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By FLORENCE LILLIAN HENDER
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"Going. Arnold?" questioned Hal
Daniels, as he stood in the suburban
real estate office of Young & Co., addressing
the manager of that branch
of a big city business.
"I'll tell you Jn a minute," replied
Arnold White?"four, six, eight, nine,"
And he flipped over the bank bills in
his hand and then said definitely and
withal qu'te disconsolately?"no."
"Why not?"
"Can't afford it."
"Nonsense! See here, I believe you
are showing the white feather. Anyone
watching out with half an eye
during the past month, can tell where
your chief interest is. And Miss Leila
Morton is well worthy the attentions
of any young man!"
"No doubt of that," half sighed Arnold.
"In fact, that's the trouble. Others
besides myself feel the spell of
Iter witching sweetness and beauty.
\She has any number of cavaliers and
Lliow do I show up with?well, for instance
such a suitor as Ray Easttfcrne?"
VYes, Eastburr i has some money
Afld is a great catch," agreed Hal, "but
Ritand the ghost of a show. A
is idler is not the style of
a fancies. Confidentially, Arsister?"
was an interruption. A cusme
driving up in an automoalog
to look at some houses
sale by the oflice and Arnold
Irry away at once,
you half an hour to spare.
Inquired of his friend.
-double that time, if I can be
*
keep the office open until I
fill VtMl *"
W "I'll do that." responded Hal and setI
tied himself back in the comfortable
I swivel chair as the machine whirled
I away.
' Ilal bad not fully dropped into the
luxuriousness of repose when there
was a visitor. He was a bronzed faced,
brisk framed man with all the marks
of an outdoor life upon him. His rug.
*1? L_
f Jilt t^>
*'He Is the Best Fellow in the World."
gednesn, however, wan tempered by a
certain Intellectual tinge. H? might
have been a professional man. judging
from his eye and his manner of
speech.
"Mr. Arnold White?" he spoke Inquiringly.
"No, sir?only his friend."
"I was told I would find him here."
"Mr. White is temporarily absent
with a client," explained Hal. "I expect
him back within half an hour."
' * "Ah, then I will wait," snid the
stranger, seating himself. "Friend of
Mr. White, are you? How is he getting
along?"
"He is the beBt fellow in the world."
declared Hal with unction, "and an upto-date
salesman. When he came here
he.made a two years' salary contract
for a ridiculous sum. That expires
soon. He'll get rich on his commissions,
if they give him half a chance."
"That's promising," commented the
trlolfAP T ?~
wuLcutcuf uayy/i * suy
pose?"
"Well, he's In love!" laughed Hal.
"Tell me about that," rather eagerly
urged the stranger.
"No, I'm talking too much, I guess,"
dissented Hal, suddenly realizing that
he waB discussing hi * absent friend
too freely with a Strang""
"See here," said the latter." I'd better
tell you something You are a real
friend of Mr. White, are you not?"
"Arnold thinks so."
"Good A little closer, please? I
have something confidential to tell
you."
For nearly five minutes the stranger
poured a strange tale into the ears of
his amazed auditor. Hal looked startled,
then delighted. He slapped his
knee with a sounding whack and burst
forth into jolly laughter.
"Capital! famous! Arnold /deserves
It all!" he cried loyally. ' Yes, you
need to know ail. You see, my sister?"
And this time Hal Daniels found a
listener to what his sister, the fast
friend of Leila Morton, knew of her
i preferences as to her many beaux,
I Arnold White especially considered.
I . "This gentleman wishes to look over
I your property," advised Hal. as Arnold
I returned in the automobile and his
I first customer drove away.
I "Ah. yea," bowed Arnold. "One
Iwrord, Hal," he added, stepping to the
Hfatlde of his friend and spealr<ug con
' fldentially; "I wish you would got
word to Miss Morton through your
i sister that I cannot attend the theater
party to the city tomorrow evening."
"Nonsense!" began Hal stormily.
"No. it isn't. I haven't asked Miss
Morton?"
"No, but I'll bet she expects It."
"I can't afford it Just now, Hal," asRPrt
Pii Arnnlfl aerfniielv
| thing. I can't y ne to keep up the society
pace witi. :.er gentleman friends
who have nothing to do but spend
i their money."
As to marriage, he was too much of
1 a man to ask any young lady to share
his lot unless he had a comfortable
home to ofTer her.
"I'll put aside the dream impossible
and plug away at business," he told
himself, and added aloud briskly to his
visitor: "Now then, sir, what can I
show you?"
"I want you to pick me out the neatest,
most convenient house you have
' on your list." was the reply.
There were many, all new houses,
to see. The customer insisted on Arnold
expressing his preference and
, Judgment. Finally the stranger said:
"I'll take that house?it's a little I
palace."
"As to the terms." began Arnold,
as they proceeded back to the office.
"I want no terms?all cash." observed
the stranger. "How soon can
1 have the deed?" he inquired, as
| they were seated in the ofllce.
"First thing in the morning. What
name in the deed, please?" inquired
Arnold, taking up a pen.
j "Arnold White."
"What?" exclaimed Arnold. "Why,
' that's my name!"
"I know it is," bof-ed the stranger
coolly." I am following out my instructions
explicitly."
"But I don't understand?"
"You uoon will 1 am an attorney
front Montana. reDr :?sentine Fmpaf
j Drake."
"What! my old fri ?nd whom I have
not heard from for two years?"
"The same, and the man you loaned
, $200 to. Well, he went west and got
I In jail. Stayed there for two years,
stubbornly lighting for a valuable land
entry he had made. There was a
; technicality and he stood by his guns,
j 1 helped him. We beat the land sharks
and he is rich today. There is the
i money you loaned him with interest."
| and the stranger handed the astonished
Arnold a check, "and as soon
as that deed is made out the money
is ready to pay for that house and
lot."
Arnold was stupefied. Then his first
thought was of Leila. Ho was independent
now. and a wave of gratitude
to the far away friend he had started
in life, to be richly rewarded, warmed
his heart.
"By the way, Mr. White," said the
stranger? "about th.s young lady Mr.
, Daniels told me about?"
Arnold flushed up. He resented this
Intrusion upon his personal affairs,
but his companion smiled.
"Ernest Drake would think of your
happiness ahead of anything else," ho
said. "As his representative, 1 give
you this news, reliably acquired: Miss
Morton is only waiting for you to ask
her company to that theater party, j
j You will ask her and she will go. At
I the theater party pop the question
and she will accept you."
And Leila did.
(Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.)
SEES WORLD NEAR ITS END
j Reverend Gentleman Has Faith in the
Famous Vision of Nebuchadnezzar.
Before a great audience in Philadelphia,
the Rev. Dr. C. I. Schofleld
of New York announced that the end
of the world is at hand, and at any
time we might expect that interesting
event. He predicted the destruction
of the planets in a mighty catastrophe,
and. horrible to relate, the crash
i might come in the lifetime of a mai
jority of ids hearers.
i'pon looking to see on what fact
he built this gloomy apprehension,
we note it is the vision of Nebuchadnezzar,
as interpreted by the prophet
Daniel. This prophecy involves the
interpretation of many historical
events, which has been done a good
many times, but in every case the universe
survived. So we expect it will j
be so again. We never did have much
faith in old Nebuchadnezzar, anyhow,
and if the good Lord ever communi- I
cated the information of when and
how the universe would be destroyed, i
be would have communicated it to
St. Paul or St. Luke or some hero of
: the faith.
We shall expect that the planets
will continue to roll in their respec
nve orous. ana tills dear old earth !
will maintain Its beautiful destiny
long after mankind has disappeared
from Its arid and indurated sphere,
and gone off to that happy region
where the spirit forever dwells.?Ohio
State Journal.
Lost Spring Rediscovered.
The hot spring at Matlock Bath.
England, which was lost 180 years ago,
was rediscovered the other day. Ita
source is in a lead mine which has
not been worked for 100 years. Dr.
Short of Sheffield left a record in I
1773 that he visited the mine, and
discovered a hot spring manv degrees !
hotter than the present spring at Matlock
Bath, which is eight degrees Fahrenheit.
Efforts to rediscover the
spring have been made for months by
Mr. D. Palmer Pearson of Matlock
Bath and by Messrs. J. W. Puttrell,
Sheffield, and Percival Ashford, the
cave explorers, but they did not meet
with success until the other day. They
have had thrilling adventures in the
numerous caves and mines of the district.
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THE FORT MILL TIMES, FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Many Things the Pages Do to Amuse Themselves
WASHINGTON.?As the crowd of sightseers entered the capltot they were
surprised to hear shouts of laughter and the scraping of chairs. "Is
that congress In session?" one of the party asked the guide. This wise in.
dividual Inughed before he answered.
GIVE h ? "No. it's too early in the morning for the confttfAL
^ gross men, you couldn't get them out before noon
SPFAKE^- ? except on extraordinary occasions. The noise
A CHAMCE J C r ? ou hear comes trom the pages frolicking about
^?? ?r' /V* in the chamber of the house of ri prusentatlves.
n You'll see them for yourself when we go upstairs."
f'.-, ?'\y* The noise increased visibly as the party neared
' chamber. There were loud shouts In boyish
^ \ I voices, shrill laughter and the sounds of falling
The guide took his sightseers to the
IC<- i ffJ visitors' gallery, for none except members of the
W house, their secretaries and house employes are
,?-p~\? yjc&k'. allowed to inter the sacred nrecincts lint at
$$ 0^9?^ this time of morning a wild sight was to bo ctiS
f ~?s f/ Joyed. Fully 25 or 30 boys were running up and
down the aisles of the room, totally forgetful ot
their surroundings in the pleasure of their fun. To a person accustomed to
gazing on the house when it was tilled with dignified congressmen it was a
most unusual sight. Several boys were wrestling, others boxing and still more
tossing a piece of paper around the room in imitation of a baseball game.
The fact that visitors from all parts of the I'nited States were looking at
theiu did not seem to bother them in the least. They kept on with the sport
Then suddenly a member of the house entered and walked to his chair. At
once thi' levity ceased. The boys walked to the sides of the room and tried
to appear dignified?an impossible task, by the way.
The page, whether he be employed in the house or senate, holds a iob
that makes him envied by almost every youngster in Washing "'.on. besides a
number of their old pals "back home." It isn't so tmu h the fart tl at the positions
pays ?""? a month to the lucky youngster as long as emigre ?> is in session,
but because of the prestige to bo secured through such personal contact
with the "big men" of the nation, for the page gets to the place where he
can address every congressman by name and also be answered in .1 familiar
strain. And what American boy wouldn't give most anything tor such a
privilege.
It's a treat to sit for a morning and watch the house pages. They arrive
about 9 o'clock, then for three heirs there is a continuous performance of
tun galore, only e:.dcd when the house chaplain formally opens the day's session.
Then for the remainder of the dav the page works hard and earns his
salary.
Street Car Regulations in the Capital City
'p WO men viae standing under a tree in Farragut square near the west
A side one hot afternoon Inst summer. One of tlieni was in the uniform of
vho street car service and the other was in plain clothes. Each had a pencil
and paper pad and each was making notes of the
street cars passing
"What are those men doing?" asked the report- \
er of a conductor, expecting the reply "spotters."
"Those men are making up'reports as to whoth yy' AJ
er the cars are light loaded, inediutn loaded, load ? z-~\ t" 3
e?l or crowded," said the conductor. "One is 111 T"- ' ?'T \
the employ of tlte public utilities commission. If A/\|
a dozen or so passengers are on a car it will be -fc' T ??~^\ j
marked as 'light,'' if everybody has a seat and '
there is a scattering o< empty seats, it will he ..|
marked 'medium;' if all the seats are occupied ?
it will be marked loaded.' and if passengers ate wPfrFj I I
standing it will be marked crowded. We have $2d 'V
cut our schedule that is, the company has re- 'duced
the numhei of cars running- because of the
number of people out of the city, and those men
are aiding in the making up of a report to determine whether the new schedule
is providing sulticient accommodations to the public.
"Yes," said the conductor, "any rule for the safety and comfort of passengers
ought to be a police regulation A regulation made only by the company
does not go very far. It is against the rule of the company for passengers to
stand on the running board of open cars, but all I can do is to request or
persuade a passenger to step inside. Perhaps there is no room inside. 1 have
no authority to out him off
"If a man spits on tlu* floor of a car I can have hin? arrested and he will
have to answer in court. It is a police regulation that a man shall not spit
on the tloor. The rule thut smoking is permitted only on the last three seals
is a company regulation, and a man can smoke on the from seat or any otner
scat if he chooses to be disagreeable about it and I may not put him off
"However, a conductor can make nearly all men observe the smoking
rule if you handle them right. You can get along better with the public by
requesting' than by any other means. If you begin threatening yoti will t>"
'n hot water right away."
Was Hurtled Through the Door Like a Catapult
f> REPRESENTATIVE ERNEST \V. KOMERTS of Massachusetts t? Ms a story
i\ of a bully who lived in his town and whose general demeanor made hint
a lit subject for the stocks. Jim Jones was a general, all-roun* good-for-nothing,
lazy, fighting idler whose otv work in life
I it 1 was an attempt to escape labor, I*-at who was nl
pTir- ways boasting of what a "bad man lie was under
i jfefcV tl ^ bis ragged coat.
\ SkOne day Mr Roberts was strolling dow n the
~ street and stopped to talk to a friend near a
' ~ lamp post which stood outside of a saloon. I'rorj
\ . 2^ within came the odor of stale beer and tobacco
^ ^ mingling with the angry tones of a heated conver
rjr, - Just then Jim Jones came strolling up proudly.
Throwing out his chest and pointing to the swinga^TT"*
- ing door from which the noise issued, he de&
Iciur,!<i "I'm going In there and throw every
*- N " durned one of them fellows out Just watch iiim.
suro an<* count them as I throw."
' jjni sailed within the mystic precincts, while
outside Mr. Roberts and his friend awaited the outcome of the onslaught.
In a few moments the uproar Increased. There were wild yells and
smashing of chairs. The door jerked open and a kicking flvure was hurtled
through it like a catapult and fell into the gutter.
"One," counted out the friend aloud, determined to keep the score right.
"Stop counting!" yelled the prostrate form in the gutter. "Ain't you got
no sense?this is rue!"
it was Jim.
Judge's Stern Warning to Desperate Prisoner
TH^RE is a good story going around the capitol about Congressman Small,
wno hails from North Carolina In prehistoric days, when Small wnn
young in the law, he was prosecuting a town bully who bore a desperate
character. This desperado was supposed to have
added greatly to the population of the village cem- ^
oiery aim iu up reauy iu itui 1113 man ui me urop ^
of an acorn. Cv^-V-.
So when Small stood him up at the bar before uEk .
a country justice of the peace the embryo con- Mf/*' V3' jW
gressnian paipted the prisoner in such dark col(is
tliat his own mother would never hav? recog- ? r?;Tr^ */fk?
nl7.od him at llva !iaces. In the very height of his flCxM.
eloquence Small pointed a Jong linger at the f fl jiyM
trembling man and shouted: | 1
"Why, that man at the bar would Just as soon jfa 'ffjf'
kill me as not right here before your face, judge." J^flE lljn|1 II
The Judge leaned thoughtfully over, took off his
specs und glowered at the ofTending criminal ? Nrji
"John Smith." he thundered, if you dare kill
Small here before me I will fine you a dollar and "}*4 1 . '
tlfty cents for contempt of co'te; duru my soul, if 1 don't!"
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"CARLSBAD AS HEALTH RESORT
Humorous Resume of One Pilgram'a
Visit to the Famous Watering
Place. .
London.?It Is not necessary to
have a map to find a health resort.
Just jump on a train and look steadily
out of the window, "V ou may ride
a day and you may ride a week, i
Eventually you will come to a place J
where every person looks the picture i
of health. You will see streets crowd- !
ed with men with thick necks and
broad backs, and women whose
shapes could be revised ad Jib. The
glow of health is in their cheek's and
im;ir ciomes are expensive. Immediately
you will recognize this place
to be Carlsbad. All these people have
i ip^nsn
. &k.- i' Principal
Carlsbad Sprinj.
come to take the cure. Absolutely
you are looked upon as being a perfect
heathen if you are not considering
the cure, for a poor man gets sick
and takes the cure and a rich man
takes the cure and gets sick.
i itnivi-u m v arisuau auoui tour
o'clock in the afternoon and after having
been comfortably established in
one of the hotel apartments 1 happened
out on my balconv and there ;
witnessed streams of people, all bound
in the same direction and each and
every one carrying little red bags. !
My llrst thought was that an American
circus was in town, but then why ;
on earth was everybody carrying their
own refreshments Instantly I caught
up my hat. dashed out on the street ;
and said: "Declare me in. I'm a
sure-enough." Nobody In the irowdod ;
thoroughfare heard ine, so I declared
myself In. 1 walked and walked tin- i
til finally I reached a place called
Kaiser Park. There hundreds of
these supposed to he invalids, instead
of keeping to their strict diet of
about 1 o?; glasses of water u day and
merely eujeying the music, were gratifying
th? n?selves with coffee and a
superabundance of cake, which constituted
tin1 contents of the little red
hags. Well, it was worth the long
walk to hear such wonderful music, (
the time fairly Hew. but the orchestra ,
leader did bent it.
You go through the same routine
about four times a day. or first walking
yourself to death, then eating
everything in sight. Then first thing
you find yourself tipping the scales
far beyond your own approval and instantly
you wish to make a quick get
away befor you increase another inch
In diameter. The only thing that detn
inc vnn tVoio 1 n 4 ?. : ..
...... ..iniu^ int- mm ii mil
out of town is you must report to the
constable of vour intentions to leave,
then gently slip him the lower half
of your letter of credit for taxes on
the water and music. Then you may j
leave with a light pocketbook, but
plenty of excess weight. 'Twas over
thus.
ALCOHOL MAKES MARE FIGHT
Seeking Cause of Racket in Barn,
Owner Expostulates and Gets
the Worst of It.
Bremerton. Wash.?William Braken.
a Colby farmer, placed a quart
of alcohol intended for hoise liniment
above a fe?<d box in Ills barn. Short- 1
lv after midnight Mr. Hraken heard a
commotion indicating that somebody
was pulling the barn apart. When i
lie peered into the stall and gently in- ]
quired "What's the matter. Molly?"
that spirited animal kicked him.
Mr. Bra ken returned with scantling
and slipped into the stall. The first I
kick missed Mr. Hraken's head, but
knocked the scantling out of his ;
hands. Then Molly kicked him heI
hind the door and kicked the door on
top of him.
When Mrs. Rraken arrived and removed
the door Mr. Rraken announced
that he would call the battle a draw
fnr f niolif
Ill thn morning It waa learned that i
Molly's indiscretion waa dno to the ,
spilling of the alcohol in the feed box. I
Aside from exhibiting somo engnrnes? j
to get to the pump. Molly'a "morning j
after" was uneventful.
Senior Ducked for Shaving Mustache. ! i
Chicago.?John Green, senior at tho
University of Chicago, was ducked In
the gymnasium tank because he vio- j
lated the rule prohibiting the shaving j
of mustaches.
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Runaway Horee Demolishes Saloon.
Chicago.?Detectives In a saloon set- i
tling the matter of a stolen overcoat, ,
were suddenly Interrupted "by Hie I
hasty entrance of a runaway horse, j
Several persons wero injured and the |
saloon demolished.
Won't Make Chicago "Dry" Town.
Chicago.?By a vote of 34 to 32 the
temperance societies of the city have
decided not to attempt to make Chicago
a "dry" city In the spring campaign
of 1914.
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FLUTTER OF EYE "
SAMS MAN
Optic of Supposed Dead Man
Came Open With Wide Stare
of Terror.
NEARLY BURIED ALIVE |
Arizona Undertaker Finds Signs of
Life When He Went After the
Body of a Bisbee Citizen?Negro
Causes Panicky Flight of Mexicans.
Bisbee. Ariz. ? A dead wagon
backed up to the door of the house in
which Francisco Cor.astllla lives on
Naco road, and an undertaker got
down to get the body of the man. As
lie was about to pick it up, with the
assistance of others in the room, Conastilla's
right eye tiuttered a moment
and then came open in a wide stare
of terror. The other eye a little later
followed suit. The undertaker looked
around and found himself aloue. A
negro man, who had come in to assie*,
caused panicky liighi of the half dozen
Mexican people who had been
there, the negro leaving abruptly at
the very lirst tlutter of that right eyelid.
The undertaker felt for the heartbeat
of the man upon entering the
room, and failed to find .* Irnno Pr?
viously t'onastilla had been reported
as dead at the O. K. Undertaking parlors
and Proprietor llennessy had
tilled out the necessary blanks to arrange
for burial as a county charge,
for those who brought the news of the
death had convinced him that neither
Conastillu. his family nor his friends
had the means to pay for a funeral.
More than that. It was known that
Couaatilla hail been dangerously sick
for more than a week and that in delirium
attending his Illness he had
walked out of the door of his room and
fallen 20 feet. Those who picked him
up and carried him back to his room
believed his neck broken.
Under all these circumstances. Conastilla
should in all reason have been
dead. Certain it Is that he opened that
right eye not one minute too soon to
save himself a trip to the morgue.
Nevertheless, escapes from burial
'ilive may have been made, but probably
net many, for in this case all the
circumstantial evidence was hard
against the unfortunate man. Not
only had he been sufficiently sick to
Cri
Eyes Came Open.
warrant death, hut on top of this had
ho not, in general belief of those about
him, broken his neck; and then hud
they not found hint cold in his bed,
his limits set iu rigor nnd no trace of
heart beat nor of breathing, nnd hud
not the undertaker determined him
dead after the practiced feel of his
profession for the pulsation of the
heart, that- was not there?
Couastilla is still unable to discuss
?v>., K..? .1? ? ?
uiaixn , uul uuiiuiicoh i eail7.es SUIflcientiy
by this time to be very glad
that he is In his bed In his humble
quarters?for a while yet, anyhow?
rather than under his allotted portion
of sod. It Is now thought he will posslbly
recover. Ills original complaint
was due to kidney trouble, growing
from strain in overlifting at his work.
His fall when he walked over the embankment
at the house he lives in below
the big iron blow-out alongside
the railroad track down Naco road,
was a terrible one, being more than 20
feet, with lighting place on the singballasted.
iron-hard railroad roadbed
at that point. He landed on the back
of his neck, and it is presumed that
the terrible Jolt to brain and spinal
column put him in a coma, from which
he has not yet recovered, and which
nil but landed him in a premature
grave, arranged for him by his sorrowing
friends. The phenomena of
lifelessnesB which his body displayed
is held to have been due to partial
extension over the body of the paralysis
which affected his spine.
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Denied His "Hash"?Starts Troub?
Worcester, Mass.? Denied his favor
ite dish, hash, George Lapard, on in- -.Jjrai
mate of the Southbridge poor farm, ^
raved and threatened t/y "burn the
barn." A few minutes later the fire
brigade had a bard time saving the
barn from destruction by Are. Lapard
was caught enroute to a restaurant.