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VOL. XXXV.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1909.
NO. 32
MANGE
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Miracle at
Painted Rock
By CLARISSA MACK IB
Cwrtsht. 1909, by Anurias rrw. w
ED'
HERE was a clatter of small
hoofs on the hard road, a flur
ry of summer dust at the gate,
and Pete Lorlng CTficefullr
rounaea imxio Nelly before Miss Susie's-
door, scattering the chickens Into
terrified retreat.
"Afternoon, Hiss Susie," called Pete
cheerily.
. "Afternoon," responded Miss Susie,
peering through the morning glory
tines.
Mr. Lorlng mopped his face vigor
ously. "Don't seem to be any letup
In the beat," be remarked.
"I guess we'll all shrivel up if It
beeps on much longer," replied Miss
Susie from behind her screen.
Mr. Lorlng coughed deprecntlngly.
"Xon ain't changed your mind, I sup
pose?" he queried anxiously.
"No, I alntr snapped Miss Susie so
readily that one could almost suspect
that aba had been awaiting the ques
tion. 8b0 withdrew bor rosy face with
a Jerk and went on: "I don't feel no
more favorabla to marryln' than I did
yesterday or last Monday. This makes
three times in ono weekl"
Mr. Lorlng -chuckled. "Well, I ain't
asked you today as I know on," be
drawled, turning a twinkling blue eye
upon the opening In the vines.
An ominous silence brooded behind
the morning glories, where Miss Su
elo's plump form rocked to and fro
as she knitted.
"Them there kids are gettln' wilder
and raggeder evory day. Old Mnhona
lit out last night, and we're kecpln'
house alone. . Only bad cornmeal
mush three times so fur, an' I reckon
we'll have It fur supper." His voice
trailed pathetically Into silence.
' There was a contemptuous snort
from Miss Susla "I didn't come out
to Kansas as missionary to the stray
Wldder men of Painted Rock. I ain't
a Mormon,", she added scntentlously.
"Jake Lyon was around this mornln .
His four children have the measles."
, Mr. Lorlng frowned Jonlously. "That
there Jake Lyon Is a low, snenkln'
coyote!" he exclaimed bitterly. "He
knows you wouldn't have blm nohow.
and he"-
"How do you know I wouldn't hnve
him?"
i, Pete fairly lumped with surprise.
He could dimly tee trio outline of th
swaying rocker nnd I J plump oocu-
nant but he felt nil tlw influence of
the baleful glance ho knew Miss Susie
had directed at blm.
"Far be It from merto express my
opinion again, ma'am," returned Tote
nanoly"I bope-feu'U excuse what I
had to say about Jake, I not knowln
how matters was flxc-d between you.
.j i "I i don't Jmow. . what you're ta kin'
tan. Pota Lorlna" ihe retorted. "1
7m",r" :
ra eoef w
mind, i sup
harei told yoo twenty times thai : tfl
JwWr, td bar, oonettbe
fore eetne weet, ""-r
Aa hki' hat awear an tide aroene
an day lonsv .a-negtoctta'
their wives
and children stxr
rer-tflniy, , AmJZu
m aw m dont an de It '.
mm la taat as Ood fsarta', hsrdwortnr
wteniee yen hod hack ea vam
retexned
moe
(9 kaap honee
or nar aw
conaty ahoaM
. t Ayt waa
jack m ta
rr . .. .i.iarft , 1 aaa take ease m
wen,
atManirr aa m
morning glories.
Mr. Lorlng's manner changed to one
of grave anxiety. "You heard what I
said. Miss Susie?"
"I . heurd," snapped Miss Susie.
"When I change my mind I'll not send
Bwanson. I'll come right over myself
and tell you!"
"I ain't lookln' for no miracles In
theso dayp," retorted Mr. Lorlng good
naturedly. Then his voice became se
rious. "I hope you're keepln' watch
on the river, Miss Susie. Last year
your brother pretty near got floated
off, and It wasn't anything to what It
is now. It's rained for nearly a week
up in Harpers, and if that bridge goes
well, your bouse and crop 'II go too."
"I'm not afraid so long as we don't
get any rain hero," returned Miss 8u
slo comfortably.
"You better make that lazy Swede
keep an eye on the river, and If it
rises any more I'll come over and help
you. Well, I must be movln' along!
Afternoon, Miss Susie."
"Afternoon," returned the ludy be
hind the morning glories.
. Miss Susie strained her eyes for a
backward wave of Pete Lorlng's band
when he reached the corner of the last
field, but his bead was turned toward
the river, whose yellow current was
gradually rising to the level of the
steep banks. Once or twice he glanced
back at the low browed bouse lying so
near the bank and felt some degree
of relief In the recollection that his
own" comfortable dwelling was perched
on a knoll ubove highest water mark
and must necessarily be a place of
refuge for bis less fortunate neighbors.
Six months previous Miss Suslo bad
come from her eastern home to live
with her widowed brother, but scarce
ly threo months had passed before he
bnd succumbed to an attack of heart
disease and thus had left Miss Susie
mistress of the hundred acre farm and
the well meaning but sluggish Swan
son and his capnblo wife, Bolma
Comely, dark eyed Miss Susan bad not
lacked for advice and vigorous assist
ance In managing the farm, for she
found kindly neighbors all about her,
and Pete Lorlng had been bcr chief
adviser in caring for the crops that
had been planted by the energetic
brother, but Pete bad spoiled all things
by desiring Miss Susie to change bcr
Quarters and become tho mistress of
tbo Lorlng homo, and bis quiet per
sistence had vexed the usually ami-
ablo little woman to the point of an
tagonism.
"Ho might know I couldn't make up
my mind all of a sudden after being
single for forty-five years," she mur
mured as she watched him ride out of
sight Sho thought of tho miles of
whlsoerma grain fields that divided
her farm from Pete Lorlng's place.
and her face grew somewhat anxious.
In tho northern counties rain had
fallen abundantly, but to Painted Rock
the crops were slowly crisping In the
merciless beat, end now tms swening
tributary of the Missouri, fed by the
oopleus ralna at Its source, wren re dot
mm Diets annihilation of the harvest
with a little sleh and a sense of
guilt Miss Susie responded to Baima'a
caD to dinner. A she ate of the
toothsome viands and 'tasted the oe
Hc-toea berrv Die she thought of the
hungry little Lerlnge' dining on mosb
and 'milk. They were lovable chil
dren; oolpfuL obedient little things,
mi 'it was too bad that they were
motherless: there was only the busy,
kindly father and the drinking, igne-
Mnt; nut Indian woman, Maaona. to
mraifor them.
. "Take one of these pies and a pail
ful of the dinner over to Mr. Lorlng's,
flwanson," she sold, going arouno ro
tho Mtchnn door after dinner, and It
araa ,tth anrlM relief that ihS Watch-
xl ftui slouching flaure of the Swede
riding down the road, a Jarge basket
winging from one hand,'
r aa lone after midnight whffi
KIM Susie awoke to the drip of rata
mi the roof and the ten mre or w
aar. AotuVle her window. There was
'aha' u mnacloM that the fumitere
tn the room wee creaking irt sthTtng
emlnouaty.
Sbe called Bwanson Oeaparater.
There was no response, vm m
httrit .ha neara a raw cry w"
MifaMa. It came Com aoov.
m. Mrfr aha aaia oaacoiy. m
. . MOT-
a.Mtharl Why. the nouse h anomr
' Tha Ao alantad DSnlooal S an
atrnrfed to the ease Mtmww
tried to stand upon her feet. Bone-
how she managed to striae a awu
tikf a randla nT aer Ha, auv
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In ihe utmost disorder. The
ngbter fomltare had gravitated to the
Mttaa wmn and the beavr pteees reck-
ad to and fredteaffly wftb every notion
of the recking boeea. Omeeaente and
blta vt china etrewed the . and
her dothea were toddled emonf them,
aha AnaaMi hareslf kerrlsdly. cbooa-
faa the wanneat wraps se ewatd find.
Kh. katf waned.- bmht aUd te the wln-
dow M hMd Mr tmoom w i
aka ar bm urhlg PSBeCtJeo Off fcf
csadle- aetoe end knew fcet tM water
wsaaJebetbe w-jea.
nlptet her candle and Mt her way
bte ttsearyesd lown-d fheladder
-ki-m aavtlhi arofOa U the reot
Ttia eratDe ttt te what Franklin had
eaScd Ms "et rvatory." a amen pas
farm beflt eat the ap of the roof and
vbirft new offered the only refuge to
Us Dightanad TttTt- tweoow
water aw-
mt aba ctang
dec, and ae ahe naered the top IP"
af ceol air saan
hie ace told her that the
awa ua K&ac ax sans
wtf had doeDOeae eeeaUt tefnae there.
Joyfully; ".'-auk OotTl"
"Why didn't you call me?" she asked
crossly, balancing her plump form pre
cariously on tlie edge of the opening
and plnclng her feet on the top rung
of the ladder below. She could make
out the dim outline of tho figure of the
Rocked to and fro.
doughty Bwanson hugging the chim
neys, while bulky Selma was safely
wedged in an angle of tha roof.
Bwanson took refuge In silence. And
thus ' the three clung desperately to
their several places of retreat, bending
their heads before the beating rain,
while the little bouse lurched along
In fbe embrace of the strong current
After awhile It stopped ratnlnav and
the black desolation of toe night was
relieved by the pale, Intermittent 'rajm
of a watery moon. The gray,, scud
ding clouds grew lighter as daylight
stole over the dripping world. The
three people on the roof looked curi
ously about them as objects en mo Into
prominence with the coming light The
house bnd been lifted from Its frail
foundation and swung out from the
shore and was drifting slowly down
stream. Tbo water had now crept
Into the upper rooms, and the eaves
of the roof dipped In and out of the
swirling current
Strange craft sailed by them, frag
ments of bouses, with bits of furniture
pathetically arranged In homely com
fort, floated slowly byi then the body
of a horse or a cow half submerged in
the flood. A cock crowing lustily swept
majestically along, bis half drowned
hons clinging about blm on the top of
a coop.
Then came a floating timber with
a man hanging desperately to one end.
He clutched at tbo eaves as the cur
rent .whirled him
along, grasped
them feebly and
then; strengthen
ing his hold and
cheered by tha
shouts from the
party on the roof,
drew himself up
on the wet In
cline with diffi
culty.
Miss Susie call
ed to hlnl encour
agingly aa be 1
bored up the
slanting roof and
gave him a help
ing hand on 'fo
the platform,
where' be a a Ok
In nsthlaanlT be-
DrifUng tlovly down.
Why, Mr. Bockweh, this ain't never
your she exclaimed:1' Tour wife and
your bouse and"- : ..
"Safe, thank GodJ" he .panted. . 1
was called out to assist the sufferers
at HogaD's' rnrm, yosT above your
place, and the hoesa Want all to pieces
without any warning, and I am afraid
some of those poor fallow hava lost
tbeir lives. The' young mwiay
bowed bis head and , sighed as be
thought of the fervent prayer of bis
little flock for deUVerance from the
aconrrmg drought' .
Mtoa Susie shivered, cold and miser
able, on the peak 'of ber roof. ' The
world iookedV'very dreary thm'trh
morning.- Her home was gwepi away,
bar crops perhaps roJned and-; ,
- Juet then the boose swept around
sharp band m the bore and car
ried awtftiy forward by the' raahttg
river, stuck for a: moment tn the toft
mod of the bank. A group of men
fan forward and throat hooka toto the
window -opcttmga. " A treat hawser
had been thrown aroond ( large bm
ternut tree on the koofi, and to either
and tnere Was nooa. xne aoxaw
traced away from the bank, hot tha
ope was strong, and, presently Pete
LormaTi efce called cheerily: u
Att yon an rnrm, sum swer
Tea, t her the called hack meekly:
Five minute later they were all
walking up the muddy hill to the Lor
lng hones, where ret aaecrea mem
mere wee plenty of hot coffee. "Old
Mabona, she's come back," he said,
with a algnlncant look at mm maa.
who dung dejectedly to U Kreng
-t rerko that there the preacher
from ratnted Bock." ha venfarad pre.
aotly. wttk a backward faoveaaaot of
hie thumb. . ., .'
..To knew ft la," aald Mtaa Bom.
with a fatnt retora of spirit in Bar
r. Tkm
was a queer fart-
tan la bar throat.
and She a aew
aha waatad? : to
tar laugh or
cry-
Teaayora
If y
kaagsd your
Mr. baring a M
aaatatad Mlea o
as p the eteps
ua utrtit
djdan say oothln
boot brtogltt the
hoasa er th
piiirhir along
too.9
mjss susie joyfully. They clung to
ber bands and twined themselves about
her neck. Sbe looked ver then- beads
and encountered the wistful gaze of
the father, and bcr eyes filled with
happy tears.
"I guess we better call It a miracle,
Pete," she said.
Early Time Syetama.
The gnomon, the predecessor of th'
sundial, was probably one of tho ear
liest devices for the reckoning of time,
and It may reasonably be concluded
that the Egyptian pyramids, with their
great altitude, formed part of a design
for timekeeping by the shadow thrown
on the desert sands. . The obelisk, too,
tn all probability' served the purpose,
for as a matter of history an obelisk
at Rome was actually, used for a sun
dial in the time of Emperor Augustus
If wo could step on board of a Malay
prao we. should see floating In a, bucket
of water a oocoanut shell having a
small bole In the bottom through wbkrl
the water by alow degrees finds Its
way, Into ths Interior. The hole in the
shell is so proportioned that the shell
will sink In an hour, when the man oi
watch calls the time and sets It afloat
The Chinese have a water dock In
use at the present time, which Inven
tion, they ascribe to Iiwsngtl, who
lived, according to their chronology,
more than twenty-five centuries be
fore Christ .
Tbe time system of early Rome was
of tho rudest character. Tbo day and
night each were, divided Into fou.
watches, the periods of which wcro
roughly determined by observations of
the course of tbe sun and stars.
CJiew Liquid Food Too..
The., bcr eased t amount nf ,
liquids fxmeumecj during the, '
' summer months renders the,
following advice1 of Horace'
Fletcher of additional Impor
tance at this time of the year.
The famous expert on foods
claims that LIQUIDS
SHOULD BE "CHEWED"
that is, insalivated as well
as solids. He says :
"Adult man was not orig
inally intended to take his
nourishment in a liquid form;
consequently all liquids hav
ing taste, such as soup, milk,
tea, coffee, cocoa and tbe
various forms of alcohol, must
be treated as sapid solids and
insalivated by holding them
in the mouth, moving the
tongue gently, with straight
up and down masticatory
movements, until their taste
be removed.
"Water, not having tato,
naad. no Inaallvatlon and I.
readily aooapted by tha fauoaa."
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Footwear In Summer.
Bumnor iho. and ttoeklng.
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Brown shoes sre always cooler
than black, being more porous,
and white ennvas shoes are do
llght'ui for mimiuer wear.
BLACK STOCKINGS SHOULD
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Put the baby on a dog leash I That's
tbe latest freak of society; but, unlike
many society freaks, this has tho sanc
tion of medical men, who claim that it
la a lot better to bavo a child on a
leash than to yank It along the street
dragging Its arms out of their sock
ets. Already a' few women have beea
seen In the gardens with tholr children
In leash, and from tbo appearance of
mothers and children It seems as
though all aro pleased. The child has
a little more freedom than It would
have If it were being held by tbe band,
and tho women well, they have more
freedom too. Tha baby leash Is made
exactly like a dog leash, and' It Is
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Tbo more elaborate leashes bave a reg
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ones consist of tho ordinary strop pass
ed once around the middle of the
child's body, fastened with a truck 1
and with a kug enough end to give
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has already become very popular, for
It gives tbo nursemaids a cbunco to
look after their small charges by band,
so to, speak, wbllo turning their minds
to the gossip of the nursemaid world.
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A Monument te a Bemb Thrawar.
Itallaui love statues and occasionally
erect them to so mo singular persons.
The little town of Meldola, near Ra
venna, Italy, has Just been the scene
of an Imposing ceremony. In tbe pres
ence of tbo town grandees tbe people
have unveiled a monument to PI! Or
slnl, who made tbe historic attempt on
tbe life of Napoleon III. on March 21,
1853, In Tarls, when tbe casualties
numbered 130. Tbe statue represents
Orsltd on tho way to bis execution.
Meldola is tho birthplace of OrslnL
Mopped In Time.
Congressman John T. Lenaban of the
Lucerne bar was onco engaged In a
bribery case aud was questioning a
promtnont witness. "Have yon your
self aver refused a briber' he sskod.
"No, but"- That's alir thundered
John. Laier on Mr. Lenaban wns
asked why bo dismissed the witness
so soon. "Because," he replied, "I
knew by the bnf that bo was going
to tall mo no one hod ever attempted
to bribe him." Philadelphia Record.
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