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Merry Widow Advance Sale
Broke AH Augusta Records
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A *, ugusfa has never seen anything like the enthusiasm displayed lu
the a ttendance upon the advance sale for 'The Merry Widow," that
cpeneijK at n o'clock this morning a' the Grand.
T ijtere have been some who thought it rather a risky thing to bring
a bir'r hf»h priced production of this kind to Augusta for three
p* r f c Ji'canres, but the volume of the advance sale for both nights and
the iir '■tlbco show that the plan is by no means an 111-advised one.
Before six o’clock this morning there was a long line of some
fifty "I or people extending across the street from the Grand, and
at n e o’clock, when the box-office was opened, the line had grown
p,.:'any tiroes as long.
The prices charged did not ?e°m to daunt anyone, and the best
seats were hough’ for all three performances. This does net mean tha.
there are no good seats left. There arc an>' number stll! to lie had
for Friday night. Saturday afternoon or Saturday night, but it does
mesa that the rale was so large that !hree packed houses are practi
cally assured.
•, 'bis is a great thing for Augusta Not only are we to have «
New York production and hear some of the foremost slng
tTf f cut ’line, hut we are showing ourselv- *o b” ho appreciative of
the hr*' 1 ,l * nl there wilt hp every encouragement for the biggest attrec
tier* on ,h 0 re ' s<, ,0 include Augu.; ain ,ieir itineraries and not to heal
.... r * ,r > play here for two or throe performances at a time
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PASSING THE DESERT.
Mr
,j, (By John IMeiaon.)
A W| ether beaten “private car”
swung Bial ® D<I of a I<>n * traln and
:e«k ti ÜBt * t,rr * <l U P the earn
-head * ” lt *** J«fl«cd around curves
igd ata tracks over the Arizona
nlalns. The car was old and
“4pd the paint was spotted and
eVel off tn plate*. Half obliterated
<:(9* eo it* tide* *ald that is cou-
Smithson’* "tJncie Tom’* Cab
;L*Uo«ip»*), and there had once been
a pane! picture above the windows
Blit* crossing the Ice,
ruraued hr a pack of ferocious blood
battnu* The windows were all down
mi tbeir panes were diut-lacrurted.
Inside the car the boa' was Intense,
and 'he fine alks.i powder that sifted
In in spite of the tight, shut doors
and windows oovrrcd die fad, J p.iixh
es the Hee.s end begrimed the chfi
ped and bilsisred fare" es the doz i
or mere men and women rifting there
It wea not an attractive Interior. Bar
gat< of various w.rt* v.;ih bundl'd
about In the rsrka and on the floor,
and ei one end two large (logs of
uncertain bread lay, chained to a
' "at their tongues hanging out and
their eve* half closed, trying to zleco
Oceaalorltlly they lapped at some
warm water in a pan placed near
them in the aisle.
At the other end of the car—it
was a •'combination" sleeper—a berth
was made up and just across the aisle
sat a man and woman, talking in
low tones and now and then looking
to where the gray sheets covered a
thin lorm.
In the berth lay a girl of not more
than 19 years, small and pale anil
faint with the fever and the heat.
Her light hair, almost colorless from
the (lust that filled the car, was spread
out on the pillow and a handkerchief
moistened with water lay across her
forehead. The curtains of the berth
were drawn back for the sake of the
air, yet she breathed hard and pain
fully in the hot atmosphere. Her
eyes were open and she stared inten
ly at the ceiling of the car. hardly
turning her neud in either direction.
The man across the uisle rose at a
little sign from the woman, took the
handkerchief from the sick girls
head, moistened it afresh and re
placed it. The girl thanked him with
a look and sank again into her rev
ery. Now and then one of the other
people in the car came softly to loo>
at her and then turned away again
to try to sleeep or to play cards with
another member of the company.
"The ice is most gone," whisper
ed the man across the aisle to llie
woman with whom he sat. "There's
only a little piece more.”
"I'm afraid she don't want much
more, Tom," said the woman. "She's
getting weaker all the time. Don't
you think wo ought to get a doctor
front one of the other cars? There's
'most always a doctor on a train."
"Wouldn't do any good," said tho
man, st.ll' in a whisper, hut I'll
see."
He jot tip quietly and started lo
the door. The sick girl heard and
in a v.uak voice called him hack.
“Tell Fred i want lo talk lo him,
Mr. Howard, please,” she said, when
lie bent over her. "He hasn't been
to see me all day and 1 don' 1 like to
be treated that way.”
"All right, lie’ll come," said the
niHn gently. "lie just didn't want,
lo disturb you, that's ail."
The man left her and on his way
to the car ahead, stopped to speak
to a young man who was pretend
ing to read. The young man got
up at once and went to tin- berth,
pausing for an instant to wipe sonu j
dust oil' his face. lie leaned over!
and spoke to the girl and her eyes
lighted up with pleasure.
"I ve been lonesome all (lay with
out you. Fred " she said. "1 thought
you had forgotten me."
"1 didn't know you wanted to hi .-i
me. he said. "I ve been to look i
tit you once or twice and I thought
you were asleep,”
"I can't sleep, |t’s so Hot and :
dusty," lie answered. "Weil b-1
out of the desert uet'ore long, won't I
we? | think I could sleep if it
wasn't for Hie dust. ft chokes me I
up so I can hardly breathe.
The young m tit gulped hack a lie- I
He lump that rose in his throat be |
lore he spoke.
We ll be out of It in two or I
three hour . Kitty,” he said. Han't I
i (lo somethin* for you iov though?]
ilk)be 1 could lan you."
"No, that would make the dust
worse. I went you Just, lo talk to
m . and. maybe. If you’re not too
Hred oil’ll play for me a llttie after I
a while." She turned her head tin- >
til she could see n violin case in a I
rack on the other side Of the ~;n .
and she lr ,i -1 n-.aril it and nod
d-d Tho iming man started up.
"Not now," she said. "lad's la!!;
first Do you think they'll keep in •
w ith tin company after I get well ’
They've been mighty good to ne ,
while I was sick hut maybe they
won't want me any more when I get
up, because I'll be 100 weak then to
do much work
"Of couriis they'll keep on," ho
answered "We've never had a]
Taps' tha' mad" such a hit as you've
made Why, 'he company couldn't
get along without you.”
“It's nice In yea to car that, Fred
I've tried to do my Inst all tho!
time, nut It whs l ard some days, |
Don’t veu remember that night In;
Idaho, in the little town where we ;
played In a ha- ? The men were so;
much that I was afraid tr V.'st to "o'
< n Th"\ weren't as I.ad a they 1
' xiked, though, wa re they? And 'hen
I get homesick mini times. Fred, j
and once —i haven’t told this to any I
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
HITE KERN
IS lOTCOMIK
A telegram was received this morn
ing by Mr. Harry D. Calhoun, for the
Biyan club of Augusta, from Hon.
John \Y. Korn, saying that it would
be impossible for him to speak here
next Monday night.
Press reports were that Mr. Kern's
itinerary took him to Macon Satur
day night and to Asheville Tuesday
night. Whereupon the Bryan club
wired him a cordial and urgent In
vitation to speak here next Monday
night.
It developes, how'ever. that (he vice
presidential candidate has been book
ed to speak in Macon Saturday night,
as per the reports, but lu Asheville
Monday night.
body but you and ysn mustn’t tell.
"I won’t," said Fred
Well I started to run away one
time and had my satchel all packed
and money enough for a ticket part
of the way East. I’d have gone if
little Elsie—Mrs. Larkin’s little girl
that was playing Eva then —hadn't
come to my room and asked me to gp
walking with her. 1 went out wilh
her and when I got back I go to think
lng how good everybody'll been to
me. even Mr. Howard, anil how you’d
chipped in and helped me that week
when the salaries didn't come and I'd
spent all my money, and 1 unpacked
my things and didn't go."
There was some animation in her
face as she spoke, but she was too
weak to talk long, and as the young
man listened to her, she sank back on
her pillow and closed her eyes. He
was about to shteal away when she
stopped him.
"Don’t go. Fred." she said "I'm all
right now. I've been lying here so
long that I get tired easy. Won't you
wet tills handkerchief for me again."
Mr. Howard’s gone somewhere and
Mrs. Howards gone to sleep. Give
her one of my pillows. 1 don’t need
both."
The voting man did as he was told
and then took the handkerchief and
dampened it at the water, cooler and
placed 11 .igain on the girl's forehead.
"Thank you." she srid. She was
silent for a moment nd then began
to speak again.
“Maybe I won’t get well, Fred.” she
said, and the young man looked away
and brushed sonuthing from his eyes.
“You don t think so either, do you?
I’ve known it all day, Fred, but I
haven’t told Mrs. Howard. I know 1
can't get w< li. Fred, lean down. I
want to wh.sper something, l shan't
know when we get out of the desert.
Fred, because I'll be somewhere else
l hen. Don't cry. Now don't. I’m
not sorry. You've all been ho good
to me i don’t waul to leave you, hut
I'm noi sorry I'm going.”
"Don’t talk like that, lit Lie girl."
said Fred "You're going to be with
us a iong lime yet. or malic you'll get
another engagement gomewhero
where the work won’t be so hard."
No, I know. And i want you to
do something for me I want you lo
tell Mrs. Howard afterwards—to
send my tilings home to my mother
There’s her address in my satchel,
and some letters i want her to have.
Oh. Fred, she don't know where I
am. She don’t know whether I'm
alive. I haven't dared write to her,
because I ran away and—you would
n't understand. I did .write to her,
but I never sent any of the letters.
They are all in niy satchel. You'll
do this for me, won’t you?"
The young man leaned Ills head
down on the arm of the sent and
tried to keep back his tears.
"Of course I'll do It. If you waul
me to,' he said. "But there won’t
lie any need. You’re going to get
well, ! tell volt."
She put out her thin hand and
stroked Ids head gently. The mini
who had gone Into another ?ar lo
lind a doctor came back, followed by
a red-faced gentleman with a hand
kerchief about his neck. The girl
.opened her cyus and started to see
a stranger looking at her, and in
stinctively drew Hie sheets closer
about her throat.
„ "This Is a doctor. Kitty," said’the
man, when lie saw she had noticed
the new comer. Tie's come to see
it lie can'i make you feel better."
"Thank you, Mr. Howard," said the
girl, "You are mighty good to ta!<»
so math trouble for me”
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shod: store.
"It’s no trouble lo do something
for you, little one,” lie stild. "Don't
you think you can make her more
comfortable"?” lie continued, turning
to the doctor.
The physician bent over the girl
and listened to her breathing and felt
tier puIHC. Then he shook his heed
and looked intently at the man.
"If slic's got any friends in tho
West you'd better telegraph them to
meet you al your next slop," lie said.
In a low voice, Intended (or the man
alone. The Kiri caught hts expression,
however, and raised up on tier pillow.
”1 know what, lie mcutiH. Mr. I low
aid,” she said. ‘T'vo known il all da?,
and Fred, here, knows It. I've told
him what to do. I'm sorry I've been
so much trouble lo you, bui I couldn't
help it.”
"Of course you couldn't, dear," said
the man, "hut you’re not going yet.
That isn't what the doctor meant."
"Yes, it Is," she Insisted. "Isn't It,
doctor?”
The man ol medicine looked at her
before he spoke and cleared bis
throat.
T in afruid so," lie said. "There's
no use trying lo pretend you aren't
sinco you know It so well."
"Tinink yon," sin- said. "Mr. How
ard, won't you ask all tin- people to
come down here. Fred's going o
play for iih. I'm ready now, Fred. '
The company wus culled together
and Hie young man look down tho
violin ease, ills lingers • rcninUm? a
he undid tin fastenings. The men
and worn- u gathered as the young
mail drew the bow across Hie strings,
ITie girl, with her eyes halt elbseil,
lay propped against tin- pillow, wail
ing for I lie music.
The violin was cheap and weal* in
lone and the young man was not a
genius, but in- pin Ids whole soul
Into Ills playing, selecting some or the
old familiar tunes that everybody
knew .in I remembered from child
hood.
lie played on and on, the people
listening quietly, someone now and
And that’s the reason why Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines are advertised so little now-a-daya They have
made hundreds of thousands of cures in the past 40 years, and aome of the grateful people whom they
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- —ui umutii women, tor
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Women’s
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at $1.98
then leaning over to rearrange the
pillow under tho girl's head, or to
put a few drops ot cool water on tho
handkerchief on her forehead. Tho
doctor from the car ahead stood with
SACRAMENTO RE
PORTS A EINE
CASE
A line example of a recovery in a
case of kidney disease that wus sup
poked to be incurable Is reported
from Sacramento. Mr I. T. Gibson
of f,i; 1 Ninth si reel , Sacramento, wit*
In October lasi in a local hospital
in the Capital City, swollen with the
dropsy Hihl often attends Ihe sen
mis and supposed Incurable forms. Ah
Is usual in these cases the hospital
treatment got no results, when ho
was advised to try e’lilion’s Itenal
Compound by it friend (Charles A.
Nowtdn, tlm yardmaster of tin' H. I’,
it. It Co,, at Sacramento, who had
t> Itnhi - 1 r been cured by tho Iroiittnenl)
Dropsy begun lo sill.side and the re
nal Inllarnmntion gradually anal ml
and Gibson Is now hack to Ida em
ployment wilh Iti> H. I’. II 11. Co,
after recovering from « disease thui
Is rated ns Incurable tin- world over.
In a lit lei he lias lust written, ho
slutes, "I believe It lilts saved to
life II Is the greatc*t remedy for
kidney disease on eartli.
No mailer whether called "kidney
trouble," "Nephritis," or "Drlghl’i.'
Disease," the real difficulty Is IN
FLAMMATION OF TIIF KIDNEYS,
Fulton's Itenal Compound Is Hu- firs'
'■nn lllcnt for inflamed kidneys tlm
On- world lias ever seen. Mend for
literal m e
JOHN .1 FIT .TON,
Oakland, Cal
Alexander Drug Co are our sole
agents. Ask foi hi monthly Hullo-
Ho of late recoveries.
PAGE THREE
the rest his eyes rather dim and his
handkerchief In frequent uso. Thu
rick girl lay still, her eyim alway*
closed except when thoy opened to
thank a friend for Homs act of kind,
ness.
Suddenly the violinist begun a rag
time melody. * lie .ame pleco that the
orchestra always played Topsy
tnude tier entrance Tl# girl’s oyer
opened and she railed up in her bed.
She seemed lo he llal.euing for some
thing.
I "Why don't he give me my cue?"
I she said. "Dal's so, Miss Pheble. I
l knows Iso wicked I won’t do il
again Mamma--Whv I forgot where l
wus. Where’s Fred, Lean down,
Frid, I want to whisper something
to you. Fred, I believe--I've— been
—in — love —with —you— Goodbye—
Everybody,”
11< r head sank -lovi and her oyee
closed and then opened again lu
stare at the celling of tho car. Tho
whistle of the locomotive sounded
and somebody who looked out. of a
window said that the desert was
passed and the hills were ahead.
Health la wealth. Join Y. M. C. A.
Gymnasium. Open* Oct. 5.
Atlantic Coaet Line, now operating
freight and passenger service to and
from the East to Augusta direct via
Robbing and Sumter. Old achedulo
returned. Leav e Augusta 2.30 p. m.,
arrive New York 2.45 p- m. See reg
ular schedule Ad. for arrival and de
parture from other points.
301-2-3-4
Health Is wealth. Join Y. M. C. A.
Gymnasium. Opens Oct. 5.
Atlantic Coast Line, now operating
freight and passenger aervice to and
from the East to Augusta direct via
Robbins and Sumter. Old schedule
returned. Leav e Augusta 2.30 p. m.,
arrive New York 2.45 p. m. Bee reg
ular schedule Ad. for arrival and de
parture from other points.
