You Alls Doins. (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, January 11, 1901 Page: 2 of 8
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By AMELIA DUGHEMIN
15Y OS. M. STEVKSS.
LEXINGTON,
OKLAHOMA
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ferry maid.
Support! tlu. Family and Sticks to TIoi
Business*
Young in years, but full of vigor and
buoyant of youth, pretty Bertha Walz,
a girl of sixteen, has a career as a
ferry maid on the Ohio river that fo.
the novelty of its features is rarely
surpassed. For months the young gi>'
has been the sole support of her moth-
er, younger sister, and brother. Week
in and week out, unaided and alone,
she has plied her big ferry skiff back
and forth across the Ohio to secure
means for providing for her helpless
mother and sister. Bertha lives with
her mother in an old, but neat-appear-
ing houseboat, on the banks of the
Ohio river, near the Prc33ed Steel Car
company's works, In Lower Alle- ^
gheny. This bout lias been her home i ..Never nilnrt that—tell me of yourself,
for the past six years. The idea oi j Wj,at imve you been doing all this
running a regular ferry came to hei time?"
through the suggestions of m 11 men j ^ listened smilingly while lie gave
her an account of everything he
, i thought would interest her. She
1 artly through | dreaded the montion of Helen's name,
though realizing it was inevitable.
CHAPTER V.
The first, meeting between mother
and son was an affectionate one. Har-
vey kissed the frail little woman, and
after a few earnest words of greeting,
drew a stool to her reclining chair and
sat where she could look at him with-
out effort. Gladys was gratified by his
solicitude.
"You are glad I am better, dear? she
asked, running her slender
through his thick dark hair.
have missed me?"
"Very much, indeed. I wanted to see
you long ago, but Phebe would not pei-
mit it."
"Sho obeyed my wish," said Gladys,
detecting the reproach in his tone.
| llnntlnc for I,ar't Side.
est of motives in everything she has j thau ha,f the unhappiness in
done, and I uphold her in her course, j worid has been computed by soma
"Even when her kindness extends to Spuj0us mathematician, comes from
robbing me of my private rooms'.' j ng erse unwillingness to look on
"ou make too much of what is B - « <ioi.tr oWa
doubtless a mere temporary arrange-
ment. You could not use the parlor
while you were ill."
"But I can now, and I will." Gladys
spoke briskly and with determination
the bright side so long as a dark side
be discovered.—Exchange.
who cross the river at this point to the ,
McKee's Rocks side to and from their
work in the big mills
the efforts of generous contributors a j
skiff was procured and the girl entered i
upon a new career. She found her task
rather arduous at first, and her fair
young hands were covered with many
a blister at the end of a day's toil.
But soon the muscles of her arms bade
fair to rival those of the crack oars-
men of a 'varsity crew. Now she thinks
nothing of rowing six or eight stalwart
men over the liver on a single trip.
Some days she makes as many as forty
trips, and lias been known to take in
as much as $3 a day as a result of her
toil. The widespread popularity of her
ferry, however, aroused the ire of less
favored ferrymen living in shanty
boats near by. First, her best skiff
was stolen, and later a new one was
turned loose on the river. Finally she
was not permitted to land her skiff on
the McKee's Rocks shore at the large
landing, but was made to run her boat
in at some obscure point. Considerable
trouble arose over the ownership and
use of a pair of wooden steps leading
down the river embankment to the
shore. The climax was reached one
night last week. Richard Griffeths, a
ferryman, tried to lay violent hands on
her. Only the timely appearance of a
mill man and the presence of her
faithful dog, which usually accompan-
ies her for protection, saved her from
serious Injury at his nands. As a re-
sult, suit was promptly entered against
Griffeths on a charge of disorderly con-
duct before Aid. Lynch. At the hear-
ing Griffeths was fined $10 and costs or
twenty days in jail. The steps claimed
by Griffeths as personal properly were
declared to De government property,
and it was decreed that the fair prose-
jutor was fairly entitled to their use.
—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
voluntarily in-
Comforts of Home.
Comfort ought to be the first con-
sideration of home. If a rocking chair
brings that to the wife, then a rocking
chair let it lie, despite changing fash-
ions. The big armchair may not be
beautiful to look upon, but. keep it if
the masculine head of the bouse feels a
fondness for it. Ho might never find
another to fit him as perfectly. If
carpets are more comfortable than
wood floors and rugs, stick to them,
even though you admire your neigh-
bor's rooms more than your own. It
is difficult to locate comfort—we feel
it but cannot describe it. To one wo-
man it means a wrapper and loosely
flowing hair; to another a couch, and
so on through a long list of things.
To one woman it is compressed into
this—hot water, a hot fire and bot
coffee. She is a great woman, a fa-
mous one, and among the many ad-
vantages fame and wealth have
brought her are none to equal those
three. The higher we rise the larger
become our ideas. It is like the pos-
session of money—the more we have
the greater our wants, and only in
rare instances are we much better off
in a mental way.—Boston Journal.
Defeating Himself.
One day, writes a western mi3S<on-
ary, we were traveling across the
plains in the caboose of a freight-
train. A young divinity student was
with us, one of the argumentative kind
who prejudice their hearers at once
against theology. He wa3 ready to
argue about anything and everything,
and presently engaged in a heated dis-
cussion with a grimy -tramp, on the
disadvantages of education. The
tramp maintained that the less a man
knew .and the less education he had,
the happier he was. He showed so
much skill and adroitness, such mas-
tery of logic and literature, that ho
When he paused, she
traduced it.
"Nell is remarkably well," answered
Harvey, his face lighting up, "and so
is tho boy. We are thinking of put-
ting him into trousers. You'll see them
soon, madam?"
"In a few days—when I am strong-
er," she answered, hastily. "I must
not go too fast."
"No," Harvey ecquiesced. He seemed
slightly uncomfortable. "Nell has made
some changes in the establishment
during your illness. I hope you will
approve of them."
Gladys looked at him with just a
hint of trouble in her face, but said
nothing. „
"When Phebe gave her the keys,
Harvey resumed, with the manner of
one who has an unpleasant duty to
perform, "she of course considered her-
self the custodian of your property, and
acted for what she thought your inter-
est." He took one of Gladys' hands
and began playing with her rings in
a fashion he had when, as a boy, he
confessed some childish fault, and
though he was speaking in almost
Helen's tone, and using her very words,
the familiar action made her feel very
tender toward him. "She has sent away
the groom and several of the maids
and reduced the expenses of the
servants' table nearly one-half. You
will be surprised when you see how
small the bills are." ,
Still Gladys did not speak, but mere-
ly looked at him attentively.
"Nell wished me to tell you this, and
beg that you will not interfere with
her arrangements now that they are
made. She has carefully considered
them, and is convinced—and I'm with
her there, madam—that she has acted
for the best in all things. She really
has wonderful judgment, and you may
safely trust her with the management
of the house."
"'Still harping on my daughter!
quoted Gladys with a faint smile. She
felt she must remain silent no longer,
since silence meant acquiescence; yet
she might be displeased. "I have no
dout Helen has done her best, and I am
grateful to her for relieving Phebe
during my illness. But now that I am
nearly well, dear, my old housekeeper
will of course resume her position."
Harvey dropped the hand with which
he had been toying so suddenly that
the movement seemed like a repulse.
"I hope you don't mean that. Noll
will be greatly disappointed and hurt
if you push her aside. She takes genu-
ine pride in the management. And,
really, it seems fitting she should have
It."
"Is Annette among the servants who
were sent away?" asked Gladys. ^ I
have not seen her since my illness."
"Yes. She was the first to go. You
had no need for her while Phebe was
with you."
"But, my dear, I've had a maid an
my life; I can't do without one. And
I like Annette; she has been with me
for years."
Gladys looked like a grieved child.
den flash in Gladys' eyes, he left the
room.
He had hardly gone when sho turned
to the housekeeper.
"Phebe, what has that woman been
doing?"
"Now, Miss Gladys, it will only wor-
ry you to talk about unpleasant
things."
"It will fret me more not to know
than to know."
"Well, the truth is, Mrs. Harvey has
made a complete upset downstairs. She
has sent away nearly all of the old
servants, engaged raw country girls at
small wages in their places, and for
nurse and parlor maid she hires two
' of her sisters."
"Her own sisters!" Gladys compre-
hended in a moment the awkward com-
plications rising from such an arrange-
ment, and looked her dismay. "Has
she put them in caps and aprons?"
"La, no!" answered Phebe, laughing.
"They belong to the family, and seem
to enjoy living here. They're all over
the place, and you'd think they owned
it. They bother Saunders to death
stealing his flowers. Them Blakes are
very possessive people."
"And Harvey—does he approve?"
"He'd approve of anything that
pleases his adoring wife. The way she
goes on over him is just sickening.
And the girls, too, make an awful fuss.
It's Brother Harvey here and Brother
Harvey there from morn till night.
Tliey treat him as the head of the
family, and he's boyish enough to be
tickled to death by their flattering
ways."
Gladys sighed.
"I'm afraid it will be very hard for
me to right matters, Phebe. I don't
feel equal to the task."
"Not now, because you're not your-
self. You'll get back your courage in
good time; you must, for your author-
ity will be gone for good if you submit
to Mrs. Harvey's impudent meddling,
and you'll have to fight for your rights.
It won't be as hard as you think. All
the servants are ready to come back.
I told them you wouldn't let them go
and advanced enough money to pay
their board. Was that right?"
Gladys nodded approval.
"Annette is staying with Sauder's
cousins, hard by, and can be brought
over at any hour. So you see matters
are not as bad as they seem. Now
drink your wine and milk and forget
all this. Never cross a bridge till you
come to it, dearie."
Upon which bit of homely wisdom
Gladys rested content for the time.
"Phebe," she said, a day or two later,
"I am strong enough now to be rest-
less. I grow tired of these three rooms
This afternoon I'm going to cross the
hall to my parlor—quite a Journey,"
she laughingly ended.
"Not tfiis very afternoon?" sho
asked.
"Yes. Why not? I am atmost as
well as I was before my illness."
"That isn't it, Miss Gladys, but you
see—well—the room isn't ready for
you," l'iiebe blurted out.
"Not ready? What do you mean?"
Then, as a sudden suspicion flashed
across her mind, she asked sharply,
"Surely Helen has not interfered with
my own private parlor?"
"She's done just that, and given it to
her sisters as a sort of day nursery and
sewing room. When I objected, Mrs.
Harvey said she was sure you would
not object to an arrangement that kept
the baby so near you, and as you had
no maid, her sisters would be at hand
to do any bit of mending you needed."
"How dared she!" cried Gladys, with
flashing eyes and compressed lips. "Has
the furniture been removed?"
"Only your desk and book cases and
card tables, which are in the library.
The piano was left for the girls to
practice on. Their music lessons were
interrupted when Mrs. Harvey mar-
ried."
I.onc Term an Ka!>bl.
Professor I). W. Marks, senior min-
of the West London Synagogue
"Be kind enough to tell your Wife that : grjtish Jews, has just celebrated his
it is to be vacated at once." ' birthday. Professor Marks has
"Come, come, madam, you are un- ^ a minister in tho congregation .
reasonable," said Harvey, persuasively, j g.nCe jt was founded in 1841.
"It will require a day or two to make j .
the change and dispose of the girls j gemcnlber that if you go visiting-
comfortably. I hardly know what other j must entertain visitors.
room can be found for them." i
A prisoner at the bar has not a.wajs
been arrested in a saloon.
"There are a number in the upper
part of the house."
"None except the servants' cham-
bers. They can not occupy them."
"Why not, since they are servants—
my servants?" demanded Gladys.
The color rushed to Harvey's face.
"You are not yourself, else you
would never say that, madam, so I
pass it over," he replied temperately,
though he was both mortified and
angry. "Helen will make an arrange-
MR. AVERS NOT DEAD.
Very Much Alive and Out with a I.ettor
Telling How Uo Was Sav«d.
Minneapolis, Minn., l>ec. 29.-(Spe*-
cial.)—Few who knew how ill Mr. A.
E. AyerS of litis city had been with
Bright's Disease and Diabetes ever ex-
pected ho could live. Four doctors e
ment satisfactory to all parties if you j him but three or four days to live. HeC
give her time. I have faith in her jud£- j recovere(] through the prompt and con-
ment; she is the wisest woman I j ynue(j 1ISP 0[ a well-known remedy.
know."
"And the best?" asked Gladys, with
feminine perversity courting the knife.
"The best by far," he deliberately
answered.
and has given the following letter for
publication. It is dated at Bath, N. x.,
v.here Mr. Ayers now resides.
Soldiers and Sailors' Home,
Bath, N. Y.
The color died from her face, leaving poddg Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.:
it white and wan. i Dear girs_i wish to tell you what
"You are rude, sir," she said, moro j jodd>g Ki[lney pins have done for me.
sadly than bitteilj. : j ajjj concerned they aie the
"No, only truthful. I am sorry if I ^ jn )he world_ for they not only
have offended you, but you force me to gayed ]ife but tbey have given me
defend my wife. It is my earnest wish, . ^ ' r jjvcd in Minne-
mother, that you leave matters undis- J
turbed. Sho is far better qualified to I
manage your domestic affairs than you j
are; the childish temper you have just j
shown proves that. It is time you
should transfer your burdens to
younger shoulders. As your son, I uige
you to do this, and I am sure you will
not oppose me seriously. If you insist
on having your room "
"I do insist upon it."
"Then you must settle the matter
with Helen and see what is to be dono
about the girls. Women always find a
way out of these little difficulties.
Harvey spoke is if the affair was of
slight importance, but he did not mce.
Gladys' steady look, evading it by
producing a cigar. "You don't mind
my lighting up before I go?"
"Harvey, be warned," said Gladys,
seriously. "If you leave me to deal
with Helen you may regret it. I ask
you to arrange this matter quietly, but
immediately. If you refuse to do so.
apolis for forty-nine years, and am
yell known there by many people. I
suffered severely with Bright's Disease
and Diabetes. Four well-known physi-
cians gave me up to die. In fact they
gave me only three or four days at tha
longest to live. I had spent nearly
everything I had in the effort to save
my life, but seeing an advertisement
of Dodd's Kidney Pills, I scraped what
was nearly my last half dollar, sent to
the drug store and bought a box. I had
very little hope of anything ever doing
me any good, as from what the four
doctors had told me, it was now a mat-
ter of hours with me. I commenced to
take the Pills, and from the very first
they helped me. I took in all about
forty boxes. I doubtless did not need
so many, but I wanted to make sure,
and after all, $20 is a small amount of
money to remove the sentence of death
and save one's life.
I have since recommended Dodd's
Kidney Pills to hundreds of people.
you must accept the I and , have yet to hear of the first one
"I am not afraid of any you may ^ fmd them all that you
force upon me, madam; you aie a ^ f can rcmpmber of two'
CHAPTER VI.
Gladys was pale with wrath. To
j men, her excitement would have
o | seemed wholly disproportionate to its
She was too weak to assert herself, and I cause; but women, to whom their in-
helpless. Phebe, who I timate belongings are always a part or
absolutely routed the poor boy, so that j Won't you, madam?"
felt strangely
'hail just re-entered the room, gave lier
a significant look.
"You musn't talk too much, Miss
Gladys. You've been with your mother
long enough, Mr. Harvey. I hope you
haven't troubled her with business.
"Only with what was necessary," lie
returned, rising with an air of relief,
for be had not enjoyed his office. He
bent over Gladys and kissed her.
"You'll do all you can to please me,
he coaxingly said.
the latter rose and went out on the
platform, leaving the other chuckling
over his pipe in huge enjoyment of
an easy victory. Suddenly a listener
turned on him, and asked suddenly;
"What college are you from?" The
tramp, taken by surprise, did not stop
to consider the weight his answer
would carry against his own argument.
"Yale," said he. He had defeated
himself.—-YouU-'s Companion.
After all, little tliin&s do not count.'
She smiled wearily.
"Yes, Harvey; but I enn make no
promises until I think matters o\ei.
I certainly must have Annette back, in
a day of two at furthest."
"Well, I'll speak to Nell about it,"
he responded reluctantly. No doubt
she will be willing to concede a few
minor points." And, blind to tho sud-
themselves, will understand her sensa-
tions. She could have borne a personal
attack as easily as this upon her
Lares and Penates. Phebe had never
before known her to be so angry, and
was startled by the passionate demon-
stration. She demanded that Harvey
should be sent to her the minute he
returned from business, nor would she
be persuaded to wait till she was
cooler. When he came, marveling at
the imperative summons, she met him
with reproaches, and censured Helen
unsparingly for her insolent interfer-
ence. He listened quietly at first—his
surprise at the unwonted exhibition of
anger equaled Phebe's—then his own
ire rose.
"I told you once before I would not
allow you or any one to speak disre-
spectfully of my wife," he sternly said.
"Helen has been actuated by the kind-
lady; you will not make my
center of a family brawl," said Hai\ey,
with dignity.
"That depends upon Helen herself.
Rest assured my present wishes will
be carried out by some one, if not by
her. As for the rest, your solicitude
for me in my declining years is touch-
ing"—Gladys could bo sarcastic when
she chose—"but as I am not in my
dotage, I prefer to be my own manag-
er. Let us keep to the point. Do
you think Helen can have my parlor
ready this afternoon?"
"I certainly shall not ask her to
undertake anything so unreasonable;
there is no hurry—"
"Very well; I'll put the matter into
other and more efficient hands." She
struck a bell on the table while speak-
ing, and Phebe appeared with suspic-
ious promptness, not ashamed to ad-
mit she had kept within hearing dis-
tance. "Tomlinson, go with my son
to Mrs. Atherton, and ask her for the
household keys. You, Harvey, are
witness to this request. Send imme-
diately for Annette to take your place
here and direct all the servants in the
house to put my parlor in thoiough
order. Can you have it ready for me
this evening?"
"Oh, yes, easily. Come, Mr. Har-
vey."
It is hard to forget the habits of a
life time. Harvey had always been
afraid of Phebe. On the rare occasions
when Gladys had persuaded herself
that he needed corporal punishment
as a boy, she entrusted the task to the
stern housekeeper, who performed it
so faithiully that for an hour after-
ward the mother and son sobbed in
each other's arms, with much that was
traitorous to the dispenser of justice
in the tears of both. Now, when Phebe
spoke with quiet authority, though
fuming with anger, and surprised be-
yond measuM, it never occurred to
him to resist her, and in silence they
left the room together.
They came merrily down the path
leading past her window, a handsome
pair in the glow of their strength and
youth. Would he, her boy, look up
for the mother face, as he had never
failed to do in the old days? Gladys
asked herself, her heart that she had
tried to steel, all at once going out
to him, with a longing that was almost
agony. Ah, yes! He could not pass
without one fleeting glance, and sho
would answer with a smile that must
bring him to her, and all might yet be
well.
To be continued.)
people to whom I had recommended
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and who after-
wards said to me that they received no
benefit. I asked to see their Pill boxes,
and behold, instead of Dodd's Kidney
Pills, it was 's Kidney Pills, an
imitation of the genuine Dodd's, an£
not the real thing at all that they had
been using. I gave each of them an
empty pill box that Dodd's Kidney
Pills had been put up in, so that they
could make no more mistakes, and
they afterwards came to me and told
me that tliey had bought and used the
genuine Dodd's Kidney Pills, and were
cured.
r still continue to use the Pills off
and on, and would not be without them
if they were $30 a. box. I think that
every old gentleman In the world
would be healthier and better if he
would take one after each meal.
I wish I could think of words strong
enough to express to you my gratitude
for what your Medicine has done fc|j
me. It is not often, I suppose, that a
man who is staring death right in the
face, is permitted to live and tell of
the means which saved him, and as
that i3 my position, my heart is over-
whelmed with thankfulness to God
for llis mercy to me in permitting me
to see the advertisement of Dodd's
Kidney Pills, when it seemed that I
was beyond all earthly power to save,
that I cannot express my real feelings.
If anyone doubts the statement .
have made, they may write to me, and
I will try and prove to them that all I
have said in this letter is true, and
more than true. There are hundreds of
people in Minneapolis who know aU
about my case and the way Doila 3
Kidney Pills pulled me through, when
I had been given up by the four doctors
of Bright'3 Disease and Diabetes, and
had practically lost all hope. \ou are
at liberty to publish this testimonial
which I give you from the bottom of
my heart, and I sincerely wish that 1
could find the right words to express
my feelings of gratitude to you and to
Dodd's Kidney Pills, for my restora-
tion to life and health.
(Signed) A. E. AYERS,
Late of Minneappolis, now at
Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath, N. Y-
Mr. Ayers is only one of thousaiw®
of aged gentletnen who say that their
lives have been prolonged and their
declining years made worth living by
the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
The average woman can s.veep into^^
a room more effectively than she
■weep it out.
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