THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—
A Convict s Story of
An
A r m ia tK r D wy S to r y o f a
B a c k lo V ir g in ia .
December 10, 19:11.
Heir Half Acre '
W a r V r le r in
W h o C w m e "»* «vldence; Ih ry luid htm Urd
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poor, m L ^uldrd borne or. «he « w f k ‘ rts o( lo a n .
U k * n m iatiy
h u l r r i juat taarrly uw««-i.i.v* u u O I t i l o 1 l l i m m i
m l I c a iw b tr k from C h ateau
ft v a i a b liia lrry November eve- floor
He A nally ro nfe—rd frmu
T h ie rry m 191* believing that « o l-'n ln * an ti I gave Uu little !Nwd *»*w P<nn and eahaustion T h ru W k a l Do Y o u r* S a y ?
O ystrrs or riam a which a te arrv rd
ores! people would f r i Ju sltc- an d truck m orr | a i a s wr Jogwrd a to tq r ¡ 7 7
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a »««l t h r u U m and i h n
him to d ir slowly from Ih r r (Treta
in soup a re broken In h alf with Ilia
w ill be pukllahrd
decent treatm en t in tile South toarard town. The car took th o se,of**»^T b lir
spoon
and the good w ill th a t all p a- red cla y h llla llk r a g a t ’ ling gun 1 I n»«l heard talea of other
L ittle Jim m ir c Aine lumie fi «an
In a
triottc and law -aM dtng clti.'rn s ex - l was proud of th at little tru c k : It prisoners brought
llie re
H d ir ru ra> arhool one a ftern o n rrvuqt
pret front a drm ocraU c governm ent • * » >•“ >">r * ">«•<* * " * h*>< «“ ■■*"<* conditloji and left
It W hen question. >1 hi his m otliri as
W hen err anted rh lrk rn or fish la
th is ye ar's power 1 liad bren ab le lo r lack of m edical a lle n ito li
I wm. a fool to believe U.Ü; (o
Umf m oney, en d en ergy **ve nwi the creep» U> th in k »bout lo w hat lie was cryin g for. he re „ „ „ i jn ^ t l y sheila. Uie p aatry
Portsm outh »to* the sam e m irro » m. . h
cnr
lite
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,h * WW* sh ell should be s a le o w ith the fork.
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m i l i town that I Irti
Ma\bc M i
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R i i car p ulled up In front Of P*!r¿
"W liv Jim m ie * said hta m other.i
lo ck in 19H t ill yea. tile boys got '• “ >• 1 w »*n 'l sure. T h ere neatly the ponderous iron g a te a In a mo-
hen I s e n t to sclp u l. I used to » * " « ' w ith tlie cream ed fuud.
a big hand when th ey landed The wasn't a n y th in g th e m atte r w ith ment they swung back wtth a paas tluiae n .w j e vrry day and 1 was
m ayor and the citv band turn ed "■ T ile little old en gine purred piercing squeaking sound on th eir u a w r afraid ."
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out to greet us an d there » e r e bells uk r » tabby ca t. aa wc neared rusty hinges, and we passed Intol ‘ Yea. m o lia r," said Jim m ie “t a il
If you refusa to «lanca w ith w in
and a ll the real ol it. But It « » a n t , Portsm outh. T he sky locked glori ;th e o uter court of th e Jail.
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went U> ja la m l those cows
long before everybody got down u> ou»!y red and » few L a r in flake;»
m arched in to the d im ly ligh t- w rrr cwlve» In the barn.
A. H. gentlem an do not accept another a
in vitatio n a t ones. To do «*> would
th e » l i r a . , tv.n-nrm o'
: Mi “I clouds M«rd 'alo n g ys'lw-rm.T Up rd chanil>. r of the poller juaUM
a r b . and there w e re n t m any to be th e ir skirts a s th e November brrero 1 took .me look a t h im and knew
On waking mv « vear-ojd 4 »u g h -
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law
yer,
or
to
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a
hat
alie
found rttlie r
M ivthtng would do m ade th ru i scu rry along
'h a t to plead for a
tor s h a t she did during lh - w h o I
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w
ith
friends
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tly
replied.
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an y th in g to staTe* o il hun ger and
T W . >ou big black b u iaard try to get In touch
R W B.
m isery and desp air th a t began U> whore Uie h ell do you th in k you Tc, would only m ake m y poamoo " P*»> »cliool • * « •
iTfcp c w r ny *f^p|* being home »
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And me i c r e ftchtiiur to 1 I n early » U w d the o »r into Uw
In th e light of th e a rc lam p hU
Mv daugh ter, agrd « » aa ». o h»ve
for
I NK H U M A N
T H I N G T O 1)0
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P y d in t of h ard work p len ty of • I pullt d tip ^ »lio rt and a t e ____
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put.v arid a sm all in h eritan ce from
vmi know »«r get a bevilo» afternoon
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*u.' fighting m th e .Ar^onne. I m an- it hard for a ll you room . A ln i bad bren rm m n d rd to th e county l\A y prfocr S atu rd ay?**
aged to m ake a fa ir proflt on th e '■°.u„ hr ani . of no taw ,n
' i r g l . u . - a - ,h im , oiwe or tW tM b rc a u ir,
■ huk.n farm I surted out In 8,1-, ^
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yon c :w O HM on »»d m «1 "
m outh to dUpenae Juaftor.
) RrfuiOni: to let me drive mv car
A fter a few p erfunctory rem ark»
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nto town I had Ju^t a m ile to rom tlve poheem an w ith me h r
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m 4
sx> lie ortW v*d me into h is
car looked down at me w ith a heavy c « m e 'ia lir u f c i* »U»r%
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land drove into town leavin g m y car scowl and shouted. " T h irty d ays on
I to be brought in la te r
¡th e ch ain gang
Hli. ver mg a / 1 uppers will be glad to
j N either said a word cfurlnc th e T h irty d ays of w earing strip es
¡sh o rt trip to town
I know w hat un loading cars, diggin g d itch es for lk* * r a * OMt l,ir
b lan k et) l«wbkin«
1 th is would m ean It wouldn't be any d rain age, and clea rin g Uie p utrid *P°rtJ clothes th a t are a find few*
question of a ligh t fine; it would and ro tten filth from rttv srw ers c h illy w eat.ter an y hour of tlir day.I
m ean th irty d a y s in the d a rk and And I>uberry an d A m ith. the w hether you are a spurt* rilthualB at
I evil-looking towers «if th e old city w hite guards, ready T> laah out at o r not
T h r iv » nothing w arm er]
m
tall a t C ounty and W ater .Streets, one foe im agin ary in fract ion* or looking tlo ui these new aieaa. a n d 1
If yeti i t i » hit and tuAk vad tk« world
kwàa vm%k. Am t nrgflow « U»« of Mita. T h ey called it H e ll's Half Acre.** I slow m ovem ent. I lia d heard th eir jf un« kne«s and woolinem keep yitu
■AtaaraJ v a ia r, ufi. I m t m ran 1y et rhrw-.nf
How often h ad I run pa.st there favorite «port was to draw the c a g r li ir _ a rr t ll_
f * VIM1
fum and « p o r t v ii*« u> m ak« > mi auJd«oJ? on m y w av to g ra n n y 's house over blood from b lack hack*
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For Ukry can t éo it. T b r f only a at ü>«
ko vaia and a «ara « v AAt A m a i fat a« once told h er a a lld ta le about a w rked un tlie gan g. \nd at •moo<' ' »urfaoe th a t looks ex actly
M»a rat«». Tfca a m n kr jrour down-and f ut m an lean in g over tlie tu rre t of ( lie
o clu ck
wc
»ere
h erded. '
* ararm b la n k rt, to be p ractical
larltM «a
tirar It ahowid Dour oat taw
T h a 1 o c k a t g . p » n<1 pvopri - drocrlptive
grufila of l.Quid bòa lato you? bowtu daily. th a t building w ith a kn ife In h a back to ja il.
If tb ii búa m noi fl o ra « fra * y jr.wr
m outh
started , the gu ard s took th e ir fatal- T h e colors a re as lira led as Uie
j k w i l d « « R . I l ; « t Jarajra la Uba a wa«.
T h e rep u tatio n of
t h a J a il was tlon* an d we m arched thro ugh Uie Uilckueaa of Utr m a le n a l — d e .p
G« binata up yomr af aw r fa. Y aa bar* a
«M r*, bad t a l a aad vaur broa r h a fo«L
no worse th a n th e
stench th at town to Uie Ja il
We were being old gokl maroon green a ia t bf"uvn
d u U l M h m k i r t A M n u a « Y mmr baad
•ceped out from th e
crocks In th e .h u n ted back to those d a rk filth ) But the way you a m lio r throe
ojhm and roaUad down aad e«C Your wbo^
d ark and dan k trails surro un din g «u n kin g holes w here a s m an y as sw anky new rluU ira around your
I l u k r a U l « food. Aid CA RTE R'S
Its co urt-yard .
fo u rte e n m en were packed Into
congealing blood stream a
U T T LF. U VEK FiLLA to got t o « a two
nr in» i of
nf btka
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O ram p h ad told me of Uie (Aar t it , space Intended for n ee.
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J " orni‘rur Uark ^ c k " " '
k « rm l« « . r gAAtl«
«ctrarta. » —»«fui.
la u ir ^
been
accused ' '” of • rone*,
rope on a w h ite o verhead and ominous rounds <oni
niu, t „ « i r i s g lu trrm g gold and
Wb*« It CMAMA to AkkAC ttw tou fUw trm ty.
f a s t
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D espite th e fact
th a t th
e rr ¡ng from
Uie Ja
il. The W din
of s tin
,«>p|irr ctR a U m l~ a re ” pôaTuvëîÿ
F ut don't aak («rlivg.-pòàA Ask for Tartar’• g irl.
was no evidence, he was dragged cups an d p lates being banged
olm .liiqr to the ir>Treated sprclmlor,
L »"Ja Lerer F ill» Look for Ik s naraa ( a rta r*
latti# L i tot Pilla on tba r*il labal, h a v e t * from h is house and
throw n hito a g a in st tab les was h ea rd The In- but a re Uie iwnartest keep your» to
m im m olo, tk* a t ok «toma-
ja il. T h ey h ad n 't w aited to get cessan t ro ar an d scream in g ol gcU iers th a t h av e yet arriv ed to
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rang here an d th ere sh o utin g: m u- ' O M ^ e e t rnueutble '- J | « r d w ith
|tiny « a s In Uie a ir
rods of th ree plece»^ A short, aep-
; E arly {«lover, a tru sty a t the Jail u r.|[r »g irt 'm udcxtlv cache w ing an y
<m h is w ay to m ail letters as was n. the afciem rn tio n ed rU pai. a skirt
tile custom , w as turned up by a 'h a t fits r a r m ly and fla n e slqrhtly
i Stool to Uw Jailer C h a rlie C rain around th e lower edge w ith a lot of
C ram t ok the
letter.
which ia-duonable gores
i « . the
h . governor r d„ublr
A m ilita
ry trd
abort fiurkrt
was . ..HrirBmuwi
addressed Ui
, >rrll,
MIMl r U t iat
,r, ^ la
Olover was sent to th e prison h o a-|make , kn()rk„ lt ’ „ „ t lo r ^ e r a l
piUU. hi* hrazl sp lit from th r blaw w rm r.
d ra lt bv C rain V ia tl»^ grap evine 1 T h e th ird piece of th is trio In th e
ouU* tlie prmoner* liea rd about il
w rap »round ka«r coat T h is
and were up In a m is
It was ( h e '" " * r « « > m » •» p crteel a s (a r as
B la c k , lu s tr o u s h a ir m a k e s
( lis t , " broke
the * c r a a m
m e e l'.
tb* . ■ r r l,cd
n rr" 1
la
, straw
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lh
li r<ll>„
b at ltw. „ deseriptuwi
nr raaubm a-
a n y ( i r l p o p u la r
* * . , T he _n* ,*
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. t l o n w ill I ra i
you ga«|tUtg with
Istle th a t n igh t order h ad not .usp en se un til It b longs to you.
Why »J »round At horn« »tah'.n« you
been restored. Tfie m en refused to]
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»ere popular? Doi! y w r « lf up. Aik«
rre is the face p c . vice that
your hair beautiful azul /OU*U be pop*
”* * . 7 7 1 urou* tones th e y de-
A nother c » a g g e r « (fa ir Is the
It one* and you il »ivayg u*« ft to
will do it! M ade by « spr.ud
m anded b etter food b etter tre a t- s.im r sort of b la n k rty stuff In a
tf hot irons or h .tr O r.^ M e rc r. ” i *
Irocnt. work for both w h ite and good b r ie 't green wool, but (hts
new process Block and W hite
I . » m u * yror b .lr t a r a r»d. I » l f * ," 1
colored alik e, and they were h o ld -; tim e It Is Just a sk irt and )a< k rt
•r slreakse. u , , m you c .n m sec .r ,y
I à S T ia * â î
sprradv evenly. Mend» p r r f x t ly
m g out. loo.
|duet w ith shinin g brwar. buttons th a t
hair a (roolrtul luorrcr. klar« ...M
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4,u«
>u*t n«f thf» !awm« Lorl#u« Frm cM
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and ilin g . lastingly. No other -
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In
Hmr Tokorin« Appiv th# on# Itqui*
powder you have ever ttsctl will
to the governor s ears T he naner- <lou,' lr 'orm aUon
¿ u n m ymi ra n
a fifi in IS nuf.ut#« your n» r »ili t*
Postpaid O f f e r
nlaved It on T h .
r .7 7 .
» * '* n d Unie V .llrc tm g su lt-
• he mo-t b#MUttfuL -»oft. fluffy )et
he as flattering fo your natural
f eteT . e p .
** ,h; -ble blouses or sw eaters w ith diary
bl.cB you b#*« «ter Men.
; Qo«»efrof Mfg O*. » 3 * OUT* Ot ,
lim ent rrqncst ,rf the Portsm outh
,,» .d r a r c , . U) , , . , r » i t h U i e
skin tone as tin« luxurious, fra­
No -*irklne«* or odor to Lorleu«« • >t L omu M »aotiri.
• « : 11 r.'/t rub or »*th off 1 r? •
n.» it ■ » i f.'l n s buftim of | I «n -ra c ia l Com m ittee, took a han d , w lndbreaker enM inble
grantly
p r r f u t n r d lllatk and
W hites had to work too!
T lie I If you crave furs and p len ty of
IM • »• n>afc# » r t o r * toaullf'il !»•»'», * •
W hite ( .oinpicxion f'owvJcr. f iv e
Ifla'k ! »n« I,»*# fl 25 tat pat» l»tai»(>a • clia in g a n g system w as abolished fur 'o keep you warm look tor the
In th e in vestigation th at followed bo,rt’ b lusterin g woolens In checked
attractive tints: (W h ite . 11« »h,
f |Mf«t off»«» mmmry or<Rrj.
H e lls H alf Acre was clean d I r m l * " " " ' th* ‘
»cream U r a t-
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Pink, liru iictlc, Ilig lt B row n).
« a / a .
tno
to
hot'.,™
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m
ten
tlon
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w
ildest
checks
and
B lr«t_
top to bottom It was a tmnner „ „ ld, a r r Uw. Mn. , tn<t. esp ecially
C O/ O / l I K C r -
C ltf---
Hfat# _
d ay for th e town
I when lite r are combined w ith st*wts
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fUTS such a s lapin and silver m us
krnt
Eor the shopper who doesn't fa n ­
D a ily M e n u
cy checks and plaids Ih err arc some
IF YOU FEEL FINE IT'S ALWAYS AN EASY THING TO
h earten in g colors th at ought to lie wfiwbhv fir n n n n m ir a l.
more th an satisfy- i n<| b rillia n t
MORfVTflO
rangi m a-
Hpireil A pfile Hniiee
i. sliudi of copper, burnt orange,
French F ile d H e a d
M aple S iru p
M wling blues an d greens
Hint t r ce
rta
in ly «I,.
do «Treat
g re a t tilinga to
Baron S trip s
b llia
e .t
a l.llv
such h ith erto neglected allvrr inmi-
Coffe •
M ilk
AND MAKE YO URSELF POPULAR W ITH PEOPLE
knii t- lt » .
C lever designers liave tlvonghtful-
NOON
ly |>rovlded al kinds of cold w ea th ­
Baked T nm ator» Bluffed w ith
I.Aiigh and the world laugh« with j For more than half a rentury St.
er
«’lo tie s thL. year. Uie good look-
Crearne,]
Ham
you. Complain all the time and you »it Joseph** G.F.P. ha* provided abundant
in * U ilng« t h a t keep yon w rapped
fluff«,m u le Naiad
by your*eIf. Nobody ha» time to feel t tm ilt h and energy to weak, ailing.
warm
and Uitrklv, blit keep you
B aking Powder Biscuit»
•orry for a woman who i» alway» ailing. un-down women. This marvelous tonic
slim and sw anky with a ll kinds of
S traw b erry Ja in
contains roots and her!»# which are re­
W hy do it? Stop this bad habit!
fash
ion
ab le p -rso n sllty.
Tew
garded as extremely beneficial to wom­
Be Strong and Healthy
ankind. Thai’ s why Sf.Joseph's G.F.P.
NIOHT
A sm all child who la learn in g to
Women who are strong and healthy, is known as "old reliable” to thousands
StulTed M eat R oll»
e a t w ith a fork, m av be allow ed a
FEEL young all the time. They have of Ms faithful users. Treat yourself to
Sw eet Potato C roquetlc»
piece of bread or roll to une a s a
Cream ed Kggplant
the energy to do things and thry get health by asking your druggist for tlie
“pusher." T h is p ractice Is dtacon-
le t t u r e Halad
* real thrill out of life. YOU ion be big dollar bottle of St.Joseph’s G.F.P.
Thowwind Island llreseln *
Ulliied however a s soon a s th e child
It’s sold on a money-back guarantee.
pist that kind of a woman.
R a .p ta rtv .»am T a rt«
acquires ease and n eatness a t th e
Coffee
table.
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE—
WITHOUT CALOMEL
And You’ll Jump Out of Bed ia
|I Mormaf Rari«’ to G«
BRING T H E
MAGIC TOUCH OF
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N O W she goes (
out every night
V
BEAUTY
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FACE
LARIE U S E
rnrxC H
F I N E S T QUALITY
MONEY CAN BUY
Be H a p p y
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