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Tom and Jerry went up to Atlan
ta Saturday.
Bob Carmichael and Parks Newton
lerft Saturday for Jamestown W ash
iagton and New York.
Mrs. A. O. Milieu of Flovilla spent
Saturday in Atlanta. ~~ 1 -
Judge Paul Turner was down from
McDonough Saturday Morning.|
Editor R. L. Johnson of The Hen
ry County Weekly, spent Friday
wight of last week in Jackson.
Mr. W. A. Newton visited the Gate
City Saturday.
Miss Minnie Bailey is spending the
week in Atlanta.
Those wishing to ride train No. 15
will take Notice that it arrives in
Jackson at 2 :10 P. M. instead of 2 :27
as formerly.
J. E. Reeves Cos;
Received past week SISOO
Worth of the Celebrated
“Shield Brand Shoes.”
Capt W. F. Smith was in the city
Manday.
Mr. J. M. Trapp was up from In
dian Spring Camp Ground Monday.
Ali copy for communications must
be in this office by Tuesday Morning.
Yu are requested to huye your ad
vertising matter ready by Wednes
day noon, Local news by Thursday
ai 10 a. m, Forms close at noon
Thursday. Bear all this in mind. —
Ed.
There's never a dream thats happy,
Hut the waking makes us sad,
'lfcere’s never a dream of sorrow,
Bat the waking makes us glad,
Mr. T. J. Preston was up from
Pfovilla Monday afternoon.
Fresh Dove Hams Just
reived at J. E. Reeves Cos.
Miss Ada Sams has as her guest
Mtes J uliet Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick,
aad Miss Agnes Lyons, Atlanta.
Miss Lilly Cornell was shopping
i the city Monday.
Mrs. E. C. Paine is visiting her
ta\)thr in Cincinnati.
Miss Pearson of Lagrange is the
guest of Miss Bessie Ham.
Rev. J. R. Gunn of Madison spent
Wednesday with his mother Mrs.
M. E. Gunn.
Mrs. Oscar Crittenden left Tuesday
f*r her home in Shellman after an
extended visit to Mrs. Heflin and
Miss Eva. Sasnett. She was accom
panied home by her brother, Mr.
"Willie Land who has accepted a po
sition with Mr Crettenden.
tiudnuts Fine and Me
dium Grits at J. E. Reeves
Cos. Just received fresh and
sweet.
Mrs. C. R. Gresham entertained at
tea last Friday evening for Mi.-s
Clara Nolan and her guests M-.360S
Bunn of McDonough and Gray of
Gridin. Those present were Misses
Nolan, Bunn, Gray, Myeas, Davis,
Jane Ham. Florence Morrison, Feli
cia Morrison. Messrs Jack Dempsey
Marlin * McCord, Willis Morrison,
Boyd McMichael, Morrison Settle and
Henry Byron,
Miss Tsllie Jolly spent Wednesday
in Atlanta.
Mr . Add Nutt spent the first of the
week at his home in Griffin.
Mr> F. Z. Curry and children are
spending a few days in Americus
with her mother.
The Reeves Cos. Grocery
Department is fast gain
ing friends and Customers
on account of the nice
fresh dainties just received
Miss Leonora Nutt returned Wed
nesday after an extended visit to her
stater Mrs. Hail Turner in Winder.
Mrs. Florence Lunqueat, Miss Mig
non Lusquesfc Hud Master Thurman
Lunquest left Thursday for Atlanta
their future home.
Miss Dollis McKibben leaves Fri
day for Atlanta ts be the guest of
Miss Maude Johnson for a few days.
THREE SHORT STORIES FOR
LEISURE MOMENTS READING.
THE MAN WITH
A HEEL.
[Copyright, 1907, by Mary McKeon.]
.Tamos Dodd had been an employee
of the house of Walfour & Cos., the
Bond street diamond merchants, foe
a period of fourteen years before he
was made assistant manager and given
charge of the unset stones.
For two years after he had been
given charge of the gems James Dodd
was simply waiting. He meant to fill
his pockets with plunder and skip. He
was methodical and cold blooded. He
would not make the mistake so many
others had. He would make none at
all. Step by step he prepared for the
coup. He must change his looks, his
gait and his voice. An actor taught
him the art of appearing to be ten
years older. Someone else taught
him that by holding a peach stone In
his mouth he could alter the tones of
his voice. A shoemaker made him a
shoe for a deformed toot, and for
more than 3<X) nights he walked
the streets with it. It gave him a
limp and a lop shoulder. He tested
these things In the severest way. In
his disguise he went boldly into the
store as a stranger and made pur
chases of men who had known him for
years and years.
Three months before the affair was
ripe James Dodd had his every plan
laid. He would not flee abroad, as
others had done and been overhauled
almost at onee. lie purchased a book
stand wot five blocks away. Ho pur
chased an old bouse to live in. lie se
cured a housekeeper. He had worn
Ids wig a hundred times. The shoe
for the deformed foot had a cavity in
• lie heel. The diamonds hidden away
there would always be at hand. At
closing time one day the event came
off. Uncut and unset diamonds to the
nipount of £20,000 were carried home
In his pocket. An hour later lie had
taken possession of his new quarters
under another name.
The “diamond mystery” made a
great sensation. The house believed
tn the honesty of its employee; the po
llen believed he had skipped. Three
@r four days were lost in discussion,
auid then a reward was offered and the
sleuths li loose. They telegraphed to
every port in the empire. They gave
notice to ail (lie steamers that had
railed. They had every constable in
every village on the watch. If Dodd
bfttt! committed five cold blooded mur
ders the limit couldn’t have been fierc
er. It dragged into days and weeks
mid months. It was discussed over
and over in the press and in every
police station and barroom In the kmd.
A young man who had lived a life
beyond reproach for fourteen years
walks out of tlie house where lie has
been employed and disappears from the
ken of men. He was not even seen to
leave his boarding house that evening.
No one saw him on the street. He
had not gone abroad by any sort of
craft. He had not taken a train for
any point within the empire. While
he was directly in charge of the gems,
the manager or either one of the part
ners had access to them. The detec
tives figured it out that Dodd must
surely be tlie guilty party, but a large
element of the public shook their heads
deubtfuily and made comments that
put others in embarrassing positions.
After six months the hunt was
abandoned. It was the general opin
ion that Dodd was dead by accident or
suicide. Meanwhile the bookstand
flourished. Its only attendant day by
day was Mr. Cooper, its owner. The
only one to penetrate the old house be
hind it was the aged housekeeper, and
she went to her own home o’ nights.
The public had been buying books of
a certain man for years. One day lie
dropped out of sight and anew man
stood behind the counter. There was
a moment of surprise at seeing him, a
question or two, perhaps, as to the
other, and then business went on as
usual. That’s the way with the pub
lic. The old goes and the new comes.
There were no newer or better books.
There was no change in prices. There
was no'king to ••all for discussion.
Detectives loafed away a quarter of
an hour at the stand. Employees "of
the house of Walfour & Cos. turned up
there .almost daily. All sorts of men
stopped there. For weeks Mr. Qooper
heard his case discussed, but It was
rarely that he had a word to say. Soon
after the bookstand changed hands a
little girl twelve years old began to
pass that way every day with her fa
ther’s dinner. By and by she and Mr.
Cooper began to nod and smile to each
other. Sometimes she would stop and
chat for a minute, and sometimes he
handed her a penny. She told her fa
ther of these things, and lie was
wroth, but after walking around to the
stand one day and looking the man
over he decided that there was no
harm in him.
A year lacking a few days had gone
by, and It was midwinter again, whop
oyy dax.as.the girl passed the stand
The Old Clock.
[Priginal.]
The clock and tower were very old
though the tower was far older thai
the clock, having long been a ruin
when the clock was put in it. It was
supposed to have been built by the
Romans. Some said that the clock was
the oldest tower clock in the world.
It had not marked the time for nearly
a century. A few were living who
had seen 16s great iron hands swing
around the circle of Its dial, but they
were very aged people. Its works
were covered with rust, and there was
not a cogwheel that could be turned
without a wrench.
One night suddenly every person in
the village started up In bed. One,
two, three, four! There was no bell to
give forth this cracked antiquated me
tallic sound except the old clock in the
tower. And If It had returned to its
life it must be Its dotage, for the
hour was 12 midnight and all counted
four strokes. Had not someone got
up in the tower and struck the bell
with a hammer? Impossible. The
stairway—the last put in—had fallen
years ago. Then, too, every one had
heard the whirring of wheels—a whir
ring harsh with rust. Directly after
the last stroke I’eter Steiger, who
lived just beneath the tower, had
opened his shutter and looked out and
up to the belfry. All was still up
there and about the tower. If a foot
step had fallen cn the stones beneath
he would have heard it.
Some,of the villagers got out of bed
and talked to each other from behind
their half opened doors; some lay
awake wondering; some went to sleep
again. Only little children slept on
without having heard a sound. “Ah,
the children,” said old Caspar Steiner,
“the innocent children! If they had
been awakened I should not think
there was evil in it, but they are in
sensible to evil.” Caspar was the phi
losopher of the village, and his words
struck deep into the souls of those who
heni*l him. All looked for some ca
tastrophe.
There was one person and only one
not u child who had not heard the
ghostly strokes. That was Gretchen,
the granddaughter of old Becker, the
miller. Gretchen was to be married in
a few days to Hans Huntsman, a
young fellow about lier own age, who
loved lier, and she loved him dearly.
Gretchen laughed at the fears of the
villagers. When they told her wliat
old Steiner had said she replied that
she had not heard the strokes, and she
was not a child, therefore the philoso
pher's words were not true.
While the older people were whisper
ing together, shaking their heads and
giving way to their dread, the younger
ones were preparing for the wedding.
No one had been married in the village
for a long while, for there were few
people there, and the boys as they grew
up went out into the world, leaving the
girls with no one to marry them. But
Gretchen's lover would not go without
her. He loved lier better than even
success In life. This was not remark
able. for every one loved her. She was
gentle and amiable and kind. But not
till later did those who knew her real
ize that, much as they prized her, they
had not known her true value.
All the preparations were made, and
the wedding was to be tomorrow. One
man who had been a sailor predicted
that the sun would shine. By common
consent the older ones ceased to talk
about the mysterious strokes of the old
clock and, for the young couple’s sake,
assumed a cheerful air. Up to 10
o'clock tho younger people were laugh
ing and singing, then were still.
There were people in the village who
lay awake till after midnight fancying,
dreading, that they would hear the old
clock strike again. Why they felt this
way at this time they did not know.
Bearer!-;,, airy of the older ones but
two dogs began Lgating in her path.
Mr. Cooper hurried out to kick them
apart and make a safe passage for her.
but in doing so he slipped and fell and
robed off tho narrow walk in front of
a van and was run over. There were
two or three minutes of excitement,
and then ho was taken away to the
hospital, and the doctors found him al
ready dead. Mr. Cooper was known
by name, but of course his clothing
was overhauled. As the shoe for the
deformed foot was removed it was
seen that the heel was turned a little.
A minute’s investigattion revealed the
fact that there was a cavity and in
that cavity the diamonds stolen from
the house lu Bond street. The man
had planned and plotted and dodged
and waited, and yet it had all been In
vain. The veriest trifle had exposed
him and lost him his life at one ana
the same moment. M. QUAD.
HOW SHE MADE
THE MATCH.
' [Original.]
Fraulein Gretchen Linderstein be
longed to the pauper nobility of Ger
many. She came to America, where
she supported herself by making por
traits of children, at which she was
very skillful.
Albert Adams was a widower about
thirty-five years of age, with two little
children, a boy and a girl. His maid
en aunt, Virginia Adams, managed bis
household and took care of the chil
dren. One day Mr. Adams stumbled
into the nursery and saw the pretty
German girl sketching his children.
Seeking his aunt, he asked all about
the girl and on being told that she was
a German objected. He was preju
diced against the German race. Miss
Virginia threatened if he interfered to
resign the care of his children, so the
fraulein was allowed to finish her
work. Then one day Mr. Adams was
Informed that she was to depart the
next morning.
“I think you had better keep her if
you can,” he said. “The children have
grown attached to her. Try to get
her for their governess.”
This was exactly what Miss Virginia
wanted, and she induced the artist to
remain and assist her Avith the chil
dren.
One evening Mr. Adams, whose resi
dence was in the country, came home
to find a young man wearing clothes
of a German cut and smoking a china
pipe walking in the grounds beside the
governess. Mr. Adams hurried to his
aunt.
“What’s that Dutchman doing here?”
he asked angrily.
“You mean Count Ludwig Slaght?
He’s not a Dutchman. lie’s a German.
He’s a family connection of Fraulein
Gretchen Linderstein’s.”
“He’s scenting up the grounds with
his l>eastly j>ipe. What lia3 he come
for?”
“It looks very like he has come for
the fraulein.”
“I thought you said be was a rela
tive.”
“Not a near relative.”
With something like a growl Mr.
Adams departed and was not again
visible till the next morning at break
fast. Several days later he asked his
aunt what had become of “the Dutch
man.”
“He’s at the inn. He comes to see
the fraulein every day at her recrea
tion hour, and she walks out with him.
“Do you really think she’s going to
marry the fellow?”
“The fellow! She tells me lie’s a
member of the German parliament.”
“German parliament! They have
no real parliament in Germany.
They’re a set of toadies to the em
peror.”
“Well, he wants to take the fraulein
back with him.”
“How do you know that?”
“I don’t know it. I suspect it”
“What a rascally proceeding!”
“What do you mean?”
“Why, the children have got used to
her and love and obey her as they
will ijo one else. it’s a pity
Wished the wedding over lest some
thing might happen to mar it. But they
were disappointed in hearing the clock.
It did not strike again. After midnight
one after another they fell asleep.
While they were dropping off a light
appeared in the house of the miller.
Presently lie emerged hurriedly from
the door and called Ids next neighbor.
Then, one by one, the villagers began
to stir, passing from one house to an
other, and all looking anxiously at
Becker. Gretchen had been taken sud
denly ill.
The anxiety, the running of people
in and out of the house, increased rap
idly. At 3 o’clock one came out and
said, “If she doesn't get relief very
soon she will die.” . At half past 3
another came and said, “She is sink
ing.” At 4 o’clock old Becker wrung
his hands nnd said, “She is dead!”
The people stood in groups in the
street, saying to one another, “The old
clock predicted this calamity, even to
the hour and minute it would occur.”
Then came old Caspar Steiner, and one
of tho women said to him;
“Ydu said the strokes of the clock
predicted no misfortune because the
innocent children did not hear them.
You were wrong, you see.”
“There has been no misfortune,” said
the old philosopher, “at least to Gret
chen. She alone except the children did
not hear the strokes. Had the clock
predicted an evil for her she would
have heard its strokes. They predict
ed her entry into paradise.”
This quieted those who heard the
words, and they went to their beds
—all but the old grandfather and the
lover, who were not to be comforted.
The words of philosophy are not for
those who mourn; they are for those
who have passed the dark portal.
• F. A. MITCHEL. 1
Camp Meeting starts today.
Mt3. C. B. Gann has moved into
the superintendents house on Indian
Spring St.
Mr. C. W. Buchanan, Mrs. Rose
Carmichael, and Miss Annie Carmich
ael took tea at Indian Spring Satur
day evening.
' Mr. Jim Etheridge, and Mrs. R.
Etheridge are spending a lew days at
Indian Spring.
Miss Vsllie Garr was in from Mon-
TG
roe County to see Mrs. J. R. WrigfcS 1
Monday.
Miss Annice Gilmore visited"
and Mrs. Walter Gilmore in HeSb
County last week. ■
Miss Bessie Bea Williams iftrivlw
Thursday to visit Mrs. C. W.
anan.
Mrs. Mary Ann McKibben is spend
ing a few days at Indian Spring.
Prof Lanier has moved to Jackson
to take charge of the Jackson School
and is now at home on Indian Spring
St,
Miss Leonora Johnson is down
front Atlanta to spend a few days
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Johnson.
Mrs. Loyd Marlin is the guest of
her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ed
wards.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wright were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Gilmore of McDonough Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Walter Gilmore of
Henry County spent Sunday with Mr
J. ,M Wrights family.
The J acksonian office was bright
ened by a visit from Miss Eula Thorn
ton Monday afternoon.
Accounts of the protracted meeting
at Mount Vernon are to the effect
that t e meetings were the best en
joyed there for years.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Etheridge, and
Misses Leila Hodges and Mary New
ton left for New York this week.
Rev. W. A. Harper will preach at
Grady School house the 4th Sunday
at 3 :80 o’clock. The public is cordi
ally invited.
thfft such ‘a refined’ girl should be tied
for life to a brutal German husband.”
“But she’s German herself.”
“I don’t care if she Is. We all know
what tyrants the Germans are with,
their wives.”
“Albert, never Interfere in a love
affair. The couple will turn and rend
you.”
“Ij*ve affair! I can’t conceive of a
dainty little thing like the fraulein
loving a garlicky Dutchman.”
MV. Adams spoke the last words with
sovereign eontempt and, turning on bis
heel, left his aunt and mounted a horse
to ride oft" his indigrfation. On his re
turn he found the count walking in his
grounds with the fraulein. The sight
was too much for him. When he reach
ed the pair he dismounted and said to
the count:
“Perhaps you are not aware, sir, that
in America it is nqt considered honor
able to tamper with employees.”
“Vat you say? I not honorable? Per
haps you do not know how we reply to
such language in Germany. I will ‘pig
stick’ you.”
“Ludwig,” said the girl softly, “re
member that you are in America.”
“Yes, Gretchen, but a gentleman can
not brook an insult wherever he be.”
“It is my wish that yon go away
from here and leave me to explain your
presence to Mr. Adams.”
“Since you desire it. But you must
procure me an apology.”
Raising his hat in a dignified man
ner, he turned and walked stiffly out of
the grounds. Then the fraulein said;
“Why do you object to my brother-in
law's presence here?”
“Your brother-in-law!”
“Yes. He <_ Jines with a message
from the family urging me to go back
to Germany. They guarantee me sl,-
000 a year to live on.
“Fraulein, I am an ass. But you must
not leave us. My aunt has come to
rely upon you, the children adore you,
and I” ,
“You?” she asked, looking up archly.
“Love you.”
Au hour later a servant bore an apol
ogy to Count Ludwig and an invitation
to dinner. At the dinner he was in
formed tlmt his sister-in-law would not
return at present to Germany, but
would visit her relatives in a few
months as Mrs: Adams. The count him
seif was induced to take up his resi
dence during the remainder of his stay
at the Adams borne and when he re
turned gave glowing accounts of the
new American member of the Linder
stein family.
“Who made the match between your
nephew,” Miss Adams was once asked,
“and the pretty fraulein?”
“I did,” was the laconic reply.
ROSE TREAT THURBER. !