Section X A. P. JOHNSON, EDITOR ANB? MANAGER _ ? ! ~ - >/..? v-H ?' . t1 :f - VOL. XL II. RIPTION $1.00 P<#%iUE LOUISBURG, N. C..PRIDAY NOVEMBER 16 1912 NUMBER 40 His Desert ?? Island f ?* v; - y -rf; \ fi A "fiab Story" By CLARISSA MACKIE Captain Barnabas Fish was rowing me out to the breakwater, where. tb? little bluelleb were running in multl tudes. He bent to tbe oars and pulled with long, even strokes, every exhalation of his deep breatlu being marked by a little puff of blue smoke. Suddenly he looked up at me with twinkling eyes and spoke between bis clinched teeth. "I'll bet I know what you're thinking about, Ulss Telham," he declared. j "Weill" I Inquired skeptically. "You was comparing me to a pulling donkey engine, eh?" he grinned. 1 blushed and evaded the accusation. "You're not so ?ory little, Captdln Bar nabas," I said hastily. "Ho, ho, hoi" he laughed down deep In bis throat, and I realized that once' more had tbe captain exercised his al most uncanny powers of telepathy. "You shall tell me a good story lu re turn for that. Captain Bartiabas," 1 said as he brought tbe boat skillfully around to the most advantageous spot In tbe fishing ground. "I got to think up one, then," said he, plumping the anchor overboard and -sliding bis oars along tbe thwarts. Big as he was, the old captain stepped around the small craft aa agilely as one of the cats that Infested his cabin on the bench. As he arranged the lines and baited the books I looked contentedly around at the encircling bluffs, wooded to their summits and faced with heavy yellow saud near the pebbly beacb. "Heady!" called the captain lustily, and I reached forivnrd and took the baited line from his hand and tossed it overlioard. All around us were anchor ed other small boats whose occupants were industriously pulling In tbe hun gry bluefish. When harbor blues are running all Quince liaven is redolent of frying fisb at the dinner hour. Captain Barnabas dropped bis line over, and Immediately It stretched taut and then quivered suggestively. He besan to pull in with a gratified stnile creasing his leathery skin. . "You got a w^iale on there, capt'n." called a neighboring fisherman. "Want any help?" sang out another. "Belay there!" retorted the captain, his grin changing to a frown as he yanked Into view a large skate, which, at the moment of landing, snapped the line and disappeared beneath the trou bled watefs. An echoing laugta ran around at the captain's expense, and his hearty "Ho, bo. ho!" was tb^ loudest of alV While be prepared another line I felt a nib ble at my own and pulled in' a wrig Tnns imtle bine, which the captain promptly removed. "This la a good time to begin the story," I Insinuated when we were comfortably settled once okore.' J "Lemme see," be mused, pushing the Straw hat back from his bead and skillfully refilling bis pipe with oue band. "Something about that there ekateflsh I Just caught makes me think of Ananias Sllne's whale." .',A ?Tni rather sorry It's an Ananias story, captain." * ??Why?" Again his ejus twinkled at r.ie. ? ? "Oh, because!" He laughed. heartily. ' "Flint's an^lti slnuatlon against Ansnlna SHno, whn?? name i-s against hino -He certainly lives up to It, cap tuln." "Ho, ho! Of course I've described Ananias Sllne to you before, and you linow he was little and mean looking, with pop eyea and a light bald head. I mean bla hair was light color, what there was of it, and, come to think of It, It wasn't overloaded with common sense, and be had a most murderous smite and a hand that was cold and damp "ke a dead fish. "When he was my first mate aboard the old Indus he used to sit 'aft with me and tell stores, the greatest yarns I ever did hear. I never met a man who liad so many wonderful adven tures as did Ananias Sllne and could tell 'em so they sounded more like truth than 'Action, either. Well, one night when we was homeward bound from I.uzon we sat out under the southern cross and watched the gllm merlnir phosphorescent waves, and as a little spicy lireose came along on Its wnJ from Some little soutb Pacific Island Ananias folded his arms and tilted back against the rail. time I wa? wre??ea hfrc*t?ota. Want to hear about It r ? 'Yes.' W? L Aod so be begins. .??It was en my first voyage to tea, and I ? y?"?* Wk>w and *v?ry Ujnj, wa* new to me. We #aa on tor way to China when the ship got aflro and ?H hands escaped In the boot*, nil Acept me. I was'? '"I'll bet you m snooping around tbe cabin to pee It the captain bad left any loose money l>ehlnd or something like that,' I chipped In. but Ananias only gore me one of them murderoo* ?miles Ud wept- on with his yarn. *?4 was still manning the Ore hose and trying to pump water and hold til* hose at the same time when all of ? sodden I wu alone. There wasn't 4 boat left There wasn't anything except aomc slush tuba, atul so I put oa a life preserver and grabbed a bag of biscuits and a can of fresh water and went overboard. Just as 1 got out of danger the ship went down, ,and there I was In the south Pacific, slt . ting In a big slosh tub with a piece of canvas thrown over me and not even a bit of plank to use as an oar.' I ? " 'Btlll It wasn't so bad, for the sea was calm, and the tub Just bobbed along In an oHy kind of way, kind of whirling around and around till I was dizzy: Without nothing to get j no where, I didn't know where I might fetch up, so while I was thinking about It I just went off to sleep, 'and In the morning whfea I woke up there I was bumping gently against a kind of steep, ssndy bsnk, while paint trees rustled overhead and monkeys chat tered at me from the branches. " 'Of course I scrambled ashore tend pulled the tub up on the beach and took a walk around the island; for that's what it was. It was only about fifty feet long and thirty feet wide, and there were only five palm trees on It and three monkeys and a bahaua tree and one that 'bore bread fruit. The soli was % sandy, but kind of spongy, or more like" rubber, but there wasn't a Bign of fresh water, except some that was gathered In cocoanqt shells by the monkeys. Did I say there was a cocoanut tree 7" asked Ananias hastily. " 'You did not mention It, but never mind so long as you brung It in on time," I says. . " 'Well,' he scowled at me. "how long do you think I lived on that Island, captain ?' " 'An unlikely length of time, An anias,' says I coolly. "'I'm not expecting you to believe It," says he. getting mad. 'A man that wasn't ahvays a deep se* sailor, If he had most of his Mapping fishing down the bay, I ' guess ain't Been or heard enough strange adventures to appre ciate the marvels of? -p?? He looked around for the propej"W?rd. " "The marvels invention, An anias?' I asked styty. Texpect there's more sailors got -their first knowledge of the sea selling codfish In a grocery store than you, Ananias.' I've told you Ananias used to be a clerk In a grocery store. "He stared coldly at me and twisted his mouth into another horrible smile. " 'As I was saying,' he went on sour ly, 'I stayed on that lglajjd three weeks before the great upheaval came and'? "'Jonah was hove up in less time than that,' I chipped in. but he took no notice of me. " 'One morning just at daybreak the island quivered from Btem to stern, and a mighty wave rushed up and washed completely over It I would have been drowned only I clung to the trunk oft tree, and before another ware came I was up the tree among the branches out of danger. Next thing I saw was the slush tub afloat and In It was the three monkeys aa big aa life, and they were cute enough to take a bunch of bananas along with 'em. They bobbed ont;of eight astern, and it happened so suddenly I dldu't realize the altuatlon. Then it dawned upon me that that Island was racing along through the water at about ten knots! The water was washing over her and sluicing the sand right off. One by one the palm trees went over as the soil disappeared, and at last there was nothing left on the Island except the banana tree where I was perched, and the heap of sand and shells around the roots was growing smaller every minute. " 'Where the sand had washed off the ground was black and hard and oily looking, and the Island rolled and wallowed In the sea Jnat Bke a big whale, and so I wasn't a bit surprised when all' of a sudden there spouted Into the air a Jet of water, and I was certain. Every minute I was afraid That whale would dive and carry mo with It to Davy Jones' locker, but then I think It was waiting for the banana tree to go. It would be free then. " 'All at once I heard a shout, and. looking ahead. I could see that we were driving straight up on to a sandy Jjencb ?a real one this time, captain? and men were shouting and leaping back as the whale advamjed Thee there was a mighty flop, anil we went out of the wnter, the whale quivered Hke a Jelly, and the bnnana tree with me in it went sliding off to the ground. "'When I come to tb? wbale was dead and all the white merf"on this Island bad patched up a theory about the whale which my story inly sub stantiated. Hanging from one of his teeth was a short length of aaqte chain newly broken on the lowet One of the links had caught In his tooth, and before the chain was bro ken I suppose there was a lot more of It With, maybe, a big anchor on the bottom. Oh, yon' caj? sniff . eap'c, but that anchor maybe vis resting oh the summit of SJolcano or per?ap* oo the . ? \\K. -rf " - Tfef 2*?^ What Belief From Hookworm Disease Me^t to One Family . ' , THB tambiedown abaclr* Is Where .*&?/< all lived , la misery, not knowing what waa their trouble. -/They were Illiterate, for In four generations not one of their ancestors had erar. soue to school. There were tbe father and mother and Ore children. The mother had never known a wall Say. Tbe father waa doing about half .work, the. eldest boy almost none. The neat two story house la where mother, their grandfathers and grand mothers, their great-grandfathers and gr e#t-grauil mother*. c. The sturdy, healthy boy at the fence la one of the lada who are using their nraOcle and energy to bring the family Into a prosperity Borer known before. Ho la lnduatrloua and capable now, bat be was an Invalid until be waa relieved of bookworm dlaeaae Ia.lt any wonder that this family la doing what It can to prevent the From squaior and wretchedness to health, comfort and happiness in a few 17* *? . , months. ^ they all lived fifteen months after they were treated for hookworm dis ease. They were so restored In health and rigor that they set to worli to make enough money to better them selves In every possible way. The little white schoolhouso. is where the children are now going to school to learn to read and wrft?? things that were beyond the power and knowledge of their father and top layer sfaome lslaud mat ?M b the maldng. Anyway, something hatf bald that Whale anchored there till the rhaln parted, All he had to-do was to open hla month and his food would awlm right In. Of eonrae the wares washed up sand till It formed a soil and then birds brought seeds, and the trees grew, and' ? " 'Ijow shoot those monkeys?' 1 Ask ed 'tartly, because I was mad Ana nlas should think I was fool eriiragh to believe his yarns. 'I ?"pose the birds brought them too!' . * says Annnlas. eyhJg me en Keeps on. out he says. unlling. "Wall, What news? Crop# pretty fair? I How do you like this rainy spell r Wife well now? Take a ohatr." " * " " ' -^TlUlfe Uncivilised. . I "Now. Johnny." suid-Mbe teacher_tG .? sum II pnpii ib the ?iikUMny'cfii ss. ~?fra roe the name of some wild flower." "IndlHii meal 1m the ^wildest door I know of," replied ttfe bright younfl* iter -St. L*>ui4 P'ist- Pl^Piitrb. ? ? y. ,f . ? 1 1 .1 1 Autumn. The gentle spirit of the fsill Will come to glorify the air, i, And the foot bull player will Hppail The population with hie hair. ? The referee wlU vHmto the poles And aoun<1 hi# shrill official toot, I And the moths Will drill a few mOfQ holes In everybody's 'winter suit. ?St. I.OUIH Post- Dispatch. Trade indicators. ; J Customer -Bow** tbc buainena? MereJiant?ItV varwble. Over there in the mmfrew aevUon lt*' % 'y And hofcr could ah* hii8~Wlthout>a('i Grataful. f "But I'eter, 7011 should h? grataMi that yon *w raftd from droirniaf Md nut^Mr Ilk* tbM." . vfWMl*Wt tkw* cwoe my aunt*. u4 BOW I II D? kluwd all tb? ?rteruoott." Ww?l? Btotter. DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. Un. David Chambers McCan. who Mi receatly appointed a civil aerrlc-e romnilsaloacr la I.a* Alleles. la said to tie tbe inrt mmi In thia canntry balding auch a pa*itl*n. ? Miss Lllllaa D. Wald. bead of tbe Nurse*' #ettl?aaent flans*. New York, ?ad Uisi. Caralbt. Ransome of the Metropolitan mnaeuia. New lork. were among those on whom honorary de cree* were c*uf?tred by Mouat Hoi yoke college during tb* recent celebra Hod of Its sarenty irth birthday Mrs. Sarah Christopher of New York la the Brat woman la this canntry to be appointed an Inspector in a Ore pre vention bureau. Bar salary la (1.200 a year. She h is been assigned to the cloak, suit anil aklrt fsctorlaa In tbe metropolis, wiilch number more than COO and employ about 100.000 persons, mostly women. Miss Elle Sem, tbe only practicing woman barrister in Norway, qualified as a lawyer In 1001. Not being con tent to remain "sakforer," or lawyer, with right only to pleat) In minor cases, she has finished the four test cases necessary to ber admission to the su preme court and la now a barrister en titled to appear. Current Comment. Football may be all right, but it can't keep the bulletin board busy.? New York American. Tbe new Zeppelin dirigible Is equip ped with a kitchen, but the average aviator doesn't need one to cook bis goose.? Washington Post. The Gasoline Engineers' Protective association has been organized to "ele vate the chauffeurs." Numerous pa trons would like to organize a dyna miters' society for the same purpose.? New York Sun. Superintendent of Schools Franklin B. Dyer of Boston aifnounces bis dis covery that the father is practically lost in the modern home. But father emerges from eclipse pretty regularly along about the first of the month.? Bostou Traveler-Herald. Town Topics. Chicago, will bv tbe solitary mourner at the passing of New York's last horse car.? New York Sub. Street gas lamps were ' first used iu 1807 And some-of tbera haven't been replaced.? Milwaukee sentinel. When Des Moines gets around to the point of purchasing tbe mucb needed city ambulance it might bp well to scud a committee to Sioux City, where a city ambulance long bns been in commission and where the latest things in the way of automobile am bulances ply daily to and from tbe bos pita Is-? Sioux City Journal. Facts From France. France *-*- II47T> 7"" booses and 13?. 676 workshops and factories. Of tbe total re remit of Prance over 70 per cent Is derived from Indirect taxes. j The records sbow that 323 valaablc pictures hare been parlolned from tbe Louvre. Tbe French army needs 70.000 horses, and tbe abei-tage In the coun try la estimated at orer i!00,000. Thi cause of It la attributed to the fact that rapid multiplication of motorcars led to the neglect of horae breeding. Scienoe Sittings. The' density of water Is 770 times greater than that of air. Tbe Invention of a flame derlred from electric energy that wlli not Eire off heat is claimed by a French scien tist who Is keeping the details secret; Evidence of an atmosphere on the moon to a height of sixty or seventy miles or more has been reported by Professor W. Luther of Dusseldorf. who on two occasions saw one side of j the planet Mars become darkened on nearing occupation by the moon. Pert Personals. Perhaps Abdul Oamkl will begin to enjoy his rucntiou now.? New York Sup. Andy Carnegie says be always taitgli> when be is with kings. . And tb?v laugh too.? Washington Post. We can understand the silence of.thr gentle poet laureate, but it's strung** that In tbcse stirring times nothing i> lizard from the stormy petrel of Great Britain? Rudyard Kiplfng.? New York .Telegram. * ' Woman's Attire. The young lady who dresses to be looked at shouldn't get angry when u fellow takes u good aqua re look at her. -New Oc&w l'tcayune. A young girl walked down one or our main streeu recently without any makeup and with her hair hanging to a simple braid. Thousands of people (axed at this unusual tpecjaele-? Pitts burgh Post. \ A Plan For a Break It Led to Complications *nd & Fiasco ? By JULIA D. EDMONDS The autumn season when the tourist heglra Is southerly was- opening:, and the resorts of the border states were well stocked with guests. The rock ing chair brigade? as those ladles who dally occupy the porch of the Vieude leau hotel, each .and all plying some kind of needle as an accompaniment to their melodious gossiping voices was Id session. Two ladles sitting somewhAt apart from the rest were engaged in earnest conversation in a low tone. "I sympathize with yon, Mrs. Har per," said the one, "but I don't see how I can help you. My son Is actively en gaged In business and can't be away from it at this season more than a few days at a time. Could he be here with us, say, for a . fortnight 1 would be glad to lend him to you for the purpose of drawing your daughter's attention from this young Rugglcs, who you fear will win her. There Is another course I will suggest A young man has just arrived who has entered his name on the hotel register as Edward Caton. Being the only young fellow ot prepossessing appearance (Ituggles excepted) in the hotel, he will soon be besieged by the girls. Tf you like I will make his acquaintance, introduce him to your daughter (telling liim she Is the belle of the place), and she will naturally be interested in taking him away from the others. This will serve to divert her mind from Kuggles and make a breach between them. But why do you object to Ruggles? He is in id to have an income of $5,000." "My dear Mrs. Crawford, what would $5,000. a year be for Gwen?" "What yon wish I presume Is simply, to break off her affair with Ituggles, that she may be- free to marry a for :une." "Precisely. If you can accomplish this break by introducing any one? no matter who he is? I will consider my self under' a lasting obligation to you." The same evening the Introduction was accomplished. Gwendolen Harper and Edward Caton were introduced, and before the guests left the dancing liall In the evening Mrs. Crawford said to Mrs. Harper: "Did yon ever see such a remarkable ease of love at first sight?" All the parties to this schetoe were pleased except 8am Ruggies, who went off to the far end of the veranda and ?cowled and smoked and smoked and scowled, keeping by himself Where he conld not see his rival's success lest he thould make a scene. But on the third da y after the break had been made effective, when Mr. Ruggies was reading a northern Dews paper, he saw something that thrilled him. It was an advertisement of 'Mrs. Edward L. Caton for information con cerning her husband, who had deserted her and their three children. Ruggies Immediately cnt the ad. ont of the news paper that be alone of those at the ho tel might possess this information and that be might conalder a plan by which he could set the greatest satisfaction But of it The same evening an anonymous let ter went to the advertiser that a gen tleman had appeared at the Vieudelean hotel at : answering to the name mentioned in the advertisement. Rug gies, who mailed the letter, could not refrain from adding that "the fellow was evidently bent on committing big imy." From the time the discarded lover taw the evidence that his rival was tailing nnder false colors he changed his bearing toward Miss Harper. Where before he bad made his J pal >tisy evident he now assumed an air of luperiority mangled with pity. . Mr. Caton had become aware that his at tentions to Miss Harper had made Mr. Ruggies his enemy and had noticed the ?ntagonlsm of tho letter's bearing to ward him whenever they met. One evening while Mr. Caton was dancing with Miss Harper he unintentionally ran agnlnst Ruggies, who was also lancing. The look Ruggies gave him was ominous. I,ater, when both went nut on the veranda for a whiff at a cigarette, Caton stepped up to Ruggies ind apologized for running against him In the dance. "One who is Sailing under false col Irft," was the reply. "How did yon get onto -that?" asked Caton with surprising Imperturbability. '1 saw it In the newspapers." * "I wish the newsDjpers wouKl let me tlone." was the cfciv rtfoipfier, and Hatop went back Into the dancing hall, s-here Ruggies yoon 'saw' him whirling with Miss (JMtjffo . tjfij. the only real nititcjitpeiit In this (ConUoned on fig* Wow) -ttarrtaff* mfrfimu Ibrm ooe's character or rafora It