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For Sale — A new organ at a bar
gain. Call at News office.
A. P. Phillips was on the sick
list several days this week.
George Mobley of Monroe was
the guest of C. C. Bell Sunday.
F. W. Mulkey is enjoying a two
weeks vacation visiting relatives
at Lewisville.
Postmaster E. N. Collett was at
Hot Springs this week taking in
the State Fair.
J. A. Green, the telephone man
of Marion, La., transacted business
in Huttig Saturday.
A fine boy arrived at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gillum of
Litroe last Tuesday.
Sawyer H. 0. Gatewood, of the
Wisconsin Lumber Company, was
an El Dorado visitor Monday.
New up-to-date desks were in
stalled this week at the Harper
Springs school west of town.
E. R. Chisholm, bookkeeper for
the Bell-Pike Piano Co., of Monroe
was in Huttig on business thi.
week. _
Marshal T. F. Ashcraft. J. W
Perritt and J. H. Towns were at
Texarkana this week attending
Federal court.
Dr. L. F. Magee and bride ar
rived home Saturday afternoon
from Shreveport where they at
tended the Louisiana State Fair.
Oscar Woolley, principal of the
leading school at Camp No. 1.
spent Sunday in Huttig with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Woolley.
P. H. Pitts accompanied his sis
ter, Miss Clyde, and Miss Mabel
Lucas to Arkadelphia where the
young ladies will enter the Hen
derson-Brown University.
Camp No. 41 1, W. O. W . un
veiled a monument at Harper
Springs cemetery last Sunday over
the grave of Earney McCrary with
the beautiful ceremony of the
order. __
There are three candidates in
the field for the postoffice at Hut
tig to succeed Postmaster E. N
Collett whose term expires on the
4th of next March, being C. R.
Duncan. O.O. Nash and C.A.Berry
Gradually the fool-killer gets in
his work, only he is not diligent
enough. Edward Kane of New
York accepted a wager that he
couldn’t drink a quart of whisky
down at one pull. He did it and
then went home and died in the
greatest agony.
Jas. H. Waters, lay district lead
er of the Methodist church for this
district, of Camden, occupied the
pulpit here Sunday morning and
evening for Rev. J. R. Rushing, and
and made two good talks, in the
morning on "Missions and at night
on ‘‘Tithing.
5ohn Schneiders of St. Louis and
H. C. Spendgler of Cedar Rapids.
Ia.. salesmen for the Frost-Johnson
Lumber Company, and Arthur Du
Von, a customer of Rock Island.
111., were here last Friday anJ Sat
urday looking over the stock of the
Union Saw Mill Company.
No Calomel Necessary
The injurious effect and unpleas
antness of taking Calomel is done
away with by Simmons Liver Puri-:
her. the mildest known liver medi- j
cine, yet the most thorough in ac-1
tion. Put up in yellow tin boxes
only. Price 25c. Tried once,
used always. ac*v
Hereafter Uncle Sam wiU pay
for having the “pants’ of treasury
agents frequently pressed when on
the road. Tne secretary of the
treasury has authorized an allow
ance of $1 a week for this import
ant expense. Fifty cents a day is
allowed for tips. From $5 to $6 a
day as hotel expenses is author
ized. Who would not be a treas
ury agent!
Brooks Wills, a negro living near
Lapeer, shot and killed his brother.
Parnell, on Sunday afternoon in a
family fight. A prelerninary trial
was held Tuesday before Justice
G. B. Wood and the defendant
turned loose, as it was proven that
the killing was in self-defense.
Heather forecast
Cooler with rains causing Rheu
matic pains. Hunt’s Lightning
Oil stops all aches and pains
whether from Rheumatism. Neu
ralgia. Cuts. Burns or Bruises.
The Quickest Liniment. known.
25 and 50c bottles. All Druggists,
adv
The German government has
purchased at Washington a plot of
land for a new embassy building
which with the land and the fur
nishings will come to about $].
000.000. The plans for the build
ing are held up owing to the lack
of funds from Berlin, as it seems
the Socialists in Germany, who
hold the balance of power in the
reichstag, are much opposed to the
expenditure, which they consider a
waste of money.
Read The Huttig Njws.
$100 Reward, $100
Ths readers of this paper wilt he
pleased to learn that there is at least o:.a
drcad< d disease that science has be. n
able to cu e in all Us stages, and that U
Catarrh. 1. all's Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure mtv known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitution il
disease, requires a constitutional trer.*
mo-it. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken i -
ternally, acting directly upon the hie d
and mucous surfaces of the system, ther -
by destroying t'.e foundation of the dt -
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up ti e constitution and assisting
nature in doing i's work. The proprietors
have so much frith in Its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any race that it f -ils to cure. Send
for ltrt cf testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Potd hv ell riraggists, 7"e.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Adv.
Miss Lulu Harrington arrived
home from Bastrop. La., Sunday
morning where she had been at
tending the bedside and funeral of
her father who died at 8:45 a. rn
Wednesday. November 6. aged <f£
years. 1 month and 14 days
He was a devoted parent and
Christian gentleman and a worthy
member of the Masonic fraternity
who conduced the services
and Miss Lulu has the deepest
sympathy of all in his loss.
A Certain Shot at Chills
I have been using your Cheat
ham's Chill Tonic in my family for
sometime and can say it is a cer
tain shot on Chills, says J. 13.
Blackshear. Lewisville, La. Money
promptly refunded if it fails to
cure. P'ice 50c. Sold by all
dealers. An excellent tonic for
invalids and feeble persons. Pre
pared only bv A. B. Richards Med
icine Co., Sherman, Texas. adv
The members of Sweat Bay
Camp No. 411, W. O. W, with
their families very royaly enter
tained Sweet Bay Grove No. 145,
W. G., on their last meeting. Wed
nesday night. Nov. 6. with one of
the most elaborate suppers ever
spread in the hall in honor of their
visitor, Mrs. Lula Mark well of Lit
tle Rock, state manager of the
Woodmen Circle, who gave a
splendid talk on Woodcraft which
was enjoyed by everyone. Every
body left the hall expressing the
wish that they might have anothjr
such meeting soon.
Cold Bloodrd and Death Dealing
Chills: Rev. James Reed.Gaines-;
ville. Texas, wrote: "I have used
your Cheatham's Chill Tonic in my \
family and can recommend it to ev
eryone affected with Chill and
Fever. It cured when various oth- ;
er remedies failed.” As a tonic ■
for invalids and feeble persons it
has no equal. Any one buying this ;
medicine and not pleased with it
will get their money back on re
quest. Price 50c. Sold by all
dealers. Prepared only by A B. j
Richards Medicine Go., Sherman,'
Texas. adv
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Johnston
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SYNOPSIS,
CHAPTER I—Harding: Kent mils o* j
Louise Fairish to propose marriag*- am: 1
finds the house in great excitement ove: ,
the attempted suicide of her sister Kath
arine. Kent starts an investigation am ,
finds that Hugh Crandall, suitor to \
Katharine, who had been forbidden ti
bouse by General Parrish, had talked w.t
Katharine over the telephone just be for* ■
f ne shot herself. A torn pier, of vollow i
paper Is found, at sight of which Gen- [
•ra! Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
E T| \RTFR TT Kent discover* that
( r-indaU has left town hurriedly. An
*r«w Kiser an hanker, onmmiis
sui'-lde about th® same time as Katharim
attempted her life.
CHAPTER TV—Kent is convinced that
Crandall is at the bottom of the mystery.
^CHAPTER V—Kent nad Pavla search
Crandall’s room and find an address,
**Look Box 17. Ardwnv. N. J.” Kent
to Ardwnv to investigate and be
comes suspicious of a “Herir\ hnok.”
CHAPTPR VT—A woman comnl's sui
cide at the Ardwa.v Hotel. A yellow loi
ter also figures in this case.
CHAPTER VII—K**nt calls T.v’dse on
the long distnn'-e telephone and timls that
"he had just h en culb-d bv Crandall from
the same booth. "Conk" disappears. The
Ardway postmaster is missing.
CHAPTER VTIT-Tnsn-ctor Paris nr
r'ves at Ardwav and takes up the Inve*
Fetation. He discovers that the dead
v oman Is Pa rah of Bridgeport.
Kduige telephones Kent imploring him to
drop the investigation.
CHAPTER TX—Kent returns to N>w
York to g.-t an explanation from Louise.
He the bodv of a woman in Cen
tral P^r1' a*r,d more yellow letter**. H«
: e? Crandall, whom he recognizes. a
“Cook.” enter the F.irrish home.
CHAPTER X Lou* sc again Imotorcs
e • mt to dr^p the Investigation and r ■
to g? e anv explanation Tt*•
Kent sees C.andall and Louise in an au
tomobile.
CHAPTFR XT—TOnt returns to A^lwnv
aonour os that b° Iris pjmnorl to j
r»rr'»st tip postmaster and il:-«
(be master criminal.
CT* APT'PR XTT—Trrhi!e sppHn*r the
-*r,r,-,r»nls. T-r.-nt comi's n rosy T.oi’Np nnfl !
r,rnn',;i'! pi»r«neft bv Travis tbf» po«*tmq«- j
>er p'rpr><3 o<T a prooipico and is trille(T
Merk Tonne, the rr* ster criminal, if
found in a hut in a morphine stupor.
PT.T * PTFTl XTTT—T.Ou1?e tells K>n*
*V«t she end ^r^ndall >^’d come to |
nepers from Tounsr which cpvp him a :
“t^anw hold over °rre 1 Parrish.
fVTXpTKR yTV—It Is shewn that Cran
linll’s on'v Interest in the n«» was *n
heir, Katharine recover her father's pa
pers.
r*rf a pTi^p xv_Vflii»i? is shariffe-l a”
hnvnrl. with mnrptdne .lust out ^ of h*
to on after'", to n'ahe l.im con
fess an<1 give up tlie papers
CHAPTER XVI.
The Forty-Ninth Hour.
Two days—two unforgetabie days—
we passed there in the hut, Davis and
I and our self-tortured prisoner. Each
day the constable cants and vent, the
first day to tell ns that the inspector's
plan for disposing of the postmaster's
body had been successful and that no
suspicion had been aroused. The sec- i
ond day a pleasanter mission brought
him to deliver telegrams from (.'ran
.lall and Louise that ail was well, j
that the general was slowly improv
ing and that Katharine was recover- '
uig rapidly.
And all the while Young lay there
hound, defying us, now cursing, new
pleading, now In brilliant phrases
striving to Convince us by logical ar- !
guments so deft, so forceful, so cun
ning that a weaker and less wise man
than Davis might have be- n con- \
vlnced by them.
His logic falling lie would turn to
merciless Invective and ribald threats,
his penetrating voice making the !
whole hut hideous as he prophesied j
for us both grotesque horrible deaths,
brain-breaking punishments in this
world and the next. Then, overcome
once more hy the Intensity of hir un
satisfied desire for the drug that had
long been his master, he would morn
and plead and weep for morphine.
At times delusions would seize h s ,
brain. Ry the hour he would rave of
beautiful cities and wonderfully fair
women and pleasant partlmes. Ma
jestic linos of poetry would (low from
his levered lips, to end in a shriek of
ag< nv as Ills quivering, knotted mus
cles all but tore his nerves apart.
Again the weird morphine fantasies
would take hold of him and a rush of
horrible grotesque ribaldries would
foul the air.
n 1*
At times he dozed, moaning in
agony even in his sleep. Three
times a day we offered him food, and
once of twice he took a little water,
but the one thing only he craved, the
one thing he hungered and thirsted
for was morphine, and that Davis
would not let him have, though ail the
while it lay there almost within his
reach, whe re he could see it.
And still he defied us.
But after forty-eight hours of i his
terrible torture nature would he put
off no longer. She demanded re. t.
Young had sunk into a trouhhd, un
easy sleep about seven in the morn
ing. Davis and I, having spelled each
ether as guards during the night, sat
talking about our prisoner. I hap
pened to remark that it was a pity
that capital punishment could not rt
lnove such criminals as Young from
the earth. The inspector, in spite of
th§ rigorous w y he. had t up the
Torture. seemotT to Ii’vo strong sym
pathy for Young;.
"I don’t believe in e ' mini h
| rnent st all ” be said explot-iv. r
! vhole system is wrong. It took n« ;.
rood many centuries to discover tint
insane persons didn't need prisons
but doctoring. Tie > just isn't hi
being criminals. Stand behind a ii.
of prisoners as- they march in r ,
reakfsst in the pen”' niir.-v. y
me of them « i’l have a nor, al h
s that their fault? it, is the Lmlt o?
ooiefy It’s our fauit This poor
’evil here, his father a drug h nd and
tls mother drinking herself into in
anity, what chance did ho have?
•'at who knows some day this marvel
ms rtev. surgery may be able to take
he children of even itch parents us
tis were, reshape their skulls and
make them honest, useful citizens'
There was a stir on the couch . nd
Young opened his eyes The lire of
he drug-madne s arid the look of
hate scented to have vanished
"I site up,” lie said “1 can’t stand
he strain art\ longer I’ll tell you
anything you want to know' ”
He spoke quietly and calmly Yet
there was something in his voice that
rang true I felt that this time he
meant want he said Apparent y
Davis, too, realized ii.nt at last
Young's spirit was broken. Without
hesitation, he seized the hypodermic
syringe and plunged it into Youngs,
arm. The prisoner breathed a long
Igh of relief The color came back
into his face and st ength to his
voiee. Ills muscles stopped twitch
ing.
aow, said i);ivis gently, where
are the yellow letters hid?"
“In a tin box under a flat done naar
.he r.,ring," Ym;i g r.-ph. 1.
“Which stone?"
“It's tile third from the spring com
ing this way."
Davis was up like a sin. and out
the door, reappearing quickly with ar,
ordinary doom < nt box
"And tlie F.-irri -i papers—where are
they?" he asked sharply.
“They are in the box, too." said
! Young wearily. "May I have acc-th
I er shot?"
Davis studied his face and felt hi'
pulse and then reached for the
syringe.
“Where’s the key?" he asd-red as he
dnisbed administering the morpnine.
“In my loft trousers’ pocket,"
| Young answered apathetically.
Quickly Davis p' ; • •• ed linns.-if of
i the key and opened the box. In the
op i ray were perhaps fety letters,
'ype-written on yellow paper, with a
blank lr(t for Hie name m> he tilled in
Without stopping to rend tits letters
vhieli srenied to 1 <•> .til aftei (lie same
torn), Iiavis lifted the tray. In the
hot to, a of tin lex was a type-writ
ten list of names and a bulky sealed
legal envelope, marked on the our
-ide "Papers in the Fin ish ca: e.
“Here, Kent." said Davis, handing
me the enve.ope, 'take charge of
these and give them to Mbs Louis*
or Miss Katharine. You re entitled
to that.”
Joyfully 1 stowed the envelope in
my breast pocket, my heart bounding
at tho thought of the relief ihe sight
of the package would bring to ?im
Finish family Put as yet the whole
affair was a Id’nd puzzle to me and
1 waited eagerly for furthet develop
ments
".Vow, Young.’ said the Inspector,
“tell me all about your schem*
“If the damn thieves hadn't been
such cowards as to go and kill them
reives,” said Young with a glow of
enthusiasm, “I would have been a mil
lionaire within a year. Read one of
the letters and you can -oe for your
self just how goad the scheme was '
Lifting the topmost sheet the in
spector read the yellow letter aloud:
I✓»«■•]; Box IT.
Ardway, X. J., ivq>. K, jojo.
Pear S*r;
I am writing to you in pursuance of
my duty as ♦ x.-.utor of tin* Into Klwln
Green, who «1 i• • 1 her* r* o nth-, 1- aving
las entire •‘state. amounting to some
?SKO.O«*i, in my hands for what In* wag
pleased to term a “Defaulters’ Kund.”
1 ran 1-st explain its purpose b i.ri flv
summarizing the founder's life. In Mf
early youth Mr Gr<*er> was employed for
a short time in a bank in a small city in
another state. Becoming involved In
°r>eculation he usrd several hundred d<d
s of the bank’s funds, lb had no r. !a
lives but a sister, to whom he kn* w It
was useless to apply for aid. As dis
covery seemed inevitable he was con
templating suicide, seeing nothing hut
prison and disgrace ahead of him. But
all old friend of his father, who entirely
l>y aecident learned of his plight, ad
vanced him the money he needed to make
good his defalcation, exacting from him
a promise that he would help others In
similar plight whenever he had oppor
tunity.
IIis subsequent lif** was of the highest
reeititude. Though he amassed a fortune
he never found opportunity to aid ar.y
4 p.e in a plight similar to the one in
which he once found himself. It became
almost a mania with him and resulted in
his leaving ids entire fortune to aid fir-;?
offenders in turning back into the right
path.
I know of no way of reaching the per
sons he intended to aid. I am sending
.put this leitcj; {_q person* ejppl aye a. rf,
* • nks and positions "bf (rdst, TTcpf'-ig that
v. n or others who rooelvp it may know
Of fume man, vnnn? or old. who has
niailo iho first misstep and is wrongfully
using- funds belonging to others but is
1’Siietis >f matvlrig good his populations
If you should know of any s . h I will
\ ‘V.
"Take Charge cf T‘ms* and Give Them
to Miss Louis* or Miss Katharine.”
gladly !!■■ e good ills defat utlon an ! t .
leaver In save him f m exposure. d
*r.-'",. and imprisonment. as’ ::v.r only . .
ward that Ik* will ni t err ays n, for M.
Green. in the deed of trust, < \pras.: ■■
p t lair tills is t!:e only security u
no exa ted. 1 ,tlu. sir.
\ * ry tru'v yours.
liKNMtV iiALt'OI .'vl .STSW.rtT.
As 1) vis finish'd rending tho let
ter I took it front his l:..n f and ca r
I fully re read it. There could he in
i doubt that ii was the same in for.
-s the temp Louise and i h.td found
As I scn-.n.cd the lines, the words : '
the l.-< ginning of e. eh, from t!
ev-mli on to the thirteen'h, we
he grime its those over v.hie'n we h
ricked >'•' r brains. The context nc
e nie .them plain enough, hut ''U1
faih'd to ,-ee what deed'y i. port tin
otter had or what eini ter i.eanir'
n it should drive its recipients t
desperation and suicide. Surely re
its fare it appeared to present th<
harmless whim of an old man's slight
iy unbalanced lmitn. I turned to
intv i. for an exp'anath n.
‘ An ingenious letter.” Davis wa;
raying. And they fe'l fi r ii ?"
A look of pride came into tho pris
oner’s fare.
‘‘Wasn't it greet,” he exclaimed.
“Why, they ate it up like hot cakes!”
“Just plain lilac' mail," said the in
spector.
v'« inn or n fancy mack mail.” Raid
i Your" indignantly. “Thoy never heel
j It i'.i 'n u up to them oni o in this way
; hefnro. I insist, it I’ve Rot to go to
jail tor it, on tit least receiving credit
j tor a now criminal invention.".
‘‘I i'.;ii to see,” 1 Interrupted, “just
how the letter was a criminal one or
why it should have bothered any
one.”
“I'm afraid you will never make a
good fleteetive,” said the inspector
i pityingly. “Don’t, you see how it.
worked? Young dott ed this letter,
lie needed tile eo-onel (ion of some
(.no in the |( t n'"oo to send it ort
without arouse k suspicion, ife trie I
yellow ietters first on (lenerel l’ar
r It to lo.t the terrifying effects.
Kalb-fed that his yellow let I or p>an
■ oidd bring rrsiiHs, lie recalled hi;
acquaintance with Houser, whom he
1 new to lie v.evli and ea.ily led Ho
returned to Ardway to; old home
and tound it child’s piny to enlist
Houser’s services It was pgrt of hi”
general scheme for Houser to send
and receive all the mail through a
lock bo\ with a f: Iso name. Ills ob
ject ill this was to enable him. in
case tin postal or po'iee authorities
got tu. hi: tr: if to have a!1 the docu
ment,-tty fvidenep point to Houser
air:!-' Hi ■mi his na'iti' liu'i with the
lell con'd he established tie entlti
tna!.'3 I i e cap,,, with the mono) the
let■ ■ . s I r -a.ghf In."
’’! Still doti’l see," t protested, “how
the e tetters could bring in money
“l ev read exactly the oypo: tte. Tllev
promise to give away money."
“That’s I1" cleverest thing about
it." the inspector said, and Young’s
malevolent eves glistened at this
i: H ide “Can’t you see he>v it work
ed? Yeung und Houser, from tax
li'ts, bank di c-torles, from telephone
books- front a variety of sources—
(■•eiiui'ed a Ii t of persons employed
in posMions of trust and began send
ing out these yellow letters broad
east If one of these should reach
an honest hank employe or cashier.
the conspirators figured that lie would
laugh at it and tear it up. But sup
pose one of them fell into the hands
of a n an who was guilty of pecu
lations of son e sort Suppose, for in
stance, oh! Andrew Kiser, when bis
law business had failed him. had be
gun to speculate with the funds be
longing to the hoy for whom he wan
guardian. IBs speculations are un
fortunate. fie plunges and loses sti'l
more. lie heroines desperate. He
sees no way of replacing the money
1 e Inis stolen. It seems certain that,
his crime will he discovered and that,
he will he disgraced, lie can not
sleep nights. His brain, constantly
agitated by fear and worry, will not
permit him to rest. His judgment,
never acute, or he would not have be
come a thief, becomes more and more
unbalanced. Then one day this yel
low letter comes. It reads convinc
ingly. It promises immediate aid. It
pledges secrecy. At last lie sees an
honorable way out. He hastens to
send a reply to Lock Box No. IV,
Ardway, N. .1 „ ; directed. Can't you
imagine what happens then? Young
communicates with him at once. You
used the telephone, didn't you?1’
The iirisoner nodded. . _
/
“Surf'," he said, “the telephone ev
ery rime. It leaves no records behind
it and the liertillon system can't
identify a voice.”
■'Now," the inspector 'vent on,
"wh-.t does Young say over tlie tele
phone to Kiser? Something like this
— You’re an old thief. I've got tlio
proof. You are stealing sotnebodyis
money. Steal some more and give
it to me or I'll tell.’ Unfortunately,
in old Kiser's case there w ,s no more
money left to steal, so he killed him
: elf. Am I right. Young?”
Ag iu the prisoner nodded, and
again ne demanded another (lose of
morphine. His muscles were again
getting beyond his control. As Davis
fired the hypodermic, i asked: “iv t
where does the old maid from Con
necticut come in? Surc'y she wasn't
a defaulter.”
"I suspect it was the brother with
wh im sne made her home, ’ said the
inspector.
To B: Cont nusd Ne';t W ek i
ACT KAY MEA;j HER EXil E
Grl Who Annexed Mistress' Red
Switch May Be Deported and Sent
to Home in Sweden,
Minneapolis.—Because she wore a
luxurious red switch which belonged to
her m,stress, an IS-year-old servant
! may be deporte 1 and sent back to Iter
■ liome in Sweden. If her mistress for
gives the then of the switch the girl
may be permitted to stay in Anttr
lca.
Policewoman KmiJe Ulorietix, who
I traced tite switch from the boudoir of
a society woman on Lowry Mill to a
iance hall at St)l Cedar avenue, is ap
j earing in a new police role as the re
sult of the incident. Site isn i era
ployed as a detective, but site lias dem*
onstrated that site could do detective
work when necessary.
Some time ago .\! • s Glorieitx asked
housewives interested in ttie better
ment of conditions of their maids to
report to iter when tilt maids atti nd
ed dance hails. Thursday a house.' ile
on Fat wry Mil reported that her maid
was in the habit ol attending a d at. e
itall at SIM Cedar avenue Snitse inent
1' the same woman called up Miss
(lioripiix and sttid that the maid had
gone out. Si e sahl site wished to see
he policewoman. When Miss (Uori
u.x arrived at the house she was told
lie maid wasn't the only thing widen
had left the house; that a red switch
was missing, and that the woman or
Mip house simply couldn't go out on
he s'root without it.
Miss (lloricux wont to flip dance
l:t* 11 and watched the dam ors She saw
-it ttirls wealing red hair. Finally shi
saw one who answered ihe description
of the ran id. Slip asked questions.
The Rirl denied. The switch was re
moved and there was a trip to tie
police station. loiter the maid w; 3
permitted to return to her home, it t
, the mistress hasn't yet reached a de
cision as to ihe girl's future.
MAN WEDS HIS FORMER WIFE
After First Marriage Mrs. Blackwc d
Didn’t Want to Set Up Home of
Her Ov*n< Now She’s Willing.
Atlantic City, N. .1.—Russell t,
Itlai'kwood, a druggist whose place • f
business Is at No. 1S61 Nor h Fifteen i
street, Philadelphia, was married hi' e
to Mrs Gertrude Rennet of Woodbury,
Conn. After the ceremony Mr R’a k
wood told of an old love revived.
Twenty years ago," said the hri p
gronm, as lip put his arm about his
wile in the parsonage of thp Chelsea
Maptist church, where the wedding had
occurred, "we were wedded in Wood
bury, Conn. There was some domestic
dissensions due to the unwillingness
of my wile to establish n home of tier
own. site preferred then to remain
with her mother, and left me. A,for
ward there was a divorce and she map.
ried a Mr. Rennett. Death separated
them.
"Wo itW here several days ago. and
thp old love returned. I always
thought her the best woman In the
world.
We are the happiest mortals in the
"ountry and nothing will ever separate
os again. We are going to remain lie e
for some days, then return to our Phil
adelphia home."
The knot was tied by the Rev. Thomt
as J. Cross, who told the twice married
I ir that he had just observed the
twentieth anniversary of his own mar
ring, s.
MUMPS DIDN’T STOP HIM
High SchooJ Eoy Captures First Prlr#
as Orator Despite Swelling of
His Jaws.
A little thin? like mumps eoitkln't
k< ep Herman Vail, son of County
Commissioner Harry H. Vail, from get
ting into the annual oratorical contest
at University school. His physician
lold him to stay in when his two.
cheeks swelled out like circus balloons.
"Hah," said Vail—and the "bah" hurt
him. But ho called a cab in the eve
ning and, when his turn came to sppak
he turned loose a flood of oratory that
won him first prize over four competi
tors. He talked on "The Hudson Bay
Company." His schoolina es went
away wondering whether he'd surprise
them again by coming out to represent
the school in the tennis championship,
matches. Vail qualified for the finals
before he got the mumps Vail's ora
torical efforts won him the Sherman
prize, offered annually by Mrs. Henry
Sherman, mother of a one-time uni
versity student Second honors in the
oratorical contest were carried off by
Benjamin Foss, who spoke on "The
Commission Form of Municipal Gov
ernment.”