In the Days of Poor Richard
Something to
Think About
By F. A. IF ALKER
By IRVING BACHELLER
1» he not breaking the scepter of a
on that roof und runs off through th»
FORMING HABITS
tyrant?'
SPARROW AND ROBIN
•pout, *nougb to drown a body
“Going back to his home where In
“There are many here who have
"Hut It won't drown anyone. Mra.
be
the
kindness
of
his
heart
he
had
asked
N
A
broad
sense.
habit
may
un
rs
chippy
sparrow
»m
nothing to wear but blankets with
Sparrow, and your best neat 1» safe
their rooms. happy that they had pro me to live, he endeavored, modestly,
or
termed
the
element
of
conscious
til»
der an overhanging rldg» of
armholes, belted by a length of rope. tection from the weather, when their
behind thut blind." suld Mra Robin
house on u shutter. It was ruining,
There are hundreds who have no landlord went from room to room in to explain the evidences of high regard unconscious persistence.
"Well. suppo»« It was under th»
Some habits are opposed to noble and Mr«. Chippy was not happy.
blankets to cover them at night. They forming them that they would have which were being showered upon him.
wuter »pout.” replied Mr». Sparrow,
"'It
happens
thut
my
understanding
growth,
such
as
Indolence.
Indiffer
“Never saw such weather,” she grum angry bvrnu«* »h* cuiihl n«»l inuk*
have to take turns sitting by the tire
to move on.
und small control of a mysterious and ence to lofty Impression«, forgetful- bled, “A body can't get a bite to «at
while others are asleep. For them a
Mra. Robin us unhappy «» »be
Why?" Jack ventured to Inquire.
violent
force
of
nature
has
appealed
nesa. the acquirement of rugged tern-
night's rest is Impossible. Let this let-
while It laata.”
Mrs Robin begun to sing .....rrlly
Because a seigneur bus arrived."
to
the
Imaginations
of
those
people,'
vulgar
speech,
failure
to
adapt
Albany
pera.
__
.
ter be read to the people of
Mra. Rol.ln ant on the bough of a •ml Just then the sun cititi» «ut from
'A seigneur !" Jack exclaimed.
he
said.
'I
am
the
only
man
who
Ims
one's
self
to
now
circumstances,
fault-
and may they not Ue down to sleep
tree close by under som» leaves, but
"Sev. there I» the »un-
‘Oui, Monsieur. He Is a very great used thunderbolts for bls playthings, finding and the common habit of think
until they have stirred themselves In
she piped her cheery «ong just the ■he said.
man.
for
u
new
Then,
too,
I
am
speaking
lug evil of one'» friend» and neigh
our behalf, and if any man dares to
suine. "I don't seo bow you can s«ng.
"Yes. and a nice chilly bl*«*« with
"But suppose we refuse to go," said world to an old one. Just nt present
pray to God to help us until he has
said Mrs. Sparrow. "You ure going to It to frees« us." said the grumbling
Jack.
Liberty.
I
I
am
the
voice
of
Human
There
are
hundred»
of
such
habits
given of his abundance to that end
huve a wet nest If thia lasts and. uny Mr». Sparrow. "H it » we »re »11 »»•
"Then, Monsieur, I sluill detain your represent the hunger of the spirit of which are opposed to the development
and besought his neighbors to do the
with the rain and now w must »hiver.
horses. It is a law of le grand mon man. It is very strong here. You have of the best there Is In us. ruinous alike
same, I could wIsh that his praying
I am »ure I will take cold. Oh. whut
arque."
not traveled so far in France without to our future careers und content
would choke him. Ar • we worthy to
a world till» Is for poor creatures to
There was no dodging it. The coach seeing thousands of beggars. They are ment.
be saved—that Is the question.
If and horses came back to the inn door.
live In I urn most starved, too."
everywhere.
But
you
do
not
know
that
By
following
a
train
of
wrong
Idea»
we expect God to furnish the flannel The passengers went out Into the dark.
"Look, look," chirped Mrs Robin,
when a child comes In a poor family, again and again, we griolimlly lose |
and the shoe leather, we are not. That
"there 1» the maid In the big bouse
ralny night to plod along in the mud. the father and mother go to prison our ability to distinguish evil from 1
Is our part of the great task. Are we another six miles or so, thut the selg-
throwing out crumbs for us. Oh. how
pour mol» de nourrlce. It Is u pity good.
going to shirk it and fail?
neur and his suite could en.'oy that that the poor cannot keep their chil
kind every one Is.”
We
become
nkcptlcnl.
cynical,
nar
“We are making a real army. The comfort the weary travelers had been
"Huh," snapped Mrs. Sparrow. ' she
dren at home. This old kingdom is a row, nnd unless by some fortunate
men who are able to work are being forced to leave.
Annis the cat to catch us. I sup|»>» >. I
Such was the pow-
carefully trained by the crusty old er of privilege with which the great muttering Vesuvius, growing hotter discovery ws see the falsity of our
heard her say my nest was « nuisance
year by year, with discontent. You position before It Is too late to mend,
number of
Baron Steuben «nJ
behind the blind and let It tumble.
Louis had saddled bls kingdom.
will
presently
hear
It»
voice».'
”
we
find
ourselves
In
company
with
French officers."
Now did you ever hear of such a cruel
They proceeded to Ancenis, Angers
There was a dinner that evening nt the grouches, sour faced and fault
not
fall
was
probably
they
did
That
and Breux. The last Jt.ige from Ver Franklin’» house, at which the Marquis
thing?”
tinders.
that
there
were
men
due to the fact
But what Mrs. Robin thought about
sailles to Baris was called the post de Mlrnbeau, M. Turgot, the Madame
No tmia or woman who would win
In the army like this one who seemed
building neat» behind blind» she did
royale. There the postillion had to de Brlllon. the Abb« Raynal and the success nnd the good opinions of hl»
to have some little understanding of
not any, for »he was busy picking up
be dressed like a gentleman. It was Compte and Comptesse d' Huudetot. or her friends, cun Imps to do so with
th« will of God and the duty of man.
crumb», nnd Mrs Sparrow soon flew
a magnificent avenue, crowded every Colonel Irons and three other Ameri out first overcoming bls or her degrad
This letter and others like It. traveled
down beside her ami began to eat.
afternoon by the wealth und beauty of can gentlemen were present. The ing habits.
far and wide and more than a million
"tirent big crumb».' grumbled Mr*.
the kingdom, in gorgeously painted Madame de Brlllon was first to ar
To
do
this
there
must
be
formed
hands began to work for the army.
Sparrow. "Haye to 1’
coaches, and lighted at night by great rive. She entered with a careless. the practice of mental watchfulness “Never Saw Such Weather,”
The Schuylkill was on one side of
them before.! ran swullow them. If I
lamps, with double reflectors, over Its Jaunty air and ran to meet Franklin with a will power behind it capable
Chippy Sparrow Crumbltd.
the camp and wooded ridges, protected
threw out crumb« I would break them
center. They came upon ft In the and caught Ids hand nnd gave him a of moving always In the right direc
by entrenchments, on the other. Trees
up ii» they should be broken."
morning on their way to the capital. double kiss on each cheek and one on tion.
way,
you
can
’
t
get
anything
to
eat
were felled and log huts constructed.
“There, what did I tell you? It »
There w ere few people traveling at that hl» forehead und railed him "papa."
The fixed disposition to do a thing
with the rain coming down like this."
1« by 14 feet In size. Twelve privates
raining again,” »he went on. flying
hour. Suddenly ahead they saw a
"At table she sat between me and comes from numerous repetitions. It
"Oh,
but
It
will
make
everything
were quartered in each hut.
band of horsemen riding at a wild Doctor Franklin." Jack writes. “She is by such a process thut good or bad nice and clean.” chirped Mrs. Robin. back to her »holter place. "It Is »
The Gates propaganda was again be gallop. They were the king's couriers.
frequently locked her hand In the doc customs are formed, which ultimately “And then think of All the worms we hard world to live In. Things are al
ing pushed. Anonymous letters com
ways wrong."
“Clear the way,” they snouted. “The tor’s and smiled sweetly as she looked take to the bright hilltops, or down
can get after the rain Is over."
plaining that Washington was not pro
Mra Robin flew sway to another
into his eyes. I wonder what the poor, the durk valley of failure and discour
king’s hunt Is coming."
"Over!"
grumbled
Mrs.
Sparrow.
tecting the people of Pennsylvania and
tree. "If 1 stayed there nnd listened
simple,
hard-working
Deborah
Frank
travelers,
hearing
this
command,
agement.
All
“That 1» Just it. If It ever 1» over."
New Jersey from depredations were
to h»r faultfindings I might get to bo
One of the good habits to form In
lin would have thought of these fa
"But of course It will stop raining. as dissatisfied »• «he In." she chirped.
appearing in sundry newspapers. By made quickly for the sidings, there to
miliarities. Yet here. I am told, no youth Is that of attention, espeilally
and by a committee of investigation draw rein and dismount. The deer
Mra. Sparrow," said Mr», Roldn In a “I don't see anything wrong with th|»
one thinks ill of that kind of thing. In regards to advice from parents, who
cheery tone. "It always •tops some- world. It 1» a pretty nice place to
arrived from congress. They left sat came in sight, running for Its life, the
„Il L™
The best women of France seem to know from experience what Is needed
time, you know.”
isfied that Washington bad done well king close behind with all his train.
live In. I think.”
Near Jack the treat their favorites with like tokens for stimulation of growing minds.
to keep his army alive, and that he the hounds tn full cry.
“Just because It always has stopped
Mrs. Robin's wny of seeing the
This
applies
with
like
force
to
ev
Now and then she spread
deer
bounded
over
a
hedge
and
took
of
regard,
It
will
stop
must have help or a large part of It
1» no reason at all why
world wns much happier thnn Mra.
a new direction. His majesty—a her arms across the backs of our erybody in all stations of life, and this time." »napped Mr» Sparrow.
would die of cold and hunger.
Sparrow'», don't you think It was?
short, stout man with blue eyes and chairs, as if she would have us feel especially to those who are dependent
"Ju»t look at the way It come» down
It was on a severe day In March
enough
that
her
affection
wus
wide
aquiline nose, wearing a lace-cocked
on others.
that Washington sent for Jack Irons,
The habit of giving Intense atten
hat and brown velvet coatee and high for both.
Ths scout found the general sitting
"She assured me that all the women tion to orders, however trivial, and
boots with spurs—dismounted not
alone by the fireside in his office which
twenty feet from the stagecoach, say of France were in love with le grand remembering them when the time ar
was part of a small farmhouse. He
rives for their execution, marks the
savant.
ing with great animation:
was eating a cold luncheon of baked
“Franklin, hearing the compliment, difference between the competent and
“J’ite! Donnez moi un cheval frais.”
beans and bread without butter. Jack
Instantly remounting, he bounded remarked: 'It is because they pity the Incompetent, the foolish and the
had just returned from Philadelphia
By Margaret Morison
over the hedge, followed by his train. my age and infirmities. First we pity, wise, those who nre destined for life
of
where he had risked his life as a spy,
then embrace, as the great Mr. Pope servitude and those who are destined
A
letter
from
Jack
presents
all
this
of which adventure no details are re
to lead.
color of the Journey and avers that he has written.’
corded.
Every good habit 1» laudable, every
“ ’We think It a compliment that
HARRY HERRIOT
reached the house of Franklin in Pussy
8
The general arose and went to his
the greatest Intellect In the world Is had habit reprehensible.
desk and returned with sealed letters
(©. till. MeClur» N»w.p«p»r »»l>4lc»t» >
willing to allow itself to be, In a way,
By H- IRVING KING
ARRY HERRIOT, even as a lit
In bls hand and said:
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captured by the charms of women,’
tle boy. had the habit of hurry.
“Colonel, I have a task for you. I
Madame Brlllon declared.
11« would gulp down his porridge long
could give it to no man In whom I had
“As the dinner proceeded the Abbe
UP AND DOWN
before his brothers nnd sisters had
not the utmost confidence. You have
Raynal asked the doctor If it was true
finished their», and hu always rushed
earned a respite from the hardships
that there were signs of degeneracy
O INSURE a child being bright away to sehmd with a button off or
and perils of this army. Here is a
in the average male American.
and rising In the world a baby ill» hair unfinished. In his room at
purse and two letters. With them I
“'Let the facts before us be my an
before It Is home, hl« .... .
nnd fnther had bung
should be carried Upstairs
i
wish you to make your way to France
swer,’ said Franklin. 'There are at
taken downstairs, This 1« universal tn up appropriate mottoes; but these, as
as soon as possible and turn over the
Ibis table four Frenchmen and four
the United States. Some nurses take be grew up, seemed to have had no
letters to Franklin. The doctor Is
Americans. Let these gentlemen stand
a baby up a short stepladder before effect. "Whatever Is worth doing at
US.
LYSANDER
JOHN
APPLE-
much Is need of help. Put your serv-
up.'
carrying It downstairs for the flrst all Is worth doing well," and
TON Is equal to nny emergency.
Ices at his disposal. A ship will be
“The Frenchmen were undersized,
“I see," said a guest at dinner, picking time. This superstition la purely one pull trigger before you take sight,'
leaving Boston on the 14th. A good
the Abbe himself being a mere shrimp
of un association of Ideas, In a meas left him unregvnerate.
up spoons that had been borrowed
horse has been provided; your route
of a man. The Americans. Carmichael.
As a man he never could beHr n
from the neighbor», “thut you have ure the same as the Idea that the
is mapped. You will need to start
Harmer, Humphries and myself, were
children named Louise, Huruld and righthand 1» "right" and the left hand, long train Journey because, he mild he
after the noon mess, For the first
big men, the shortest being six feet
Grace. I was under the Impression consequently, wrong—one for good always was trying to get ahead of tho
time in ten days there will be fresh
tall. The contrast raised a laugh
engine. Hl» friends eventually got
luck nnd the other for bad.
that you had only two children: Day-
Two hundred
I eef on the tables,
among the ladies. Then said Franklin
primitive man conceived his princl- used to having Herriot pass them by
sey Mayme and Chauncey Devere.”
blankets have arrived and more are
in his kindnest tones:
pal gods a» Inhabiting high places. He on the strei-t unseeing, and came to
"We have only two,” responded Mrs.
coming. After they have eaten, give
“ 'My dear Abbe, I am aware that
looked upward for good spirits nnd attribute his oversights ‘ to that
Appleton,
“
the
othtrs
are
our
children
the men a farewell talk and put them
manhood Is not a matter of feet and
downward for the powers of evil. Ju ■trained expression of his eyes, ns If
who
are
safe
with
Jesus."
Then
she
In good heart, if you can. We are go
Inches. I only assure you that these
fell over with a dry sob, and Lysander piter and his court dwelt on High mentally he had arrived lung before
ing to celebrate the winter's end which
are average Americans nnd that they
Olympus nnd the sun and moon In the his physical body could bring him to
John fell over la a fit.
cannot be long delayed. When you
are pretty well filled with brain and
heavens were Osiris and Isis to the his destination. His wife knew that
have left the table, Hamilton will talk
spirit.’
Appleton has
Egyptians. Pluto dwelt in the under she would find him pacing up and
When
Daysey
Mayme
to the boys In his witty and inspiring
"The Abbe spoke of a certain print- girl company In the evening, and
world—his shadowy realm was "down " down the flisir If Inadvertently she
based
his
fashion.”
ed story on which he had
Chauncey Devere I» called upon to The Ide« Is Ingrained In the human kept him waiting for a minute, and
Soon after one o'clock on the 7th of
judgment.
mind. We look "up” to superior nnd his children were quite accustomed to
»¡tend ten minutes In taking t'iem
March, 1778. Colonel Irons bade Solo-
“Franklin laughed and answered :
"down
” upon an Inferior. Children hurrying through their meals. Even
1ms
a
good
home,
he
feels
that
lie
mon good-by and set out on his long
T know that Is a fable, because I
were, from time Immemorial, looked his broker realized In the end that,
excuse for not knowing every l< son
long
ago,
journey.
about two o'clock in the afternoon of wrote It myself one day.
next day, and blames It on his sister upon ns peculiarly susceptible to spirit willy-nilly. Harry Herriot would buy
a pleasant May day. The savant when we were short of news.' ”
ual Influences; to magic of all kinds. above par anil sell below If th« alter
mother.
CHAPTER XXIII
The guests having departed, Frank and
greeted his young friend with an affec
It is Important, therefore, that the native were patience with the market.
lin
asked
the
young
man
to
sit
down
Then, one February, Herriot took a
tionate embrace.
baby should receive the proper Im
'word picture," as It Is g> ner-
In Franc« With Franklin.
"Sturdy son of,my beloved country, for a talk by the fireside. The doctor ally understood, 1» any paper prepared
petus. It follows that he should be cold. It wns a quite ordinary cold the
Jack shipped tn the pad et Mercury,
you bring me joy and a new problem,” spoke of the women of France, paying: by the women on Meanness of Men.
carried “up” before he Is carried doctor assured Mrs. Herriot—It need
of 70 tons, under Capt. Si-ueon Samp
•“You will not understand them or
Of course Daysoy Mayme never In “down.” The magic of association Is ed only quiet and rest. When Harry
son, one of America's ablest naval be said.
me
unless
you
remind
yourself
that
we
“What Is the problem?” Jack In
Herriot's wife heard that, aile was
tends it, but her hearers can always
here applied to movement.
commanders.
She had been built for
are In Europe and that ft is the
really alarmed.
<© by Metropolitan N»w»p»p»r Ssrvtes.l
see
a
good
picture
of
her
father
stick
rapid sailing and when, the second qulred.
clocks
"Stay In bed, give your strength
"That of moving Margaret across the Eighteenth century. Here the <
ing out of every line.
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day out, they saw a British frigate
task now. are lagging. Time moves slowly, With
time to return, don't be In a hurry to
channel.
I
have
a
double
bearing down upon her they wore ship
the poor it stands still. They know
get well.” < »f course Harry went back
If all Mrs. Appleton says of her girl
and easily ran away from tlielr enemy. I mast secure the happiness of Amer •not the thing we call progress.’
to the office, with a temperature, and
ica
and
of
Jack
Irons."
hood
days
Is
true
the
men
are
terribly
Their first landing was at St. Martin
“'Those who have money seem to
then he whs laid low In earnest with
He
read
the
dispatches
and
then
the
changed.
In
those
days
a
man
would
on the Isle de Rhe. They crossed the
very busy having fun,’ I said.
pneumonia threatening.
display great energy In courting a girl,
island on mules, being greeted with doctor and the young man set out In
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Eventually they pulled him through
a coach for the palace of Vergennes,
the cry:
more demi than alive, Then, lest he
the
prime
minister.
Colonel
Irons
"Voila les braves Bostones!”
Real Color of Gold
dash through medical discipline again
In France the word Bo-stone meant was filled with astonishment at the
Few persons are familiar with the
away back
some day, they sent him
I
tokens
of
veneration
for
the
whlte-
American revolutionist. At the ferry
real color of gold, because it Is gel
to his old home to his
I
mother and
they embarked on a long gabbone for imlred man which he witnessed In the dom seen except when heavily ai-
THE CURIOUS DARKY
father to recuperate. They put him
La Rochelle. There the young man streets of Paris.
toyed, a state tn which It Is much red-
to bed, too 111 to remonstrate, in the’
"Th«
person
of
the
king
could
not
enjoyed his first repose on a French
der than when it Is pure. The purest
N ATLANTA cotton broker had oc room that he had had ns a boy. The
lit built up of sundry lay rs of feath- have attracted more re -ipectful atten coins ever made were the $50 pieces
casion to take a business trip Into furnishings were unchanged, nnd the
tion,
”
he
writes.
"A
crowd
gathered
er beds.
which were once In common use In
Interior Georgia. . He bore his golf familiar mottoes on the walls began
about
the
coach
when
we
were
leaving
In the morning he set out In a heavy
California. Their coinage was aban
clubs with him, Intending to stop off to cutch Ids attention. His mimi, how-
vehicle of two wheels, drawn by three It and every man stood with uncov doned because the loss by abrasion
upon his way back for a match on ever, rested upon one that he did
horses. Its postillion in frizzed and ered head as we passed on our way to was so great and because their inte
m>t remember.
"More haste, less
the famous links at Augusta.
the
palace
door.
In
the
crowd
there
powdered hair, under a cocked hat,
rior could be bored out and filled with
hls speed.” That held him. "True !" he
lie
dropped
off
the
train
nt
was
much
whispered
praise
of
'Le
with a long queue on his back and In
lead. They were octagonal in shape
business destination—a small town on groaned. Here nt Inst was the logical
great boots, hooped with Iron, rode a grand savant.* I did not understand and were the most valuable coins ever
a brunch road—and, carrying hl» lug answer to his habit of hurry.
lively little bidet.
Such was the this until I met. In the office of the minted and circulated. All gold Is
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
gage, climbed Into qn ancient hack
f.
’
ompt«
de
Vergennes,
the
eloquent
French stagecoach of those days. Its
not alike when refined.
Australian
(£ b> ««(ropolltun Nnwapaper Survlce )
nnd bade the driver, who wn» an old
running gear having been planned with Senator Gabriel Honore Rlquettl de gold 1» distinctly red-V* than that
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negro
man,
take
him
to
the
local
an eye to economy, since vehicles were Mirabeau. What an impressive name! taken In California. Moreover, placer
QUESTIONS
hotel.
taxed according to the number of Yet I think he deserves it. He has the gold Is more yellow thnn that which
FREE.
The
darky
eyed
the
queer-looking
eye
of
Mars
and
the
hair
of
Samson
their wheels. The diary Informs one
Is taken from quartz. This Is one of
leather
bag
that
the
stranger
toted,
Caller — But
that when the traveler stopped for and the tongue of an angel, I am told. the mysteries of metallurgy, because
with the peculiar looking sticks in it.
you
said
you
food at an Inn, he was expected to In our talk, I assured him that in the gold In placers comes from that
wouldn't charge
His curiosity got the better of him.
The highways Philadelphia Franklin came and went which is In quartz. The gold In the
furnish his own knife.
1
m» anything for
“Boss," he began, "please suh,
were patrolled, night and day, by and was less observed than the town Ural mountains Is the reddest In the
tho little legal
'scuse me—but mout I ax you a ques
armed horsemen and robberies were crier.
developing
real
race
track
abilities,
questions I asked
world.
“
‘
But
your
people
seem
to
adore
vineyards
were
not
tion?
”
unknown. The
but It 1» the experience of Daysey
you.
“Go ahead and ask," said the pas
walled or fenced. All travelers had a him,' I said.
Mayme that the man of today climbs
Hie
Nou
Broken
“ 'As if he were a god,’ Mirabeau an
license to help themselves to as much
haven't.
What
senger.
on a pedestal, and languidly beckons
In a fight with a schoolfellow,
I've charged you
"What kind of a lodge Is you In
fruit as they might wish to eat when It swered. 'Yes, It Is true and It Is right.
to some girl to come and worship at
for Is the an«
Has he not, like Jove, hurled the Thackeray, the famous novelist, had his feet.
stitutin'?”
was on the vines.
(CopyHabt by th» MoNau«bt Syndleat». Ino.)
»/ Q»or»» M*ttb»w A4»ma.)
They arrived at Chanteray on a cold lightning of Heaven In his right hand? his nose broken and th« disfigurement
.rainy evening. They were settled In Is he not an unpunished Prometheus? lasted all his life.
CHAPTER
XXII—Continued.
Copyright by Irving BacMU»
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