Claremore Progress. And Rogers County Democrat (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1914 Page: 6 of 12
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CLAREMORE, OKLA.. P R O G R E S S
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<#- HALLE ERMINIE P1VE5 .
ILLUSTRATIONS & LAUREN STOUT
SYNOPSIS.
John Vallanl, a rich soc-loly favorite,
tudiU-uly discovers that the Valiant cur-
uorutton. which hU father founded ami
Which was lhe principal source of his
wealth, had failed. He voluntarily turns
over hiM private fortune to the receiver
Tor the corporation. His entire remaining
posKi-NHloiiH constat of an old motor car, a
white bull dog ami Damory court, a neg-
lected MStah* In Virginia. On Hie way to
uaniory court ho meets Shirley nano-
rid^e. an auburn-h«\lred beauty, n«l de-
cides that he is going to like Vlrgln'a im-
mensely. Shirley's mother. Mrs. Pand-
ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem-
inisce mes during which it Is revealoO
that the major. Valiant's father, ana u
man named Bassoon wire rivals for the
band of Mrs I > mdrid In I • r youth
Bassoon and Valiant fought n duel oni her
ace'M.iil in whieli tin fofnrr was killed.
Valiant rinds Datnory court overgrown
With weeds and creepers and decides to
rehabilitate the place. Valiant sivos
Bhirlev from the tdte of a snake, which
pltes him. Knowing the deadllness of the
bite, Shlrlev sucks the poison from the
wound and saves his life. Valiant learns
for the first time that his father left V Ir-
glnla on account of 11 duel in which Doc-
tor fioutliall and Malor Bristow aetfd ^as
his father's seconds. Valiant and Shirley
Income good friends. Mrs. Pandridge
faini* whan she meets Valiant for thr
first time. Valiant discovers that, he has
u fortune In old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament, a survival of th« jousting or
feudal times, Is held at Pamory court. A
the last moment Valiant takes the plac«
of one of the knights, who Is sick, and
enters the lists. Ho wins and ehom
Shirley Pandrldge as queen of beauty
the dismay of Kathcrtne Fargo, a former
sweetheart, who Is visiting In \ irginia.
The tournament hall at Pamory court
draws the elite of th - countryside. Shir-
ley I s crowned by Valiant as queen ol
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley of his love
and thev become engaged. Katherim
Farfjo, determining not to (rtve tip \ all-
ant without a Ktru!?sU>. points out to SMr-
lev Imw terrible It would be for the wom-
an who caused the <1u«l to meet \nl ant.
who looks so miieh like his father. Shir-
ley, uncertain, but feeling that her moth-
er was In love with the victim of Vali-
ant's pistol breaks the engagement Oreef
Klnc. a liberated i .rnvlct whom Major
Bristow had sent to pilson. mikes throats
Brills! his prosecutor Valiant nleads
with Rhlrlev. but f-ills tn persuade her
to change her de-ieloti Malnr Brls owjls
fatallv wninded 1 • v Orf of KI nc. but be
fore dying he confesses to Mrs. Pan!
ridge that lie had kept a letter Valiant
had written to her arter the duel.
CHAPTER XXXI.—Continued.
In the little haircloth trunk back In
fier room lay an old scrap-book. It
held a few leaves torn from letters and
many newspaper clippings. From
these she had known of his work, his
marriage, the great commercial suc-
cess for which his name had stood—
the name that from the day of his go-
ing. she had ao seldom taken upon her
lips. Some of them had dealt with
his habits and idiosyncrasies, hints of
an altered personality, and aloofness
or loneliness that had set him apart
and made him, In a way. a stranger to
those who should have known him
best. Thus her mind had come to
hold a double image: The grave man
these shadowed forth, and the man
she had loved, whose youthful face was
In the locket she wore always on her
breast. It was this face that was
printed on her heart, and when John
Valiant had stood before her on the
porch at Rosewood, it had seemed to
have risen, instinct, from that old
grave.
He had not kept silence! He had
written! It pealed through her brain
like a muffled bell. But Beauty Vali
ant was gone with her youth; in the
room near by lay that old companion
who would never speak to her again,
when Valiant would have done so, the I tectlve, almoBt motherly gesture. It
major called him nearer. made his own heartache more unbear-
"No," he panted; "I like to see you | able.
Such a little time ago he had
tfco together." His voice wae very
weak and tired.
Ab she leaned and touched his hand,
he smiled whimsically. "It's mighty
curious," he Bald, "but I can't get It
out of my head that Its Beauty Vali-
ant and Judith that I'm realiy talking
Foolish—Isn't It?" But the idea
seemed to master him, and presently
lie began to call Shirley by her moth-
er's name. An odd youthfulness crept
into his eyee; n subtle paradoxical
boylshtioBB. His cheek tinged with
color. The deep lines about his mouth
smoothed miraculously out.
"Judith," he whispered, "—you—
sure you told me the truth a while ago,
when you said—you said—"
"Yes, yes," Shirley answered, put-
ting her young arm under him, think-
ing only to soothe the anxiety that
seemed vaguely to thread some vague
hallucination.
He entiled again. "It makes it
easier," he said. He looked at Valiant,
his mind seeming to slip farther and
farther away. "Beauty," ho gasped,
"you didn't go away after all. did you!
I dreamed It—I reckon. It'll be—all
right with you both."
He Bighed peacefully, and his eyes
turned to Shirley's and closed. "I'm—
so glad," he muttered, "so glad I—
didn't really do it, Judith. It would
have—been the—only—low-down thing
—I—ever did."
The doctor went swiftly to the door
and beckoned to Jereboam. "Come in
now, Jerry," he Baid in a low voice,
"quickly."
The old negro fell on his knees by
the couch. "Mars' Monty!" he cried.
"Is you' gwlne away en leabe ol' Jer-
ry? Is yo'? Mars'?"
The cracked but loving voice struck
across the void of the falling sense.
For a last time the major opened his
misting eyes.
"Jerry, you—black scoundrel!" he
whispered, and Shirley felt his head
grow heavier on her arm, "I reckon it's
-about time—to me going—home!"
CHAPTER XXXII.
Renunciation.
The grim posse that gathered In
haste that afternoon did not ride far.
Its work had been singularly well
done. It brought back to Damory
court, however, a white bulldog whose
broken leg made his would-be joyful
bark trail into a sad whimper as his
owner took him Into welcoming arms.
Next day the major was carried.to
his final rest in the myrtled shadow of
St. Andrew's. At the Bervice the old
church was crowded to its doors.
Valiant occupied a humble place at
one Bide—the others, he knew, were
older friends than he. The light of the
late afternoon came dimly In through
the stained-glase windows and seemea
to clothe with subtle colors the voice
of the rector as he read the solemn
service. The responses came broken-
ly, and their were tears on many faces.
Valiant could see the side-face of
the doctor, its saturnine grimness
strangely moved, and beyond him,
Shirley and her mother. Many glanced
at them, for the major's will had been
opened that morning and few there
had been surprised to learn that, save
for a life-annuity for old Jereboam,
he had left everything he possessed
to Shirley. Miss Mattle Sue was be-
side them, and between, wan with
weeping, sat Rickey Snyder. Shirley's
felt that arm about him!
He loaned his hot head against the
cool plastered wall, trying to keep his
mind on the solemn reading. But Shir-
ley's voice and laugh Beemed to be
running eerily through the chanting
lines, and her face Bhut out pulpit and
lectern. It swept over him suddenly
that each abominable hour could but
make the situation more impoBBible
for them both. He had Been her as
she entered the church, had thought
her even pnler than In the wood, the
bluish shadows deeper under her eyes.
Those delicate charms were in ecllpBe.
And it was he who was to blame!
It came to him with a stab of en-
lightenment. He had been thinking
only of himself all the while. But for
her, it was his presence that had now
become the unbearable thing. A cold
sweat broke on his forehead.
for 1 am a stranger with thee, and a
sojourner; as all my fathers were. O
spare me a little, that I may recover
my strength before I go hence. . . ."
The Intoning voice fell dully on his
ears.
To go away! To paBS out of her
life, to a future empty of her? How
could he do that? When he had part-
ed from her In the rain he had felt a
frenzy of obstinacy. It had seemed eo
clear that the barrier must In the end
yield before their love. He had never
thought of surrender. Now he told
himself that flight was all that was
left him. She—her happiness—noth-
ing else mattered. Damory court and
Its future—the plans he had made—the
Valiant name—In that clarifying In-
stant he knew that all these, from that
May day on the Red road, had clung
about her. She had been the Inspira-
tion of all.
"Ijead, kindly Light, amid the encircling
gloom—"
The voices of the unvested choir
rose clearly and some one at hie side
was whispering that this had been the
major's favorite hymn. But he
scarcely heard.
When the service was ended the
people filled the big yard while the
last reverent words were spoken at the
grave. Valiant, standing with the rest,
saw Shirley, with her mother and the
doctor, pass out of the gate. She was
not looking toward him. A mist was
before his eyes as they drove away,
and the vision of her remained waver-
ing and indistinct—a pale blurred face
under shining hair.
He realized after a time that the
yard waB empty and the sexton was
locking the church door. He went
slowly to the gate, and just outside
some one spoke to him. It was Chis-
holm Lusk. They had not met since
the night of the ball. Even in his own
preoccupation. Valiant noted that
Luck's face seemed to have lost Its
exuberant youthfulness. It was worn
as if with sleeplessness, and had a
look of suffering that touched him.
And all at once, while they stood look-
ing at each other. Valiant knew what
the other had waited to say.
"1 won't beat about the bush," Bald
Lusk stammering. "I've got to ask
you something. I reckon you've
guessed that I—that Shirley—"
Valiant touched the young fellow's
arm. -Yes," he said, "I think 1 know."
"It's no new thing, with me," said
i the other hoarsely, "it's been three
j years. The night of the ball, I thought
I perhaps that—I don't mean to ask
what you might have a right to resent
arm lav shelteringly about the small | - but I must find out. Is there any
shoulders ae if it would stay the pas- reason why I shouldn't try my luck?"
sion of grief that from time to time ; Valiant shook his head. "No," he
shook them. said heavily, "there is no reason."
The evening before had been further | The boyish look sprang back to
darkened by the child's disappearance ! Lusk's face. He drew a long breath,
•liid Miss Mattie Sue had sat through I "Why, then I will," he said. "I—I'm
half the night in tearful anxiety. It | sorry if I hurt you. Heaven knows 1
was Valiant who had solved the riddle, didn't want to!"
In her first wild compunction. Rickey | He grasped the other's hand with a
man's heartiness and went up the road
with a swinging stride; and Valiant
stood watching him go, with his hands
tight-clenched at his side.
A little later Valiant climbed the
had gasped out the story of her meet-
ing with Greef King, his threat and
her own terrorized silence, and when
he heard of this he had guessed her
whereabouts. He bad found her at
the Home, In the deserted cabin from
I which on a snowy night six years ago, 1 sloping driveway of Uamory court. It
He Went Upstairs. Into the Bedrooms j ghir|ey had regcued her. She had fled | seemed to stare at him from a thou-
there in her shabbiest dress', her toys | sand reproachful eyes. The bachelor
and trinkets left beljind. taking with I red squirrel from his tree-crotch
her only a string of blue glass beads j looked down at him askance. The
that had been Shirley's last Christmas redbirds, flashing through the hedges,
One by One.
the lifelong friend—who had really
failed her thirty years ago! . •
and in a tin box a mile away lay a let-
ter. . . .
"He won't rouse again," the doctor
had said, but a little later, as he and
Valiant sat beside the couch, the major
opened his eyes suddenly.
"Shirley," he whispered. "Where's
Shirley?"
She was sitting on the porch Just
outside the open Window, and when
she entered, tears were on her face.
The doctor drew back silently; but
present.
"Let me stay!" she had wailed. "I'm
not fit to live down there! It's all my
fault that it happened. I was a coward.
I ought to stay here in Hell's-HaH-Acre
forever and ever!" Valiant had car-
ried her back in his arms down the
mountain—she had been too spent to
walk.
He thought of this now as he saw
that arm about the child in that pro-
fluttered disconsolately. Fire-Cracker,
the peacock, was shrieking from the
upper lawn and the strident discord
seemed to mock his mood.
The great house had become home
to him; he told himself that he would
make no other. The few things he had
brought—his books and trophies—had
grown to be a part of it, and they
should remain. The as should not be
faid to the walnut grove. As his fa-
ther had done, he would leave behind
him the life he had lived there, and
the old court should be once more
closed and deserted. Uncle Jefferson
and Aunt Daphne might live on In the
cabin .back of the kitchens. There
was pasturage for the horse and the
cows and for old Sukey, and some
acres had already been cleared for
planting. And there would be the
swans, the ducks and chickens, the
peafowl and the fish.
A letter had come to him that morn-
ing. The corporation had resumed
business with credit unimpaired. Pub-
lic opinion was more than friendly
now. A place waited for him there,
and one of added honor, In a coucern
that had rigorously cleansed itself and
already looked forward to a new ca-
reer of prosperity. But he thought of
this now with no thrill. The old life
no longer called. There were still
wide unpeopled spaces somewhere
w here a man's hand and brain were no
less needed, and there was work there
that would help him to bear, If not for-
get.
He paced up and down the porch un-
der the great gray columns, his steps
spiritless and lagging. The Virginia
creeper, trailing over Its end, waved
to and fro with a sound like a sigh.
How long would It be before the lawn
was once more unkempt and draggled?
Before burdock and thistle, mullein
and Spanish-needle would return to
smother the clover? Before Damory
court, on which he had spent Buch
loving labor, would lie again as It lay
that afternoon when he had rattled
thither on Uncle Jefferson's crazy
hack? Before there would be for him.
In some far-away corner of the world,
only Wishing-House and the Never-
Never Land?
In the hall he stood a moment be-
fore the fireplace, his eyes on ita
carven motto, "I clinge:" the phrase
was like a spear-thrust. He began to
wander restlessly through the house,
up and down, like a prowling animal.
The dining-room looked austere and
chill—only the little lady in hoops and
love-curls who had been his great-
grandmother smiled wistfully down
from her gilt frame above thle console
—and in the library a melancholy
deeper than that of yesterday's trag-
edy seemed to hang, through which
Devil-John, drawing closer the leash
of his leaping hound, glared sardon-
ically at him from his one cold eye.
The shutters of the parlor were
closed, but he threw them open and
let the rich light pierce the yellow
gloom, glinting from the figures in
the cabinet and weaving a thousand
tiny rainbows In the prisms of the
great chandelier.
He went upstairs, into the bedrooms
one by one, now and then passing his
hand over a polished chair-back or
touching an ornament or a frame on
the wall: into The Hllarium with its
records of chl'ldlsh study and play.
The dolls stood now on dress-parade
in glass cases, and prints In bright
colors, dear to little people, were on
the walls. He opened the shutters
here, too, and stood some time on the
threshold before he turned and went
heavily downstairs.
Through the rear door be could see
the kitchens, and Aunt Daphne sitting
under the trumpet-vine piecing a nine-
patch calico quilt with little squares
of orange and red and green cloth.
Two diminutive darkles were sprawled
on the ground looking up at her with
round serious eyes, while a wary ban-
tam pecked industriously about their
bare legs.
"En den whut de roostah say,
Aunt Daph?"
"Ol' roostah he hollah to all he
wires, Oo—ooo! Oo—ooo! Young
Mars' come!—Young Mars' come!
Young Mars' come!' En dey all mighty
skeered, 'case Mars' John he cert'n'y
fond ob fried chlck'n. But de big tuh-
key gobbler he don' b'leeve et 'tall.
Doubtful—doubttul—doubtrul!' he say,
lak dat. Den de drake he peep eroun'
de cornah, en he say, 'Haish! Haish!
Haish!' Fo' he done seed Mars' John
comtn', sho' nuff. But et too late by
den, fo' Aunt Daph she done grab
Mis' Pullet, en Mars' John he gwlne-
ter eat huh dis bery evenln' fo" he
suppah. Now you chlllun runs erlong
home ter yo' mammies, en don' yo"
pick none ob dem green apples on de
way, neidah."
It was not till after dark had come
that Valiant said goodby to the gar-
den. He loved it best under the star-
light. He sat a long hour under the
pergola overlooking the lake, where
he could dimly see the green rocke,
and the white froth of the water bub-
bling and chuckling down over their
rounded outlines to the shrouded level
below. The moon lifted finally and
soared through the sky, blowing out
the little lamps of stars. Under IU
light a gossamer mist robed the land-
scape In a shimmering opalescence,
in which tree and shrub altered their
values and became transmitted to sil-
ver sentinels, watching over a de-
mesne of violet-velvet shadows filled
with sleepy twitterings and stealthy
rustlings and the odor of wild honey-
suckle.
At the last he stood before the old
sun-dla), rearing Its column rrom Its
pearly clusters of blossoms. "I count
no hours but the happy oneB:" he read
the Inscription with an indrawn
breath. Then, groping at its base, he
lirted the ivy that had once rambled
there and drew up the tangle again
over the stone disk. His Brlde's-Gar-
den!
In the library, an hour later, sitting
at the big black pigeonholed desk, he
wrote to Shirley:
"I am leaving tonight on the mid-
night train. Uncle Jefferson will give
you this note in the morning. I will
not stay at Datnory court to bring
more pain into your lire. I am going
very tar away. I understand all you
are feeling—and so, goodby, goodby.
God keep you! I love you and I shall
love you always, always!"
OLD BUILDING WITH CLOCKS
Anolsnt Structure In City of Rothen-
burg Is Remarkabla for Clocks
Upon IU Facade.
Berlin.—The ancient city 6f Rothen-
burg, one of the oldest In Germany,
has numerous quaint bulldlngB, one of
which, depicted In the photograph, Is
remarkable for the clock upon Its fa-
cade. There are two dials, one show-
ing the hours and the other the min-
utes. At either side are shutters,
which fly open at the stroke of twelve,
disclosing two mechanical figures
dressed In the costume of long ago,
who raise and lower beer mugs aa tf
drinking a toaat, keeping time to the
strokes of the great gong. The clock
(the short]
a CUT I
Ito healthI
I is by way of the Stomach, |
Liver and Bowels. Keep
| these organs strong and |
active by use of
HOSTETTER'S
1
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The Voice From the Paat
Though the doctor left the church
with Shirley and her mother, he did
not drive to Rosewood, but to hie of-
fice. There, alone with Mrs. Dan-
dridge while Shirley waited In the
carriage, he unlocked the little tin
box that had been the major's, with
the key Mrs. Dandrldge gave him, and
put into her hands a little packet of
yellow oiled-silk which bore her name.
He noted that It agitated her pro-
foundly and as she thrust It Into the
bosom of her dress, her face seemed
stirred as he had never seen it When
he put her again In the carriage, be
patted her shoulder with a touch far
gentler than hlB gruff goodby.
At Roeewood, at length, alone In her
room, she sat down with the packet In
her hands. During the long hours
since first the little key had lain in
her palm like a live coal, she had been
all afire with eagerness. Now the
moment had come, she was almost
afraid.
She tried to imagine that letter's
coming to her—then. Thirty years
ago! A May day, a day of golden
sunshine and flowers. The arbors had
been covered with rosea then, too. li)ie
those whose perfume drirted to her
now. Evil news flies rast, and she
SOLO
Fine Specimen of German Architec-
ture, With Queer Clock.
Is run by weights and Is aald to keep
perfect time. It has been running
since 1768.—Popular Mechanics.
I Stomach Bitten I
I and you possess the se-1
crets of continued good
■ health. It is for Poor I
B Appetite, Indigestion,
Blips, Constipation |
Biliousness. Try it. I
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A soluble Antiseptic Powder to
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As a medicinal antlaeptlc for douchee
In treating catarrh, Inflammation or
ulceration of nose, throat, and that
caused by feminine ilia It has no equal.
For ten yeara the Lydla E. Plnkham
Medicine Co. has recommended Paxtlna
in their private correapondence with
women, which provea ita auperlorlty.
Women who have been cured aa*
it is "worth ita weight in gold." At
drugglata. 50c. large bo*, or by mall.
The Paxton Toilet Co„ Boston. Mass.
WAR TRAINS USED IN MEXICO
Armored Railway Cara Are of Airier
lean Design and Were Built
at Koppel, Pa.
New York—The armored railway
cars in use In military operations in
Mexico by the federal forces and tc
some extent by the revolutionists are
said to have been originally built foi
the Diaz government during the opera
tlons against Madero, says Engineer
lng News. The cars were designed
and built by the Orensteln-Arthur Kop
pel company of Koppel, Pa. They are
35 feet long and 9 feet wide, with theli
roof 12 feet 5 inches above the rail
The walls and roof have two thick
nesses of steel plate and the four-Inch
space between Is filled with sand and
concrete. Portholes are provided in
the sides and end of the car, and there
is a steel plate door. The Interior ol
the car Is fitted up with bunks, shelves
drinking water storage, etc. The cart
have small doors capable of being
locked from the Inside, and when sc
locked the car is entered by a trai
door in the roof.
WILSON "CUSSED" BY GOLFER
Man Nearly Hit by Chief Executive'*
Ball Scores the Prealdent for
"Careleaaneaa."
Washington. D. C—A disagreeable
occurrence on the links of a Washing-
ton golf club marred the enjoyment'
of President Wilson's golf game re-
cently.
Mr. Wilson had made a long drive
and the ball whizzed uncomfortably j
close to the ear of a young Washing
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As a man grows older his bump of
conceit gradually becomes a dent.
Keep Hanford'a Balaam In your
home. Adv.
The girl who accepts the first suitor
misses a lot of valuable experience.
ALWAYS STOOD FOR "THE"
"Ye" of Our Forefathers Has Too
Long Been Ignorantly Mis-
pronounced.
How does It happen that in copying
and reading ancient manuscripts we
oall the character our ancestors
meant for "the" by the ridiculous
•yer
They said "the" Just as we do. and
the only apparent reason tor mis-
taking the character is that two cen-
turies ago the letter "h" was usual
ly written with a tail below the line,
and with a razeed top, which made it
look like our "y." Then the word
was so frequently used that it was
contracted. Just as the word "and"
waa then treated and continues to
.he treated to this day by many of us.
When I waa a boy, more than 80
yctnai). the alphabets In our school
bootaMways ended with the "short
aa4." We called U "ampersand." and
iwnaUerid it a toe snapper when we
I off the alphabet
" 1 It
Now, It is likely that our will
become obsolete. Just as "ye" has be-
come. Then our descendants of the
next century or two will be puzzled,
perhaps: but I do not think they will
be so foolish as to say 'ampersand"
when reading our manuscripts and
coming to the little quirk we meant
ror "and." Do let us drop saying
• ye."—The Dial.
Hawk Swooped on Hunter.
A large hawk attacked J. S. Spicer
ot Fredericksburg, Va.. while he was
hunting wild turkeys in Spotsylvania
county. While hidden in a brush pile
and undergrowth, Spicer commenced
calling turkey*. Soon a huge hawk
alighted on the limb of a tree nearby
While Spicer was waiting for the bird
to turn, so as to become a favorable
target the bird suddenly dived toward
him. Before the hunter could fire the
hawk was upon him. Spicer threw up
bis left band to guard his face, and
the hawk's talons pierce his hands
Spicer soon bore the hawk to the
ground, and. getting hla knife from his
pocket with hla free hand, cat the
liilirr la the bawhte lego- la this
condition he succeeded In bringing it
to PrederickBburg alive. It Is sup-
posed the hawk saw only Spicer's
eyes through the brush, and thought
him a rabbit or other prey.
Lawyers' Favorite Indoor Sport.
"As to the question of good faith
that has been raised here, that has no
bearing whatever." declared one of the
lawyers for the "taxpayers" who are
trying to enjoin the Hyde case prose
cution. And possibly be spoke correct-
ly. More and more the element of
"good faith" is ceasing to be a factor.
Many attorneys regard the administra-
tion of law as an indoor sport—a duel
of wits between Artemas Quibble and
Erasmus K. Snitch.—Kansas City Star.
The Interpretation.
Fola La Follette, actress and suffra-
gist, said at a luncheon at the Colony
club, apropos of a dlrorce: "There
would be less divorce if men were
franker. Men are too accretive in all
things. The half ia not told.' Here
she amlled quaintly. "That being In-
terpreted. means." she said," 'The baa-
tar half la not told.'"
She Tried to Imagine That Letter's
Coming to Her—Then. Thirty
Years Ago!
had beard of the duel very early that
morning. The letter would have
reached her later. She would have
fled away with It to this very room
to read it alone—as she did now!
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Value of Talk.
Talk has the reputation of being the
cheapest thing there is. As supply
and demand have something if not all
to do with values, doubtless the sup-
ply ot talk is what gives it a bargain
counter value.
Things that are cheap lack enduring
quality.
It talk were confined to the things
done more than to the thing aald. It
would have a greater value.
Some one asked Edison it he experi-
enced much Inconvenience on account
or his deafness. He replied that he
thanked God for It every day, since It
protected him from the distracting ef-
tect or other people's talk. He could
thus live his own lire, think his own
thoughts, do his own work In his world
of silence.
. . . . The man who 1b well balanced Is nat-
ion attorney, who was playing ahead u the one who ,8n.t easily upset.
of the president. The startled player
used some emphatic language In ex n>rionn<Mt<miMDicKmou)M-
pressing his opinion of this careless- ^ liable mvu WAxmb. % t knit. aa
"unaware of the Identity of the man 1 Marriage may be a failure In aome
he had "cussed," he was astoundet" cases, but with the advent of twine it
on turning to recognize in him the becomes a howling succeaa.
president of the United States.
Mr. Wilson was deeply offended and
without another word bundled up his
golf clubs and left the links, his game
unfinished. The member ot the club
who offended him has written a fetter
of apology.
Our mlnde are full of waifs and
estrays which we think our own.—O.
W. Holmes.
Origin of the Word Alcohol.
In the second century B. C„ the
Egyptians had an eye salve contain-
ing antimony sulphide, which, in
Arabic, was called "kol," or with the
article "al kol." Originally the word
denoted any remedy for the eyes, and
specifically a liquid collyrium, made
from burnt incenae and burnt almond
shells. Later any fine powder was
called "al kol." and by extension, any
fine or subtle substance, whether In
powder form or not Since the fine-
ness and volatility of wine were called
Its "spirit," the latter was also
termed "al kol." or alcohol. This sig-
nificance of the word has persisted to
the present time. In the expression
"alcohoUsatus," used for drugs In very
fine powder.—'The Pharmaceutical
Era.
Napoleon aa a Scientist
Napoleon Bonaparte waa an active
member of the French Academy of
Sciences; waa elected a member In
17P7. Hla appreciation of the Impor-
tance of scientific reeearch la liloe-
trated by the nember of aaate
ha look with hla ea hla ex-
pedition to Egypt, where he organised
the Institute of Egypt in Cairo and
proposed to establish an observatory.
His illustrated report of his Investi-
gations on the antiquities of Egypt
was the first step In Egyptian arch-
eology, leading to the brilliant labors
of Champollon, Marietta and Moapero
and the dominance of the Wench
school in Egypt, even under British
control.
MADE POST OFFICE OF A TREE
Jeremlsh Boser, an Iowa Pioneer, Just
Dead, Carried Mall In the
Year 1844.
McGregor. Iowa.—Jeremiah Roser.
believed to have been the oldest resl- ;
dent ot Iowa, was burled. He had ,
lived in Iowa continually 79 years. ;
When he wae sixteen years old he
was a mail carrier, a hole in a tree
serving as one post office.
In the winter of '44 and '45 Mr.
Roser carried the mail on horseback
from Dubuque 60 miles north into
Iowa. The first stop on his route was
an old oak tree by the roadside, where
he left mail in a hole cut In the trunk
for the settlers who had built cabins
in the timber roundabout.
Actor's Prsoewco of blind.
When something goes wrong on the
stage the clever and experienced ac-
tor can always save the situation by
faking. An old hand worked it one
time like that *Dle, villain!" the
hero said, and shot off his revolver
at the Tfllaia's head. But the gun
didn't go off. 81a times the hen
pulled the trigger, and not a single
explosion took place. The audience
waa getting hysterical, when the vic-
tim struck an attitude end aald:
"Tour pistol has misaed fire. Sti
Reginald, bet what difference doea It
make? The thoaght that I waa to fee
shot haa frightened me to 4mtkf
Would Disprove Anti-Suffrage Theory, j
New York.—To disprove the theory
that suffrage would doom the home
and family. Mrs. H. C. Arthur, a mem-'
ber ot the Women's Political union,
exhibited ten healthy children on a
sight-seeing automobile.
Policewoman Resigns.
Bayonne, N. J.—Declaring Ufat she
has not the heart to atop spooning in
the parka, and that to spy on spooners
Is a mean Job, Mlsa Ruth McAdie. Bay-
onne's lone policewoman, haa decided
to resign.
Ice Cream Curee Drunkenness.
Boeton —Pleoty of the Unset choco-
lates and th« richest lea cream are the
best cara for dellrtem tremens or plain
drunkenneee either, according to Dr.
K
The Covert Insult.
Miss Oldglrl—That horrid Miss Pert
acted very rudely to me in a street
car today.
Miss Smart—What did ahe do?
Miss Oldgirl—She got up before
everybody and offered me her seat.
Important to Mothera
gamine carefully every bottle of
rOEIA, a aate and sure remedy for
Infanta and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of (
In TJae For Over S
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatoria
The Haughty Dog.
"My new dog ignores me."
"If you bad a pedigree aa long aa
hla you'd be exclusive, too."
For Called Horace.
When your hone la galled, apply
Hanford'a Balaam of Myrrh and yon
can keep on working. Try It aad If
your home la aot cured quicker thaa
by aay other remedy, the dealer will
refund yonr money. Adv.
Hla Buainesa.
"How unkind that doctor la!"
-Naturally. It is a doctor's busi-
ness to treat people OL"
Cases OM Sores, Oftsr ReaMdtoe Beat tea.
OM Fa
Atlaatie City, N. J.—The aM-Crab-
- After all. what la the great que*
tion of Ufer
T know! What* the acore?"
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