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mm ipspOT , . vTatmr y x -v&zsz mwww--v j Cy Virginia TrUr Hudson. (Cowrlcbt, 190T, bf W. B. HMnt) "A: NT now, weloomt, dear to our home! With lt,,rou mutt ac cept mt, lt't tru fcut ramem- ' ber. it's New Torkl And think " - how long yoil'v wanted to Uve In Kew Torkf ' , ' ::,t Aa she apoke Richard Ilanrejr un locked the door of hla apartment.. He tood aalda and eurtaled ferandiy at his wife entered the haUwar. '. r i' ! V "New Torkr breathed Allca to rhap o3 y, elAapln and uaclaaplnr her hand In a nerroua way ehe had. . She Tan chliaiehly 'from room to room, delighted anew with every treah evidence of the thoughfulneas , of Rlchara. who had planned and prepared it for her. j : "Why, ifa ail wonderful, beautiful, deareet!" aha exclaimed. She stopped. ) to throw, her arms around the neck of Jier nuaband, and tiptoed up to klsa him , on the cheek. Tou're too good to me, ., nhe whispered, the tremble in her voloe showing how near were the tears. "Too ' good! Ah, to, think you have brought - me Away from It ail from the children, their everlasting worn out atockings. and the buttons, and the old cracked .".-plane to this!'? she swept her arms to include the beautiful home and the en tire city. "To UUs nd to New York! iAh. Richard!" ' . , The man smiled tenderly Into ' the flowerlike face upturned to his own. 'But you haven't seen the muslo room yet, madame." he retorted gayly, and ' threw open another door. . There it was! The musle room of Alice's longing girl . dreams. :' A soft .light filtered through a stained-glass window upon the polished surface of a 'small grand piano. A wide bench stood in front of it Even the pink roses In their cut-glass bowl, of which she had ,so ofUn talked to Richard aa an Inevl v table part of the picture, were not mlss- Ing; but he had placed candelabra with' . ruddy-tinted shades upon . a table to take the place of the organ. Alice had, ; considered a pipe organ necessary, but ' 'had been willing. to compromise on a - shrine, provided it had the proper air 'Of aesthetlo mysticism. On the floor by the side of her harp stood a tall vase of American Beauties. Ah, ' Richard knewl Not a rug covered the polished floor, and not a pillow encumbered the listen chair," as Alice called the wicker armchair placed at the right angle b vtween the piano and the undraped, soft colored window. . . CASTE MUST GO FROM COLLEGE LIFE C ontmuecl from First Page. This Section , system, and the report has been adopted without reservation. Now it' but remains for the precep tors and students to get together when ths next term convenes and decide how ' the ' provisions of ths report can b carried out Dr. Wilson believes that ths great problem of reorganization should be lm mediately solved in order that ths health and progress of Princeton as a bsred. &nl oclai bod' BW? , Ha admits that the move be proposes is radical, yet takes an optimistic view . ff the outcome. Indeed, he believes that the recent steps toward democracy at Princeton have put the whole university rlil ArW2i?12l,om hun,or ot reform. i i'068?,? improvement he ex ' V ln, th eUmlnattng the SK!? ULEaS1 !?S,pedtt?.trT ,B ts col lege. Instead of the policy maintained at most colleges of students "stttlnS , at the feet" of great scholari i and ' taking of their' kDowledK. aa nmna from on high. Dr. Wilson has induced the young .Princeton men to read and .think for themselves, with perceptorsto guide, not direct them; to study with tbem, rather, than rule over them. And, now, wilii the abolishing- caate between the Student and the pro. lessor, be has set the task of abolish ing It -between - elder , brother and younger brother of the student body ' "Princeton," Dr. - Wilson told the trustee, "had become, so far as her ijinlcrraduates were concerned,: merely a dtiig:htful place of residence, where voiinsf men, for the most part happily ,'.,-.'!,! H-1 with other things, were made to j w: nil certain academic task." it ii ( lured thst the Uf and con prlotisn.s of the students were msinly aomitniio and detached from the inter (Mi Hhjch la theory take young people THE Alice dropped on the piano bench. . . '- "On, Richard I" she sobbed happily. "Oh,- Richard I .- Richard!; Then you do believe in me? Tou dol And you'll help me help me to be! It does look selfish ef me. after all this, does it notT But, dear, X mutM She flung herself In, his . arms Impersonally, perhapsas she went on: "And you you're too. good to me you're the epitome of all good- , ntn and honorl'' Richard smiled vaguely. Tie bad beard himself spoken of differently in a varied career.- She continued! "After all. . though, If I'm a success, -Richard, dear, it will 1e your success, too, In a way. If I thought I could never be a great singer a really great one I'd rather die right now than go On trying. You've been my inspiration would It seem too mean if I said my opportunity? - You've encouraged me sol Ah, Jielp me! Help me!'- . -; , ; " ' , ' ' - Richard bent solemnly slowly down and kissed her fair hair. . "I will try to be a good wife to you, Richard.'' Alice went on. 'I'll try to de serve, it all but how better can I do it than by making you proud of met - I can sing I know It and I'll make all the world know it It's the one thing I can do. I'm not domestic, and I detest cooking and scrubbing and housekeep Ing even this kind - of, housekeeping. I'm so glad we can have a housekeeper. To be compelled to do all those things at home came near making me even hate the babies who were responsible and there was so much of It to do until you came. dear. . New Torlc and fame Were far-off prospects those days." . v Richard was solemn. He looked at Ms pretty young wife, sitting before the open piano, running her fingers lightly , over its keys. The spell of the ceremony in the dimly lighted church through which he bad Just gone was strong upon him. He bad hopes that it would so affect the little western girl who had come to him that it might awaken the womanly instinct of which he so firmly believed her to be possessed, but which she had never yet shown him. Hs had hoped that she might forget her yearn ings for fame, 7'Alicer he said, "do you love raer -.The solemnity of bis voice startled her. It had not the ring of a lover's banter. It was real. "Of course I do didn't I marry youf he answered .him. ."Why did you do ltr "I might turn the Question on you. Mr, Richard Harvey. Why did youf Tou, who know the world so well who could pick and choose? I was only a poor western provincial with an im mense amount of domestic knowledge acquired under protest and you didn't need a cook lady." - "You're right1 hs said, slowly. - "I Yes, and even stronger than this, get as members the picked men of the Witness: under classes after promotion that all "For a great majority of tham rssl- sorts of deals are resorted to. dence here meant a happy life of com- Thus the ramifications of the club radeshlp and sport Interrupted by the system extend into the. lower strata, grind of perfunctory 'lessons' and ex- despite the clubs' pretention to oppose aminatlons, to-, which they attended, such a system. rather because Of ths fear of being cut President Wilson does not propose off from the life than because they so he has told ths trustees ln another were seriously engaged in getting the address to stop with the social re training to fit them for tha world which organization of the university. His thsy must face when their happy free- greater purpose is tks revttallzation of dom was over." the university aa an academic body, Now, isn't that a pretty plain way for whose objects are not primarily social, a college president to say that people but intellectual, and with all things really haven't been going to" college to eliminated that do not tend to the mala learnt- ' ' -y : and ln view. But they're going to learn at Prince- "I have long foreseen," he said, "the ton if Dr. Wilson has his way. r - necessity of thus drawing the under- It might look as though Dr. Wilson'1 graduates together in genuinely real were opposed to recreation at college, dential groups, in direct association . This Isn t so. Ho is one of the most with members of ths faculty, as an in enthusiastic advocates of sports. dispensable accompaniment and comple-, "But," he says, "leisure and study tion of the preceptorial system. ' i tr ought not to be separated in air-tight, "The clubs simply stand in the way. compartments. leisure ought to be en- They are not consolously doing anything riched. and diversified by ths interests to the detriment of ths university." which study creates. ; 1 : ' i The remedy which President Wilson "In ths midst of play thsre ought to proposes Is to substitute for the club be a constant consciousness of what the life, as well as for the existing dorroi place means and must be mads to stand tory Ufa which he declares is far from for a place of thoughtful, manly dls effective In-fostering a -good college interested men, dlseiples of university spirit a system of what ha would call Ideals." . ' "quads'! this word being an , abbrevla One of the strongest statements made tlon Of quadrangle. in tne- report to tne ooara or trustees- was this: In brief, the aoctaJ umbltlniia VrMfait by the system of club life are too irons mr individual nonor. " . t-- . rooms, ana, in tact, almost an tne racu This was used In reference to - the Itiea that might be found at the club. ' system of proselyting members of the This is a description of the "quad" j.mumiin mo sopnomors oiassss into i. Jr,,uo. Ji'W w a treaty under ?1h g "luceton that no club shall Solicit memhvrahln . 1Z.-.-I , ?ff! iv.. ,r n sgreement bs- lower eUises to not seek such KfL- ?? V strong is the rivalry oetwesn tbs clubs a&d ths . desire - to OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY, . have been about all over the world. I might say I have been surfeited with all It has to offer. But I bad to find a little western town where you were, be loved, before I found how near heaven our little terrestrial planet la'' ", The hurt look in his eyes made her Self-reproachful. She flung, herself on her knees beside blm. , . . , "Richard, dear, I didn't mean It!" she scried. "I want to be right with you that's ail." She smiled up at him through her tears. "Have you any buttona to sew onT" she aaked. Rich ard draw her close to him as he spoke. "I married you, sweetheart because I loved you. I love you with a love that's too sacred a thing for us even to talk about I wanted you for my wife. Do you know what I mean, sweetheartf' ' ' 1 , ,. . , "I am your wife," answered the girl. "Have you forgotten what the preacher ' with the tremolo tenor said only an hour agof , Richard sighed. He didn't admit to himself the disappolntmsnt be felt He was home-hungry. The world's buffet ing had made him long for a niche where he could have his own posses sions Ills wife his home perhaps his ' family. In Alice Fields he believed he had found his idea. Truthfully, it didn't make much difference to him whether shs waa or not He knew he loved her loved her with all the strength of a strong man whom the world could never, deieat He had told her so, and she had come to him. He shut his eyss tightly to the fact that she had talked and written more about coming to New York than about com ing to him. - Shs owned a voice of rare beauty and to her New York meant opportunity for grasping fame through Its medium. It had been fame alone, for' which she had passionately yearned -ln the poor home where she had drudged her younger years away, car ing for ths wants of a motherless brood of brothers and alsters. If Richard was conscious of his dis appointment at her lack of emotion at the time which had been so sacred holy to him, lie showed nothing of it to Allca He would give her time. She was young. , , . "There was snother reason I married ?ou too, dear," he stumbled on. "Not hs least reason. I believed I could giva my little girl freedom - from her life of drudgery and a chance, for her am- bitlon. I'll help you sweetheart . "'Ah. Richard! My Richard!" she eried again, happily. fH! succeed, too!" I tell you will! ,J: m going to be great great:. - - - . - Richard could not complain of emo tion now. She bowed her head In her arms and her body . shook with sobs. Then Shs looked up. ; ; tn rtex, ae iaea is to navs an stu V.TA4? SS1 Wi5' 1VZ -. much like a dormltorv anil fitted with dining room, reception room, game ' plan prsparea oy jur, Wilson nimseirt "The pis n la hWn : a -..m ,1.. der graduates together Into residential' ,.AmJ .. ahl.V, Ik., .k.tt atiun well as sat togethsr, and in which they shall, under the presidency of .a reel-' dent member of th faculty. - regulate their own corporate life by soxns sample "We'll forget the buttona, won't we, Richard T 1 11 sing for you. Won't that ' do?" ahe asked. The man listened while her voice thrilled out It was an old favorite of his she had chosen. He listened as shs finished . .... "Oh. the heart that has truly loved never forgets, "But as fondly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns to her god ; ; when he sets, The same face she turned when he rose." He got up and went out of the room. She ssng on. Richard Harvey walked mechanically through the rooms he had prepared for his wife's homecoming. He smiled over the work basket drawn up by the side of a low rocker; he laughed aloud because it was filled with violets. An incongruous Uttls flowered kimono hanging In her own room, he passed by aa if ashamed; she hsd not noticed the gift in her hurried birdlike flight He paused a moment in a room off their own bedroom a coiy chamber, but lit tie furnished. - - "We have no need for it now," he had told himself. "Perhaps later on " He walked stolidly Into the sanctum he had prepared for himself. He'calm, ly settled himself as he had In his. bachelor days In a .Morris chair, his pipe and tobacco- near at hand. - Hs had spent loving hours over It all him home," but Inside the music room Alice was still singing. ' - - , ' This, then, was the homecoming.; The days grew Into weeks, and the weeks lengthened Into montha Richard waited patiently for another Alice than the one who had revealed herself to him on their wedding day. It was Indeed mf different Alice but one who could see no further than the muslo room m which shet spent her days.. Great. In structors came to her daily and oon-' gratulated Richard on the promise of his wife's voloe. Hour after hour she practiced. "Tou know you said you'd help me, Richard," she said to him one day when he begged her to go for a drive through the park with him. Spring was in the air and he had brought home to her a bunch of violets. He had never before known a woman who could resist the, combination of violets and spring. - "I. must practice this glorious afternoon. It is Ideal for Nevin's 'Spring Song. '! ; ' 'One spring morning, bright and fair"' she trilled. . : Richard ' compromised':: by taking tha a ferocious young bull terrier, had be lled his name since his master's mar riage. The dog was ' constantly with ; Richard, lying at his feet In the lone- method of self-government. v "It would be necessary to make all future dormitories in such relation to those already erected as to form close geographical units, and to srect In eon nectlon with each group a building which should contain a dining room, kitchens and serving room for. social purposes, and rooms for ths member of the faculty who shall preside over tha 'quad.' "Every undergraduate would be re quired to actually live in his 'quad,' and the residents or each 'quad' would be made up as nearly as might be of equal numbers of seniors. Juniors, sophomores and freshmen; ' because it Is clear to every one that the life of the university can be best regulated and dsveloped . only when the under-elassmen are In constant association with upper-classmen, wnder such terms as to be formed and guided by them. The self-government of each group would naturally be Vested In the seniors, or seniors and Juniors, who , were members of ths fqud.' . V r "Tho object would be to place un married members of ths fsculty in resi dence in 'quads,' in order to bring them ln close, habitual, natural association with the undergraduates, and so ulti mately tie ths intellectual and social life of ths plaos into one another; to associate ths four classes in a genuinely-' organic manner and make -the university a real social body, to ths exclusion of rllnuaa and separate class social organi sations; and io Bivs to, -ths university the kind of ' common consciousness which apparently comes from the closer sort of social contact, to be held only outside ths classroom, and most easily to be got about a common table, , and In ths contacts or common me. Olying his reasons for being opposed to the present lub .lire. Dr, Wilson ins Aooaua- was wrowwi, , inn reluc tantly and sadly the DarioPalace was condemed, f -'"V-'-: '' Fortunately, ths owner ef the palace, the Countess d la, Baume-Pluvinel, is wealthy. - She- decided upon numbering each st6ne end article in the building, piece by piece,' ins paiaqe wm- o rs- n, .v . ,h hi .-, This will be at a cost - consiructea. e,t tiO 000 , la ail part of yealcs ths work o MORNING, AUGUST li; some evening hours. In a way ho had acorned during the days of his master's celibacy. Alice heartily disliked the Prodigal. "He thoroughly spoiled "Robert tol que J'aims' for me the other day," ahe complained. "Howled! And Just as I had It right' too!" When the. days grew too beautiful to atay much indoors, the man would walk uptown from his business place. Often he stopped In front of toy shop win dows, gazing long. Interestedly Into their depths. Once he walked Inslds a shop. The obssqulous floorwalker came up to him. "I would like to look at a train of cars for a little boy," said Richard, and had bought-ona He felt ashamed to let Alice know, so - had hidden the toy on one of the top kitchen shelves sure that she wouldn't find it there. After that it -had been an easy matter4 to purchase others for the Prodigal. With it all. though. It was not until Alice began absenting herself from home often that. Richard began futllely to fumble within himself for a reason. He had in a way been content to know ahe was near him when she was with her bloved music. But later ahe had begun to go out to tne opera - o musical gatherings with friends of her own choosing. 3 "Go ahead, dear," ha had told her at first "I lore the muslo all-right, but you know I'm too much of a duffer to understand the companionship." . And so the chasm had widened. Im perceptibly at first but then to a width' tnai naa maae even ajics s .aosoroea conscience assert' Itself. She had come home late, very late, ona night and had found Richard asleep on hts Morris chair, the Prodigal on guard at nis feet. The eloquence of the man's lonely even ing struck her. -Poor old Richard ! shs . whispered with a pang. "'It Isn't fair to blm. He's too good to me. I selfish, selfish as .1 am I don't deserve him.,, I'll tell him so tomorrow," ' At an unusual meeting 'at tba'break-' fast table (Richard usually, had '.his morning meal hours before Alice srose) Alice was painfully full of , ths strength of her purpose. . . "Richard, ' shs began slowly. '1 must tell you something and Won't you be lieve me when I tell you thst I hope It won't hurt you that you won't caret I have come to a decision. - I I 'am, going away. Richard: I'm going to try to let you be as you were before before I came. I should never have married you I wish I had not" "Alloe'" The man started up, but could only fall back helplessly. "AliQe!" he repeated. nt isn't fair to you," . she went on. '1 can't stay at home and do as you demolition and reconstruction is o!ng of these Venetians, and no sooner does a beloved landmark fall than they try to resurrect It, elsewhere. They will ... Ih.i, -uv. anA ihanv declare ty. ana many declare tnat WHB It insy Wul SUIier 'tne icreioiu . doom. - onrSoehS ne4gbVwooTrr2 aSS lpgwrtlffi wood, and brick and mortar. Beently the famous Goldsn House was repaired. The Labia Palace.which contalna some of ths ploturss of Tiepolo. was strength- sued. , With extreme ears and difficulty plasterari have been trying to solidify er t.rta u.m.TO fr- 4 .r-euom , . own the" peopia and fhelV repw (hs vaulted roof of St Mark's without .nka a '-a int0 whnca shs "tatlvea It was quits indignant injuring the rars moslacs. In ths cha- Binuu, ints seawsea, into wnencs goo -whea the council of the town demanded nnia af all times one , can ses - men with trowels and'.mortar boards. Thers is something- pathstio in this , work; something herolo in the persls- ; tencs ox tnese peop" w, c"'' SSTps. Doge's palacs. sracklng and Sinking, ;Ws talk : aboutt, every night have bsiTbraced. with Iron. ; L .''iA very t'- , , Both tha churehss of St John and TIjs kitchen seems a oheerless placs; gt Paul snd ths Frarl most ha watched ; Ws hats to turn , the knob constantly, v In fear of sudden collapse. And look Into that lonesome waste, the statues ths winged victories and .fiinca Freda yoomped.her yob, symbollo s figures have x.heen '.removed 'A'iy" ;;;.'?.v?vi-;-. ; from the -church Of, St. "-.John and SU "Ws miss our Freda dreadfully, Paul. ''w fi-..-i..uy.?'-'---j.v. la. fact for-her we plna , , In ths Fruri the Pantheon of Venles. Her English was distressing, but ' which contains ths ashes of great sd- Her breakfast rolls-were Has. mirais and generals of the republic the And now vs ait and think of her, statues have been: dismantled,. Board And in our throats a sob 1 . fences havs been put up before the mau- Of sorrow rises at ths thought ' v wiinra oj vnY, ww ,r "i,u!"D va; saeristy. - Even ths pictures of ..rThs. Virgin' by- Bellini, and ths .work; Tis- ; VUlt Itavv unii . yui v.iv vv1.-. Profesor otto, vvagner. or tne Acau- fP7rHllhXLrA te".! .! line . . w? ths city, were erected srs rotting. And there is absolutely no hops, hs declares, poiyts Jambord,. or tns university . or raris, also nas aeciarea mat tne city IS doomed. . : '" ": ';":'' ' "'".? Shortly after the Campanile fell, H. BlackalUa woll-know Boston -arch, Iteot made an examination of th uru iiiauv . ii ..Mill wnm wvn vi vn, foundations of the city with Slgnor Otecomo . , Bom, th most ts emlmnent architect of .Italy. . 1S07. want ma to do as I ought to do. I'm not the sort to make you happy. It's better as I say. I'm going away." Tie silent pain in his face mads her turnl away. "Mou saia. wnen you maae me marry you, I that you would be satisfied with my companionship but I can't give you that Don't you see I can tt .You want a woman who could be your companion and wife, as I never can. You need a big, strong, motherly housewife , who loves to cook and. sew and take' care of the bablea Oh, It's all very beautiful and proper, and all to talk about, I know, but ypu should not have let me marry you you should have known. Probably you think me cruel now, but I can t help It 2 can't! I can't! Put all the blame on me.. I want it I The man towered above her. . "Alice, be quiet" he commanded, "You know how I love you, even while you're hurttnr me you know you are tho one, the only woman In this whole wide world for me, and you shall not leave ma" ', -She bowed her head. It was the first 'time he had so spoken to her. "But I'm no wife for you, Richard," shs faltered. "I can'i Der -; "Yon can be 4f you' will. Try," hs . added in softer tone, , ' , Her sincere attempts to be what she believed the man wanted her to be touched Richard, v He eaaie horns night ly to a-plsee that was no longsr ths, bachelor quarters it had become In a year. - The work basket was emptied of, 'magazines. His personal comfort was considered.' Tne state or nis ciotning im proved. : He found buttons Instead of .gaps. He found neatly brushed clothes. Alloa would not touch the piano at Bight, declaring she preferred to play cards with him! Before that, he had found companionship -merely in knowing that the same roof covered them -both. 'Despite an. assumed gaiety, though, the man Could sse that her submission was heartbreaking that shs longed with all 'the Intensity of her artlatlo soul to be free - from tha sordldness ' of It all the b&naUty. tr...v',v.--.v -.. '- He came home late one evening, a box ' of candy - tied with a pink ribbon for. Alice in one pocket: in the other a big ' red striped rubber ball for the Prodi- f al The lights were not lighted in hs muslo room. '.Evidently Alice was out , somewhere. He groped through the dark to find the electric switch. Passing an open window, he leaned out over a bed of lavender her hand had planted there. He sniffed Its fragrance, ''Dear little girl,", he murmured. The brilliance of the electric lights accen tuated the loneliness of the place. . He , wished that Alice would corns home. 1 A ring at the door startled him. , A mes senger brought .him a note. .i Mr. Blacksil said that the city re- first stratum of which ranges from a few. inches to 100. feet in depth. This Jles Immediately over a bed of sand. It Is believed that dredain oDera- it is oeiisvea tnai areaging opera- Liuna in mo ufniiu ijaiiki aim (uo vriu- SVoug't ITlnafVVli STSSl Du?idei,Snr?he VaySw'e'n alTow in S"d0t- $f'Et 55 ,be du? th rSS.h' .0PJ Sr ron wrote ynroohtiil. ; "rnaP 4"rron wrote propneticaiiy. Vtmlns lost 'anil wnn. .ven'cs, lost ana won, From' ths Somervllls Journal. - doesn't seem the .am. to u. , u nai r reaa yoompea ner yob, ; , , ',7 h0 - wtm't corns back, She's j m.i. marnea . ,.a --'"; now.' . W ! y rate. She thinks she's better off. v. aoea no iooa' io scon:. " ' . Bul evsry tlmewe think V-V " our SaJ heartrvs a throh ' our hnna pines x ioun j-uurapea ner yoo. By' an executive; order tha employe" of the government, printing office are- now enjoying a half holiday on Batur- j j - - .."..v.j uii Da bur days during July, August and Septem ner, tne same - as employes of other do-. -: artmsnt. , , "1 hsvs done Vl, Richard," the note) read. "I bad to. It la only rair to com of us to you- particularly who have been so good to me. I have It In my heart to wish you had not been quite so good. Don't come to me, Richard, rfaar. It'a baat It trulv is. I love YOU so. I leave you. It's funny old world. . M The man groped for the meaning Vf It It was a blur. Hs walked out of his horns and down the electric lighted street in tha wsrm evening air on and on ahd on how far he never atopped . to reckon. 'Suddenly he threw back his head and laughed. He had had an Idea that Alice had left him. - Ridiculous fancy! . She -was waiting horn for hlra to coma - Hs would stop In tha club nearby, have a drink and hurry horns - to her. They would have a good laugh In the cafe of the club, two friends stopped him. - - ' "Hello, Harvey, old man."' heartily exclaimed one, clapping him on ths shouldsr. "Where have you been In a dog's agst My, but I'm glad to see you! Drinking r Mechanically Richard listened to their club gossip. - He must hurry boms, to A1'TYell. so long, said his friend, "If you must go. Sorry you can't go with us, though It's to be a bully concert and you so fond of music, too. Say. they say Van Blum has a card up his' .sleeve, all right a new singer, pupil of Wachtsr prise voice, too says , she'll be great soma day. Nam of Fields AHcs Fields." " Richard lurched suddenly forward. His friend caught him. v Why, ' why what, old man " ex claimed the clubman, . ; "Nothing, nothing," hastily replied Richard, drawing the back of his hand across his dased eyea "Same old twitch Must be goingso long." , Richard knew. Out into the night he went again. Stumbling on to his deserted home, - Ths Prodigal fawned a welcome on the man, but hs put the dog from him. He dragged tha train pf cars from Its hid ing place gad arranged it on a track on' the dining room table.; Then- he sat' down In front of it and placed the Prod igal's' lead soldiers In orderly rows,' His hand fell to his side. He felt ths rubber ball and drew It forth. ' The room was horribly still and oulet The voices Of the silence mocked htm,, They; cried out to him and he tlurpr, himself face downward on the tabldtn I one outstretched hand hs helrijtilfhtly the gaily striped rubber bafl. ; rney were tne tears or a strong man that wet ths little lead soldiers a man crying for his own. ''My little baby," he moaned, "Dad dy's little boy." - ' - This Ilappen" Sometimes. outsat Gary, Indiana, ths united States steel trust owns a town. It thought It -owned" the nanni t rtnd "lou ownea tne people. It finds .: . " uvvwu b wm-n wicai iuiio. . uThs dlscovsry of this fact was a d InMlntuH dollar marks model street railway, And, of course, th trust wanted the usual mode. : dividend that Is to say, a good deal more than the thing was .'worth. Th? steel trust took It for granted that if it owned the tnmn it mu.t wiroo-oeni tare ior tns steel workers. , tTh reply of the"steel trust was that the people were very ungrateful, and , that If they wouldn't give a franchise for a five-cent fare they could go-with- -, out street ears, walk to work and be) docked if lats. ;.:--- Thst : seemed , concluslvs; - hut r3 It , wasn't.' Anqthsr man turnsd up In the . steel trust model town. He was 'a country lawyer. He made a bid for ths franchise,, depositing a moderate amount -of money, . He : got ths franchise, an wiu sell eight street car tickets for 25 cents practically three cents apiece. -The steel corporation is sad, but -It? has learned something. One after an- ; other corporation will learn an impor- . tant fact, which : is you can "own" , property, dollars, corporations, but you can t own people. They may be quiet for a while. ' but you .can't tell , when they will wake up. ; You may think you have got them praotically where you want mem,, out you tin i ten wnen your great surprise will come. , The little lesson which the citizens of a model town taught to one big oor- oration will be taught to alFvf tha Ig corporations by ths oltlsensXl ths .nil,, I Tl . Ctafft. ; W"V ...... r' - v- " ''.. ikuv. t . h comes. And it may not bs so far oi . Sho Misunderstood. ' i M w I . .ij -a i - o j-uu winy nvuui- inundations from your last placet ' The Cook na, mum: Ol hov soma ahpoons an' table linen an-' silverware. .