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g till ft VOL. XVIII. LEXINGTON, N. O.4 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1899. NO. 27 Dr ;J N ANDERSON,! ' I paxsiclaa and Surgeon. - ; LEXINGTON, N. C. Oifioe in Henderson blocti two doors below post office. Calls promtlv attended, day or right. JNO. H. MOCK, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, THOMASVILEK, N. C. Office" on Sutem Street. Calls r Promptly Responded to ..in Town or Country. HARLLEE MacCALL Mtorney at Law, LEXINGTON, N r Office in rear of Court House jjflrftaYiojj Mcr ATTORNEY AT LAW LEXINGTON, N. C. Practices in Stale and Fertcra Courts. (1 iietul attention given t all kinds of legnl business. Ottke in rear of Court House. KUPORT T. PICKENS ATTORNEY AT LAW LEXINOTON, K. f). ij ireful dint prompt atteinion , wn t. ill husin-8s iiitraHied " I11 in. lift.-. "1 jiui)lio squint- it 0 ru r of fl.Mulers'M) Hli'k. U'-hi I'.wtoffio-. IEB V WALSER. Z. I. WALSER. WALSER, iAlCCD IIMLOLIl 11 nLULII p attorneys and Counsellors At Law Lexington N. C Practice in State and Federal Courts. Prompt attention given to nil huaiiie -sn- r rotted to tncm. O Ace in rem ofConrt Hott'c KOTB. Zeb V Walter, amot Member, atllbein bia oce larg-e part; of the tiim ind will attend all Cv rta aa heretofore. X Ifl. R 0 T H ROCK ; DENTIST, of Thomasville, will be in Lexing ton professionally on the first Mon day and Tuesday in each month Office at Hotel' March. Ten years practice. Work dont as low as food work can be done PEN GREER, Livery, Feed and, sale stable DEALERS IN .: Buggies and Harness. LEXINOTON.N T. FUNNY MAN'S f BEST ? GIRL. 8 fiHrawjr IfcliiaM ada hAk fleet -BY HOWaVRD FIELDING. Oopyrigat, 180ft, by O. w. Hook. 11 Ton can't pick Dp a comic paper wltliout reading about me. ' 1 ana- the funny man's beat girl. He lores me better than a mother-in-law, or his Chi cago girl wltU the big feet I am the homely typewriter girl who ts employ ed by the. gentleman with the jealous wife. Few of my readers can realize how hard It Is to be a living Joke; to be a sister to the banana peel on the side walk and to the countryman's carpet bag. Let me assure you that It Is very trying. 1 wasn't always a homely girt. Five years ago 1 was quite pretty, and at that period of my life the bumble type writing Instrument was far below the level of my ambitions 1 expected to marry a rich man, but the rich man married somebody else, and very Inop portunely for me, because It was just at that time that we all became poor. My mother's little fortune went to Aus tralia In a trustee's pocket and never came back. So my sister ami 1 bad to go to work. Helen, who was a great expert with the camera and bail won prizes in am ateur contests until alio couldn't have carried her mednls in a basket, got a position In a fashionable "studio" at S7 a week, aud I studied stenography and typewriting. I worked hard aud be came good at my trade. I began my professional career at $5. a week and worked up to f la. Every dollar advance cost me two pounds of Besli. 1 forgiit how to dress or bow to fix my hair. There were wrinkles around uiy eyes, and my mouth was set In an expression suggesting that I fed upon woruout typewriters and oth er scrap Iron. I had stood It well cnougli until Helen lost her position and mother Tell 111. Then I began to do extra work in the evenings and on Sundays, and that was the end of my youth. Oh. It's nil true enough I w;is a homely old maid at 25! When I, too. lost my position last spring, 1 felt well, as soured and old as I looked. However, it was not my I went to work Immediately and real ly had quite a busy day, though. It end' ed before 5 o clock. "You won't find me so diligent on the average," said Mr. Hamlin as he prepared to leave the office, "I usually wind It up about 4. Can you be here at 10 o'clock tomorrow?" Ten to 4! Was I a banker? All this was too good to be true, and It came to me with an especial shock of Joy because I had just had my first experience of that peculiar fear which comes from the failure to get work the sensation that all doors are shut and only the way that leads down to abject poverty la left open. When Mr. Hamlin had gone, 1 actually sang for the first time In months. Our ofliees were at the east end of a corridor. Midway down this corridor arc branches to right and left, like the arms of a cross, and on the sides of these arms are the elevator shafts. On my way to an elevator, just be fore I reached the Intersecting ball, I dropped a glove, and as I stooped to pick It up I beard two office boys talk ing as they waited by tbe shafts. They and I were not In Bight of each other, though so near. One of the boys 1 knew to be In Mr. Hamlin's employ, and this was the conversation I over heard: "Al Hamlin's got a new typewriter.'' "Homely ns the last one?" "Is she? Bay. the other ono was a dream alongside of this one. She's a sketch. She looks like 30 cents marked down to 29." "His wife won't let him hire any oth er kind, they say." "And that's right. She's a dragon, for sure. Ilut this new girl will just suit her eye. Thin? Say. she's so thin that the senm down the middle of the back of her dress wnlst sticks out on both sides of her. When Mr. ITimhIIu saw her. lie knew he'd ci::v '.; Uc real thin? and lie a;.-.l her In a holy ndr.i . . ;:, :mi'i ijuutiug trouble, that uiiin!" "Down 11!" cried the elevator man, I HAD TO SIT IN THAT BIO ROOM ALONE WITH HER FOR HALF AN HOUR. DORSBTTORINDLE, LEXINGTON, N. 0. LIVERY, FEED and TRADE STABLES. . - We will treat yon right. CENTRAL HOTEL, 0. V. Spiaoar, Mr. Laura B Ctouob. Propria tor. SALISBURY) N. C. Situated in the business center of ' the city. Best rooms, iiowly furnished."' Hot aud cold baths Five sample rooms. IVe but . moots all trains. J. THOMPSON - & SON. ; '' HAW RIVER, IM. C. v OnmirigS and M-cliine Work. Iron and Brass Casting. Blade. . smitTiiiijr, Plumhtnjr, etc - Cotton MM Repair Work a Specialty,; ' iv. R. HAIRSTON'S .H AVING & HAIR DRESSING PARLOR Mn Hotel March. . rtliop, Latest btyL),aud best of Ke.rv.ee. 17 years experience, r. !iH1itM waited ou at their home or iu my parlor." . ';,n. . .. " 1 ' ' ' ' ' ""'5' J A CLARK Barber Opposite Court Hoiice... .. I have just refitted my shop in I he very boot style and am pre parfil 'o gie old and new custo mers the best attention. Clean ups und sharp tools ( (five npc- HttPlltiOD.'. ".; ; '' For Donds, Life and Accident Insurance, call on H. D, Varner. fate long to endure the misery of the unemployed, lu less than a fortnight I bad secured a position as secretary to Albert Hamlin, the well known law yer, si the newspapers say. I never shall forget that day. It was a strange melange of Joy and woe, like a life condensed. In tbe first place, when 1 was waiting to have my trial I prayed heaven to give me the posi tion, because- I wanted so much to spend my days In Mr. Hamlin's offices. They are high up In the Brayton build ing, ' and from tbe windows one can sea everything. ', " ; " '? .- All tbe rooms In Mr. Hamlin's suit were big, handsome,' elegant Bo was Mr. Hamlin himself." And be looked so young! I felt old beside him, though he was born ten years before I was. He greeted me as If be really was glad to see me. snd of course I never thought there could be a reason for It aside from the courtesy that properly belonged to a man of such an aspect -' The trial of pir abilities wblch fol lowed seemed brief and easy, proba bly because I expected fate to bar the way to so good a P""? with unusual difficulties. . , i ?''. !A :'-!'' I . think I breathed twice maybe three times In tbe ten minutes during which Mr. Hamlin was examining my work, but when bs said, "This Is ex tremely satisfactory, Miss BlalsdelL" 1 drew one breath long enough to make my average right . s - ' Then be offered mi the position of secretary he was careful to say secretary- nd Inquired If f 20 a week would be satisfactory In the beginning. Twen ty dollars a week! Twenty gold mines In the Ktondlkef Was It satisfactory! Well- ...... - - v III '.111 T It has lust leaked oat that lohn R. McLean, Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio, was one of the men who helped to. pay President McKinley's dehta when the latter was a tu'..krupt, Mr. McLeans tri ution was $1,000. and down went my heart; down, down Into the subcellar of despondency. , Isn't It silly In one to be so hurt by the rough side of tbe truth? Those boys badn't told me any news about myself, and why should 1 care for their opinions? . Yet, while I stood there waiting for the next car two big tears of misery welled out of my eyes, and each found a good, deep wrinkle to run away In. . It was mean of fate to spoil my day. I bad been so happy, and now I must think all the way home that this big, kindly man whose praise of my work had pleased me so much had really em ployed mo only because I was "a sketch." There's no donbt that I was hurt The next ' morning, though I felt it might jeopardize my bread and butter, I ventured to fix my hair a bit and make my dress look a little more be coming. ..);:-. ...i Mr. Hamlin seemed to notice the change In my appearance, and 1 thought he snowed alarm. He was In the office only about an hour that fore noon, aud I bad nothing to do while he was sway except watch the vessels In the East river and . wonder why couldn't bs cheerful any more. About 13 o'clock Mrs. Hamlin sud denly appeared. . I bad to sit In that big room alone with her for half an hour, and It was a trial. She pretend ed not to know that I wss alive, but she bad studied ma from all points of view before she' bad been there ten mlnntos, ' .... .. , , After awhile I got scared, and I be gan surreptitiously to muss up my hair, pull my necktie around to one Side and generally disguise my many attractions I put on the sourest tfsee that mortal ever won and cuffed the typewriter as If I had been a tred ' nurse snd Its baby. Mr. Hamlin didn't come back when he was expected, and by and by the" lady took her hatchet face andjcoW gray eyes out of tbe office. I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed to me that . I had passed the Inspection fairly WelL I It was wonderful hi the days and ! weeks that followed how Mr. Hamlin ; was always out when Mrs. Hamlin ' called. I grow to regard him as a su pernatural being, endowed with bow i ers of perception entirely beyond those of ordinary mortals. He must have known when she was coming. I have ! seen him jump right up In the middle of bis work, jam his bat on snd sjenry away, and Inside of three minutes Mrs. Hamlin would be announced. After awhile she began to talk to me. She was always perfectly polite, per fectly cold, utterly disagreeable. She communicated absolutely nothing. It was all questions. How could that marriage ever have happened? I used to wonder. Matches are made In heaven, they say, and surely tbe reasons for most of them are known only there, where all mys teries are clear. During July, August nud a part of September I saw nothing of Mrs. Ham lin. She must have been out of the city. Singularly enough perhaps Mr. Ham lin, though so rich and really not very busy, remained in town. In those few months I perceived that a great danger threatened me. Kind ness, uniform consideration, reasona ble work, the end of w irry all pro duced their effect upon me. Happi ness is the best tonic. Helen and 1, being both at work at Inst, were able to scud mother to the seashore, and she wroto of wonderful Improvement In her health. I tbtnk Mr. namlln heard about ber, for Just before she went away he raised my salary so that the burden of added expense real ly did not count And now for the peril. With all these cheerful things happening, and despite the summer heat, I began to grow young again. I gained 15 pounds. My face looked smooth as a young girl's even In the crooked mirror at my boarding house, and I got a color like the famous milkmaid's. I trembled for Mrs. Haml!:is return. Pack sl'o came toward the end of P ;U'iiiber. and when she first visited the office. If she had been an artist en gaged to paint my picture she couldn't have studied me more closely. I was scared, and tbe next day I came down to tho office almost In disguise. I look ed just as bad as I could. In the afternoon of that dav Mr. Hamlin was standing by tbe window with a ficidglass in: his unitd, ahd he called me to his side to look at a beau tiful steam yacht that was coming down the river. "That's my yach'." he said. "1 haven't had much chance to use ber this summer, but I'm going to cruise In ber nearly all winter. I can leave here all right My brother will be fret to take up the work. He's been so oc cupied this summer with tbe affairs of the Wall Street National that he's had his office In the bank building. Iiut that's all over, and he's coming back here. So I'll go and take a rest. My health requires It." And he laughed. "Then yon won't need me any more?" said I, and it seemed to me that 1 spoke calmly enough, but somehow the strength had all gono out of me, so that the fieldglass, whlcb 1 was still absurd ly holding at the level of my eyes, drop ped from my baud. Mr. Hamlin caught It before It reach ed the floor. I never saw anything so quick and dexterous as that. It was lucky for me that be was standing near, for the glass was Jeweled and worth I don't know how much money. Oh, bow fortunate!" I exclaimed. "If 1 had broken it"- "If we bad broken it" be Interrupted, "Al's wife would have given us fits. It belongs to her. She left It here the oth er day, and I tell yon Mrs. Al Isn't a person to be trifled with. You've seen her?" "les," said I as If speaking In a hyp notic trance, "but I thought she was Mrs. Albert Hamlin." "You've heard ber spoken of as Mrs, Al Hamlin perhaps," he said. "Al Is my brother. I'm usually called Bert by my Intimates. Tbe lady In qnestlon li Mrs. Al, thank heaven 1 1 really beg ber pardon. She's a most excellent women, but yon know I'm not married, and so I speak after tbe disagreeable fashion of bachelors. Let me see; what were we talking about? I shouldn't need yon any more or something like that Real ly If s nonsense, yon know. I couldn't get along without yon." "But you're going away on your yachrn ... . "True, true!" said be nervously. "Could I be of use to yoor brother while yon are gone?" 1 asked, "Perhaps"- "My brother?" said he. ."Oh, no! Al fred has a secretary. Yon should see her, poor girl. Mrs. Alfred has curious taste la the matter of secretaries for ber husband and yon couldn't do at all. For particulars consult tbe mirror. You'ro getting more and more unfit for Alfred's secretary every day. ' JNow, please, don't be offended. Ton must know that you're so pretty that 1 have to put yon with your back to me In order that I may do any work at all, and even then your balr my heart Is all tangled up in It tbls minute and never1!! get away. - ... "Jennie, 1 want yon to go In the 'yacht with me. I want yon to be my wife this very month, and then we u ) sail away, heavea knows where! The sea is wme, nut i win tore yon a year for every wave on all tbe oceans" I didn't hear any more. I died right there "and woke in paradise, and he was still peaking, still telling me that be loved me me, the homely old maid I JOKELETS. " The Standard Accident Insur ance Company ia the only Comp any doing business ia North Car olina that hasn't got a eon' ted case in the courts. We H. D. arner, Agent. con- pay claim prompij v, V A few Plashes f S'lti.a U ro 4 br a HaawrUt I Wheeler The bicycle has taken the place of the horse, has It not? i 8prockett Oh, yes, hi a way. The i man who used to swear at bis horse now takes it out In blowing up his tires. He Inventors are responsible for many things which are simply out of sight She That Is so. "But they haven't Invented a flying I machine that has got there yet" Yeast Will these automobiles go ei ther way? Crtmsonbeak Ob, yes! 1 know a fel low who got one. It came borne last week on credit, and this week it went back. Mrs. Crtmsonbeak I see a fellow out In Philadelphia has been sleeping for two weeks. Mr. Crtmsonbeak I suppose he'll wake up some day and find himself famous. , Sue Brette Did you say Blghead was at work on a new piece? Foote Llghtc Yes; he expects to have It finished this winter. "1 think I see Its finish right now." She I thluk tbe railroads should be fined for ruuulug open cars these cool nights. He You ought not to complain. It gives girls a good excuse for having to be hugged. Youkers Statesman. Letters to Dewey. "I attended school 60 miles from the place where you were born. 1 know you." "My grandmother knitted a pair of socks for you 15 years ago. 1 know you, Dewey." "My name is Just the same as yours, and there Is a strong resemblance lie tween us. Do you remember a boy who lonned you a Barlow kuife to cut a fishing pole with? Ah, Ueorge. I know you, old fellow!" "George, 1 am a distant cousin of yours. Now, Ueorge, If you will seud me a free insg and a week's rations 1 will atteud your celebration." "Ouorge, you remember when you tore your Sundny pants climbing the apple tree? George, It was me that caught you when you fell an saved you from breaking your left leg." Atlanta Constitution. Al Optimistic "I ncle." "Is that nil you can advance on a fine gold wntch like this?" asked the young man wbo was negotiating a loan. -That Is all, uiy-Wend," replied tin pawnbroker, "but you must remem ber that tbe less I lend you the less you will have to pay back, and the In terest will be smaller." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Willing to Imitate. "Why don't you take example from the little busy bee?" inquired the man of unoriginal ideas. "I do," answered Meandering Mike. "An 1 want to call your attention to do fact dat about now Is when de little busy bee lays off and doesn' do uo more work fur de ncx' six mouths." Washington Star. Getllaff Dowa to Buslaes. "If It Is true." said the promoter, "that every man has bis price, the fact naturnlly arouses a certain amount of curiosity." "As to what?" asked tbe alderman. "Well, as to how you're quoted, for one tiling," answered tho promoter. Chicago Post. Shoes! Shoesl at Clement & Hargrave'; ' the -eery beat. ; Before making a trip buv a Ac cident policy trom the ' Standi ard," H. B.Varper, Agent. , Buggies of every description at Clement tsi liargrare ' . : Left oa Band. The Real Estate Agent Won, did you sell Jones those Hertford lots while I was awuy on my vacation? The Clerk No. I assured bim that those we had left were as good as any we had sold, but he said be didn't want any uilsUt real estate. Chicago Trllv A Promlsiaa Bearlaalaa". "How ts your son getting on at col lege?" "First rate. He ruined a pair of trousers In the flag rush, twisted bts ankle In a hazing scrape and nnhlnged bis shoulder the first day of football practice." Cleveland Plain Dealer. His Little Joke. "John," said tbe politician's wife, waking bim up about 2 a. m.. "what's that noise?" " "That noise?" echoed John dreamily. "Oh, I guess It's some rats holding a rat-iflcntlon meeting in the attic!" Chicago News. Apt lllostratloa. "Have yon any of those corporation bicycle stockings?" asked tbe young nan In front of tbe counter. "1 don't understand you," said the man behlud the counter. , "I mean those without any soles." - Willlaa-to Okllaa, "Walter, I can't get my teeth Into this steak,1 -"So the last gent said. Sir, but thought It was the fault of 'Is teeth. Get yon another, sir?" Pick Me Up. lotherof 19 Child Deal Sajigbarr Sua 1m. . Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman died near Craven this morning, death beintr caused by blood poison She was the wife of Isaac Good man and the mother of 19chil dreo 12 of whom art living.- AN Uv: ' E. I will SLud rr" 11, All ia I : iirwi); Sat wiil lake i i . ,.M Irvitn rsa Aad bid it lu tier 1-rv.ut. Ber wilLa will flash, fan- uat will Mart At it U..- uw l.r i.. vti ioiti gtiore. And litllt ttn.ni i.rttf her heart For Iks i'Hiit dava of jot; For th pi rata ut !a an J tli- tlt-ar tinme wajl. Hot tillvr'fl toiiv, Iki in.. Iiit' ni ile. And uif evirs will u. u i. . .. .1 bruff ta T Iba enaii, ,...n i.ie. For tbe atranKer'a V , nut the land. However fair It lo an I bri l.t! We carry the old hom in our hand. Our ejea reflect lu li.uL And the rone that gnw by (he pot t a (re door, The old home garden'! fay and ritle, Bhe will priu It Brore an;) tove li ruur Than all earth 'a lowtre beside. I win mot fraatt on ninrntoa leaf Nor pluck on ttnea truca Uw prickly tn; It aliall bloom in an exile'a crown of grief A pure and perfect gem. Youth'i Companion. PA09K PILSBUnVS X A Put TJp Job on a Supposed Pool X X and How One of tho Con- X X apirators Played It on V X the Beet. X O BT ALHEBT R. COLLIER. O I don't know what can have made us all take Frank rilslmry for a fool, but I am sure we did so Judge iiiui. Some of thein, if I weii- to name them here, might arise lu their liidlgnatlou uud effrontery and deny that they were ever mistaken about I'llsliury's mental calllier. but it would be the height of Insincerity oil their part. As for me, I freely confess that I thought him an extremely simple youth until these things happi'iicd wlilcli I am going to tell. And yet 1 do not know why wo took hlui for a fool unless It was be cause or several outward luineaiions whifh we olserved to wit: lie ia i-u-.l his hnlr In the middle and brushed it smooth on his forehead, wliieh was not high. 11.- wurc kid gloves alt through tbe suninter. He would lalk earnestly with a girl for an hour at a time, giving her points about how to trim a hat. But thai Is the worst of these dudes. You never knuw quilt- for certain whether they are fools clear through or only on the surface. This mistake of ours was set right about the close of Hie war with Spula or a little ln-fore its close. Aud It hap pened ns follows: Lale lu the spring of 1S!I8 Jennnette llremmn was showlug signals of dis tress, and she let It be understood that the cause of her distress was Frank l'llsliury. It appeared that he was making love to her, chiefly by giv ing her a great deal of his society with advice on millinery matters aud also by presenting her with flowers, not uiilllelal millinery flowers, but real oi.es. All this bored Jeanuette, aud as Jeanuette was a good sort of girl we boys said that it ought to lie put a stop to. Hi-sides, Jeauui-lte was by public opinion assigned to be the fato of one ltoliluson. who wns uot at all a fool, like l'llsliury, aud was a general favurlte. Aliout this time It was reported that Letitia Ilelniund had at lUHt yielded to the purxiiiU-ut-y of Fred Hllnmis' wooing und l.ud allowi-d hliu to call It an eugngcuu ut. Tlu-u a number of the boys enlisted for the war. Fred among them. Frank l'llsliury not. Ev erybody shipped I'm) ou the back nnd called him a good fellow. Everybody felt sorry for Letitia llelmuud be cause Fred had gone to Tampa and was being cateu liy mosquitoes, and everybody felt sorry for Jeanuette be cause Frank would not expose his per fect complexion to tho ravages of these spiteful insects. iA-tltiu Ilelniund wus present one day when somebody suld: "Can't we make Frank l'llsliury go off to the war? Can't we lulug public opinion to bear on him?" Ititla sighed, thinking no doubt of poor Fred broiling and being eaten at Tampa. Then she said In her gentle, musical way, "If everybody wants poor Frnuk l'llsliury out of the way, why uot get hliu to go to Tampa?" "Do you think he could lie persuaded to go tlin: far?" "I think he might." said Letitia. Why was It that uobody had thought of this before? Frank l'llsliury was, by eminence, the squire of dames among us. Lctltla's plan was simply to go off herself to Tampa so as to be near poor, heroic Fred, and to make Frank go with her as escort. Jeannette thanked her with tears of eratltiide WrntT-ivwtt Your Doctor I Knows . Tour doctor knows all about ' foods and medtoinea. , . Tbe next time you see him. " just ask him what he thinks ( icoirs Ecas!:a; i,i Ood-Uver Oil with Hypo puoephitea. . Wa sura willing ' to trust In his answer. For twenty-flvs years doe-' tors have proscribed our i Eir. lleton for paleness, weak 1 . nosai, nervous exhaustion, and ( ' for all diseases that ceuss V ? ,.s In flesh. ' Iti creamy color and Its' ; plisemt taste make it ss i p joially useful for thin and ' delloate children. No other preparation of ood- , lK-or oil is Use it. Don't lose . time and riak your health by 1 taking- somethlnT unknown , end untried. Keep in mind i that BOOTTS BMTJXSlOMl has stood the test for a I quartor of a oentury. - en, an m an I ell Mffl SCOTT a SOWNt, Owntiu, New Volt, celled tbe plan an Inspiration of genius sad also a huge Joke. Tbe Idea of mak ing pretty Frauk go to that abomina ble dea of mosquitoes and hold a sun shade over Lctltla's bead so that Fred might make love to her In peace be tween drills! And Frank consented like a lamb. And the two started together amid tbe ' cheers, and also the Jeers, of all tbe girls and of all tbe boys who had not gone to tbe front before them. Tbe next we beard of those three was by letter. First from Letitia to Jeannette, like this: "Frank Pllsbnry bas proved a devot ed and useful escort. I don't know what I should have done without him. Fred laughs at him and wonders what he does wltb himself down here, bnt I tell Fred that If It had not been for 'my little dude,' as he calls him, I could not be here. And It Is a great thing to be near one's soldier boy, isn't it? So I have much to than 'my little dads for." Then from Fred Btlmms: "Letitia Is up at the hotel, and I see her about every day. Frank Pllsbnry Is all right. He keeps out of the way when. Letitia and I are together, wblch Is what he's here for, I guess. We call hfra the chaperon. I don't know how he puts In his time, except Its loafing on the hotel veranda and about the Cu ban settlement. They say he talks Spanish like a dngo." Just before the transiiorts started for Cuba the seeonu week in June who should turn up at home but Letitia! Everybody said she had done right not to stay till the very last. The part lug would have been too severe a trial for her nerves. She did not bring back Frank Pilsbury with ber. She seemed to have mislaid him somewhere and could not tell where tie had got to. About tbe end of July the news from Cuba was becoming very exciting the uews In the papers. Privately the fol lowing came from ttie Vnited States camp near Santiago. It was dated Daignon. June !i7." It was a letter to a mutual frleud of Stimms aud myself. This is a true copy: Pt-ir Cun- I em not well. A good meiiy of lu In ramp liere ere in the nne nx. it uii't the miai nt mjr regular meal, that hurta roe: It ia the shock I have hail. A lot of Oarcie'e eoldierl met ua on the lieai-h when we landed. They were cheeriiie- for "loa AimTiianoa. ' One of them, in e hie- itlraw hat and a tlttto leaa ragged shirt and trouaera than the others, with e revolver and e big machete, came forward and shook hands with liicn he said, "How ia Lctitiat" Then I saw thul it waa Frank l-ilsbury. He sneaked off i Tumps three weeka aeo with some sort of diupaii lies for the Cubans, and they say he landed at !aiiMi7iis and made his way right across the ialiinil. I couldn't believe it, but Oarcia has pbo lor,mphs thai he luok on the way. vVankie lias one of thoac little dinky "Slap Bens" cameras iili him. The Culiane sre afraid of him and think he la the president's eldest eon. The Span iards took him lor an English tourist. Now they are p nig to til l.itii out with decent clothea end send him to It a-di.ii. ton. How he did It all I don't know. I ,iip,n it was hia Sjkaniah and getting so ihuiiiinv tvttli all those atlff dudes up at II e hotel. I can't write any more. The shock sectiiH to Have c,icn me a chill. 1 believe wo alia I be nghiiug tomorrow. Hope 1 may ge' killed. Vours. r'ar.0 Stihss. 'litis letter set us all In a ferment of excitement. Everybody went and o.iLed Let II in fur Information. Every body felt thul there must be more mys tery behind this. Letltiu sullied and sa:d she had lost sight of Frank during t!.e i:illtr part of her stay at Taiupt. She f ..;iHisMl the govct'imii ut must have sent liiiu ou some s)H-eial mission to Culm, because lie had traveled there befoie the war was ever lu lught of and knew the eouutry a little. think we nil felt somewhat annoyed. Jtunuelte uunecountably got down right angry nud began treating lloblu sou. who had been obliged to Btay at home ou account of bis mother uud sis ter, very unkindly. Poor Fred had one cousulutlon, and that was that Frank was uot at Santi ago on the 1st of July had, In fact. started home with bis mysterious dis patches several days before that. Fred's friends also bad the consolation that Fret). !j spite of his own gloomy ambitious, eame out of all that lighting without a scratch, though be did go to grass later on wltb a severe attack of fever. By the Fourth of July Frank came borne a little browner anil less plump than before. It is true, but wltb his hair still smooth and parted plumb in the middle. When we asked him to tell us about bis mysterious goings on, be said he wus sick and tired of all that. The Cubans, lie said, were very dirty. Then he wandered off Into a discussion of the metropolitan fashions In millinery. The next thing he did was to reut a smull bouse. Then the local pa)ers printed an au thorised statement of the marriage of Frank Pliabtiry and Miss Letitia llel muud at Tuuiiui, Fla on the 22d day of May. 18S1S. with full particulars. When somebody asked bim what he meant by breaking the heart of Jean nette Brennan, he answered: "Her heart Is not broken. Ask ttoblnson. That was a ruse, you know. Public opinion was sgalnst my marriage with I.ctltla, so we had to elude public opin ion. Ask Letitia." Letitia. being examined, said: "I nev er gave Mr. Stimms suthority to say we were engaged. He chose to give it out, and It was not my business to con tradict bim. Yes, the Matansas expe dition was my Idea. Still, Frankle Isn't half such a fool as be looks." Fred came home an Invalid long be fore tbe other soldier boys. For three weeks we all conspired to keep tbe news from him, so that tbe shock might not kill him. When be heard the whole truth, he packed Up aud went to the Pacific coast San Fran cisco Call. WHEN PA GOT NISHYATEO. Ol alt the arful thlears I've eseav, the a mint sa the elfM Whea ear pe leeneS the etasea taesje eat .HQs- tka algst. I saner laSad la aU mr ttta, saaae baa eras te as". Ca vhile I sot these la that fees I I sale a the rue. fee pa. he'd earn a UO a Seem he aa'al eteerd e bit. But 'fore they tniahed ap the fe, he Seta aaaar had e it. Twia list the hottest hot ole time that eee went crested. That nifht the htesone got aay fa lev evens 0g 'tushyeted. It keeps see doubled la a It Of letfln, ea I won't furgtt ' "' Tbe night sty pe eude etch e hit. Whan he tot 'niehyeted. When pa went la tbe loderuwat. Ihcy eedee.d him to rise, aa they tied his heeds with loue so um,aaiMst both his eyse, Aa taoagh aa loade a eetal ktc. the t.il" lea, thel If h jateanea, thea ona there, ear Ueo a aewaefe are) ' latlneata meads. Bramble Do you remember Jim BUvlnsT : - - I Thome Do IT Why. be was my best friend at college. I almost bit his ear off once la s football game. New York Journal. .-. f . Baatllas Fat Aaather. "I should think after that widow had been married twice she would want to take a rest"." . i. - "But when she Is married ts the only time she has for a rest" Detroit Free) Press. 1 .. . - '' . - ' - ' A rap reteaea laaaanaatlaa. ' Blnks Le Gabber Is always discuss. Ing tbe merits of the noble red man. Jinks-Yes, he thinks be knows all about them Just because be swings In dian cluboWudy. .t f He'd got far oatt his UcUlu hea they tealueS Mm oa the Soar Aa whirled hire round aa round, ag Jtiihe. a million umee er morel Aa then they pulled ea healed till pe eras nugwty ; eb-gerini.o An axed It all new recmocrs woe la Ihte way 'niehyeted. I Jiet sot there en lair'.y yelled. A-weuhla how my pa rebelled; You'd think they had a mule corrallec. When pe got 'niehyeted. They tore ps's ahlrt clean ofl hie hack ea ap-lted his Suitiey coat. An, Holy Moars. when they a-d he'd got tar ride the gost He staiigcrcd baik agin the wall an thea hagaa ter pray. An when lln-y Id ole Hilly in a fainted de'd away ! They rolled pa up an down the room, aa thea when I. . olue to You'd think ter Bee lilm roll bis eree that pa's tied hail a acrew ; He whispcrnl thst the Job wus more thea aa aa tiel paled. An "plcaae to bury what wta left," erhea ha get 'niahyatcd. I Jlst roiled over on the Soor An lulled until my ribs wus sore. While ui. lie pruned round ea When he A 'iiiehyeted. An when the job at hut wus done. If atr pa . "U n't a sight! I bet he w-op't turitlt right off that 'olaVyatfoa night. Ills eye. uiu black sn blue, a-i blood eras inaaia Iron Iiim none. They wu'ii'i enough ter carpet rage left aff his Sioiiuy clo ea; An when me met ua at the door aba gire a Offal shriek An stood a-slslB of pe up, too paralysed to apeak. when ehe need pa If he'd Ua waylaid aa 'seaeineted. Be only groaned aa Bed, "Oh, no, I've Jlst Ma -aishyetedl" Pe looked Jlst like some orful week Aa bed ter stay In bed e week. j Too stiff an aore to move er eremk. . . i Whea be got 'aiahated. i X. A. Brtnieeuot la BwSeJe Beam, Tka Wine Catenas. AFTER FOUR UlgSSS. New York JournaL Proae Boatoa, ot Caarao. "Yon have a heart of stone!" be ex claimed bitterly. Your intentions may be kind," she answered Icily, "but tbe language In whlcb your warning Is expressed Is 111 chosen. You mean, I take It that your ' diagnosis detects symptoms of cardiac petrifaction." Washington Star. SaeelSa. "How about tbe hip pockets?" asked the tailor. As to the hip pockets, sab," answer ed the gentleman from Clay county, "I want the left one made quart slse and the right one seven shooter slse, aah.1' . Chicago Tribune. A SastrretlTe Ilea.: I guess Jim Is negotiating for so other diamond." "What makes you think so?" "I saw him standing In a doorway under a sign whlcb reads, 'Ulsss put la while you wait' "Cleveland Plain Dealer. . , Aeroaa the Paatllareita. "Hist!" whispered tbe villain, creep ing tealtbily across the stage. - "Yes; I expected you would be," re joined tbe heroine. - And a murmur of applause trickled down from tle gallery. Chicago News. A Mark of Seperteritr. "Wherein does man differ from tbe lower animals?" asked tbe professor. And the youth answered without hesi tation: "He can ride a bicycler-Washing. ton Star. asp blo"0-' rasi rnicic. ' BaH Mood cun e Blootl ami skin Pisrasea, R a long, Pimple Scrofula, Eatinp S res, Ulcers, Can, . err, - Kczew-a, Skin Scabs, Erup tions ar.il Sort I oc Children, Rhea- ' mstism. Catarrh, Itclilm) Humor. Etc. For these tmntilps a pisitivc Speoiflo cure is fnunil in R. I,. B. (Botanic Blood B iim), the most worderful blnott purifier t f ho sire, ft has b on tlioronghly les'efi lor post thirty ycnK hiuI has always cared rven the tros' ili-ep-sentoil, rMrsistcnt rases, after ifnetnr anil patent modtrlnet hail all fdik-il B II , B. cures hy driving out of t'-e blood tbe poitfliet ami humors hii-h cause all these tronhies, sml a onre is thus made that is pei-msn-nt Contagions Blood poison, prxltK-inir Eruptions, Swollen Glands, Ulcer ated 'hroatand mouth, Kte,nre. hy B. B B.. the only rcmeilr tin t, can acta j car this trouble.' Al d oggista, $1 per larRe bottV; g i large bottles -(lull tr- s(meni) .. B. B. B. ia an honest remodr t i makes reat eure.- To test b. II. write for Free Tri 1 Em Do w ill be sent prerhid. IC - h. s1 i vice ffifh. attlJre a t. .' I Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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