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, VOL. XV. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY . APRIL 8, 1904. NO. 3.
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ONE PRAYER.
Let ie' wofk and be jlaJ, . .
) Lord, and I ask- no more!" "
' "With will to turn where the sunbeams burn
At the sill of my. workshop door.
A foretime I prayed my prayer. ' ?.
For' the glory aad gain of earth, 1
But now grown wije and .with opened eyes
, I have seen what the prayer was worth.
- r Let me forget in time
O Folly of dreams that
.' Give nie my share of a
Let me work and be
' ' Thebdosia Garrison,
k it iif -it it -A
A STOR.Y-BOOK MOTHER
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By MARGARET BLOUNT.
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of June. The strawberry
O T O season was at Its height,
jj JL and" Mabel Moore, the only
rr
child of 'Farmei' Moore,'
ot v.rownest Farm, near (Joneorii,
bail been out all the afternoon in her
'father's great -ox s pasture, gathering
berries for a shortca-ke and for pre-
; erves. ' . ; .' '
In the pleasant f kiWlirn Mrs. Moore
was lighting the fir to bake the short
cakes.. It was' a . full hour later than
. tin: ysuabtea tinie at the farm, for
the farmer ' I&tt driven into Concord
with some produce for the market, and
vt:: not eipectetfibacTtlll.sk. .
, " Just as Mrs. ..Moore had filled the
' teakettle her qiilcWATis cfiftfetot
s.ight of the hired boy leisurely stroll-
to ward '.the
eV5pen wih
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low and called a'fter him: "Abner!
Ab-ncrP' but Abner either did not hea-r,
or did not choose to hear, and. went
bis way. v- s
"That provoking- v-ftbyr said Mrs.
Moore, as she caTne",vback: into the kit
chen with a flushed' face. "I'm -sure
he heard me. I told" him' that Black
' Dick would not drive in the cows to
night, and that he must see to them
. . , before he went away. Now he has
X -rRone, and your father will be tired to
; le;ith. .when he gets back from the
... K ' ' '
She looked wistfully at Mabel, who
. was braiding her bright brown hair
with rosebuds at the open window.
Mabel Veil thaToofc.1 She knew what
It meant.' 'But 'slrt? Anot choosa to
-' 'xuove or. speak .- '
"Don't you tUirvI? you..cari go for them
this once, daughter, , and save your
, poor father the trouble?" said Mrs.
Moore, in a hesitating tone. .
' Mabers.i.prettyJace clouded over.
"Oh, dear ( . Yes I suppose so!" she
Pti id,' with a groan.
She took her suntforint and went out
with slow, liiiwillrng feet. Her mother
... .looked after har and sighed. . .
"1 wish she was more contented. 1
wish I cor.id make her life more as
she wants it to be," 'said the gentle
ou!, as she wentToh with her prepara
tion, and rolled out a special pile of
"-doil cakes" for her girl.
, Mabel went sulkily down the green
lane nnconscious of the loving wish.
' She crossed the foot bridge and en
- ter'cd the pasture, and'sat down by a
spring that ran merrily out of .the hill
: iid6 through-a ' hollow log into a wood;
. en trough '' She drank of the ..cool,
weet water, and bathed-her face and
.' .looked at liei'self in the -still surface.
' of , the wr.ter.: ' '
"I'm pretty enough to be a girl in a
story, boot," said the vain little thing,
. .'.ammgitig- her .rosebuds.' "I wish I
4 "was one! I". wish I had a story-book
boms arid a' ; story book father and
mother, an earl and a countess," she
wont on. leaning against the mossy
. bank f rid shutting her eyes upon the
. ' .ictuai red wooden farmhouse, with its
, -lusteribg . barns and sheds', that stood
' li" thr roadside in the hollow below.
- "Let mf see. I should be Lady Mabel
then.' Lady Ma.11 cMoore. On,' dear!
I wish there were fairies now, and one
. o them would come here and touch me
' v, ith her waml, and inake it all true.
! . As she mused over the delights of
; '"- such a "lifer She' heard a gruff voice
saving on 'the other side Of the sprier: ,
fshfe opened Jier eyes.
A little, sharp-looking woman in
pVeeh, with i ' wand 'bf peeled sru8h;
"dbr' cried Mabel. "Are you
ffair?" - t .
Give me my work to do.'
And peace oi the task well rone;
Youth of the spring and its blossoming
And the light of the moon and" sun.
Pleasure of little things
That never may nail or end,
And fast in my hofd no lesser gjold
Than the honest hand of a friend.
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I had;' ' 1 ' O Q
world' most fair :
glad. . '
in the Independent.
.r iciricititicit
"A
'Why not?" growled the wee wo
man. ,
'Can you make me Lady Mabel?"
"Why not? This is an auspicious
year, and any one who wishes by my
spring at this sunset hour can have
their wish. You - are sure that 7011
want yours to come to. pass, I sup
pose?" ' . - . - '
'Oh, Please," cried Mebel, without
even a parting' glance at the red farm
house one last thought of the good
mother toiling in the kitchen.
"Have your wish, then! , Appear,
Lady Mabel." ' ?
The wand touched her shoulders.
'Tn ' an ", install t everything was
changed. .She . found herself in ah
upper chanlber'in a large and stately
house. The windows were open, show-
nisr 'a .maenbacent nark that prtonrffx1?
oh 'dVery side far asr th'e eve 'drtfiui
reach.
MabeF recognized the house and the
woodland view. She had owned a pic
ture of that lordly palace when she
was jJlain Mabel Moore. Was- it
could it be possible that it was now
her home?"
"Lady Mabel," said a demure voice,
beg that you will not . lean on your el
bows in that manner. Pray attend to
this lesson in history, or I must report
you as idle in the extreme."
It was the stiff English governess
who spoke, and the room was a school
room, plainly furnished. "Lady Mabel"
glanced down at ..her own dress. Only
a plain muslin, with a high white pin
afore, thread stockings', and high kid
boots! She had expected to" wear silks
and satins at least, if not cloth of
gold!
Oh, that wearisome governess! Two-
mortal hours went on; and Lady Ma
bel was questioned about history, ge
ography'and grammar, till she felt as
if she were becoming insane.
At? last a great clock struck some
where. School hours .were over for
that day.
"Hurrah!" cried Mabel, . seizing her
gypsy hat by its blue ribbons,
r "Lady Mabel, pray do not be. so bois
terous!" said the prim voice. "And
your gloves! - You cannot be going out
without gloves!"
The stiff kid gloves were drawn on,
the hat was properly tied, under her
chin, and at last the half-stifled pris
oner' was in the open air.
But here she fe:-l perpetually into
disgrace. Miss Simpson scarcely knew
h.er chrtrge.' , "So -boisterous! So un
ladylike!" 'wereMhe cautions forever
on her lips. Lady. Mabel must not
run too fast to get heated. Lady Ma
bel must not think of tossing off her
hat. Lady Mabel mifst not drink cold
water. Lady Mabel must go in and
dress for. dinner long before she had'
had sufficient exercise to' satisfy .her
cramped up limbs and heart...
The -dinner was one plain joint of
meat, with- vegetables, and a' plain
fruit tart. v
"I've eaten better things than this
in thtf red farmhouse," thought Lady
Mabel. But she was hungry, and to
t-he healthy appetite of a twelve-year-old
girl nothing came amiss.
Here again Miss Simpson reproved
her. . '
"A second help, Lady Mabel! And a
second -help-to the tart! I hardly know
what my lady would say. However,.
fori", this' once; but pray, Lady Mabel
rdo liofeat'so hurriedly- I scarceiy rec-'
ognize you" to:day." j ' ' r V
Mabel isaw the tray carried, out with
regretful tyes. She was still hungry,
or she thought she: was, which was
quite as hard to bear.
"Nov, at least, I can hare a ol
play all ty myself," she thought when
they went out .on the lawn.
But no.- kver and always that dis
agreeable, governets at her heels.
As the evening drew on, she was to
run upstairs to be dressed. Here, for
the first time, her soul rejoiced in a
beautiful evening frock, with open
work stockings and French slippers, a
wide blue sash, and a ttny string of
pearls around her neck, clasped by a
golden locket.-
Downstairs she went for the dessert.
Ushered into the ditfingn-ooni by a
tall servant in full livery, she stopped
short at sight of a brilliant company
in full dress gathered around a splen
didly decorated table. ,
"You may come to me, my daughter,"
said a tall,, handsome man at the foot
of. the table. She w ent to him.
' She stood beside his knee and he fed
her With dainties from his plate. His
hand lingered once on her brown curls
as if he loved her, but only once.
A beautiful woman sat at the head
of the table glittering with diamonds.
Her large, dark eyes rested coolly on
little Mabel, for she was the second
wife of the earl, and the child recalled
the image of a dead rival whom she
shated, even in her grave. Mabel shrank
from the indifferent gaze, and dared
not call the proud lady mother when
they were alone.
The ladies arose from table with a
silken rustle. '. . v.
The gentlemen stood up in their
places, and one held the door open,
bowing low as they passed by. He
smiled at little Mabel. It was the first
kind smile she had received in that
grand house. -
Up to the' magnificent room she tim
idly : follqwed, the, ladies. She crept
into a corner and turned over the
leaves of a folume of engravings, feed
ing herself sadly homesick and out of
place all the while. : .
"Oh, dear!" she sighed, "it is really
dreadful! I do wish I could be Mabel
.MooreiinT . .
"Why.'hotr' said' a gruff voice.' 'i$f
Mabel opened her eyes.
The little woman in green was no
where to be seen, but the cows stood
in a grave circle around her,.' wondering
what could make the usually active
little girl so still.
From the chimney of the snug, red
farmhouse in the hollow a column of
smoke poured merrily upward, and she
saw her father's wagon driving away
from the kitchen door to the barn. ,
"Thank goodness, Miss Simpson, is
not here!" she said, executing a jump
that would have filled that staid lady's
heart with horror.
.-Then Mabel drove her cows quietly
down the lane, and into the barnyard,
where her father caught her up in
his arms and kissed her heartily.
"I've brought you such a doll, Ma
bel," he said. "Dressed like a lady of
Colonial days, you know."
Just then Mrs. Moore appeared at
the open kitchen door.
"The shortcakes are done to a turc.
father, and I want Mabel to have heis
now,;,', she said. "Can't you come, too,
and do your milking afterward?"
"To be sure I can. My little girls
supper shap!t be' spoiled if I can pre
vent it,' said, the farmer.
So they sat down nappny to tea, wnu
the fresh breeze blowing through the
open doors . and windows, the round
china cake dish piled high with such
shortcakes as few city people ever have
the luck to see or to taste, and the lady
of Colonial days looking on, amiably,
from beneath her powdered hair next
to Mabel's seat.
"Oh; dear! I'm so jlad you are not an
earl and a countess, and I wouldn't be
Lady Mabel for the world," said Mabel
when supper was over. - ''
They laughed heartily at the speech.
But they did not know why she. made
it, and they never will know till they
read the reason on this printed page.
New York Weekly.
A Troblem For the Holland Tra-relcr.
In passing through the narrow,
crooked little streets of Leenwarden 1
chanced upon a sign that held my at
tention and compelled thought. It
read "L. v. d. Zwaan, Morgen Wek
ker." This is faultless Dutch for
Morning Waker, a,nd it signifies that
L. v. d. Zwaan will, for a paltry sum,
leave his bed in the frosty hours of
early, morning and, putting sweet sleep
behind, j him, arouse his slumbrous
clients. Truly, a worthy calling! Yet.
tell -me, you who are versed in occult
thkigs.. who or. what in this somnolent
land.wakes.the morgen wekker? Ed
ward renfield in Scribner's.
' The United States Signal .Service
made the world's record, by flashing
sun-ray messages between mountain
peaks ISO miles apart.
. APPENDICITIS INSURANCE.
BngUflh Coiapaay Isaue Policies Against
the Oue Disease.
Insurance against appendicitis has
been undertaken by the Royal Ex
change Assurance Company of Eng
land, which will issue policies at the
rate of $1.25 a year for every ?500. The
holder is guaranteed all the medical,
surgical and nursing expenses up to
the amount Insured. In commenting
upon this impolitic policy Lancet won
ders how the applicant can answer the
question "Have you or any of your
family ever buffered from appendicitis
or from any of the symptoms pertain
ing to it?' What is meant by "fam
ily," and is a paiu in the belly a symp
tom of . this disease only? Moreover,
has the patient the requisite medical
knowledge' either of himself or his
family to give a discriminating an
swer? The insurance company's leaflet
says that during 1900, 13,000 operations
were perform-d in the United Kingdom
for appendicitis. Were there so many
in the whole world? The company
estimates that about one in 400 per
annum will be attacked by the disease.
But would the rate be the same in the
United States with its appendiceal be
liefs as in conservative England? And
then how about all the other ailments
and accidents which may happen to
one? There are a thousand' ways in
which one may be sick or die; should
the prudent man not secure a policy
for each one of them? This would in
time result in a distinct form of mono
mania, a. morbophobia which might
be called insurance disease. Could the
companies devise a policy for these af
flicted ones? American Medicine.
Poor Jollyboy.
. ,.,lMariei",said Mr. Jollyboy, very sol
emnly thinking to take a-rise out of
the wife of his bosom, "I neard of a
dreadful operation which was under
gone by a girl.' She seemed in dan
ger of losing her sight, and the clever
ipphthalmic surgeon whej operated, on
her found- " ..(i.
"Yes!" breathlessly interposed , Mrs.'
Jollyboy; "found what?V . i
"That the poor girl had'a young man
in her eje!" rejoined hubby, With a
chuckle. .
Silence reigned supreme for the space
of 'five minutes, at the end of which
time Mrs. Jollyboy said quietly:
"Well, of course, it would all depend
on what kind of young man it was. as
there are'many men she would have
been able to see through!" and with a
serene smile, Mrs. J. resumed her knit
ting, leaving the enemy completely
routed. " . -
A Memory of His Youth.
Two Rockland men were negotia
ting to swap horses the other day
when suddenly the younger man
paused, scratched his head as if to re
call something and said, quizzically:
"Didn't I go to your place once when
I was a boy to buy a horse, and didn't
you try to induce me to buy one whose
knees were so badly sprung that each
foreleg almost made a right angle?"
"Believe you did," replied" the' other.
"Yes) I now recall It distinctly," said
the younger man. "You told me that
the knee springing was caused by
feeding the horse from too high a man
ger, didn't you, and that if I took the
horse home and fed him from the
.floor that the knees would spring
back?" .
"B'lieve I did," answered the other.
"Then I guess I won't swap horses
with you." Lewiston Journal.
Hidden Water Supply.
The investigation of a neglected
spring or rivulet may bring to light a
valuable supply of water for garden
ing or domestic purposes. A surpris
ing quantity is often obtainable by in
staling a ram at some seemingly in
significant, source. A ram is cheap,
because the first expense is the last,
there being no cost of maintenance, and
it is satisfactory, because the ram re
quires . no attention. ' Once started, i
takes entire care of itself. Country
Life in America.
Energy From IllacU Smoke.
A Belgian inventor, has devised
means for extracting' the energy from
black smoke and turning it to practical
use. In certain factories where his
apparatus has been introduced the
smoke arising from bituminous coal is
driven by fans into a' porous receptacle,
over which flows a spray of petroleum,
and the smoke is thus ignited. It is
stated, that the combusti.Cm gives out
a considerable amount of heat, which
is made use of economically: Phila
delphia Record.
No less than 5000 Porto Rieans have
disrated to Yucatan 'within a year. ....
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Even in Exile the Russian Revoluti-on-
ist Is a Conspirator.
Siberia i3 not exempt from the spirit
of insubordination so strongly mani
fested throughomt Russia. The exiles,
as well as the general population, are ,
striving to organize resistance against
the authorities. The number of es
capes and attempted escapes i3 in
creasing. Helping hands are extendsd
on all sides. In England and other
countrie-3 nfoney is collected and -sent
to Siberia so as to facilitata the es
cape of political prisoners.
The jailers themselves and the
troops or police are sometimes pur
posely careless in the execution of
their duties. That some persons in, ,
authority sympathize with the revo-
lutionists is further deniousirated by
the fact that a recent circular, though
haaded '"absolutely secret," has nev
ertheless fallen into revolutionist
hands. It is entitled: "Instructions
given to tha Governor of tha province
by his Excellency the Governor-General
of the town of Inkutsk. Count
Koutayssoff, in 1993." This document
is worded as follows, and it. give a
picture of what this high official him
self thinks of tha present situate n:
"According to the reports concern
ing the surveillance of the political
exiles who have reached tha place of
their exile and who are there -submitted
to public control, I remark that ,
their frequant escapes and the unau
thorized journeys they make, going
even beyond Slbaria, are due to the
lack of proper watchfulness.' The au
thorities content themselves with
sending official reports. According
to the information supplied, taking a
a basis the reports of the Department
of Police of Aug. 1 and Sept 14 last,
which are numbered 7,201 and 8,203.
it "is easy to see that the exiles have
direct relations with the revolution
ary league. They take an. active part
m th3?cr$minal work done in Siberia
by the league committees. The ob
ject, therefore, for which these per
sons -were' exiled has not been at
tained. ' ' ' ' ' -
. "The lack of proper watchfulness
is more particularly evident in the
districts of 'Minusinsk and Atchinsk,
which are within the government. At
Enlsseisk riot only do the exiles often
escape or travel to other places with
out being authorized to do so, but it
has been clearly shown that the exiles
Kracikoff, Dr. Heycine, JPokrovsky,
Arkhanguelsky and others ' enter
tained direct relatioa with labor
'groups.
"In order to put an end to the crim
inal action of the political exiles, I
recommend all the police agents in
the country who are under my author-
ity to w-atch continually the private
life of thp exiles. For this purpose
a police must be organized for the
surveillance of all places to which
exiles are sent. This police must
draw up a dally report on eachexila
according to the accompanying for-'
mula. These individuals who by their
manner of living give rise to the sus-
picion that they are acting for crim
inal groups should be subjected with
out warning to " examination. The
commissioner of police of the district
should give orders for these examina
tions, indicating at the same time
fheir motive. The examinations
should be made frequently.
"It is absolutely necessary-to read
the entire correspondence of the po
litical exiles. Individuals who are
suspected of bad political intentions
must not ue allowed to liva in the
same houses, as the exiles, but should
be sent away from the exiles' quar
ters." London Time3.
THE PLOTTERS OF SIBERIA,
Macedonian Woman Patriot.
V Katarina Arnautova, a Macedonian
woman, has participated . m a great '
deal of fighting during the insurrec-
tion against Turkey. A correspondent
describes her as about 2G years, ot '
age, of middle height, well set up and
strong-looking, with blue eyes and
brown hair, which she wears long,
but' done up under her black fur cap.
She wore also a gray tunic of a mili
tary cut and metal buttons, a leather
belt, gVay trousers and leggings of a
dull, violet-colored wool. A whistle
for giving signals was attached to
her watch chain and in her pocket y
she had .some -poison wrapped up in
'paper in case she-should fall in to the
hands of the Turks. She said she haf
been in six important engagement
and others of less importance, was n
good shot and knew of five Turks that
had fallen before her rifle.
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