The Monmouth herald., October 22, 1920, Image 6

SOMETHING
TO CONFESS
Br R. RAY BAKER
l, IMS. br McCmn Nwipiwr DynJIolt )
Clifford JClles was worried. It
showed in his speech and his actions.
Signs of nervousness were not lost on
Meda tienimons. She wondered what
hail cone wrung w ith Clifford, and she
wished she could console him, or try
to, whatever the difficulty.
In the year and a half they had
known each other Meila never had
seen Clifford so 111 at ease. He was
a merry-hearted blonde young man,
with eyes that laughed with dancing
blue light, and a mouthful of linn,
white teeth that assisted In the opera
tion and he had seemed to shed all
trouble as oilcloth sheds water. He
was assistant cashier In the bank of
which Mr. Clemmons was president;
and that Is how he happened to meet
Medn. She was anxious for Clifford
to tell her his troubles, but she would
not ask htm. Several times he ap
peared on the point of unbosoming
himself, for he leaned forward In his
chair, and his eyes uttered words that
seemed preliminary to unfolding a se
cret; but he switched the subject be
fore giving even an Inkling as to the
nature of the subject, and talked of
plain, everyday matters, which disap
pointed Meda, nevertheless did not dis
courage her.
She knew things soon were to reach
a climax, for Clifford had been acting
this way for a week and each time
she saw him It was evident the nerv
ous strain had become aggravated.
So the particular evening with which
we have to deal passed uneventfully.
She played and sang for him, and
they tried their hand at crlbbage, and
he went home at ten o'clock.
When he opened the door to leave
he stood hesitatingly, with one hand
on the knob, moving one foot restless
ly, and made believe the secret was
about to be divulged.
"Meda." he said, rattling the knob
and looking from her, "there Is some
thing that has been preying on my
mind for weeks something serious. I
have a confession to make, and I
but, on second thought, I don't believe
I can tell you tonight. Good night."
And he was gone, while she stood
open-mouthed and wondering.
The next evening at the dinner ta
ble Meda's father acted queerly. He
upset the sugar once and spilled his
coffee, and during the meal spoke
scarcely a word.
"What's the matter, Samuel!" bis
wife Inquired solicitously, "Has some
thing gone wrong at the hank?"
"Oh, nothing much," he returned,
but did not vouchsafe nn explana
' Hon.
"Goodness! It's catching." Meda
told herself as she left the table and
went Into the library to read. Some
where she had mislaid her handker
chief, and she went back toward the
dining room presently to look for It.
Her parents remained seated at the
table, and her father was speaking In
low tones, but his words were perfect
ly audible to Meda. They had not
heard her approach, so she crept out
of their range of vision and listened.
"You must not breathe a word of
this to a soul," her father was saying.
"It's a very serious matter. If it got
about town It might cause a critical
situation might even result In a run
on the bank. It doesn't take much to
start such a thing, you know."
Meda waited eagerly and anxiously
for the next words.
"The fact is somebody has got away
with ten thousand dollars," Mr. Clem
mons continued. "We discovered It
this morning, and only the directors
and myself know it except, of course,
the person who has the ten thousand."
"Do you suspect anyone?" his wife
Inquired.
"Yes, although we have no evidence.
We have a detective working on the
case now, and have hopes the mystery
will be solved and matters straight
ened up without publicity."
Meda crept away to her room,
where she threw .herself on the bed
- and wept.
"Poor Cliff!" she sobbed. "To think
he has got Into such a mess. But
I'll not go back on him not even If
he goes to prison. He wouldn't delib
erately steal. He must have needed
; money badly and Intended to pay It
back."
The girl slept little that night, and
; In the morning was up early. She
' could scarcely welt until evening for
Clifford was to call at 8 o'clock. She
was fcurful he might leave town or
' be arrested in the meantime, so she
called him on the phone and received
assurance he would be on hand.
Eight o'clock came, and Clifford was
punctual, although appearing as wor
ried as ever, or more so. They start
ed a crlbbage game In the library
while Mr. and Mrs. Clemmons shut
themselves In the lining room.
"It's got to com" tonight," Meda
decided, shuffling the cards.
Before either had rounded the board
once they tossed their hands on the
table.
"I don't fel like playing," said
Meda.
"Neither do I," he agreed, and they
went to the piano. However, Meda
was unable to get through the first
selection. She had developed a case
of nerves as Intense as the one that
gripped Clifford.
Suddenly she left the piano, stood
up and confronted him.
"Ollff," she said, placing her hands
on his shoulders, and looking him In
tently In the eyes, "you've got to make
that confession toright. What U It
that'i bothering you? Don't you be
lieve you can trust nie with any se
crets, no matter what?"
Clifford nulled, Amethlng after his
old manner.
"Certainly, Meda I ran trust you;
and I'm going to make the confes
sion, too, I've got 10 get It off 111
mind, lfa Just this- "
"Meda! said her mother's voice
from the living room. "Can you com
here a moment?"
She excused herself, and left him
standing by the plana
"The blow s going to fall," she mur
mured, hurrying to the living room.
"Probably they're going to take him
to Jail right now."
Her father was seated In his easy
chnlr. with her mother close by.
"Meda," her father began, without any
preliminary remarks, "something seri
ous has occurred at the bank. I feel
that you ought to know what It Is,
especially since the thing has been
settled.
"The fact Is ten thousand dollars
was taken by a trusted employee ; hut
he has confessed and resigned, anil
there will he nothing done about It.
although he is leaving town."
Meda breathed easier. It was some
relief to know Cliff would not be sent
to prison.
"I rely on you not to mention this
to Clifford." Mr. Clemmons went on.
"I Just received a rhone cull that made
matters clear, and the directors told
me their plan, which I approved."
Meda was trembling. She gulped
two or three times, and managed to
stammer:
"Who Is the guilty one?"
"Swanson the receiving teller. He
had been playing stocks, and simply
borrowed the money to make good
on a deal. On account of his faith
ful service he will not be Imprisoned.
Gilbert, one of the directors, has of
fered to make good for him, and Swan
son has promised to work hard In
some other city and pay hlm back."
Meda's heart felt lighter as she hur
ried back to Clifford, who remained
standing near the piano, mopping his
brow with a handkerchief.
"Meda," he said, firm resolution In
his tones, plnclng his hands on her
shoulders: "I'm going to confess at
once. It's Just this I love you. Its
worried me for some time, because I
was afraid the affection was not re
turned. It took a lot of nerve to tell
you, but there It's out."
She laughed Joyously.
"Be reassured, Cliff detir," she told
him softly, and her arms found their
way about his shoulders, "I love
you, too, you see."
HAS MUCH OF OLD SPLENDOR
Interior of. Famous Church of St So.
phij Greatly Impressed Noted
English Divine.
Dr. Norman Macieod, chaplain to
Queen Victoria, and the editor of
Good Words" from ldfiO to 1872, vis
ited Constantinople In ISfiC and writes
of hi visit in that magazine. He says
of the church of St. Sophia that he
saw nothing Imposing In Its massive
exterior, which gives the Impression
simply of vast size, but Its Interior, In
spite of the decay of Its minute de
tails and the absence of all furniture,
In accordance with the simplicity of
Moslem worship, is one of the grand
est and most stately In the world. The
pillars of porphyry and marble, some
of which once belonged In all proba
bility to the temple of Diana at Ephe
sits, the roof of mosaic, greatly de
faced, It Is true, but yet as a whole
retaining much of its ancient splen
dor, the vast galleries formerly occu
pied by women only, impressed him
deeply. He mentions the noble space
afforded for worshipers on the floor,
and says that 30,000 people could be
accommodated within the walls. "It
would be a grand church to prench In,"
he adds. His Moslem guide pointed
out what he called a lnrge portrait of
Constantlne In mosaics, but white
washed over so as to be but dimly per
ceived. "It Is not unlike the picture
by Clmabue In St. Murk's In Venice;
It seems to keep possession of the
church through all changes."
, Of Travel.
It Is a strange thing that In sea
voyages, where there Is nothing to he
seen but sky and sea, men should
make diaries; but In land-travel,
wherein so much Is to be observed,
for the most part they omit It; as If
chance were fitter to be registered
than observation. Let diaries there
fore be brought In use. , . . Let him
carry with him also some card or book
describing the country where he
traveleth; which will he a good key
to his Inquiry. . . . Let him not stay
long In one city or town ; more or less
as the place deserveth, but nut long;
nay, when he stayeth In one city or
town, lot him change his lodging from
one end and pan of the town to an
other; which Is a great adamant of
acquaintance. Lord Bacon.
Wonderful "Balance Rock."
One of the most Interesting pecul
larltles of the natural attractions of
the section and which Is visited by
almost every tourist Is that of "Bal
ance Rock," on the "turnpike" at
Camden, on the road to Llncolnville.
This huge boulder sits directly on end
some 30 feet In the air. This Is one
of the 12 largest boulders of this kind
In the United States and la widely
known as "Balance rock."
This rock Is a relic of the glacial
period without doubt, and Is almost
alone on otherwise flat and smooth
ground. It is the original '"only peb
ble on the beach" and for centuries
has balanced Itself and guarded that
section of the lake, vying only with
Maiden cliff In point of popularity.
POULTRY
CACKLES
CARE FOR LITTLE CHICKENS
When First Put Into Brooder They
Should Be Protected by Board
or Wirt Frame.
When chickens are first put Into a
brooder they should be confined under
or around the hover by placing a hoard
or wire frame a few Inches outside
(this would not apply to the small
outdoor colony brooders). The fence
or guard shotfld be moved gradually
farther away from the hover and dis
carded entirely when the chickens are
three or four days old, or wlun they
have learned to return to the source
of heat, poultry specialist In the
Culled States department of agricul
ture say,
Voting chickens should be closely
watched to see that they do not huddle
together or get chilled. They should
be allowed to run on the ground
whenever the weather Is favorable,
as they do much better than when kept
continuously on cement or board
floors. Weak chickens should usually
be killed as soon as noticed, as they
rarely make good stock, while they
may become carriers of disease.
Brooders should he disinfected at loast
once a year, and more frequently If
the chickens brooded In them have
had any disease.
FOR SUCCESS WITH POULTRY
Good Stock Is First Fundamental for
Beit Results on Farm Dual
Purpose Breeds Best.
The first fundamental of successful
farm poultry keeping Is good stock.
Of course, It Is well known that farm
ers may at times get fairly good re
sults from ordinary stock, but at the
same time It must be remembered
that with the same rare and attention
better results will he obtained from
good stock. By good stock Is not
necessarily weaot stock which has
been bred for exhibition purwses. ' It
means standardhred stock, which by
virtue of Its pure breeding has been
systematically developed and which Is
better fitted therefore to give the re
sults expected of It and to yield a
more uniform and more desirable
product.
On the average farm the poultry
flock Is expected to furnish eggs and
Plymouth Rock Is Good for Eggs and
Table.
poultry for the farmer's table as well
as to produce a surplus for sule. For
that reason the so-called general-pur
pose breeds, such as the Plymouth
Rock, Wyandotte, and Rhode Islnnd
Red, which are good layers and at the
same time make excellent carcasses
for the table, are recommended by
poultry specialists of the United
States department of agriculture as
best suited to the farm needs. A
further advantage of good stock Is
the fact that the owner will take a
pride In such a flock which he will not
feel In a flock of mongrels, and as a
result he will give the hens better
care.
CULL UNPROFITABLE LAYERS
It Will Help Increase Profits for
Breeder to Dispose of All Hens
In Poor Condition.
While some hens will prove to he
profitable, others are kept nt a loss
and are a drag on the profitable hens
In the flock. It Is Important, there
fore, to cull out the unprofitable pro
ducers, as this will Increase the profit
realized from the Hock as a whole.
Any hens found to be sickly or In
poor condition should be culled as
soon ns discovered.
INJURIOUS LITTLE RED MITE
Insects Sap Vitality of Hen by Suck
ing Her Blood and as a Conse
quence She Won't Lay.
The little red mite saps the vitality
of the lien by sucking her blood. Hens
have actually been killed, virtually
eaten alive, by mites. Hens cannot
lay except when their vltnllty is main
tained. Vitality and mites cannot ex
ist In the same henhouse.
FEEDS FOR YOUNG CHICKENS
Little Fellows Should Be Given Just
Enough to Satisfy Appetite and
Keep Them Busy,
Young chickens should be fed not
more than burely enough to satisfy
their appetites and to keep them ex
ercising, except at the evening or last
meal, when they should be given all
they care to eat,
The Woods
THC PLAYGROUND.
The city street, the rlty street,
Mcs heavy on the town
An awful avenue of heat,
Whose niyi of yellow summer heat
Upon the atone of brown,
Where little children's weary feet
Creep slowly up and down.
The houses rise, the houses rise,
Beside the thoroughfare;
Their window! look with bloodshot
cyei
O'er huddled roofs to smoky skies,
And find no promlso there;
And childhood's voice of laughter dies
In pestilential air.
The city great, the city great
It Is so big a thing!
Front city gate to city gate,
From somber dawn to even late,
It Hi robs with marketing;
It has no moment It may wait
To hear the children sing.
The little ones, the little ones,
The buiht that never bloom,
(While underneath the breathless suns
The stream of life forever rum
Through arteries of gloom),
Look on your stately I'artheuoni
And find so little room I
There Is a street, another street,
Beyond the clty'a wall,
Beyond the corridors of heat,
Where waters pure and wateri iwee'
In crystal cadence fall
And to the children's tiny feet
Their liquid measures call I
Its tenements, Ita tenements,
Are neither giira nor gray;
And from each verdant eminence
Their crimson-throated residents
Pour music to the dny,
Their chorlstlng Inhabitant!
Sing loud a roundelay,
0 fairy shores, 0 merry shores,
Away from slime and sin !
With leafy roofs and grassy floors,
Where robin nests and swallew mars
When sumtuer days begin
Oh, let us open wide the doori
And ask the children lul
(Copyright.)
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The Care of the Scalp
(By United StitM lUtlth tarvlce.)
HF.RK are a few very Important
things for you to know about
your hair, and the proper way of car
ing for It :
First, and most Important, Is the
fact that except for the root the hair
Is nothing but dead tissue.
It Is the scalp and not the hair that
must be treated.
"Gray hair" cannot be cured, that
Is, restored, except by dyes.
Baldness cannot bo cured, eieept on
rare occasions.
The sculp Is Just like the rest of
the skin on the body, and should be
kept as clenn as the face or the hands.
In order to do this the head should
be washed at least once a week with a
good tnr or sulphur soap, This will
not only help to keep the scalp free
from dnndruff, but will open the pores
of the sculp and permit of the free
flow of oil to make the hair glossy.
It Is folly to have the hair tinged, as
It Is entirely useless. So-called "hair
foods" cannot "nourish" the hair and
should be wisely avoided.
If you wont pretty holr, keep the
scalp clean and heallhy. Wash the head
and hair clean and rinse out all soap.
Then dry thoroughly with a hot towel.
If the hair should become "dry" from
too much washing, apply a mixture of
grain alcohol and castor oil, about five
teaspoonfuls of oil to the pint of alco
hol. This will restore the gloss to the
hair, and also act as an excellent anti
septic for dandruff.
When the hair persists In falling out
and bald spots appear, the fault la not
always with the scalp, but may be
some remote underlying cause. Con
suit a physician Instead of a barber,
as the falling hair may be a symptom
of some disease he could readily rec
ognize and cure. Often when the hair
Is falling out It Is being replaced by
new hair.
Gray hair Is caused by a loss of pig
ment, or coloring matter, and small air
bubbles getting Into the hair and giving
It the white appearance. There Is no
way of curing this condition, although
It may sometimes be prevented by
keeping the scalp healthy and clean.
Thla Is not always possible, however,
as heredity plays an Important part In
the tendency of the hair to become
gray.
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MILITANT MARY-
My-veiw-are
fullof-red.red
blood' I-vowTH
liandTHEN
I-put-rnyelbiWJ
on-my'desH
AND 'PUSH
A 'PUNY
PEN'
A HA It XV. MM) M KIWI NO
TIIH Turkeys In the barnyard
railed all the other fowl one
morning to a meeting they were to hold
behind the barn.
"We are called together." laid Mr.
Gobbler, "to discuss a aerlons situation
namely, that of getting rid of Mr,
Fox.
"He has bothered alt of us lately
very much, but my family In particu
lar have suffered great loss, and now
t want lo talk over a plan for gelling
rid of hlm and I shall be glad of your
help In the mailer."
"I second the motion." nuacked Mr.
Drake, "mid I suggest that we tar and
feather hlm."
"Oh I I think Hint fur too eood for
him," mild Mr, (lander, "I propose thai
e cat ih hlm and pull off his fur, one
hair at a lime, and then turn hlm
loose. He will be sure to freeze, and
that, I am sure, will be a punishment
he would not choose."
'Let us try to think of some way
not so distasteful to refined minds,"
snld Mr. Rooster. "I want him pun
ished as much as any of yon, but rail
It Rot be done with more dignity?
'What do you all say If wo catch
Philosopher,
"I have here a great Invention," snld
Ongley, at the club,
"Yes?"
"You notice I have the swilch key
of my car and my hitch key tied to
gether?"
"Surely,"
"Well, you see when I'm down town
In the car and I get ready to start
home and en n't find my switch key,
I any to myself: 'I should worry I
Why should I want to go home any
way, when I can't get In the house?
And so I Just stay down town,"
FINNICIN FILOSOFY.
Advice U uiuilly given t' th'
yoong, be lame owld coat that
th' same advice was give to
whin he wi a bye, an' that he
has carefully saved he nlver u
in' ut 'miilf.
Old Mottoes Remedied While Vou
Walt
Spartucns I see the walstllno has
moved ngiiln.
Smartlcus Sure I The motto of the
fashion-setters Is: "Hew to the style,
let the hips fall where they may."
In Merrle New England.
Young Man Fine morning.
Old Mnn (Silence).
Y. M I sny It's a line morning,
0, M.-(Dltto).
Y. M. I say, sir, It'i a fine
morning!
0. M. Well, be ye wniitla' i'
git Into a argument about It?
Maybe 8s, Maybe Be,
"What causes the breuklng of a
mnn's powers?"
"The bending of his energies,"
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-""""V i
hlm and duck hlm In Hie pond, then
pull hlm out by the lull and drag hlm
around the barnyard fr all lo '. I
am sure he will be quite upset by be
ing brought mi low and will never come
around here again."
"Hiss I" hissed Mr, (lander. "A dig
Killed punishment, Indeed. Hut what
will he he doing all this 1 1 mo, muy t
ask you, Mr. Rooster!
"Mr. Fox will Jump up and rat you
or whoever Is dragging hlm about. No,
I think Hie only thing lo do la cut eh
hlm and shut hlm up In a rage, feed
hlm on atones nothing but stone
and nothing to drink mull h rnnnot
hold out any more, and then let him go
lo lha pond for a drink of water and
push hlm In. That will be the end of
hlm, as you all ran see, for he will sink
at once,"
"I wish you would let some of NS
talk a inlnule," aald old Madam I'uck.
"I think we should catch hlm and tie
his legs. Thnt would be the best plan.
Then wo who have suffered most front
tils visits here ran poke hlm with
brier until he begs for mercy,"
"Mercy I Would you b merciful tt
that wretch?" screamed Minium Tur
key, who had lost nearly all her fam
ily. "No; I would not. Hut I should like
him to beg for It, Just the same," aald
Madam Duck.
The plana are all very good -very
good, Indeed," Mild Mr. (lobblcr. 'There
remains only one thing to do, and thnt
la to choose which one It shall be."
"Yes, there Is another question
which you have not seemed to think
of, Mr. Cobbler," iqild llllla Hrown
Hen, who had listened quietly all the
time, "and thnt Is, Who Is to rntrh Mr.
Fox and how will It he done?"
Everyone stood quite still, and then
they all suddenly remembered that It
was time to eat, and off they all run to
the barnyard as fast as they could go.
(Coprriahi )
SKKMA Ilka everybody dens coun
try gonna bugnhon boutn bawl
hall game. You know 1 go vrcslt dat
game Hide while ago and ee too
moocha mee up for tmdenrtniida ver
good. I dunna for sure, but I (Ink eef
anybody go crnie over tin t game hers
mudda gotta foolish kocd for etnrtn
weeth.
Hut plentn people aska mo wot't
matter I no learna bow dat game era
play. Some frlen come taka me one
more game other dny and he say he
gonnu explalnn cverytlng.
When one guy whusa play weeth
other town come up weeth greata
beega stick my frlen any he gonnu try
knocks ball backa home. Hut lie mlssa
everyllng go mooch I gelta Idee ho uo
lecve ver far. For way he sweenga
da club I link he have bard time beet
shoes mouth weeth a spoon when rata
soup.
I dunno, but seemo Ilka everyllng
ees talks backward ecn tint game. One
guy knocka ball over da fence ami my
frlen any he maka home run, Tint Ii
Juan run een da rink Ilka no ran llnda
bees place. And when he como back
he sect down and no go homo at all.
One 01 her guy run like devil and fall
down and my frlen say lie slenln base.
I say dat fellor run too fast for strain
somatlng. I sure Ilka square deal, a
I tella my frlen I betla seexa bill eef
earcha dat guy he no gotta somatlng
wot no belonga weeth heem.
I'reety soon I gelta mail and go
homo too moocha foola da puhloec,
One feller I know seence was leetle
cuss smnsha da ball, and everybody
say was goodn sccngle, And for flva,
aeexa years I know dat ce married
weeth beega family. I gotta deesgust
weeth Idee man can he treungle and
hava half dor.cn keedi siima time.
Wot you tlnk?
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Anelent Nostrums,
Among tho predecessors of modern
patent medicines wero such astonish
ing nostrums as Ooddard's drops', a
formula In vogue during the reign of
Charles II, which consisted of a dis
tillate of "human bones or rather
scales"; dried mummy, a gruesome
preparation that unscrupulous persons
frequently Imitated; and a medicine
thnt one Joanna Stephens prepared In
' 1730 for "the cure of the slono" by
cnlcinlng egg shells and garden snails.
Youth's Companion,
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. What the Sphinx Says.
'- By NEWTON NEWKIRK,
"If you want
a thing done
to suit you
please have
the goodness
to explain it
In detail to
a subordln
yourself," ato then
do It