The Oregon daily journal., July 12, 1908, Page 26, Image 26

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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY ' 12, 1008.
A GOMtl IN A
A
GARDEN
1 1 By Maud Eatell Smith Hyrnra death, and started to drive him away
tCH Queer little oomr lt wu, f,u suddenly leaned hkIiihI U. fence
2
, illnW , , u .. - iimii laiiiuiiK aime nuiy ineeiiinii ni-
v , , iwvmmr ,ii- iu iinvw ,,,,i. ... t,.,.tla H h.i.I i r vRiv
me nog away, Flint the gate mm leu
MIns Hullle to a scat on tim ponh.
"Hlater dislikes dou very much." re
marked Mlh.s 1 1 n i. handing me a
long sti iuiiK'il Man h.tl Nril ch mum
bitten l.y n dog wniii a i ( n 1 1 ii 1 1 has
tifver overoonii; her dread of them."
I iif explanation should Law been
tne ex-
left It Ilka that a tiny deaert In
paradlie of bloom!
It waa a typical southern gnr-
' an, eloquent of the hlng cur be
stowed upon It There with roses li
wonderful profualon. forests of Japnn-
' lea, tangles of Jessamine, hntallluns of su If I. lent, hut as I ne-illed
i .hyacinth, and UttU lake of vlolnta. l-resslon of Miss Sallle' !.. it wna not
' , e. . - . ao clear as It might Lave been. 1( was
,'At first glance every foot of space not f,.r for ,.f , i, ,.,., Imt dread of
eemed filled with riotous beauty, until what? She had paid no attention to
.. one's eyes fell on the little bare apot In the dog w hen he mm ulinom under her
tae corner, when a audden wonder grew, feet, but tun mutnent ha appi oauhi-d that
Tha beds .around this had all been empty corner ahe was distressed, It
.neatly laid out. and thle hit of ground, waa very strange! And after that my
'.something over twofeel Ion ana a foot wonder grew 1 used in sen her coma
wide, waa marked off from tha rent and, out alone and aland beside that plot of
. enclosed separately with bricks. It waa earth, gazing an he did not Kara at
slightly rained and rounded, and thera her beloved flower he. if. stooping at
waa not a flower or blade of graas al- times to remove a hit of graas or weeda
, "lowed to crow inside It. 1 had not lied that dared desecrato It
It flrat from my window which over- one night ehortly after. I could not
looked my nelguW a yard, but my at- Ie,e,,, Rni) dec,t.d llft,.r nour. ot lo,r.
tanrlon had bean attracted to It more n(r , gtt llp Bnd r,,aiJ rlefore llhl-
partlcularly durlntt a call from my mK ,he lamp, however. I atopped be-
arlphbora thmaelva. fore the window and looked out. Tha
There were three wiaidan aletcra llv- wa, vll mit
trig alone with th.lr father, one of tha lar(0.,yfd ttd wn,erfuif Bnd a B, ,
old families belowed of amithern aria- breM(, tlunK tlie perfume of 1. flow'ra
tocracy. Mlaa Wary waa the eldest, a 0n tho nl hI nh a r,rodlL, nnd
Iv rff tli. Mhfn'l? sl whoPe.oma th tWan of banJ- riJ mualcal
lun'pXVtit ssr 'a'ttf ."ourVairar'k-
.mV h?,t i M . iti.. fiainl ,,nJ tha lefy curtaina of hla couch
I looked Tonieat nd bu "nolla bloaaom
1 Tand dark' w.th a f.gur. at once toth.roud' ",f Uh "UU
Perean'faU,he'anu1,fr,atmanh?n WjXX HS.rT
mw., There waa a look of unreat, of 7""","' " " VvT, " J!"ruen
burden hearing. In the areat, dark eyea. ?"niVR J' .f." thS w
that .wakened m avnmath ea at once. " a""- iq i" nrnona me anruo-
) It cainn,
knew in-
Pausing
.'union oral 1MB, in mrp imi, uim ryrn, I. ... ,,. ,u . .
' that ; wakened my aympathlea at once. JJ" 11J' Tr1tl,?nil, A2on ih? "
: W had been speaking of their gsr- t.t1i;L,,V ,?,W" i,',Pa,,htU
.1en."ever a fruitful theme of converaa- nanVl,I8hi .VSTT q'T.".1 k?.0
tion iwith them when I blundered. atlnotlve y waa Mlaa Sallle'e. P
Mf fe I
never been the same girl since." nervous ex
"Poor girl!" I sighed. "It la so hard brokenly to
to find that one w loved goes wrong.' to say.
'Tea." aaid Miss Mlnnlt. softly, 7,U "I must t
nervous excitement, ' beieaching him
listen to somothlniha tiaa
lr. ;'lt "I must tell vou. oaDa." ahe walled.
I tha bitterest grief of all. I, too. "It has been with me ao long" 'the tlls
Iiuvh had my sorrow, but to m Is given obediunoe and the ahame of It. Oh. I,
the Joy of kneeling bealrto a grave and cannot let you co until you tell me you
beRKlng- tho father to Jet m meet my -forgive mel"
SnmaM0"., .W,!,7.,fn,1M..Wllw,o,l!-1 r."a ut the old man was past hearing or
dilth" blU,neB wori 'u heeding now. and Mies Mary led hr si..
"' ... ter away, leaving him with the doctor.
I had no words with which to answer, ,,,. i-.i !, a j,,
but 1 leaned and klaaed her softly, anj ""t1 wiSa-wrtVri?m to
wa cleaned hands In the twtll.ht or tw0 't9' w wen with aim Jo tho
ne cmsped nanas in tne twilight. c, of Ui- dglld Bnd cam- bat.k
And after that I looked with more j their new, Strang loneliness they
of reverence than curiosity athe llttl dung to me more than ever, and at
bare mound In the corner, and my sym- their aolicltatlon I promlaed to stuy
puthy and love for Miss Ball a grew wltn them a few dava Miss Mary's
Wn?,BthuWr'"TLthe. 'Umm,hr """' i. Mual eoJm Sad qultdeaarted ' h . nn.l
dr2. mll Vi enlL'Yo 'V.i "KllfS. M aI"e' ' wr.ln a very Hud
aieaniliy llstenina: to ftllss Minnies mat a Hha atartnd at averv sound
Sblfu't 'amolir herowrr.' aWYf'.'la PalXc'r'SS o'ut It'K. HOU.'i,
5?iu am ,f. tVL Vh v.?i.M.hI the doorbell, while In her eyes was
ballla sat on the porch reading the . .v . n. a thn... i,f,,
evening paper. Suddenly a sharp cry . k 0J hunarrw ionatna of antli lnatn.l
rng out. and I atarUd up to see Mls f nun'-y Wngln. or anticipated
fcaltle fall bark In her chair unoon- "tfi01?;. a 1... . u. w ..
K'r-ft ga,MmarlnnJn LZV
.i i ' v.. . doorbell.
couch while uui Minn fi,i fr ! . W Sallle stood there, statue-still,.
h,S. .v.. D 1 1 1 All nn ,tl , nnH W .. I.
Btorniives. as l started to fu low, no- ', .
I-Ing to be of some aaslataMoe, my foot clutching a ohalr-back for support. Tho
(.rushed against eomethlngthit rattled tr' ff hnr rich morning gown swept
crisi
'il mini i J 1 171 1 1 . w ' i v 1 1 i cu v . . . , . . " : , 17.
"I supuoae you have a choice variety P"w nt tny mound, with a little
nt aeed or bulb planted In that en- 81 ? ir , oll on her
clos. apnea In the corner." I said In- beside It. She knolt on tha damp
j err.jrvvely. and waa confuaed to meet J,1.!'. ".J1'' ner cheek on tha bare
i at flrlt silence, then equal oonfuslon. "J0.u,n? .w,t.n moan and sobs that war
Miss Bailie gasped slightly, and her face Pujful t0 heftr: Plned and bewl dered.
i -went red, then white. It was Miss Mln- JLWM wondering what to do, when the
j nl a blessed chatter -that came to mv -oor opposite opened and Miss Mary
1 . .n. . j . i. . . came OUT KVttr A ,n ,n i. n , aha
rescue ana xiueu oibsmusc, ciutj viii i ui. v .Tr . , , . w-.-vi,
discomfort. Mls BallTe's eyea still re- but with the unerring Instinct of the
talnnd their look of shock when Miss ?".af "r"? ,tr"1r5hl . J? tne 8Pt where
Marv; led th way homeward. " ou mmi. nianen oy tne anruo-
It -wns a little thing to disturb any- "d drew her up beside her.
, one. I thought, but I could not but feel TJera.' there, dear." ahe murmured
thatiMisa Satllo waa dlstured by my soothingly, "Don t cry eo If better
' lnnoflent allusion to that corner In their ,!' you know!" and ahe half led.
(garden." balf carried her alster away.
I Plliaw!" I exclaimed, in scorn of the ''S!)at doe " moan?" I thought.
fancy that came to me. "I am growing What is that little mound of earth
Imarlnaiva." but each time I looked unless
; Into. my neighbor1 garden the fancy T" day as Mlas Minnie win.
I returned. swaying Idly In my rocker I purposely Sallle Was very beautiful once and had to the house again he would throw "I waa away two years, and when I
I new a great deal of the Dlxona that led the converaatlon again to their a great many sweethearta, but she him out. That waa the only tlnm I came back I found sister pale and thin
; Mniminer, and grew warmly attached to garden. I had heretoforo avoided men- seemed to care most for Paul Thurston, ever law Fluter speak defiantly to pupa, from a long Illness. There had been
I them) Miss Mary soothed. Miss Bailie tlonlng that empty corner, but tonight a young physician whose family lived Hhe was white aa death, but she was months she had been unable to laave
i Interested, jind Mia Minnie cheered me. ' had a thirst for knowledge that In the next town. I'apa objected to her not afraid, and looked him straight her room or .see anyone, they told ma,
I was f7ilowing them a boat one day would not down. marrying him, because he was poor and In the eyea. aa she said: I'apa. 1 love and Sister Mary nursed her alouo
j In the garden, while Mlaa Mary cut 'There la nothing there," said Miss of no account, he said, and sister felt I'aul Thurston, and If I knew he had through it all. No one mentioned Paul
j tinitie flowra for a sick friend. The Minnie slowly. Nothing has been plant- very bitterly about It. hlie let Paul not a penny. I should marry him In until I beKged of Mary to tell me
I little glrlwho was to carry them had d there for years.' And then In come to the house one or twice, after spite of everything and everybody!" I where he was, and she said she could
a dog with her. and the frisky animal answer to the Invitation in my face papa had forbiddon It, and papa was don't know what papa said then, for not; he had gone wrong .and nearly
: was trotting about among the shrub- she became communicative. very angry. I was quite young than, I was so frightened 1 ran away, but broken Sister Sallle'a heart, and 1 must
bery after the maimer of flogs. At a "That corner plot Is Slater Sallle'a. but I can remember yet how fright- Paul never came to the hotise after never mention him to her again. I
I atartled cry from Miss Sallle I turned one had a bed of violets there once, ened I was to hear him upaak so stern-. that. I- think sister met him once or noticed then that the bed of violet
,10 aee that the dog had; begun sniffing but aha tore them out and ha never ly. He told alster that he would rathorwlce but papa never knew It, and Paul and sister had planted together
and pawing around that plot in the let anyone touch the place since. Thit see her dead than married to that man, shortly after that I went away to were torn out, and the place fixed as
corner. Miss Bailie had gone white a was IB years ago. You ee, Sister and that if Paul Thurston ever come school. you see it now; and poor sister has
"TOGETHER THEY KNELT IN SILENT PRAYER."
Ply. it wa the paper Ma Halllo l" ". " i ,'uei
had been reading Half unconsciously never seen ner iook bo really beautiful.
1 nicked it up. and cast my eves over shB parcIy breathed, aa slowly a man
the rage; One name caught my gase e toward her a tall, fair man with
end held it, the familiar name of Paul the stamp Of a living sorrow in his face.
Thurston. For the life of me I could Instinctively I stepped back, for I knew
not have resisted reading then, and i thnt wa" ul Thurston,
followed the column to Its close. ' ' He stood before her a moment with
"Paul Thurston pardoned," were the bowed head, as one who prays, then
startling headlines. "Paul Thurston, held out his arms to her mutely. One
who 16 year ago was sentenced lo moment, and she glided into their bles
Imprlsontnent tor forgery, was (today ed circle, and with a little gasp of
released, fully exonerated from the utter" peace dropped her head on his
crime. The confession of a dvlng man shoulder.
come 16 year too latel His friend "8he 1 my wife!" he aald, in an
wlll ho aurprlsed to learn that he hua awer to Mlaa Minnie's puxxlod look, and
a wife and chwl lni Abbotaford, to then with one arm about his treasurn
whom h will at once return." Thon and one hand clasping Mary'a he told
followed the detail of hi alleged crime, ihe tory of their folly,
the trial and hi final exoneration. Hot-headed und determined in their
Crushing the paper In my hand. I youth, Mr. Dixon' opposition had only
fled half guiltily to tho chamber where strengthened their determination to
Mi si", Sallle lay. Just at that moment marry, and stealing away one night
h,e opened her eye with a tart and they went to another town and were
struggled to a sitting posture. "Where, married, "with only Mies Mary pa wlt-where-y"
she gasped, and Instinctively, ness. She was to stay at home a while,
I handed her the paper, which she took and lie wa to Claim her wjien he hud
eagerly and thruat under her pillow. won a fortune in the west, but sorne-
I returned to my room with my brain how misfortune had found him first.
In a whirl, Paul Thurston a criminall Tho forgery wa a bold one, and his
Ah. poor woman, how she must have need of money well known. Kveiy thlng
suffered! Paul Thureton married how waa against him; he wa adjudged gull
will she bear ItT Or, if she has known ty and paid the penalty of another's
this In the past, how much greater ha crime for 16 dreary years, and but for
been her suffering than w have the intervening hand of death might
dreamed; for, though In her heart a have gone on for years longer,
woman may forgive a man for crime If "I do not wonder that my friends
lie lovea her, the sin of unfaithfulness believed me a criminal, In the face of
can never be overlooked. such evidence, but, oh, my wife, had I
Once more that- night I was roused deserved It from you?"
by a woman's cry. add presently Miss "Forgive!" she pleaded blindly. "I
Minnie calling beneath my window. wronged you, but the thought that lov.i
"Papa is 111 " she said, aa she met for me had led you into sin should
me in the hall. "We sent the servant be ample atonement in its suffering.''
for a doctor long., ago, but he doea not And for anawer lie covered her face with
come, and papa grows worse every mln- klsaea.
"to." - "But the child! . Where- " hn knl
Miss Mary wa!a working over her fath- suddenly, "You told me " And
er almost aa calmly aa over her sister mutelv she led him out riotcn th :
a short time ago, but with no Improve- den walk to tha little bare mound in th
iiiimu no was suojeci to inese attacKs, corner, ana together they knelt beside,
incjr imu, uui mis nui'iiioa more severe in siienc prayer.
than usual. Mlaa Sallle waa kneeling "It shaft he covered with violets now,
beside the bed in a pitiful state of dear," ahe aald, and then I understood.
STORIES of WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE
rlLLIAM J. BRYAN wa asked cord with a Republican but I certainly connection?
recently If he recalled the first T? wltn you n that proposition." educate him
h , v.r rf.liv.r.rt frorti ... '' "Y ? S; .. ". a", . aonar,
paeon ne ever ,aetivrea rrom Burrows' quickly
public rotrum. Th dlstln- doubt the wisdom
'almost
of my
hirh weighed almost two and one half
pounds.
ine sporTsmnn win anunuer wnen u
recorded that some of the party
fished In tho nood old fashioned way
If he selects the Bible, witii angleworms. But flies were used,
for the church: It the too tho silver doctor. May fly and barn-
frH Imainoes.- ttt it I.e. Inlrd. rnril fl" rl"h hiirnviirrl flv tnnlr thn
makes me" the card's and whisky, he Is destined to nest, as Is proper In a farming commun-
coura. i Become a orunKa-d and n gambler. uy.
aulshed Nebraska statesman ffueel? V, nave to look Into the matter "Well, tho boy In question entered It Isn't expensive to go fishing In
SECOND SIGHT
"I
By Anatole F
ranee
This party of sIjc. were
rrcing spent in gn-
IkB wnAn. V, nli., . I. XTm-n Q.ifx. In
laughed heartily, and aald; Whereupon both men smiled genially, took a drink out of the bottle, and nock out five rtays. thrfe
"Indeed,"'! do, and I am not likely hook handstand separated. eted the cards and money. lug and coming. Tho total cost
x ... , , ..... "'Too had.' alirhpd the mother 1n- less than $6 each, and nt that
xuijfei it, ii it vis xv urn ivu or Th vigilant eye of Senator Euaren Ine awav a tear: 'our dear hnv I. d- a guide, not a Maine euido whose
more, it wuen l tne speecn, Mr. uryan Hale of Maine, the vetoraa chairman tined for a bad end, I am afraid.' arc sometimes a matter of high finance, good fortune to witness one of these guet's
aaaea nastny, in response to nis ques- vL vai nair comnuuoe or i cso seen nunc, saia tne oia man, uui n moma una an innian Doy, ion, oases and you may believe me when part
ADMIT, Dr. Laboullle, with exceedingly fond of the thealre. When- preaslon In her eye which touched m
whom I was spending this evav vr i had a box J alway.wont to din against my will. I advlaed Huguet to
lrig. said to me, "that all these u,,ern 1ml !ok 6h!m . ,0 "-medle give In to th wiahe of his wife,
ing. saui to me,, uiai ' ln Franalse. Nearly every time I found "It Isn't very much'' farther " I said
case have not , been-sufficiently" Marcel Oeraud with thorn." "and we will be in time ' for - the first
explained. Subjects at a dls- "Ueraud!" I exclaimed. "Marcel rier- act, anyway."
taner the ecrealled-" necofid' sight, 1 ud 2 wnsn't ho the bank officer who Mumbling- something to himself, Paul'
was $;14 something which science at the present alB w"re 8Uch expensive neckties?" TJj rt0 r,h
tliey )ad , ..... . . "That vas he Melnir a hnchptnr and poacnm&n. uu de IjOuvre, No. f. I!u
se prices knows very little about. I once had the a l;ii,ow,elf macCshe ft 1'urry please." Q.raud didn't live fa
ry often. Ha contributed his Il Jh bttn wher he waa working
t Winer's r ii77l piI ovnrPCB hn hnt an In. ' "-"-- k-.iwus " muij6 iu a, uisj -no. w iji lunacru. ne B " " tiuu iv a . v ium uo;n T , ....
s. t oner s puzzled expression but an In- tho nava, al,propr,atlon biU when lt only po)nr JnBt0 training to run for work. I say that I did not forget to look into
cldent in connection with lt that fixed came back from the house. Through congress.' Tue trout fishing is good all summer lt in the most methodical and scientific
the event indelibly In my memory. I a mixing up of the types at the big . long, and after September 16 the angler manner"
do not rprnll the venr rxoctlv hn the government prlntery, a paragraph in the rpTrtT''Ti TAT rniTf rn vci CBn take a smi along and shoot par- ' ,",
no not recall the year exactly but the , provdH(f iot tle retlrt.nu.nt of ali 4,0 lliOl; I IS 1 0 J)A 1 S. trldges, rabbits and moose while waiting "Really you make me curious."
place was a small town about 20 miles -pretty" officers, when "petty" officers for bites. As for the trout they are the "Well listen - I suppose you still
from Lincoln. ' was very young; had was Intended. Senator Hale got busy ,. ., , , . . . salmon variety, "speckled beautlea." ao remember our friend P-uguet'"'
In fact lust nun out mv sh nele aa " CY""" '"" .fl v. o.. . :'-. . ". .. '"'. 1 ao.
n attorney at law when f received an C'Z ""7,.l?,"X of Xov. Scotia
Maine and Quebec have been cele- lists at $1.50 on the bill of fare. Z ",r.T,L .ri" ... were "vinp in Kue de tlrenelle. near
. , - . . -ao n. ui uimiio wan it-tKo, 1 y - Hi ' fountain I was rather late n,l
brated for many years as a paradise for " blue eyes." ,, tatiew '-Vs set w en entered Pau
anglers. Maine' neighbor on the east, KinR FrtMlericlt's Free and Easy Way "Yea, and very nervous, a thing not was compln ini'iig of being hungry but
New Brunswick, has shared of late in From the Bystander. to b8 wondered at In a woman who has hi wife couldn't make up her mind to
of the
delicacies,
dinner, and almost daily D"4 modest apartment of two
... 1 fill Trrl Ac s ft r a m- Vi . 1 . , V- J
Buc.h as lobster and "T't,. A,3 ,soon " R had reached the
Jnvitatlon to address a mas meeting ."-'.JI., wn
In tho town in question. Of course I " ."'"t,2 ,V, ., .A ei
accepted, promptly., The chairman of SwC0r"an0trln"'1?nthe Drovislon had re!
the meeting met me at the railway sta- !Jinfl,t. Jm VitiM, Ti fhi t, J
tlon and nilntet me fn mv room nnd am malned in the bill retiring all the pretty
I" a. ?LI?,ejlAlei.mJ0..mVnia officers in the naval eervlce! What a
i. df orUvnoMn.h how. would have been raised by the the glory
out toward me said: :?VJloVi0" .?l ""I on2ra",nlly. looked
"Old man. ioln me In a little drink?' ."'".." w"ula "ttv" as the best.
"I shook my head id explained that f'"c V.rt tA-vJ n S.htn. .nT, " There are ,nny aalmon streams
,1 never indulged He looked extremely th'." woods 5 klflne?' an1 tr0,,t fhing Is excellent all oyer
; disgusted, but It did not prevent his tlon t0 lhe north woods of Maine. th(, provnce. KrBhlng In all the rivers
laniu: tx iUMi,r oliuiii; pun ai inr uui 1 1 vjrf Inn B;n.. ... . p-M a y, A aim lohca ia jji at Liutiii y uue liiiu unre-
"i'iv ' " ---! p 1 air wit i-I
patties and things of that kind to the 2r.Vaui ,J,l,mSed ?x,t oC h ferriage
house. He was amiable and tactful, not -f,s,kei1,.,l!eT.f onolerKe: What is M.
giving 10 K'lfiMip. ana alter a while Hu- ru" " ! "i-, x . .
guet slmplv couldn't get along without woinal00! him rather sur-
him with lis in our box." prised and said: M. Oeraud came home
"How old was he'" about o clock, asked me for his mail
.-.. - . . . Mini 'rtt nr.... t. -.-....... II.. t
A Sain- called, the fleah a delicate pink and ."r rl'.T . k ,"we.c. 5'-nn, 4 i BP0 rom. , V, Vi".,.., , "
FiMtingl. rCr ill?7b.? ong IwIchiS .imt to , ih- ;Z?.TlXn,u'Zt$V ' ever, was already baVk at thS"c?rrlMa
hn ,.!.. 1.7- , iiVnu - .V. mi, if f. u'""' ce"ter t h1? che.t, wasn't he? His were Hvinir In Kue de Orenelle. near and ala: ,.1here. you see how
- " - " ' .... v.... ... u.w. wim TV 11 M hrilniioi. 1-tth apv. craw- . i. ...... . . .....
Nov Scotia ha been over-
They
a little more talk the
1 Invitation to Imbibe was repeated and " l '"!" ier " 1 .7 "s Nova Scotia haa few largo rivers, but
nvan Acfiine-i n lte in rmBn 1 a p.V'-ot .a " .jviia unin . there fl rn thnllMannn rf uli-Mm. ith
himself. After
declined
.Ji-uiiou. rtgniu inr; umiiiiinii !...; c?-.- f ,..,A r.-lll... r. .'ii a 1 uiuuiSAiiiia 111 all I'.UIIS Willl.Ii n .. , u lilm Th,n In th AVAnl
Himself to a coprons draw. He f Vt Kw 6 f. V r ,1, f are llled wlu ,r0t There are manv Take & stroll H h th Sr
n renewing the Invitation and "?JIZv IXa in...f SrnL "Jf JmI estates In the province through which ."vded P ace near n Is Pl
.ping himself until the f .ask was MnU" 'hree or f more good f Ishlng brooks run (M'nl
'i helped
kept on
' then helping
Jamntv.
! "On our way to the hall I noticed that
mv es
he was minister here before has made
him thoroughly familiar with things
King Frederick and Queen Louise are ?" 'fha ? " ' .11 the tabl8 becau9e
looked, but the flahlng there la aa good both very much loved in penmark, al- Brothers, on Boulevard Magenta, deal- "Now mv friend" I said "T hv
innugn ai rimes ine King, it is tnougnt, m pnoiograpnic supplies. itewaa ox for lh omedl for tonlufht.
goes too much out of his way to win certain of becoming a partner In the are playing 'lionise-.' "
popularity. , nrm in a lew years, and even as lt was ' Then lot us hurry." Paul aald; "let
Attn beginning of hi reign he used he had a good position. Besides, Ad- UB eat our supper that we mav not be
to sfcnd for people whom he saw from rlenne meant no more exnense for him. im fn. .i... .i...,
the c"astln windows passing through the Aa a true rarlsienne, ahe understood Iiinner was served Adrlenne Reemed three times, but nobodv opened tha
castle vard to come nnri hau a ohot hmr t o..f..ii - .l-.i ..... . 1 rl " " ? door Prnhakl,, ,. !--.
... . ...- .- ...... .... " - ...... i...-..v.,.. v., ntuiMi iiu in- im mii'ii ii i n uiiiiia inn a , mith cr.-ii-.,. .ii.i. .ii.-iht
rneti in th nviin no h ainul.t I r. -,4 a,. ,i i.... .. . v. . v. - ' ...... p,uv. . , -. "
.......... . .. . UH.,, iu iiti.i iin ;i.i,.v wiivio iia uriliciue
nces lo a could get everything cheaper than any- "Women nr inrf,i .ir.n
summer real- bodv else. She found dress nnd un- ..,. ,. i.i : .. , .u.. . ..
Trouvllle." derWear. laces and lewelrv at nriees . ' ' ' " .V. V?W l'i..?".:
sill
you are. MarceJ is at home. Driver,
lasa ua to comedle Frannalaa."
"Paul, I beg you to go upstairs. There
must be something the matter. I feel
"Well, I suppose I have to," Paul
growled; "n man must always arive In
when a woman wants something.''
I remained with Adrlenne in the car
riage, and I noticed how feebla she
looked. Paul stayed away a long time.
At last he nme and said: "I ran thi
some or these streams you can
across, yet fleh abound In thern.
i axe ror example, a stream which haa
stop which, la frequented mostly by hop which continually surprised her hus-
Adrlenr.e r even f.,-n,,.nil k n ,,k
suffering that 1 myself began to feel
worried now.
It seemed rather strange to me that
. " ,i-.i- t. . jinn iiior
niri was a man uilHieauy un nis . . .1 i nn .or -aaiuyiB, a nireain wntcn lias
; pins, but I did not realize that he waa "'r','1:" ,l-'ul""B 1,11 "i - just settled Into some sort of steadiness
Secretary of Agriculture James W11
eon sat next to Mr. Wu and launched
off in a discourse about agricultural
matters.
"Did you know, Mr. Minister." said
Mr. Wilson "that the peach, the moat
dellcloua of all our fruits, came origin
ally from China?"
"Indeed,'" said Mr. Wu. with some
surprise, "I ws not aware of lt. I
will have to make a note of It "
Everybody realizes lt." said Mr
f drunk. Just before we entered the
l Vmlldlng I said to the man: 'I wouU
Jlke to get a little advertising out of
t this thing If possible. Would you min i
) Jntroducing me as "William Jennings
I Brvan. the rlslnr young attorney of
t Lincoln?' "
"'All right, old man, he replied,
"clutching my arm rsther unsteadily.
: 'Trust me. I'll give you a good send-
cir
after a hurried, tumultuous deuceot
down the mountain. Aa It cuts lt way
through the level upland lt digs out
holes here and there, and from Huso
holes the angler may take a dqen or
iiiuio uno iiuuiKifia in an nour s epori
people, and speak to everybody at ran
dom. At the castle all sort and con
dition or men are received.
Prevents Seasickness.
Red glaase are said to prevent aea
tc knees, tho color having a stimulat
ing effect upon the nerve, which in-
hand, who always heard from his friends
that nobody was more chic and elegant
than his wife. Put nil these things
are details which cannot Interest you."
"Oh, on the contrary. I waa. as you
remember, an old chum of Paul Buguet.
Our friendship didn't suffer when Paul
..vii.ic ia nuiiini Lit-iuac iu.uvri iiunii i .. . , . , . ..
come today. She thinks something must f??cf,' w"n nBver "ned at home, should
"The warm air of the hall end the
A nsrtv nf sir mnrie an rnnilllinii ,. ,- th rlpnliiAn
early lasl summer to Canaan lake In
.nt? BuiuiicrtBiri ii iisit in me province. a - , ,n. , .. """- "i. hif, biii i winmuu
Fishing from canoes they caught ,76 .,.l?,ri ha" ,V " aV?,"? ",f, i""f ssooiate with Paul after he wa, mar
from .,,,' Z.;,'"j,.'r'.Vil fTa-
have hapiicned to him. Isn't that ab
surd? Marcel is a bachelor, and enti
tle,! to go wherever ho pleases, without
asking or iiiform.ing anybody. What
surprises me u that he spenda nearly
all his evenings with us. It Is really
loucning. j tut, after all. we muat allow
lock himself In his room for four hours
and stlu -be there at 8 o'clock.
"Walt a minute, I will speak with
the Ooneleree."
The woman also thought It strange
that M. Oeraud hadn't left his apart
ments to go to dinner as usual. As ahe
fell in love with Adrlenne and married him some fiecdom It lino alwavs heen ioolc rar, hl" apartments, she went
her on the pot, although she brought mv nrln,-lni nm in kmh.r v.aA ror her key and we went upstairs. Hav-
hlm bo dowry. The young woman about the doings of mv friends But !"?. the door, we stopped In the
Am A (4 ta 1 ( Lr a wi B-iJTnntli.,.M .... It I 1 a-i(4 thai -"f-r lt- c j. . 1 1 I -l
eemed to Ilka me, and I continued to women are always unreasonable."
hall, and the Conclefg- called Oeraud s
, r:fP,nPU'11Se atcl'1!:frmfaan"k X.,t'. R": Unad"hVen lis Ycnlng uleTly
! Ifuddled the chairman. .When ha ,h -.,,,, ..na ,v,
thla la what he m,.t Mu exc.epm.v; Minister Wu."
w Tftll1m i uij urn very kiihi. ii i . aerieiary.
arose to Introduce me.
! aald:
I..I., J i said Mr Wu laughing, "but I under-
' no, " " staxid that Senator Chauncey M. Depew
V....IH.I..H.. ui. ,,. of your state holds the title of the
,mW x.,aniirv.nh !,vr t nTt h r Ic n peach. 1 would not like to
Bpeecn. Mr Jt00t ,u(rK,(.d that the matter
-I.... ..r - j ,,, might he suhmltted to The Hague trl-
J,'.Bt cJT' ."u.u.-r1 n.LST: for arbitration.
trout in otio day. The trout ran
one half to one and a half pound each.
with a few larger.
Toe next dx the six angler added
Adrlenne repli-d In a voice which she ?,m, Iler;lvg nr, anawer. we went
steel cars
country.
Very often I took dinner with tried to nmke firm: T am worried be- lnt" the next room. It was pitch dark.
for the railroads of this) him nd . r K,.n.o,i i. i,.,.. 1
....... ..-. m ...-,j,.....u ... .. n. ,,ii-i- ruuRfl 1
cian or ine Actor j
many acquaintances among theatrical
i or,, ,r,.,u !,. ......,ki.. i (.leratid, sne called aaln Knl m.
i . , . . . . - .... ..ii,.,., i mil pi'inu . iiiiik ija . . J
cin oi trio Actor jaroucne. and nave happened to Ueraud " "nm was nearo
datt tha six analera added " manv acouaintances anions ihrairicnl i',.i i i. , . . There ore match, nn h nn
200 more to The catch. These ran The German navy Is experimenting people, t verv often received free tick- iii-i- ,.. ' .., .- hlo next to the bed." h .ht-.r m
K hiiDl npnnn K .. A . . JJ.. . .. 1 V. . . , j - ... - . ' ' 1 1 ' ' w vifc ... 1.1 I i . j - , .
about the same alxa. except one beauty with a boat propelled by a Jet of water, ets.
Adrlenne and her husband were" Adrlenne didn't eat anything
iiurry now. dear,
Paul said to her.
a play by Imtnas Is not like an oper
ctte. where there Is enoujrh to catch a
song here ami there. Please get your
things on.''
Adrlenne stood up and slowly went
mo ner nres.sing-room.
me, trembling with 'fear. I felt for the
tame, and suddenly put my fingers Into
something atlcky.
"That Is blood," I thought
When I had lit the gas we saw Mar
cel lying on hla bed. hla head er-nahed
His right arm was hanging down, and
on the floor waa a letter aJmoet covered
( aesar
of Michigan who wna temporary chair
man of the t'hlcago convention last
'month, and Wlillani J Bryan, the prob
able nominee of the Denver convention
for president, met In the marble room
of the senate si the capltol. They
mopped and Indulged In a llitle repar
tee "Let me see. senator," snld the man
from Nebraska, with a grin, "I believe
that vou i-ie in favor of the election of
aena' TS by the dheit vote of the peo
ple" "1 n " ni'd l ie statesman from the
V'c!i . i nate, I h teen In favor
Cf It for a n.n.' r "f vwr"
"Well, iw.a'or Mr Brvan. "It
1 r.i.r often t'.at 1 find myself In ac-
foollng.
The Eaqulmau is rold. is cold.
Vp by th froien pole;
la house is worth I La weight In g-id -Or
would be if 'twere here mi l nold
But he don't know, poor sou,:
He ahiTer In hi Icy bed
Hla spine Is never still--A
furry cap I on hla head -worth
plonks and flunks, or o 'tit aaid.
- Aad yet be ha a chili!
Fteah Iceland r-reezea fan M brow
Cracked Ice la free aa air;
II !r th elfm collar now
lie wor a d-ed since. 1 vow I
How bliaaful to he there'
U . WATERHOCSE.
Kpeaker Joseph ". Cannon, the al
leged czar of the house of repreaenta
ttvea. begun his political career nearly
half a eptury ago by running for
atate'e attorney out In Illinois His
opponent was a young man, like him
self, aid as thev were good friends
personally they arranged to stump the ever-present handicap.
county together. Kuch mads larg'
promise as to what he would do If
elected
One diy as they were going down the
street togeth. r thev m t the Judge of
the court, a venerable, white-haired
Jurist.
' What are yo.j bora makln all thla
fees about"" said the Judge, qulxxlrally
af'er stopping them.
"We want to he atate's attorney,"
eni-h responded In alrrfbst the same
bnath.
The venerable Judge roared with
laughter. "That Is a rood Joke." he
WHEN THE CRADLE IS EMPTY NATIONS
FEAR C ontinued From the First Page of This Section
" . .... ,. " ' . With klnnH
, wnue we wi re taking our corTee Paul ' i "-
acquiring a great fortune hastened to for the mothers, properly helped and try committee haa not borne out thn said lUallv, it Is absolutely lmmate- 11 w adrtresM to If. and Mm,
economixe In the number of children Instructed are only too eager to pre- charge of deliberate infanticide! but it rim to me. or I should rather ay that I !.V' ' nn" .. .'"J : .
uui miner pian; (,eraun aion t come. I , ' . V n. mj
know ho would not enjoy Uenlae ' But i v 'U3 happlrjea In life." H ln-
did you notice how nervous and excited !?rm,' ,rm that he Intended to end
my wife )? l have told her that Mar- ,,? llfe' n,,t RBt'1 nothlna; about the
el has a i e affair somewhere, but she "canons, although yon could read be-
v-ouidn t billev me Pleasa nan m 'ween the lines that lack of mnner had
miii"ii mm ine cigarettes ,n,i, u,i,. u-nia. ieain must
e.ioracierisuc At this moment we heard a lerrlhU ""'J 'one annul an nour earlier. or
e-room followed hv ! "l uen vtarienne saw ui image in
ig bodv. tne mirror
Adrlenne.'' Paul cried, rushln inte, .. 1 ne. doctor waa silent for a momen
who under the law mint rflvlda th lit " . .. vm- uuin. u fin, .no. am aemonsiraie arresn ine anocKing
who under the law, must dlvld th lit- nfaing maternal Instinct defle all condltiona of prlvHtlon under whhh a
tie they had. the laws of race destruction t lint even large proportion of the intant pnpula-
The short-sighted lw of Napoleon Napoleon could graft upon the body tlon are brought Into too world and al-
stlll stands, crushing the population soclnl. lowed to etrugsle onward toward a
with the dread of children left to starve. But it la not enough. Although the alckly maturity. And the registrar ten-
while the dowry system lends it
But that Is not all French taxes fall
heaviest on th" rarents of large
lies, from the house tax. which mak
Immediately costly for a man to have
n whole 80,000 babies be saved that can eral' figures for 1 r 0 7
ne Kxvci. sccoriimg in receni esiimnies, weagnes In propogation,
s fall the cure for the French decadence must of France, la showing Itself to an alarm- rrv from' ti n dre.sins
faml- operate with parenthood, not with in- Ing extent In Kngland. There and In .., thud of f.ii'n
""' tmV?- . . ... Walea the.hlrth rate, is tie lowest that Adrlenne." Pau c
Heputy Messlmy has Jurt risen In the has been recorded
actually less than
rate maintained
a numerous progeny, to all the Indirect chanibor of deputlea to propose "that three quarters of the
wnn ii rram e na-s oeen so asiuie ine r rencn T'p,1Pi may not ujpe out. 10 year ago
in contriving these measurea: if I the greatest in the cities hut lt
I'nder laws such ns these 1t l not 1. Freedom from all direct taxation exist In the country- districts to an ex
nee'SKarily Fr-'.h nature that abstains for families having mor than three tnt uff Icler.tlv noinble to , alarming
from the luxury cf trie well-fille.i era- children. The estimated population "f England
die. It is sin. tily human nature that can- I. Ktat aid In every nosalhla war In and Wales is ?4.S4S.fH. The birth-
not see safetv In rumhers. tha prevention nf Infant mortality wrier- numbered E 1 7 .6 3 . or ?6.8 a thousand.
htm. We
then he said: "Isn't thla an exact ex-
r motlonles. Vr? of, ,n". arn psychlraynochrlsm
alf open I wnl'h science Is trying to fathom at the
. 1 nreteni time"
the other room. I followed
found Adrl. nne on the floor
her face white her ee hn
aw i-mi n.i. i, ii present time
tic fit. for she was not foaming at the ,'M',rI, " different from what I
i:ps. nor were her limbs attff. while her "' ' ""'"nm-n a m you qune
And the rhn iren !.o are horn-however the mortality la due to the poverty which ia OH a thousand belpw the rate ,nr.-folor returnf d to her cheeks.
they die off In J-ranre: Throughout the or the Ignorance of pnrente. of I Jiff! and the loweat rate of any yesr
land, tne government, science and prill- 1. Imitation of th I nlted Btata In on record Births In London were 2S S
sure that there wa no love between
Msreei and Mm Burnet?"
"I cannot be ur of that, but I had
Over there." ahe whispered, pointing VT noticed anything. And even If
pulse waa Irregular and faat We placed
her on a couch, F.nd almost Immediately
sain. wlp.cg l,ln e es No matter tnthrDnr are unltiiiff now In Ihe ilea- m.LIni It fmitv for forrlnr lo -ou(r - iKa,,..., .i,rt . ,j - lrn.. ... .
nr vn a 4 " V. nAA-, . . . . ... . ... M. . .... ... . .. . . .-i .. . .
during jour
wl.lrn i-r
"tl ere mill nngh
"rt to Jail hereabouts,
tern.e "
I wa elei-'e" ' sd t'ncle Joe. In
relating th lr ' '. 'b it I never could
figur out r ;! harpened. whether
h voter thnurrt rr.a the best or poor
est lawyer of t-e two. However. 1 d'd
since civil registration
alculated
iaa etah1lih"d.
to he large mirror "Over there I
saw lilm as I was buttoning my waist
I turned around, bellevl n thnt ne mint
on trie total population. th be In the room. And as I saw nobody,
i unuersioou. anil w;en I lainteo
While 1 examined her to eonvlnr
myae.f that ahe had not been hurt by
that were ao. it would make no differ
ence in this case."
A Wife Ready.
L,lttl insmthy could rnt
ler pTMf utr low for aim when
he m "Pap. 1 weald Ilk to t!l
you samitMrif if you won't tell Mam."
"Why en t you waat naaoaa to know
It i.ghterT - .
-Weil, y-u fell ner tbing j lay, anl)
h added r-erate endeavor to nri'iicrvp to the na- lhe fu.) mlviint&s.i f ett!nMn
few rrlmlnals Hon th tables that have the luck to Hut I here im no word vet of ahntlsMn-
Ret horn at all the lawa of testamentary division of fi In the London Mrth rate during th
It I'srla throughout the provinces, irnp.-rty; and if there were, who sns',1 last .17 veara amount io per cent,
the i ".- siiltatlor.a de Nourrlaor, are say that a nation alrradv legallxed. per- Agriculture, withering ilk" a blighted
engaged In furnishing sterilized mt!k sliced and devitalised Into abdication of field of grain has dwindled until the
to poor mother and. more thsn that, the h:ghst pru Ilea and ti e highest stout yoemanry nf Kngland, with their
trlvlng by expert medical advice, to duty of hurranltv r-osaeeee the power rising families of rosy, muscular rhll-
tenrh mothers tow easen'lal lt la that to regenerate itnelf? drerf. have passed away. In the country.
aurceeYi in man - tr,e rounty bnt for their habtea rruat have their mother's In Knrlsn.l the other rt nation l--t,l nf h vnm.n'a frn
th .rt.,"''' T,o;Tr'r",ru,,n5 own milk, at nature planned when Cain now most i-iignantly arnlous over the strtch the great hunting parks of th Ma reel.
' " '""') nn nun" 11110 ir.e worm rrai'es tnat ao not -oio ineir ircup- isndioros In the city lounge tne starv-
totned hurdrns, the growth of Oormanv, lr, descendants of the farmers who
ddt-p r. ilUnr.t urto mtllte-s, la regard- had to fle their field to ecap tarVs-
ed with an uneasiness oniy less acut tlon in their day.
than that of France. Oreat Britain They saved themselves In om half-
re-found frlerd nd ally. hurgrv fashion. But their cr.lldren'
For rronths r..ertW a parliamentary children puny, pallid, ar.emie and vlc-
rommu-.ee 5ii in iiiifioti, taaing teati- ton or moral and manner
moriy on trie auDJect or lni.nt Inaur- Ing In their roiserah
What Klllrrl the Adjutant?
From th Allahabad Pioneer.
A good atory from the regiment!
Arrs-tst1ve o-.r cf Vlrg-lr.la 1 Ten Tears ago In Paris the Infant death
pofieor ror the fr.:;wing story Among rata from stomach trouble ran as high
hi Constllu.r n th (lid Pomlnlnn aa -IS a m. k Vnw .1 Ih. Iil
. W" ?p ' who ''V1 only child. Tamler. out of n xaryii'g attendarc of
fcava mk T. I 'A.- w-r- wii to no, ano no tah!ea ranging from So to 140. not one
rvr fiher a higher oorcp!lmnt. or Vt. ! ir.V,V "'"" .r'1 ""r"""rl ct! of that common aliment
A the Tfvm man an- The gereraT rate of Infant mnrtAlltr
r...1nl. ' " 'hroughout France Is belnr marvelouslr ance wht), the rfgtsfrar general re- Already the chiidr
aoout nta chole changed through then. r.sultaton. ported fo' Indon wt.at ha been hr- dren are "refralnlrg
her fa, I. Paul went out for a glasa of Journal of tha 'Tightlng Fifth" concern
rHer., d.rlln,: t.k. 1hl.nd then tell l"' W" C1" """
me whom dldV you e-' rack to 1110. FltxRoy was possessed
eh turned pale again. "Him of an air tun. nT nti afternoon
took a ehot at an ad Intant a hlra m hlrl,
She has seen Oeraud! Isn't that being an excellent awavenger. Is protect-
atrange"" Paul ciflaimed. d from Injury by a fin of 10 rupert.
"Yea. I cud see him." she said with a ''"'ral prr) aaw the bird fait of
hudder. ' A-.d h stared at rn a o. coure. hnbhtih and court of inqulrv
Paul looke,! at me ws ordered to Investigate the bird
"Ion't feel uneasv." I aaid. "thlnra h.
like that happen Qtiit often, and In Am 'rk would hare It. FVlRnr w-as
i aiarT- wioat -aa it i .-. .. - . rtolnfe4 vireaMent if the mii,i II.
' '"rj1" ,K - m, ach trouble I remember a ratUnt nf J'-ndtng of which wa duly recorded .
Jro hiilTT K,J ho was surrering from gtrlt, fft""- "The cort. having carefsllr
fhr:hl,r,,w." who imagined he saw nfLi r,rvwh.rl - 'nveatitated .11 the erldew brought
Adrlenna mtnnA .n , - rIOr It. ha Mm tA 1 h rnncpnion
her buabnad: "Ferhars wa mle-ht a
proactiad n.anhood th fond
wer rnui-h concerned i
m
T . . V'i"cn. es tl.ey are cal..-d. At Avalion t rtor In artr rtwed aa an ar.tiiilt.ev Hm nt -hllJ nr nri. !-. -
dlcaUotr of ' aV trTlcVl J he T nT. 5,1 ,i"Jl!l;hn,!I" h ." "uX ff ""'fallij for Infant under II month pay the pen.ltr of th.lr imprudence la
. . T 1 . -lc Bt era l.OCt rrihd. DOW tb death are onlr dur n the imt vear " . -l- .,.-i.. A . -
r"TV r:nmTl .""A -'' O'er. th (I mi l IH. ' id, ,,r.er t,d -.-.n. U-V.V" --.. .... -- br Oeraud . hcM I am mnr. .nnili ii"ig-.i,
no nfficlaJ position found In th thawiaei vea ia to hima nt rnM with than I can tell yon."
pivii'-m iiisTi oi inpvrinff caoies Bone lo oerend ner 7 ... r-.tii-. mu
lncrtiv t pelect worse then cr-u- What, the Frglth eTr thenneelrea. is Piel angrily
ln" " iimu"ii i" muniH-iin to peenms or ins emrire wlta aone lo 'W
winttng f nr many tmnr carrot a te hoM It? JTrn
wit nnann
aha uiirfii al f hena a nd I rina t ,
ter to know ibla" -.r.,V W.v.,- ' '..," "'T'T' . riorr it mi rwrr from 19 per boldlr.g
t HM ber what Ten fcara is IT, :"Zt "a. .T .waT,7 " T-? Po"t-ur-Tonna. from ) widely
a- Tew 1. 1.7 r..i tV i .i if. '' "err- tn to rone; at an ln
j-7 - , ; ( -r- - - we i inn uacwo. Tir. is cbUdraa, Th
that th bird
IHIg-edl rhU
tsaUtnoar tefora tb parllaoitB- rrerfiowing Cradle.
filed of aua'stroka
Pita Roy, c attain and
la loo frwvllal. " " -
It Is to suit fn Wrrrleet Tr!Tnir. '
W hat should have a en im.1 I. . n. r , - . v. -
rcelT I'ldn t we feina imimiIit with ii--- ..i -- " '.?
AM Oerroany look, ainlllnfc at her nd ha wa all right T tp.m feeln. unt -pos a cart which U
Adrlcna looked at wlu aa ex- drawa by a alcgl hrs