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THE GEORGIAN'S MAGAZINE PAGE
“Initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern limes
, r ,„vriKht, 1911. Street & Smith.)
(Copynghb 1911. by l)odd ' ®ead & Co.)
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
•■You're better this evening. " he heard
tT! those kindly tones which so confused
and irritated him.
■yes " was the surly admission. ' But
stifling here. If 1 have to live long
fn this hole I'll dry up from want of air.
It S near the shop or I wouldn't stay out
the week." Twice this day he had seen
Pr ..tPerson's tall figure stop before the
,w "f this shop and look In at him
his bench. But he said nothing about
that.
• Yes." agreed the other, "it s no way to
live Hut you're alone, fpstairs there's
a whole family huddled into a room just
. this. Two of the kids sleep in the
Pinset. U s things like that which have
made me the friend of the poor, and the
mortal enemy of men and women who
s'.read themselves over a dozen big rooms
and think themselves ill-used if the gas
burns poorly or a fireplace smokes. I'm
off for the evening; anything I can do for
vou'.’"
Show me how I can win my way into
such rooms as you've just talked about.
Nothink less will make me look up. I'd
like to sleep in one tonight. In the best
bedroom, sir. I'm ambitious; I am."
\ poor joke, though they both laughed,
■[•lien Mr. Brotherson passed on, and
Sweetwater listened .ill he was sure that
> too attentive neighbor had really gone
down three flights between him and the
-trees. Then he took up his auger again
and Shut himself up in the closet.
Th“re was nothing peculiar about this
closet, it was just an ordinary one with
drawers and shelves on one side, and an
....m space on the other for the hanging
o f clothes. Very fev clothes hung
there at. present; but it was in this por
t ..r of the closet that, he stopped and be
g, to try the wall of Brolherson's room,
v.it.t the butt end of the tool he carried.
The sound seetmr to satisfy him, for very
5..,,n I .•• was boring a hole at a point ex
so-tl- I ■vol with 1!« ear; but t ot without
freuitt’’’ pauses a.m muci; attention given
m iho possible return of those departed
f. oi-sieps >’<■ "membered that Mr.
Broth son iiad a vay of coming back on
u■• xn. cted errands after giving out his
intent n of being absent for hours.
-. * rater did not want :o be eaught
it ;•■' trap as that ; so he carefully
i. ~w ’ every sound that readied him
o •> t ie noisy balls. But lie "id not for
e i s pi. : he did not I ■’ ■■. e to. Mr.
i. ■■tin -on had been since , u his good
ie. . and th' auger finished Us job and
i’;.- « thdr.iwn without an.' interruption
f. . i the iran where pren- -<■• 1. d been
tl. audaciously invaded.
■ Neat as well as useful." wus Hie gay
nient with which Sw-etwator survey
ed Ids work, then laid his ear to the hole.
Whereas previously !••• could barely hear
H.< rattling of coals from the coal scuttle,
he was now able to catch the sound of an
t ! failing into tlm ash ~;:
I 1 • next move wa* to test the depth of
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Anty Drudge Gives the Conductor
Pointers.
Conductor— “Peg pardon, ma'am, for dropping the nickel;
I'll get it for you right away. Those gloves make
my hands so clumsy, but if I didn’t wear them my
hands would be as dirty as my linen. What with
handling money, and the pushing and shoving, my
things get so dirty, my wife doesn’t like to wash ’em. ”
Anty Drwrfye “Well, that’s a sad state of affairs. Get
her to try Fels-Naptha and she shall complain no
more about washing your clothes. No backaches
from Fels-Naptha or hard work either. Your wife
can do a day’s washing before noon if she uses it.”
When Fels-Naptha soap is used the
banging out is the hardest part of the wash
ing
No boiling, either winter or summer.
No fire to keep red hot; no tiring and
tedious rub-a-dub on the washboard.
Fels-Naptha itself does the hardest part
of the washday work —loosening the dirt.
All the human aid necessary is a few
rubs, a quick rinsing and the clothes are
ready lor wringing.
Out they go on the line, sweeter and
whiter than if a whole day were spent
trying to grind out the dirt on a washboard.
I*or further information read the inside
of the red and green wrapper.
the partition by inserting his finger in the
hole he had made. He found it stopped
by some obstacle before it had reached
half Its length, and anxious to satisfy
himself of the nature of this obstacle, he i
gently moved the tip of his finger to an.
fro over what was certainly the edge of ■
a book.
llils proved that his calculations had |
been correct and that the opening so ac- 1
cessible on his side was completely, veiled '
on the other by the books he had seen I
packed on the shelves, ,'s these shelves I
had no other backing than the wall, he had |
feared striking a spot not covered by a I
book. But he had not undertaken so;
risky a piece of work without first noting;
how nearly the tops of the books ap- '
proached the line of the shelf above them. !
and the consequent unlikelihood of his
striking the space between, at the height I
lie planned the hole. He had even been I
careful to assure himself that all the vol- ]
unies at this pxact point stood far enough •
forward to afford room behind them for ;
the chips and plaster he must necessarily ■
push through with his auger, and also- ;
important consideration—for the free I
passage of the s rinds by which he hoped i
to profit.
As he listened for a moment longer, j
and then stooped to gather up the debri< I
which had fallen on his own side of the '
partition, he muttered, in his old self- j
congratulatory way:
“If the devil don’t interfere in son; I
way best known io himself, this oppor- j
. tunity I have made for my self of listen- |
ing to this arrogant fellow’s very hear - I
•beats should give me some clew to his i
i secret. As soon as I can stand it. i'll ■
- spend my evenings at inis hole.”
I But it was days beforr lie could trust :
himself so far. Meanwhile their acquaint-]
ance ripened, though with no very satis- I
factory results. The det ctive found him- I
self led into telling stories of his early !
home like to keep pace with the n an who I
always had something ot moment and '
solid interest to impart This was undt - j
shablc. for instead of t ailing out a cor- |
responding confidence from Brotherson. it i
only seemed to male his con versath
more coldly impersonal.
In consequence, Sweetwater suddenly*
fou-.'d himself quite well and one evenin; .
when he was sure that his neighbor v.a?
at home, he slid softly into his < lost t and
lai<i his ear to tl »• opr ning h* had m; <i ■
there. The result was n< q . cted .1
Brotherson was paring <he noor, an< |
talking softly to hint >f.
At first, the caden<> ami lull music of'
the tones convcyvl nothing io our far i
I from literary deic ’ivicti a of iv.
i secret machinations was expressing him- i
I self in woids. w«>n|s that wa- '.»• pom; '
• which count-.; th him. Bn; a- lis
tened longer and gradually took in :»>
I sense of these words, his lc;<!-i wer
'•'ov. •< lower and lower till i : rtrcTed . 1
I bouts His inscrutable and cv dihap- I
I pointing neighbor was not indulging m |
self-con.munings of any kind. He wa |
reciting poetry , and what was worse. I
poetry which he <»nly half rememl»e’c<i
and was trying to recall -an iner-dibh
occupation for a man weighted with a
criminal secret.
I To Be Continued in Next issue
Some Velvet and Fur-Trimmed Gowns For the
Early Autumn.
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ver fur ' rap. Panels of rich
embroidery will be seen on
many autumn wraps This model
shows a splendid bird with, out
siretched wings.
The'et nt', r j i.i-t :;r' shows a state
ly sown - arrh <1 opt in rose-colored
miroir velvet-, fur and embroidery.
The skirt is grae< Tully draped and
* Little Bobbie’s Fa
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IV AS REEDING a aruekel in 'he
punday painer the oilier day. >eii
Ma io Pa when we was having our
brekfust. wicii toald how every father
shud maik a chum out of his son &
tell him how to succeed in the grate
battel of life.
Th<? artickel must have been a good
one. sed Pa, beekaus, after all, it is
the lather that shaips the destine of
his child. The mother can not know
what the father goes thru. Pa sed.
You must have went thru a line!
today, sed Ma. You had ten dollars
wen you left the house last nite, &
this morning wen 1 was looking for a
farthing io tip the boy that brought
the eggs all I cud find was a groat.
A groat ain't much to’find out of ten
dollars, sed Ma. What did yot; do with
all the other littel gloats ’
1 had to pay sum bills, dee-rest luv.
sed Pa. If 1 bad not had to pay the
bills 1 wud have had more munny than
1 had after you had went thiu my
pockets, sed Pa.
You ate giving that word HAD a
merry game, sed Ma. & it mite have
rung true to me if you HAD sed it a
few less times. Do you know, husband,
sed Ma. you are what 1 mite call a
HAD husband. You HAD so much
muny on a certing din A- didn't have it
to show the next day. You HAD a
chanst to rite a comick opera until the
producers got a other man. You HAD
a bank account oust. You HAD a
chanst one time to marry a heiress.
Why doant you stop beeing a HAD
guy and be a HAVE husband .’ Have a
home, have a automobile, have sum
Up-to-Date Jokes
Enthusiast at Musical Recital We
shall hear more of this young man.
Sufferer —Not tonight. I hope!
Mrs. Nextdore Professor Adagio
called at our house yesterday, and tny
daughter played the piano for him He
just raved over her playing.
Mrs. Pepre.v -How rude! Why
couldn't he conceal his feelings the way
the rest of us do?
You say you are in love with Miss
Baggs?"
"I'm sure 1 am. "
Rut I can't see anything attractive
about her."
"Neither can I. but it’s In the bank,
all right!"
She —How do you like my new dress?
He —Huh! It reminds me of a popu
lar theater!
She—V hat do you mean?
.He— Standing room only!
"Your hu-band has nearly fainted ''
Dear dear! These men always do
ihinge by halves!"
a very fit t effict is gained by the
fur edging the embroidery t iat re
veals the whit - s. tin of which the
under robe is formed. Embroider;
decot. tes the corsage and tile
sleeves are edged with fur.
Heavy fur trimming is shown in
' horse- A stables ,v hate sum sects to
. the opry. etc. Thats the kind of a
person to be if you want to be a r< glet
married man A- a noable husband A
f'athei. You can do it if you want to
cut enuff munny.
Yes. yes. I see, sed Pa, but let'- stop
talking about munny A- talk about that
Sunday artickel. Doant you think the
’ artickel was rite w ,-n it sed that a man
shud make a chum of his son? Doant
you think that I have done that ewer
since littel Bobbi got oaid enuff to I
1 trail around with me?
1 have toald Bobbie moar in the last
two years. Pa sed. than my father ewer
toald me. Os course he went away wen
■ I was lout years old. A- dident cum back
■ until I was grown up. on account ol
1 sumthing wieh he had did to the l-'ed
-1 ernl Guvveruient. but wen ho did cum
back lie dident tell me anything much.
You newer toald me that yure fa
' ther was in a l-'edetal pi Ison, sed Ma.
I dident say that he was. sed Pa. I
meen that be was away beekaus he
dident want to be in a Ecderal prison.
He was too proud to star in a prison.
A- he dident have enuff niunn.i to git
Brite.s diseese. Pa sed. like sum peepul
1 know that got out of doing thate lit
i tel bit.
But I want you to keep that in yute
mind every minnit. the part about mak.
mg a ehum out of your son. Ma sed.
’ Cherish that thought ewer.
1 AH lite. Bobbie, sed p ;1 , let's go to the
nail gaim.
But you was going to talk me out
1 this afternoon, Ma sed.
Sure, sed Pa, you are my chum, too
i All of us is going.
All the Difference
Senator ogle, a member of the Penn
sylvania assembly, had been deputed
to compose an address to the newly
> elected - president. Andrew .Jacksen
When the bluff old wa rlor submitted
his document to the house a fellon
member, a dapper little man from Phil
adelphia. observed:
“Pardon me. general I hesitate
about making any suggestion to so dis
tinguished an individual, but I can not
refrain from saying tha: it Is custo
mary with cultured lettei writer* i..
write the fii st personal pronoun with a
capital T instead of a small 'l.'"
G> neral Ogle returned a look of seorn
'Sir," -aid lie, "when I write io so
'great a man as General Andrew Jack
son. Democratic president of the (’tilled
| States, I abase mx self I abase myself,
I sir. I use as small An T as I can put
■on paper. Rut, sir if eve- I should have
Ito write to a little snipe like you. I
>|Would use an 'I. sir, that would till tw.fl
pages of foolscap." 1
t==O- s
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the model on the tight. The Paths
models are showing an increasing
amount of fur trimming on gowns
of all descriptions, four fur bands
surround the skirt.
The Danger of Imitations.
An Ohio druggist writes to “ The Practical Druggist,” a prominent New York
Drug Journal, as follows: “ Please furnish formula for Castoria. All the formulas
1 have worked with are either ineffective or disagreeable to administer.”
To this “ The Practical Druggist” replies: "We do not supply formulas for
proprietary articles. We couldn’t if we wanted to. His experience with imitative
formulas is not surprising, but just what is to be expected. When Castoria is
wanted, why not supply the genuine. If you make a substitute, it is not fair or
right to label it Castoria. W e can give you all sorts of laxative preparations for
Children, but not Castoria, and we think a mother who asks for Castoiia would not
feel kindly toward you if you gave her your own product under such a name.”
No mother with a spark of affection for her child will overlook the signa
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher when buying Castoria.
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p'J Promotes
K; ncss and Rest .Con talas neither
I'2o Opium .Morphine norMincral
i Not N ak c otic.
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far Simile Signature of
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t’ CX 4, The Centaur Company,
NEW YORK. __
Exact Copy of Wrappsr.
g AM nineteen y<u:< ot ago and in
I love with a votin'-, m n a.;f*d 21.
H< run*< the pass< tiger elevator
in th*' httildi'.ig where I am eniployed
and receives ten dollars a w< ek. while
1 am a stenographer making eighteen
dollars a week
“He says he loxes me and won; • me j
to many him, hut does not want .m ,
to go on working.”
I hat is a letter w ritten ;•> me by
;< ...
Iht‘ day the first man old tb.i- :ir-r
woi.ian that he lov.-d her am! v;iuteri |
her for his wife, there was introdm-<d
I into tit’s world a <iisi trait' • ii’ltitt -'
whii h might bo called love',- mauness.
While it prevails, its victims a .■ rarely
responsible, and in that condition they
labor under the halliieitmiion that it
always w ill be moiinliglit.
S iclt vn lg t and p>'c -a i' .: err as
meat ami groceries art forgotten and
n<> lover's vocabulary ever contained
ib sc words; "Rant il ty."
j’it;.- is moot tin,at . for tl ; .1 be
just as happy, mote san, and sulfer
less alter marriage if line practical
questions Ace ( i . us i .j; ,t . ~,) in
stance. in tlie teiiifig' of his love, gave
proof that in addition to that throb
bing heart that lie.::. f 0) | )P | la ,
two hands strong eiiotigh io keep tin ,
I wolf away.
IA Test.
j The girl who writes the above letter
i gets < iuhtecn d li irx a week. I take i
: !m granted that .-tie has this y all
I for herself. Like all sisters and daugh
‘ i’•■. > iindoubtciily buys many lu.xu
| lies f<»r the home and many little treats
i her family would not otherwise enjoy.
But the bulk of her income is tor her-
I self ami. though she helps othc. s. she
helps them to just such an extent as
sh* chooses.
A girl who gets eighteen a week and
. tastes the independence that goes with
it will rind it a hard test of lov»- to give
up (hat indv pendence and live on ton
dollars with a man. If h< ga\e her
half, w hifh few men ar»- I nown to do
this would .men less than a third of
he - I’m m* r income, and <mt of it she
would have to help buy for the table
( Iml'S'd, I doubt if the r< nt man, the
aroccr and the butchei would leave
I - iiminh of that ten for this girl to treat
'fi' i ' ls io a ten-cent ribbon.
Love j; worth any sacrifice. There
•s nothing in iife greater than love. Rut
in this case the girl is asked to make
three-fourths of the sacrifice.
I contend that if the man loved her
as purely and unselfishly as < very nice
girl deserves, he wouldn’t ask hey to
.oibject h'Tself tn the biting privations,
Children Cry For
d’f'TiTfi W
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The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over MO years, lias borne the signature of
and has been made under his per
(Sr sol,a l supervision since its infancy.
f Allow no one to deceive von in this.
All Counterfeits. Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but
Experiments that irate nith and endanger tiie health of
luiauts and Clnidreu—Experience against Expcrimeut.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil. Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neitiier Opium, Morphine nor oilier Nareotie
substance. Its age is its guarantee. Il destroys Worms
and allays I’everidmess. Cor more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipatiou,
llatnleney, V» iud Colie. all Teething Troubles and
Diairlma. It regulates the St, H | la <h amt Howels,
assimilates the f ood, giving healthy and natural sleep.
I he < hildreu’s Panacea —The Mother’s Erlend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS BEARS
the
Signature : S/
™« CBMTAyR COMRAfNV, N F. W YORK CITY.
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The Prosaic Side
Ziv Beatrice Fairfax
the sclf-ileuials, the narrowed
that marriage on such a meager
would entail. ;
li'-sl;o loves him. she will wait till has
go . more. J, is a wait that in thdl
I light "I after events is often tile
| pii st period of •life.
Too Precipitate. 1
.Xi'ilher is he a man of enough pridejj
I '.'ttulil H;e him better if he did noSl
<ii elare his love for the girl until hisfi
i wavi truing ability, compared witha
I !;• 11l ale •! better showing.
i Mv -land on a question like this »
am approved by the young and
i'i, bci it will appeal to those in w-honfl
fancy is subdued by fact.
One can not say to ones mate fotp
life. “I lovt you.” and with that decla-4
.ion satisfy a linn .er for such mateJ
iial tilings as meat and potatoes.
There n-., , , xi.-tcil two (a inan|
and a onian) who could find peaca
■ tnd satisfactii.n in the declaration, "Wat
adoi < i nch other." while he rent mam
pound' .1 "tl tilt door.
.\ little good, hard sense will makes
lo\ • no less ■'. oi't. .\ sme contemn
pl. ip.' i of tin- market basket will net!
rob licit little g"d i'npid of any of IH4
halos.
'i'l.'. g" : is young, '-'or a girl o«
ninete n she i doing .tma’kably welß
in getting eighteen a week. There arai
fev -ir s li< i age who are doing aa
well.
And so I deciare, while admitting that!
lu\'. i greatei tha;; the d 'liar, that sloJ
wiil not be doing as well if she gives um
her position to marry a man who get®
only $lO a. week. I
Even Love would concede this tnuchJ
SENT TO THE MAT.
A great lovei of animals. Professo®
Dryasdust was much given to havina
his pct dog sitting beside him at mead
tin. and eating tid-bfts from his owm
little plate.
oiaer i-veiling h» w as at a dinned
pa le, and his partner vas a very greafl
lady, c?o was proud of her. title. j
But the professor paid absolutely n»i
atti nl'on to her. Hi- mind had switched
off on to some abstruse point, and hd
was losi io th" world over the
The Duchess did not approve of this)
am presently, to attract his attentions
sin- pulled him gently by the sleeve. ;
Then the professor woke up. G-rab-W
bine a half-picked chicken bone frond
■ his plate, he thrust it under her startledS
nose.
' llon't bother just now , Vido!” hqi
' said curtly "Here, take this and gdj
> and <at it on the mat. like a good dogj
• giel” 5
