Ma WEBSTER
fflfr MAN'S MAN
Peter B. Kyne
\ >f pi Author of "Cappy
' Ricks," "The Valley
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Coro^VTWuHw.
CHAPTER XVl—Continued.
—IS—
"Ho shall have a military funeral,"
'Ricardo promised.
"From the cathedral," Webster add
-ed. "And take a picture of It for
Shis people. He told me about them.
I want them to think he amounted to
something, after all. And when you
get this two-by-four republic of yours
going again, Itlck, you might have
your congress award Don Juan a
thousand dollars oro for capturing Sar
ros. Then we can send the money to
his old folks."
"But he didn't capture Sarros,"
protested. "The man escaped
"when the guards cut their way
through."
: "He didn't. That was a ruse while
he beat It out the gate where you
found me. I Saw Don Juan knock him
-cold with the butt of his rifle after
I'd brought down his horse."
"Do you think he's there yet?"
"He may be —provided all this didn't
happen the day before yesterday. If
1 wanted him, I'd go down and look
for him. Rick."
"I'll go rlgljt, away, Jack."
"One minute, then. Send a man
around to that little back street where
they have the wounded—lt's a couple
•of blocks away from here—to tell
Mother Jenks and the young lady
with her I'll not be back."
"They're both outside now. They
must have gone looking for you, be
cause they found you and Don Juan
first and then told me about it."
"Who told you?"
"Mother Jenks."
"Ohl Well, run atong and get your
man."
Ricardo departed on the run, tak
ing the sentry at the door with him
Yand In his haste giving no thought
to Mother Jenks and her companion
•waiting for the doctor's verdict. In
the palace grounds he gathered two
more men and bade them follow him;
leading by twenty yards, he emerged
at the gate aqd paused to look around
him.
Some hundred feet down the street
from the palace gate Sarros' bay
charger lny dead. When Webster's
bullet brought the poor beast down,
his rider had fallen clear of him, only
to fall a victim to the ferocity of Don
Juan Cafetero. Later, as Sarros lay
stunned and bleeding beside his mount,
the stricken animal in Its death-strug
gle had half risen, only to fall again,
this time on the extended left leg of
his late master; consequently when
Sarros recovered consciousness follow
ing the thoughtful attentions of "his
assailant, It was to discover himself a
hopeless prisoner. The heavy 'carcass
of his horse pinned his foot and part
"of his leg to the ground, rendering
him as helpless and desperate as a
trapped animal.
For several minutes now he had
been striving frantically to release
himself; with his sound right leg
pressed against the animal's back
bone he tried to gain sufficient pur
chase to withdraw his left leg from
the carcass.
As Ricardo caught sight of Sarros
he Instinctively realized that this was
his mortal enemy; motioning his men
to stand back, he approached the
struggling man on tiptoe and thought
fully possessed himself of the dicta
tor's pistol, which lay In back of him,
but not out of reach. Just as he did
»o, 'Sarros, apparently convinced of the
futility of his "efforts to free himself,
surrendered to fate and commenced
rather pitifully to weep with rage
and despair.
Ricardo watched him for a few sec
onds, for there was Just sufficient of
the blood of his CastlHan ancestors
still In his veins to render this sorry'
spectacle rather an enjoyable one to
him. Besides, he was 50 per cent
Iberian, a race which can hate quite
as thoroughly as It can love, and
for a time Ricardo even nourished the
thought of still further Indulging bis
thirst for revenge by pretending to
aid Sarros In his escape! \ Presently,
however, he put the ungenerous
thought from him; seizing the "dead
horse by fhe tail, he dragged the car
cass off his enemy's leg, and while
Sarros sat up, tallor-fasblon, and com
menced to rub the circulation back
Into the bruised member, Ricardo
seated himself on the rump of the
dead horse and appraised his prisoner
critically.
Sarros glanced up, remembered his
manners and very heartily and grace
fully thanked his deliverer.
"It Is not a matter for which thanks
are due me, Sarros," Ricardo replied
•coldly, "I am Ricardo Luiz Ruey,
and I have come back to Sobrante to
pay my father's debt to you. You
Will remember having force*! the obli
gation upon me in the cemetery some
fifteen years' ago."
For perhaps ten horrified seconds
Sarros stared- at Ricardo;
dark blood In him came to his defense;
his tens* pose relaxed; the fright
H left his swarthy counte-
nance as if erased with a moist
sponge, leaving him as calmly stoical
and indifferent as a cigarstore Indian.
He fumbled In his coat pocket for a
gold cigarette case, selected a ciga
rette, lighted It and blew at
Ricardo. The Jig was up; he knew
it; and with admirable nonchalance
he declined to lower his presidential
dignity by discussing or considering it.
He realized It would delight ills cap
tor to know he dreaded to face the
Issue, and It was not a Sarros practice
to give nldynnd comfort to the enemy.
"Spunky devil!" Ricardo reflected,
forced to admiration despite himself.
Aloud he said: "You know the code
of our people, Sarros. An eye for
an eye opd a tooth for a tooth."
Sarros bowed. "I am at your serv
ice," he replied carelessly.
"Then at daylight tomorrow morn
ing I shall make settlement." Ricardo
beckoned his men to approach. "Take
this man and confine him under a
double guard in the arsenal," he or
dered. "Present my compliments to
the officer In charge there and tell
him It is my wish that a priest be
provided for the prisoner tonight, and
that tomorrow morning, at six o'clock,
a detail of six men and a sergeant
escort this man to the cemetery In
the rear of the Catedral de la Cruz.
I will meet the detail there and take
command of It."
Two of Rlcardo's Imported fighting
men stepped to the prisoner's side,
seized" him, one by each arm, and lift
ed him to his feet; supported be
tween them, he limped away to his
doom, while his youthful conqueror
remained seated on the dead horse,
his gaze bent upon the ground, his
mind dwelling, not upon his triumph
over Sarros but upon the prodigious
proportions of the task before him;
the rehabilitation of a nation. After
a while he rose and strolled over to
ward the gate, where he paused to
note the grim evidences of the final
stand of Webster and Don Juan Cafe
tero before passing through the por
tal. #
Ricardo had now, for the first time,
an opportunity to look aroupd him;
so he halted to realize his home-com
ing, to thrill with this, the first real
view of the home of his boyhood. The
spacious lawn surrounding the. palace
had been plowed and scarred with
bursting, shrapnel from the flMd guns
captured in the arsenal, although the
building Itself had been little damaged,
not having sustained a direct hit be
cause of Rlcardo's stringent orders
not to use artillery on the palace un
less absolutely necessary to smoke
Sarros out. Scattered over the grounds
Ricardo counted some twenty-odd
government soldiers, all wearing that
pathetically flat, crumpled appearance
which seems inseparable from the
bodies of men killed in action. The
first shrapnel had probably com
menced to drop In the grounds Just as
a portion of the palace garrison' had
been marching out to join the troops
fighting at the cantonment barracks
Evidently the men had scattered like
quail, only to be killed as they ran.
From this grim scene Ricardo raised
his eyes to the palace, the castellated
towers of which, looming through the
tufted palms, were reflecting the set
ting sun. Over the balustrade of one
of the upper balconies the limp body
of a Sarros sharpshooter, picked off
from the street, drooped grotesquely,
his arms hanging downward as If In
Ironical welcome to the son of Ruey
the Beloved. The sight Induced In
Ricardo a sense of profound sadness;
his Irish Imagination awoke; to him
that mute figure seemed to call upon
him for pity, for kindness, for for
bearance, for understanding and sym
pathy. Those outflung arms of the
martyred peon symbolized to Ricardo
Ruey the spirit of liberty, shackled
and helpless, calling upon him for de
liverance; they brought to his alert
mind a clearwr realization of the duty
that was his than he had ever had be
fore. He had a great task to perform,
a task Inaugurated by his father, and
which Ricardo could not hope to fin
ish In his lifetime. He must solve
the agrarian problem; he must de- '
velop the rich natural resources of his
country; he must provide free, com
pulsory education and evolve from
the ignorance of the peon %n Intelli
gence that would build up that which
Sobrante, in common with her sister
republics, so wickedly lacked—the
great middle class that stands always
as • a buffer between the aggression
and selfishness of the upper class and
the helplessness and childishness 6t
the lower.
Ricardo bowed his heaifc "Help me,
O Lord," he prayed. "Thou hast given
me In Thy wisdom a man's task. Help
me that I may not prove unworthy."
• •••••••
Mother Jenks, grown Impatient at the
lack of news concerning Webster, left
Dolores to her grief :n the room across
the hall and sought the open air, for
of late she had been experiencing with
recurring frequency a slight feeling of
ruffocation. She sat down on ths broad
granlte steps, helped herself to a
much-needed "bracer" from her brandy
flask and was gazing pensively at the
scene around her when Ricardwfcwme
up the stairs. \ /
" 'Ello!" Mother Jenks saluted him.
"We're 'ave you been, Mr. Bowers?"
"I have just returned from capturing
Sarros, Mrs. Jenks. He Is on his way
to the arsenal under guard."
"Gor' strike ip* *?nk 1" the old lady
cried. "'Ave I lived to see this day!"
Her face-was wreathed in a happy
smile. "I wonder 'ow the beggar feels
to 'ave Jhe shoe on the other foot, eh —
the/'eartless 'ound; I'm 'opln' this
General Ruey will 'a--e the blighter
shot."
"You need have no worry on that
score, Mrs. Jenks. I'm General Ruey.
Andrew Bowers was just my summer
name," as It were."
"Angels guard me! Wot the bloom-
In' 'ell surprise Won't we 'ave next.
Wot branch o' the Ruey tribe do you
belong to? Are you a nephew o' him
that was president before Sarros shot
'im? Antonio Ruey, who was 'arf
brother to the president, 'ad a son 'e
called Ricardo. Are you 'lm, might I
arsk?"
"I am the son of Ricardo the Be
lovfed," he answered proudly.
"Not the lad as was. away at school
when 'ls father was hexect)ted?"
"I am that same lad, Mrs. Jenks.
And who are you? You seem to know
a deal of my family history."
"I," the oJdgMHibUcan replied with
equal pride; Mrs. Col.' 'Enery
.Tertks, who was your father's chief of
hartlller.v an' 'ad the hextreme honor
o' dyin' in front of the same wall with
'im. By the w'y, 'ow's Mr. Webster?"
she added, suddenly remembering the
subject closest to her heart just thetj.
"His wounds are trifling. He'll live,
Mrs. Jenks." *
"Well, that's better than gettln'
poked In the. eye with a sharp stick,"
the old damfe decided philosophically.
"Do you renumber my little sister,
Mrs. Jenks?" Ricardo continued. "She
was In the palace when Sarros at
tacked It ; she perished there."
"I believe I 'ave got a slight recol
lection o' the nipper, sir," Mother
Jenks answered cautiously. To herself
she. said: .. "I s'y, 'Enrletta, 'ere's a
pretty go. 'E don't know the lamb Is
Ilvln' an' in the next room! My word,
wot a riot w'en 'e meets 'er 1"
"I will see you argaln, Mrs. Jenks. I
must have a long talk with you," Ri
cardo told her, and passed on Into the
palace; whereupon Mother Jenks once
more fervently implored the Almighty
"I Am General Ruey."
to strike her pink, and the Iron re
stralnt of a long, hard, exciting day be
ing relaxed at last, the good soul
bowed her gray head In her arms and
wept, moving her body from side to
side the while and demanding, of no
one in particular, a single legitimate
reason why she, a- blooming old bag
gage and not /It to live, should be the
recipient of such manifold blessings
as this day had brought forth.
In the meantime Ricardo, with his
hand *Jn the knob of the door leading
to the room where Webster was having
bis wounds dressed, paused suddenly,
his attention caught by the sound of a
sob, long-drawn and Inexpressibly pa
thetic. He listened and mae'e up his
mind that a woman In the room across
the entrance hall was bewailing the
death of a loved one who answered to
the name of Caliph and John, darling.
Further eavesdropping convinced him
that Caliph, John, darling, and Mr.
John Stuart Webster were one and the
same person, and so he tilted his head
on one side like a cock robin aud con
sidered.
"By Jlrigo, that's most Interesting,"
he derided. "The wounded hero has
a sweetheart or a wife —and an Amer
ican, too. She must be a recent ac
quisition, because all the time we were
together on the steamer coming down
here he never spoke of either, despite
the fact that we got friendly enough
for such confidences. Something fun
ny about this. I'd better sound the old
boy before I start passing out words
of comfort to that unhappy female."
He passed on Into the room. John
Stuart Webster had, by this time, been
washed and bandaged, and one of the
Sarros servants (for the ex-dictator's
retlnne still occupied the palace) had.
at Dr. Pacheco's command, prepared a
guest chamber upstairs and furnished
a night gown of ample proportions to
cover Mr. Webster's bebandaged but
otherwise naked person. A stretcher
.had just arrived, and the wounded man
wm about to he carried upstairs. The
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. 0.
late financial hacker of the revolution
was looking very pale and dispirited;
for once In his life bis whimsical, ban
tering nature was subdued. His eyes
were closed, and he did not open them
when Itlcardo entered
"Well, I have Snrros," the latter- de
clared.
Webster paid not the slightest atten
tion to this announcement. Ricardo
bent oifer him. "Juek, old boy," be
queried, "do you know a- person of
feminine persuasion who calls you Ca
liph?"
John Stuart Webster's eyes and
mouth flew wide open. "What the
devil!" he tried to roar. "You haven't
been speaking to her, have you? If
you have, I'll never forgive you, be
cause you've spoiled my little surprise
party."
"No, I haven't* been speaking to her.
but she's In the next room crying fit
to break her heart because she thinks
you've been killed."
"You scoundrel! -Aren't you human?
00 tell her It's only a couple of punc
tures, not a blowout." He sighed.
"Isn't It sweet of her to weep over nt»
old hunks like me!" he added softly.
"Bless her tender Jjeftrt!"
"Who Is she?" Hicardo was very
curious.
"That's none of your business. Yon
wait and I'll tell you. She's the guest
1 told you I was going to bring to din
ner, and that's enough for you to know
for the present. Vaya, you Idiot, and
bring her' In here, so I c*n assure her
my head Is bloody hut unbowed. Doc
tor, throw that rug over my shanks
and make me look pretty. I'm going
to receive company."
His glance, bent steadily on the door,
had In It some of the alert, bright wlst
fulness frequently to be observed In
the eyes of a terrier standing expec
tantly before a rat hole. The Instant
the door opened nn(. Dolores' tear
stained face appeared, he cnlled to her
wi\h the old-time camaraderie, for he
had erased from his mind, for the
nonce, the memory of the tragedy of
poor Don Juan Cafetero and was con
cerned solely with the task of banish
ing the tears from those brown eyes
and bringing the Joy of life back to
that sweet face.
"Hello, Seeress," he called weakly.
"Little Johnny's been fighting again,
and the bad boys gave him an ail-flred
walloping."
There was a swift rustle of skirts,
and she was bending over him, her hot
little palms clasping eagerly his pale,
rough cheeks. "Oh, my dear, my
dear I" she whispered, and then her
voice choked with the happy tears and
she was sobbing on his wounded shoul
der. Ricardo stooped to draw her
away, but John Stuart bent upon him
a look of such frlghtfulness that he
drew back abashed. After all, the past
24 hours had been quite exciting, and
Ricardo reflected thftt John's Inamora
ta was tired and frightened and prob
ably hadn't eaten anything all day
long, so there wns ample excuse for
her hysteria. .
"Come, come, buck up," Webster
soothed her, and helped himself to n
long whiff of her fragrant hair. "Old
man Webster hnd one leg In the grave,
but they've pulled It out again."
SUII she sobbed.
."Now, listen to me, lady," he com
manded with mock severity. "You
Just stop that. You're wasting your
sympathy; and while, of course, I en-
Joy your sympathy a heap. Just pause
to reflect on the result If those salt
tears should hnppen to dfop into one
of ifty numerous wounds."
"I'm so sorry for you. Caliph," she
murmured brokenly. "You poor, harm
less boy! I don't see how any one
could be so fiendish as to hurt you
when you were so distinctly a non-com
batant."
'Thank you. Let us forget The
Hague conference for the present, how
ever. Have you met your brother?"
he whispered.
"No. Caliph."
"Ricardo."
"Yes, Jack."
"Come here. Rick, you scheming,
unscrupulous, blood-thirsty adventurer,
I have a tremendous surprise In store
for you. The sweetest girl In the world
—and she's right here "
Ricardo laughingly held up his hand.
"Jack, my friend," he Interrupted,
"you're too weak to make a speech.
Don't do It. Besides, you do not have
to." He turned and bowed gracefully
to Dolores. "I can see for myself she's
the sweetest girl In the world, and thnt
she's right here." He held out his
hund to her. "Jack thinks he's going
to spring a surprise," he continued ma
liciously, "quite forgetting that a good
soldier never permits himself to be
taken by surprise. I know all about
his little secret, because I heard you
mourning for him when you thought he
was dead." Rlsardo favored her with
a knowing wink. "I am delighted to
meet the future Mrs. Webster. I quite
understand why yon fell In love with
hltn, because, you see, I love him my
self and so does everybody else."
With typical fastlllan courtliness he
took her hand, bowed low over It, and
kissed It. "I am Ricardo Lulz Ruey,"
he said, anxious to spare his friend the
task of further exhausting conversa
tion. "And you are "
"You're a consummate jackass!"
groaned Webster. "I'm only a dear old
family friend, and Dolores Is going to
marry Billy Geary. Yon lihpetuous
Idiot! She's your own sister, Dolores
Ruey. She, Mark Twain, and I have
ample cause for common complaint
against the world because the reports
of onr death have been grossly exag
gerated. She didn't perish when your
fsther's administration crumbled. Miss
Ruey. this is your brother, Ricardo.
Kiss her you damn' fool—forgive me,
Miss Ruey—oh. Lord, nothing matter*
any more. He's gummed everything
up and ruined my party. I wish I were
dead."
Bicardo stared from the outraged
Webster to his sister and back again.
"Jack Webster," he declared, "you
aren't crazy, are you?"
"Of course, he Is —the old dear," Do-
I ores .cried happily, "but I'm not." She
stepped up to her brother, and her
arms went around his neck. "Oh,
lUck." she cried, "I'jn. your sister. Tru
ly, I am."
"Dolores. My little lost sister, Do
lores? Why. I can't believe It!"
"Well, you'd better believe It," John
Stuart Webster prowled feebly. "Of
course, you can doiibt my word and
get away with It, now that I'm flat on
my back, but if you dure cast asper
sions on that girl's vtraclty, I'll mur
der you,n month from now."
He closed his eyes, feeling Instinc
tively that he ought not spy on such a
sacred family scene. When, however,
the affecting meeting was over and Do
lores was ruffling the Websterlari fore
top while her brother pressed the Web
sterlan hand and tried to say all the
things he felt, but couldn't express,
John Stuart Webster brought them
both buck to a realization of present
conditions.
"Don't thank tne. sir," he piped In
pathetic Imitation of the small boy of
melodrama. "I hav! only done me
duty, and for that I cannot accept this
purse of gold, even though my father
and mother are starving."
"Oh. Cnllph, do be serious," Dolores
pleaded.
He looked up at her fondly. "Take
your brother out to Mother Jenks and
prove your case, Miss Ruey," he ad
vised her. "And while you're at It,
I eerthlnly hope somebody will remem
ber I'm not accustomed to reposing on
a center table. Itlck, If you can per
suade some citizen to put me to bed,
I'd be obliged. I'm dead tired, old.
horse. I'm—nil—sleepy "
His head rolled weakly to one side,
for he had been ploying a part and
had nerved himself to finish It grace
fully, even In his weakened condition.
He sighed, moaned slightly, and
slipped Into unconsciousness.
CHAPTER XVII.
Throughout the nlglit there was spo
radic firing here and there In the city,
as the iluey followers relentlessly
hunted down the Isolated detachment
of government .troops which had es
caped annihilation and capture In the
final rout and fallen back on the city,
where, concealing themselves accord-'
Ing to their nature and Inclination,
they Indulged In unore or less sniping
from windows and (he roofs of build
ings. The practice if taking no pris
oners was an old itn«t In Sobrante, and
few presidents hi Id done more than
Sarros to keep th»t custom alive; er
go, firm In the conviction that to sur
render was tantamount to facing a fir
ing squad at daylight, the majority of
these stragglers, with consummate
courage, fought to the death.
The capture of Buenaventura was
alone sufficient to Insure a brief revo
lution, but the capture of Sarros wai
ample guarantee that the resistance to
the new ord.-r of things was already
at an end. However, Ricardo Ruey
felt that the prompt execution of Sar
ros would be an added guarantee o!
peace by effectually discouraging any
opposition to the rebel cause In ths
outlying districts, where a few Isolated
garrisons still remained In Ignorance ol
the momentous events being enacted In
the capital. For th> time being, Rlcar
do was master of life and death In So
brante. and all of Ms advisers and sup
porters agreed with f.lm that a so
called trial of the (It-dictator would be
a rather useless affair. His life wai
forfeit a hundred times for murder and
treason, and to be ponderous over hi*
elimination would savor of mockery,
Accordingly, at midnight, n priest en
tered the room In the arsenal where
Sarros was confined, and shrived him.
Throughout the i|lght (he priest re
mained him, and vrhen that ear
ly morning march to the cemetery
commenced, he wilked beside Sarros,
repeating the i>raj ers for the dying.
Upon reaching the cemetery thers
was a slight wait until a carriage
drove up and discharged Itlcardo Ruey
anil Mother Jenks. The sergeant In
command of the sq'Aid saluted and wan
briefly ordered to proceed with ths
matter In hand; whereupon he turned
to Sarros, who with the customary
sang frold of his kind upon such oc
casions was .calmly smoking, and
bowed deprecatingly. Snrros actually
smiled upon him. "Adlos, amlgos," hi
murmured. Then, as an afterthought
and probably because he was sufficient
of an egoist to desire to appear a mar
tyr, he added heroically: "I die for
my country. May God hove mercy oa
my enemies."
(TO BK CONTINUED.) X
"Have « Tooth?**
' In the FIJI Islands a polished Ivory
tamhu, or whale's tooth Is a symbol of
chieftainship, and «—'rernely valuable,
as any request I'O.Aed by an exhibi
tion of a tambu Is theoretically,
bound to be granted. Thus, I.* a Fijian
headmen wishes to marry a neighbor
ing chief's daughter, he sends a mes
senger first with the precious tambu,
supposing him to possess one. Nelthei
the glrrnor her fnther has then any
further choice In the matter. The
wedding luis got to be. These ob
ject*. as may wdl be Imagined, are
Jealously guarded by their fortunate
possessors; and tmy FIJIan, If well
enough off, will p irehase one from a
foreigner for a II we sum. The na
tlves never, or ai least very rarely,
can be Induced tu sell their tambu*
Tactful district commissioners fre
quently follow the Fijian custom, and
when asking for Hospitality on theii
tours In the Intelmr, send a whale's
tooth with their W (ssenger.
Ths Time. ,
-Is it admissih' fat any time f«
a man to pay atti ttlona to a man-to'
woman?"
"Carta Inly, Ual to kli wife*
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
■niOHT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAKOLINIANB.
Washington, (Special). John It
Mlntor of North Carolina who has,
been vice counsul at fc"ort Elizabeth
has been assigned to a similar posi
tion of Johannesburg.
„ Hertford. —The Perquimahs county
chamber of commerce, held
tant meeting here, the subject under
discussion being the marketing of pea
nuts.
Rocky Mount.—Gus Dimakos, age
50, welt known candy maker for a lo
cal firm, is dead at his home here as
the result, authorities and relatives
believe of drinking wood alcohol.
Lexington.—The Central highway
between Lexington and the Yadkin
River claimed at least two automo
biles as its victms during the past
twenty-four hours.
Durham.—The Durham hosiery mill
announced a new reduction of 12 1-2
per cent In the wages 'of their more
than 3,000 employes at plants located
in Durham, Carrboro,, High Point, Me
bane, Qoldsboro and elsewhere In the
state
Charlotte.—The body of James
Claude Cannon,' Charlotte boyi who
was killed in action in France during
the world war, has arrived in New
York city, according to a message re
ceived by his mother, Mrs. Julia Can
non.
Kinston. Federal prohibition
agents reported the destruction of a
moonshine still of almost ''pre-amend
nient" dimensions in the upper part
of Dublin county. The plant, a "dou
ble steam" contrivance, was of 180-
gallon capacity
Greensboro.—Nearly 300 city school
superintendents of the State gathered
here for a State-wide meeting to dis
cuss school problems. Dr. E. C.
Brooks, State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, presided and delivered
the principal address.
Klnston —Fried chicken will be In
the plebeian class In a few weeks,
merchants here think, because fowls
are more plentiful In this part of the
country than In many years. Appar
ently their numerousness Is responsi
ble for the glutted egg market, tho
latter product selling for IS cents a
dozen in many localities.
Ashevllle. —Mrs. Charles Manls was
Instantly killed. Mrs. M. Shelton fa
tally Injured and Mrs. John Magab
and her eight-year-old daughter slight
ly Injured when a logging car of the
Suncrest Lumber company crashed
Into their home near Sunburst.
Fayettevllle.—Two days of- cam
paigning and nothing to campaign for
didn't appeal to the Y. M. C. A. work
ers when they gathered at luncheon
and found they had already raised
more money than they set out after,
and they moved tbo objective up from
$40,000 to $60,000.
Winston-Salem. —S. R. Davis and
W. 8. Hatcher, brakemen on a Nor
folk and Western freight train, run
ning between this city and Roanoke,
Va., were each fined $350 in munici
pal Court for having whiskey In their
possession, for transporting and re
ceiving same.
Salisbury.—Salisbury Council TTnlt
od Commercial Travelers Is enjoying
a period of unusual growth due to a
contest for new members that has
been carried on recently by two live
teams. At their meeting the local
council voted In 40 new members and
Initiated 24 of them.
Dumbarton.—Four whiskey stin»
were captured by Robeson officers, to
gether with around 2,000 gallons ot
beer and a small supply of the finish
ed product, In the river swamp near
Pates. Three men—Raymond Brook*
Archie Brooks and Daniel Buck Lock
lear, Indiana —were arrested when tha
stills were captured and placed In
jail here In default of bond.
Greensboro. —The Woodmen of the
World, of North Carolina, in annual
session In Greensboro, elected officers
and chooses Wilmington, as the meet/-
Ing place for next year.
Elizabeth City.—According to a tele
phone message from W !. Tait, at
Coinjock, Bheriff Flora, of Currituck
county ban received a message from
the Miami, Fla., authorities, saying
the charge against Bennett Severn,
for whom a warrant was Issued, charg
ing him with the theft of a seaplane
has been withdrawn.
Kinston—George S. Willard, cash
ier of the Bank of Pink Hill, absent
since March 3, returned here. Wil
lard said he Intended to leave for a
business trip March 5, but that de
velopments caused him to leave be
fore that date.
Charlotte. —Charlotte chamber of
commerce's drive for "400 new mem
bers in four days" was brought to a
successful conclusion when finpl re
ports showed that 409 additional
members bad been brought Into tk«
organization.
GENUINE
"BULL''
DURHAM
tobacco makes 50
flood cigarettes for
* loc
The Fashion*.
Lady Duff-Gordon salt] at a lunch
eon :
"The fashions are gradually becom
ing more modest. They are nothing
like *o shocking as they were last
year.
"A young woman went into a very
smart shop one day last year and
said to the saleswoman:
"'I want to buy an afternoon gown
of the very latest fashion,'
" 'Yes, madam,' said the saleswom
an. 'And does inadani prefer a gown
that Is altogether too short or one
that Is altogether too transparent?
We stock i i)Oth kinds.' "
FRECKLES
Now U tka Tim* id Gel Rid a#
Theee Ugly Spot*.
Tbere'e bo longer the ellghteat seed off
(••line uhtmed of your frecklee, aa Othtae
—loable atrength—la guaranteed to remove
theee homely apota.
Simply eat aa ounce of OthlD®— doable
atrength—from your drugglat. and apply a
llftla ot It night and moraine and yov
abould eoon aae that even tha wo rat freckle*
have begun to dlaappaar, while the lighter
onee have vanlahed entirely. It la eeldona
that more than one ounea la needed to ooaa
plataly ole»r the ikln and gain a beeotffal
claar complexion.
Ba aura to aak fcr the double alrengtfc
Othlne, ax thle la aold under guarantee at
money back If It falla to remove freokla&
Rich Yukon Silver Deposits. ,
Authoritative reports from the Yu
kon territory, Canada, iodlcate the
location of mnrvelously rich silver de
posits in the Mayo' district," about 150
miles east of Dawson, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. A few veins,
eljrht feel In thickness, assaying 5,000
to 14.000 ounces of the metal to the
ton, are being worked. Five-foot veins
are common, and smaller lodes with
an assay of 200 ounces, are said to
be plentiful. At present transporta
tion and living conditions In the d'e
trlct are very bad. These, will be bet
tered If a proposed motor road Into
the territory Is built.
USED IN ONE FAMILY
FOR YEARS
Bellepolnt, W. Va.—"lt affords ram
great pleasure to have the privilege to
tmake public this
statement in be
half of Dr. Pierce's
medicines I cannot
recommend than 
too highly to the
public. We have
used them in oar
family for yean
, and have reaped
good results. We
have always fouad
the' Golden Medical
Discovery' superior
to any other tonie, as it is a wonderful
system builder. I can oheerfully rec
ommend it to all like sufferers.' WE J.
CARPER.
Send 10 cent* to Dr. Pierce's Invalids*
Hotel In Buffalo, N.Y., for trial packatos.
What He Meant.
"You told me," complained the pur
chaser, "that purrot I bought was the
most intelligent bird In your shop,
while the fact Is he doesn't talk at
all."
"That's what I mennt," replied the
dealer, "when I spoke of his Intelli
gence, madam."
Indlgeation producee dleasreeeble and
aomelimaa alarming aymptoma. Wrlcht'a
Indian Vegetable Pllle etlmulate the dlgae
tlva proceeeee to function naturally.—Adv.
Bad Form.
"Judge. I wasn't trying to flirt with
this young lady."
"She says you called her 'Precious.*"
"I wa* talking to myself."
"Then you ought not to call yourself
pet names. Ten dollars and c>Bt.' , ■
Birmingham Age-Herald.
No Cart Along.
The girl walked briskly Into the
store and dropped her bag on the coun
ter. "Give me a chicken," she said.
"Do you want a pullet?" the store
keeper usked.
"No," the girl replied. "1 wanta
carry Itj"—Brown Bull.
No Shortage. -.
"1 rented a house in the Street of
Dreams," sings a poet. Well, even a
poet can pay the rent of that kind of
a house. —Boston Transcript.
mUgHE
// Ey**. If they TTre,ltci^
fo« Smart or Burn, if Sont
TOUR LILJ Granulated, use Maries
often. Soothes. Refreshes. Safe for
Infant or Adult At all Druggists. Write for
?ree Eye Book. Hefts By* he* Ce. Ota*