FRIDAY, Amu- 13.1920.
ANNUAL SHABKfiWBY. i
.g Ones mom cum-n? Thom-
selves Up the Soun
\‘lEl‘lllt‘l‘
resorts
in} udod
warranting
;. hunt) Long bland
,:»..z-;m-,us wheels of ipezhaden
l. . 1h " apparently "ere seekinz as
amid by fishermen
in their experience me they
.. N. many of these mounts g. along
- >hnrvs‘.
\l (inilz’ord three. large specimens
“on. ltlllfllt about a mile off Oxford,
n... (r \‘t'llll'h weighed 230 pounds.
ii 1“
:wt ti... others 400 pounds apiece.
’llw. were fully eight fert‘long and
j v'trlitthlt‘loflklng creatures, One of
1:: all hit one of the fishermen as he
.,.. r-ntienvoring .to get "some other
5;: out of the net.
itithers are warned to he very
«noun about how far off shore they
rwiyn, as they are more than apt to
:un into one of the man-eating mon-
sters. Not onlv that but the experi-
ence of a Guilford man who once
need to shore with one of . these
rentures chasing him did not elude
his pursurer until he Was Within
three feet of shore.
BQTTOM OF AMERICAN LAKE.
Kinny of the most fertile t‘nl't's
tin] plains 1n the world appear to be
H»:- lmtroms of ancient lakes laid dry,
.m exit having been opened by some
(tumnfiion of nature in some in-
tmps by more gradual evaporations
in the waters that were previously
n '-I~r.l by impenetrable barriers.
"lint of the great rivers were for-
mv-yzy successions of? lakes_ like the
l,‘.\\'lt‘ll(‘9 river in North America.
Iii!» two] spaces between the Alle<
‘ "‘.\ mountains andlother parallel
1min- rlppear to have been inland
i ‘ . until the rivers which descend
1- an tiww heights formed
2‘ exits.
'll;~ Mixing and Caspian Seas, as
\wvil :14
t'g .‘tlu
the remains of an extensive
, \‘.‘:l;t’ll covered the great part of
if. izuzth of Asia. according to the
‘~ ;-~: n! l’e-ter Simon l-‘nllas. the
a mini: naturalist. It hag been con
f .i-nml tii'it the opening of the Bow
pix/nus was the occasion of thr- drain
5'11 of this ocean in the, midst of
:77-‘11'ope and Asia the memory of this
rliw'ruption of the two continents
‘n-iug preserved in the tradit’ons of
';l~‘l'(t'.“ Detroit News.
BUT. MY DEAR. BOSSIE
IS A COUSIN OF BILLIE.
ii i4 generally believed that the
anti i.- the only animal addicted to
:u weariné apparel diet. A party
of Hunt: women who. tempted “y
t‘zl- norm
in ti:fl
lull,
(-lll
1'1}:
weather enjoyed a swim
“'innepesaukee river, at Til«
N. ii. are entertaining a differ-
Opinion since tlwir wearinc
:z'nxl. left on the bank. was for
iln- greater part devoured by a row.
It -,<-iv left them scarcely a ribbon
and they were. some distance from
humu Finally a small they. who had
lwen nirneted by their cries. was in-
tl‘t Hi to no to the village and pro— 1
( (we clothing to cover them sufi‘loient- ’
ly to Down“, the, trip home.
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whim: to plumes. {root the v?» ,
Ti'I-l' have been attracted by .
that
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Lake Aral and several otlr‘
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, ESlDE the mountain road, and
. standing 3. little apart in a
grove of pines, stood the old
abandoned church, its root fall-
ing in. its windows and doors wide
open to wind and sun; and all about
it brooded a. strange whispering, as
if there were secrets to be told it one
could only understand.
Thinking it deserted, that charm-
ing day upon which I happened to
xlslt it, I was somewhat startled “DOD
entering the door to find a. worship-
pr-r there, an old woman, who sat on
the steps of the altar. liar w "I
bowed on her hands. and as one titted
her face I m traces of tears on her
withered chofis. I was turning .woy
when she spoke:
“Come in, ma'am," all. sold. “Don't
mind me."
' “I am afruld I om dlsturblns Von."
l apologized; "but I wished so much
to come in! l hove been wondering
what the people were like who used to
mrslnp here. I suppooo you know
all about them."
“Yes." she answered. "I reckon. I
do." Then she added: “Some says
it's hn’nted.”
“Won‘t you tell me about it?" I befi-
trzl. “The very pines out there seem
lx M trying to whisper something to
lo“ about the DIEGO."
"lm they seem that way to you?"
V-wrwlvringly. "That is what Media.
r v umghter, used to say about ’em,
ti .. they was always mpefln'
5 mirthin' to her.
“I “ash you could ’o’ noon Medic."
r‘.‘ rrmtinued presently. “She wasn't
r» ,, 'l. but she had a ray of Itaudln'
3’ :Ju that made her seem taller.
I! r mar was soft an' brown an' Wavy
8‘ her lace. 311' her eye- was
1% too. Her cheeks made you
lift}; of wild roses."
'l (or. see her," I said gently. “You
laxi- made her very real.”
“live-r‘body said showas the our
tlvvst around here," she continued.
“or? before she was Men in m
lirfy of beau: that tried to W
r'ourtln’ but she didn't care {or none
0f 'em. The only thing Modie aoemed
to (are about wan her 11m Y0“
Fire. mzi'am," with quaint apology. “1
“Ways felt kind of ashamed about her
lilaiv'in'. for ever’bady seems to think
a girl oughtn't do such things. Nov
if she'd been a boy. it. would ‘a’ boon
Lnturol. When sh. ill little I “M
in hide her daddy‘s fiddle tron! I!!!"
but she’d find it is one or me; a"
I'Ou don’t-know bogus om
Inn fee] to but ur_m' out w
pieces Dan used to ploy
his grave.
"I never thoughtrm’dmf
anything «but her “103 v- ,
while love come to
t
2.;
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way with him that lost (ll-awed a
woman's heart. right to him. He first
saw Medle at a dance one night on
heard her playln' the fiddle. He
couldn’t keep his eyes oi! her, for she
1003184 awful nutty. an' her chookn
was power-ml pink. She played like
she didn't know nobody was there, on’
still ever‘tlme she lifted her eyes, she
looked struzht at him. He asked to
tail. her homo that night otter it was
OVOI'. 011' they walked together right
into Heaven, ma’un; lea-twain l
loomed tint way to 'em then. 5““
“David Mart was a wild sort 1d-
lor. rooklou. on' (all 01 vi;
ways. au’ ever'body was 31w: toLk-
ll' obout him one way or another.
Tune au' ag’lu, ‘he'd done all kinds of
reckless things. an' while this made
Media“ bothered about him. still she
loved him all the better. 7
a meetin' goin' on in this old church
ou’ ooveml had been converted. David
Kort was full at dovilment.'an' made
his brags that he would breok up the
meefln' one night, sayln' he In [oln’
to ride his horse right, threat: the
door. An' sure enough he duo it. ou’
right through that door he ”I... m
never {omit how he lookod. 'Iomo
people “named. on’ some loathed.
au’ evor’body lump“! up: but the
pmcher mode 'etu not down, m‘ be-
atood there an’ looked at David in“
as still 321' jut an earnest. Then he
that hit eyes. an' began to pray, an’ I
never heard such Drum' before-
Standin' right hero, to payed that
the Lord would omit. David Marx’s
heat with conviction, an’ He did. Be-
fore the prayer was finished. David
us ~countn’ down the glue, his hoe
mm“ m tau-I. on’ he knelt
hero. n‘ the hi! boat to God.
"Well, after that, all you oould hear
woo that nova ion- boln' convert-
ed,«o.n' I telt awful glad. We look.
at! so happy over it. on“ I felt better
umflod than! had alone no med
”(when “03043311900111.”
mm.nn'ltneomedllkahehad
som' on hi: mind. I was scour
“by the whder in the house, hn' they
was just out-Mo. nuln’ by the door.
“'xefle.thnl~'dholealledmow
mg; m m ho md to her. 'un'.
{vomit oak m to do somednn’
or m:
5;; “ that”; ‘3' ma”
. ‘ - am: an m. '4
cornea to ever‘ WW. 1-
win! one of
men. was David
loved‘ ‘n'
' u
,n
i i
ill!!-
-' ’t
morefan' try to ho ”be? mlnded.’
“‘I'll do my bat. avid! an the.
' one 0! her long curls mound
:‘l haw tho mm of turn on her cheeks."
THE SACRIFICE
MINNIE REID FRENCH
~‘i*ma
rm. on lost out to work. it
keeps me from settln' lonesome. an'
m w (or no:
"Dovld come home In May, an' you
don't know how I felt when I out
m. Be on. good on' kind on out.
but ha ”11' looklu' at her just like
Ihe m oomebody strum to him.
Ouodayhesudtohor.mtllkolt
wu somthtn' ho‘d bod on MI I“
tor quite a wink:
“'Medle, I reckon 1 was wrong
shout mokln‘ you zlvo up your fiddlo.
Why. they even play '01:) In church!
I know a lady—.' Ho otoppod M
on' his no. tux-nod rod. ‘Suppooo
you‘toutmrMhu’ohymo.’
ho um. ‘I think you'd feel better.‘
“Inmuwoootnngooluoku
look cove him. on It she couldn't
holler. It. “no u l! mothln' mah-
od over her. oa' olnoot broke her
hurt, she loom down at her lands.
“‘Oh, Davtdt' the and. 'No! No!
No!’ Just like tlnt.
"Well, he went on into another
if the wanted no to and tar Dovld.
she'd tiny: say no. not to trouble
him. But I out for m m. u'
when he got there. I put Ifttl
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baby ulrllnhlu mu.
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commando“..-
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could ’I.‘ loved ’em
I reckon. This want:
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too.”
Again the panned. out! silence wove
tits spell between us.
"For years I didn't hear tram on?
she went on. But somehow, ma".
1 no any: looktn' for my girl 0
come back an' be like she used to‘
I novel- could get over thlnkln’ I”
come, tuck some um 311' show
where she put her fl dle, Well,
I". you. c" ”on m
was lundln’ in my door. just at .-
Iet. on' looked up on' now her on”
Enough tho gate. one always 1-.
o to. into way of toutn' hot 11‘.
on‘ that '- ho m on Colo '—
oho m '10.! N no 5‘
She can truism uz‘the path to 1.
door. m‘uor t In hot h‘.
with tho Bun shtull' on her on“:
but. 8h. hid out her hand- to .
hufln' on' catn' at the use
on' I sat took in to II! “no.
I was shukln' Iron hood to foot.
“Wasn't it strum? 0! comic.
mn't my ctr]. but it. was hot
com. hock b no um- tko long
We let down In' talk-l non!
mother. on' tho cool who I
hor‘ohout tho “h. on’ non
ollghtouhortooolutull .
cold understand hotter than M
one told no she M m U
'violln,’ ole culled it, any
tho oeoo, ou' she'd com. book
'to play for the poople in be:
loud.
“But. mother.’ says she, "I m
h“. my fiddle!’
“Then she all tint over Ihoo -
wu o little girl. she had Gran-OI! 1
on old church In the woodl. uni
Mn. but the never told on”
Then one night the around of
a fill- them just Ilka tho on
wanted. She told hor moor
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