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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921.
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The
Faxon Boomerang
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By UNA HUDSON
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(CopyrtRllt.)
j Mr. Faxon laboriously climbed twc
i flights of stairs and lot hlinsett Into
his flat >Hth Ills latch-key.
No plcnsnut odol' of a nlcoly cooked
,dkmcr permeated the place, nor did
Mrs. Kpxon come to meet him.
Mrs. Faxon lmd the club-habit. Mr
Faxon did not approve, but he liked
1 peace and quiet In hla home.
He scratched a match and applied
; tt to the burner under his dinner. Mr
• Faxon did not like that stew, but. in
• tt had to be eaten, best to get at tt at
soon as possible und have it over with.
> The stew lmd begun to bubble wlier
[Mrs. Faxon came In.
, Her glance rested approvingly on
the range.
j “You’re so hundy about the house
| Henry." she Said. "You’re the sort ol
(husband that It 1s a comfort.to| have."
Time was when Mr. Faxon lmd fair
Ily swelled with pride' at Ills wife’t
‘praise of his doriicstlc accomplish
ments. Now It _ mude him 'feel at
though he ought to go about wearing
In checked bluo-and-whlte gingham
1 apron.
Ho merely grunted unintelligibly d*
he watched her take up the dinner.
| “Well," ho said, ns ho followed hei
’ Into the dining-room, "which club wa«
It today?"
; His. air was that of a man deter-
'mined to know the worst.
“A new one,” said Mrs. Faxon de
lightedly.
“In 'Heaven's name, Claudia," said
Mr. Faxon severely, "what do you
"•rant of nnother . cluh?".
Mrs. Faxon sighed. Henry wns sucb
' a difficult person to explain things to
“Well, you know," she said, ranking
• brave attempt at U, “some of th$
ettjr officials—I think that' Is what
Mrs. Barlow called them—don’t do
their duty at all, and we’re going to
make them.”
“How are you going to do It?" Mr
Ffcxon made haste to get uway from
dangerous ground.
So she said: "We’re goln$ to begin
with Judge Sinclair. Why, do you
Henry, the S. P. O. A. lmd n
UP before him the other day foi
hating n dog, and he actually let him
go. He said the evldonco wasn’t suffi
cient to convict him."
“So we want a lottor written to
7ndge Sinclair," she said.
“Yes," sold Mr. Fnxott cheerfully.
"Aad who Is to write It?"
“You are."
Mr, Faxon dropped his fork with a
clatter.
“Great' Scott I” ho said. "Olaudlu,
we you crazy?"
"Henry," said Mrs. Faxon severely,
“you always do nttrlbute the veri-
worst motives to people. You.ought
to be aslmmed."
■ Ho took his fountain pen from his
pocket and looltod about for a sheet
of imper.
Mrs. Faxon promptly supplied It.
Then Mr. Fuxon handed the finished
epistia to his wife.
Shu rend Itattentively nud looltei]
up with beaming eyes.
“Ob t Henry I” she said.
“It couldn’t be better," Mrs. Faxon
assured him earnestly.
signed It, and afterwards won
dered how It had come about.
When Mr. Fuxon came home he
found Ills wife on her ltuees In the
kitchen, oonxlng a small gray kitten
to drink' more milk than wus alto,
gather good for It. . .
“It was In the alloy," She ex
■plained. "And It’s boon mewing all
day dreadfully. I Just couldn’t bear
to hoar It crying, so I brought It jip
Aero."
Mr. Fnxoii wout out and dosed the
door after him. The kitten’s votee
rase several octaves and piercingly
followed thrill down the stairs.
"Oil," walled Mrs. Faxon, "wlmt
Mil Mrs. Sittorlee do? She simply
cannot enduro noise."
The Sitterlees occupied the flat just
below the Faxons.
The Faxons then went to the thea
ter. The play was one of the* hits of
the season, lmt Mrs. Faxon’s atten
tion wandered!
*■ !3\ree more acts!" she exclaimed
pettishly at the find of the first one.
• "Why couldn’t they have written It In
: two as they do comic opera?"
“I know I’m horrid," Mrs. Faxon
apologized contritely. "But I simply
• can’t get my mind oft that awful klt-
• ten. Henry,, do- you suppose It’s still
. bowling?”
**£I don’t know," said 1 Mr. Faxon.
“And',’* he added, with reckless brava
do, “I -don’t care."
Mr. Faxon opened the door and
Stood aside for his wife to pass.
“At any rate," he said, "the kit
ten’s quiet now.”
“Slicautioned Mrs. Faxon. “It’s
probably asleep. Don’t wake it."
He opened the door and had the
surprise of Ills life.
The kitten apparently was enter
taining company. It perched on the
Jn»m of a stout man In* a suit of
clothes that spoke for themselves, and
purred loudly.
“W—w-what ’’ stuttered Mr,
Faxon Indignantly.
The stout man rose, and thrust an
official-looking document at the as
tonished Mr. Faxon.
“Warrant for your arrest, sir," he
said briskly.
Mrs. Faxon shrieked, but Mr. Faxon,
zed and angry, demanded nn explana
tion. and suggested a mistake.
“Oh, I guess not," said the Stout
' the
you
“It
man, "when n nice, quiet animal like
1 this" — he stroked t(ie kitten that
! | clung to him affectionately, and Mr.
j! Faxon smiled sardonically—"yowls so
that the neighbors send In a com
plaint, and wfi find It with Its head
stuck fast In an empty succotash can,
It can mean only one thing."
"And ‘what's that?" •demanded Mr.
Faxon.
"Cruelty to animals.”
Mr. Faxon fairly choked with In
dignation.
“I brought It In from the alley,"
Mrs, Faxon declared vehemently, “and
fed It, and It wouldn't go back, and
we left It here while we went to the
theater."
He checked Mr. Faxon’s further pro
tests by a peremptory commend to
accompany him to the county's board
ing-house "where the windows are
'barred and the simple life Is ob
served.
It was 3 a. m. when he finally
reached home. Mrs. Faxon hud not
yet gone to bed. She was pale and.
disheveled, and she threw herself Into
her husband's nrmB and wept for
sheer relief and Joy at hls safe re
turn.
"I t-r-thonght they h—had you
1—locked up In a horrid c—cell," she
sobbed,
"Not on your life," scoffed Mr, Fax
on. "I’m out on bond,” he explained.
"I've got to appear In court at nine
In' the morning," he explained.
Merely because he believed It to be
the expected thing, and not because
he considered It In any degree neces
sary, Mr.' Faxon engaged a lawyer for
hls defense.
Thera was not much testimony of
fered by either side, hut to such as
'there was he gave the closest atten
tion. \
“In my Judgment,” jsaid the Judge,
"the evidence Is Insufficient for convic
tion. But—complaint hns been made
to this court concerning u recent Judg
ment of the court In a similar caBe.”
He smiled pleasantly at Mr. Faxon,
who nudged" hls counsel's elbow.
"I say,” he whispered, “who 1b he,
anyway?"
"Judge Sinclair," returned
lawyer in surprise. "Didn’t
know?"
"But,” protested Mr. Faxon,
says Judge Benton on the door."
"Oh, yes f they traded court-rooms,
you know, and the names haven’t been
changed."
"And so," concluded hls honor,
“thirty dnys In the county Jail,"
Mr. Faxon’s lawyer leaped to
"VVhatl" he shouted.
"Five dollars for contempt
court,"-said the Judge Imperturbably.
,"I beg your honor’s pardon,v said
the attorney! “tiut did your honor
mean thirty days or thirty dollars?”
'Thirty days," repeated hls honor
Inexorably. "Next; Ferguson vs. Mc
Pherson."
Mr. Faxon pulled at hls counsel’s
sleeve.
“It’s all right,” he whispered weak
ly. "I understand."
The lawyer gazed at him In blank
surprise. He thought they were nil
going mad together.
It wns ^ meek and, crestfallen pris
oner whom the jailor received that
mornliig. 1
He lunched on'thin bean soup and
thick slices of brend,
At first bis anger waxed liot against
Ills wife. Then Ills loyalty to and loye
for her overbore _lt, and It turned
ugnltist her numerous clubs. She had
Simply been the unwitting' tool of a
lot of misguided women, and he—he
had been. their dupe.
That nlglit tile governor and Judge
Sinclair dined together. They had
been friends nud cronies for years.
So It was no surprise to his excellency,
the governor, wheu hls honor, the
judge, asked a favor.
“I want a purdon,’’ he said, “for a
man I seut to jail tills morning.”
“For a man you sent to jail this
morning?" echoed the governor.
"Great Scott! Man, hadn’t you better
change your mind tli6 next time, be
fore you send him?"
~ The judge laughed and told tlio
story. The governor laughed and
dispa tched the-pardon by special mes
senger, so that Mr. ! Faxon was en
abled to reach home only an hour
later than usunl.
Mrs. Fuxon was not in. In the
kitchen were the customary pie—ap
ple—and tlie saucepan on nondescript
stew.
Mr. Faxon looked at them long and
earnestly. Then he consigned them
both to the garbage-can.
“I’m ashamed to look an apple pie
In the face," he muttered.
After Which he sat down to awatt
the return of the mistress of the
household.
She came In the usual flutter ol
hurry nnd apology.
Mr. Faxon stood quite two inchei
taller than usual, and related quietly
and dispassionately, but truthfully,
the harrowing experiences of the day.
“Glaudlu." said he, In conclusion
and with an air of finality, “I think
we have had enough of clubs.'
hls
of
Good government cannot he found on
the bargain counter.
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GRACEWOOD
Sohool For Backward Children
Preparing To Open
Dr. George H. Preeton, of Baltimore,
In Charge
The work of preparing the houses
and grounds at Gracewood, the seat
of the new State institution for Rack-
ward Chllrden, is going forward under;
t^e supervision of Dr. George H. Pres^
ton, the recefitly elected superintend
ent. Dr. and Mrs. Preston have been
ht Gracewood for several weeks, mak
ing a survey and getting everything In
shape to open the school as soon as
possible. The buildings are being
overhauled, the farm straightened and
a dairy herd bought. .The prelimin
aries are well in hancr and at no dis
tant date the doors will be thrown
ppeh for the care of those children of
our State who require special train
ing.
Gracewoofi is eight miles from Au
gusta, Georgia, and was bought by
the State*from the Tuttle-Newton Or
phanage. It Is a beautiful location;
the houses .are of solid concrete and
concrete block, they are exceptionally
Well constructed; the cottage plan 1b
carried out; the dairy Is very fine; an:
electric light plant is installed, as well
as a water system. The extent.,, to
which this school can be operated, of
course, depends entirely upon the lib
erality of, the legislature toward this
much needed Institution. The number
of pupils to be admitted will depend
polely upon the maintenance fund
voted. Thode who wish further in
formation, blanks for entrance, rules
under which-the school'will operate,
etc., can communicate with Or. George
H, Preston,' Gracewood, Ga.; who will
be glad to furnish any information
that he can. ■
AVorks which endure
soul of people, i
come from
This Is tlie season of the year when
the physician la busy with intestinal
diseases, and most of our thought and
Bndeavor go to typhoid, dysentery arid,
sjck babies. It is well {hat we give -
them our attention, but do not for ope
hiinute forget that the venereal dis
eases are constant; they do not know
seasons, and as compared to the entire
list run from 1/6 to 1/4 of the whole;
do not forget that syphilis is the great
est Idling disease. Remember that
venereal diseases result.in institutional
care and cqst tlie taxpayers of Georgia
over $300,000 per year for maintaining
Institutions for them.
“I—I think so, too," said Mrs.
Faxon.
She looked at the dust thick on the
furniture, ht the Jittered floor—she
had been sewing and had gone out
in a hurry—and her lip quivered,
“I—I guess," she said very low,
“that reform ought to begin at borne.
And, Heury, Pm So aslmmed; but
there’s pie for dinner and—”
“Was," softly corrected Mr.'Faxon.
“It’s In the garbage-can -now. Din
ner’s waiting for us In the, restaurant
around the corner."
, Mrs. Faxon lifted an April face,
She slipped her hand Into her hus
band's arm.
“Henry,” she said solemnly, "you’re
a dear. And—home's best, after
all.”
It is very gratifying 'to all who are
Interested in public health To know of
the very strong^ and complimentary
resolutions adopted by the State Medi
cal Association at Its recent meeting
at Rorfie, commending and endorsing
the present State Board of Health.
The newspapers of the State are es
pecially glad to know that.the public
health work as done the past year has
the approval of this scientific body of
men. We of the fourth estate have,
done our bit and we are proud, of it.
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