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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. JULY 15, 1921
That Hundredth
Chance
By RALPH ROEDER
(Copyright.) '
Pushing the documents nwny, the
king rose ob engerly ns n schoolboy
■ given un opportunity to piny trunnt,
and with exactly the same feeling of
trepidation tiptoed from his study out
Into the long corridor. The long cor
ridor stretched, softly carpeted and
dim, 600 feet or more, connecting tlie
morning-room of the private apart
ments at ono end to the blue salon of
the state apnrtments at the other,
The king was ulone for the first
time, ns he remembered It, In over
two years. He felt a strange thrill.
Advancing a dozen steps Into the
long corridor, he glnnced about It
was- n dangerous adventure for the
king to undertake, for tho year had.
been /me of unsurpassed republican Ac
tivity. Unrest and revolt hung heav
ily in the air about the palace, and
even In It. Peril lurked everywhere.
To him it was, If anything, a break
In the great monotony.
Now he paused, undecided Just what
use to make of his short freedom.
Whether to go to the blue salon and
create consternation among' the privy
councilors and nobles - waiting there
for the morning audience, or, to the
''UTorMng room at the other end- and
surprise the queen and the three-year
-old prince of Lngcnda In their post-
’breakfnst play.
Being always very much more In
love with the queen and the prince
than with the affairs of state, the king
turned toward the morning room.
Almost at the bedchamber corridor,
■which Joins the long corridor and leads
off from It to the queen’s own rooms,
the king In his progress'became aware
of another figure slipping along as fur
tively ns himself and following him.
"Well, wlmt do you want?” the king
called quietly.
The figure paused In tho shadows a
moment, then advnnaed to wherj tho
king stood, \
"I—I,” he began. But his peasant
tongue was too thick lo furnish the
glibly quick explanation needed for
the critical moment,
Suddenly he realized (lint he lmd
penetrated Into tho private upartinonts
of the palace.
Tensely, trembling, he raised his left
hand and held the four fingerslstralght
upright, to Indicate the dominant peo
ple, with the thumb crooked Inwnrd
and bent, to represent the fallen
king.
The king, still keeping gny and ad
venturous, and not Uuowlng Just what
to do to keqp up the pleasant game
with this earnest man who amused
him so much, held up his left hand,
too, and quite deftly Imitated the
queer movements the man had made.
It was a great success.
"Ah, comrade!" he exclaimed In n
low, ecstatic voice.
Gently hut persistently withdrawing
his hand from the Gargantuan grip tho
king smiled boyishly.
The broad man quickly, eagerly,
continued: "Ah, how the luck Is with
ns. Without you I would have been
lost. I am comrade Antonio. I am
the one who drew the blnclc lot In the
great meeting at Nnvotnq. Show me
tlie king’s room!"
Then the king knew that an nsRns-
eln, a revolutionist of the great secret
League of Liberty stood by his side.
' Tlie king thought quickly, v ch the
boyish smile still lingering on his fnce,
although Ills eyes were keen behind
It. What methods of escape were
open to him?
It would be useless to hope to match
his slenderness against the broad peas
ant In grappling strength.
“Why do you hesitate, comrade?"
the stranger was asking suspiciously.
“Our oath hinds us to help one an
other whenever called upon. Lead me
to tlie ruler of our land I"
, The chances were a hundred to one
that the peasaut’s great strength
would make tlie attempt ouly n means
of hastening the assassination, but
what If It did come to the Worst, It
would mean but little, for the king
bad clearly In his mind at that mo
ment the Image of the’Prince of La-
genda, Just beyond In the morning
room, the brave little prince, to whom
he had been so blithely hastening a
moment before,
So, still smlltng, the king began to
■draw back his slender right hand,
ready for the blow—to take the hun
dredth chance.
Slowly, cautiously, Imperceptibly,
and easily his hand went back, poised
for the attack, and It was quite to hts
hip when a pattering noise, sounding
at tlie end of the lopg corridor from
the direction of the morning-room,
caused both men to look toward It
One hundred feet ahead, a shaft of
morning sunlight had fallen Into the
gloom of the long corridor. The door
of the morning room was partly open,
and outlined against It was the small,
sturdy blond figure of the^three-year-
old Prince of Lagendn.
The square-faced man, staring In
surprise at the advent of the child,
glanced from the father to the son
with recognition hovering in his slow
eyes
“Eh, comrade, who Is this?” he
ashed wonderlngly, In the patois of the
peasant
The king had taken the Prince of La-
genda by one chubby hand and smiled
bis famous, boyish, merry smile more
wlnningly than ever. It was an In
stant for v;h1th regicides and' revolu
tionists might have prayed for centu
ries. Not only the king, but tho four-
hundrcd-yeur-old Wepsburg dynasty
could bo wiped out by one stroke.
Now It wus tlie king’s turn to choose
his ouly chance, us the peasant hud
chosen a minute before.
Still smiling very quietly und ge-
nlnlly, with his eyes looking full Into
the oilier man’s, his fingers grasping
the prince's soft, moist ones. Just n
■trifle ttghlnr, the king said cleurly
and softly:
“You asked me to lead you to the
ruler of our country, did you not?
Well, I will not have to, he 1ms come
!to us. This Is he."
Ho waited for the effect of Ills words
on the blanched-faced revolutionist,
ithen lie continued, still quietly and cor
dially:
"People cull him the Prince of Ln-
:genda, but lio Is the real ruler of the
kingdom? Would you know liow he
■rules? By the purity of Ills white skin,
by tlie fearlessness of his blue eyes,
by the gentleness of his curly hair,”
Hie king stopped to finger It lovingly,
racked by the thought that It might
;be for;the last time.
“Our country libs been In sore neofl
.of one like him for many generations,"
he resumed. "There has been neither
purity, nor fearlessness, nor gentle
ness. But God has given them all
to him. He will be a king who will
■be a king Indeed, whether he shall
.have a kingdom or not.
"I, In my few years, have tried to
keep and to better this old land for
him, but the Wepsburgs have always
bred In steps, one valley between two
mountains, I am the valley, Fernando
the Easy." Lai -~r -
'fRerT the revolutionist knew that It
was the king, the man he had come
to kill, who was talking. And more,
that the crown prince, marked by the
league as equally doomed, was wlthla
his reach.
He trembled and'shook like a win
ter leaf with the agitation of It, but
■his right hand held tightly over the
■lump In his coat.
Imperceptibly his hand sank deep
er into the pocket
"I drew the black lot In the great
meeting at Nnvotas,” he declared
coldly. “I came to kill."
"Yes, I know,” the king replied, his
fnce still smiling, hut. the foreboding
of desperation In his eyes. "But why?
Have you among your revolutionists
one man like that?"
His free hand pointed to the prince.
“Your tongue shows tlint you are
from the north provinces, from Bra-
tnln, perhaps; yqu breed steeds on
your plains of Brntaln for speed. Tills
mnn-cliild lias been bred to rule. The
white plume that led on the bloody
slopes of La Rnza belonged to his
great-great-grnndfuther. The sword
that turned bnck the French legions
at Brassy was held by his grandfa
ther.
"He will make our - land great and
prosperous ngaln, and I ask to live my
self only that I may teach him and
guide him. He nlone can do it, he
will lie the mountain !"
"A child,” grumbled the square-
faced man gruffly.
“In only eighteen Years lie will be of
nge! Wlmt Is eighteen years In tlie
life of a nation? You and I may not
enjoy the blessings of It, but our chil
dren will. You have'children, have
you not, Antonio?”
The republican’s head shook grimly.
"There was no bread to feed them—
Why should I have them?"
The king’s fnce poled until It held
only tlie wnn ghost of n smile. After
nil, he was but the valley, Fernando
tho Easy.
The revolutionist was growling some
Inarticulate words.
“I eatne to kill," he snld with peas
ant.obstinacy. "I drew the black lot in
the great meeting at Navotas.”
The big muscles of his right arm
stiffened, and slowly his hand sunk
deeper Into the pocket. It reached
the lump and grasped It.
Then the Prince of Lngenda, be
coming suddenly Impatient, pulled
nwiiy from his father and pushed out
with Ills small fist against the
stranger’s thick leg.
“Go away I” he ordered. "My fa
ther Is to /ilny with me. You are not
a councilor—go with the servants.”
He lifted his fnce fearlessly to the
mun’s brown one and hls clear, blue
eyes flashed with the indescribable
BureneBs of fpur centuries of implicit
command.
“Go 1" he repeated.
The peasant’s face suddenly went
white as chalk, hls thick, sturdy legs
trembled, hls long-bred peasant blood
—the 400 years of obedience—was
turning to water before tlie pleasure
Of that Infant royal hand.
There was a hypnotic force envelop
ing him, the spell of the old Weps
burgs, the Wepsburgs of the white
plumes and long swords. The In
stinct of submission gripped him. He
fought It desperately, but the blood
told.
Hts hands dropped limply to hls
sides.
“I—I go," he stammered. “Although
It means death outside. They are
watting for me. It was decreed that
If he who drew tlie black lot should
not do hls task within the week he
should be marked for death himself.
No, no," he noticed the king’s agita
tion. “It will be useless to try to
save me. And I am content."
He turned to go, but the king halt
ed him, and reaching out hls long,
white hand, suddenly grasped the
broad, brown one. Hls large, sad,
whimsical eyes, more fitted for a poet
or a dreamer than for a ruler, were
brimming moist
"Good-hy—good-by. Comrade An
tonio!" he said, "seiwoni 0 f jj, e
guard 1” . : ^ |tl
He clapped .hts.hands and a guard
hurried frorna' cross , corridor.
“Safe escort to the palace gatel"
WHERE FROGS ARE CHICKENS
Tariff Laws of the United States Say
They Are Same and Alike “In
Three Counts."
To one not versed In tariff law, or
familiar with the devious and tortu
ous channels of rensonlng followed
only by customs legal luminaries, some
of the decisions at first appear to be
rather odd. Frogs hove become chick
ens for tariff purposes, venison has
been held to be beef and live snallB
have soberly been decided to be nonenu-
merated unmanufactured articles; re
marks the San Francisco Chronicle.
Benson begins to totter on Its throne
and completely tumbles off when one
learns that a firebrick weighing under
five pounds Is n firebrick weighing over
five pounds. Benson, however, can pick
up its scepter and climb back to Its
easy clinlr with a sigh of relief after
reading a wonderful paragraph In the
law known as tlie similitude clause.
If an article Is not provided for, either
by name or material, and has onp of
four characteristics of an article that
Is provided for, It takes the same rnte
of duty. If the homeless article re
sembles any other article either in
material, quality, texture or In use
to which It may be applied It becomes
that article for tariff purposes. Frog
meat Is similar to the white meat of
chicken In three counts, veDtson scores
on one for the reason that both ven
ison and beef are eaten and firebricks
weighing under five pounds are Used
In exactly the same manner as those
weighing over five pounds.
Ion
The Third Heaven.
According to nn ancient Jewish opln-
“ there were three henvens: (1) that
wherein the birds fly, (2) that where
in the stars move, (3) that where the
Highest and Hls nngels live. In H Cor-
Inthlans St. Paul’s reference Is to the
heaven of heavens, tlie place of God’s
ruling over angels nnd r11 powers, as
distinct from Pnrndlse where the souls
of the faithful dead abides to which
blest place he was raptured, also, as
he says In the same passage,
Has . Poor Opinion of Percy.
Percy Noodles soys that when he
asked the capitalist’s daughter what
Bhe-would do If he got a Job a v s news
paper reporter, she said she would ex
pect hls first day and hls last day to
come before hls pay day.—Dallas
News.
I >
IRELAND UNDER ALIEN RULE
Power of the Danes Broken by Brian
j Boru In 1014—Normans Became
Amalgamated.
About 800 A. D., the pagan hosts
of the Northmen and Danes fell on
Ireland with fierce destruction. A^ter
a century of destruction, Irish kings
led their people in a succession of
wars, n for the deliverance of their
country, and Brian Boramn, or Brian
Boru (926-1014), king of Munster, by
hls great victory In the battle of Clon-
tarf, on April 23,1014, finally broke the
power of tlie Danes in Ireland. In
1171 Ireland was Invaded by the Nor
mans from England, In the time fit
flenry II, and Its conquest begatl. “In
Ireland,” to quote the words of Prof.
Edward 'A. Freeman (1823-1892) “the
Norman wns more purely a conqueror
than anywhere else, but In Ireland hls
power of adaptation enused him to
sink In a way in which he sank nrf-
where else. While some of the Nor
man settlers In Ireland went to swell
the mass of the English of the Pale,
others threw In their lot with ( the
native Irish, and became, In the well-
known saying, “more Irish than the
Irish themselves.-”—Detroit News..
Religion of Good Citizenship. .fi
"In China there existed In the past,
nnd there are evidences that It Is com
ing to life ngnln, the religion of good
citizenship,” snys a writer in Asia
Magazine. "That Is to say, the Chi
nese theory Is that o man 'does,''riot
need to feel the need of physical force
to protect himself; he has seldom;-the
need even to call In nnd use the physi
cal force of the policeman—of the,state
—to protect him. A man in China is
supposed to be protected by the sense
of Justice of hls neighbor; he Is pro
tected by the readiness of hls fellow-
men to obey the sense of moral obliga
tion. Tlie Ideal of Chinese civilization,
therefore,’Is that a man can not feel
the need of using physical force to
protect himself because he Is sure that
right and justice Is recognized by all
hls neighbors a’s a force higher than
physical force, and that moral obliga
tion ns recognized by everybody is
something tlint must be obeyed."
Ground Must Be Hollow.
In I.nssen county, California, Is a
spot called Dry lake, which is in reali
ty almost an arid plain, with soi^e
alkali scattered here and there over
It, and Its area ts twO and a half by
four miles. On one side are tlie Pit
River mountains and on another are
big pine woods, while to the west are
the famous lava beds, In which the
Indians hid during that last great Cal
ifornia struggle with the savages. A
winding road lends up from the vql-
ley below Into the curious basin.
If a horse walks on this road any
where, even two pr three miles out
side the border of the Dry lake, 'he
can be beard for many miles up in the
Interior. The ground all about there
sends forth a hollow sound. Reverbera
tions can be beard everywhere. A foot
fall may be heard like a sound In a
great cavern.
God’s Best Medicine.
“Mirth Is God’s medicine," says a
noted writer. "Everybody ought to
bathe in 1t. Grim care, moroseness,
anxiety, all the rust of life, ought'to
be scoured off by the oil of mirth. It
Is better, than emery. Every man
ought to rub himself with It. A man
without mirth is like a wagon without,
springs, but . a man who laughs and
causes others to laugh, even though the
days are dark and the causes for laugh
ter are few, if like a chariot with
springs In which one may ride over the
rough roads .nnd feel nothing bnt a
pleasant motion.”
The Model.
“I don’t understand," said Mrs. Mul
lins. “I remember very well that you
used to point out your Dick as a
model husband. Yet now you contend
that hfe is lazy.”
“Well,” said Mrs. Boggs, "he’s, a
model right enough—only, he Isn’t a
-working model.” ’
itfullin
a jiffy l
The Dunn-Pen cleans
itself while you are
filling it.
It has no rubber sac
to rot, crack, and leak
—nothing to break or
to get out of order.
It holds several times
as much ink as any
other self-fillsrr.
marvelous _ , _
Dunn-peN
The Fetntleie Pen with the
Little Red Perns*Handle
— It’s the final
fountain pen —
sold under an ab
solute guarantee.
Comeinandoetyo ur
Dunn-Pen today.
Dealer’s
Name
Dry Clean—Dye at the Capital City
(fperformance-
WE- RENEW
Women’s Suits
Evening Gowns
Evening Wraps
Fancy Blouses
is our way to convince. It is
the story of the Capital City
Bucceas, famous from Kentucky
, to Key West for results.
"Parcel Poet Your Paekago—
Look To Ua For Rcaulta.**
Capital City Dry Cleaning & Dye Works
ATLANTA, GA.
The Telephone In Your Home
is a long distance telephone. You can talk
from your home to San Francisco, Cal.,
New York or Chicago.
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From this
same tele
phone you
can enjoy
the pleas
ure of talking toiriends or relatives in other
cities at small cost.
Station to station calls cost one-half the
day rate between 8:30 P. M. and 12 mid
night. The rate is one-fourth between mid
night and 4:30 A. M.
Ask the Manager’s office or Long Dis
tance about station to station service.
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duced prices and hoping to assist our patrons, we are offering
specials listed below for SATURDAY, JULY 17, and
MONDAY, JULY 19, only.
ALL GOODS ARE GASH
GOODS DELIVERED TO, ANY PART OF TOWN
A Sample of Face Powder will be given every lady visiting our store Saturday and Monday.
' 30c Nyal’s Peroxide Face Cream..19c
Softens the skin and cleans the
■ complexion.
I 50c Nyal’s Liquid Hair Shampoo._33c
Cleans the Scalp and Hair and
ma'kes it wavy. „
bargain
$1.25 Stationery --69c
Best quality linen paper in all colors
offered at this unusual price.
40c Tooth Brush —25c
Four-row pure bristle Japanese
Brush, Guaranteed not to shed. In
white and amber handles.
F H E E
50c Box Nylotis Face Powder with
every bottle of Hudnut’s Toilet Water
sold.
25c Colorite., 17c
’ For making old hats new.
SHOE POLISH FOR
WHITE SHOES
2 in 1 Liquid, 2 in 1 Cake, Snowhite
Liquid, Quick White Liquid and others.
CANNING TIME
Calls for the following, which we
carry—Glass Tops, Jars, Mixed P IC “‘
ling Spices, Whole Cloyes, Whole All
spice, Cinnamon Bark, Sealing Wax,
Parafine Wax, Salicylic Acid.
HAIR NETS. I- 2 for l5c
Only"a few left.
Mr. Farmer, we have received a
quantity of Saccharin and Ice Crea
Powder for your Boll Weevil formu a.
COOL OFF-
By visiting our Soda
Plenty of fans to keep you cool wm*
you enjoy your drink.
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