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J' ? * r . "The Least i i ^ Of These" j . By LULU JOHNSO*. 1 v?pyr1ght*d. 'COS. Associated Literary . . >-ss. 1L^1 l.-'tty shuddered us the hfravy Iron eli.uged behind Iter and she realI f l Hi.it she was uctually within the I'Jl. on yard. It was ber first visit to a | J^lientlury. and. though she found It ^rTtrrrrsn lorblddl'hfl as she Und antlctpdted, the utmosphere sent a chill, ' through her whole"girlish figure. , Instead of rock piles, with convicts luonotoriously breaking the stone, here -? were.; tlowcr bordered walks and .swards of softest green. But for the high walls and the barred wlndt^'s she mljht well have Imagined herself in n b mnnlclnal nnrli or on n million dollar estate. Mfheti she reached the office ht^r basket of delicacies was consigned with others brought by loyal friends for the deloctutlon of other convicts, but the keeper looked curiously from the tag on Iter basket to Betty's face. "No., 11,800 hasn't ha(lA visitor since he came here five weeks" ago," commented tbte man significantly. "Are you a relative?" 1 -i "No," said the girl simply. "He was Just good to me when I needed help." , "He was good to tots of folks," grunted the warden, "but somehow . they seem to have forgotten it...-He's In the hospital." The warden made a sign to a trusty, and with -fast beating heart Betty followed the man In the direction of the I break bis sway, but the boss had gritted his teeth the harder at each fresh attack and beaten the malcontents Into submission. But there had come an end to bis ^ nile, as to almost all one man control opposing party had secured the services of a political revivalist, "lb the interest of tgood government," they had explained, but the whole city knew that it was a ruse to rid the district of its dominating boss. It meant turning the district over to another clique as bad. but less experienced in municipal villainy^ . And the political" world had sat back ; and watched the warfare with grim smiles. Perhaps, after all. the boss would win again. But in this they were wrong. By a mere quip of fate the wheel spun the other way. * * The boss lost, and after loss of power came scandals and lawsuits. The latter took inotft of the*- fortune he had filched from the city, much of which he had spent on the care of those who needed It more desperately than the taxpayers from whom be had filched It so remorselessly.?In -reality _lhe_ boas when the blow fell could have counted his fortune only in thousands when his enemies ran it up to tens of thousands. When he left the civil court room almost penniless he found himself face to face with criminal charges. Stoically he had accepted his sentence Of five years in the penitentiary. Stoic?^)|y HU| desertion by those who had fawned upon him In prosperity and^pqWer. A child of the streets who had started carrying tinwater bucket for the much lug clu&. he had become a ward h^fe)qr,.a lieutenant and. finally tha bosa-wltbojit the aid of family ties or family Influence stoically ne nau accepted tneneclslnu"of the hospital staff. He had airtijcnrable disease. He probably woald not live out his sentence. Yet at sight of Betty Vynne's facte his Stoicism vanished, and after the radiant smile of-welcome came a tenderness almost patDetlc. "What are yoit doing here, child?" he asked as he stroked the hand that clasped his. "Sing Sing's a good way for a girl to come who's only making her eight a week." The girl laughed, but her voice Was shaky. ? ? "Jit* ""en to the manl And I'm getting ten?right In tbls towhl T read in the paper?about?about your being so lonesome"? The man smiled'grimly. So the papers were commenting on the fc fact that he was a deserted as well as deposed leader of men. "And I saw the ad. of a lawyer up here who want? ed a stenographer, and I came nnd got the place. I like It much better here than In town. And 1 can eoieo jo see you once a week." , Moreton. deposed boss, leaned -over and looked Into her face. "You?come?up?here?to be near me?" * . The girl nodded her head. "And I've got the .nicest liourdhig place with a .widow, and yon ou|^t lo see ber flower beds"? Just then a physician In white uniform came toward them; , "You can stay only Ave minutes," bs said wlthont waiting for the formality . v ' r-s. , . ; 7?v' great gray building, In one wing of which was located the hospital. Moreton, ex-t>o?g of the ?th district, was propped up in betj, and at sight of Bessie Vynne he smiled radiantly. Five weeks he bad.lam tnbreflgbting grimly for the life that he had begun to think was hardly worth the savthg^ for Moreton had Indeed been through the, valley of political humiliation. Less than two years before It had required two husky men to guard the door of his headquarters and keep back the crowd of Importunate callers who wanted financial help, Influential word or perhaps Just_ the chance to fawn upon the powerful political leader. . ^ ? Moreton had been the-boss of bis district, ruling with a rod of Iron. He had controlled the machine through sheer force of will power. His enemies both without and with in the party had fought doggedly to I * / Of on Introduction. "1 cannot bare in) patient* unduly _ excited.. In a Tew week* we shall liave hi in In fine trim, I hope, but we don't want our treatment Upset by too rnucb company." Moreton's Hps set In grim line*. Tbe young doctor evidently did uot know that this was hlqtffrgt visitor. "Dr. Lindsay, this Is one of tny best friends. Miss Betty Vyune. nnd her coming can't hurt me. Why. say. ! feel like a two-year-old right now." Nevertheless the yninig doctor Stood near the door, and when the Ave minutes were up he led Betty from tbe ward. > "You can come ugaln. as often as the rules permit, but do not stay too long." The next time he made the rounds Dr. Lindsay found Moretou oddly quiet, bis fever reduced, his pulse normal. "Doctor," he said, with a smile, "that girl's coming did me more good than all your dope. It's good to know that there's one person that hasn't forgot you.", And then the young doctor saw that something more than an organic, disease was aiming for tbe old boas' heart. "Daughter of an old friend?" he asked casually. "Not much?just a kid I picked up In a tenement; took her from a sodden old thing who was beating tbe life and spirit out of her. I turned ber over to the sisters. They did the rest." Lindsay smiled, but be understood. It was the ex-boss who had paid the sisters for. the girl's care and put ber through a business, (chool and set ber on her feet saving girlhood like his own boyhood from tbe slums and tbe gutter. ;?;? After that Moreton Blowly but surely began to mend. There was no curing the disease, but there was every chancy to prolong his life for years If he wanted to put up the fight. And every time that Betty Vynne came to tbe hospital he seemed stronger for the fight For a time Dr. Lindsay watched the case with purely professional Interest, but gradually this fueling became dls uucuy personal. ? He generally- met .Betty In the reception room of the hospftaL lingered near Moreton's bedside durln^her stay and escorted her to the entrance when she departed. And. oddly enough, he found many excuses for sitting^ucith Moreton and learning more about "tbe^kid's" plucky fight for education and self support. Before the first year of his sentence had passed the ex-boss read yoifng^ Lindsay's secret, and one night after Betty had paid her usual call the two men talked It over. "Mind you. she ain't anybody. Neither she nor I know where she sprung from. So It's up to you." said Moreton warnlngly and yet with loving anxiety In every word. Young Lindsay studied the cracks In the flooring for a few seconds, and then he turned resolutely, to his patient. _ "She's true blue. There are not many like her, no matter what sort of blood was behind her, and I'm going to take chances If she'll have me. And. what Is more, I am going down to see her tomorrow when I'm off duty." "Is It all right, Betty?" Inquired the ex-boss as he stroked her hand tenderly the next time she came. "Is It all right, little girl?" The girl smiled into bis anxious eyes. "Oh, Mr. Moreton, do you think I'm naif good enough for blm?" . "Mind that will you?" inquired the Invalid, as if addressing an audience; then he drew the girl close. "Let me tell you something,' Betty He wouldn't let me tell you befor^ for fear you'd think you owed him something. He wanted you to love him for himself. See? But Dr. Lindsay's got some of the boys started, and It looks like a pardon, Betty; It certainly does." She sank on her knees beside the bed. ? ; : "Oh, that is too good to be true." "And that ain't all, Betty. I had some shares in a gold-mine; thought it was a dead one, bat Lindsay he's been looking into It,* and-mebbe?well. Just mebbe I can take you and Lindsay on a wedding trip over to Germany. Lindsay says the springs over there would do wonders for me, and Lindsay needs ? tiif-mnll, Pwfty, f?fl dead by this time if It hadn't been for. your coming." ue icxiKeu up to meet tno Bbmjng I eyes of young Dr. Lindsay. "Say. Lindsay, ain't there something In the good book somewheres about the 1 least of these? I w;ant to find that >etye. I'm going to learn It. 1 certainly am. Ah, there is so much for me to learn and so little time!" XT - ' Tnfe?jblefs Good Use of Words. The BTble as a standard for the correct use of wilt-dig haw been urged upon readers by Professor Lonnsbury of Yale, writing In Harper's Magazine. "Make up your mind," Kffys Professor Lounsbury. "that the Bible Is u guide to be followed grammatically as much as It Is morally. The language of oSr^ version belongs to the sixteenth century. * It therefore naturally contains expressions which, though proper ati that time, arc not In accord with the common usage of our day. When It was originally translated, which "was generally the relative pronoun referring to persons. Hence- we say. 'Our Father which art In heaven.' More than this, the aubtle distinction foand In the employment of aball and will, had not then become established In the language But these do not affect the correctness of Its procedure In regard to expressions still met with everywhere. In such cases accept Its authority without question and conform your practice with It" Hs Want. Mr. Linger long?I had a queer adventure this afternoon. Miss de Mulr (with a swift glance at (be clock)?You mean yesterday afternoon, I presume. ?Exchange. a f J . \ V V": ? "" " j . ' . i|V : ' ? -? ?; *- -? v . ' V **v -- ? ? PAGANINI. A .Qinlui That Touehad tha Ltna Dividing Sanity From Madnaaa. If ever there was a genius it was Paganini, the yiblinist, and probably no one has ever approached so near without crossing the border line thut divides sanity and mildness. The stories of his antics and eccentricities are endless. His upbringing -ras atrocious, but it will not explain everything. At sixteen he was a gambler, a roue and?a genius. Everything seemed to turn to gold under his marvelous fingers. Money poured in upo'ii him like water. Vet he was at one time reduced *o the point of selling his fiddle. He had got down to his last 30 francs. He took them to the rdulette table, staked^the whole sum on one fling and?won. The violin thus opportunely resetted came into his possession very curiously. When "he was a lad, Parr sini, the painter, came one day to his father's house and, puttipg into the lad's hand a priceless Stradivarfus and. the score of a concerto of great difficulty. said: "This," indicating the violin, "shall be yours if you play this," indicating the sheet of music, "at sight without a fault. "You have,Tost your instrument, sir," said the youthful Nicolo. and proceeded to play the concerto throti^i. Here is a pen picture of the gred| violinist by one who was present at one of his triumphs: "He looked," says* this eyewitness, 'Hike an indifferently dressed skeleton. His figure was of astonishing gauntness and angularity and his walk-shambling and awkward. But his face, lit up by a pair of great, dark, flaming eyes, was of a pallor quite extraordinary, even ghastly, and had a look of almost eagle sharpness, sometimes varied bv a 'sardonic trrin or n looir of ?l. most demoniacal fury. He came on to the stage limping, having run a nail into his heel. At all times odd looking, bis appearance in these circumstances was ludicrous, and there was some tittering among the audiences^ "As he stood, he settled himself on one hip at a gaunt angle, and one found oneseuSjvOndering how he could hold his-vtoKB^much less play it. .lust as he begantk^andle fell on his desk?more laughter. Presently his first string broke? more laughter,- But he played the rest of the piece through on three strings, and now the laughter was changed into tumultuous applause, which as the evening wore op became simpty frantic." Verily, great wit is oft to madness near allied.?London Family Herald. i -The Growth of Seaweed. Seaweeds vary surprisingly in their habits of life. Some species grow altogether beneath the water attachingfhemselvcs-below- the lowesttidelevel; others frequent heights where they are left dry at every re treating tide, while others yet art found in situations where they art Scarcely ever ..covered by water AVhereas most o'f them attach themselves t to rocks or solid bottom keepings to the shallows, there arc exceptions to the rule, among which the most remarkable is the sargassc or gulf weed, which floats on tht enrfonn r\f tka a/ioon TT?iwiA?e? u?u AUVV V4 tug - uggou. ^ iiumgucl fields of it are seen by the navigator, extending as far as tbe eye can reach. It is sometimes so abundant as seriously to interfere with 'the progress of ships, and it was" thi; which so alarmed the crew of Columbus on his first voyage of discovery. Idiosyncratic Problems.. , Sociology, if it is to deserve the name of science, must soon turn itself to a quantitative and qualitative analysis and" synthesis of certain phenomena which now go about unattached, unsheaved, as it were, For instance, how many freaks does it take to make one fad, how many fads to make a fashion ? How many cranks must be gathered together in one place before we have sa cult? What relation does a cult MfcT/to a movement ? What is the comparative proportion" of ideas tc "each of the categories here mentioned? \. -? The permutations and combinations of these tentative..qneries ait infinite.?Judge's Ltbraf^. Managing John. "John." she said softly, "have you been saying anything qbout me te mother lately ?" "No," replied John. "Why dr yon ask?" "Because she said this morning that she believed' you were on the eve of proposing to mer Now. I dc not wish.yon to speak to mothei when younave anything of that kind-to say. Speak to me, and I'll manage the business with mother." And John ??id be vwM ^li3? t V . . ? "T ?- _1* * " C ^ I A Storeke< "A lady came into my store 1 "4I have been using a New Pc ; in my apartment. I waht one no these oil stoves are wonderfhL comfort they are, they would 111 have ..one. 1 epoke about my atovetto a lot j of my friends, and th?jr>?re| astonj iahed. They thought that there was smell and smoke from an oil stolre, and j. that it heated a room JustUbaeoWoiber? I stove. I told them of nff espAience, I and one after another they got on, and I now, not one of them would givA hers ' up for five times its cost.' " A The ladyjwho said this had thoVght an oil stove was all right for qui^ly heating milk fin a baby, ut'boiling^ a. kettle of water, or to make cofme quickly in>the morning, but ehe tievV dreamed of ueing it for difficult o\ heavy cooking. Now?the knows. \ Do yon really appreciate what a New 1 Perfection Oil Cooh-Btove mean* teyota ? Nona ore coal to carry, no more coming to the dinner table so tired out that you can't eat. lust light a Perfection Stove and Immediataly J the heat from an intenae blue flame ahoots/ up to the bottom of pot, kettle or oven. Buy the room lent heated. There ie 09.smoke, nJ emell, no outalde heat, ao drudgery in tft kitchen where one of theee atovee is uyrl. KewPc "oti'iBS It has a Cabinet Top ^mth a ahalf nickel flniah, with the bright blue of the and attractive. Made wtm 1, 2 and 3 can be had with or witboA Cabinet. .Every dealar everywhere; If not at: J to the nearest Standard O (fnn I. ** * '* ' WO VEED AT Ai.L FOR Y ':: ...SCO! NEW UP-TO-DATE WAYS K | and well stocked with the/bes the look-good, tasbrf-good i thing you nee^nd the c THE SCOGGIN I I V . MAY E r ? ? We wish-to infrirm_gur good friei ! North where we have bought lmmeow date merchandise consisting of clothini 1 ine has been very successful. We wen 1 sirable clothing stocks, consisting of th . the season. The make up is excellent, a better suit of clothes for less money tnan ever oeiore to gixe you better ra] 1 my friends for the past favors Yc AARON Dtlj^ GROC We have a nice fresh Steele of , have yomexamine before making j ' money on anything in our line. \ . Let Us Show You We also <Arr] , General Merchan ? When in to** give Us a call, -we I ! v, - v"?t I GEO. /Hk .. / , LdUISBl S5I >pcr Says: lately and said: rrfection Oil Cook-Stove all winter w for my summer home. I think If only women knew what a /Ciilioiurylltlt: Beiure\| \ g\you get this stove mi V ^ \hat the name-plate 1\ seeds New Perfection." tt -.*? % u for keepin^olates and food hot. The chimneys, makes the stove ornamental j I burners; th&2 and 3-burner stoves /ours, write for Descriptive CLrculer agency of the V oratedXfr^* \ A . ou t6 worry, because r N a s/n jUIINJS... i\ FOUNTAIN IS AL^PTCOOL t anfi freshest drinks. We serve drinVs. Phine us for anyirder will be pro.mply filled DRUGL COMPANY 3UYJNG tWs thatj/e have just returned from the r stork af-tbe^fineaLnnd cheapest up to SJ. sho^ pants and shirts. Our Maybuy3 jujt/i time to buy out right very dele latjfct collars an.: choicest fabrics of W/irave always been able to give you anythiraiRK wi are in better'position luaf. Appreciating highly and thanking turn better bargains 7 Louisburg, IN. C. ERIES! Groceries that we would be glad to rmr purchases. We can aare you aiid Talk With You ra trice line of dise and ~ Fruits wi^ do our utmost to make your ?OOPIER jgQ^N a. V _ . :'V? st.A.V'La&ih ? I .. 'i * * ^ ??.}*** ?li North CArolinA, I In 8uperibr Court ! < rankliil County. y Before the Clerk. I. H. Kurnev, Adui'r of Annie M A Fuller deceased /> Iscob W. Arrington, Eli- Notice of za rake,\James. Drake Summons / t alburn a\ law of Annie J ' vl. Fuller deYeased. j / * To Eliza DAkejand Jams* Dra' e, delendanis aAovOTkamed: / j . You and eath of you vrm take UOtLp . ~ "? That an-actipr^ehtHied is above ha? __ been commented in the Superior Court of Fran kin County, No;th Carolina, by 1. H. "earney, muminjltffttor of Annie Nl. Fuller, lecesied, against you and 11 he othei heirs a\ lawfof said Anrlie . . ? I Fuller, deceased, Tor license to sell, for I the purpose of ml king assets to pay I the debts of said AiW M. Fuller.deI ceastd. a certain Jt of land in the town of t ranaiintoii bAld County aud? ? I State, situated at Jn\ corner of Green I and Franklin St&eels in said town, . I bounded on the Nbrtltby the lands of W. L McGhee, dh tt\e East by the | olorcd Baptist/ Churth lot, on the j S<?uth by Green itreet aid on the~West ??y Franklin street, containing abo t one fourth <?f an acre uieing the lot I conveyed toAvrie M. F urler by C H. ^niidling, and Af which Bhydied seized ' and possessed J . \ And you wil further takeVotice that you are required to appear Yefore the * Clerk of the Superior court o\ Franklin county, said state, at his onree in the courthouse m JLouisburg, on vie 27th day of June.AoiO, and answer oldemur to the petit?n of the plaintiff Med in said action, ?>r the plaintiff williapply to the courtf for the relief demanJbd in -petittfh. This the 15th fifty.of April 1910M " ' ] .1. J. BxriRow, C S. C. X Y. Gulley, W. H. Yarborough Jr. Att'ys for Plaintiff. New Points Ff/r Old I will give ner/r plow points in exchange for olcncast /ron of any kind and allow yauthi top of the [ market for your iqpn./ Bring me all the oldXags yon have. 25 cents per 100 llW, any soi-t. -? .. \ ft I. SPIRE. Washington Posjr Sirnday Edition, 6 cts a copy. Smid itv'our address now. I V\ L LOU1SBURU NEWs\ STAND J. Spire, Mgr\ As. D. E. MILLER JEWELER Louisbdrg, N. C With a nicenwell selected stock of Jjvielry I am in poaitinn""""?i uuttisff most any one dfsiilng ant thing in my lina \ : : I . Also bo\ Repairing . f WATGHESj and JEWELRY aid will give you the very/hesi of work Very truly / D E MILLER 7 D eafness Cannot be Cure d by I" on I applicative ae they caunot reach tin* dieenped pnrtioAuf the ear There hu oulv ore way to curAdeaftteeH. and that in bv rnnrti?utioii ?l tyroodtps. Deafneea ia e um*'I i v an ii>flunif)m;ondition of the mi- - _ . nm* lininff n* the Eti-mcbiun Tnbe, When 'hi* 'ill-*- <* inflamed y<? have a rumbling K.-niid nr iirperfeef heaiVg nnd when it i? >qtirel rioted, Dvofneea ibo reault' and HrW^t-be ii-AhmWtion jaw be taken out and | Mi if tnT^^e-roie* to ite hormal condition uTRhe ilfi-troyed forever: nine coeea out i?l ten Mt^NnniHPri bv I'miirrHh, which in ' n'-tJiMic but anINlan ed coaditiou of the Yfe will ifive (foe BumtwJ Bollum for itny 1 n.,1. 111 ttu.ifn.u,c ' sV V- ' - A, ' ?1 * ei'tiiM't l?fcnr?'<j by HhII'h Cure. Senu for cirrulfr?, ?Vp. . V>v i?.~i. F J CHENEY k CO.. \oledVQSold by DruogiiJta. 75c. f. Facts./! \s%r Y0Ul LOSE * * / MONEY r when yoe alldw any of your stock or poultry,'to remain sick a day. -T I They give you taks results inbeef, pork, work, or egp, when they are not in perfect liealh. Take a little interest in your ikn pocket book , and doctor them Li with Black-Draught Stock t^id \Poultry Medicine It will pay Jm to dclthl*. ' ^ It has paid thousands of other successful fanners and stock and This famcls remedJ is not a food, butaglnuine, scientific medicine preparll from medianalherbe and roots, UOag on the lver, kidneys, bowel and digestive organs. Sold by ill druggists, tei ke 25 1 m cenh^Oc^ts andfl.^^n,
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