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THE SEMI-WEEKLY ROBESONIAN.
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THAT BRUTAL HUSBAND.
By HOWARD OTIS.
Copyright, 190!), by American Press Asso
ciation. She and ber husband lived in the
next flat above mine, and I pitied her.
How she could eudure to live with a
man who kept such Irregular hours I
could not imagine. I should rather
. say regular hours, for be seldom came
In till morning. It would be 3 o'clock
and sometimes 4 o'clock when he
passed my floor. I would bear a door
open above, and at times when my
own door stood ajar I could hear a
kiss of welcome. After that there
would be moving about above, and
sometimes a ripple of feminine laugh
ter, never a scolding word, escaped
from their apartments.
Often in summer, when doors and
windows were left open to admit air,
I could hear the rattle of dishes, the
drawing of a cork, the clink of glasses,
and knew the couple were having a
upper together. I remember one
jilrrht when I could smell the odor of
Koine uavory dish. I got up, dressed
myself, went out to a restaurant and
got a dozen oysters, with a bottle of
le. But it was only my stomach that
was appeased, not my heart, and 1
yearned for such an angel as lived in
the flat above me and thought what a
different husband 1 would make her.
Surely she must have had something
of the bobemiau iu her nature, and.
above all. I wanted for a wife a wo
man of that kind. 1 pitied those men
whose wives must always remain at
home and make their husbands miser; i
l)!e unless they are always at home
too. What a jewel a woman must be
who could receive her husband at all
hours of the morning after he had
epent nearly the whole night carous
lug or playing poker at his club, give
him a loving kiss and cook a supper
for him! And when this is kept up
night after night what must the en
during amiability of that woman be?
One day I left my room just in rime
to meet her on the landing, i lifted
my hat aud moved aside for her to
pass, taking at the same time a good
long look at her face. It was as fresh
as if she were not awakened every
morning by her brutal husband, it
" was not such a face as 1 had expected
to see. I had fancied it would con
tain a devil-may-care expression com
mon with boheinian women. Her fea
tures, oil the contrary, were intellectu
al, .with a trace of seriousness in them.
Then it occurred lo me that - with
such a husband how could she help
being serious. It was a wonder that
Le did uot show traces of suffering.
Bhe was going upstairs; 1 was going
down. That was the first and only
glimpse 1 got of her.
One morning 1 did not hear t he hus
band come in at the usual hour, and
the next day a doctor's buggy drove
up to the front door. The doctor went
up to their flat. He came everv day
FATE AND A COW.
By M. QUAD.
Copyright, 1D09. by American Press Asso
ciation.
Professor Slocum of the college at
Madison was fifty years old on a cer
tain date. He was tall and stoop shoul
dered and ungainly. lie was reticent
and undemonstrative, and society knew
him not at all. Miss Deborah Day of
the same town had reached the age of
forfy-tive. She was plain of face and
frigid of attitude, and her charms were
missing. Cupid had sized up the pro
fessor and condemned him to bachelor
hood. He had done the same with Miss
Deborah and left her an old maid.
One evening, just at sundown, when
the whippoorwills. had there been any
within a radius of a hundred miles,
would have been making ready to sing.
Miss Day walked forth in a meadow to
gather a few daisies. It was not a ro
mantic feeling that took her there. She
would have as soon culled onions had
there been any there to cull. At the
same hour it singularly happened that
Professor Slocum sought the same
meadow in search of geological speci
mens to convince his class that this
old earth of ours has seen at least 15,
000.000 birthdays come and go. Four
discoveries took place almost simul
taneously, and a fifth came tagging
on behiud. The lady discovered her
daisies, the professor discovered his
pebbles, the two people discovered each
other, and together they discovered a
cow. A cow may be simply an ani
mated object on the landscape, or she
may be a discovery, because she was
enraged over the loss of a horn knock
ed off in some way and because she
had her head down aud her tail up and
was charging the pebble and daisy
gatherers.
Then the fifth discovery showed up.
It was a cow shed twenty rods away
a rough affair that had once seen
better days. The meadow was retired,
and the shed was more so. There was
no hope of reaching the fence, but
there was of reaching the shed. It
was plain that the cow was coming
for business, and you must judge
whether it was proper or not for the
couple to clasp bands and make a
wabbly and tumultuous run for the
shed. J hey reached it iust in time
for the professor to rir.d a board and
bar the entrance against the cow and
later on to further strengthen it. There
was no doubt about the bovine being
in earnest. She made frantic attempts
to tear down the shed with her re
maining horn, aud when she could
not effect entrance she stood on guard
to keep her victims from coming out
Darkness suddenly fell.
"Professor Slocum. I must leave here
this instant:" exclaimed the horrified
Miss Day.
"And so must 1." was the reply.
"It is not proper."
"Certainly not."
"I shall be a laughingstock."
And I the same."
Yes; they ought to leave the shed
and rush in opposite directions, but
what of the cow? She proposed to
THE BLADEN FIGHT.
for awhile: then a hearse stopped at j have something to say about that. At
the door, and I knew that the poor
woman would not have longer lo suffer
the irregularities of a brutal husband.
She never returned to the flat.
Some eighteen months afterward,
while at an evening party. 1 saw her
standing chatting with the hostess.
1 recognized her at ouce. How could
1 help recognising her since 1 had car
vied that one brief glimpse 1 had got
of her in my heart ever since".' In a
moment 1 was sidling up to the hostess
and received the coveted introduction.
1 refrained from telling the widow
that I had lived beneath her and was
aware of how s!k had been obliged to
sit up night after uight waiting for
that husband. 1 didn't wish to awak
en painful memories. I infinitely pre
ferred that she should think she was
meeting me for the first time.
The hostess arranged for a more
than casual acquaintance between me
and the widow. I saw much of her.
There was nothing of the bohetuian
about her. It-deed, she seemed to have
A Pro-Election Hot Time War
of Fists and Words.
The bond election fight in Bla
den is over now, but the follow
ing description, from Monday's
Fayetteville Observer, of the
hot times in that county Satur
day will be read with interest:
' 'There was a hot time in grand
old Bladen Saturday. The rail
road barons in the persons of
President John A. Mills, of the
Raleigh & South port, President
J. F. L. Arrnfield. of the Virgina
& Carolina Southern, and Mr.
Geo. B. McLeod, who proposes
to build a road from Lumberton,
and their respective followers,
who invaded that unusually quite
and dignified old county Saurday,
m their three cornered hght, tor
the privilege of connecting Eliza-
jethtown by railroad with the
world, made Saturday a redV let-
er day for that county, so far
as -nsatior:al incidents are con
cerned.
'T? e st rm broke with the
greatest lury at Tar Heel, whei e
Mr. Mills, and his supporters heia
a big rally in the afternoon, with
Maj. Terry Lyon as the central
figure.
"Mai or Lyon is an old Bladen
boy. and though young, was,
when he decided to come to fay
etteville six months ago to prac
tice law, the Democratic leader
of Bladen county. He is one of
the principal supporters of the
Mills propsition, while his lath
er, Judge C. C. Lyon, and his
uncle. Sheriff C. W. Lyon, are
arrayed in the Armheld camp.
At Tar Heel, Mr. E. W. Lasley,
cashier of the Bank of Elizabeth
town, made an accusation against
Mr. Lyon, and beiore he had
finished the sentence Mr. Lyon
knocked him down, A few min
utes later. Dave B. Sutton, iate
Republican citv attorney of Wil- j
mington, and son of the late
Sheriff Sutton, took issue with
some of Mr. Lyon's pro Mills
talk, and after hot words they
came to blows, but were sepa
rated before any blood was spilt.
"At Elizabethtown, the war of
words and wTrath was continued
with equal fierceness, but no
fights are recorded. Mr. JohnR.
Tolar, a supporter of . the Mills
proposition, who returned from
Bladen Saturday night, says that
Fayetteville's youngest lawyer
has qualified himself for the light
weight championship of the
State.
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previous year.
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12-9-tf
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the first movement or the temporary
door she uttered a bloodcurdling bel
low and made a charge, and .Miss Day
screamed, and tne professor threw up
his hands in despair.
4-I can't go. but you must," said Miss
Day as the cow quieted down. "Fro
fessor. you must see that you must go
you must see it!"
"I do see it." he replied, "and. while
1 cnunot depart from the shed, 1 can
climb cut on top of it."
This he accomplished by making his
way through a gap in the roof. He
was now in a position of propriety, but
there was the cow again. When she
saw him perched up there, so near and
domestic tastes. Nevertheless I want- I that they couldn't, and he reached out
cd her. aud I did my best to win her. j and clasped Miss Day's hand. She re
Alt this while I kept in the back- ! turned the clasp. Then he put his arm
ground my knowledge of her past and i around her in a protecting way. and
my surmises concerning her. In time j sue did not shrink. Then the old cow
she consented to become niv wife. ! made up ber mind to melt the frost
out the turtledoves if she
I had put off so long telling her that
I had known of her former domestic
life that I resolved to defer doing so
till immediately after our marriage. I u
deed. 1 wished lo make an experiment.
w ouid sue endure as much from mo ;
as from her lirst husband? I proposed
to put her to tUe test. On our return
from the honey moon I told her that I
desired
chum. She assented. At 3 iu tlie
morning I opened my front door arid
went upstairs. I expected to see ray
wife's bedroom door open and feel her j
arms about my neck. What was my
disappointment to find that the door
remained closed! 1 opened it and en
tered. My wife was sound asleep.
I should have considered myself for-.
tunate not to receive a dressing. Rut
1 did uot. 1 was angry. 1 made so
much noise purposely that tinally I
r.oke her up.
"Pretty late hour this." she said
"for the day after the full of the
honeymoon. Could uot you make less
uoise and permit me to sleep?"
This was too much. 1 told her how
bad often in the past heard her bus-
band go home at that late hour and
how she had received him., I. who had
taken what v.;;s left of a chilled heart,
instead of getting a kiss or a hot sup
per received only complaint. She lis
tened to me iu some surprise and when
I had finished fnld:
"Y'u gander: My first husband was
the ediiwi of u uioruiug newspaper."
GENERAL NEWS.
The Legislature of South
Carolina convened Tuesday.
I 1 he House ot Congress luesday
! t j a:
passed me army appropriation
bill, carrying the sumot wo,2U),
000 for the mainteance of the
armv durinsr the fiscal year of
1911.
A statue of General Lew Wal
lace, of Indiana, soldier, author
and diplomat, was unveiled Tues-
yet so far. she tried to climb up atter day in statuary hall at the United
Stites Capitol at wasmngton
Ben Hur" is the Dest known ot
Gen. Wallace's books.
A resolution fixing the fourth
Thursday of April as the date for
the inauguration of Presidents,
instead of March 4. was ordered
favorably reported by the com
mittee on the -judiciary of the
House of Congress Tuesday.
Meeting his wife and 4-year
old son as they were on their way
to Sunday school Sunday a
Lehighton, Pa., Wra. Gaunersho
his wire in the face and then
committed suicide. Jealousy is
thought to have caused the crime
In the first partyless election
held under a new charter and after
the greatest campaign in ,the his
tory of the city, Boston, Mass.,
Tuesday elected former Mayor
John F. Fitzgerald to again fill
the mayor's chair for a four-year
term.
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him. and at the end of two minutes
Miss Day was shrieking for protection.
Down scrambled the professor, and the
cow took to running around the shed
to find where he had gone.
Could they be severely ceremonious
when it was impossible to see each
other? The professor wisely decided
made up
and brin;
had to break her neck to do it. She
gave a bellow of warning and retreat
ed eight or ten rods and then came for
the side of the shed like a runaway
! locomotive. She hit it fair and square.
and two-thirds of it caved In like a
house of sand, in the caving she was
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Rh nti Af i ision to tear the door aside and pull
i his companion out into the open. Then
thev ran for the nearest fence. It
wasn't digniiied to fall down three or
four times, but they fell. It wasn't
eminently proper when the fence was
reached and the cow was hard n their
trail for the professor to throw Miss
Day over and then make a scramble
mmseir, nut tnats tne way it was
worked. Then as soon as the man in
the case could set his breath he real
ized the inevitable. They were both
tattered and fretted. They had to
gether passed through peril by flood
and tire (and cow), and romance had
come to their hearts at last.
Miss Day. I have loved you from
Opera House
One night Wednesday Jan. 19th
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See The Big Parade.
Entire First Floor will be Reservec"
Prices 85, 50, 75 cents. Seats
now on Sale at McMillan's Drug
Store. l-13-2t.
H. B. Sturtevant,represent-
ing L. . Hays & Co., Tail
ors, Cincinnati, Ohio, will be
glad to see you at our store
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and
SATURDAY Jan. 13-14-15
to take your orders forSpring
and Summer lailor-Made
Clothes, for
Immediate or
Future Delivery.
Mr. Sturtevant carries the
finest line of high-grade
Woolens and Worsted for
Men's wear that has ever
been shown in the city. The
values are unapproachable
and perfect fit and satisfac
tion is assured
E. B. Huggins,
Ticket Agent, V. & C.
Lumberton, N. C.
W. J. Craig,
Passenger Traffic Mgr.
S.
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Aberdeen, N C
T. C White,
Gen. Passenger Agent.
Atlantic Coast L'ne Z Railroad.
Wilmington,
N.
' And I I." she replied after gaspinK
for breath.
Of course she had. too, and of course
that settled it then and there. The old
cow looked through the rails at them,
heard the cooing of the doves and with.
!! s:vrt of disgust turned tall and walk
ed sway. And yet she had made over
two human beings to be like the average.
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T. BIGGS GO.
Lumberton, N. C. l-10tf.
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Notice.
The copartnership heretofore existing
between D. W. Bullock and D. A. Cox
under the firm name of Bullocjc & Cox
as been dissolved by mutual consent.
All claims against said firm should be
presented to D A Cox, who has charge
of the business, and all bills due the
firm must be paid to him.
D. W. Bullock,
l-13-4thurs. D. A. Cox.
Rowland, N. C.
Notice of Sale.
Ey virtue cf authority conferred up
on me under a judgment of the superior
court of Robeson County, entered at
October Term, 19oy in a civil action
therein pending, wherein John Hector
Powers and other-s were plaintiffs and
A. B. Carter was defendant, I will, on
Wednesday, the 9th day of February,
1910, at 12 o'clock noon at the court
house door of Robeson County offer f r
saie at public auction to the hi hest
bidder for cash the following described
land to-- it:
In Saddle Tree township, adjoining
the lands of N. Revels and other3, ly
ing on the East side of Saddle Tree
town hip. ana beginning at a stake and
two pines, the second corner of a 147
acre survey, Vincent Revels corner and
runs South -loWest -2 chains to a stake,
thence South 85 West 27 chains to a
marked corner, thence North 14 West
about 19 chain3 to a stake, thence South
79 East 33 chains to the beginning, con
taninff flftv acres, more or les3.
Twn vmimr kdip Mi j fating seventeen acres thereof which
young l tidies, ivnses u?s-jhss boen convt.yed to other pauie.
sie and Bessie WeSCOtt, were tei-Reaving thirty acres to be sold, the
riDiy ournea as tne result ur tne . Carer in acd to the lands of thc al(.
explosion of a lamp in their home v iiliam H. Carter.
Monday. Miss Lessie Wescott,
18 years old, was burned fright
fully and bevond hope of recov-
Advertised Letters.
Following is a list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at Lumberton, N
C. for the week ending January 10th,
1910:
George Anderson, Miss Ellen G.
Abraros, Luther Blanks, J. C. Botton,
Joe Brooks, G. S. Dula, Miss Mary
Faulk. Lula Fason, Mrs. Jony French.
Sam Hines. W. E. Graham (2), Edward
Gaddy. J. H. Hcil, Mrs. D. II Hoyr ,
Mrs. Llla J. Green (2), Miss bdna Gil
more, N. A. Jacobs, Mrs. Nina Guim,
Miss Emma Jones, Mr. Carl A. Lash
ley, Hattie Neal, M. C. McLean, Miss
Emily McKay, lsiah Moore, Miss Jane
McKay, J. S Mircolla, Wallace Mellow.
Wm. B. Proctor, Annie Pope, James
Sanders, Miss Maude Shaw, Tom Steel,
Mr, H. Haywood Stephens, Sam
Wosly, D. J. Webb.
Persons calling for any of the above
will please ask for "'advertised letters".
R. M. Norment, P, M.
will hIso be sold at purine auction i
the highest bidder for ca.sh. one biaci;
mare mule; about seven y-ar old; una
ore new top buggv and harness.
Time of saie: February Oth, 1210 at
12 o'ciock noon.
Place ot sale. Court hovtfe dxr n
ery, and Miss Bessie Wescoti
will be maimed for life. The fat h- Lumberton, N. C.
er and mother are dead andj VtLrr.mo.
the home in which the vounrr, R. c. Lawrence,
ladies lived with their brothers : M,lntyn LancT'
was burned to the ground. Ationvy fvr p-abtir:. j-!:;-:
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