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A Widow's Birdshot.
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By C. B. LEWIS.
(Copyright 1917. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate )
. fv NE summer's afternoon a womat
I J sat al a country cross roads. Shi
had been there about fifteei
minutes Had she been a man then
Is no telling what she would have
tald. but being ? woman, and a wid
ow at that, she had to bo content wftli
laying:
MVIQItVUIUUUU IU Kuan
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Half a mile away on the lowlant
was a farmers wife chasing a goose
while on the left hand, looking ovei
the roadside fence with one eye hall
closed was an old lame liorse Tin
farmer's wife and the goose were tor
far away. But the widow was shakier
her face at the horse and gettine
ready to tell him what she thought ol
n cross roads without a guide rosl
when a man driving a horse and bug
By appeared half a mile down the
Hillsdale road.
It was Hezeiknk, widower, and hi
was in no hurry to get married again
Neither was his aged equine in a
hurry. To prove that he wasn't he
stopped every two or three minutes
to see if he could reach a horsefly
These sudden stopping threatened to
send the driver over the dashboard
but they did not break the tune he was
whistling.
Nearer and nearer to the crossroads
came Hezikak with his ancient rip
as the widow watched him, and while
he was twenty rods away, she mut
tered:
"He looks like halt a tool, but may
be be knows enough to answer a plain
question."
"Whoa," exclaimed Hezikak, as he
came oposite. "Are you waiting here
for anybody?"
"1 should think I was!" snapped the
widow. "I have been waiting for the
last t,wo hours for some one to come
along and tell tue in the name of old
Aunt Hannah why there Isn't a guide
post at these crossroads.'
"Madam, my name is Hezikak, as
Williams." snld the man as he ap
proachod her horse and brought his
hand down upon his neck with a vigorous
swat and killed n horse fly.
"And mine is Sarah Blackwell, but
what has that got to do with it?"
"Well, madam, I am a widower, you
see."
"And I am a widow. In,, that isn't
I answering my question as to why
there isn't a guide post here to direct
strangers. It seems to lie the most
shiftless county in the State."
i "The county Is all right." he smiled
I have been living here more than
twenty years, and t vow I have nailed
I new guide post up here every year."
"But what has become of them?'
was her irirtable demand. "Are you
going to tell me that this horse looking
over the fence has eaten them
up as fast as planted?"
"No ma'am 1 aint. They are pulled
[fx CONFESSION
| "Some woman," remarked Dick as
I paused for breath v-'tlle reading to
plm the man's story.
I "Oh, the man is in love, that is all."
I "No, that is not all," said Dick. "A
man may be blindly in love, but he
pould not find those traits in a woman
unless they were there." Then Dick
looked ut me quickly and said, "Marp,
that man is describing you."
| "What do you mean?" t
I "Just this. If I did not know that
k could not possibly be so, 1 would
I ay mac man was in rove wicn my
rife."
"But I don't even know him, Dick."
"I know it, and that is what makes
t so queer. Surely there cannol
e two Margie Waverlv's in the
rorld."
"I expect, Dick," 1 answered softly
g I bent down to kiss hlin in gratiude
for the sweet compliment that
te gave me in saying I was like thai
temorable woman as seen through
he eyes of a man in love, "that there
re many Margie Waverly's in the
i'orld The woman In the letter is
pally only an average type?a little
pore analytical, a little more eonientious
than most, that is all.
"I wish I could tell you in detail all
nc woman I have described was to
le ," continued the man's letter.
[Instead of discontent and nagging 1
pt from her only content and encourbeineut.
I began for the first time
[ my life, to live.
["All through the long golden days
I the early fall we were much toether.
It was a joy to me to hear
Er talk. She used to Bay to me often
I v nder that you let me babble on.
Imetlmes I would think yon weren't
|en listening if it were not for that
londeri'ul smile on your lips. Do you
now, boy, that most of the good
lings in life that have come to you
Ive come at the call of that smile?
I has the irresistible sweetness of the
Ise for the bee, and all the while an
Iscrutable secretiveness lurks behind
that makes one want to give anyling
in return for its confidences.'
1" 'I love to hear you talk,' I anlered.
'I seem to be living again
le lost youth that was novcr mine,
ftsides you wake in me forgotten am
Kions. You make me think I can
11 do what I wish with my life,
u take me out of the lethargy intc
Kiel, T fnllnn UM,.. ,1 ?
II J IKIIC Iftiini. n Ii;, IIU JfUU
How, dear heart, that, had I knows
Hu sooner, there is nothing you and
Hmuld not have done with this old
i was called away to the place
^ ero 1 had most of my early troubH,
and while there I came to a sudHa
conclusion?what was the use ol
H; struggle? 1'here must be somt
^Bce where she and I could live or
^Bh the same contentment that I al
Hys felt with her.
^B'When I got back to her I told hei
conclusion to which I had come
Hvont all over the house of my youtt
Ht there,' I said. 'I reviewed agair
K hard years that took all tha ra
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j up by the roots every time a young
. man around here gets hilarious and
i goes buggy riding with itis girl, if
i there was a guide post here, which
we both can see there ain't, what
i j town would you look for?"
I "Why, Berea ot course."
"Oh, Bord. woman. Bcren has been I
jiu front of your nose and only three
| miles away all the time you have been
sitting here So you are going to
Berea, eh? I have lived there myself
since it was a town of four hundrel
people, and if you follow me you won't
S OF A WIFE
, mance and love out of my married
life and I tell you, dear, 1 never l'elt
no sorry for anyone as I did for myself
as I went back over those years that
had been wasted as far as real living
was concerned.
"1 have lived for other people all
my lite and now dear, I am going to
live for myself. Far oil, near the
equator, lies the capital ot' Ecuador.
It is said to be delightful. Come
with me out there. For all you love
I luxury auii beautiful things. 1 know |
you can live simply it you have sotue|
| one near who loves you.
" 'Come, sweetheart, let us tell all!
I the world to go hang and you ami I 1
| will live the rest ot our lives just for
( ourselves and each other." 1 shall never
forget the look that came into her
| dear eyes. It was as if for one moment
she was hugging the dream to
her heart. We were in a big, i'arisb
restaurant. The orchestra was playing
one of these plaintive Hawaiian
melodies in which primitive music is
embodied the indescribable yearning
for the unattainable and the never
end' g heartbreak that follows the
last. hope.
, " 'Do you mean that if I would go
with you, you would give up the life
you have known up to this time and
^ go away from the many friends who
, liove you ." she asked.
" 'Gladly,' I answered.
! "Again flint look in her eyes?her
hand shot across the table and clasp,
ed mine. 'And you will go?' I asked
tremulously.
" 'No.' Bhe said.
"For a moment everything went
black, and then I heard her speaking.
" ii
Hello, SON !
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Cut them out and save them. Toda:
MEAT SUB
(Peanut Bull
1 mo cupi flour, 2 teaspoons
Zl cup peanut butter, /-3 cup milkSift
flour, baking powder and sa
rub in very lightly. Add milk, mix,
half inch thick: cut with small biscuit
hot oven and bake 12 minutes.
lost your wuy. I heard the other dayj
that a woman Irom itvefield was think|
ing of buying the (Tixton place. It
don't happen by any chance that you|
are the w'otnan?"
"Yes, It happens by a good many]
chances that 1 am. 1 have bought the!
place and ain on tny way over for It."!
"Shoo! That's right next door tol
me. end I am glad of it."
It Is needlesB to say that in due!
time both safely arrived In Berea. aud \
while the widow went about closingj
tho transaction, and making ready to!
move over from Hyetield the following
week, Hetsikak turned his old horsel
into the pasture and went into supper:
to astonish his housekeeper by saying: j
Well. Betsy, I have seen my second:
wife this afternoon."
"Was that the woman driving the,
buggy behind yours as you came
along?"
"That's the one. How did you like!
her looks?"
"I don't know whether she will ever!
be your second wife or not. I don't!
think it will be for you to have alii
they say about it " t
When the widow arrived next week,
with her household effects, she found;
Hczcikak hud done something for her l
which ho had never done for himself,
lie had mowed the grass in the front
yard, cut down all the weeds and burdocks,
and thereby niftde a great im- !
provement around the place. He was 1
also on hand when the goods arrived I
to help unload and carry them in.
When the widow arrived she was
very much pleased, and said: j:
"Why, Mr. Williams, you certainlyh
must be a good man." [ i
"But you see. you are a widder.
Mrs. Blackwell, and wldders have hard
time of It." 11
It was after three of four week dtir-p
ing which time Hezeikak had con- j'
tinned to play the part of a good Sa-il
n.m.itnr. 1, ~ .... tl-~ ....111.
feme nt the back of hie garden and:
had a muse with himself: !
"Darn lino woman; darn fine;" he!
began. ;
"Up with the lark in the morning)
and working like a beaver all day.
"Makes the best hot biscuits and
custard pic of any woman in Stone |
county.
The widower pulled a silver from,
tlie rail and chewed at it for a while i
and then continued:
"Ilezcikak, you want a wife. You
are a slow old poke and you v
someone to hustle you up. You have
not made a dollar in five years and
you won't in the next five unless somebody
gets you out of bed before the i
dew is off the grass.
"1 can't say that I am so madly
in love with the widow Blackwell as i
to want to jump over a precipice for
her sake, providing there was a preci- i
pice within fifty miles of here, or to ;
drown myself in a lake, provided i
there was anything bigger than duckpond
within a day's walk of Berea. | i
"I like and admirr her mighty darn
well, however, and if I can get herj :
feeling the same way towards me lovej 1
will come and so will matrimony.I 1
Ilezcikak, you have got to do a littlej
conspiring."
Hozelikak kept up this thinking for !
a long week and he finally got a plot.
Ho went over to the widow one morning
and asked: "Widow Blackwell. 1
did you hear any strange noise around
last night?"
"No, I don't think I did," was the
reply.
"Some one was sure sneaking
aroiinil our place last night,'' he continued.
"I have found my spade and!1
hoe gone this morning. Have youli
missed any of your tools?"
"Why, no. But let me see? Yes.
the ax and the long-handled shovel \
are gone. There surely must have,
been a thief around here last night."
"I not only heard him. but 1 saw
him." said Hezeikak in very solemn!
tones, "from the back door I saw j
htm jump tbo garden fence, but 1
didn't yell at him for foar of arous- J
Ing you."
"My stars! How dare a thief come
around here."
"Widow, there are more thieves \
around Bereal than any other town in j
the state? and far more than thieves." i
"What do you mean?" she gasped. |
"I mean robbers?burglars! 1 might;
as well tell you the honest truth. It!
Is dangerous for a widow to live alone i
In this town. I should have told you I
so the day we first met, but you ha tj
bought the place and it was no use to!
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ST1TUTE.
!cr Biscuit.)
baiting powder, \/i teaspoon salt.
It into bowl; add peanut butter and
put on floured board, and roll out
cutter. Brush top with milk, put in
say anything to skeer you And so!
bein' w? were goin'-to live side by side
I figured that I could take care of us
both. I have been doing that right
along, hut last night they got the better
of me."
"Mr. Williams." said the widow In
anxious tones, "do you mean to tell tnei
that I am in danger of robbers and
burglars?"
"Not wllh nte around." be replied,
"unless 1 sleep sounder than you do
1 shall be up and down a dozen times!
through the night, and the next fellow|
that appears will find me and my gun!
handy. If you have reason to believe!
that some unhung villain is prowling'
around don't take the chances of going|
to a door or a window You can be |
sure that Hezpikak Williams is on deck]
looking out for the unprotected."
The widow Blackwell bought fifty
chickens and half of them were stolen
within a month. She bought a pig and
but for its own sharp squeals it would
have been lifted from the pen and carried
off. On several nights after midnight
her cow was milked dry by the
marauder. Someone stole her washub
and boiler and even carried off the
Family mop from the woodshed.
There was a secret which the widow
had not confided to Hezeikak and that
was that she also was the owner of a
shotgunt left by her late lamented.
When the thefts continued and Hezeikak
failed to bring down any game, she
loaded that gun with line bird shot and
For three nights running she sat by her
bedroom window with the deadly
weapon across her knees. On the third
night she saw a man moving about her
grounds, and without giving any warning
she aimed in his direction and'
pulled the trigger.
The report of the gun was quelled j
\jy vims, which sue recognized as tnej
private property of Ilczeikak Williams. |
Fwo minutes later she was kneeling
beside him. He was not dead but his
plot was. Ho had conspired with*himself
to make her believe that a husband
ivas badly needed uround her house for
lier protection. He owned up to it like 1
i man. and after raking the matter under
consideration for a few months or
mtil the last of the birdshot had work<1
its way out of his anatomy, she said 1
lo him one evening:
"Well, Hezeikak, I was not plotting
lo get. a husband but 1 am not that
Mean to fill a man with birdshot and
lien refuse to marry him."
fairview !
Mr. anil Mrs. H. W. Dragoo and '
son Bernard from Charleston are visiting
relatives here.
Miss Gull Sturms of Bijihel was visiting
Mrs .Carl Hamilton Wednesday
Mrs. Fred Fisher of Fairmont attended
the Needlecraft Sewing Circle
at Mrs. James Sutton's Friday after- '
toon.
Jair.es Pitzer of Bethel was a bUM- ,
u. -s visitor here on Tuesday.
Rev. Howell of Ohio, is conducting (
l series of meetings at tho Christian
chill' ii T^vnrvliMft v lo Invlloel *r
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Mif .tames Sutton slelightfully enieruintu
the Xeecllecraft club at bar
lum.e cn Tuesday atternoon. A pleasar.t
niicinoon was spent at needle
work and retreshmcnts were awed
by I he hostess. ]
M .-b Kennedy of Fairmont was a
visiter here Tuesday atternoon !n the
interest of the Red Cross Society.
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I Sweet Milk, per quart .
Sweet Milk, per half gal
Sweet Milk, per gallon ,
Sweet Cream, per quart
Buttermilk, per gallon .
Skim Milk, per gallon ..
^ Cottage Cheese, per pin
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EKING, OCTOBER 18,1917,
AND T
Miss Daisy Williams and Mrs. W. D. I
Tost .attended the Rebekah convention
at Huntington this week.
Misses Nettie and Desale Jones, R.
K. d. No. 1 were at Fairmont shopping
Tuesday.
Alpha Toothman ot Grays Flats was
a business visitor here Wednesday.
Joe Robinson and Nickolas Eddy attended
the Grand Lodge at Huntington
this week.
There will be a rally day moct;n.t
or an all day meeting at the Baptist
church Sunday, Octaocr IS. Everybody
Is invited.
Mrs. Agnes Grelger entertained her
friends at the National House Wednesday
night. Games were played and
a delightful evening wj; spent.
wir. ana yirx. J. j. j nnuani anu
uaLghter, Mrs. Glen ilivU'.nb and inn
Thomas of Burnsvillo, Mrs. Hev.ett
auc. Miss Sallie Martin motored to MoCiellan
Thursday and attended the
singing association.
Mrs. OIIIb Toothman. Mrs. T.lttle
Toothman. Mrs. John Williams, Mrs
Nora Toothman and daughter Miss !
Snow Sine, Mrs. Stuinai:, Mr. and ,
Mrs. J. G. Conaivay, Mr. and Mrs. (
Sherman Tuttle, Nowiou Fiuhartv, J. (
U. Kddy, H. A. Gump, Dewey Stewart, ,
W. I). Ice attended ne singing a, oelation
at McClelland Thursday.
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FMONONGAH l!
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Sends Thanks for Box.
Miss Pearl? Boydoh received a let
ter yesterday ftorn her brother Beuah :
Boydoh who holds the honor of being f
the zrst to represent Monongah at 1
Camp Lee In his letter Mr. Boydoh
states that he had just received a *
large box from his fellow workmen
on the No. 615 tipple, for which he. 1
wishes to express his thanks. Before 1
going to Camp Lee Boydoh was em- 1
ployed by the Consolidation Coal Com- 1
puny, lie is exceptionally well known J*
here and has many local friends who
will be more than pleased to know ?
that he is enjoying himself while in
the services of Uncle Sam.
Visiting Here.
Harold Poppers of Salem arrived in
Mouongali yesterday evening to visit
friends and relatives. "While here he
will visit his grandparents Mr. and
Mrs. William Ilolbert. He will return
home tomorrow.
Teacher Weds Student.
Harry Francis King and Miss Angelica
Grace Yoak announce their
marriage Monday September 10, 1017
at Oakland, MU. Miss Yoak is the ?
laughter or Rev. J. J!. Yoak of Itivcs- i
ville. \V. Va. She Is a graduate of r
llio Morris-Harvey college of Barbour3 '
ville, \V. Va.. and for the past few f
years has been a teacher in the Tho ?
burn public schools. She is a member c
of the Acme society and has I'gn
very active in society activities in j
Monongali. a
Mr. King was last year a student in i
the Fairmont Normal and is now a j
student of divinity in the Morris-llar- ]
vey college. He is a resident of Cot- j
tageville, W. Vs., but is well known t
In Fairmont and vicinity. Their innr- j
riage was a great surprise to their s
many friends. /
Personals.
Miss Ethel Wilson of Fairmont was
in Monongali yesterday calling on
friends and attending to shopping. ^
J. C. Atha of White Rock was among u
recent business transactors to Monon- [,
5ah. n
Webster Grove was a social caller f
In Fairmont yesterday evening. f
Ora Spragg was in Fairmont yes- ,
terday evening calling on friends.
Miss Kathryn Price who has been ill it
.her home on Main street Is recovering.
John Olllter of Fairmont is in Monongali
today working in the Bear Department
store.
Raymond Salvatl was In Fairmont
yesterday evening attending the parent-teacher
program at the White
school. Mr. Salvati is a member of
the High school orchestra which furnished
music for the event.
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|| HEALTH HINTS || \
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Pneumonia Is a germ disease. It v
Is most dangerous during changeable c
weather when wintor is setting In B
and during its "break up" in the ^
jpring.
The minute organism which causes t
the disease Is called "pneumocoecus. c
The germs aro sometimes found in &
tho throat of perfectly healthy per- 1:
sons. When the bodily resistance of b
the individual becomes lowered 1
through physical exhaustion and b
when this is followed by exposure in S
poorly ventilated rooms, offices, j
crowded street cars, local railroad
Irnlns or ill-ventilated theaters, pneu- _
moma is apt to result. "
OiWly enough men have more of a
predisposition to penumonia than !"
women. This probably is becausu J]
they are more often exposed to im- "
pure air and to hardships. AlcoholIsm
is a factor In many cases. Tho :
man who drinks "just a little eacli
lay" may not know it hut ho slowly P
Is undernilning his vitality and rests. [!
lance uud making himself as easy a
rictim for penumonia. S
tireat fatigue should always be F
ivoided during inclement weather It
is a great factor in lowering tho p
natural resistance o,f the body to 1;
it uumonia and other diseases of cold b
weather. C
It for unavoidable reasons you have o
teen exposed to cold and tvct weather u
ake a rub down with a coarse towel s
is soon as possible afterwards to o
luicken the circulation and afterward o
>ut on warm, dry clothing. _
Above all avoid stuffy, 111 ventilal
sd places where crowds congregate.
Tlie fJet that thousands of people
leglect to take these precautions is
esponsihle for the enormous death 1
rate, eauscd by pneumonia-?10 per I
:ent of all deaths In tho United I
States. i /
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Sweet Potato Adds J
to Your Daily Meal f
BY BIDDY BYE.
The sweet potato Is a sort of "tropcal
cousin" to the Irish potato and
vhile it contains most of the food
lements of tlio white variety, it adds
o its attractions a much larger per- ?
entago of sugar and by the same I
olten increases Its price and lends ?
tself to more elaboration and delica- [
:y of preparation as a food. I
To most housekeepers except in the 1
loll til the sweet potato suggests a
company dish," something which
nvolves a bit of extra preparation
md a particularly delectable result.
The following recipes Save been I
ound satisfactory.
iWEET POTATOES,
iEORGIAN STYLE. '
Soason boiled and mashed sweet
lotatoes with butter, salt, pepper,
nd sherry, moisten with cream, and
mat 5 minutes. Put in buttered bakng
dish, leaving a rough surface,
'our over top a syrup made by boilng
2 tablespoontuls molasses and 1
easpoonful butter for 5 minutes,
lake in oven until delicately brown.
iWEET POTATOES
tU GRATIN.
Cut 5 medium sized cold boiled
LADIES
Wten irregular or delayed use Trtmph
Tills. Safe and always dependale.
Not sold at drug stores. Refuse
titers, save disappointment. Write
tr "Relief" and particulars', it's frce.j ,
.ddress: National Medical Institute.!
lilwaukco, Wis. i i
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of this newspaper and secure the $3. volt
MAIL ORDERS?Snme terms as above. He t
8 cents extra within 150 mile*: 12c. 150 to S00
axpt. to includb for 4 lbs. Address this oewjpa;
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wont potatoes in 1-3-inch slices. Put
i layer In a buttered baking dish,
prlnkle w ith salt, popper, and t t?. 1
ilespoonfula brown sugar, and dot
rlth 1 table spoonful butter. Repeat, ?
over with buttered cracker crumbs
nd bake until brown.
'.LAZED SWEET POTATOES.
Wash and pare 6 medium sited p?
atoes and rook until soft. Drain, ?
ut in lengthwise halves and put in
uttered pan. Make n syrup by boilag
1-3 cupful sugar, 1 tablespoonful
utter, and 4 tablespoonfuls water,
irash potatoes with syrup and bsk?
rown, basting twice with syrup.
iWEET POTATOES
IN BROCHET.
t ut boiled potatoes in 1-3-inch sNees
nd arrange on skewers in groups of
or 4. Brush with melted buller,
prinkie with brown sugar, and bake
n hot even till brown. . 1
iWEET POTATO BALLS.
To 2 eupfuls of hot riced sweet po- ; S
atoes add 3 tablespoonfuls butter,
2 teaspoonful salt, few grains pep
vpift. .minim in small
nils, roll In Hour and fry in deep
CALLOPED SWEET 1 ' .9
'OTATOES. <
Slice boiled sweet potatoes Snfl
lace in buttered baking dish with
ayers of broivn sugar dotted with
utter between layers of potatoes. 1
'over tbe top with 3 tablespoonfuls
f rreani. dots of butter, and bake
nt il brown. A few minutes before I
ervltig cover the top with a layer
f marsliniallows and return to the
veil to Bfown. a
BAKER'SI
| COCOA . 1
is pure | I
Purity in cocoa means [
carefully selected, scrupulously
cleaned cocoa
beans, scientifically k
blended, ski If u 11y
f roasted, and with the k
<4 excess of fat removed, j
reduced to an extremely
fine powder by a strictly | M
mechanical process, no
chemicals being used. 1
the finished product
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