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TO-DAY’S INSTALLMENT.
But there was no return to the old
apathy. He felt the foil of a live oppo
nent now and suspected that this oppo
nent was the tall, fair-haired girl. He
rould not read her plans or aims, but he
felt that a contest was still on—and
for a tremendous prize. So he was not
unduly surprised when Miss Lloyd ap
peared in his office at Tunnel City one
•Lay, smiling ajnd cordial. He had not
seen her for weeks.
She. snook hands with him without the
slightest trace of embarrassment.
Allan was bitterly disappointed
“I'm so glad that I found you in,”
she said, with a dazzling smile.
“Then we both have a reason to re
joice,’’ he returned lightly.
“That la very gratifying," declared the
girl. “Not the compliment, T mean—
but the fact that you haven’t gotten
entirely nut of the way of paying them
occasionally. Father and I were afraid
you were going hack to your hermit life
when you came down here again."
“I ni too busy,” he assured her.
“While there’s hope there’s life.''
“Bravo!” she cried. "There is always
hope, Isn't there? And speaking of
that, father wants me to ask you to
come to dinner with us to-morrow
evening and go to a concert.—if you think
you can stand the music.”
"I'm sure I could," he returned. “Tt
isn’t the dread of the music that would
make me hesitate. But I might say
further that while there’s hope there’s
work.”
She pouted ever so little.
"Oh, surely, Mr. Allan, the work can
pet along without you for a few hours.”
"I don't know,” he said, doubtfully.
“Don’t think I’m insensible to your
kindness. Miss Lloyd, but really things
are very pressing here just now. and
if you and your father will not be of
fended I would like to ask to be ex
cused this once."
She studied ihs face for a moment. She
felt certain that it was not work that
was keeping him away.
"You're quite certain you won t be
able to arrange things so you can get
away?"
“Well,” he hesitated. “If you can hold
the Invitation open I’ll do my best.
Would 4 o’clock to-morrow be too late?”
"By no means,” she assured him,
generously. “I’ll call you up at 4 sharp.’’
The next day at 4 Allan regretted
over the telephone that he could not
possibly come to the city.
A Last Chance.
Allan had considerable pride of his
own. He had determined that he would
not appeal to Lloyd again excepting as
an absolutely last resort—and then only
when convinced that there was no fur
ther prospect of advances from that
side. He had one more desperate card
to play—an appeal to the Federal Gov*
ernment.
He had no difficulty in obtaining all
the hearings he could desire with any
man whom he wished to approach. He
remained in Washington three weeks,
but at the end of that time he was
convinced that there was not the slight-
HER STATEMENTS
DESERVE NOTICE
Mrs. Walls Makes Public
Some Interesting Facts
Which Should Interest
All Women.
Leinarts, Tenn.—Mrs. Martha Walls,
of this town, makes the following
statements for publication: “I feel it
my duty to tell you what your medi
cine, Cardul, the woman’s tonic, has
done for me.
"For four (4) years, I suffered terri
bly with womanly troubles, and I
found no relief in different medicines
which I took. Finally, I began to take
Gardui, the woman’s tonic, and after
taking six bottles I am completely
cured. I feel like a different person
altogether. All the pains are gone,
and I am in better health than I have
been in for four years. Have gained
a great deal in weight.
“I still take Cardul as a tonic. My
husband, as well as myself, can not
praise it too highly.
"I hope this letter will induce other
poor, suffering women to try Cardul,
for it is the best medicine in the
world for women.''
If you suffer from any of the nu
merous ailments so common to all
women, why not take this lady’s ad
vice, and try Cardui? It has helped
her, as well as a million other wom
en in the past half century. Why
shouldn’t it do the same for you? W f e
feel sure it will.
Heading of Mrs. Walls' helpful ex
perience should encourage you to try
y hat this medicine will do for you.
Get a bottle of Cardui from your
druggist to-day. Y r ou won't regret it.
\ H—write to: Chattanooga Medicine
, * n T.adi**!' Advisory Dept . Chaitanoo-
Term , for Special Instructions on
v\,nr cusp and Hi-paK*; hook. "Home
itniftit tor W omen, sen*, in plain
w rapper.— tAdrt.j
»st nope that the Government would
take over the enterprise. He returned
to Tunnel City and worked up an adroit
scheme of procedure which he sub
mitted to Vanderstyfft one night at his
club. Vanderstyffe was vastly inter
ested and promised to take it up with
Wittersteiner and others.
"Wittersteiner thinks It's a wonder,
Allan,” Vanderstyfft told him, “and so
do the rest of us. But no one will stir
a foot or put up a nickel without Lloyd
It’s the same old game, Allan. When ‘L
goee in they are afraid to stay out
When he stays out they are afraid to
go In.”
Then Allan decided to attack IJnyd
once more. Ethel was not visible when
he caJled, but the old financier re
oeived him with even' mark of regard
and consideration. Allan decided to tell
him boldly and baldly everything that
he had aternpted and demand a definite
answer. If this should be unfavorable,
he would abandon the tunnel, burn his
plans, and retire to the wilderness to
hunt and fish
T eotild have toid you the answer you
would get if you had taken the trouble
to be frank with me, my hov.” said the
old man. "The Washington Govern
ment and Va.nderstvfft and his friends
told you the plain truth. It isn't that
they couldn't handle the thing from this
time on. possibly, without me. But they
don t dare risk it. My coming in means
so much in the way of advertising, and.
after all, in the last analysis, we will
have to use the public’s money in some
shape or form, and we have to have the
public on our side.”
"Well, what do you say, Mr. Lloyd?”
asked Allan, quietly.
The financier appeared to reflect for
a moment.
I suppose—I gather—that you came
here for a final and definite answer?”
"Yes."
Disappointing News.
“Well, if I am compelled to give
that answer now it would have to be
‘No.’ Wait—don’t Interrupt. I say if I
were compelled to give a definite an
swer now. All my impulses and inclina
tions urge me to give you the answer
you seek. Mr. Allan, but my judgment
tells me that it would not be wise. I
can not answer for next month, or even
next wwk Many thtngs can happen in
that time.”
4 4 T DON’T wish to appear to he ac-
I cusing you of playing fast and
loose, Mr. Lloyd,” he said, "but l
I can not see what is to be gained by
further delay.”
"Nor can I," returned the older man
with a little smile. “The great thing.
Allan, is public confidence. So soon as
we see unmistakable signs that we have
some measure of that on our side the
rest is easy.”
"But how can we do anything to
learn ”
"Now you have me"' declared Mr.
Lloyd, with a faint twinkle in his eye.
“Do you think you can trust me—for a
month, say?”
"Yes,” said Allan, reluctantly.
"Good! You are under my orders
You are to forget all about the tunnel
for 30 days. I want you to come here
next week and visit us for at least two
weeks, and we are not to mention tun
nel once. Ethel will be here, and she
has all sorts of social plans. Will you
obey instructions?” he smiled.
AUaji made a wry face, but he smiled
"Very well,” he said.
Four nights later there was a big
symphony concert—the big musical
event of the year. Just before the
music began there was a marked stir
In the house. Ethel Lloyd, wearing the
famous Rosy Diamond and the TJovd
rubies, entered the Lloyd box and her
escort was - MacKendrep Allan! there
was a gasp around the “horseshoe,’' and
a further excitement when "Old LJoyd"
himself entered a few minutes later.
A Surprising Event.
Next day the New York papers men
tioned the fact and gave it some promi
nence. Nowhere was the incident dis
cussed with greater interest than in the
financial district Allan and Miss Lloyd
out fbgether twice within the same
week! The following afternoon there
was a little timid trading in Tunnel se
curities. And old Lloyd smiled a cyni
cal smile when he noticed it.
Twice in the following week Allan
was observed as the escort of Miss
Lloyd In places where observation could
not well be avoided. Then a New York
paper more than hinted in a column
"story” on the front page that Allan
and Miss Lloyd were engaged.
Tunnel shares rose 7 points In an .
hour on the Stock Exchange, and the
whole financial world of five continents
began to stir and bubble. Allan was
white with rage when the newspaper
article came to his attention. His first
impulse was to go to that newspaper
office and wreck it; and then he reflect
ed that it was not exactly gallant to
make too strong an exhibition of anger
over a report of an engagement to an
altogether charming and desirable girl
Instead, he hurried off to see Miss Lloyd.
To his amazement the young woman
only laughed.
“My dear, Mr. Allan," she said. "I
should think that you had been in the
newspapers long enough to get used to
things of this sort. I have, anyway.
Of course, I know that you didn’t have
anything to do with it, and of course I
want you to deny it as emphatically as
you. I will, too, as soon as I can get
hold of a few of those reporters."
To Be Continued To-morrow.
Precocious Baby.
A university professor who lias
greatly endeared himself to his
students on account of his kind-
heartedness. has one particular fall
ing—that of absent-mindedness.
He visited his married nephew a
few days ago and had listened to the
young wife's praise of her firstborn.
The gentleman felt that he must
say something to give the impression
that he was interested.
‘Tan the dear little, fellow walk?”
he inquired quietly.
“Walk?” shouted the mother. “Why,
lie has been walking for five months!"
•'Dear me!" exclaimed the profes
sor lapsing again into abstraction.
W hat a long way he must have got!
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A Charming GolVn Described by Olivette
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w.
Little Bobbie’s
Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
M EN has got lots of pet naims for
thare wifes, but lots of times
thay doant choose the naims
very good. I have herd sum of the
married men wirh cums to our house
call thare wifes Littel Pearl & the wife
wud be big & dark, or sum of the other
men wud call thare wifes Grate big
butlful doll & she wud be skinny &
hoamly & little. But the funniest nairn
for a husband to use for a pet naim
wen it doesn't fit is The Kid.
Mister Hemingway cairn up to the
house last nite with his wife. 1 dident
see her at first, b* ekaus I was in the
library wen Pa brought Mister Heming
way in. be was talking to Pa & getting
cigar wile his wife was in the bTTier
room talking to Ma.
Yes, sed Mister Hcmtngwey, " Pn a
man has traveled the paoe & had all
the variety there is, he derides that
thare is nothing like a butlful hoam
life, so he marries sum good iittel gurl
that is his pal & Comforter. Now, sed
Mister Hemingway, wen I married The
Kid she knew I was a man of the w„orld,
& she took me as such. The Kid & ine
understand each other perfeck’y, & she
leens on me & reelies on my strong arm
for proteekshun & suppoart.
I thot to myself that The Kid must
be awful littel & helpless, beekaus Mis
ter Hemingway wasent vary strong
looking. He only wayed about a hun
dred & ten pounds, & he was kind of
oald A feeble looking
The Kid understands me, he sed to
Pa. She knows that eeven the wildest
of men maiks the best husbands wen
thay get married & settel down. I sup
pose yure wife is the saim as The Kid.
No, sed Pa. thare isent vary much
of that clinging trust-fulness about my
wife. It is true that I used to sport
around a lot wen I was singe!. Pa sed,
but my wife newer took it for granted
that 1 changed into another man the
ninnit I got married. To be perfectly
candid about It. Pa sed, she watches me
up a littel to this day, & every onst in
a while, wen I have been out loo lait,
I have to use all my elloquens to maik
her beeleeve that 1 was rite at the lodge
rooms all of the time.
O, The Kid wud newer think of tell
ing me anything about my conduek,
sed Mister Hemingway. Now that we
have finished our cigar, I wan: you to
meei her So we went 1n the other
room to meet Mister Hemingway’s wife
I thought she was going to be a litlel
woman, but wen I lokc/1 at her I was
sur prised. She was big & fat & she
looked as strong as Pa. Her chin was
square, like a block, & her lips was
thin & she Jest barely opened her jaws
wen she talked. If she wud have been
a man thare wuddent be any eullurd
ehampeen.
Ware have you been? She asked Mr
Hemingway.
Oh, Kid, that is all right, sed Mis
ter Hemingway. My frend «?■ I were
Just in thare having a cigar X- I wnt
singing youre praise to him. I wms fell
ing him how nice a temper you had
You mite have spared yourself the
trubbel, sed The Kid. I think my tei
per will speek for itself.
All rite, Kid, sed Mister Hemingwa
You bet it is all rite, sed The Ki-l
That is the way she acted all the evo.
ing. Xr after she was gone Pa beeg -
to laff She u sum purrirg
she'!' sed Pa Who, sed Ma The Ki*
By OLIVETTE.
I SN’T this a chic little chapeau on iho left for
early fall? It is of white satin, or stipple felt,
and is a “flower-pot” shape, with a hand of self-
material finishing at the edge. Two wide loops flare
tip in front, and a softer loop descends across the
crown. The home milliner will find this hat very
easy to copy—and the expense won’t be very great.
Twenty-five cents for the flower-pot foundation
shape, a dollar for the yard of satin, and a dollar
and n half for a yard of black velvet cut on the bias.
This velvet may lx* rut in three strips, which can be
stitched together invisibly. Another quarter for
millinery wire and lining, and for three dollars you
have a smart and unusual little “first” hat.
The evening gown of pah* lemon brocade is rather
startling without transgressing the limits of good
taste. The gown itself takes the form of a princess
dress cut with blousing waist and fish tail train.
The top part of tin* bodice is a dainty kimono of fine
ma line lace and ivory chiffon. 1’nder this shimmers
a pale apricot ribbon which is laid across the chest
ami under the arms. Over the dress and joining
the “V” neck is a long coat of palest apricot chiffon,
which falls to tlx* bottom of the skirt with no open
ing for the arms. This cape-coat is edged with an
applique of dull gold and pink roses with leaves of
green gold. I nder this trimming the chiffon coat
tightens into a few folds at the back.
Behold a hat, on the right, that the "home milli
ner” can never hope to manufacture! Of tete du
negro velvet Is the smart shape which scoops over
milady’s right eye, turns smartly up at the left side
and the hack and arranges itself in a soft, “near”
Tam o’ Shanter crown. And of the same wonderful
smoky dark brown shade is the great cascading
spray of paradise, that extends across the hack. The
price? Oh, it can lx* done for one hundred and fifty
dollars, if milady does not demand too generous a
mass of the frothy paradise in her crown!
Up - to - the- Minute Jokes
“Man overboard!’’ shouted an ex
cited passenger on an Atlantic liner,
as he hastily left his plate at the
dinner table and scrambled up the
companion way.
An affrighted crowd of ladles and
gentlemen followed him. He was
wildly expostulating with the captain
on deck when they surrounded him
with eager inquiries.
"Where is he? Who is he?" they de
manded, and the originator of th*
scare laid bis hand upon his breast
and said, with melodramatic air
“Here he is! I am the man over
bored. I have been compelled to sit
four days at the same table wi i 1
three men who can’t talk about any
thing but golf. 1 want my place
changed, or I'll get out and walk!"
A good story anent his physical
powers is told by Mr. George Robey,
tiic* well-known comedian.
A brother comedian and himself
were comparing the size of their re
spective* chests and biceps in Mr.
Robey's dressing room one evening
"Kiel the muscles of my neck,” Mr.
Robey said; “put your fingers round
my throat.”
The other gripped Mr. Robey’s
throat, while the latter set his teeth
and contracted all the muscles. He
seemed much impressed by the dis
play, and Mr. Robey says he expected
some compliment to his muse alar de
velopment. All the other said, how
ever. was, "George, they will have a
bother to hang you.”
k A keen-eyed but obviously poorly
educated settler in a colony in Us
pioneer stage took his overgrown son
to a country school.
“Thi* ’ere boy’s arter l’arning.” h *
said to the schoolmaster. “What’s
yer bill o’ faro?”
“Our curriculum, sir.” replied the
schoolmaster, “embraces geography,
physiology, ariUimetic, algebra, trig
onometry ”
“That’ll do. Load him up heavy
with trigernometry, He’s the oni.
poor shot in the family."
An angry advertiser rushed into the
office of a provincial paper recently
and shouted:
"See her-*, our ad ought to read:
‘Thouuand* of patrons are wearing
trousers of our make."
The foreman of the composing room
looked up, and weakly said: "Well?”
The irate advertiser throw down a
j copy of the paper containing the ad.
The compositor had made it
! "matrons.”
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One Woman’s Story .
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER
CHAPTER XXXVI.
ARY FLETCHER tried to con
ceal her pained nurprise when
she saw her mother-in-law's
home and the street into which the
elderly woman had moved. For Mrs.
Fletcher senior’s new quarters were
in a building of very cheap flats, or
tenements. This building was on an
avenue through which an elevated
road runs and 'he proximity to Twen
ty-third street made the place easy
of access, n fact for which Mary was
grateful when she, with her baby and
large suit case, left the ferry on the
afternoon of her arrival in New York.
Her mother-in-law was on the watch
for her and met her at the foot of
the stairs leading to the third floor
on which were the humble rooms.
"I guess you’re surprised to see
me in thi» common part of town
ain’t you?" she queried when she had
deposited the baby on her bed, hav
ing Insisted on carrying him upstairs
herself. "Rut while I don’t think I
ever had much pride, the little I did
have has had a fall. I’ll tell you all
about it filler. First of all. let me
help you and the child off with your
things."
This lie proceeded to do. talking
all the time. Mary observed that
the elderly w oman had lost much of
her sharpness, and when she saw
the lines of care in her face she pitied
her and determined to he very gentle
with her.
Bert’s mother s bed was in the only
bedroom in the small flat but in the
parlor was couch on which Mary
wa*- to sleep, and by that wag a
small camp cot that the grandmother
had bought expressly for the baby.
"It was real cheap," nhe paid, “only
a dollar. But we can make It soft
by folding comforters and puttin’
them on if. and he ain’t such an active
child as to roll off easy. One side
of the c.n can he against your couch,
and we’ll fence him in on the other
side with chairs. 1 ain’t got a very
fine place hen . Mary, but there's
room in it for you.”
For the first time «*ince she had
met her husoand’f* mother. Mary
kissed her. "Thank you,” she staid,
sincerely, "you are very kind, and
baby and I appreciate It.”
Tn spite of what his mother had
written, Bert’s wife had not sus
pected until that night in what
straits he had put his mother. Now
that he had gone a way (he had
started on his journey that morning)
his mother spoke freely of him anrl
his recent conduct. Sne fold Mary
how he had come to her, his mother,
time and again, "with a hard luck
story," asking her to help him out.
"I suppose you'll think I've been
a foolish old woman," she said, “to
do all I’ve done. I know I told you
once 1 knew how to manage men,
and I always thought I’d hold out
against any attempt that Bert might
make to get money out of me. Rut,
Lord! 1 guess mothers is all aliku
when the pinch comes. And when
he told me that a few thousand
would just tide him over a bad
place In his business, and that the
lack of it would ruin him. I let him
. have the money. And then lie come
f and told me that he found he'd need
another thousand to make the matter
sure I got mad at first and asked
him if he wasn’t sendin’ good money
after bad. but he said that It was
all right. He—” she filtered and her
voice broke—"he actually took hi»
oath that it was all on the square.
And now th.* money’s gone, and he
t« l!s me that business ain’t any bet
ter. that everybody’s done him. but
that he’ll make good yet.”
She paused and tried to look like
her brusque and arrogant »**lf.
"Oh.” she exclaimed. “I’ve learned
my lenson and it’s cost me about all
I'd laid aside against my old a.ge!
But I've got a little left to keep me
yet if I live in a tenement like I
thought I'd never live in. If I’ve
the good luck to die before long, I
may not have to go to the poor-
house.”
She tried to laugh, but the younger
woman saw the misery back of the
sorry effort
"As long as there ig a roof over
our heads, It will always be your
roof, too," she said. "Surely"—she
hesitated—“your inn will never je.e
you want for anything after all you’ve
done for him. Tie fells me that busi
ness has been dull. but. It may no*
lie long before the money he has
put into if will bring him tn nevm*-
thlng better than he now has”
The wife spoke bravely, but her
tone did not decetve the. mother.
The two looked into each other’*
eyes steadily, and each saw the fear
in the other’s gaze. Then the
mother wpoke solemnly, leaning for
ward and laying her large hand on
her daughter-in-law's slender and
toll-worn fingers.
"Mary." she said slowly. *T wonder
where that money's gone!"
Marv felt herself turn pale. "Why,”
she faltered, "into Bert's business, C
hope. Except, of course" she paused
'“xcept. of course—that he spend*
some of 't on—on—liquor!”
In spite of her familiarity with
her husband's habits she felt her
self blush as she confe^ed them to
his mother. But her listener did rot
notice her confusion.
"Ghild.” she said, "a man can't
sp^nd just on drink all the money
Pert’s borrowed off me. I’m afraid
—that”— Then she checked herself
abruptly.
"There!” sh-e exclaimed, “let’s not
■ It to-night, nor
at nil, until we know whether it *
gone into business or somewhere'*
else. And—” holding up a huge fin
ger to emphasize her remarks— "I’m
goin' to find out!"
After which cryptic speech she be
came very silent.
It was grn> dawn in the third ntory
teleiront before Bert Fletcher's wiia
closed her eve* and forgot her anxiety
in fitful sleep.
Smart Yankee.
"Now. gents.” said a Yankee at din
ner. "guess I'll show you somethin*
that not a critter in this room ever
seed afore, and not a critter livin’ ever
will see again. D’ye bet?”
The bet was made, and the Yankee
took a nut off the dessert plate, and,
crocking it. held up the kernel be
tween hl.s finger and thumb.
“Now. gents, I calc’late none of ye
ever seed that kernel afore, an’ (swal
lowing It) I guess you’ll never see it
again. Please fork out."
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sells and recommends Dodeon’s Liver
Tone, a pleasant-tasting, harmless
vegetable liquid that encourages the
liver, relieves constipation and bil
iousness without restriction of habit
or diet.
There are no bad after-effects from
taking Dodson's Liver Tone. It does
just what it is intended to do and no
more. Dodson’s Liver Tone can not
harm cither children or grown-ups
and is an excellent preventive of
chronic liver troubles.
Any dealer or drug store sells Dod-
i soil's Liver Tone for 60 cents p.-*r
j bottle, and every bottle sold is guar-
' inteed to give satisfaction, and you
j got your money, back without a ques-
: ion if it fails you. Some remedies
j are sold in imitation of Dodson's Liv-
| . i Torn -look out for them Remem-
j oar the guarantee.—Advt.