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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, y JULY '28. 10Q8.
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THE BATTL1
SQPASHE
Of
THjL
Ity Hhlrley W. Pmlth.
lltl'l.Y. I iin'l stand It another
day not another day, F-dson.
Tl.xon lhl!;t most go"
ho look tl.nl Miss Char
lotte (liKonfli'1.1 rntt hiTuii
the desk t her lawyer brother wm ap
pealing, however, rntlinr thnn deter
mined. "I inn'i h'ii. to th. front window
"Without seeing il, wiotohed place whsrs "liu!"
... . ... v. Mm to
Tne lawn hnu jo ! , not tin uuur
Whcn 1 in w let t 1
wagon drew up I:. front of th. hutis.
and Iih V'liinit
his basket nu
tl oor 1 1 . W tl M
hliii.o'f nt. I i :
hop, n tld I it
Mm I. Mi
"'( Il IV I . '
Inn, iiim '.Ink
"So ilo Hi. v t
ly ' S'! . o.,
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kllllir i. n.r
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inn
Jumped Ollt With
toward tn. rt-ur
tl
roiin 1 1 i
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Holl hailed
t ni,on
thing
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did., t l!
i;i nnd down
, i i-o by tin
1 til ye. '
,1. i n t ! i r .
of i .i m i run
n. v. f tannin'
hi i .ii
an hear tho peoplti pass tno "In..
ay a ll..v g i. I v. tlint I doil't catch worn """'" ' r '
some Kiln' hi. ti.o... awful vinus. Fsth.r ht"V''" , , ,,
diii'Mi'l ear,-; ho likes being obstinate ' boy m..,i
ami holding "in against tin. rldloule of ?v"', 1 ' "-' 1
the whole tity aiiiinmt ns much us liu '.o ,n '
likes Hi- vines" th..i,is,,irs i-ver-watt-hfu, m:-
Kdson wus Mtlll -ilwiii. l'l'lm little down .
Miss f.ulottii wiped lio. rye. Willi ft cnnino,,,,!,., 1,,
(.,,. 1 l,D,..u,..r. .,l. f an aim thoucht "n l J'St i' t II"
of tin- bBiiwiiiul liou'levuiil with 1 1 a. through
numlH-rletiH mh i. I .s of Uwn soft. 't" . , ...
(mootli Kie. n lawn only In front 1 boy n.-i vmi.l y -a .iui n
Of tlu. l.oilho wl.ui she lived with h.-r homptlnni. ooMlio,. i i'oHtoii. I
father. Thr ul.l lio.u.n Gi ienf lel.l mom wl-li tl y lot:.! firo.k U on
frn.l IiibUu.,1 on ).ivrvliijr u relic of the fn" M Imve hud iicre
thr.- oo, venm of fnrm llfo. where l.'onh k." "I";" f1"'"1 tfuwlii
nd hud plnnti d ..wry eijuore yurd of "pw if tl.rn, w ! I..i,in t ell.owl ii.tj
eartl! Ii-uuhs1. H. cd. f"" ' '.' ". ,1;,"s,, "f , f
""It 1 truly nwfui to have the beet thure coiildn t be nobody tft.it llk.'d in
people of the . ltv v ..ntlnun lly laughing ct hlnm uron h, t. w. lla.i 1 do, Not
il one. 1 Juki -nn t etaud that. Jay in the hull woi , . 1 wunt (.mod nctlv.,
.I... ,i ii, i.ihhrlv vinee nre troin ves tuhbles round ine n bud
prawlln about In front or the Douse """"y; ' . . . .k .
l'hv to know thev are OMt of nothln In the bull world th;it
there ftl.it
ettcmH to
place, nnrl they (trove over the wJk n,preula e good in rvulin and II . r..
is If heglnrnome kind foot to cruli cuaure like vino -it.iu.ush In l Uoklar
out their rldlrulous Uvea.- tather hoes ""e old man ImrJ ateadl.y a a he
and water them no matter who may b '"JJf1- , , , ,
passing and ho btrkers with the bey -on. now. prov... faat nnd lli ijoji
and rough mn thai Knuce him, in a tor tors cyan to o a lO-u.-re field ,(
Oiahner rude as theirs " , '.,rn ,,a1.' ""!,fvl" ".nd.. "orI r,f , m",r''h'"'
Edaon'a glance was mvmpathetlo In Hnilln rt 111. Hut nlm hardly i
cpite of the twinkle in hla eye. suitable ernu for a little checker of
""1 auppe vou could tell him that ground like ythlt n. Ib. year I h i,
you won't'etay with him any lontter." "'rn In hJ the place looked n'm.i.l
he suggested. "Or. I might do the Job topheavy. Ptana Is putty fair In aome
for vou If voti don't foel equal to it." w.'?"T"theJP ,n!,t rt""'t rPPd n0 rf,le
"'Hush: Vou know I'd never do that, that la. Hut there a a aort of same
r let you do it. But I even heard to different Mlla of beans. I
John laugh at the sight a ha paaed enn t reely eav I cotton to "em like I
cur house last evening. I thought I do to a quash.
ihmild orj nnd 1 did cry." -. For a mornent Boston stood upright
"No, dear. I know that you'll Stand now, and his sy' swept the street d.'
ty father. His whlmaloB balanoed flantly as though longing for a eight of
gainst your love of him couldn't even HUlbbs that he would at the end of the
(tart I he nenle. Put what I'm afraid hoe-handle if neoessary, make that
of is that if I find some way to ejet graaping tradesman promise tn send
the truck farm out you will be moved the delivery boy dally for rerupera
turalghtway to help hlni put in an- tion among the vines. Then he be.it
other." over tils hoelnif again.
"Just you try mel But he' our fa- "For there's aonie lnn'vldual'ty tn
ther, and he's been good to us, and he's a squash. Ye can look at her once
old, and I almost think we are wicked and sort n" get the general hang of
tiot to leave him In peace with his her features' and then ye know her
vines. If people would only let us.' alwus. Shell grow and her eomplex
Jvdson, if I thought I needed your word ion'U change some, Jest like any s-n-'for
It that you wouldn't hurt his feel- Bible critters. Jiut she's Jest the same
ings In this matter, you'd haze to squash, and reckenlied as eech bv ary
promise." one with ekaJ gumption. I c.i! late
In a short time the parties to this squash to be 'hnut Uhi best citizen we
treaty of offense and defense had ar- have 'mong veg'tubbles."
ranged certain of the most Important Moving off toward the 5-ldewalk, Bos
'Jetails, and then the sister left the ton uprooted a tiny pig weed venturi
office. Later in the morning, after he some enough to attempt growth in this
Jiad finished his dictation, Bdson took well-guarded plot.
Tip his pen nd stirawled a hasty note. "Grass now, Is all Jest as, much alike
Then he sent off the missive by a boy, as the hair on a bay boss. And ylt,
'land went on with his work. m'son, every scalawag along here but
me thinks grass Is the only thing a
Their Friend, he Enemy. m?n.ort,,to Put out ,n bls front '"i-
That's all right. If their light gives
This same morning Boston Greenfield 'em to see grass why lei 'cm have the
fwas In the basement of his residence f'"h . f 'i ,ln Peacf- , But "and Boe-
The acoldent at Ansel Taylor's barn- another, a'most. Nobody sis must
raising, the time that Edson alone teBih ein anyway.
swamped Bproul Curtis, the fastest ""Thsy'U aU say the old man s had to
bundle-cutter among nil the threshers phe In at last That hi soerlts
of the dlstrlt t, Hoston s setting the broke 'Taint so! They haln t forood
hired man from the city at work load- mo I do what I lo on my own free
n,. r..u-.i i... i,.Ki.,.. ii, w 111 and grace. But can I do It? Good
too o, u j, . . . i- irinnh for
i;enter to wiin-n ine " "f. , """7 "iV
lust llllto Uli Ul il tiij
dHnces at the
whole family ussd to go. the night the
sugar shanty was s trunk by lightning:
recollections of all these and nuuiv
more than these were transversed to
their utmost delicious limit.
Then with uhanglng emotions thev
her? The
furmln .
Defeat or Victory.
It was long after durk when Boston
I nen wun onanging emotions inev
talked of th.. denartur. for th., rltv of finally pulled himself up from a bench
son and daughter, and of the discovery and hurried toward the boundary of the
of oil. of lheeath of the wife and .inlil ji too tne trailer that would
mother; these, f the old things that Khadelund boulevard near his
had broken Up the old farm life. home. When ut lust-he had left tho
"There ain't hardly a day, and never cr ha stole along the deserted street
a night passes, Kd, that I don't think like n conspirator Ho skulked In the
of her. and wisht alio was here." suld shadow of the buildliiM and trees, and
Boston, as he stroked his suca between when he had to pass under an eleotrlo
his wlthertd brown fingurs and thumb light he bent his head nnd pulled down
"And vlt, I can't be very Sorry that his hat whilo his knee Joints cracked In
Dhe'a mlHHln' this city life. She roul In't hla haste to get beyond the glare. Ort
have took to It anv bntter'n 1 do. Be- coming Into lha block that contained
sides, I've got Charlottle, and she's her his house, he stopi el every few steps
mother's pl'turs right over again. She's to peer at the buildings, as a cat studies
budglcky and hard to manage some- a strange room before she ventures In.
limes, but I cal-lnte, she's moron good Then his frame relaxed for u moment
tn n.i u i-i. ii, n.,ir. r .!,, In sltrh of relief. The Greenfield
3u , flndln' out what crops others Is puttln' lawn caught but a ray or (wo of moon
's In afore she sows hern, Is hard to git light ami there was no light at uny
' mn ir U'lfh rtftnriBp'n rrai4 wmt 1 u'haj. t W I Tl (I O W
But I've made it A rule never to irive Hut now come the supreme moment.
up to any ensenslhle crotchet, feetln'
that mebho eheil weed 'em out after
a while If we five her time. But I
admit it's been midrtlln' hard atandln'
out now and then when there ain't
been nothln' in It but principle. And
Ml mo mips ttrpw tons attain.
Sternly he forced his unwilling leps
to carry him Into the mldHt of the
vines. There he stood, surrounded by
those lusty, trustful brethren of hl.
Ills eves were tight shut: one glance
sometimes it floes seem as If her best around would lose nim ait. tnr n Be
friend would have to admit that she's ?"" "" '".
ni... ..!. Thti with an aaon zed groan tie suci-
splto of all them catty notions she's "toppefl and Jerked out by the
lfble to git Into her, she's the best '!", the first vine his "a"'' ,f'0'
disp'sltloned. kindest-hearted girl that L'lu,ch- ,ee" ,wer "nX ? Vf '
ever stood nn t Hunnn Whit pi team were streaming down his dusty-
do'wlthou? her! She maT a hon.. for ", cheek8.- . Bu. ' BtZn .V. A5r,hBj?i
rn.. ... - . . ... i oil uiu 1 1 1 o li il i n i o niu in ,iiv ' " ' ' ' ' '
you
ILforlah nl.l T't'iatrin ntnnA lin to Ills
work, faster and faster he labored till
l.ls haste was desperate.
And Just before he completed his
task, Carlotta stole softly upstairs from
the window where she had been awalt
I n tr Vi ft p father's return and from which
she had witnessed his destruction of
she's made one for me sence I lost
mine.
"And we know at what cost to her
self," observed Edson.
"Why, no, Ed; I paid all the bills. I
ben llb'ral, I'm sure."
"T llAn'l m.on that n.PAKFA.w wmilH
marry her any minute she would leave tne vines
Boston's pipe was shattered on the The Masteily Retreat.
rioor.
"John DeCourcey? Honest Poes he
like her? And she him?"
"Tee," to all four. "Vou don't mean
to say you didn't know?"
"Dld'nt know it? Didn't know it? I
tell ye, I don't believe it. 'Taint so."
"I Know about it and I know it Is so."
"Wall, I s'pose If ye know ve know-
As she descended the stairs next
morning she heard her father bounce
out of his chair and begin striding
up and down the library in a most
violent fashion. When she reached tho
doorway she found him In a rago. fear
ful to behold. Hlie could not but no-
11 1 have to believe it. But I'd never tlce. however, that the morning paper
8 Dected It. He don t come there so aw- lav wide open by the chair in wnio.i
ful much any more. And she never said
a word. I never had any Idee she'd
been aat. Ain't she the girl, though!
Edson. I ort to boen told of this.
"Perhaps I should have told you.
What I did. Instead, was to tell her
that you would be happy with Ellen
he must have sat reading calmly
enough until he heard her step.
"Why. father, what what?" she fal
tered. lie stamped his foot; he looked about
him In nllent fury; and then like whole
bfilterlex of big guns and little (runs,
and mo and that her dutv was tn her- tils amotions exnloded in words.
self. But I found o'ut that her greatest "Jest you go out there In, front, wIH
happiness lav in living for you so far ve. and see what vandalianlsm this
as she could. Kne ll lie harpy with you law-abidln' neighborhood has perduoed.
and with no one else so long as she Then yell know what without askln'.
pulling on a pair of blue overalls. The VyVS iw'o Vua'sh afl day' Th"V" be t,ie rlht th"1 bv
operation nroirressod more and more shall see 'em clear" ve. so. fare 1 can, u-glvin ye a chanst
thinks she can be of any use to you."
The father sat without spctaking. his
elbows on the table and his chin rest
ing In his hands. Edson had not been
merely playing a part; ho had been
I swan, if I ev
lowly. Finally It stopped altogether. against the narrfwnnd " "en ?or 'w weelti' long.r''
"Mebbt, I hadn't better wear 'em, af- ltlnrkot bu'iTe. rorclblo ln A" "n?if??TZ.lkyt ',2".
. ter all. Charlotte, don't like 'em. and and careless severed one runner of a n a tr??c effort ? "A?, up for. I0"
,J guess 1 can give ln that much. I'll thrifty vine. For a moment be gaaed im' o1.? f8t01i- ,TIU,K,1!t!ladJgrJ?Cedt.hf
, Jest hoe them squash In my good at the ruin ln paralyzed silence. Wn i.Tih.r d,?fn ' h1.blilhUL "htJn
- clothes; I don't care If they spile 'em." angrily: lho cthf r- made .hl wav '"ward the
And with like cheerful abuse of the "Well, I swam to goodness If I ain't noUBe at a most funeral pace,
republic's English he taiked on to him- done it now. There's one of tba beat T, p. T .
lf as he pulled off the blue overalls squash under this gov'nivnt broke right 1 ne lrst JUTi Is rired.
end stood once more ln his ordinary In two before she's fairly got Htarted. ..n i,-n.v,-. v i, c-ii "i
black corkscrew suit. Hlfl habit of talk- I've up and dona more myself to dis- Dear rather You know Ellen and
Ing to himself hnd been formed ln the courage these vines in puttln' forth tne children are out of the elty for a
solitude of the old farm fields their best efforts than jUI tho laugliln' few days, and I am already getting
He was Ji tall old man and his fea- all through the summer. Judas" and , i.i ,.w u
tures and Jlis figure marked him as one a UnKe of pathos altered his toifw "It eating without some member
who had "been a leader in his own little seems as if my hand must be gettin' f tn family beside me. I wish you
sphere. Men with eyes like, his don't too unsteady to properly move a hoe would come down and go to lunch with
lake orders; men with lips like his If 't Is the sooner I get whore my today. Veil have a table all to
tflon't give orders except to be obeyed, blundcrin' can't harm nothln' I lie het- ourselves and enjoy a good olfl-fash-Itis
face, clean shaven, except for a ter." loned talk together, such as we haven't
protecting apron of beard depending The frightened boy knew not nao' or a lnK time. Yours affectlon
from his throat, and the backs of his whether to go or stav," to offer sym- aplv. ED."
Jiands and wrists were tawny, red with pnthy or to keep silence. Oblivious to
Jong exposure to the wind and sun. His all nlse. Boston held the severed vine Strategy,
age showed Itself only in his ragged In his hand by Its half grown fruit, and
white heard and in a slight stiffness surveved it tenderlv. At 1 o'clock that day son and father
LI- SiWi11.Jnt hls mv.eraents. There "I feel as If I'd swindled an orphan, entered a private dining room at the
was no weakening of the facial lines There's three trood snnash cot rltrht off t . o.n u . . , . ...
and no dimming of the glance. In lis n second The'' must know SaUe Club t0 Partalta f "lunch."
' Now he passed out the rear door of what I've done. And all the rest of But ,UCn a Iunch- Instead of the- com
iht, ltenU and' pr,kiZg. up a h2e em mi,st knw I1- . an3 be kind ..of binsition of salads, cold meats, patties'
m, a, I ever see fine d Pt V "- or'i I & gS'Zg&rtitiitti? 7o'J
3A"Trt ZXrW? ad0h,m,v V.i? .wjth steward, Chef and waiter.
Hubbard, at that. I wouldn't i,..v t .. i ., . .V. . " .. r...' "V'" rJV ' ""." wo on i .e ioie as ma
FASTER AND FASTER HE LABORED.
Thft fltmn-nhrirp of m nrfv r"if n tyi iaV..oh i"ti t .1 Knn V,
had so far shrouded Boston's demeanor, Edson had expected almost to shudder w'""r sincere In his enjoyment of the i
when onco he had surveyed the seena, when he should come to look upon the owaslon. lot ho hud not forgot ten the n
was swepi awny oy a Dursi or aunsnine. rood he had ordered. But strange to
His exercise of the morning had given sav it was quite otherwise. He felt as
him a ravenous appetite, and now them hungry as ever he had felt ln the past
lay before him in all the beauty of when he . had come ln from tha hay
abundance a table that recalled the days fipij to devour Just such a heat-pro-
wnen threshers came to the farm. There duclng muss., Dvspepsla or not. he
wens a platter of ham. with nn even would eat all he wnnted of It. The
half doren fried eggs lying like so many blood of the old days was stirring m
low. broad islands in a sea of grease. n)s veins the o'avs when he could
Here was a dish of snowy mashed po- pltcfa hay off the 'wagon Into the mow
In.iH0 W,hl 1 "U1?ltyiothatt,by, 1. "r onto the stack In forkfuls that
K2pr bJJ, 7 s 'i Bi"K 0h1tUTPirb?-1'f? wo,"d burv the best man ln the town-
.er come up with the rep- .
that I'll land 'em over'
"uiDiiiifi iiii'i-in no, viunc ii, will! tt
hnwl fir Iniltprv flmir ffr.'ivv- tuct ho-
vond them. An old-fashioned dish of f"rt fl"' once," and ho tossed his frock
yellow stnuewnro was heaped up with ,oat in!o " eorner and sat down at the
pork and 'beans the pork not too fat table in his shirt sleeves,
and everv separate bean glistening- as Speechless with delight, Boston
though its tawny coat had been hurled his cutaway after the frock,
drenched with nectar. There were plates Kdson was cutting off a great sec-
of soda biscuits, and of "Injun bread." "on oi rosy nam. wben he suddenly put
do.'
As he listened to these words
Iron Erin of riaswlon wrunir everv
By George, I'm going to eat In com- tlge (if sadness nn 1 sweetness out
the road a.- sure's I m a sinful man.
Whv, when I got back last night, thoie
them squash laid Jest as calm and
eaceful h Jieiilor; and where be they
now.' Jest look at cm. ana ten mu
object he meant to gain. "He'll do it where they be. I ll lay this 'fore Kd-
now, ff ever," ho thought, and he went son nnd the pihem.in If I can see
forward confidently. him. Wall, I ewanny!
"There is one way. father, in which And Carlotta showed her mettle, fiho
I think you could make Carlotta's life hastened to the window nnd stood as
happier than it Is much happier. 1 ode wholly overcome bv tho astounding
have rarely heard her speak of it, but spectacle that lv before hrr. Then,
I am sure If you could bring yourself when lack of breath brought a nm-
to give up your garden at the house ment's pause in her father's outbursts,
give it up willingly It would please si,e was ready and the fire In hor
her more than anything else you could tones was something wonderful.
tho
the old man's faee and attitude. IK-
was Boston Greenfield still, loving liH
life work, rigid ln whim as ln prin
ciple. He sprang to his feet as though
someone had touched a controlling
spring.
"1S(18
son, you ain't nigh so sharp and
Good heavens, father, I never heard
of a more astonishing thing ln all my
life"
"I puppg ve ain't' Nor nobody else.
If that ain't an arglrnent for cap'tal
puniKhmoiit I danno where ed go to
look for me."
"( wonder if they'd tear up other
things you might try to raise "
"1 dunno, I rtunno," he replied, with
n snrni'lsliisr falllnir off in the passion
of his tones. "But they won't Kit. tho
ion uir-mi. .w., u .Ma, in, in, I'ni.ii au.iurnir uui uoi
and white, "na It-rising" bread. And. down his shop knife and touched the crafty as you thought you was." he
glorious sight in these degenerate davs. "ell. The waiter appeared, bowing, and roared, looking straight across the ta- chanst. There's one Injunction of ecrlr
there reposed on the table at the start, doing his hest to seem oblivious to th .ble. And then he picked up his cont, t',ire that I'm goin' to obey to the let-
ana openea tne ooor ana sinmmea u ue- ter after this; 1 aln t goin to cast no
a whole pie of aDples, and another of wonder before him.
"pumkln" down with the Philistine "John, go down to the kitchen and
that first pronounced It "pumpkin." get each of us a steel knife and fork.
And besides there were marble rakes Never mind if they don't match. Hurry,
and sponge cakes spread with currant please."
Jelly and then rolled up. Coffee had As the man went out. Edson felt
not been forgotten, and flnrtily there moved to a silent and immutable vow
were two clay pipes nnd some of the that his recklessness should not lead
hlni-lrpat Porlniia Inhiniin tlut ln.in til,, ... nn ...... ?,kA 1. 1 . . i. i
had ever see-" means of thVmo.t temptm, steel knife en ' thoroughfares. Home-
jie iuiiibu on inn non wun real tears mat rate might place before him.
In his eyes and a renl tremor In his They ate every egg and most of the
hind him before his astonished and
troubled son had moved from the chair.
The Battle.
All that afternoon the old man w-sn-dered
about the city, now In the parks
times he was
In the cars.
h'X-xB
on foot and sometimes
I'riBsersbv might have
more pearls 'fore swine. When I git
to feelln' that . my finish atn t saf.t
from the rrlm'nal classes of this fash
'nable, and at the same time wicked
cltv, I can't take no more comfort
a-raisln" 'em. It's too anxious business.
I'm through now. We'll git some Krass
seed and put it out and then mebbe
we can feel Baffi from .i-oh hounds
with suthln' taln't wnfli toohln'
li,,l to tho im.tvlnir i l-iiiit of ( ar-
voice. ham: bakd notatoe. and mnjahnd wtr .-..awi iimlcnn , n,-, mid i.nii."f.p force. i loit:. Cronf lol.l s milenient b. it said
Ldson. whats got Into ye?" cleared awav, bt-ans, pie and cake fared out of his ourging heart by the snuggle that never did sue -cin to su-.pc.-t that
I don t know, father, but I know hard as ever at the hands of hungrv going on there the slaughter of the squashes wn
what's going to get Into me as soon as men. while Boston declared that the "Don't seem ;is if she could care Ilk" aught but one of the most distanlh"
we ever get started. Hurry up and Injun hre'id curled him backward 25 I do. Seems as If she'd like It. too. I crime ever nerpei rated utraln.-U the
it down before all this stuff gets yours. Over the coffee and Perique can't bear to see 'em root.vl out It's pe.i e and dignity of the eon. mm. wealth
co1" " reminiscences of the past came freely, like the murder of one child to please of Ohio.
CAN YOU TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH? Con- ,
tinued rrom the-jTirst Page of This Secti
Modesty a La Mode.
Lon
cloth had made, evidently, too slight an the rim association w hich
Impression on my consciousness Mv "is mind.
"He. rerhaps shou'
movement of his lips
Ul l'ftl.l,lllic Willi r, ,li,i,, tt.. no . .... I 1
take an oath on It until I went back L, . ''"1 'J
thtt OTn.T,. ,,n n ..." - .-..... , , c? I, I I n 01 U nt.TOIIU 111,- 11111-J
w-nt
nines Into but to get It out the young man took.
seconds, whereas all the preceding
me iuen.8 naa oeen expressed in the aver-
Imaginafion graduallv substlt
the more usual method r,r Mnkina w-m, ?n"lem.0."t .. T ,J1.''fi "'.."- sT time of 1.6 seconds.
wrapping paper, and I was ready to m i n Vi tvnli V if. u 1 i 51 tf In the same way, "theft
saw her in hr-r bathing suit beside the
, piacid sea;
I was her latest, raw recruit, and she
looked good to he;
We chased each other on the sands and
splashed without a care,
I held her up with willing hands what
time she paddled theie.
IS BRAIN-FAG INEVITABLE-By J. Cater. M. D.
A'
later at the end of the sutnijier vaca-
iii'n
"In the same way I got a vivid image
rf the candle droppings on the floor, bu
ss, on the moment of the perception, no
Interest was attached to the peculiar
lime w.iere I raw them. I slowly suh
p'irited In my memory the second floor
1m the attle. My other blunders clearly
roe tind.-r the influence of suggestion.
! ne ponce nnd every one about the
to "police.'
In response
required a.B seconds, and
word
tne
time necessary for the process of as
so"iatlon in the mind., hut the time re-
nilra,t fur , V, a in Ur.nr- V. A 1 - ,
convey it to the brain! for the brain a.lfar 'oncluslon as to the young man
HE periods of "brain-fag" inev- so seriously nffertcd that they are ren- of menial weariness, miggest lug enm-
ltnble or do they result from dered imapabln of lurther service, m pieie cessation ot woik nnd extension
. , . .. . fart bv the performance of their nor- of the period of repose. Assuming 'lv
extravagant misuse. What takes ,) function, they bring about their need-.l test is secured, and the d.-
place when the mental faculties own destruction. struct lon of molecules lias not go no too
are actively engaged, and what Kvldently. then, molecular waste ot far, the reproductive forces a;i'n ex
's th. r,rnn i,i v. i i .i mis Kind, u It continued wimoiu noe-
I've seen her ln her ballroom gown. "s ,ne Profess which involves the con- oll!U rompettsat ion. would eventually
where all was gav and bright. union of so-called "fag?" An attempted terminate In terrible disaster. A tlmo
on of these problems In the light would arrive when insulliclent molo-
odern science forms the subject of L'-Vir ' , " I Vo oV , , H. e ca!
lopped down on her arms ",e present article. lamitv mav' easllv be averted
and the time Derlods Involved in th Might slip or break and cause mishans. An essential elsment In tho rninniin!. Infinite wisdom has onlnltied that
answers, was enabled not onlv to form unmasking all her charms tlnn of hmi, ..,,. rrproilsict ion should closely follow ex-
- - J naiisiiiiii, conseuuent i v used-up ir
replaced
c'h passed between my speaking the "Pfnf'entIa''y'' in response to "Jail,"' re- And feared her waist was coming down, solutir
d and his naming the association." au'r,ed 4 2 seco"is. h,igth shl wa,9 fr,ef from M ; nf nio,
icluded. of course, is not only the ,T.h,?.eP'rl throJ- Buht1?. analysis 1 trem,b';d 'es. ! ' h e !bo,i'd,'ir I" ,hat the nr
of the words given, the replies made
' ,v "J "'ai'l, lOl irif? Ilium ..It. W... j.. " T .. . , i ... . StlOSfnpft knoi,-, a a r.nntnr.lB.m . ..,.ln .. I H....1.. , .
to comprehend and to renlv and for the l" juoge wun very near ac- ' .ooeen nr mmi'ins on ir.e snore, I've "" '".'.' v..i. r. mn, " - ...,, ..,, ,,f i,,,.i, .niHl. ,,k
I hvslcal effort of speakPng. curacy what had been done with the seen her waiting, too. tnplasm forms the physical basis of others of new formation. Given certain w?en, r ,,,,,,, ai u a " he so, ure.i
mole
d by
crt themselves, and the brain is t ei-
mltterl to resume Its work.
Curing our conscious life the mole
cular waste Is always In exces-i of the
impair. Kaeh days toll results in a-i
npprociublo deficit. 1 Miring sleep tl,.i
opposite la the case, for then ii'i lodui--tion
is carried on v. ih rapidity, tlm
work of demolition being practically at
a standstill. Therefore. If n rc-tsnn-
All these smaller periods are readily elusions to
money. When he explained his co.- Each half of her to me. therefore, has life
the young man and told
been exposed to
bouse had always taken, ns a me.tter of determined by the expert, who also how he had arrived at them tho latter She Is a centle nrrmpr -rot.rse.
that th entrant w.ns t.v meiuiures the time It iiikca If ih. ,,K. i , '..j u Bl mem. ino latter rne is a Benuc proper
, - ..,...iJ,-, - --.. ...i t. I'lucacrii mi. mi a n im
tl
rei.'ar window.
!:i this w-riy. :n snit
n Spite if go
Ions.
'f. s
of
nn.
t l l: u es! lot' s :
had to ret ort nr.d. r o
'MV nr.1V e,- .-HO;, t),,
In a t.'.ousa!-! courts.
itb
t Kios not associate anvthintr. hut
simply repents the word given hlni If
the slmplle repetition of the word "wa
ter' takes 4"0-100ii of a second while
.J., ,,. ,f netting out the word "boat" an asso-
gl.l.l.g, HI ,J ,!.. --.ft 1 A n A tv... .ii-.
.r..u.. luii inni. iwv-lvv... tilt: UlllI-
ence of SS'l-lO'") is necftjisarv for the
mental processes called upon n making
tl.e association.
v best !n
etuor' and
dlt.tr I-
M...t 1
deem her
but one
, . , , . , IllOieeuiUr IIF1
t.nu tlljUJS me Hinereni power or ennenoone of hrnln morVf lnste,.,l of
i eu ut.-1 rig i iseir.
An Innocent man. It Is asserted, will For modesty she has
noi siumoie mentally over supposedly l a ''
dangerous words, if t'.ere Is no con-
sciousness of guilt It, his mind there is A palm which grows I-. South rner-
no hesitartcy In forming and expressing lea ting a leaf measuring 50 fret long
assoclat ons for words having to do and 12 feet broad the la-test in the
with things connected with tho crime, world
ho such thing ns mental breakdown
would ever occur. The loss lesultlntf
from each day's lahor would be com
pensated by the svccoedlng night's
is t e fact that
at a thousnj-.i
Xow Suppose
man charged with
I'lf.ces all o.r the world, witnesses some crime Is submitted to this test
ewrv nay nji;r.-u by oath. In pxa l!y t.'.e that he lie asked to respond, as speed!!
pa, anv tV v
' 1 nir.e
winnow t it-.
. aff .,f Hi
p ri-:i! ".tntr s'a'e- word
'-! m no t ' . e a'-f.rtl ger t
-e-:Ts of wltnKSen' tils ct me
e ' - . ,.-. lnce is lio.'i ed llo--e ts
A t ' -:T -g ir nilnd ' ;i-s t is m;-
'rit'-niT.tS I'M W.
y .'i v . : as 1 ' t
-. i
ran
t'.
sh.i e way. u... - worse mixtur- s of
truth and '.nt! nth. - utibl-atlorig of n:em-cir-
and llluslo:.. '. krt.wledg and of
tirnratim. cjt ; t: . e , wrorg
rn jus.o rn
Is t...-r. th
l.ed 1.. tees a
grnl-i of t.-'.t!
OPt re; rr.a-- I . - i
rtip-i'.s or ftt j.-
fa t s from t - f
''r.n tley ,. ,
tr ie an 1 w-y -i t
s'l tr.e w , . ,
Xr a v be t. . . . . : - : r " - ' - r.
iB'er.tb 1' "
ward .. bt.. '
ef ld-.-t
We kro o.st r ';, . -.
r a i.air rm'ri't
One thouti' t in . - -. : .
p th otbe- from
Psy "rose'' to ,i r,e-s... p.,
Cf the ftowrr r,
to sis mind to
of brwt. pp- - . r -
will b ff . ." E
Fticb sajgu . ,-l ; -n. .
epor. the tr; , -. . s
rusnbi" t.f i, I t'
" H" IS 0 Ul t. for , , ;
thlg. the word .r--a
U4 id's n.sy V tter1
mrtnavtltn can ! fornr-d b
ant ton rue
By nuiB rf ; ti'
inents hfid bte.n ' - .
r iw k rvri Is mw.'p . .
fhoyM-Bdih fnr ,f
In p esrrent made by r-..
tP I (M
" Wy md." mv Profes.-.
t. "tiiu's letly urttl I
J is 1 rxskav mr lestsnee. : .r '
1T. Is tbst mnmatil I ht ai"ir r -
csta iie MKir r -;. v y
i-,.re-ci -tt-s ss r.rf.fs t'e
say, 1 mu words, gi.in
.i ssO'-leted impression
nd
possible.
for ca'!. tl
made or. h is
jsisjs mac fctarl t it realily enough, re
I iv;ig pipe" to tobacco.1, "flying" to
" Mr.1v." "t rotti'ig" to horses." "I.nt"
tn fii." t c.
Hu. s. attcred I!- roue', thp list of ii,n
words ore a nnrnb. r that suggest o.tn-
hlni. thev 1-eir In some wa upon
me When one of these is nio
EVERY MAN MUST TEND TO HIS OWN JOB
ViZVZVy John I. Jayne
bright young fellow, aged about vanemer.t. be said
wro ror he last : years has that verv man
ir
m',ar I..
' . t a -
A
.-:r!
i ;i
t TV. ft '3
1 'iT.t' Hi.tri
wn' p'i'JtP'f-1!? '
-a-it'-, w r.m y,.. i
' ' ri hlS ( 1 ' 1
a med
ILII K '
not s-
'v Tr.
..s fin
i .nl
I e.lig
I St
I e
-
oeen steadily w nrk tig h s war
upward and forward lie bUrtrd in
with his people at the age ,.f e, as of
fice boy ar.d e-velope opener He bad
grailuatpd from one of the b,is,ness tol-
1 learned esrl
must tend to blj own About four ye.
It Is divisible into ex- the organ remaining Impaired, tha
tremely minute particles, each of which damaged parts are instantly made
Is technically termed a molecule: and good.
because the Inteerltv and nror,rtle of F.vprv vacant nlnep caused hv de- rest
a substance resi le in Its molecules our cease i f a us.ii-up inoleetile Is quickly Oases of indiscretion point more or
tin lights must be directed to mole- occupied by another m e ;,. wly formed; less directlv to the nature of the con
es of the brain. the fnsl. tenant being the natural out- dltlon so frequently described as nni
come of fertility on the part of mole- of "brain-fag1." The condition lislf It
cules lemaining Intact. by no means Inevitable, but is often
Now. assuming a thoughtful reader to t,n outcome of extravagant misuse,
be engaged in contemplating these Th Instances of wrong use demon
facts, a dual process of destruction strate In the plainest 'manner what,
and repair Is actively proceeding ln thii measure should be adopted If we desire
substance of his brain. Kach Idea that to avert the more serious state of
strikes him. every thought he enter- things, absolute mental collapse.
Me iei t , ins" (lf,fnlte ertorts or tils lntel An flt.tlve agent In the production of
ne bad to lent causa the break n a nn of. some of ni,i. n,...i l
fght prejudl-es, slander, and. after his his brsln molecules Vet this sppsr- Ctement Fxritcment in rnotlerat lon
As the brain proceeds with Its work,
a greater or lesser quantity of Its mole
rules becomes Impaired, their vltalitv Is
surely he hcg;an to climb.
b
Ir tho field of voir acquamtancai
with mm there are doubtless some who
ai physicians .Men of sterling chat
ncter and urrlght life, who havo n...de
success oi lite .vien w int. wulie n: l
marriage, trouble In bis own home. T-','y """lesaie oes.ruciion is prompuv , pprmlMihl- nn .TTlal ocraalons. sinci
ht .u. !w it accelerates
irs ABU .itflr-.i.ht I .,. . . I Iw i 1 it accelerates ttie speed or trie mental
irs ago. a. ter eight ars and the new constituents tak" the place ,mrHnl,rv nn, ? , ',rrPa,, ,ha
f hard work, he found himself In a po- "f 'heir deceased prototypes. Repro-
.n :
rn.nst- leges and had expected that the world ,-','rln ' hodles diseased.
r- n'tlArlr, ti i,,,i,. .)'.....
sition to launch nut Into larger things
n i sTin tr.. physician of the poor
It is stld of him that no man or woman
fpr asked for bis help, telling t ha t
ihe- 1 ad no tr.onri-. hut what n ma-
ductlon is "c,;. o'u," wiil! sucheed rk. To go beyond mode
th.it the brain is enabled to proceed
with Its work.
I'nder normal circumstances, the dis
integrating and reproductive forces ex-
would fall
also the best care ar.d' afentlnn that h ert ,h'"selves uniformly, snd tn a fn
June
r. 1
st-'-r .7 .ng cf
"titration. A
1 u ... .,1 family
, v . .- f ...
. ' .- fr.r,, 4 r,-nb " r 1 ' "lilim
l..on.e of on tti' le short ordf
vorld waits for tho
the voupfcr mn he rad to learn that
over bim as soon
be
lt is said, too, of him that he
In these
sperlaliied
metering to minds diseased nr.! jtf- 01..I1I
rtraa ar.d J.e ronir t--,-n to a Kn . . . , t 3 1 . . . ..
Wn.w (. t. i.w. ft . I,f th. .-'.,'.'? ' . ' ' V " ': " ' " -tte u.r ii ne relieves
-- '"" " it. .... .in. i ii..- ory 'i. n pnysn ian an are- trvlng to 'do him"
oirtation and ciid sited out a fairly . ' inn cuy in ear-a nin l: vesrs b. has
well written letter on r, n.arhin la '"T,"" . J f .popular went hp still lives In the same locs-
., . , , . . ' "" " a tr.orotign tmn where r started Not In the one
lie nai pp n toiti that ' the "llegmte d ieation before rorr.menrt
yo .rg man Hut the study of medicine In bis home hem,. e,f h owp wnlrh ,cMy. stands
" - -- ... .. r.v . . , n nuii'i" i 01 in)) i so i : r. on t
lv coual extent so that no ill-effects
are experienced from ordinary and rr
fitton, nnd rely on the stimulus of work
In s given time. Involves an enormous
destruction of the brain molecules, nnd
ordinary measures of recuperation are
unequal to the task
And any sudden Jolt from one mental
stete to another, followed bv a similar
snnable use of the mental faculties. Jolt back again, operates like a shock
11,, f l ..t rn ,, m a , b r. .Aa t.n-. an a.-n,, fit th tiarVfllia SVStOTTl I -I Pf I I t I n Vl V V
n'" balance cannot be maintained, there Is penalties
ocsion to fear lest serious compllca- A potent factor, contributing isrgely
HorTs may ensue to loss of brain power, is over-lndul-
Whlle the existing condlt'ins of lift? gene In pleasure, usually classed ss
continue, and our habits remain what alcoholic and gastronomic Overrating
are responsible
as-
t p t-nnr,,
k';v .
itft. i n.
n I
H 1,-v
in, e oi I ' .in- n m , i i.ii ii, v i n t f rr-n ina i, rm ma, a r ro ra ,r.t. h ki.i. v- u . , .... . . . - -- u-i hi f. tii tl iku fn I il lu n i-iiii Finn ire-ie iiriimiit
- i in I 1 1 i,..i. y.r.r. nurirg nas to wait -.t.'ie the wor.d tr him in d srotM-.t j mr.-e- ii,. ...ii !., J Lj. : '..- n,j ne secured wun airiicuuy vtasis mr ninco cases or mental breakdown
f' Pxamlna-or. nnd seemliglv part out For a feat months he hunr.1 fer faltt'i rt tle slow sleerv n'sc. in davr. ',- Kr'1 otner of structure t roceeds at a greater pace than all the extraordlratv efforts of
. ' ... Prop... . i list of H.0 p.pso !,. B g.ntlemsn. ro.ltin ss stenographer which he 1U-4 bnl morrt-g ) " ,P,ly " b,v. ., nuXsX ,t ,h"Vl th? work of repair. which our menial fscuTtl-tpre capable.
A ... . r At i-"' "" tn tsk.. swkP to the possibilities of h;s marl- nw b -isln. and wo'L' ,1.1 TI ,, Th .hr"ln r r11"' Pn Nor is the reason for this far to sk
- r'fcs.or a-i-1 hs! for , chance in tr.. cTi.e here he row 1. Kv He put sld as a woer." -u' cost i.vM . "k tn to m prodigious effort, or Mk. everv organ of the Iwlv, the
f s' '.-'r,V'tr.rTJ. '.,.Vi ?"h'r'' ori r",,r '-h' '"'r.dten .lay. h. h's boyish fooh.hnese an 4 settled down n Mr F.,r -,. , ... K "'' v ,0 com' hraln "T-nds on the blood f .r sup-
', i w -c lesm.ed t.V ....o, that . very man must to , h- run of life He took two t,r rent ,.ni;, ' , -'rent r.'r2 I t . ,1'ff,cull ,k.- "f"'?" P' sulfa.!, nourishment When
- . .V -Jdi" hrv'iht .f "'r'') ' h" ""-n H- learned U.St In ar, Ohio roli-ce. thfn fc:- , e,r. tn t'-T- Tr . a. wn 5 InnlrZl n, i.l" h"n , ,nf,"5'" follows thought this fluid Is laden with waste products
ml br, "ht I" ''i'i !! h'.o-snlty ha, no s medlcl schoof and graduated .1.,. ssm. tin- P-r" , and ma?e. .11 h Tll? I''i t'r'rJj,"5 "? I "C"1'" - "irlatlon
J-h'.,,;..t ...r..rh th. ,p0 wnn'a how- r ''"! Tha- tr. world and sit th mid,i of his class, with s borrowed erergr tend in tr. on. dlrtion V, thl IZ"?. U'iy, i?'1"" reproduction to f,,- to distribute sn s 'equate smtmnt
. '. - ,e-e O a ; w -e dai ge.ous sl 'ors a M.it-ln. ard It mat- suit of r.tr,s on his b-ck. a debt cf rtrsn w ho ". r" to w'n ot tvinnirl 0nt--,alanc the sate of nutriment And. what is more, not
. ,. , ev ,.0'-th,r,,'-n ' ' M l'T ii't'e h-- honest th. b-.tt-in m.v over a thousand doli.rs. lot, of pi',- - c hrr nefth." '-e the creitC. ofC i?' Bf 'rh r' ,,h V'"" 1 there defl, lepry cf nutrition, but
- . r - -h-Von., wa? sto'en. ,1 . . ; -.r(r,e. be i, still tegarded energy and ntm W her, r rer h.d of. f ,n-.t. th.y sr. th, men who rf'eU of ' t T.. tnofu' , ' r,rl" J he refuse f excessive sets poison
" , .a , . , -.nlsTr.er. ,f ' 1 -''-'- this c'ty be .lceal .. M. Irws-.lon a or i trOr own Job trlnJ I thiTr own .". 1 h ,,urlIf the course of t- tb. sv-tem a sh.re of which still
... ,r:na ., w.tn toss ble mot.ve- 'rvr .t l.-.-n master!-.. It a.rrr,. h-lf:A. h.rl -orkm, com- I ,tf whb.pUt first thi-rs wna' "t'l. X" Therefor, br.ln further depletes the already .nfeebled
n r.t.;.".-,.!f., to the tpnoce-t '' It hi. own be has romp from raunl'y Masr a tlm. he w.lk.d f.-t and messur n. V.'h dr J , tr It m. rJ " '""
, . , tan. ttr.,:.a rata.. n-.i,kly ''' --f ire oTIc bov st four rr sreund to th. Ion, brid. aaaa i. . ... . ,.. " . 7i.." v J: 'rc'h reduces the number of In conclusion, it mar be stld. tn
"it t-rr. r. tjt.iraxt for i:ttr.-ar " a ptiSitios wher there ar.
tbr. ear. tb. per.nv
it w otiid laha to rrnaa
: - r itawtti idea, bemat It second. r'itara or "r. tr.e period t raj marks th otr.er HJ Prat jesr nettM htm
W ... a . . . . , ..... i A . lha ftf t An mm , ... a i r a n I . .ww. , 11,11 1. ..h'. . , . a
,-'lla tr 11,. t,arM.tn. i'., ... ff It Sii . o taar rreW. S,.r- th.t - M..t . v..!,v?"T ,h '"Hfcal SurT.r hu I-. I rr
li ..n. - i.ndr AO rlrrumstajr. eonlal h. t.k.o t.t. . r r.,r of rv..,. .. i. f?" ndo far wmaiNI msn Is
A a h a r . . n a. a , , a a. . a m r A . .av.. . .
e. n ,n ,1. 1...1 ,L., . . "'- ." ' '.""" f-viu. . n.f liuiiiur-t nl in
J ' 'r r ' l- mS.. url-' '' renders those svall- raln s conctitlon Is Isrgeir subject to
tk. . ......... ' r iM , '' carry Out th. tb.. workers control. Its use or sbo-
7h..rr"IT,T of c ln!td States hy nec-ssary repair being determinable by Its cwn.r. ff
't er r rMi nn,. M.nr. shan a. ae , . K , i. ivi. . - - . . . . - .. . .
k - vu. ., , ... i-a. . ivnw sup ne cortnrtes its worsmg ta
1 er. the wnrd -ihipr" was ,'ven. 'h f"r other than tb ( that tt is
is l ; out as Ciskkl as jovsit.; rpj.y, 1uig;,- se-.tDt-d natural eoougl. the raoa the
Prr"c'ly "n the rg. of men- what la leglllmste snd natural, snd Ms
n - . ar.i ta a. A.. I --i latuina.a mrtj m ."''e for r.l been annatM or ilmil 1 MA fan ....... . a: . i v "- ' - ---. 'm t'ui.ta an rfill ir oy rraann ana
other day as to his ad- work most womJerfuL Slowly ut ttile clllli' aaf ruTri. t A s- b.,ond his powers of Wur-rstlon. mm,, "brain-fs,- Is higbl iecrrobse.
'-c,u"1, f Aska, t!.r warns hlra by a profound kdh and actoal brfaIdowTi mill .T.r coma
nr