Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, August 06, 1914, Page Page Seven, Image 11
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! A COMMON LAN6UA6E I
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Z By F. H. MASON. J
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"For goodness sake*I If that ol<
! Mexican cow ain't been and gone an<
et my glory-de-John rose."
I looked up from my gardening an<
aw my next door neighbor?usual 1
the most aimiable of women?llterall
r shaking with Indignation, on her fron
porch, while a cow was on the graa
plot below, contentedly munching th
last of tho Glolre de Dijon.
Mrs. Farlelgh took a pot cont&inin
a small, withered palm from the porcl
rail, heaved It at the cow, and ei
claimed: urat tne Deast!"
The pot broke innocently some vi
from the cow, and the animal wen
orer to it and examined the palm. 1
waa too dry (or her taste, howevei
She evidently preferred sweet, succi
lent rose bushes.
"Shoo!" Mrs. F&rleiffh followed th
exclamation down the steps, sbakln
her apron vigorously as she went. Th
cow walked leisurely away, notwltl
standing the pieces of broken flowe
N pot that my neighbor sent after 1
-Ain't that the limit?"
I had Intended to keep out of th
controversy, and had busied myself b<
hind a hakea, but a hakea forms a poc
sneiier, and this last remark was ev
dently intended for me.
"It's hard," I replied sympathetica
ly. Of course 1 said Just the wron
thing. Anything I might have replie
would have been wrong to one in Mr
Farleigh's mood.
"Hard! Hard!" she shouted in dii
Suet. "I wasn't thinking of the cow
digestion. It's my glory-de-John roe
tha^ worries me. I've tended it a
winter, like a mother, and It was Jui
coming into bloom. Them Mexican
have no right to keep cows in a r
pecCkble neighborhood."
The Mexican was a bete nolr to th
neighbors. He had arrived recentl;
and bought four lots. On these b
was keeping half a doaen cows, an
running a small dairy farm. He aeemc
to be circumventing the city ord
nance, which prohibited one perao
keeping more than one cow, by dl
trlbutlng the ownership of the anlmai
among his children. The bad featui
hnn( tha #?<> <1
wwvm. - vtm uwi uio lamn
were casual about letting the con
roam off the premiaea. They ha
owned a large ranch in Mexico, befoi
_ the revolution, and did not understai
-It's ufc bid. W^y don't~v&n
- ever and see them about it?" I an
gested mischievously, tor I knew tl
Mexicans understood little or no En
Meh.
"1 will," Mrs. Farleigh said decide
ly. "1 have Juet cause for complaint
"You surely have," I agreed. "It
the proper thing to do."
Mrs. Farleigh trotted across tt
street, her anger rising as she wen
and pushed the button beside tfc
Mexican's front door.
I was bad enough to take up a poii
of vantage behind a large leptospe
mum, to watch the burlesque, for
Imagined my neighbor had not tt
Spanish.
The Mexican woman appeared, ar
my neighbor started the attack. "Yo?
old COW has hftpn onH at mu rrlnmiM
John rose," Mrs. Farleigh shouted.
"Gloria de Juan, eenora!" the Mei
can woman, exclaimed, in surpris
Juan was her eldest son.
"De waun seniors nothing. Yoi
cow, cow, cow," each time she spol
the word, Mrs. Farleigh pointed a fi
ger viciously at the offending animc
which was contentedly ruminating ov<
the flavor of rose bushes near b
"your cow has been et my glory-d
John rose."
The Mexican woman was clear
puzzled. "La vaca gloria de Juai
No, no. Ordena la vaca."
"Can't you savvy English?" Mr
Farleigh asked indignantly.
"No hablo ingles."
"You have no English, eh?" Mr
Farleigh resorted to pigeon Englls
Tapping the Mexican woman on tt
chest with a finger, Mrs. Farleigh d
uicuiuwj. lbu uu savvy f
"No sabe."
"For the land's Bake. And I've bee
and left my housework to come ov?
here and give you a bit of my mind
The humor of the situation dawned c
Mrs. Farleigh. She placed her han<
on her hips, and, with arms akimb
laughed uproariously.
The Mexican woman stared in as to
Ishment; then she caught the infe
tion, and Joined in the laugh. Ther
on the Mexican's porch, the two woe
en stood, each seeming to try to outd
the other in her hilariousness. Aft<
a time, they became week-kneed fro:
the effort, and sat on the top step an
continued to laugh, wiping the teai
that ran down their cheeks with ti
corners of their aprons. They ha
found a common language.
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I THE UNDERSTANDING :
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J By BLANCHE Q. BOBBINS. X
3 The room was strangely familiar to
fl her, yet she knew she had never before
seen even the
? dim light of the
log lire of the ^ *^3
* grate she could /g)
b see the dark green /&s*
l' walls, hung wKh (flffyf /rtpf
pictures done in f
y sepia and dull ^KJp; 1
J gray tones. I
1 The bookcases 1 4
r* were filled with bodies, richly bound.
'* She was struck with the simplicity of
the furnishings.
8 Suddenly the fire flickered into life,
* and the picture hanging over the firee
place caught her attention. It was obl"
viously a snapshot, enlarged but exir
qulsitely finished.
It was a picture of a woman, her
motherhood stamped distinctly on her
e beautiful face. 8he sat before an open
fire, the firelight radiating the laugh*
ter in her eyes.
*" At her knee stood a small boy, his
bright eyes revealing the love of his
own little soul as he smiled respons?j
ively.
Suddenly she roused herself; she
B- had been dreaming. She was not preparing
an answer for the man waiting
outside in the darkness. Dennv
8 Brown had asked her to marry him
>e and she had promised her answer to
11 night
!t They had been running swiftly,
18 smoothly through the exhilarating air
of the suburbs In Denny's car. Suddenly
something had gone wrong. It
e had happened at the very moment
when she should have been answering
8 Denny.
He had brought her to this bunga"f
low, asking permission for her to
wait there.
n He had telephoned to a neighboring
T* garage for a man. They were now repairing
the machine. In a few mo
* menta he would return for her.
y How strongly at this monent all
r* Denny could give her appealed to her!
BhS was *o tired?so nervously tired
jT of W own life.
Bat the other man! Somehow Denny
^ ?had guessed that the other man had
^ >be?n something So her. For tonight
^ he/had told her, quietly, that the other
man had failed again. Unconsciously,
ene had been waiting for "the other
tn win sitflnasa
man's step sounded on the veran*,
da?Denny had come for her and her
' i answer was not ready. She heard the
lQ click of the telephone receiver in the
. hall. A man's voice?not Denny's?
io called Woodstock, N. H.t on the longdistance.
lt It was Phil Berkley?the other man!
^ She was wafting in his bungalow?to
. night of all nights, but she had to
listen.
"Hello, that you Mater?44
ld "Oh, I'm?I'm all right
U* 44 ft
?" "Yes?a bit blue tonight how did
you know?"
^ "I hate to tell you, mamsy; but It's
another failure.'*
ir .. ,,
te "No, I'm going to try again. Third
1* time's trying, you know."
ilt II ft
0r "You're so comforting, Mamsy, yes
y' I'll succeed?some day."
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"I wouldn't care so much if it
'y weren't for you and?that little girL"
1! <> M
"Yes, she's waiting for me."
S. <i tt
"Yes, there's Just the understanding
between us. Yet I trust her to wait.
* Sometimes I think I must have
dreamed It all."
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"Good-night, dearest?"
In a moment the man would ring
!n off. She must either hide or run. By
the light of the flame she saw a door
leading from the room to the ve,n
ran da.
18 Rising quickly, she stepped softly
?* across the room and out onto the veranda.
n* Stumbling over the low steps, she
?" ran breathlessly across the damp lawn
e? toward the lights shining dimly In
a' the road.
lo Pausing within the shelter of the
ir shrubbery, she called softly, "Den?
nyf'
ld The man left the machine and came
111 quickly to the lawn.
"Denny, won't you take me home
1 now? Send the man with the car to
the garage. I want to go now."
"What?" he asked perplexedly.
"Tired of waiting, Beth? It won't be
more than twenty minutes. It's too
far to walk. There's no other way hat
the trolley, and that's so crowded."
"Yes, yes; that's what I want," she
Interrupted; "the trolley?the crowds
s?the lights."
"But, Beth, we want to he alone tonight,
dear; Just you and I?your answer?^you
promised me your answer
tonight."
"Hush, Denny! I ought to hare
told you. I can't marry you. I'm
waiting for the other man. I've promInorl
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?? , .v o uvv au tuiBttgomeaL
There's?there's?just an understanding."
(Copyright. 1914. by the McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.J
The Tapestry Mode.
The Millionaire (declining to purchase
post-impression creation)?
Noth'n' doin'! Why, my maiden
a'nt cud darrn a better picture **
that.?Punch.
Danger of Too Much Talk.
Don't talk too much. Just after you
hare talked a man into buying, if you
keep on talking you will talk him out
^ of buying.?Atchison Globe.
Defined.
A literary genius is one whom na?
ture'lets in on the ground floor, and
whom the publishers force to live in
an attic.
Costly English Port.
More than $100,000,000 has been
spent in bringing and keeping the port
of Liverpool up to date.
At the Top and Bottom.
Of all the people in Europe the
French have the fewest children and
me Irish the most
Motive Power In Norway.
The greatest single factor in the
possible industrial development of
Norway lies undoubtedly in its cheap
and abundant hydroelectric power.
The country having practically no coal
resources, the Norwegian industries
are coming to depend more and more
upon the utilisation of waterfalls aa
a primary motive power source.
Double Work.
"Why la it that a man won't wash
&is face with a washcloth?" demanded
Mrs. Wombat. "Men havent lime for
all that foolishness," said Mr. Wombat.
"First you have to wash you
face ami-then you have to wash the
Trnshrlnth " TonllTIHii - flonaiarnlfmr
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Lost Opportunity.
First Jew?"Dwenty years ago Goldstein
Bold shoestrings on the cornet
und today he owns the corner on
which he stood." Second Jew (excitedly)?"Und
if he had valked up
und down he might have owned the
whole block."?Life.
8old!er's Most Trying Position.
i The average soldier finds the most
terrifying position to be that of standing
motionless in the front rank, exposed
to the enemy's fire without be
ing able to reply. The order to advance
or to charge with fixed bayonets
is then received as a kIpjuia from
agony. Movement, even into greatei
peril, distracts the mind and greatly
reduces the mental anguish.
No Chances for Him.
A dealer selling cloth in a small
town asked an Irishman who wae
passing if he would buy a suit length,
and added: "You can have it for ten
bob." To which Pat replied: "Begob,
sir, if tuppence would buy the makingi
of a topcoat for an elephant I couldn'l
buy the makings of a pair of legging!
for a canary this minute."
8hrewd Elopement Trick.
The newest elopement trick was recently
worked in Switzerland, where
the parents of the couple went on a
trip to the top of a mountain. While
they were there the couple got a bobsled,
coasted down the mountainside
and were away on an express before
the parents could get down the mountain
on the railway.
Too Much for Him.
A colored porter for a local druggist
was told to go to another pharmacy to
get some clmcif'tgo raaiemoses. He
stood, open-mouthed, and gased at hli
"boss," then asked: "Ain't thar any
other name for d&t?" Loses
Its Charm.
It's difficult for a newly married
man to generate much enthusiasm
over his bride's beautiful hair after
he has seen her pile it on the bureau
for the night
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1 A greenest Reached * la Mexleaa
Crisis. ,
Mexico City, August 5.?Provisional
President Carbajal and Gen. Venustiano
Carranza, bead of the Constitutionalist
movement, today reached a
full agreement concerning the turning
over of .the Government to the Constitutionalists.
It is expected a general
amnesty will be declared soon. Hostilities
were suspended today.
All Europe Is la Arms.
On the one hand Austri-Hungary
and Germany are opposed by Russia.
France, (Great Brltabf. Servia,
and Montenegro. Italy has declared
her neutrality, but is mobolizing.
Belgium, Holland and Switzerland
have mobolized.
The German demand that the eBlgian
goveitament should; ermit the
free passage of German troops
through Belgium was answered bv
hasty preparation to resist such an
advance across Belgian territory.
Sweeden has made no answer to Inquiries
from R-fssia and Germany
regarding her attitude, but is prearing
to defend her neutrality.
Japan is making ready to live up
to her alliance with Great Britain in
case of certain eventualities.
Spain is reported to be preparing
a proclamation of neutrality.
Austria-Hungary for the moment
has retired from her campaign
against Servia for thp purpose of
holding back RusBia, and Servia has
mobolized with the reported intention
of invading Bosnia.
Latest News from the Front.
Brussels, via Paris, August 6?1.38
a. m.?Several thousand dead and
wounded is the toll paid by the German
army of the Meuse for its attack
on Liege. The Belgians made a heroic
rpnnlalnff fVim ? ** ?
- WAV* mci iiinun tuier
(heavy and continuous fighting.
The fortified positions of Liege had
to support on Wednesday the general
shock of the German attack. The Belgian
forts resisted the advance fiercely
and did not suffer. One Belgian
squadron attacke dand drove back
six German squadrons.
Eight hundred wounded Germans
are be ng transferred to the city of
Liefe where they will be cared for.
Prior to the attack on Liege Gen.
Von Emmich, commanding the German
army of the Meuse, issued a proclamation
calling for an open road
through Belgium for the advance of
his forces, and, suggesting that pru,
dence would show it the duty of the
avo
The Germans committed repressions
against the civil population of the
town of Vise, eight miles north of
Liege, burning the city and shooting
, many residents.
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Odd-Looking Shark's Egg.
A shark's egg is one of the oddest
loosing inings imaginaDle. It Mi unprovided
with shell, but the contents
: are protected by a thick, leathery
covering, almost as elastic as India
rubber. The average size is 2 b7 2%
Inches, and It is almost Jet black.
Quite Right.
Teacher of Botany in Girls' School
r ?"Now for a little review. What can
you tell me. Miss Smith,' of the longevity
of bacteria?" Miss Smith?"I?
I don't remember exactly, but I think
they are longer than they are wide."
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Wise Johnny 8mlth.
| "Mother, you know the way me and
Johnny Smith play I'm Indians an'
ne e BoiaiersT" "res, dear; whet of
1 it?" "Well, If I don't let him lick me
every time we play, he eaya 1 aren't
1 Mtrlntln ??, C.PTlturV
Dog Had Appetite for Chicken.
A chicken-stealing dog. In the Dumbarton
(Scotland) district, recently oo,
casioned some anxiety to a number of
hen keepers. On a thorough search
, being made a number of fowls were
recovered buried in a field. Some
, fowls were eaten, and those not re,
quired for immediate use were hidden.
, It was discovered that the cause of
the trouble was a large black Labr*
dor dog, which has been roaming the
district at will for several weeks.
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Explanation of Potlateh.
The word potlatch Is a corruption
of an Indian word common among the
1 Pacific coast tribes, meaning fes
tival of gifts. At s patshstl (potlatch)
celebration tbe more personal
property an Indian gives away, blast
kets, ornaments, etc., tbe higher s?e
stands In the estimation of his neighbors,
and the more he expects to reoelve
In return at the next potlatch.
The festival Is also accompanied by
music, dancing and feasting.
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Wanted every automobile owner In
Cheraw, Cole Hill and Steerpen
townships to ahow his love (or "Good
Roads" by sending Prank Kins, County*
Supervisor, FIVE DOLLARS sa
his free-will offering to the National
Cap to Cap Juniper Valley Highway.
Do it now, for Ave dollars worth of
labor and clay looks like a mountain'
to the eople Who are trying to build (
this route.
Summer Coughs Are Dangerous
Summer colds are dangerous. They
indicate low vitality and often lead to
serious Throat and Long Troubles,
Including Consumption. Dr. King's
New Discovery will relieve the eoq?h
or cold promptly and prevent com- ^
plications. It is soothing and antis- ^
epttc and makes you feel better at
once . To delay is dangerous?get a
bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery
50c. and $1.00 bottles at your Drug50c.
and fl.OObottles at your Druggist.
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Journey's End.
Handgun dined alone. Ho was ia
disgrace; be was sore, mentally as
well as physically; and he ate his dinner
without relish, in simple obedience
to those well-regulated periods
of hunger that assailed him three
times a day. in spring, summer, an
tumn and winter. By the time the
waiter had cleared away the dishes,
Harrlgan bad a perfect? between his
teeth (along with a certain matrimonlal
bit), and smoked as if he had . \
wagered to finish the cigar in half the V
usual stretch. He then began to walk
the floor, much after the fashion of a
man who has the toothache, or the
earache, which would be more to the
point. To his direct mind no diplomacy
was needed; all that eras necessary
was a few blunt questions. Nora I
could answer them as she chose.
'Nora, his baby, his little girl that used
to run around barefooted and laugh
h? V- ? -
Ul? 11UU4M1 ranH
How children grew And
never grew too old tor tbe birch^^^^H^^^H
oertalnly never did.
They heard him from the
room; tramp, tramp, tramp.
-Let him be. Noca," said
gam, wisely. in
something. And your
the easiest man to approe^^^^^^^^^^^^^H
mad. he fought Mr.
believed he had some
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believe yon are
*T am always
only because I
that 1
your
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