardens to look after the inter
ests of birds in different localities and
see that all laws are properly en-
j forced.
j Game Warden's. Work Til&ky.
The position of game warden in the
southern states ' has proved a danger
ous one, no less than three men hav
ing been brutally murdered within the
last two years during the perform
ance of their duty. The vigilance o'
these officers has now entirely stamp
ed jout every large industry in plumes
and feathers, but there are numberless
private individuals determined to make
J a living In this way. At the beginning
, of the crusade the bird warden mieht
be said almost to have carried his life
In his hand so bitterly was he hated
by the lawless class who derived an
income from the slaughter of birds. It
is more than a year, however, since
George McCleod's bloody hat was
found In the Audubon society boat at
Placido; Fla., and no further trouble
has been reported
Tith ,f.P,eiIal glance on the part
of the Audubon 'society- additional leg
islation regarding hunting regulations
I most of which are receiving the en-
I dorsements of the hunters thomspiTPs.
together with the numerous bird, har-
bors now established in various parts
I of thfe country, it is hoped that the
j greatest danger of the passing of the I
will be found at large in their native !
hnmac
j The value of
the water birc as a
scavenger and a sanitary officer has
only recently been brought before the
e a trice Fairfax's
The End of the Episode With Mr. Sinclair.
M
Y DEAREST DEAR:
It's been raining, raining all
t"rift rlov lrfcro. ti1 T olroi.;. 3w1
hate a rainy -day. My heart is as sad
as the day: do you think I'll ever be
happy again, Mumsie?
Bobby is coming 'home this evening.
He's been away a whole long, horrible
week.
Any other time my heart would be
singing aloud with joy at his coming,
but now I'm afraid to be glad.
I had a good cry 'after luncheon and
then I went out to the kitchen and
made fudge; that made me feel better.
Mary is such an angel; she has taken
care of me all this week just as you
would, have done. She has "babied" me
disgracefully. I've had breakfast in
bed every morning and Mary has
cookoJ the most wonderful dainties to
tempt me.
Bobby has written every dav and
I telephoned every evening just before
dinner. Oh, Mumsie, I love and adore
him, and TH die If he ever stops loving
me.
SlKhlnp: Aspiration.
I suppose a woman like Mrs. Bently
knows just how to talk to a man and J
make herself fascinating. She's quite .
old, you know 30, I'm sure but some l
men prefer older women to a little,
silly young thing like me. j
I wish I were 25 and a woman of the j
world. Do you think I'll ever be a j
woman of the world, Mumsie? j
I'm going to wear my yellow crepe j
tonight; it makes me look grown up
and dignified. I do adore a train, don't j
you? And. any way, Bobby likes me
in yellow.
I've got a little trouble on my con
science, Mumsie darling. You see, I
was angry and hurt at Bobby, so I en
couraged Mrl Sinclair, oh, just the weo
niest bit In the world, to come and
see me.
With Mr. Sinclair.
At first he was just as nice as he
could be and we had jolly times to
gether. I took him out to the kitchen
and introduced him to Mary and wo
made candy at least I did. and he sat
on the table and looked on.
Mrs. Morris called that day, which
was rather unfortunate, as she is a
dreadful gossip.
Another day he and" Eleanor Pack
ham and I motored over to Cedarhurst"
for luncheon.
They got on so well together and
I was really beginning to think they
might hit it off when he spoiled every
thing by'being just too silly.
It was tthis way. I had been for a
long walk, and when I came home 1 1
Abe Martin
? HOT
Th' feller that has t" smoke in the
kitchen alius speaks o his wife as th' ole
woman. Speakin o cafes, some fellers
("would eat a croquet hall if a orchestry
wuz playin'.
public. The charge that the sea cranes j
and heron were responsible for the
disappearance of fish from parts ofi
the Florida coast has been disproved.
and the usual offices of the birds fully
i established. In view of this fact the,
preservation of the water fowl as
preservation of the water fowl as-
sumea a practical Importance aside
cnmoiJ o nrntlMl lmnnrtam oc?r?i
( from its interest to the nature lover
ana siuueni.
Tomorrow: The
Furniture Trade.
14
Years Ago To-
From The Herald Of 3c7
This Date 1895. "J
An epidemic of grippe has struck th
town and colds are prevalent-
Mrs. J. C Taft and children of this
city are visiting in San MarciaL
Mrs. Waters Davis entertained a par-
ty at her home last evening with hi
"five.
Moses Dillon has returned from Net
York with the collectorship in hfci
pocket.
Thee ity assessor says the delinquent
taxes will amount to between $40,00C
and S50.000.
Jir. ana Mrs. v. A. Hawkins and
children spent the past week at Hud4
son Hot Springs.
Marriage licenses: Newt Matthews
and Frances Franklin; Francis Wl
Brown and Effie A. Thomas.
Martin Maloneythe man whose feH
were crushed in jumping off a freight
train, died at the Sisters hospital.
C. J. Dennis is acting agent for thj
Santa Fe while agent W. B. Trull
visiting in southern California.
j Government assayer Tom Johnsoi
left yesterday for Albuquerque, where
i he is to be married to- 2iis Ella Schutzj
Millard Patterson, Dr. CtaC. Bro-v
and manager Johns of the English comJ
panj hav returned from a duck nun
200 miles down in 3$fxice.
Judge and Mrs. A." 3i."Loomis give
grand party tonight In honor of the
daughter, illsa Pansy. Some 389 invi
tations have been extended..
A length of the four Inch artes'anl
well pipe has bedn utilized for a sliding
pole at the firemen's hall. It works all
right and. visitors Tare invited to take a
slide.
Mrs. W, H. Tuttle- will' leave in about
10 days to take a course of elocution at
the Kansas State university. The boys
will take good care of Billy, who has
ordered a new stock of red paint.
CARRIERS DAY.
Tomorrow feeLBjt the last Safarrday of
the month, The Herald carriers vrfU
preseHt hills ler- the meHtk of Decem
ber. Sahscrlberj will kindly aete the
above aad he 'ready for the boys.
LETTERS FROM
A BRIDE.
wa3 tired, so I put on my pink tea'
gown and was having tea by the li
brary fire.
The wind had been dreadful and had
blown my hair every which way, so I
just took it down and tied it with a
pink ribbon.
A CoHtreteaps.
Well, Mr. Sinclair calleo, and Nora'h
let him in by mistake, I thought it
stupid to explain, so . I received him.
I just as though I were dressed, as usual.
We had tea and a nice talk, though
he kept looking at me with a queer.
desperate, look in his eyes. I got up to
show him a picture and my foot caught
in the rug and I stumbled. v
He caught me and, -Mumsie, I hate to
tell it even to you, but he behaved in
such an idiotic way, it makes me quite
ill to think of it.
He caught me as I Stumbled, and
held me for a moment and, oh, Mumsie.
he kissed me m, a married woman.
Wasn't it horrible?
I pushed him away and told him
never to come to the house again.
The episode's End.
He was as white as death and when
I had finished telflng him how I loathed
bim and how the very touch of his
hand made me fefel 111, he said very
quietly. "That's enough, Peggy. I think
you have said all that is necessary to
make me realize how you feel toward
me."
Then he came close to me again and
when 'l sprang back he said with a
sneer:
"Oh, don't be afraid, I'm not going
to touch you. but some dav vou'll sro
too far with your sweet, maddeninsr
ways, and learn that you can't play
with men's souls, and go scot free.''
Then he left and I haven't seen him
since. '
Must I tell Bobby, Mumsie? I don't
' want to, Fm afraid he would do some
thing desperate.
The QHaHdary.
That's one of the reasons why I'm
half afraid to see him; the other is that
he never once has mentioned Mrs.
Bently's name and yet I'm quite sure
they must have seen each other.
Write to me soon, darling, and tell
me what to do.
Goodbye, my own beloved, it's time
for me to dress now for Bobby. Love
to dear daddy.
I was so proud when I read the
speech he made at the governor's din
ner. He and Bobby, are the most won
derful men In the world, aren't they,
my Mumsie?
Your loving daughter.
Peggy Caton.
