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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1916)
' fiflllii of t0W9 and Adventure txmmeaBBBBmm wauiiWBiBgaMBiaBOTMaiinMaiawia twwtwjiJiWL,i:3fflrwi'aiiM:aiu'j,ui.ii.iHUXL'iiJ).vj.uiti-'ii: JIIIWULUU'LITf lilJl.IMMHMWl A Faith In- Human Nature fly Annette Aneert wm both MMHmJ laMNBMMHMMMHMmm BRMBH9nNHEBKniEnwnRi at 1 tri gone ox v e r. S Lady Warbury home?" "No sir. JadjBhlp lias fb Klslcc." "ur course.' claimed U 1 I with nn expression of annoyance tit Ills own rorgctruincss. "To Miss Church Ill's wedding!" llo wno oa tho point of turning uwny Iroin tlio house, when (ho luitlrr. who knew hhiMvcll, syniputhollcully add ed: "I think Miss Wnrbury Is at home, sir." "Then sho Ikihii'I gone with Latly Wnrbury?" until Oliver. wondering why In the world Kuulco bun stayed away fioni (ho wedding of her dearest friend. "I don't know whether Mlsa Mar bury would sec j on. sir." aiiggcalril the butler. "f will wait hero while you nsk," to turned Oliver. Kuulco Warbury was leaning back In onu comer of a largo sofa looking extremely miserable, but when tlic butler explained that Mr Tracy van downstairs she ruso wllli considerable alacrity and crossed llin room to a mirror which hung on tlio wall bo tweon tlio two largo windows. Standing before It, sho made a care ful Inspection. Ktinleo did not think that Oliver would discern any traces of tliu unwonted tears which bad re cently been shed. "You can bring Mr. Tracy litre, please," sho said, turning with a nmilo and nn outstretched hand when Oliver, a few minutes later entered drawing room. "How Is li," ho asked, "that you havo not gone to tlio wedding?" "Mow in It," sho orlid, "that you havo ranie. slncu you knew we were golng7" "U, well, It can't very well be a lapse of memory on your part us on mine," bald Oliver. "My mother," returned Kunlee. "de clared sho should tell Mrs. Churchill I am not well." "Upon my word. I havo never seen you looking better," he Insisted, as she returned to her scat In the corner of the sofa. "0!" sho exclaimed, flinging out her lunula wllli it despondent gesture. "I feel so utterly sick of it all." "Thete has been such it dreadful scene," she explained. "You must Know I am a tonol. I havo been put ting my tool down." Oliver glnnood at. tlio small member peeping out beneath her skirl. "I simply refused to go to Klslroo." she added. "I am Immensely glad -but wbj ?" lie asked. "You know Mr. Alexander, the most odious of men. I hate In look at him wllli his htigo pain face, bis bald bend, his little pig's eyes and his spiky nuts Inch - If only It hid his mouth." "Still," suggested Oliver, "the fact that Miss Churchill is marrying n man who Is not an Adonis seems insuffi cient reason for your declining to go to her wedding at the Infest moment." "Of course," said Kunlee, "you don't know Dolly Stuart!" "Never even heard of him." "Dolly Is a gunner." sho explained. "When ho wuh lioiue, two years ago, he and Laura Churchill -O, you under stand." "A bit or a nutation." v "0, dear, no, I but,, does not In the least doscrlbo it. It may seem ridic ulous to you. but they fell very scil nusly in love with each other. Dolly bad to go back to India for two years, and In any case the Churchllla would never havo consented to an engage ment." "Out or sight, out of mind," remark ed Oliver. ' "I don't suppose," Kunlee Insisted. "that Laura has passed a Bluglc day without thtuklng of him, nor that bo baa passed one without tblnklug of her. lint Ijutira is the loveliest girl In the world." "Upon my word I can't lot that pass without a protest," bo said with n laugh. "And her people nrc what they call ambitious." "After all." Oliver expostulated. "Miss Churchill is not a child. You may lead a horse to tho water, you know, but jou can't mako him drink." "0. I admit thai Laura Is weak." said Kunlee. "If I had been In her place nothing In tho world should havo Induced mo to promlso to marry a man I detested." "I am hoping ou're going to marry one you are immensely foud of," be returned, rising from his chair and standing with one band on the head of the sofa. "I shall if I marry at all!" "Tho chances arc that you will," he Insisted. ( "My mother." cried Kunlee. with a smile, "declares that It's doubtful now I have passed my twenty-third birth day." "Ikit although Laura," Kunlee con tinued, "ought to have stood out, you can't Imagine what she had to put up with at home. I supose the separation from Dolly and the hopelessness of tho prospect look the courage out of her. Site refused Mr- Alcxaudor time after time, but tho horrid man perse vered, her mother put pressure on her. and for some reason or other at Inst sho yielded." "Anyhow." returned Oliver, 'tho die is otyt by this time." "0, yes," said Kunieo. "I really might Just as well have gone." shn added. "I have sat here picturing everything as .llstlnctly as though I had been In the litiiuii. "I could Imagine Laura entering on her father's arm, followed by the six bridcbtiialds the eldest was not seven years of ago! Mrs. Churchill, proud and smiling, and half afraid Laura would break down. You know how Mrs. Churchill would look! "And you can see Mr. Alexander by tho r.ltar. twisting his black mustache: and Laura's uncle, the bishop. Of courso they all know what she wan undergoing, and how sho hated it and had been bullied Into It. yet not one of them dreamed of Interfering. Poor Dolly! You can't Imagine IiIb sensation at 'MAR this afternoon." "Well, now, I fancy I can," an swered Oliver. "I question It," she cried, shaking her head. "Why arc you skeptical?" he dc mnnded. "O. you always seem so wonderful ly self-possessed; you always nay pre cisely the right thing at the proper time, but as to natural human sym pathy" "You don't consider I'm capable of nnythlug of the kind." "Did you expect mo to wear my bearl on my sleeve?" "I sometimes wonder," she relumed, "whether you posbcsb one." "I used to. but the fact Is" he Ex claimed, bending over tho sofa. "I was going to tell you about Dol ly Stuart," said Kunlee. rather hastily. "In all my life I havo never seen a man look half so miserable." "So he is back In Kugland." asked Oliver. "He arrived four days ago nnd i.'ine to see mo a few hours after ho reach ed London. You understand, bo couldnt' present himself at the Churchill's, and naturally he felt Im patient for news of Laura. Ho hadn't thn slightest shadow of a suspicion about her engagement to Mr. Alexan der, and I actually had to tell him she was going to be" married In tt few days." "How dll be take If.'" asked Oliver. "At first," Kuulco explained, "bo seemed to collapse altogether. I thought he was losing his gciikcs. He dropped Into a chair and gazed at mo so blankly with his mouth open, and hadn't a word to say. "Then," she continued, "he started up in a fury, and flounced about the room like a lunatic, llo would Insist on seeing Laura j ho would 0, ho threatened tho most absurd and Impos sible things -poor Dolly, llo is rcal l.v one of tho nicest men I know." "I suppose bo thought of emulating Young Lochlnvar." suggested Oliver. "Ho vowed that whatever happened Laura should never marry Mr. Alt x andcr. He didn't care whether she had promised or nol; tliore was plenty of time. Of course," said Kunlee, "tho poor fellow didn't know what he said." "Sound and fury, signifying noth ing." returned Oliver. "And." murmured Kunlee wilh n sigh, "by tlila lime Laura Is that odi ous person's wife!" Seeing tears In her ejes, Oliver could restrain himself no longer. "Ku nlee." ho said, taking her haud ns It tested ou the head of the sofa, "I want to know whether jou will be tujno--" As lie was speaking the sound of a motor fell upon liln cars, ami Kuulco blartod excitedly to her feet. "Surely mother can't be bark al ready," she cxclulnicd. hastening to tlio window. "For goodness' sake, don't keep mo in suspense." urged Oliver, following her ou the instant. "Laura was not to leave home un til 4:1 R." faltered Kunlee. with her hands pressed against her breast. "Darling " ho began, when the door was flung wide open and Lady War bury outcrrd like a hurricane. Slightly shorter than her daughter, she was very smartly dressed for the occasion, and she looked surplscd to sen the vis itor. Nol by any monnn displeased, however, becaus" the chief purpose of Iter life was to provide a husband for Kunlee, who wan. certainly hard to please. "O. Mr. Tracy, how do you do?" sho cried, but without offering her hand Lady Wnrbury sank Into a chair. "Kunlee." she continued, "(he most dreadful thing has huppcued!" "Yes. I know," said Kunlee. "Please, don't try to bo sarcastic," answered her mother, "because you do not know anything about It. Poor, dear Mrs. Churchill!" "Wasn't she well enough to go to tho wedding?" asked F.uulcc. "My dear! You will scarcely bo llovo it, but there hasn't been it wed ding." "Not been a wedding!" "At least not at Klstrce." said Lady Wnrbury. "It's to bo hoped there will be one souiowhero else." "Mother," urged Kunlee, In the great est excitement, "plcaso tell mo all about II." Oliver placed a chair behind her, nnd sho sat down, whllo ho remained standing with his bunds on Its back. "I havo nover beard anything like It in my life," Lady Warbury explain ed. "So cool, so barefaced, so auda cious! It appears that Laura left the house whllo everybody thought she was drcsslug to go to tho church. No letter! Not a word!" "Did she go nlono?" asked Kuulce. "No one known anything for cer tain," was tho answer, "but Mr. Churchill questioned tho servants, nnd It seems that alto was seen talking to a tall young man In tho Inno utter din ner last night. Sho had told Iter poor mother thero were somo books and photographs she wished to pack. "She was seen In the lane." Lady Warbury continued, "and again this morning, about three-quarters of an hour boforo she ought to havo set out to church, a powerful motorcar toro along thn main road, and Laura way have been Inside II. Thero was no v.J son." UD"lnJtchct JitX:mr i" Rliould manage to off' from Kunlee wlicn ti? v,V1 With atelnnr,CDtll0lWli buri. l..,l,iinVf.r.CI?,nUJ "Srsa Hrir,''B,iBgcMedhcrmtt' broke llin neut um. ...'!: "No." Bho cri d Z" "' bullcr had l,ft '1 ift Dnllv Hli,,t Y ,w?- sald'Kuiiiee'lur bg ffl Oliver'. fu,. M..10.1?! "'arrled by ipccW I nS ware aa they're on the" ta rising from Lor chair. .E little liilli.r O... . "'" ktL"!hMk UV.UI.U in Human nature Oliver, forced to the twct... tin mitrhf nut ( .i. ...."" reluctant to go avayjUHV nviu uui mi nana, "Knnrihv. Mr T...-..i.. bury, frowning became oIIim IxfilPltnn will. ,M-.. i '1 Lunlce auddenlj broke Itteij "Mnllirr." nlm f.li...j ,.l , r ', v !, vim frown at onco disappeared Ira Warbury's face. "Well, my dear, bit tu p, K sac ucmanaea, tiu t j Htnllc. Kunlee adrancedtoOlht hnlli linnHa r.tituiAi.i .., .1 ....... ......up muiitiunun; quel went far toward rtitorfci Warbury'a faith la hucu i which the untoward clrctmri: I'iiBircc mrrutcnw to fltitroj. And She Love 'mmimmmm esides mmmBt''fammar9mm--mr'i uu ) i ' ' i i. m nwmmmmmrnmmtm'mmm By Will Seaton mm 1 1"" Vfl J II 11 WMSHi&lim II1LDY WAIN nt wimYiuiir ., ... .1 1.... Kiniiiiri at 1'iu mini of paper in cover ing which wilh fig urea Bho had pHhhcd the best pari of an hour. An teacher of mathematics In tlio Went more high school sho vmim ac complished In figur ing, hut all tlio ability In thn woild could uot uiHkc it balance where thero was none. The Tact remained that aft er tho roor wiib rcHhlnglrd. the bath room pipes attended to, and Nick's course In civil engineering paid for Ihoro would be nothing left for the grocery bill or the new suit she so badly needed. Tho door opened and her mother en tered. She bad a pleased smile on her face. "Stop a iiiluuto and look at this doublet boiler," sho said. "Mrs. Sinip Bon Just brought It." "Is It paid for?" Thfldy Interrupted. That was her luvailable query when anything new appeared in tho Wain household. "No. lie's WHiting downstnlts. It's only fs. Could jou " "Ob, mother!" Thlldy said. "Did you need another double boiler?" "Of course I did." Her mother's touu held resentful surprise. "How am I to keep houso without the proper utensils. I'd like lo Know? Well. If you can't give mo the money I sup pose I can go across and borrow It or Mrs. Calvert." With a Jump Tlilld reached for her bag. "No, no! You miiHtt'l." Her lingers trembled as she counted out the money. A wretched suspicion came to her tint! perhaps her mother al ready owed Mrs. Calvert for money borrowed. She must find out whether this was true. With a nigh she leaned her head on her hand and studied the figured sheet again. Thero wiib tapioca pudding for din ner tnuilc in the new double boiler and triumphantly exhibited, Thlldy bad no appetite for It. Hut seventeen-year-old Nick and llfteen-year-old Madeliuo joousl made away with great portions of the food "Oh, mother." Madeline said. "I didn't tell ou, did I? Doroth.v lilnl xall Is going lo have a party the Itflh and I'm Invited. Can't I havo a new pait of while sllppcts lo wc.tr?'' "Ask Thlldy." replied Mrs. Waiu, glancing uneasily at her oldest child. "Can't I. Thlldy?" Thlldy hesitated. She remcmbcicd n time when she witH fifteen and bad wanted Hllppcra for Homo special oc callou. and how she felt when she could not havo them. It seemed h pity that any one so pretty nnd Jo.unis as Madeline should waul for an thing. She smiled and nodded. "We'll sc." Madeline clapped her hands. "Oh, Thlldy, what would wo do without j uu?" Hhe, cried. What, Indeed? Thlldy herself some limes wouderrd. Ah the oldent and the best prepared she had put on the harness as her futhcr laid ll aside. Kor three yearn she bad taught, provided for tho family, and fought their bat tles. Al twenty-flve sho felt ns old hb hIio ever would at fifty. And the end was not yet. After dinner. It being baturday, she chose it book from the rack on t lie sit ting room table and lay down on tho couch for a If 1 1 lo wcll-descrved test. Her mother had gone Into tho next bouse lo show (lie new boiler It) Mrs. Cnlvcit. Madeline bad gone fo a mov Iiik picture show with a friend, nnd Nick was plaiug ball ou Hempstead's flat. The houso was still. Thlldy open ed her book, but she did not rend. It fell out of her hand, and nhe lay with her ejen closed, her brain working restlessly. How could she read or do uiij Iblng save struggle with her piob IcmaV They were ;o many and so. tremendous, All at once she seemed Inadequate, almost helpless. Sho trembled to think of what fhey would come to If she fell III or Iob( her po sltlon. II Is trim that Douglas, the brother who was two jeatB .vouiiger than herself, had a good Job. but low long he would keep It was it question. He had promised to help her with her hills, but thus far be bad not sent any money home. She bitted to write and ask him for assistance, but It ithIIj seemed as If she must in this emerg ency. Yet. though all these things harassed her. there was one worse than all the fact that her mother ran to Mrs, Calvert with all their nlfalrs. Thlldy believed that these untoward confi dences were destrolng all respect thai the Calverts mlghl huvo for llicm. Cur tis Cnlverl himself was left no Illu sions In regard to iiilldv. He kt.ew what she canted and how sho pint it: how her would-bo economies an noyed her mother. Any liking lie might have had for her was surely being killed. And Thlldy knowing all this wna powerless. Al the opening of the door she start ed up. Thlldy was half prepared for her brother's entrance before she paw him. "Douglas!" she exclaimed. "Hollo. Thlldy," he suld. lie dropped into a chair. "It's all up. (Ice, I wouldn't work for that fellow another mliiulo If he'd paid me in diamonds. What's the use? I'm no slave. An llilng in the house to eat? I cumo though without lunch." "There's cold meat nnd bread." Thll d. replied. As DoiirIhh wont In search of It she stuff) d a cushion over her face lo smother back her tears, At the supper table they were n re united family- outwardly. Douglas had much to say. "I guess I'll strike Cuit Calvert for a Job." be said. "Ho ought lo be able to find me a pk'oo In the store somewhcie. I never tried clerking. I bellcvo I'd like II." Thlldy said nothing. She snt silent, wondering what she could do nexl. She did uot like to think of Douglas beg ging Curtis Calvert for a Job. Her cheeks wero so red that Mrs, Wain re marked anxiously. "You look feverish. Thlldy. You haven't, caught anything at school, have you?" After supper Douglas Invited the whole famllv lo go with hint to the moving picture, show. Ills manner was I bat of 11 jouug lord wllli favors to bc kIoh Madeline was as eager for thn show ns If she had not already been to one that alternoon. Thlldy pleaded a headache, and In the end they all went iiwa and left her. Hhe sat ut a table In the sitting room darning a stocking when there came a knock at the door. When she opened tho door nnd saw who was there she could hanll.v speak. Never had Curtis Cal vert looked so fall, so fine, so won derful. "Mother said that they had all gone out and left you alone." bo said. "So I thought I'd cotno over and chat awhile. I haven't scon you this long lime. Thlldy." "I111 so uusy," she stammered. They sat down and she tried to tuck the stocking bag out of sight. "fin rich! nn wilh xeurtcrk.' lis suld. "Don't mind int. MI tell you about the time I cci own socks by pinning th t; gellicr with safety puir He hud her laujlilng wltWa 111 utcB. 1 lien uo grew lerioui. ui lin milil. "I've come overtotutlll proposition." llo leaned cfootl bio watching licr downnnini fully. There wa a uieute i you 0 marry me, ne eouw. Thlldy's fare allowed In ivl "Is thero an) tiling to nwr lis aaked. "Yes. Four thlnji," TUJj I mured, 11. 1 ....' nhii 1ir mnst 111 m.. ,,Mwww"-- you'vo fought alone loor. enV I mo tukc a hand now. Cnnjl .... ,.,IH9'I I I III', Ul'UI 1 ., I VI She nodded, sobbing. HeWI hand aud pressed It loamy II docsu't eccm fair torn iJI "Hut I do need you. am--"Whul, Thlldy:" . Curtis Caheit laughed."! W' J said, "I've known mat etir' gnu lo love jou TTTfTTT mum illinium 1 1 11 111 MTiiurii 111 1 I'll 111111K11111 n iinn imiiiiTTtirniiiiiniiniiiniiii iiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiinnimnni)iimiii What The Cyclone Did lilIWlfWIIIIMIWWjUOJ8.WWli-iattlUUIJ-Uiaill.M.UWMIItMMMlXI8a iiwi inniiiiwHWMWBMagi Father's Final "No 1 1 JS mriii z:m c.Miii.dl strain Hut Ihoro In AYMOND niCKNKLL was a believer in tliiugH. Sometimes ho won do red -but he always believed. Ilu)iuonil bnllov d lu superstitions, ho nover Hcoffcd at phenomena. tho miracles of naluro did uot arouse his I hoy awed him. a limit to crciiunn. n someouo hud told Itajmoiid that on a certain day the Mississippi river had backed up, that (ho whole nil cam had flowed noithward Tor tho space of one hour and then returned lo lis original iIiku'IIoii. Itajmoud would have bieu Inclined fo doubt him. Ho would have suggested that such a thing would be highly Improbable, had he been ou In timate terms with the prison who re lated this alarming fad to him he might havo called him a liar. Hut on the whole. I(amoml was a strusling poison. II huppoued. howevei. that l!.i moud wan witness to an oven nunc xtaiillug miracle, llo accepted ft lie ou'ers uo explanations, nor asks any . He .uu the thing and takes it for granted. At the time this strange stunt hap pened Itayiuoud and bin trusting young wife Margate!, wero living in .vrUona They bud left Ihe liuatlu of he big eastern city and gone out ou iho desert. Solitude Is a flue thing for Hie imagination. Hujinond needed all iho imagination he could got. for his bU8luo6n was that of willing stories, aud iniagluatiou was tho firm's main fUbCt So they had loft the toar of the city and nought solitude, buildlug their little cabin In the heart of tho gnat desert, 20 miles from tho ucHie.it neighbor Their cabin was the icgulai home pleader's shack pine boards, rouglly thrown together Two holes cut 1 (trough the planks served as windows It was furnished with rough home made, uecei'sttry furniture. Here the oung couple lived. Itavmond hitting in the so-called living toom nnd pounding his Dpewrller, while Mar garet followed the shade line of the house in the effort lo find a cool place to sit aud read. The solitude had Its dealrrd eftccl upon llaymoud. He began lo turn out belter stories, ami sell moie of IIk-iii. I'lctiBed wilh her husband's succohs Margaret was content to sta,v in the dohort. II made no dltfoicneo (o (hem if lliere was no one else around, (hey bad each other and that was all Hiey wanted. Kverythiug continued iosil Tor the .voting people, aud If somo one had told Raymond that ou .luno L'l ll.'Of,, ho was to witness a si range mltiu'le, he would Hiirely have doubted him. On Iho nlghi of the troth, the ncarlj acclimated westerners retired at their usual hour Their room was the one wilh the oast window, and it was lliolr custom lo wake up with the sun cvcr.v morning and watch il as II climbed out or the edgo of Iho desert ami climbed ever higher into the cloudless wcst ci 11 hk. bringing with ll the hcul waves that make the queer sights of the descil On the morning of the -'1st Ituymoml awoke at the time ho always did and looked out of Iho window lo gree( the sun. It was not there, Itul -everj-thiug was bright with sunlight He looked agalu horrors! liie shadow was ou the cusl side of the bouse! This discovery brought a startled cry from his lips, and caused his wife lo wake up alto. He did not lei I her at once, ho wanted her to discover (ho fearful condition herself, he was pot altogether sure of himself. Margin el soon discovoretl (he wield condition, the sun's ra.vs taim from (he west! She cried out wilh rear and shrank back Tin re bad been a wind stotni bowling about their Hide cabin during the night aud il had gotten on her nerves She was jtrald A happy thought struck Itujmoud. thes bad overelept It was now evem Ing uijd the buu was setting, there v as an eaby solution. He looked at bit watch, S o'clock! His wife's limepiece rigisterrd Ihe same. No, 11 was morn ing! Together (hey made their v.aj out of (he cabin and stood alone on (he dust covered dnserl, Theio in Hie west was the great round sun. And It was rising! Itlsiug up over the edge ot Ihe dcseil the same way il bud come out of the cast since Hie begin ning of time. The iincannlness of Hie (hlng weigh ed upon him. He turned lo his wife. She was trembling, aud on the verge of a collapse. The strange, unholy phe nomenon had a ff cited her more than ll had him. i ho loucsomcuess of the place preyed upon her, sho struggled hard 1 keep her self-control. "Oh, Hay." she sobbed, clinging to him, "I'm afraid, take me nway! I can't stand it" ! A si range, blind fear came over lluyinond. be feared for his wife's menial condition If she was subjected un longer to this uiiexplalnable thing. He himself was frightened. It wasn't light, ll couldn't be, but (bore it wus! 1'lcklng up the hysterical woman in his arms he started to run. llo knew no direction, anywhero to get away from the awful, deadly fear. Acioss Ihe desert he flew, nol seeming to no lice (he weigh! of Ihe sobbing little woman in his arms. A praliio-dog hole caught his foot aud threw (hem both into a heap in the alkali dust He was up again in a moment, and grasping his wife by (be band started on. All duy loug they struggled ou. lips compressed, eyes ou the burning ground, never looking at the sun. Thc.v had lost all sense of direction, had no idea where the were going, lo get awu.v from Hie fear, that was nil Lale in the oveulug they came It a i .inch house lie knew not bow. iNor did he know the rancher who look llicm Ills wife uas in a hysterical condition and he put her to bed al once llo did uo! attempt lo offer any explanation ti tho man The people at tho ranih would think him iusune He wuuld wait Ihoro over night and In the morning th amo could see for himself, could go out aud watcn the sun come up out of tho west. Allci worthing with troubled thoughts and anxious for his wife, whom he thought could nol stand tho strain she bad been through, he Anally sank into an unsatisfactory sleep. The next morning ho hurried out. aud there was the Miin-ln the oust. Kverythiug was as usual, nothing strange or wlerd as on the preceding dn.v. His wife cumo on! and stood by his side, Neither one said any tiling. After a rest at the friendly rancher's house they returned to their own llltle cabin, Kvcrylhlng wus all right. Just as the.v left it. They could do nothing but wonder. They had seen It, and ct they didn't know A few days later Hammond's wife bunded him the following dispatch from Hie weekly paper In tho nearest (own: "Salome, ArUoua A tornado in this vlolnlt) last week picked up (lie house of Lee Jones aud set II down wrung side to. None of Hie occupants were aware of (he fact until morning, when the found the barn trying to enter (he fronl door Mr. Jones says that ho re members a Jarring sound in tho night and that ho nearly rolled out of bed. ' This explained Ihe m story to her Their houso bad suffered the si'ine ticatmcnt. Hut Itujmoud would uot accept It, or any oilier explanation. There was no barn on his place, no landmark of nny kind, lie offers no explanation for the occurrence. He will not accept nny. llo believes it. For did he uot see it with his inn e.ves? G - i SbiiiIt's Confession. "You wero a college mau?" Inter rogated the ludy lu Ihe v iuo-eovurnd bungalow "Yessum,' replied Sandy Pikes as he tackled the wedgo of peach plf "And took degrees"'" 'essuui ' 'How mauj degrees did you take" "Nlnety-oue, mum. I stole do col ' lege thermometer one sumwer day " 'L' can't niat'o htm. Thai's final." and tho big, loud-vuked innn's flst caino a X$Yk7 dow u and shook tho fr2S3f table before, hint. J I "Hut, father, we JGr V ically love each Jjjl other, and jou ' " know, daddy, dear, ou have never tc fuaed mc anything yet. She was right. He had never ie fused lo giant her tiniest wish, and yet he could not sec his little gjrl. Iho Image of her dead mother, married lo a poor doctor Just building up a prac tice. No, he had high ambitions for her, sho must marry a man of wealth who could give her all she desired. To bo sure, this young doctor was u re markably likable fellow, a good whole some bo. but II Is a long, slow Job establishing a practice in a town where Ihoro uie already loo many doc tors, good, bad a.td liidllfcreul. "Vo. inj dear." he now spoke lu geuller tone. "I can't let jou. wilh .votir good looks and clever braliiB, marry a poor man, and lr I know tint .voung doctor, he won'l take jou with out mj consent. Woil let tho matter drop." "We won'l let the mutter drop,' the girl replied lieatcdlj. Her ejes lost their coaxing, pleading light, which bad for Ihe first time failed lo move her father. They were uow windows through which an uuconquerablc S hit flashed, and her chin took on a Armor line, making her look the counterpart of tho powerful man before her. "You are absolulelj cruel You married inj mother when jou were onlj a poor boy. You loved her, that was enough Did cilber of jou ever regret If ou know you didn't Dad, and in spl'e of evcrj (hlng that money can buj. I be lieve (hat you were happier In the lit tle cottage where you began life ilan tn (his beautiful house where she went out of our lives lib a Utile sob. Ihe girl ran out of the room, kav ing her futhcr to his memories. ics waat sne said was true. TJuey had been happy, supremely happy, in their simple Utile cottugc. Of course, they had been happy lu (ho big, new house," but somehow they bud seemed nearer and dearer to each other In their flrsl little vine-covered home. Memories flooded back, once tlio gates of time wero opened, and the man liv ed over again hls"couiilngduys" utid the Urst years of his married life. An ne had loug sluco gone to her teal, peacefully and uncomplainingly, and he was left wllli only ihclr daughter, Murjic, to comrort him and (111 bis lonely life. Tho next morning MarJIc appeared dressed for h gallop, Tho day was clear and crisp, a lingo of frost was in Ihe air that sent the spirits rising and flic blood tingling. "What a scrumptious daj il is, dud!" No hint of the interview ot last t.lght lingered in hor tones. She bad not forgotten It; her father know her loo well for thai, "Just the city for a tide," continued Hie girl. "Oh, doesn't this air make lire worth living?" The girl sparkled with the Joy of life. The, spring of her s(cp, Ihe toss of her head and tho wave of her hand all proclaimed her tho Ihoroughbied that she was a fit rider for tho beau tiful animal she sat I lor falhci bad never scejji her in such high spirits or such raduxnt health If she would onlj forget Uiut joung Marsh -Oh. well, time wotild remedy that. II was" nn hour lutor when tho tele phone rXng sbarplj. "Hellf.; Yes, this It Mr. Harring ton )vhal? Mji-JIo hurt? How? When?! Where?" The quesllous fairly uiJ.ed Micuiselvc "esj" a clear, calm voice came over the wire "Her horse became fright ened, ran awaj und llirew her f-he struik her head and is jet unconsci ous Thej are laklug her homo now Thought I'd let jou kuow beforchuYd " The receiver fell from the baud of the distraited father Marjtc hurl Sho wight die Oh. If she would only live he would grant her every wish. ivej it her . . ...... .. nil 100 U( her choice. ,xu -. i: .'." fcw."!C.D rm o! tkr Still, lllll-UHB'."' ;-w ,!! and laid l' on the "' to receive her. I low; dloW now, so still, w ""jry Ar l lociur lunun .,,ttalM" exanilnntlo..bocamcoit;i', who bat wllli do";-, i. Your daughter "" fall. An operation fa jg will lu delicate and Pe MP' I think yes. I V'l'j miVodl sieauiasi, voting physician , jy. "Man. save ier n'- wr sank wearily 0"g1i slricken lo mine r imj . Sumo weeks later i n immiivliig Marjle s I'jocw chain opposite her , ".." 'ot ..t,on:L iierM5 tins lime ; -.7 liini , mil after hajliiB I" "".",., i,fe "My boy.juusbttr MnualllCB " - . ,.. .ilitOM ..,,, Ic rascal. I "ft u; i, accident iuriw ;; ie ,i., .hinder that "",,, rf thought how nearly a ,. ''!'r',onof: caiieu mi- , r.fts Pliicn on luc fdfC ihcm ins wr"" ,.... fr.nikiller?0P-t soaring in lhcclouaVed IV "OK 'ol i. ,,...pll0USl .Iklllf! antupbereoo "fo UCkS Hie an--" Woman"" ,be The pal'r .ucW parly with flS-,& J (Old rvthlOftW'T J 4 hit lliiLJlMiiijH