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DENTON. TEXAS, JULY 80. 1018.
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what he want* by supporting him.
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And to the rule* I'm not resigned ’
Northbound.
Which was to her a source of pride.
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"Bssrti aad Barts"
“Its Nee seas Sm"
But wag chiefly filled with
. \ young men
temporary, both of whom
teg and efficiently in receiving, tab
elating and totalling the
from the intricate ballot.
■MMK PEOPLE ALWAYS nit
ON THE RAND WAGON.
You will always find a fresh and
well-eelected supply of vegetable* at
turned to her mother, sooner or later
the thunderbolt would fall. Far better
cloth pads like a man who had gout
A board covered hie
it believe you have.
if your father's has been re*
That combination rate of
word for the CLASSI FIED—*
r and a week ii
Fere you Just wba
some twenty-odd miles to th* north.
But Mahomed felt safe at this distance,
and decided to freshen up the caravan
by a two-days’ reet.
George Immediately began to show
Fortune little attentirms. He fixed her
saddlebags. spread out her blanket,
brought her setae rip* dates of his
own picking, insisted upon going to
the well and drawing the water she
wss to drink. And oht how sweet and
cool that water was, after the gritty
"Ths poor little giril"
"Percival, Pm no fool.
the value
what for?
f Bally
We don't make pearls In the
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This did not please Miss Maud, you
bat*
So she says. ’IT) show him yet.
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The “when to buy” problem is now—noi iathe
IRp.
anywhere.**
"And God knows you could!" gone- be loved!"
Ryanne turned away bls bead.
Fortuno was too deeply absorbed by
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slugger. wbo played with Louisville
around the eighties and later joined
the Cleveland club In 1890 during tne
Brotherhood war.
Pete was a little off in his roof gar-
den and bad only one idea In hie bead
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yourself, Horace; and so rar ks 1 am them? Why, tney win give you •*
concerned. I believe I might trust you •>? c»«w In the world. And they will
ace; it will only jnake me sad.**
"I shan’t Me any more, Fortuno. All
that you believe io true; end I would
to God that it were otherwise. And
’ I’ve been a partner in many of tbslr
1 exploits. But not at nerds. Fortune;
not at cards. I’m not that kind of a
cheat**
I "Thank you. F *
some time, and perhaps only half a
! thito. Now I know all there Is to
know." She bold her hands out be-
fore her and studied them. "I shall
, never go beck.**
: "Good Lordl
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then to go bock to the overhanging God bless you both,
shadow. A smile lifted the corners of she’s not for ms!"
"But what plsoe have X tn al) this?" .
"What do you mean by that?"
"Why did Mrs. Chedeoye pay me t
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THE THRIFTY SHOPPER.
The shopper who buy, only from
her hom« merchants 1* morn thrifty
than one who buys from mail order
houses, for she is not led pto buying
of mall order houses by descriptions-
that are not aa they ehould be. She
does not Increase her order to make
up a shipment. In other words, she
buys less when she buys of her home
merchants because she buys more
nearly her needs and wants.
I
Woolly entered as second dMS mall matter at postoftice at areato*. Ten*
ae saler set of Congree* March 8, 1878.
Vmilv entered ae second class mail matter Aug 88. 1898. at the poetof-
fle* at Denton. Texas, under Mt oi Congress, 8, 1878.
ail enboeriptloa* to the Weekly Record and Cbroaieio discontinued at
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Percival’s eyes and youth in his heart,
and surely toe youth tn bore meet
soma day respond. Rhe would know
this young man: she would know that
/' \ • t
been able to touch her. Her brother,
the Major, assists her when be ien’t
fleecing tender lambs at all known
games of chanc*. He’s a card-sharp,
on* of th* best of thorn. Ho tried to
teach me, but I nover could cheat a
man at cards. Never makes any false
moves, but wslts for the quarry to of-
fer Itself. Thst poor child has always___
been wondering and wondering, but p]tiDer’f>*
she never succe«d*d In finding out the j <-__£
<»nth Brother and sister have made I ___- ~ .________
a bandoom* living, and many a time 1 * shop. Perhaps I oan teach, or be-
MAUD MUIAEK.
(N. T. 8. N. Version)
Maud Muller on a summer s day
Arrived in Denton for a stay.
Maud, you see, was a high-school
girl.
Trying toe Normal life a whirl.
Her baggage consisted, of a L
oom* trunk
Together with a lot of junk.
A transfer man, her check
sought;
Two weeks later,
brought ■ '
She met the Doctor at the door
- tojd him he’d ne’er seen before
Would surely be the talk for days
, Ho treated her Just «• he’d done
Bach Of the other right hundred
forty-one
hie lipa, a sad smile. Percival didn’t
look the part of a hero. His coat was evasively,
variously split under th* inns and ,
across th* shoulders; his trousers * I _ _______
warn ragged, and he walked In hie back, when her orlgiual Intention had
doth pads like a man who had gout been not to pay meT’.
to both feet. A board covered hie "Yen’ll find all that written ta tbo >
faeo, and the bare epots were blietered book of fate, as Mahomed would ear.
**4 peeling. But there wee youth to More. I cannot toll you."
-Will not?"
“Won. that phraeo expreeose It."
They both heard the sound. For
tana, her face white and drawn.
In the American Magazine, Sena-
tor La Follette, writing his Auto
biography, makes the following In-
teresting comment:
“The psychology of a certain tyj>e
of machine politician is a most in
teresting study. It is characteristic
of him to win if possible, but to
appear to win in any event. He has
a qu’ek( almost prophetic eye, for
the loaded wagon. He has one
RMX 4 AND CHMON>*XE OOMFaNY >
W. c. RDWARDR. Rdlto* R. < BDWARD8. Bustoeee Mgr.
MEMBERS HR AA^MXAtED PR»«.
Telephones (Old nnd New) 84.
throughout elect on night, the I** «r let get by him as tong hs he
. ______.v- landed two or three safe ones during
a game.
Bets wen a mania with Browning,
and whenever be could pick up a club
which suited him it wss added io ni*
__________ __________ So many were
‘ ‘ i on some of
bisMUpe that he sometime* was forced
to pay excess baggage on the prises.
According to Van Haltren. It was
Browning wbo introduced the habit of
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- tjjd mm ne a ne er seen oerore
A girl like her, whose winning ways
■z •
could you do without money and
fort?"
"1 ean become a clerk tn a shop. It
will be honest Bread at Mentone
You would choke me;" and ahe choked a
little then as oho opoka
i "My deer Fortune," said Ryanne,
tJjBt persuasive
"She le Ono of th* Meat Adroit 8mup-
,..r. - .h. AH-’ |
"And she borrowed a hundred snd You’d be as helpless aa a babe. Wbst,
fifty pounds of you.” . could you do without mousy and tom-
"Who told you that?" quickly.
“She did. She paid you back."
“Yea."
"And she hadn’t intended to.
poor innocent!"
"Why do you call me that?"
"To lend money at Monte Carlo to a calling Into life
woman whose name you did not know sweetness which upon occasions ho
at th* time! Green, green ae a paddy could put into his tones, "haw* you
field! IH tell you who she is, because over thought hew beautiful yon are?
you’re bound to team sooner or later, i Xo, I don’t belters you have. Homo
She Is one of the moot adroit smug- *ueestor if your father's has been re-
glera of the age; jewels and rare laces. , u Z9U. You ar* without
And never enc* has the eecnebseryic* ' TBn|tr dishonesty; and I bare
” found that these usually go together
Well, at Mentone you had a little ex-
perienoe with Stea. You were under
protection then; protection It was ef
a sort. If yto» ■“ out into the world
aloaa, there will be no protection; and
yon will And that mon are wolves
generally, and that the sport of tb*
chase is a woman. Must I mabo it
DALLA8 AMD WICHITA,
•ontldbennd.
Mixed train...........8:90
No. 881 ...............12:80 p. m.
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NorthboniiA.
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And to the rules I’m not resigned. ’ x<> 205 (Flyer)
Bo Maud made out a program, wide, No. 201 (Express) . .
Which was to her a source of pride.
lt Included a lesson now and then. N* '!''ye-t
But was ehlefly filled with f_* "" *■'-**-*
yflWSg men , No. 204 ................fl;08 p. m.
To this course the Doctor raised ob- No. 202 (K C. Special) 4:42 p
jeef Ion.
And told Maud he’d make the selec
tton.
8o bo and Maud eould not agree,
Twas plain the Doctor Would not
’’ **®9®.** " - '
Tn other words, when Maud took
The Doctor would not sneese
TEXAS AND PACtFIE. .
Southbound
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Northbound,
No
No. 202. .
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fast No. 219 (Limited> .... 8:68 p. m.
inely. "But I can’t help you. If I
bad a sister or a woman relative, X
could send you to h«r. But I hav* no h*r misery to not* how n«ar G*org*
one but my brother, and he’s a wore* had com* to committing himself,
scoundrel toon X ass. I at least work "Thank you. Mr. Jones; thank you.
‘ ■ i I am going to the tent I am tired.
..^^ggMiOMIliialiiiBaRiMiMHliaiiiit^iforiMSTfdrrfMh S 8b I And I am not so brave as you think
' Ml 1 s®”
I "But will you?”
IM ”1 thill! tell yeu whe- reach
IM P‘ r’ Ar <1 v“h t’ h- .»,e fle,1 to th.
i t«nt.
H'Ataie fr,!<!«<i >. * an: a f. 1 ftrM
•/'x: Ml W *( lhe •ar:'1 ••’ down and
MMMHEMMgMhg^^^Ml ' I W almlettly hunted for tha itub of ths
\ I P y ‘ cigar he had dropped; a kind of refi*x
’ll ' action.
■ f M V two nMn won* all atone. Th*
camel-boy* were asleep. Mahomed
had now ceased to bother aboht A
guard.
"I can’t so* where ah* gets this
f ridiculous sens* of honeety," said Ry
aaa* gieotr.lly.
i Georg* leaned over and laid hla
hand upon Ryann*’* knee. "Sh* gets
? it th* same way I do. Ryaan*—from
.here," touching bls heart; "end eb*.
1s right"
| "I belter* I’ve mieeed everything
worth while. Percival. Till I met you
X always had a sneaking idea that
.. _ \ _ _______ Th* bod
seems to be upon th* ether foot"
"Ryans*, you spoke about beaomlag
heneet. once you get out of tola. Did
you mean it?"
"I did. and stm de."
"It may bo that I can gtWMyou a
lift. You worked la your fotber**
bank. Yen know something about 8*> -
urea. I own two large fruit-farms
in California- What do you say to a
hundred and flfty a moath to state!
with, and begin life over again?" ’
| Ryanne got np and metteesly paced.
Nonchalance had been beaten out of
Mm; the mercurial homor which had
one* been so plsaaaat to ssctMu
which had once given him a foctbeld
In sueh momenta, was gone. He had
only on* feeling, a been, biting, bitter
shame. At length bo stopped in front
ef George, wbo smiled and looked up-
nan setantte.
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I_______ _ wash
in toe Dally and a wook in toe-
Weekly—offers you Just wha you
have wanted—a ckanco to reach up-
ward of 8,808 families—18,888 peo-
ple at » very low coot. Try it-
Fqpatoi mi kr aowataiei c«m*
Hyun* turned over an ace. Ten or
fifteen minutes went by. In the sev-
eral attempts be bad failed to score
the full oomptemenL
"WW’o'te'yXr mind?" cried Ry-
ann* peevishly. "If it’s anything
worth telling, shoot it out, shoot it
outl"
"I was thinking what I’d do to a
dub-steak Just about now."
Ryanne stared beyond tb* fire. "A
dub-ete*K Grilled mushrooms.”
"Sauce Bordslalse. Artichokes."
"No. Asparagus, vinaigrette."
"What’s the matter with endives?"
"That’s so. Well, asparagus with
butter-sauce."
"Grilled sweet*, coffee, Benedictine,
and cigars."
"And a magnum of ’1900’ to start off
with!" Ryanne, with a sudden change
of mood, scooped up the cards and
flung them at George’s head. "Do you
want us both to become gibbering
idiots T
George ducked He and the boys
gathered in to* fluttering paste-boards.
"You’re right, Perdval," Ryann* ad-
mitted humbly. "It will not hurt us
to talk out loud, and we ar* all brood-
ing to* much. I am erasy for th* want
of tobacco. I’d trade the beet dinner
ever cooked for a decent cigar."
Georg* pot a band reluctantly int*
his pocket. He brought forth, with ex-
treme gentleness, a cigar, the wrapper
of which was broken in many places.
“I’ve saved thia for days,* he said.
With his pen-knife he sawed it deli-
cately into two parts, and gave om to
Ryanne.
"You’re a good fellow, Jones, and
I’ve turned you a shabby trick. 1
shan’t forget thia bit of tobacco.”
"It’s the last we’ve got. The boys,
you know, refuse a pull at th* water-
pipe; defile* ’em, they say. Funny
beggars! And if they gave us tobacco,
we shouldn’t have paper or pipes."
"I always carry a pipe, but I lost it
In the shuffle. I never looked upon
smoking as a bad habit. I suppose
It's because I was never caught before
without It And It ia a bad habit
since it knocks up a chap this way
for the lack of it Where do you get
your elub-steak* in old N. Y.?"
And for an hour or more they eol-
i emnly discussed the cooking hen* and
| there upon th* face of the globe.
By judicious Inquiries George ascer-
tained that the trip t» Bagdad, barr-
ing accidents, would take fully thirty-
five days. The dally journeys pro-
ceeded uneventfully. Mahomed main-
tained a.taciturn grimnesa. If he
aimed at Ryanne at all, it was In
trifling annoyances, such as forget-
ting to give him hie rations unless he
asked for them, or walking over the
cards spread out upon the sand.
Ryanne carried himself very well. Had
he been alone, he would hav* broken
loos* against Mahomed; but he
thought of the others, snd restrained
himself—some consideration was due
them.
But into the blood of the two men
there crept a petty irritability. They
answered one another sharply, and
often did not speak. Fortune alone
seemed mild and gentle Mahomed,
since that night she had braved him,
let her go and come as she pleased,
nor ono* disturbed her. Had she
shown weakness when most she need-
ed courage, Mahomed might not hav*
altered hi* plans. Admiration of cour-
age is inherent in all people. So,
without appreciating it, that moment
had been a precious one, saving them
all much unpleasantness.
By th* twentieth day, the caravan
was far into toe Arabian desert, and
early in the afternoon, they came up-
on a beautiful oasis, nestling like aa
emerald in a plaque of gold. So many
day* had passed since th* beloved
green of growing things had soothed
their Inflamed eye*, that th* sight of
this haven cheered them all mightily.
Once under tHb shad* of tb* palms,,
th* trio picked up heart. Fortune sang
a little, George told a funny story, and
Ryanne wanted to know if they
wouldn't tak*~a hand at euchre. In-
deed, that oasis Was the turning-point
of the erlsla. Another week upon th*
dreary, profitteas sands, and their spir-
its would have gon* under completely.
Thia oasis was close to the regular
"Aleng Come* a Faek ef Card* er a money mad* a mas evtl.
Bettie ef Wine, and Baek I Slip."
out in the open. He transacts his
villainies behind closed doors."
, Georg* listened, sitting aa motion-
less aa a Buddhist idol. Why couldn’t
I hay» he think of something? Why couldn’t
he com* to the eld of the woman he
loved in this her hour of trial? A floe
lover, forsooth! To sit there like a
yokel, stupidly! Could he offer to
lend her money? A thousand times,
no! And he eould not ask her to
marry Mm; it would aot hav* been
fair to either. She would have mis-
understood; sh* woWId have seen not
love but pity, and refused him. Nei-
ther she nor Ryann* suffered mor* In
spirit thaa he did at that moment.
"Jones, for God's sake, wake up and
suggest something! You know tots
of decent people. Can’t you think ef
some one?"
But for tola call George might hav* ;
continued to grope In darkness. In-
stantly h* saw a way. He jumped to i
his feet sad seised her by th* bands,
boyishly.
"Fortune, Rysnne Is right 'I’ve
found a way. Mr. Mortimer, tb* pres-
ident of my firm, is aa old man. Madly
and lovable. He sad his wife are
childlesa They’ll take you. Why. it’s
aa easy as talking." x
Sb* leaned back against the draw-
ing of Ma hands. Sh* was afraid that
in his eagerness he was going to take
her tn his arms Sh* wondered why,
of a sudden. Sb* had become so weak.
Slowly she withdrew her hands from
Ma.
“I’ll cable tb* moment we qpach
port," he said, as If reaching port un-
der toe existing conditions was a
l thing suite possible. "Will you co to
th* new court will give the county (
good eerv ee and bring to their new i
work minds tralnedby experience to characters bene ball ban ever produced
eop* with the hundreds of peculiar' was old Pete Browning, the famous
situations and quest'ons that come
up before Commissioners' tours.
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Newspaper work before, during
and after an election ia no sinecure.
Baying nothing of the advance work ggy aigbt., Anything that concern-
to arranging to get the returns, and < «d bis precious batting average was
that requires a lot of dull routine, meat and drink to Mm. It made no
a newspaper has to arrange to keep difference bow many fly balls be drop
_ ^ . . .. iwd <>r la* <ra* hv him ne tone hh Be
open f
day following snd even, a* in the I
recent case, all day the second day;
to 8*t reasonably complete returns. |
In spit* of the extremely long ballot'
and the very slow count in the larg I enormous collection,
er boxes, which kept the boards »t gathered at rattous poirtts
wort until Sunday morning or even
Monday, the Record and Chronicle
was abl in its 4 o’clock edition Sun-
day morning to present decisive re-, robHng down a bat with tobacco juice,
suits in Ml but a couple of races,1 which custom is followed to this day
and 1* the regular Monday afternoon j by many of the players. The Me* is
issue to gi»« the results in every to roughen tbe surface of the stick
tth the total figures in prac- BBd P<**«»t so many fouls slipping off
tically all. For distance In doing) . great omr of
this w® are under obligations to wlt4. need to polish down hie
Manager Thompson and the South sticks to this.way without any appar
western Telephone company and Ed- ent reason until be commenced to be
Iter Browder of our esteemed con- Here that it made a difference with bis
worked hitting, and after that no wagon tongue
of his ever escaped a coating of the ob
noxione fluid.
Other players took it up in the hope
of emulating Browning, and now it to
■ a common custom throughout tbecoun
tr7
When Pete retired ■from the game
ail the bats, relics of former days.
, were still In his possession, in orAui
to keep them always In his sight !WF
bad them turned down to a uniform . _..
else and used them aa poets for the camel-way, there being a larger oaaia
hand- baluster In bis house.
To the day of his death they remain
ed the most rained of his poeseaeion*.
he —New York World.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
aay erroaeoua r*ftoetion upon the character, reputation *r staadlnt
H any firm. Individual or corporat Ion which may appear in th* column*
ef tb* Record and Chronicle will b* gladly corrected upon being salted
«* the sreotloa of tb* publisher*.
MJBBOKflPTlON RATEB.
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Depart
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That glris like me are hard to find. No. 209 (Limited) .....7:55 a. m.
7:06 p. m.
2:35 p. m
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A few mere day* now of tsfllng
how it happened, and th* 18X8 >ri-
asary will have passed Into history,
with some "sore,” but al] satisfied
--o ...----—
It seems reasonably safe to as-
Oer tthat it will bo a long time be-
fore another effort will bo made in
Texaa to defeat a Governor tor a
second term. Gov. Colquitt had more
than a few asset* in his race for re
election, but that second term, we
believe, iraa toe strongest of all.
o
Any other regret we may have ov
er the election la lost eight of in -a*
Pleaaure of seeing Morris Sheppard
defeat Jake Woltera tor the Un.ted
State* Senate. We bol eve the vote
that Sheppard received will Insure
his election by the Legislature next
year, as the figures indicate not on-
ly that he received a strong plural ty
if not a majority in the state, but
also to a majority of the represen-
tative and senatorial districts
———o—i------
The Comm'ssloners' court in Den-
ton county after the November elec-. the" opposition man, but
tion will be made np of entirely new > jf he cannot be beaten, support him.
faces/with John F. Morgan from'Claim credit for his victory, and at
1 u- <»lr ... .< 'S.’M Sm
four who has ever had any exper |f he get whBt he cant*
ience la that work. But the new lfOr himself by opposing a candidate,
members of the body we are person- be may possibly succeed in getting
ally acquainted with we know to be —‘ *-- *"* *.•«»
live, wide-awake citisens wbo wjii
devote both energy and business
training to the fulfillment of the our store. Phone" 44.
duties pertaining to that most im-
portant office. Supervising the ex-
penditures Of close to $100,000 per,
annum i* a work calling tor a very t
considerable ability, but we believe O1d 8|oae,r After
the now court will give the county ( Ha Quit Baseball.
flood eervee and bring to their new ( ogC o; the oldest usd most eccentric
tor Pineapple,Strawberry, American Giil. Peach oi Plan?
Cream made by an ice cream ipecialiit. Orderi delivered
to any part of city.
PALACE OF SWEETS
Old phone 61. new 71. Weit Side Square
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eoworsMy eouie not erash Mm; that
th* promise of safety could not make
a coward of him; toat he was loyal
aad brave and honest She would
know in twenty days what It takes the
average woman twenty years to learn,
th* manner of maa who professed to
lov* her. Ryann* left the gam* unfln-
lahod. stretched himself upon th*
ground. Oh, th* bitter cup, the bitter
enpl
Round the fir* that night the camel-
boys got out thsir tom-toms and reeds,
and th* sort* music affected th* whit*
people hauntingly and mysteriously.
For thousands of years, to* high and
tew notes of the drams (hollow earth-
en-jars or larg* gourd* covered with
goat-skis at one end) and th* tola, me-
tallic wail of the reed* had echoed
across the deserts, unchanged. Tb*
boys swayed to snd fro to the rhythm,
gradually working themselves into aa
ecstatic frensy.
Fortune always remembered that
n^. Wr-.r-red fo her blanket, she
had Mu> .. •> > InM outride the circle,
aad had fallen uno a «iuae. When th*
music stopped and to* boys left the ■
prisoners to them selves, George and
Ryanne talked.
"I never forget
Georgs.
"No? That’s a gift."
"And I have never forgotten yours.
I was in doubt at first, but not now."
"I never met you till that night at
the hotel."
"That’s true. But you are Horace
Wadsworth, all the same, 'be son of
the millions! r' -bank< r, tbc man I used
to admire in ’he Ltid.”
"You still think I’m toat ehap?"
"I am sure of it. Th* first morning
you gave yourself away."
"What did I say?" anxiously.
"Yon mumbled foot-ban phrases."
"Ah!" Ryanne was vastly relieved.
He seemed to be thinking.
"Do you persist tn denying It?"
"I might deny it, but I shan’t I’m
Horace Wadsworth, all right Fortune
knows sonfething about that chapter,!
but not all. Strikes you odd, eh?" con-
tinued Ryanne, iron in his voice.
“Every opportunity In the world; and
yet, here I am.
know, I wonder?"
"You took some money from the
bank, I think they said." I
"Rlght-O! Wine, Percival; cards,
wine snd other thing*. Advice and
warning went into one ear and out of
the other. Always so, eh? You hav*.
heard of my brother, I dare say. Well,
he wouldn’t lend mo two stamps were
I to write for the undertaker to come
and collect my remain*. Beautiful his-
tory! I’ve been doing some tall think-'
Ing these lonely night*. Only the
straight and narrow way pay*. Be
good, even if you are lonesome. When
I get back, if I ever do, it’s a new leaf
for mine. Neither win* nor cards nor
women."
Silence,
it glowed.
“Who is Mrs. Chedsoye?" George
finally began anew.
“First, how did you chance to make
her acquaintance?”
“Some years ago, at Monte Carlo.1
Or else with Dsnton she was done.
The Doctor smiled a smile so rare.
And thrust hi* chia into th* Mr,
Stuck hia hands into hi* pockets,
deep,
While Mand at once began to weep.
Then the Doctor said, "My dear
young lassie,
rour greatest fault,
“sassy’’;
So you may now round
ju»k.
Wipe your eyes
trunk."
When this command she did obtain,
Why, Maud went home on the morn-
ing train.
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- th* Doctor caught her beaux No. 718 (to Dalia*»
< ".RL.
The new “Sjjecial” is the quickest train to Kansas City
^Tho Kansas Ctty Special”
Lvs. Dallas 3:20 p.m. Ft Worth 3:30 p.m.—Arrives Kansas
7:30 a. m. A solid train—few stops and no delays.
Other good “Katy” trains to Kansas City leave Dallas at 8:40
and 7:55 p. m.—Ft Worth 8.33 A. M. and 7.45 P. M.
For ticket., berth, aad any ether travel infenuetieo,
we, Katy Agent <* write
W. G. Crush, Genl Passenger
Mahomed RMes Aten*.
It wss aa if th* stillness of the des-
ert Itself bad encompassed th* two
men. In thpir s*ra tha slither of tb*
brittle palm-leaves against one an-
other sad th* crackle of the fire wore
no longer sounda They stared at
Fortua* with that speechless wonder
of men who had com* unexpectedly
upon a wraith. What with tb* feint
glow of th* Are upon one side of her
and tb* pallor of moonshine upon th*
other, she did indeed feoembte naan’s
conception of th* spiritual.
Ryann* was first to pull himself to-
gether.
"Fortune, I in sorry; God knows
I am. I’d hav* cut out my tongue
rather than hav* hurt you. I thought
you were asleep to th* tent."
"Is It truer
"Tea" Ryann* looked away.
"I had aot unite expected this: th*
daughter of a thief."
"Oh, come now; don’t look nt It
that way. Smuggling ia altogether a
different thing," protested Ryanne.
(Women were uncertain; here she
was, apparently th* least agitated of
th* three.) "Why, hundred* of men
and women who regularly go to
church, think nothing of beating
Uncle Sam out of a few dollar*. Here’s
Jones, for instance; h* would have
tried to smuggle to that rag.
that right, Jonesr
"Of course!" cried George eagerly,
though scarcely knowing whet be
said. "I’d hav* don* it."
"And' you wouldn’t call Percival a
thief," with a forced laugh. "It’s Mko
thia, Fortune Unci* Sam wants al-
together too much rakeoff. Ho doesn’t
give us a square dbal; and so w* eve*
up th* matter by trying to beat Mm.
Scruples? Rot!"
"It is stealing," with quiet convic-
tion.
"It isn't, either. Listen to m*. Sup-
pose I purchase a pearl necklace ia
Rome, and pay five-thousand for It.
. . Uncle Bam will boost up
How much do you mor< thaB one.haU. „„
- To protect infsnt industries?
rot!
States; our oysters aren’t educated up
to it" His flippancy found no re-
sponse in her. "Well, suppose I get
that necklace through th* customs
without paying the duty. I make
twenty-five hundred or *o. And no-
body is hurt. That’s all your mother
does."
"It Is stealing," ahe reiterated.
How wan she looked! thought
George. V
"How can you make that steeling?"
Ryanne was provoked.
"The law puts a duty upon such
tMnga; if you do not pay it. you steal.
, .. . Oh. Horae*, don’t waste your time
The fire no longer biased; |n ar<unlenta- She mad* a
gesture, weariness personified. "It i*L
stealing; all the arguments la then
world can not change It Into anything !
else. And how about my uncle who •
M | fleeces the Iambs at cards, and how i
about my mother who knows and per-
mits it?"
I • Rysnne had ne plausible argument
I to offer against these queries.
■ “I* not my uncle a thief, and 1* not
I my mother an abettor? I do not know
9? of anything so vile." Her figure grew
X less erect- To George’s eyes, dimmed
by the reflecting misery in hers, she
k drooped, as a flower exposed to sud- '
V. den cold. "I think the thief in the
/ W night much honester than- one who >
.X-x cheats at card*. A card-sharp; did i
you not call it that? Don’t He, Her- ‘
future. You need not wait until you are ready. We have
priced things so that your
“Waiting” Is at An End
The New and Second Hand Furniture, Etc., ie Now
Ready? The sale Depends upon you.*
The Klondike,
Near Northwest Corner of Square on North Elm Street
. Rhe has as much heart **
thia beetle,” as be flipped th* green !ri-
) descent shell into the fir*. "But, after
aU, she’s lucky. It’s a bad thing to
have a heart. Percival/ a bad thing. '
Some one is sure to come along and
In Ms eyes. Why not? If Fortune re- , wring it, to jab it and stab it."
) "The poor little girtl" — -1-’
"Percivsl, Pm no fool. I*vu been
that she should fall In lov* with Jones watching you. Go In snd win her; sud ,
. She’s not for me.
yourself, Horace; and so far as 1 cm
jlove you a* . .
i "1 understand," her chin onoe mor*
' resolute. "X shall become a clerk tn
have helped them out. There; you •QOIa a nurse. Whatever 1 da, I shall
hav* sm In the ring, too. But who Barar go togg Mentone. And all
cares? Th* father, so I understand. man ara not j,ad You’re not all bed
married Fortune's mother for lev*; | <
she married him for his money, find , e—nsnmaimnsraM—m—
he hadn’t any. Drink snd despair dis- ( »
patched him quickly enough. She is a TTSt jAW^T^rai
remarkable woman, and if she had a -
.. . . . . . heart, she would be the greatest of ; teflF
flat liquid they had been drinking! I them all. Rhe has as much heart aa ,«T
Just before sundown, he end Fortune ' ...... ! <
set out upon a voyage of discovery;
and Ryanne pruned in hie ?nme of pa.
Hence to vatch them There was
more srtf-nhneeatlcm thnn bitterness
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Edwards, W. C. Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 297, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 30, 1912, newspaper, July 30, 1912; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1228416/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.