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FOKi K.N ItEPHI-SKNTATIVKS.
Chicago: C J Anderson Special Agency, Marquette Building
New York: Ralph K. Mulligan. 3* Park H*»w.
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Th* genial Andrew Carnegie is childlike and bland,
as i.s hi>- t-u temporary* Rockefeller, and a* waa aiao
a • ertain mjij ot China who waa written up by Bret Harte.
!u which the author repeated as a refrain.
"For ways that are darksome and tricks that are vain,
Th»- heath* n Chinee is peculiar. '
Mr «'ariiegie. on the stand in the steel trunt probing,
t-\prt-wsed astonishment that "the American people would
permit th.* organization of such trusts es have grown up
in this countr>. without government regulation." Farther
along in his testimony he confessed that he had been the
majority stockholder in the/»ieel trust, and that Philander
Knox was the hading attorney for same. Mr. Carne-
gie denied that he had any knowledge that the trust was
operating in disobedience to the Sherman law. and that
Att'»rne> Knox hail acquainted him with that fact. So
it happened that the steel trust was really organized under
the Carnegie ownership, and that Mr. Knox was ap-
pointed attorney general of the I'nited States, with com-
mission to suppress the trust he had organized, and that
Mr Carnegie recommended him for the position. As
eniasi uiated, the Sherman law probably does not touch
Mr Knox's creation, even though Mr. Carnegie now sees
that his old concern was a trust and is surprised that
the»public should have permitted its formation, when he,
himself, was in ignorance of its illegal character. Mr
Carnegie is rich enough to have the apparent contradic-
tions labeled "idiosyncrasy."
According to the records available in the Telegram
offii e, that time when the thermometer went below zero
in Temple was February 13, 1899. Water pipes laid be-
neath the surface of the ground were frozen and burs'
from hydrant to street, and meters were all destroyed
Tt was some cold that Saturday night and Sunday mroi\-
ing
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iCilXI.NG THINGS BY TIIKill KHiHT NWIKN
The Telegram has no partisan leaning* to inspire it.
as regards tht> . oatroversy which has been more or 1
Violently raging concerning the treatment of city pnson-
#rs. On th© contrary, the evidence Indicate* i*\at all par-
ties to the agitation iw-m to be anxious to show inenw
tft the man who is down, and to make th*- condition
fllrifoneni as bearable as possible. It is beln xed that the
jvitatiou is accomplishing good in th.u resp« • t. especially
In tha way of causing those in authority to rise abovv |h«
latter of the law, and to motn closely apply the spirit
0f saititf.
£ .What the Telegram would criticise is the system
under the charter and the ordinances, there is provded
a farcical system of mtifMing cofteicts of unreasonable
auma of money or of bodily service, without chanc** for
4Xfffdse of discretion in treatn»ent of cases where the dc-
•gree <ff offences is widely variant 'There is a set fine,
amounting U» $8.30 against every man who pleads guiHy
to any mlsdem*an<»r eharga. This amount is doubled
and worse, if the accused denies his guilt and is * on
Victed. The mayor has discretion in tile amount of the
••fine" imposed, within the limits of the law, but he has
fto dlacretion concerning the "trimmings," which is in
fact a fine, as much so its tho nominal amount pro-
nounced by the mayor or jur>
They call the $8.SO or the $16 t»0 "costs," and In farcl-
tal way enter it up as so much for the mayor, so much for
tha attorney, so much for the policemen as witnesses,
and »o on. When the accused i« convicted after a trial.
however,*the "attorney's fee" reaches the fearful umourn
of 910—fearful when the poor devil fined for being wlth-
. out home or Job, has to work it out on the streets at
fifty cents a day, and to be housed behind bars in a
place where it U next to criminal to conflna a human
being.
The mayor, attorney and the other officials, ahouiii
not be blamed as poxing in the light of receiving thea-
blood fees. They are a part of the Kystem in \ »gue. and
they do not rweive a cent of the money as»e»»ed In
their ium«a. The money gcea into the police fund, just
aa the nominal fine of 11 is routed, and there in no dif-
ference between the "fine" and the "costs" In its ulti-
mate destination. In fact, the whole gum Is a fine, a>
the officers receive salaries for their service*. It would
be difficult to establish authority for making a own pay
fee* to officers who do not receive same. The establish
merit of the constitutionality of the perversion of the*'1
abat*. howev«T. -belongs ntore in the realm of law than
' newspaper criticism, and probably the common-sense
of the matter is at fault, yet it is to be said with
tutlibrity that the system Is rank farce, even if legal.
The council, under the prod of the Humane eocioiy,
has voted an Instruction to tboordinance committee to
* edify the ordinance regulating the aas< hhiuirit and pay
meat of fines and "coxta," so as to allow the prisoner
|rho works out his assessment, tl a day Inatead of only
tU cents, as heretofore.
Let the suggestion be made that the committee go
further and amend some of tbe other provisions. Whv
net untie the hands of the mayor so that he <mn impose
• fine in accordance with his conception of what would
be best under the circumstance, with '.he good of the
individual a ltd of society in mind? Ab<>U»h the farcical
^bold-np of "costa.1" and give the mayor a range betwebn
minimum and maximum which would enable him to b»
lenient where leniency would he right ua<l severe wfcer*
ikevereity would be indicated. Do not I nlltlozs a prisoner
Into pleading guilty in order to escape severer punish-
ment. If he is guilty. Ills offence rests in the act com-
mitted and not in his taking advantage of the funda-
mental right of a freeman to delend himself before A
Jury of his peers. For the "crime" of pleading not
guilty the prisoner In the Temple court no* suffers *
fine of fk.20(?) levied agatnst him In doubling of Uk-
"costs," when in fact there are no fees paid to any
Afflcial.
There Is only one defense to be thought of, for con-
cealing a fine under the title of "costs," or of doubling
tbe amount when a prisoner contests his case, and thit
excuse would be that the city needs the money. It is not
thought that any of our officers would urge that defense
«f the system, however, but it may be that there is an-
other Bide to the question which the editorial mind
does not conjure up. If there is a valid reason for in-
timidating a man into a. confession of guilt by hanging
over his head tbe prospect of a double done of punishment
or if there is a defense for assessing m penalty in case *.
man seeks to prove himself not guilty, then the ethics of
the law are misunderstood, and humanity is outraged In
the infHction of such severe punishment on the one wha
Is convicted of a minor offence and is compelled to worr-
it out at rate of fifty cents, or even one dollar a day. on
the public streets. The incarceration in bui h a building
a* the Temple calaboose, with no opportunity for bodllv
afigMUiaees and with dirtiest i.f work soiling the clothes.
fi. • jtre in combination a rather severe punishment for many
m ~ effence* and for the majority of those which are obHter-
k. fcted In the T.-ropie calaboose.
There la a fault in the ordinances, or mayhap, in th*
gfuu-ter. <4 th< city of Temple. The Humane society has
* pointed out the oppression of the prisoners—this article
is Intended to strike at the root of the trouble, and to
reonov- tbe impediments which have operated in the
law, to prevent a humane judge from exercising ths>
pee ruga < which should be inherent In the Judge.
Tl^.aAioue attention of the ordinance committee !?
f celled to those other s»-i»on# ef the article. wbich they
are ' 'larged e !tb amen.;.' it
Tile people of the Kansas town who requisitioned u
.Santa I'e train and helped themselves to the provisions
aboard, learned the trick from the railroads, \vliich swipe
ur? of coal billed to private purchasers whenever the
al i.s needed or the need is anticipated, by the rail-
roads.
K\ idently, the meningitis microbe is a cold weather
animal. They say that it revels In freezing temperature,
so there is no potency in leaving the doors and windows
open these cold nights, in hope that the bug will get his
bill frozen off.
There la some good news along with the bad weather,
and that "111 wind" relates to the prlee of cotton. The
staple went up a quarter of a cent Thursday, and the bulls
appear to have the bears on the run.
Since l>es Moines lias barred the Turkey Trot, the
Orizzly Bear and the Moonlight dances, we want to see
them.
While there is not much else doing, it nould be u good
time to gu see the tax assessor and get the poll tax re-
ceipt.
■WW the Fair tie**' asks th« Sen Antwuio Express in
big headline. A-yesh-a.
WINTER KHKl.lHTIONS.
(Hy Judd Mortimer Lewis.)
I low would you. when winds blow cold
lJke to go down ways of old,
And climb a fence that used to b<»
iteside a slippery elni tree,
And walk through grass up to your knees
Biiljeath the shady apple trees.
And kneel down In a patch you knew
Where big. red-ripe strawberries grew?
How would you like to pick your hat
Plum full of red-ripe fruit like that.
And then go homeward with your load
Along a dusty country road,
Eating a berry now and then,
And pausing to send back again
The challenging provoking note
Sent from a catbird's saucy throat?
How would you like to clUnb and reach
Into the hole in the old beach.
Into the yellow hammer's nest,
And find the esrges. warmed by the breast,
Of the old bird still safe and sound.
And then go sliding to the ground
And take your homeward way again.
As happily as you did then?
Would you. If you had filled your hat
With ripe strawberries such as that
Turn out to go along the road
Beside which the wide river flowed.
And sort Of linger when you drew
Near where a girl with eyes of blue
And "yellow hair livfcd, hoping she
Would be out swinging neath the tree.
Can you reptember half you said
To her. remember just how red
Her lips were, and her fingers, too,
From the juice of the berries you
Mad plucked upon that Southern slope,
And brought with you in the sweet hope
She'd share them with you? Don't they stir
Y'our beart, your memories of her?
THE WOMA.VK YEAR.
t Memphis Commercial-Appeal.)
The Pittsburg suffragists hit upon a novel conceit with
which to celebrate the birth of the New Tear. Instead
of t6e New Year being represented as a glowing, healthy
male Infant, the »«x waif changed. * On all the hotel menu
cards, on stationery and in the newspapers the infant
y«ar was represented as a wide-eyed baby girl. It was
Miss ISIS, not the traditional youngster of masculine
gender.
Surely 1912 has been well named by the suffragists.
It Is to be the woman's year. There are more reasons
than one for making this admission. It is leap year and
everyone knows, or should know, that in leap year woman
has the right to assert herself and ask for what she wants,
and by all the rules and regulations of this topsy-turvy
world she should have her requests grant d.
There is no logical reason w hy a man should have the,
exclusive right to ask a woman to enter into the bonds
of matrimony. Marriage, after all, is the perfection of
the lives of both man and woman. It is a matter of
selection. If both are equally Interested, and if the future
is to cement the union of the two. it is reasonable to sup-
pose that the woman should have the same right to select
her mate as man.
It has for years been an unfair discrimination against
the sex.
Qirls have been taught for generations that they must
not take the Initiative in matrimonial matters, that she
must sit quietly in her corner until some man comes
along and asks her to join her fate with his. If the man
does not come along, that is her misfortune. She is con-
sidered bold If she,permit* her own heart to express itself
to the man of her preference. It is unfair. It i.s unjust.
The man is selfish to usurp such authority. If he Is
moved to admire one woman above all others, is it not
equally logical that a woman might select some one man
above all of the other males In the world as the man of
her choice, and If she does not find her id«al, should she
not have the right to do what she can to get him?
Some of the more adroit daughters of Eve do this, but*
in such a subtle way that tbe man docs not realise it until
she has brought him to his knees and then all avenuca of
escape are closed.
it is an old m^rld-worn story that a woman can make
a man do anything she desires and If she can ehe should
be given the right to assert herself without fear ot
criticism. At any rate. It is leap year, the woman's year,
so the girls can get busy.
THE HEAVY DEPOSIT
ACCOUNT
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And the continued, steady growth of the First National
Bank of 1 tmple is easily accounted for.
lis modern safety devices, its courteous treatment of its
customers, its large Capital and Strong Reserve are absolute
puaran^ees as to the safety of its depositors and its correct and
progressive business methods. What the
First National Bank of Temple
has done for others, it can do for you, and invites your business.
THE OLDEST BANK »THE LARGEST BANK ....
Officers and directors: F. F. Downs, President; H. M.
McCelvey, Vice-President; P. L. Downs Cashier; C. B. Hutchi-
son. James Paton, Lem Burr, Assistant Cashiers; A. F. Bentley,
J. G. Chaciers and P. L. Downs, Jr.
MONEY TO LOAN
On Boll County Londo
Farmers State Bank
A Homo Bank for Homo Pooplo
Democrats Are Harmonious
(By C. Ii. Tavenner )
TL* Determined Twins
and Captain Baster
By EDG4.R J EPSON
conuuiT, in*. »v tm* r*A*ao« nasiuwi c©
i CmUinmtd /»#*■ ?*st*r+sy)
Captain Banter was not one to loac
That may have been why grfft;*
MHuiuj; upon her ua. le from behUd »•
he leant over the garden gate, atiar
breakfast next woroing. heard mm
aing softly:
"Where did his colonel dig him up,
1 So young, so fair, so sweet,
j with his shining nose aud Ms
square toes,
| Was it Wapping
Street V
or Haa ioguaJi
Twice he sang It to himself with at.
. „„„ air of satisfaction, aud twice the wt
gulden opportunity; never did he so J jug, but silent, lips of Erebus repe
W ASHINGTON, Jan 12.—The wish
novor was more of a father to the
thought than it has been in the gro-
tesque stories that have been sent out
from Washington lately concerning
the lack of harmony among the dem-
ocrats. Evar since the election of
the democratic house more than a
y.-ar ago, the republican standpatters
have looked forward to the longed for
"break" that would disorganize the
democrats, and thus give them t
chance to regain their tost ground.
The republicans, with calm assurance,
consoled with one another rather Joy-
fully at first, firm in their confidence
that a few weeks would bring a split.
When the split failed to materialize
this confidence turn. d to surprise, and
finally to alarm, so that now, when
the hosts of democracy are more
strongly united than ever before in
the party's history, the republican old
guard, exasperated by the unity of
their forces, are trying to make them-
selves atu^tfye country believe that the
democrats ar^'fcn tl)e verge of a tre-
mendous Internal ^plosion.
This accounts for the absurd stortes
that have gained circulation. Vv hen
it was announced that Mjr. Hryan pro-
posed to attend the JaclifcMii day ban-
quet the announcement" sprang from
some mysterious source that he was
on his way to Washington to start a
fight. When Mr. I'nderwood was
taken III every republican office hold-
ei in the country gleefully told himself
that tbe illness was only a subter-
fuge to avoid a head on collision with
other democratic leaders. When Mr,
Clark caught a cold It was spread
broadcast that his cold was only an
excuse to stay away from, the Jackson
day banquet. These and other ab-
surd stories have been printed by the
column in the republican newspapers
all over the country.
The truth la, that regardless of what
minor differences of opinion may ex-
ist within the party, every democrat is
putting everything else aside to insure
harmony. All have the lancer purpose
it. view, namely, the gaining of com-
plete control, and all realize that to
brniK about this result there must be
a compromising of small differences
all along the line.
And these compromises are being
made. The program of the demo-
cratic house has been one of give and
lake. Concessions have been made
where they could be made without
violating the promise made to the peo-
ple in the party platform, and the re-
sult of this policy has been to put the
IMirty In a position where it qould ap-
proach the fight next November with
all hands working together. To do
this has required sacrifice* from in-
divdual democrats, and these sacri-
fices have been made. In no instance
has the party failed to live up to its
promises to the people, and it is
mainly on this record that the cam-
paign for the presidency will be
fought out.
Democrats are united as never be-
fore, to the great chagrin of their re-
publlean foes.
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On a recent trip to Germany Or.
Harvey Wiley, the government's pure
food expert, heard an allegory with
reference to food alteration which,
he contends, should cause Americans
t> congratulate themselves that thing:!
are so well . rdered in his report .n
the United States. The German al-
legory was substantially as follow.*:
Kour flies, which had made their way
into a certain pantry, determined to
have a feUst. One flew to the sugar
and ate heartily, but soon died, for
the sugar was lull of white lead. The
second chose the flour a» his diet, but
he fared no better, for the flour was
loaded with plaster of paris. The
third sampled the syrup. but his six
legs were prtsenyy raised In the air,
for ths syrup was colored with ani-
line dyes. The fourth fly,, seeing all
his friends dead, determined to end
his life also, and drank deeply or thj
fly poison which he found in a con-
venient saucer. Re is still alive and
in good health That, too, wsls adul-
terated .—-Rxcha uge.
LIVE. EXKHtiRTlC SHKKT
Another st iry of John Drew's wit
is circulating on New York's Kialto.
Mr. Drew at » \*ew England luncheon
of turkey and pumpkin had the ill-
fortune to be Wated next to a bore
and failure. This bore and failure, a
tragedian, laircnted the fact that he
couldn't geat a place as "lead," and
put the bin me upon the press.
"There's a conspiracy of silence
against me," he said. "A universal
conspiracy of silence. What ought I
to do, Drew . Join It," said Mr.
Drew, nervously twisting up his
mustache.
"One concluding anecdote of the
Grand Duchjss Otga la vouched for,"
says Kellogg Durland in his Royal
Komances of 1 oday.' "One day a pro-
fesosr from Moscow was giving the
Grand Duchess a lesson in history. A
lady In waiting was sitting by. as usu-
al. to Insure .hat no dangerous doc-
trines are taught. Suddenly Olga
looked at her teacher and asked: 'Who
is emperor of .'rince?' The professor
felt that this w#i an embarrassing
question, for as j>et It was far too ear-
if to undertake the republican system
of government. iThe lady in waiting,
however, was e< ual to the occasion,
for, seeing the <*nbarrassment of the
professor, she aliswered: 'In Krance
the emperor is i ailed president.' "
"I want," etpi lined the advertising
man. "I want a> picture that has the
Idea of speed in i — real speed. I want
it to go a regula' Marathon. But it's
got to be new." "Yes, I see," and he
picked up*a ik ni 1L» "How about Mer-
cury? Som*ih ng like this." He
sketched rapidl], the figure of the
messenger of <J ympus, winged san-
dals, winged ta. , symbolic staff and
all. The adve^ising man looked .t
it:gl< . "Seems all right."
■but what does it
over appro-
he commented,
mean? Who'* Mercury?" "Oh, Mer-
cury ?• He was
that ever liv-d,
the speediest thing
the artist replied.
Mercury was ffie god of speed, you
advertising manager
regretful look at the
sketch and shon : his head. "Too bad."
know." But thi
gave one long,
-with
anyone s r
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram.) *
The Temple Dally Telegram la a live, energetic sheet.
Its appearance K greatly Improved by its Dew dress, and substance, by
no doubt its Inline nee In the development of Central vlting politic o] ffrcrulU: Once upon a
B. Weaver, the
use!
Texas will be greatly extendi as it deserves to b*.
time there w..s
he mumured saj
its looks, but It won't do, it won't do,
young man. i can't get mixed up
on his Sunday suit and blacked hla
shoes and combed his hair carefully
and started to call on his best girl
Hut when he arriv ed at the fair maid-
en's domicile, lo and behold, another
young' man ha3 pre-empted his accus-
tomed porch (hair and had usurped
his right to whisper things in her ear.
And after he had tarried awhile and
was convinced that three made a
crowd, he went forth with sorrow and
with gnashing of teeth, and then he
bethought hi mad f of a second best
girl, and went around to her home,
and there he tound another young
man sealed beside her In the ham,-
mock and feeding her candy kisses
and caramels. And once again he de-
parted and wmdered down the street
until he came to the Y. M. C. A. rooms.
A religious meeting was in session,
and when the leader saw the young
man he called on him to lead In pray-
er. And the young man arose and lift-
ed up his voice and said: "Oh Lord,
we come to thee because we have no-
where else to go."
ARE Hl'NV KILLING SKl'NKS.
In i'.ffete Massachusetts Tliey Slake
a SHe.M* of the Sport.
(Boston Globe.)
Bureaus of statistics and labor ma/
not include skunk hunting among
what they are pletfsed to call "gainful
occupations," but that dosen't prevent
some persons from maUne tt a means
of earning money. These axe busy
times In Southern Plymouth county
just now and hunters are out nightly.
There is a noticeable mixture of the
archaic and modern in the methods
employed to separate the skunk from
his life without unhappy consequences
to his exeoutioner.
To begin with the hunter arms him-
self with a club, very suggestive of
the days of the primitive cave man.
but he also takes along a lantern and
gun, also a liberal amount of faith in
his ability to do things well. Once In
the center of Skunkvllle the lighted
lantern plays an important part. A
skunk i.s an inquisitive animal, so the
first thing he does is to hurry up to
see what that strange light is in his
town. He never really finds out, be-
cause when n" gets too inquisitive the
hunter bangs him over the head with
a club and then shoots him.
There I.s a good demand for skunk
skins, especially the black ones, and
the oil Is also valuable. '
Many luborers who were employed
on the cranberry bogs are now engag-
ed in catching skunks and trying out
the oil. and e^en some high school
boys have taken to trapping them.
Atoniiwrs for the throat, 50c, $1.00,
•1.25 and $1.50 at J. t. Booker's drug
store.
A Hawaiian Habit.
t People's Friend.
Servants )ri the Sandwich Islands
have a curious habit, nays a writer, of
calling their employes by their first
name. Hers, she adds, was always
sayin, "Yes. John," to her husband,
and "Yrery well. Mars'," to her. *
When we got a new cook I told my
husband to 'void calling me "Mary''
so that the cook, not knowing my
name, would have to say "missus" to
me. So John always called me "awest
heart" or "deiry." never Mary.
One day we had songe officers to
iy, "too bad. I liked dinner, and I told them of the rule I
ligion like that."
A Kansas pa er says that Gen. J.
owa apostle of green-
tell this story, in
> ay of prefaca to in-
young man who put
• i
had adopted snd added, "By this ser-
vant. at least, you won't hear me cat-
led Mary."
Just then :he new cook entered th*1
room. He l owed and said to me.
'Sweetheart, the dinner is served."
"What?" 1 stammered aghast at
his familarity.
"Dinner Is served, deary," answer-
ed the new cook
thoroughly deaionstrute hla right to
tbe name of Pallybaster. liU frieudli-
ueas was overwhelming.
He could not bear that anyone else
should have a word with Sir Maurice.
He never gave a thought to his pro-
posal : indeed, therts wis no haste; be
knew that Mrs. Dangertield was await-
ing it with passionate impatient*.
The Twins were Intolerable with their
Interruption*: he wondered how Sir
Maurice could endure It. when he had
a man of the world, humorous, know-
ing, wealthy, to talk to. lu truth he
was a little disappointed in Sir Mau-
rice; he did not find htm frankly re-
s|K>nslve—polite, yee: intieed. politeness
could go no further; but he lacked
warmth. When, at seven o'clock. Cap-
tain Baster tore himself away with a
hearty promise to la* back at nine
sharp, be was not sure that be had
made a lifelong friend, lie felt that
the friendship tnlght nvurt clenching.
Aa the house-door shut behind him.
Sir Maurlio wiped bis brow with the
air of one who has toiled hard and
long: "I feel sticky--positively sticky,"
be said. "Oh, Krebus, you do have
rummy friends! 1 thought we should
never get rid of him. I thought he
had stuck himself to ua for life "
Mrs Dangerfleld smiled; the Terror
laughed : but Erebus cried hotly, "He's
not a friend ot mlue!"
"We call him the Cruncher—because
of hla teeth." said tbe Terror.
"Theu beware. Krelme—beware! Y'ou
are young—and possibly savory," said
Sir Maurlue.
"It's Mum he wants to crunch up- -
not me" said Krebus; aud tbe bolt
shot, the Twin* fled.
Sir Maurice looked at hla sister and
said softly. "Oho' I see-~heroism"
Then be laid his hand on ber shoulder
affectionate!}' and added, "It won't do,
Anne."
"Do you think so?" said Mrs. Pan
gerfleld In a faint tone of disappoint
uient.
"Think? I'm dead certain," said her
brother.
Mrs. Dangertjeld ran np the stairs
to dress, on tbe light feet of a girl;
ati oppressive weight had been lifted
from her spirit
Captain Baster ate his dinner In a
state of sizzling excitement: he knew
that he had made a splendid first Im-
t > retell on; be was burning to deepen It
But on his eager way to Oolet House
he walked warily. He came safely out
of tbe lane Into the broad turfed road
which runs across the common, and
quickened bis pace. There was not
enough light to display the Jsunty air
with which he walked In all Its per-
fection : but there seemed to be enough
light for more serious matters, for a
stone struck him on tbe thigh with
considerable force. He had barely fin-
ished the Jump with which be greeted
It. when another stone whined rl
clotisly past his head; then a third
smote him on the arm With th» •»
pautng roar of a bull of Bashan th#
gallant officer dashed In tbe direction
whence, he Judged, the stones came;
He was Just In time to stop a slngu
larly bard stone with bis marble brow;
then he fonnd a gorse-bush. by trip
ping over a root—a gorse-bush which
seemed unwilling to release him from
Its stimulating, not to say prickly, em-
brace. As he wallowed In It a stone
found him—his anklebone.
When he got free of the gome-bush,
he saw that there was only one thing
to do; be tore across tlie common to
Cfllet House us hard as he could pelt.
When the door opened, he plunged
across the hall, into the drawing
room. The Terror formed the center
of a domestic scene; he was playing
rlraugbts with his Uncle Mnnrlce.
"I—I made sure It was that young
whelp!" gasped Captain Baster as he
sank heavily Into a clialr, and Instantly
'prang from It with a howl as he
•hanced on several tokens of the go rue
lush's clinging affection.
This curious, but disheveled entry
wrought the others to their feet full of
mrprlse and Inquiries.
"I've been stoned—stoned by some
miking scoundrels on the common!"
Tied Captain Baster; and be displayed
be considerable bump which rose upon
lis marble brow.
Mrs. Dangerfleld was full of sym-
iathy and concern; Sir Maurice was
■ool—Interested, but cool; be did not
ilaie Into tbe pnsslonate Indignation
>f a bosom friend. He eat down again
it tbe draught-board.
"1 know—I know what It Is!" cried
Mrs. Dangerfleld. with an Illuminating
lash of womanly Intuition. "You've
ieen humorous to some of the vll
agers!"
"No—no—I haven't spoken A any of
them; but I'll give tbe scoundrels a
esson! I'll put thd police onto them
Irst thing to-morrow myrntng!" cried
"apta In Baster.
Then Erebus came fa. her piquant
face all aglow: "I can't find your
handkerchief anywhere, mother," she
Mid.
"Have you been running to find It?
You're quite out of breath," said tbe
Terror In a tone of deep meaning.
For a moment a horrid suspicion
filled the mind of Captain Baster; but
no. It was Impossible—a child In whose
veins flowed some of the best blood In
England—her slender arm could never
have hurled tbe stones. On the other
hand. Sir Maurice appeared to have
for once lost his admirable seff-possee-
slon; he was staring at bis beautiful
niece with his mouth slightly open.
He rose hurriedly, muttered something
about finding hi* handkerchief, and
stumbled out of the room. They heard
a door bang upstairs; then, through
tbe celling, they beard a curious sound
as of one drumming on the floor with
his heels.
Mrs. Dangerfleld ran* for tbe maid,
and set her to pull tbe go rue-prickles
out of Opts In Raster's clothes ghe
bad nearly finished when air Manrice
returned; he had recovered his admi-
rable sdf-possession, but he
" Then she suid, "Oh, uncle. It's aplen-
Slr Maurice turned sharply: "You
tell anyone, little pitcher, aud I'll pull
your loug ears," be said amiably.
"Here be couies." said the unmoved
Krebus. nodding toward a Ogura com
log swiftly acros« tbe common.
Three strides brought Sir Maurice
to tbe top of the steps. "I'm golug
back to l**l! Tell blm I'ui In bed
ihe cried, tuui. fclaMitUitf Ui« 0vW.
vanished
Captam Baster spent a barren tro~o
ing, chatlng furiously at his failu/» t->
find tb» man be had made his t'.soin
friend. Ihe early afternoon wb* iw
le«s barren; but at tea-time be f«.ua3
blui at Colet House. Mrs. DioprttH
bad Invited ber neighbors to mes* Unr
brother and Captain Baster. Tbe
Higher Mathematician, tbe father of
Wiggins, bad mine, and Mrs. Iller.klu-
sop aud Mrs. Morton and the rsetor
aud his wife, aud tbe squire, Mr. Car
rutberw; and Wiggins had come wiili
the Twins. Mrs Dangerfleld feast
taken advantage of tbe St Martin r
summer afternoon to have tea lu Lb*
garden.
Captain Raster's heart swelled Mg
within him: here w as bis chance U>
shine He seized It «ith enthusiasm ;
lie was the life and soul of the gather
lug; when h" was not being humorou*
be was Imiwrtant telling tbem of his
country bouse, his flat lu town, hli
race-horses, bis hunters, bl* motor
car*, his exploits tit polo, cricket and
golf He f.atr ii . ed every body with a
splendid affability, everybody except
Sir Maurice . and him be addressed io
tone* of perfeet cjualtty. as "Maurice,
old boy " or "Manr'ce. old chap," or
plain "Mauri.-e" He did shine: hl«
agreeable exertions threw him Into s
perspiration ; his nose shoneespsclatly ;
and the.v ail hated him. He bad re-
duced them to n hhink silence when
be told them how he had been stouetl
by bulking scoundrels the nlgbt be
fore. He paused and looked round for
empathy.
Erebus rose from her seat and went
to tbe gravel patb ; their eyes, slightly
dszed, followed her ; she was a relief.
"Curious -very curious." said the
rector politely to Captain Baster
Erebus chose three lobbies from the
psth with great care. The first pebble
bit the weathercock above the house
plumb In the center; the second ml*se«l
Its tall by perhaps an Inch; the third
hit the tall full, and the weathercock
spun round aa though a vigorous gai.i
were devoting Itself to lta tall only.
•That's where I meant to hit It tbe
flrst time," said Erebus with a little
explanatory wave of tbe hand; au«i
abe returned to her seat.
The silence that fell was oppressive;
Captain Baster was gazing earnestly
at Erebus; bis roving black eyes were
fixed In an Incredulous, unwinking
stare.
'That shows you the (longer of lump
Ing to hasty conclusions." said the
Higher Mathematician In bis clear,
agreenble vob-s. "I made sore It was
tbe Terror."
"So did I." said the Rector.
Tbe silence fell agulu. Mechaok aily,
Captain Basttr nibbed tbs bins butip
on bis marble brow.
Erebus broke the alienee; she snltl.
"Has anyone heard Wlggiua's new
song?"
At least three hasty, thoughtless pste
ple cried with one voice, "No! Lefs
hear JtI" „
"Cowe on, Wiggins!" cried the rhe-
tor and tbe squire together, heart.ly
The situation was saved.
Sir.iMaurice thought not: he knew
what w as coming, knew It In thedeptbs
of his constricted heart; he glared nt
the piquant, glowing face of his ni^e
as If he wished the earft to open afed
swallow her up.
Wiggins held back a little. Then,
pushed forward by tbe eager Terror,
he stepped forward and In his Wear,
shrill treble, sung, slightly out of tune:
"Where did his colonel dig blm up.
So young, so fair, so sweet
With hU shining nose and his square.
* square toes.
Was it Wapping or Baslnghfell
Street r
M
As he sang. Wiggins looked artlessly
at Captain Baster; as be finished,
everybody was looking at Captain .Ras-
ter's boots; his feet required tbem
aquare-toed.
Captain Raster's face was a rich
rose-pink; be glared round tbe frozen
circle staring at his boots; he saw tbe
faces melt into irrepressible smilm;
he looked at Sir Maurice, the man be
had mnde his bosom friend, for an In-
dignant outburst; Sir Maurice was
smiling too.
Captain Baster snorted; then he
swelled with splendid dignity, and said
loudly, but thickly: "I refuse! Yes. I
refuse to mix In a society where cbil-
1 dren are brought up u« hooligans—yes,
i as hooligans!"
He turned on bis heel, strode to the
gate, and turned and bellowed, "Hooli-
gans r*
He went through tbe gate, and
! strode violently across the common,
j "OU. Wiggins! How could you?"
cried Mrs. Dangerfleld, In a tone of
horror.
"It wasn't WIgjflns! It was us! We
made him!" said tbe Terror.
, "We taught hlin! Wiggins didn't
; understand!" cried Erebus.
"I did understand—absolutely. But
why did he call me 'Freckles'?' said
Wiggins m a vengeful tone. "Nobody
•an help having freckles!"
{Tk* <W>
Attention. Farmers I
Stalled in 18T»; ginning la 1*12.
Farmers who are growing cotton, I
say to you my gins at Temple run
every day in the week. Highest
prices paid for seed cotton and
nants. While you are at the
rather exhausted. Forrettlng bis pricks : load your wagons for home with
and braises. Captain Baster plied him soned block wood and MeAlester lamp
with overwhelming friendliness for tba coat E, B. GREATHOl'SE.
rest of tbe evening. -
Atomizers for the throat, 50c, fLOO,
• I .SR and $1.50 at i. 4. Booker's druf
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