Weekly times enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1905-????, November 24, 1905, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextIt mattered not that the ranabout eras second hand, and purchased at auction, though at a ridiculously low price. It mattered not that I had but nine-horse power while Fred Wilson, In his fine new tonring car, had for ty. I was as happy as a king, for my new possession set aside, to some ex tent, at least, Fred’s advantage over me-In the attack npop Miss Stead man's heart. He bad been taking her riding on the Beach Drive, and 1 had ground my teeth with futile jealousy, until along came my wonderful op portunity. I bought the machine, though it was really beyond my means. I simply coifldn’t help It. When a man Is In love, you know, be Is all kinds of a fool. And didn’t my breast swell with pride when I whirled up to Alice's house that evening, the second after my purchase, to take her in the moonlight along that magnificent flvo-mlle stretch of perfect road? I had made up my mind to tell her that night all that had been in my heart for so mnny apprehensive hours—that I loved her, that I wanted her for my very own—lu fact, that she was the only girt In all the world for me. Oh, It la glorious to sit by the girl you lore and spin through the night in a silent, smooth-running machine. I drank In the full joy of It A dozen times I was on the point of speak ing. I bad been practicing steadily at the steering, endeavoring to bo able to manage the machine with one hand, in order to- bare the other free for Alice’s waist I pictured it all out—how she would listen In silence, then look at mo with sparkling eyes and let her pretty head fall on my shoulder; and bow I would then put my arm around her, vory tenderly, and draw her dose and kiss her, But It did not turn out that way ut I was going to say 'precious head.' but my mouth became suddenly dry and my heart made violent leaps. I was stage struck-love-frightened. I bad a sort of buck-ague. I took courage and found my tongue, “Alice," l said gently, placing my dls- engaged band on her own, “I want to tell you something that has—that has been—has been on my mind for—.’’ I think she understood what was coming, bnt I got no further. In the darkness, at the roadside, a huge black bulk loomed, like an enormous dog. A sudden terror shot through me. The machine swerved sharply, and I was compelled to use both hands to steady It. I turned up the speed a trifle, and then Instinctively looked behind. A glance was enough. The bulk had moved out Into the road and was directly behind us. What could it bo? A dog! A my heart sank. I thought of the chorus of unusuifl bowls and roars heard shortly before. I looked back again, There was no doubt about It behind us, loping easily with tall switching In grace, came a huge male lion. I recognised tho great shaggy bead. It had escaped from the Zoo, and was probably mnd with fright from the attempts of the keepers to capture it. A little faster, and still a little fnster. I did not want to turn on full speed at once. Alice might un derstand. Probably wo could slip away from the pursuer, and run into town without her knowing tho risk. But as I turned my bead a few hun dred yards further I saw that my speed was of no avail. The. lion was Just as close ns before, bounding like n giant cat, as easily and as quietly as a phantom. But you can not keep a secret from a woman. Alice turned her eyes to -ffS ' ■■c: made a prodigious leap, and bad we been a trifle less swift would bare landed on top of us. But we shot from under him, and aa be descend ed one great paw swept over the seatback and wiped oK bait of tho leather covering. God. those claws and their power. Another Jump and we would be done for. The adtomobfle in front was now almost upon us. The deep-toned horn sounded a warning. At that Instant I decided on a new course. We were approaching a road crossing. Taking the handle firmly I swerved sharp across the-track. Just grating the big car in front, and darted down the aide road. But I had miscalcu lated, or my hand was unsteady; The next moment we crashed into the bushes at the side of the road and came to a short stop In the midst of a dense clump of laurel. I crouched and awaited the descent of the lion. I could feel him in the air behind me. I waited with a prayer on my Ups. / Instead I heard confusion „ out on the Wood Hoad. There were loud voices. The machine was at a stop, for I could see the lights through the trees. Alice was In a dead taint, and seeing that I could not help her at that moment and that the beast bad disappeared I jumped out aud ran tp tho roadside. There stood Fred WI1- son’a big touring car, with the front smashed In; there stood Fred nnd his three companions; nnd there. In the middle of the road, lay the lion. My plan was successful. Following us closely ho had no time to dodgo the heavy car. He met It head on. There could be only one result. My runabout was notliurt, and af ter a time, with Alice beside me, re covered, though tremulous, we rode slowly home. The supper was abandoned. Bnt In tho quiet of Al ice’s dainty parlor, with no tear of pursuers or Intruders, I went on with my interrupted story. And later, with both arms around her, and her dear face very close to inlno, pluuncd our honeymoon. DctighlTal—For the Guests. There were many visitors that sum mer at his suburban home. Ho waa a subordinate clerk drawing the largo monthly stipend of a hundred dollars, but of course the guests were not cog nizant of the extent of bis Income, nor did that question appear to enter their minds. lie was anxious to do every thing In reason to mnko life In tho country endurable to bis wife who hated house-keeping under the best of circumstances, especially In the country, while the breath of fresh air and communion with nature were proving Ills salvation from exhaustive dally brain work, l>y which the cur rent funds wore supplied. So ho made tlicso guests welcome In every way, giving up his room at times, changing hla former easy hab its, (hut not his best clothes, as had been bis wont whon bo reached home at evening) returning company calls an|d thereby neglecting necessary work on bis place, et cetera. Of course there were many extra ex penses. A drive now nnd then, extra servant hire, tho greatly Increased cost of the table, the milk bill, the butcher’s bill, the bill for fuel nnd the general wastage , all of which would have been of small moment to a man with a large Income, but were to ldm very disheartening as weeks passed by and tbe guests made sign of departure. But all things must come to an end, and as the cooler days and evenings of autumn arrived they said, "But In deed, wo surely must return to tbe city. We bare staid months where we expected to remain weeks.” And so they gave their host a for mal handsbakei and a perfunctory good bye, while the; kissed and era- braced the hostess and to her said: “Never have we been more char mingly entertained; you have done ev erything In your power to make this a summer long to be remembered.” And the poor clerk returned to his desk and work, tbe bouse resumed Its normal condition, but ns each pay day rolled around be added bis debits and his credits, only to find that extra hundred dollars persistently remain ing on the wrong side of the ledger. Whether It Is ample compensation for him to bear, when he occasionally meets one of his summer friends, of ‘the charming hospitality shown by his wife,” Is known only to himself. Doubtless so, since husband and wife The late Lord Stanley, of ley, England, entertained lately fdhtasttc hatred « QUEER DANISH SITUATION. European and Diplomatic Gossip. Alder- abso- , _ . . towards everything American. 8ome few years ago tbs American Society in London was bolding its annual dinner on Independence Day, and In vited Lord Stanley to the feast His reply, typical of bis dislike of every, thing American, was: “Lord Stanley presents his compliments to the sec retary of the American Society, but can not conceive wby be should bave been asked to a banquet to celebrate an unutoned rebellion.” Countess Raben Levetxau, wife of tbe Danlsb Minister for Foreign Af fairs, is American born, as Is her mo ther, wife of tbe Danish Minister at Berlin. By tbe bye so much has been said about tbe personal popu larity of Sing Christian of Denmark, that most people will probably be surprised to learn that for twenty years, antll not many years ago, there has been a deadlock between the veteran monarch and tbe na tional legislature, Tbe Liberals have continuously held a majority in the HE HAD MADS A PRODIGIOUS LEAP. alL It seldom does turn out Just as tlio rear, then with a piercing shriek Uncomfortable English Hotels. you plan It. “We will go clear to tbe end of tho Beach Drive,” I said, as we Blippcd away down Main street and turned Into the Boulevard. ’Then we will come hack by the Wood Uoad, skirt ing tbe Zoo nnd ending up at Al phonse's for a llttlo supper. How will you like that?’ And she smiled up at me so appreciatively that felt perfectly sure, for full half minute, that she was just as much In love with me ns I with her. It was so open on the Drive, and there was sncli n stream of automo biles and carriages that I deferred speaking to her of my secret. It would be better In tbe seclusion of the Wood Road. Ho wc talked gen erally, and looked out over the water at the vessels In the Sound, and ad mired the beauty of the glorious moonlight on the dancing waves. Then, at the end of tbe beautiful path along tbe water we turned ab ruptly ana entered the quiet and se clusion of the great pine woods. The road was rather narrow here, and wound Intricately through the forest for several miles, emerging upon a broad plaza at tlic front en trance to tbe Zoo. .This road was not much frequented at night, and I felt that I would have ample opportunity to- express myself. I trembled In wardly. Tbe time was very near, must speak soon. It was very quiet In the woods. At Intervals we could hear distantly the baying and bowling of tbe animals In tbe Zoo. Ocasionally an ele phant trumpeted, or a jaguar screamed. We. were. used to these sounds. Imt Alice was Jnst a little frightened when there came a per fect babel of sounds, from the enclo sure. She drew closer to me, and L relying on my skill, took my - left hand from the steering bar and slip-, ped It gently behind her, though I. dared not take tbe liberty of em bracing ber., She looked np at me In some alarm. ’’Suppose one of those terrible beasts should get ont and come sfter nil” she ssked timidly. I laughed at her fears. “Why .It would be easy to run away with this machine.” I said. "And anyhow, yon threw both arms around me and clutched me In a mast delicious em brace, though I would willingly have foregone the occasion. •’Yes, my dear,” I said quietly, “I know all about it I think we can run away from him, though.” I touched the speed lever again. This was the last notch. Wo were at our limit, with a good two miles ahead of us before any possibility of help. The machine was now running stead ily, with a straight road for half a mile, and I let my left arm steal around Alice's waist and held her In a protecting clasp, I thought no more about lore and soft declara tions. I know only that here was the sweetest girl In the world, In Im minent danger of being tom tc shreds by a ferocious lion, and that only a miracle. Including steady hand and bead on my part, would given even a ghost of a chance. I stole another glance behind. Not twenty yards separated ns from that relentless, blood-thirsty, powerful an imal. Alice bad sunk in a heap on my lap. I leaned forward, boplng to reduce tbe wind pressure and add to our speed, and prayed to heaven for succor. On and on we went What If we should bunt a tire or blow out a cylinder? The thought was heart rending, Even at our speed the lion was gaining. He was only ten yards behind. He bsd Increased bis speed with mine, making twenty feet at a leap. Tbe uncanny part of It was that be did not make a sound, except now and then a low grumb ling growl, as tbongb resenting tbe trouble be was put to tq, obtaining a supper. Far ahead I saw three lights set in the shape of a triangle. Tbe top light was brilliant and threw Its rays directly Into my eyes. Thank God, an automobile, approaching from tbe opposite direction. 1 opened my raoutb and made ready to sbont. But what good would that be. Tbe other machine wonld go whizzing by, and we would be no better off than be fore. Then I flinched and almost fell Into tbe road, for right In the air behind me appeared tbe gleaming Hie foam-flecked Jaws, tbe mas- £& rXTe LJ7M JSE2S JR&MSWS® W5 W, D. Howells, in Harper's. With tbe aid of tbe two candles wblcb I lighted I discovered tbe grate in tbe wall near the bead of tbe bed, and on examining It closely I perceived that there was a fire In It. The grate would have held quite a doable hand ful of coal If carefully pat on; tbe fire wblcb seemed to be flickering so feebly had yet the' weary energy to draw all tho warmth of tbe chamber np the chimney, and I stood shivering In tbe temperature of a subterranean dun geon. The place Instantly gave evi dence of being haunted, and tbe testi mony of my nerves on this point was corroborated by tbe spectral play of tbe Brought on the celling when I blow ont my candles. In the middle of the night I woke to the sense of something creep ing with a rustling noise over tbe floor. I rejected tho hypothesis of my bed cnrtaln falling Into place, tbongb I re membered putting it back tbat I might have light to read myself drowsy. I knew at once that it was a ghost walking the night there, and walking bard. Suddenly It ceased, and I knew wby. It bad been frozen ont Has It any Diseases. In Bellevue Hoepltti, in New York, there la • man who should be the ob ject of everyone's sympathy. Hla name Is -Job Keeley and his occupation la that of a painter. A short time ago be fell from a low scaffold and sus- talned such Injuries aa necessitated his being taken to the hospital Jor treat ment There the surgeon found that he had a slight fracture of tha bam of tbe skull. After a further examination It waa found that he bad tuberculosis of tbe lungs complicated with bronchitis His occupation as a painter bad given him painter’s colie. He Is not a young man and his age bsd hardened hla ar teries — arteriosclerosis — also “old man’s eyes”—presbyopia—the opposite of nearsightedness; he also has water on the brain and bis skin Is puffed np by alj wblcb has escaped under It Tho oldest applejack distillery In the United States Is at Warwick, N. J. Tbe worm still In use was brought from England before tbe Bevolutlonsrr war. KINO CHRISTIAN OF DENMARK. Folkethlng, the Danish House of Commons, but the King has Insisted on choosing bis cabinet ministers from tbe other party, tbe Conserva tives. Tho representatives of the minority have conducted tbe routine business of the government, but whenever they have had to ask the Folkethlng for special funds, tbat body, which controls the. official purse, bus thwarted them. The royal residence In Copenhagen, tbe old palace of Chrlstlansborg, was de stroyed by Are In 1884, and the feel ing between the CJrowu and the legis lature had been so bitter tbat money had never been appropriated to re store it. For almost twenty years King Cbrlstlan lived In comparative ly small and shabby quarters at the Amallenborg palace antll finally tbe long-standing dispute was ended by the King’s recognition of the major ity party. It mnv not ho surprising that the expatriated William Waldorf Astor should claim for the first American Astor—and lnfcrentlally, of course, for himself—an ancient and distin guished Uncage. The distinguished ancestor to whom bis descent Is traced Is Don Pedro d'Astorgn, a Spanish grandee of the eleventh cen tury, who settled In France, where bis successors—a long lino of slg- ncurs and marquises—changed .their name to Astorg. At tbe revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Jean Jacques d’Astonr, who was a Huguenot, fled across the Rhine; Johnnn Jacob As tor, the Waldorf butcher, was his grandson. This Information will, no donht, lm of Interest to American antiquarians. It Is well known that John Jacob Astor come to this conn- try an almost penniless Immigrant, hailing from tho village of Waldorf In Baden. His descendant of -today speaks of him as a “peasant,” but as a matter of fact he was the son of the village butcher, and began his career b.v working In his father’s abop-n fact which It Is not recorded that be ever sought to conceal. King Leopold of Belgium has con ferred upon Mrs. Ellen M, Hcnrotin, vice-president and 'acting president of the Woman’s AaxUlary Congress of the World's Columbian Exposition, the order at the Knighthood of Leo pold. It Is believed that Mrs. Hen- rotln Is the only woman In this country who has received this deco ration. 8he was at one time national president of tbe Federation of Wo man's Clubs, and Is prominent In so ciety. She is the wife of Charles Henrotln, Belgian Consol In Chicago. The Order- of Leopold was founded In 1832 by Leopold I; there are -five classes. In selecting a wife, Serge de Witte the great Russian statesman, chose a Jewess, one of tbe race’ which has been treated So cruelly In bis coun try. Mine, de Witte was formerly tbe wife of a subordinate ofllclti. bnt she secured s divorce and has been very happy In ber second marriage In spite of the fact that she has never been received at court. She also has been Ignored by the leading society women of SL Petersburg, notwith standing the high positions her hus band has held. Van Calava. COFFEE DOES (HURT [Male' the tr!al~ytrarself—leaveTbf?/ ^ Coffee 10 days and use POSTUM FOOD COFFEE in its place That*s the only way to find out. Postum is a sure rebuilder and when you cut out the coffee and use Postum instead, you get a taste of ^health, for the aches and ails begin to leave. You may THINK you know, bnt you don't. ' until after the trial. — Remember' “There’s a Reason./* (M'flw imW.tocfc “Th. 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Weekly times enterprise and South Georgia progress. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1905-????, November 24, 1905, Image 13