INDEBTED TO
THE FADS
BY CHARLES WILSHIN
"You never asked mev" reminded
Halley.
"Youl" Laura looked at him with
laughter In her eyes. "W hatever
would you do with a house like
tb a tr
“Live In It" suggested H arry with
tbe air of a person who has solved a
problem.
“I have been thinking It
over since I came here thia after
noon. and I think that Is Juat what I
shall do. It will be very bandy for
you; you'll Just have to run across
the street when you v i m to see your
mother."
"Mother won't be living there,” ex
claimed Laura Innocently. "W batnre
you talking about, HarryT*
"About tbe bouse across the street,"
was tbe prompt reply. “Your mother
will not be living there, but I want to
Induce you to live tbere yourself."
"I couldn't live In that big bouse
alone," cried Laura.
"I didn't ask you to live there
alone," reminded Harry. "I thought
that If we were to be married we
could live tbere very comfortably.
Tbe house will be sold at a sacrifice.
It says. Now If you’ll add to tbe In
ducement by promising to marry me
and live there I think I'll drop In an
Heilman In tbe morning and have him
send a man to take the sign down."
Laura tapped her well-shod foot on
the ptazsa floor.
"Harry Halley," she said Indig
nantly. "I'm not going to be the pre
mium that Is thrown In with that hor
rid old bouse. If you want to marry
me, why don't you ask me Bret end
go end buy tbe bouse afterward T"
"It's what I’ve been doing for the
last seven years," be suggested. "I
made my flrst proixitai when you were
seventeen and the Working Girls'
Guild seemed more Important. I have
Only Harry Hal'ey objected to lo u rs
Gordon's fade. To her other trlenda
her enthusiasms were a constantly
chunglng source of delight, but Harry
Would have been better pleased had
a te adopted hliu aa her permanent
fad, Instead of the partner In bar
various Interests.
(the accepted him frankly as one
privileged to share her little adven
tores Into novel realms, but when he
spoke of their marriage, he was
Invariably met by the plea that she
could not tblnk of getting married
when there were poor little children
who needed to be sent to the country
or small boys who were to be weaned
from the cigarette habit In order to
eave the manhood of the country.
Not that (.aura undervalued Halley's
love, but always ho had seemed to be
a part of her life and every few weeks
she discovered some new reform in
Immediate need of promotion which
possessed the charm of novelty. Us
ing a young person of great enthusi
asms, she threw herself Into the work
with such vlfor that she forgot all
else.
Halley wisely aided her In her
search for new charity movements,
and It was be who assisted to form
th e
Block
Improvement
society
Their little city was In the throes of
a boom, and the mayor called upon
all good cltlscns to aid In making tbe
place the most attractive In tbe state.
One of the schemes was the enlist
ment of the residents along tbe prin
cipal residential streeta In sections,
each group giving their entire atten
tion to the beautifying of tbe block
on which they resided.
Laura's home was In a most prom
ising locality, and within a week after
the Idea was announced she was the
bead of her Block society and the
movement was In vigorous swing
Neglected gardens were made over,
unkempt walks were trimmed and
graveled, trees were planted and
fences painted. By the end of a
month It was apparent that they
would win.. the prise offered by the
town council for the best appearing
block, and by the fall when the con
test was decided It became almost a
certainty.
Then came the announcement that
ooe of the factors that would count
In the contest was to be tbe prosper
ous appearance of the block as a
whole, and Laura promptly cried until
her pretty eyes were red Instead of
She Could Glower at the House.
blue, and ber spirits seemed to have
acquired the departed tint of ber proposed about three times a year
eyes. Right In the middle of tbe since, but (bis Is tbe flrst time that
block was a vacant bouse, and not all my love and your fads have traveled
tbe argument that could be brought the same rood."
" If you had spoken so that I could
io bear by a block of interested ten
ants could Induce the real estate understand what you were talking
agents to remove the "For Bale” sign about I should have said 'yes' long
that was an eyeaor* and an offense. ago," declared l-aura with dignity,
"You understand me now /' suggest
Tbe agents were willing enough to
permit the Mock association to lay ed Harry, not arguing tbe question.
"And It's yes," she whispered soft
out the lawns with flower gardens,
anil to remake the walks, and place ly— "and you'll see Heilman In the
pickets on the fence where pickets morning, won't youf"
Harry nodded an assent. He wae
were sadly needed, but the sign, they
declared, would stay there until a sale willing to buy the entire block— for
was made. Of this there seemed to Insure—and be knew that In her heart
she loved him. It was only In her
be no hope.
It was a most offensive sign, large, busy little brain that the fads were
weatherbeaten and slightly on an uppermost and he did not mind those.
angle, aa though long standing had He was rather grateful to the fads.
Induced rheumatism In its one limb.
Worst of all. It added "at a sacrifice,"
WOULD BE MORE PALATABLE
as though some Inducement were
needed to coaa the reluctant pur
Money Lender Had an Eye Out for
chaser.**
Possible Contingencies In the
That phrase was the Anal straw.
Future.
Everyone felt that It was a blot on
the appearance of the street, and an
Thomas W. Lawson, at a dinner In
affront to the entire neighborhood.
Boston, said of a far-famed financier:
All felt strongly about It, but none
"He la all right at h eart but hit
more so than the president of the as
outside la prickly, and you must han
sociation. Bhe had even tried to coax
dle him with greet caution—as they
ber father to purchase the property
bandied the Tin Can gambler.
that the sign and the stigma might
"A gambler of Tin Can borrowed a
be removed simultaneously, but Mr.
aum from a money lender, and, when
Gordon. being used to Laura's sudden
the note fell due, be said be could not
changes in Interest, laughingly de
settle.
clined to pay a fancy price for the
" 'You must s e ttle r shouted the
property merely that the block might
money lender. I f you don't settle
enjoy the presence of the ornamental
I'll— *
lamp post which was to bear an In
"But the gambler, taking a revolver
scription stating that here was the
from his boot pointed It at tbe money
model block of the city.
lender and said:
Laura felt that the sign would ef
“ Eat that note, or I'll let daylight
fectually prevent the winning of the through youl'
prise and when she had had her cry
"And the money lender, after a mo
out she bathed her eyes and sat on ment's silent thought, crumpled the
the stoop, from which point of vantage note into a ball, put It in hla mouth,
she could glower at the house across chewed rigorously, and then, with a
the street, half hlddeh by the huge, gulp, swallowed the pulpy morsel.
weather-beaten boards.
“ ‘That dose saved your life,' said
It was here that Harry found her the gambler, In a moll fled tone, and the
and sat down to share her sorrows.
next day he had a streak of luck and
**I know Bellman, of the real estate paid tbe money lender In full.
company," he comforted. "I feel protty
"The money lender was much pleas
sure that I can get him to take the ed with this honesty, and when the
sign down the day of the Judging," he gambler, a few-weeks later, called and
said comfortingly, but Laura was In asked for a new loan, he was readily
no mood for comforting.
accommodated.
"That won't do,” cme said disconso
"The gambler, haring pocketed the
lately. "The Judges may spend a week new loan, sat down, dipped a pen In
or two In deciding and, anyway, they the Ink, and selected a sheet of paper
w ill remember that the sign was there. whereon to w rite the usual acknowl
A vacant house looks so forlorn any edgment Hut the money lender hast
how. The Chesney and Veadh streets ily Interposed.
block w ill get it. T heir yards are al
•' ‘Hold on, my friend,’ he said, and
most as nice looking as ours and every he ran to a cupboard.
house Is occupied. They are our only
‘W alt a minute, my friend. Would
rivals and Belle Stover told Nell Pe- you mind w riting It on this soda
‘ nrsen that they counted on our sign cracker?'"
io win them the award and If It does
— after all I'v<> done— I ’ll never for
Just 8o.
i-lve those hnteful real estate people.
"Reading maketh a full man, you
Think of how hard I've worked thia know."
tummer to make tbe place look good
“That's true, but It all depends on
.;nd I've asked everyone I know to what he reads, as to whether he w ill
cuy the house and they all said that be, figuratively speaking, full of prunes
times were too hard."
or full of pearls,'
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T R A IN IN G
TREM BLAY
By
GERTRUDE
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HOLLIS
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W ith a last approving smile, Ttm
othy Tremblay stalked from the room.
Molly Hastings looked up from ber
work.
“ What a singularly Intrusive per
eon." abe said mildly. '*I)o you al
ways let him come around and both
er you like t h a t r
To a woman, the Auxiliary gasped.
“That was Timothy Tremblay,” ex
plained Mies Betton. as though fur
ther comment were unnecessary.
T know (hat,” admitted Molly. “He
came up to me after church last Bun
day and Insisted that I stay aud meet
the minister, though I explained that
I had already met Mr. Collier and
that I wae In a burry to get home."
"Hut you did watt,” pursued Miss
Sexton, gently.
"Of course not," said Molly. "1 was
In a hurry. la he always as bossy as
th a tr
Tbe Auxiliary gasped. Ever elnee
they could remember, Tremblay hod
run things in Chestertown.
Some
times they bad secretly chafed at his
ways, but be had never been called
"boeey" before.
"Mr. Tremblay la a splendid man
ager," put In Miss Sexton softly. "Of
course we are vary glad to have bis
advice."
"I'm not,** said Molly rebellloualy.
"You people may stand for it If you
want to, but be w ill not order me
about.”
Tbe Auxiliary regarded Molly ad
miringly.
The Hastings family bad
Just come to Chestertown, where the
First National, of which Mr. Has
tings was cashier, was a branch of one
of the city banka. Molly tad dropped
naturally into the life of the little
town In tbe week she hail been there.
Bbe was already a member of the La
dles’ Auxiliary and had promised to
sing In the choir next Bunday. Al
ready, too. she had discovered the
Painted Some Odd Posters.
objectionableness of Mr. Tremblay
and the Incident of the afternoon
showed ber how completely he con
trolled the affairs of the church.
A single-handed revolution was a
rather dariiig move, but she deter
mined upon It. and when Molly set
her heart on anything It usually came
to pass.
The flrst blow was struck at the
meeting of tbe Auxiliary the follow
ing week. Molly came to M ist Sex
ton's early. Tremblay was there be
fore here, making suggestions, order
ing people about and otherwise mak
Ing a nuisance of himself.
Molly
waited In patience until tbe meeting
had been called to order, and the
women bad slipped on their aprons
and took up their sewing.
Mr. Trem
blay was finding fault with the design
of the cloth used for tbe aprons on
which .hey were serving. Mlsa Sex
ton flushed and troubled, welcomed
the Interruption when Molly slipped
up to him with an apron and a sew
ing basket.
"My dear young lady, I thought you
had been seated." be cried. "Let me
find a place for you."
"I have a place, thank you.” Molly's
voice was cold and clear. "I offer you
the apron."
“But, my dear child, I have no use
for It,” be explained, backing away.
“This la a meeting of the Lad lea'
Auxiliary,’’ pursued Molly. "W e are
making up aprons to be sold for the
benefit of the organ fund. If you are
a member of the Auxiliary, you will
have to do your share. If you are
not------ " Molly looked meaningly at
the door and yet her manner could
not possibly be termed rude. Trem
blay backed further away.
“I shall see you later, Sister Sex
ton," he mumbled. "I have to get
down town now. Just dropped In to
see that everything la all rig h t”
He waa gone before anyone quite
realised what had happened.
Molly
quietly resumed her seat
"M r. Tremblay has nothing to do
with the Auxiliary,'* she explained,
"and he had no business to come here
end And fault.”
"W e should be very grateful to
Brother Tremblay for hla advice,”
protested Miss Sexton weakly.
*Tm not,” said Molly rebellloualy.
u « M azaiio« it ., oox. zzaoso ■ I '
roxTiAsb, ozzeos
, |
"He was not giving us advice; he was
finding fault. I'm sure I tblnk that
thia pattern la vary pretty."
‘*But you aee, he's going to aell
them In bla atore for ua," explained
Mra. Bascom.
“I can aell them In tbe city to bet
ter advantage," Molly aa ll quietly.
"My uncle will give us tbree cents
apiece more than Mr. Tremblay gives
'and be will pay caab."
The guns of tbe opposition were
spiked and Molly's first engsgeiuent
hail resulted In a decisive victory.
But It wae only tbe opening battle
of an extended warfare. For nearly
two generations Timothy Tremblay
hail ruled tbe minister and infant
class alike, and It wae hard for him
to realize that he had met b it match
In this bright-faced girl. Most of tbe
congregation were Inclined to regard
Molly aa a modern Joan of Arc.
But the most surprising develop
ment wae the attitude of young Sam
uel Tremblay. He had watched with
growing amazement the conquest of
bis father, and to the astonishment
of all, he openly attached himself to
Molly's causa. He was the defender
when she wae not present, even In
his father's bouse. Molly liked the
sincere >oung fellow and when she
planned her big entertainment she
mode him her assistant.
Timothy Tremblay opposed the Idea
from the start. • The previous year be
had arranged a lecture course and the
church had lost more than a hundred
dollars. Instead of making a profit.
Some of tbe elder men of tbe vestry
G AIN the mimic battle between
Joined Tremblay In his opposition, but
tbe “enemy" and our navy baa
many came out openly In favor of
been fought; once more New
Molly, and when she announced that
York was tbe objective, and like
she would assume all risk, there was
wise once more New York is safe.
nothing more to be eaid.
"It's tbe last effort." she explained The war game, now such a fixed
to Sam. " If I fall In thia, I shall lose Institution In both tbe army and tbe
what 1 have gained. If I make It a navy and always of great value to the
success, I shall have carried my p oin t” professional and tbe layman, serves
"It seems pretty rough on dad," with every repetition to assure tbe
laughed Bom, "but I tblnk you were country that the measure of safety se
right about bis Interference.
They cured by the enormous expenditure of
all resented It. but they were so used the last twenty-five years Is assur
ing. and In all probability all that the
to It no one dared complain."
"This Is going to be a success," sbe most sagulne claim for It.
This time It was purely a naval
said positively. "I shall not permit a
game. The army did not participate
failure."
And success It was. Molly and Sam except that the range and power or
painted odd posters, some of which gun fire from the coast fortifications
were sent to nearby towns, and the Involved In the theater of war were
evening of the entertainment tbe town taken Into account as factors, and
ball was crowded. People stood along have had their weight In the theoret
the aisles at the sides of tbe hall and ical defense of the country. But the
declared themselves well repaid. More active forces were wholly naval, and
than |3o «as turned Into the treasury all credit for what was accomplished
and It was a happy Molly Hastings goes Io that arm of the m ilitary estab
who at last started for home under lishment.
The idea of testing the training and
Sam's escort.
"We've »on," he exclaimed. “After attainments of the army and navy by
thl>. dad can say nothing at all. Have problems and sham battles Is one
that has for Its primary purpose the
won, too, Molly?*'
“I think youNe won— Molly." she actual test of men and systems, but
repeated with lowered bead.
He beyond that the more Important pur
caught her In his arms, unmindful of pose Is to demonstrate more and more
the sound of footsteps in their rear the Held cf effort for Improvement
both In ma.ertal and personnel.
until his father spoke.
In' real war the problem for tbe
"W hat la the meaning of this?" de
manded the elder Tremblay sternly. United States would at once assume
different proportions from these suc
'Nice conduct. I must say."
"You may klza her. too. dad." of ceeding small battles of peace. In the
fered Sam beaming. "Sbe la going to first place the forces of the army
and navy would be co-ordinated in
be your daughter."
For a moment tbe old man paused. manner that would surprise those who
remember the famous campaign before
Then he bent and kissed the girl.
"If you can stand for a bossy' fa Santiago when Lbe navy day after day
ther-in-law I'm glad to welcome you. sought to drown out Cervera'a fleet
my girl.” he said wlstfuly. "You've with a deluge of projectiles, and tbe
taught me a pretty hard lesson, child, army and navy could never get togeth
er In any well-planned program that
but I guess I needed IL
would shorten operations and deter
mine results. None of the war games
JANITOR FINOS EXACT TIME have yet been played on the basis of
A
Colored Man Used Two Watches,
Neither of Which Waa Correct,
to Determine Question.
There la nothing like having one
timepiece to correct the mistakes of
another. Those people «"ho keep a
clock In every room -of the house will
no doubt be glad to learn of the ex
pedient adopted by the old colored
Janitor In an office building in Chica
go. One day a man, «hose office «aa
under this Janitor's charge, asked him
If he had the dtact time. "Just a mo
ment. sir,” be said, and pulled out a
battered silver watch from a vest
pocket, looked at IL put it back and
then took a pencil out of another
pocket and jotted down something on
the back of an envelope.
Next he produced a second silver
watch from bis trousers pocket, looked
at IL and began to figure out some
thing on the paper. By and by he
said:
“W hen you asked, air, It were Jest
27 minutes past three— that's ex a c t”
"Much obliged," said the other, who
had been fingering bla watch nerv
ously. “But w ill you please tell me
what you were doing all that arithme
tic for?"
"W ell, you see," said the old man,
“this watch that I carry In my vest Is
a mighty good watch, only It gains ten
minutes every day. And this one la a
mighty good one, too, but It losses
ten minutes every day. Bo I Just look
at them both- and then strikes an av
erage You'd be surprised, air, to aee
what a simple matter it la."— Youth’s
Companion.
A Hsro Again.
The great. Inevitable conflict In tbe
air was on.
Our fleet of airships was confronted
by that of the enemy.
Suddenly a scout-plane darted In
with the news that the enemy was
bringing up its reinforcements.
Unless
something
tremendously
heroic was done all was lost
Quickly Richmond Pearson Hpbson,
sailing on a single motorplane, dashed
Into the imminent breach.
In resonant tones he began deliver
ing his series of Chautauqua lectures.
This quickly used up all the air
over an area of 100 miles In diameter.
— New York T im e r
The Wisconsin.
such a co-ordination of land and sea
losses, and they have yet to be under
taken.
The first object of the recent ma
neuvers was to mobilize the naval mil
itia with the regular navy and give
the amphibious organization whose
units tread the quarterdeck of tbe dry
goods store or the machine shop dur
ing the year, with now and then a spin
for an hour or two on their various
m ilitia ships a chance to get their
sea legs, taste the salt air, and gulp
down solid chunks of Atlantic fog
with the zest on the side of war feel
ing and spirit.
I t Is one thing to know a captain
from a hawser and to be able to eat
deviled crabs when afloat on fresh
water without coveting a handhold on
the rail, but to really go to sea. to
stand watch In the pitchy hours of the
night, to hitch your eyeballs to the
stars, and glue your mind to the fath
omless void out of which at any mo
ment the winking lights of the "en
emy's" ships may suddenly be seen,
that Is something like real sea serv
ice under the flag.
For the moet port the naval m ilitia
man feela that he can at best learn
but a emattering of what he would
like to know to fit himself to be of val
ue In time of war. Hie m ilitia ship,
a gift from the government, carves
for the greater part of the year sim
ply s i a clubhouse.
HIs turns at
watch or at the guns In sub-calibre
Are are few and far between. He now
and then turns out for a parade,
marches badly because he has bad for
too little drill, and with smatl member
ship and too little encouragement for
practice and training does not get far
on In his feeble and Interm ittent ef
forts to become a sallorman of pos
sible value when the crucial time real
ly comes
It was to arouse Interest and stimu
late real In the work of the coming
year that the battle recently fought
was proposed and undertaken. There
have been war game« before for tho
naval m ilitia on tbe lakes, and tn a
small way in the monoeuvers In New
England two years ago. This year it
was decided to call Into action the
entire force of naval m llltla on the
Atlantic coast
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhsue and
Commander E. W. Eberle were In com
mand. and under orders from the de
partment both fleets were to abandon
tbe use of their wireless systems for
the period of the “battle.”
It woe not tbe Intention that the bat-
tivahip fleet should be required to get
In without being observed, as was the
case once or twice In the noted series
of manoeuvers In the summer of 1902,
with the fleet un ter command of Rear
Admiral Higginson.
As the contest was to be a purely
naval one the defense was to moke
no use of points of observation by
land even If any advantage were to
be had by such means. W ith the dis
use of wireless, therefore, the strug
gle on the pari of the home fleet waa
dependent mainly on vigilance and
speed In communication.
For a moment such as that Imposed
on Admiral Osterhsus a light fog and
a dark morning were to be desired.
From his rendezvous a t Nantucket
Shoals he bad before him the simple
business of getting to sea for enough
to escape observation, be out of the
lane of ocean steamships, and avoid
wireless leaks to form bis plans. He
was not to divide his fleet, but to make
the grand attack In force and. If pos
sible, so adrotty as to steal a march
un his enemy and overpower him at
the weakest point In the battle plan.
To guard a coast line 450 miles long
Is no small task, but Admiral Higgin
son In 1902, did it so well that when,
on the morning of August 23, In a light
fog, Pillsbury’s fleet came elowly up
off Salem, Higginson’s fleet was there
sharp-eyed and ready to give fight
By tbe rules of the game these ma
neuvers w ill always have great value
I f any future discussion cf the de
fense of New York from attack by
a fleet entering, or trying to enter, the
east end of Long Island Sound. That
entrance naturally well protected by
the configuration of the twu coast
lines on the north, and aouth w ith
the strong coast artillery fortifica
tions and the submarine mine system
that has been established throughout
the whole region, would never be an
Inviting one to an enemy's fleet But
the battle this time of a large fleet of
torpedo boats and submarines demon
strates the value of this system of de
fense In any war where we might be
forced to divide the battleship fleet or
to divert it from the North Atlantic.
It Is to be kept in mind that the
United States la a transcontinental
country and that we are open to at
tack from two sides of the continent
There can be no telling whence our
next war may come, nor what forces
may be lined up against ua An al
liance between an Oriental foe and
some European power would suggest
a divided attack, one fleet approaching
the Pacific coast and another the At
lantic. Such on attack in any force
would make necessary Juat such a sit
uation aa has been so well Illustrated
tn the recent manoeuvrea
Any means of concealment and com
munication was permitted to the
fleets. The enemy came on with all
lights out except the hooded talk
lights and the trolling electric lights
by which those to the rear kept la
touch with those In fro n t The usual
practice Is to use sub-calibre guns for
simulating the fire of battle, but thia
time blank shells were used and the
battle thus assumed the eharaetes
of the real thing.
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