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( Ludden & Bates Southern Music House will give you terms on an instrument that will enable you to pay
for it when the farmers, by holding their cotton, have defeated the efforts of speculators and mill men to keep
the price down.
Holding is the means by which the price can be raised. By getting it from us you can hold your piano
or organ at the same time you hold your cotton.
Cotton experts recommend that you
hold your staple for Ten Cents. We
recommend that you act on this advice
and rest secure in the faith that you can
pay for your instrument.
We will give you terms that will make
payments easy and you will be buying
from a house of forty years’ standing
whose guarantee is positive and absolute.
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Everything Musical,Cheapest That’s Good £ Best That’s Made
Her 6Hristmas Journey
BY EPES W. S.ARGEN l.
Copyright, 1904, by Epes W. Sargent.
With kindling eyes Gerald Con
haven watched the smart trap disap
pear down the road. Then he turned
with disfavor to the red touring car
which panted at the other end of the
station. His suit case had already
been put inside, so he one was holding
the door of the tor.neau open for him,
and he Jumped in.
The car started forward with a Jerk
that sent Conhaven against the back
of the seat.
“Confound you, go slower," he call
ed angrily to the leather-clad figure
at the steering wheel. “It’s bad
enough to have to ride in one of these
infernal contraptions without having
you add to its innate cussedness by
your incompetence.”
There was no answer from the seat
ahead, but, as if in mockery, the car
shot forward still faster, and Con
haven could only lean back helplessly
in his seat.
He was glad, afterward, that the
rush of the wind prevented further
speech, for when the car pulled up at
Mrs. Loudon’s door the chauffeur fol
lowed him Into the broad hall and
proceeded to dived himself of the
wind-armor In front of the Are.
Mrs. Loudon bustled hospitably for
ward with greetings for her guest,
then she turned toward Conhaven's
Nemesis who stood warming herself
upon the hearth rug.
“Of course I do not need to intro
duce you to Elsie Tollman, ’’ she cried
heartily. ‘‘Henri, our chauffeur, had
to stay home to look after one of the
machines, the boys were all out and
Elsie volunteered to fetch you up."
Conhaven began a stammering
apology, but Miss Tallhaven broke In:
“He was so busy admiring Daisy
Vane’s cobs that I do not think he
even knew w'hether his chauffeur was
a man or a woman.”
"Motoring is a great leveler of the
sexes," ho retorted, glancing at the
discarded jacket and cap. And this
vas the beginning of hostilities which
terminated on Christinas Eve In a
quarrel that sent Conhaven to bed
wholly miserable.
From a boy Gerald had been a lover
of horses. He had declaimed passion
ately against the mechanical substi
tute, which made the driver no better
than an engineer, and had he Imag
ined that the Loudens were so infect
ed with the automobile craze he would
never have accepted an invitation to
their Christmas house party, even
though he had Just returned from a
ion* stay nbrond. He might even have
turned back after his arrival had he
not known from that evil moment In
the hall that hla hnpptnena hung upon
Elsie Tallmnn’s "yea."
She had been In a finishing school
when he had gone abroad, half a
dozen yeara before, and he acarcely
remembered her. Now ahe filled his
thoughts sleeping and waking, and
their intercourse had been a night
mare all through the week preceding
Chrlstmaa.
Kh# believed that hi* refusal to
properly appreciate the automobile
was due to fear, not distaste, and
laahrd along' th country' roads 'at the
highiat speed a thirty norss-power
’’Yfcvfctfic wm tejs*•/, ihi hiiid)§4
>m pgMHMsly, wall* h*
ignomlinugty tor sad is gti la tad M*
neau “to keep from falling out,” as she
explained.
He would have refused these trips
had it not been for his desire to be
near her, and his refusal to take a ride
the day before Christmas had precip
itated a quarrel which threatened to
become serious.
It was in no Christmas spirit that
he came down the stairs the next
morning to find the entire party out
on the front steps admiring the glis
tening, high-power French car which
was Elsie's Christmas present from
her father, who had remained behind
in town.
Even Mrs. Loudon declaimed at the
Khc reached forward and shrieked the nddrew* In his enr.
foolishness of giving the girl such a
powerful car for her own use. but Che
Mtolid Frenchman, who acted as n*’r
automobile experts dropped hla usual
repote to rave over the beaut!** of
th* car with It# silver-plated wetnl*
work contrasting with the dark blue
of the body and upbotatoHnf. Klaio
took Ormesby out In U that very
afternoon, to ffei aid's Intent* disgust#
for Orrn-ebv was th# moat rabtd of
i .. if j imiTMtiitfttly mi
h'ksd’by O.nbavan, a foot *# which
1C lift was fully •••*’••
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1904.
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library, and when the two came in
from their long run, he was possessed
with a desire to boot Ormesby, who
had assumed toward Elsie an air of
proprietorship.
It was almost time to dress for din
ner when the telephone bell rang and
a message from the city announced
that Mr. Tallman had been seriously
injured. Miss Tallman was urged to
return to town immediately.
Gerald got Mrs. Loudon to break
the message to the girl while he call
ed up the station to find when the
next train would leave.
"No chance for a train before 12,"
he announced regretfully, as he hung
up the receiver. "There is a wreck
on the branch, and it may not be
cleared even by then.”
Elsie started up from the couch.
“The automobile," she cried. “I can
go in that. Oh. papa, papa! I never
thought I should have to use your
present for this.” Sobs shook her
frame, and the others gathered around
to dissuade her from her purpose.
It was only a forty-mile run to the
city, and the trip could be quickly
made, but there had been a thaw the
r preceding day which had left the road
Hlmoe* Impassable In apota. There
would be a full moon, but even thla
would not help much, and sever*l of
the party luxated that ahe be restrain
ed forcibly, If iieceaaary, from under*
inking thla foolhardy feat.
t'onhaven wae no paity to thla dls
cuMiliMi. fie had flrone straight to the
I F|abi*. Ten minute* later the blue
| racer, wl*h full tanka and light* ablaa*.
wa# at the door, and * on haven, ellJl
In Ufa lounging coal, announced that
i everything wn§ in readiness.
Witii a frathfuj fta#t* In hi# dir##*
Loan, bhd rate and usMbUmny sUp*
ped into the leathern armor which had
been brought from her room. She was
helped into the tonneau and presently
the chauffeur appeared and took his
place at the wheel.
With a snort and a puff the heavy
car moved forward, the acetylene lights
throwing a path of faint white along
the moon-lit road. Before the car had
turned from the path into the road It
had gained full speed and went tear
ing down the muddy track.
For the first five miles Elsie scarce
ly realized that she was under way, so
completely had her father absorbed
her thoughts, but the rush of clean,
cool air cleared her clouded brain, and |
she became conscious that she was
traveling at a rate she had never made !
before.
Although new, the car worked per
fectly, and it rushed along with a
steady whirr that gave even less indi
cation of their speed than did the rush
ing fence posts and trees beside the
road.
The chassis was heavy enough to
steady the car, but the “lift” as they
swung around a curve told her that
they were making record time.
Occasionally they would rush
through sofne village where there
would be a confused blur of light, a
few sharp cries, faint on the wind, and
then again darkness and the open
country.
Even in her grief Elsie could not but
admire the perfect command the driver
held over the powerful machine. She
had not supposed Henri could handle
a car so well, and she wondered vague
ly what speed they were making. She
had done forty miles an hour for a
stretch of a few miles, but it seemed
to her that they had exceeded this
speed ever since they had started out.
They had already reached the suburbs.
The patches of light were closer to
gether, and their speed was a little
slower because of the carriages they
met. Once a man ran out Into the
road with upraised hands, and Elsie
saw with sinking heart the gleam of
brass buttons, but the chauffeur skill
fully turned his car and the officer
was left in the road shouting objurga
tions at a car which was out of ear
shot twenty seconds after It had
passed.
Then came the bridge across the
river, and with a glad cry Elsie real
ized that they were but four miles
from home. She remembered that
Ilenri did not know where she lived,
and she reached forward and shrieked
the address In his ears. His only re
sponse was a nod: he never took his
eyes from the road ahead, for while
he had slowed down to the legal
speed limit he was still tearing along
and constant watchfulness was needed
to avoid collision.
She sank back Into her sent, won
dering Idly If Henri had really under
stood her, and gradually there was
forced upon her consciousness the
fact that she had seen a clean-shaven
chin and Ups set fast. Henri was so
piroud of his mustache. It was funny
he should have shaved It off. It was.
funny she should have noticed It ’
when—and there surged Into her brain
the thought of her father lying, per-
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W- C nMI hth, Vlas PraaMaM sad Owaisi Menage*
haps dying, upon a bed of pain with
none save, strangers and the servants
to ease her brief span of life. She
clenched iier hands in an agony of
apprehension, and never realized that
she was on the avenue, only a few
blocks from home.
A sharp note from the horn brought
her to her feet, and with a glad cry
she tore open the door of the tonneau
and had slipped to the street. She
was dimly conscious that Henri was
following, 'but this did not matter.
Her only idea was to get the news
as quickly as possible.
It was the butler who opened the
door, and he gave a start of surprise.
"Why, Miss Elsie!” he cried. "Did
the second message miss you? It was
all a mistake!”
"A mistake?” she gasped.
“Yes. ma’am. Mr. Tallman wasn't
hurt. It was a stranger of the same
name. They thought it must be ”
He broke off shortly as the girl
reeled, and was about to fall, but It
was Gerald who caught her in his
arms and boro her into the house.
And it was upon Gerald that her
glance fell when her eyes opened
again.
"I’m all right,” she smiled faintly
as she stretched out her hand to him.
“It was Just the reaction after all my
worry."
"Better to faint through Joy than
grief,” he answered as he stroked the
dainty hand. She smiled faintly and
for the first time It impressed her as
being odd that he should be here
when he had been left behind at the
Loudons.
“How did you ever get down?” she
cried as she struggled to sit up.
"Rode down,” he answered coolly,
as with one arm he raised her and
with the other hand held a glass of
brandy and water to her lips.
"But how?” she persisted, as she
felt t lit- liquor starting the warm
blood through her veins.
“Henri was drunk and I took his
place," he .answered quietly.
“But you are afraid of automo
biles,” she said in amazement.
“I never said so; you said so," he
retorted. “I hate them because I love
horses, but when the craze first start
ed in France I won several road
races. You see I wanted to give the
automobile a fair trial, as I had sev
eral big machines.”
"And I used to make you ride in
the tonneau so you wouldn't fall out,”
she cried penitently. “What must you
think of me?”
His lips were mute, but his eyes
were eloquent as he held up a slender
golden circlet. Hhe raised her finger
and he slipped it on. Hhe raised her
face to him and their lips met Just
as Mr. Tullman, summoned from the
club, came hustling In.
"Here’s a Christmas present for
you. papa.” she cried, after she had
devoured hjm with kisses. "He's the
dearest fellow In the world, only I
don't think he will ever forgive Fate
for having let him win his wife
i through an automobile."
Gerald says he has. At any rate,
the “Blue Buzzer” shares the stable
with his pet trotters.
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GREAT Alt .Ml EH UNDER GROUND.
Mow tlie Husslan* and Japanese Are
Passing the Winter In Manchuria.
From the London Times.
With November the cold weather be
gins in Manchurtt, and is increasingly
intense. Around Mukden the thermo
meter does not usually fall below zero
(Fahrenheit) until the middle of De
cember, when night after night it may
sink to 5,’10 and even 20 degrees below
zero, and during January to 30. In
the frequent northeasterly or north
westerly blizzards no human beings
can live under canvVts, Some may be
quartered in native houses; but where,
even supposing that the owners should
be ruthlessly turned out, will accom
modation be found for a half million of
men?
The answer is simple; the Japanese
are already making use of underground
dwellings; such ‘as the natives some
times use, and which were used by the
Russians during the winter after the
Boxers had destroyed their railway
buildings. The soil of Manchuria, ex
cepting in certain places, is dry at this
season, especially In the districts be
tween Mukden and Liau-Yang, where
it is, largely, loess and sand. The
Japanese, who hold the low hills with
gentle slopes, are in the better posi
tion. The method ts to dig a trench
about ten feet to twelve feet deep
and varying in width, but generally
about nine feet wide. A narrow stair
way is cut leading down to the south
end. At the base it is widened and a
door frtime set up with a native door,
turning on wooden pivots. The upper
half of the door is open work, which,
being covered with the opaque native
window paper, admits light. The sun
shines at midday down the steps, and.
when the door Is opened, freshens and
warms the room. Immediately with
in, on one side, ts a cooking stove,
<amp oven or boiler, in a simple and
primitive style, to which both Rus
sians and Japanese are accustomed.
Along the length of the trench Is a
platform some 2Vi feet high and six
feet wide, made of hammered earth
and rough, unhurried bricks. Beneath
this are several simple flues, up and
down which the smoke and heat from
the cooking place finds its way, issu
ing at the end, remote from the en
trance. by a small chimney, cut in
the solid ground. On this platform,
which resembles the old style of green
house flue and Is called by the Chi
nese a kang, many men can sleep In
warmth and comfort on a rough mat
of dried grass. This mode of heating
Is not only economical, hut the flues
consume and carry off the earth damp
or carbonic gas which always gener
ates In underground dwellings. Across
the top of the trench rough pieces of
timber or poles are laid, and on these
kaoliang stalks nr straw, upon which Is
heaped the eurth excavated from the
trench. This covering keeps out th#
cold and I* practically shellproof. No
rain falls, and but little snow, and
the latter can. If desired, be swept
off the roofs or mounds over the dwell
ing.
The Japanese have access to a large
number of the native "surface” cosl
mines, whera a course dust coal Is
readily excavated and can be, when
mixed with a little wet loose earth,
burned in tha rough cooking places re
ferred to, In which grass, rubbish and
almost anything can also be consumed
as fuel. Whilst the first twelve feet
to twenty feet of i tie plain and low
bills now occupied by the armies a*a
dry In winter, good water can be
found almost anywhere at twsnty-fiva
feet to thirty feist below tbs surface.
Midget *Tbr fat lady aays she had
a hard tints malting both ends mot”
<Jl*sa*ata< —"Was she In debt when she
aatd <**'?" Midget— I "Mau otw waatrjr
i's to put um bar beb.‘'—<hKa#s leaby
Mawa.
SHELTERING OF
THE HOMELESS
ONE OF NEW YORK PROBLEMS
MUNICIPAL LODGING HOUSES FULL
AND OVERFLOWING.
Tlie City Inr illations On RlnrWWell’s
■aland Crowded—Over g.rtoA In
nmtea of the Almahonae—The Met
ropolitan lloapltal linn More Than
1,000 Patients Some ol Them On
the Floors—The Tuherrnlosls Hue
pitul ami Its lit Pavilions Filled.
The Same Conditions Exist In
Hrooklyn and Other Nelghborlnii
Cities.
New York. Dec. 2<—As a register of
the extent of the destitution and the
depths of poverty in the city, the
Municipal Lodging House Is pretty re
liable, and so crowded has It become
that the city has been compelled to
acquire a plot 100x100 feet in East
Twenty-third street, near the river,
and is about to erect thereon a modern
building with the most improved
methods of affording temporary shelter
for the homeless.
Although it is early In the season
and the worst conditions have not
been reached, the house In Second ave
nue now used by the city as a lodging
house has been taxed on several nights
beyond its capacity, and emergency
provision has been made on the pier
at East Twenty-sljcth street for the
overflow.
Of course, there is the usual run of
professional "tramps," but the law
which prohibits anyone from sleeping
in the lodging house more than three
nights in a week weeds out a great
many of v the regulars. The "baking”
of their clothes and the compulsory
bath are drawbacks to the enjoyment
of this class, yet they will endure these
discomforts as often as the law per
mits for the sake of the bed and
breakfast in warm quarters. The
house holds 300.
Over on Blackwell's Island the city
institutions are crowded. In the alms
house there are more than 2,500 In
mates, snd the Metropolitan Hospital
has more than a thousand patients,
some of them on the floor. The tuber
culosis Infirmary and the twelve pa
vilions for that class of patients ara
full.
Brooklyn Is no better off than Man
hattan, having more than 1,500 persona
In the almshouse, and Its hospitals ara
crowded.
Home of the surplus from Black well’s
Island is taken to the poor farm on
Htaten Island, where anew dormitory
and three cottages recently have been
opened.
WITH GIFT’S TO i HAMTIII
Mr. Ulilstr Erl* airin'* Do ns Ilona la
Celebrate Ills Birthday.
Mr. Ouetave Eckstein, who recently
sent to the president of the Hot heads
Orphanage his check for 150 for the
orphan boys’ Chrlstmaa, has mads sub
•tanilsi donation* to Um* following
• harm***, in ebaei vstw* of his birthday,
wlit< h fslls *m Jan t Ml. Mary * <*r
phari Monas, Me varnish Female Orphan
Asylum, Kpta* <i*sl Orphsi, Homs, M.
Francis Orphan Home. Lotties Porte*
of >ht Foot, Hawse Orphans iivrssn
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