HIS GREAT REMORSE
By MARY LLOYD EVANS.
Always the footstepi behind mo,
dull, hollow, but echoing never be
fore. Did they but precede I might
have had hope, for then they might
guide me to some haven of rest, peace
for my tired heart.
I was not a wicked man, nor a mean
man, nor a dissipated man. I was on
ly a murderer to the world never
that, but to my own conscience, yes.
A thousand deaths were In my heart
and one poor victory If I could call It
that.
"I consent to the marriage."
k "Secret, of course?"
"It must be that way under the cir
cumstances." Burned Into my brain were these
three sentences, for they started the
train of circumstances that resulted
In a terrible tragedy.
It was six weeks since that I over
heard Huldah Evans speak the first.
Vane Telford made reply. Then her
final words "my love, my adored
one!" She whom I worshiped was a
party to a clandestine complication
with a rival I had never feared, nor
before that even suspected.
He had come to the village, a
stranger. He had made several calls
on Huldah. I was curious, but she nev
er apprised me as to the personality
of her new acquaintance nor his mo
tive In visiting her. That vividly re
membered afternoon I was lining a high
hedge, surrounding the Evans place
when I heard the brief colloquy noted.
I had come to the spot with my heart
full of hope and love. I left It venge
ful, embittered, my soul Immersed In
the blackest despair.
I wandered towards the narrow but
deep rolling stream at the edge of the
town, my spirit dazed, my heart dis
tracted. This, then, was the end of It
all. She loved another! I flung my
self on the grassy bank, watching the
swift eddies Just above the waterfall.
It was an unfrequented spot for the
present, for the old foot bridge had
been condemned, as all the regular
townsmen knew, a new structure
being proposed, and the roadway on
either side of the stream was block
aded some distance back. There signs
were up, warning the approaching
driver and pedestrian of peril.
I Bat In a daze, staring blankly at
the rushing waters, madly tempted to
plunge beneath their surface and
My Manhood Cowered. Hatred, Cow
ardice, Guilt Held Ma 8pellbound.
end all my misery. It was getting
on toward dusk when a sharp, cheery
whistle attracted my attention.
There, not fifty yards distant, was
Telford. He was warbling a care
less carol, swinging along like a man
In love with life, as it he bad JUBt
heard some Joyful news.
In a flash I pictured the situation.
He, my hated rival, was beloved by
Huldah. I was the despised one. A
bluj of blood passed before my eyes,
End then i
"He is headed for the bridge he
doesn't know!" I uttered breathlessly.
I started up In wild alarm. In a
flash i saw that, making a short cut
for the town by an unaccustomed
route, Telford had struck Into the
road at a point ahead of the block
ade. He had missed the danger sign.
Ha had no knowledge of the condition
of the bridge. Two days previous a
horse and wagon had gone through
the rotted plankway, a great hole
gaped In the center of the bridge, and
soma of the stringers were hang
ing suspended by mere splinters.
"Stop"
The word died In my throat mean
ingless, for the devil bad seized me.
What was this man to me, that I
should not allow him to go headlong
on his careless way? He had embit
tered my existence, why should I seek
to save his lite? My manhood cowered.
Hatred, cowardice, guilt, held me spell
bound beyond the saving moment
Crash! a shriek, a splash, a gur
gle, and all was over all save the
footsteps proceeding across the hol
low echoing plankway tramp! tramp!
tramp! '
But now all that was human within
to was aroused. In horror I regarded
my willful act of crime. I ran to the
tdf of the bridge, I shouted wildly.
I tore down the dim shore, calling
madly the name of the man I had
murdered.
Only the sound of the waves, the
roar of the falls below, the night
bird s thrill answered me. The void
had opened up and swallowed my
rival Huldah was free, but I tramp!
tramp! tramp! ever the accusing foot
steps, and always behind me, pursu
ing, challenging, accusing!
Looking back now I marvel how I
passed those dreadful days, those
wakeful sights of the two weeks suc
cedlng. Twice I had called upon Hul
dah. I was amazed at the fact that
she betrayed no anxiety, none of the
suspense of a bride expectant whose
object of devotion had mysteriously
disappeared. My guilt drove me to
make my visits brief and constrained,
although Huldah seemed glad to see
me. She had with her now a cousin,
a pale-faced, hopeless-eyed girl, who
seemed an Invalid, Martha Dawes.
No word of the fate of Telford had
reached the newspapers. I had lined
the river for miles, making cautious
Inquiries, but with no result Then
one evening those torturing footsteps
drove me to a resolution: I would
see Huldah once more, confess and
leave the place forever.
It was twilight when I reached her
home. She sat In a rustic chair in the
garden humming a low tune. Miss
Dawes, near by, was gazing with sad,
far-away eyes at the crescent moon. I
leaned over the chair and said to
Huldah:
"I wish to tell you something of
Vance Telford."
She started, glanced quickly at her
guest, and, her finger on her Up, led
me to a distance.
"What of Mr. Telford?" she chal
lenged, with a certain sternness that
chilled me.
" "He Is dead, and I am his mur
derer!" And then the words leaped over each
other tumultuously as I told my story,
all of It, without reservation.
She grasped & tree for Bupport, her
face a white void.
"Go away!" she faltered, waving her
hand distractedly. "I must think
think!"
It was all over! She hated me, she
despised me! I wandered about aim
lessly, but the influence of fatality
drew me to the river. Ever, it seemed,
calling to me, for miles I trod Its
banks, the footsteps tramp! tramp!
tramp! beating Incessantly on my
agonized ears.
I must have gone several miles,
when I drew behind a bush near the
Bhelvlng shore of the stream to avoid
meeting a man progressing slowly
with the aid of a cane. I was In no
mood for companionship. I moved too
far, my foot Bllpped, I went headlong,
and was conscious of my head striking
the water and a rock at the same
time. Then I was insensible.
My blood curdled as I regained con
sciousness, for I recognized that the
man bending over me ' had dragged
me to Bafety, and that man, In form
and substance, Vance Telford!
Within an hour I knew all the story
of his rescue down the stream, his
convalescence, his hegira now to the
Evans home. And then I learned
that it was the sad hearted Miss
Dawes who loved him, .and that Hul
dah had arranged for their clandes
tine marriage because her cousin
could not livo without him. Her
family did not like Telford, nor did
Huldah, but it was arranged that Tel
ford was to wed Miss Dawes secretly
and then go away and make a man
of hiniBelf, for he had been a sad
profligate.
But now I knew the man was in
earnest when he told me how his nar
row graze of death had reformed him.
Arm in arm we went to the Evans
home, to make two anxious hearts
happy, for Huldah really loved me.
And then the footsteps died out
forever.
(Copyright. 1914. by W. 0. Chapman.)
Napoleon and the Balloon, '
When Napoleon was a young cadet
he went on one occasion to witness
the ascent of a balloon In the Champs
de Mars. He entered, unpercelved,
the lnclosure which contained the bal
loon, which was then very nearly full
and about to ascend, and requested
the aeronaut to allow him to enter
the car. The request however was
refused, the reason given being that
the feelings of the boy might embar
rass the aeronaut
"Though I am young, I fear neither
the powers of earth nor of the air!"
Bonaparte Is reported to have ex
claimed. On being requested to retire, the
little cadet, enraged at the refusal,
drew his sword and, slitting the bal
loon In several places, destroyed the
apparatus which had been construct
ed with Infinite labor and ingenuity.
Such was Napoleon's first and last
attempt to ascend In a balloon.
Mons Born In Fighting.
Mons began fighting, Caesar foundea
It as a camp and a short time later
Cicero's brother sustained a siege by
Amblorlx. Its most famous siege was
In 1572, delivered by Frederlo of To
ledo, one of the distinguished generals
of Alba. The siege lasted from the
end of June to the middle of Septem
ber; sorties and relief were vain; the
tow capitulated under the most hon
orable conditions. In 1691 the Mare
chal de Luxembourg attacked the
town, inflicted great damage and
forced surrender. In 1709 Marlborough
and Prince Eugene attacked and car
ried the town after a siege of 126 days.
In 1746 the Prince de Contl laid suc
cessful siege. In 1792 Mons was the
first fruit of the Republican victory at
Jemmapes, and in 1794 the Auatrlani
were subjected to a crushing defeat
Mecca w
LONQ before the clean, green
shores of Rangoon become vis
ible to the navigator on the Irra
waddy, there appears above the
highest point of the horizon a
shaft of gold set in a coronet of gems
that throws a rainbow shimmer across
the splendid blue of the Asiatic sky.
As you draw near the fine old city the
leveled diadem slowly rises and takes
definite outline, and presently you be
hold the great golden dome of the
Bway Dragon pagoda, which Is the
"Glory ot Burma" and the Mecca of the
Buddhist world.
From every viewpoint the radiant
temple dominates the city, imposing
und glorious one of the finest sights
of the world In Its barbaric splendor
of color and form. It is the oldest
ehnne in Burma, the one most fre
quently viBited of all places of worship
east of India, and It contains actual
relics ot Gautama Buddha which have
to, centuries attracted pilgrims from
every part ot Asia, even from the re
mole corners of almost inaccessible
Tibet At first you, being an Occi
dental traveler, accustomed to the
towering architectural triumphs of
the West wonder idly at the compel
ling attractiveness of the ancient ed
ifice that incites so much speculative
reflection; then you gradually become
aware of a distinctively personal in
terest In the golden monitor that
greets you so Invitingly whereyer you
turn In your wanderings about the
beautiful old town. Finally it takes
possession of your fancy, more than
any other thing that you have traveled
so very far to see; more than the old
torts the ancient shrines, the lovely
gardens and the brilliant, light-humored
native life more than anything In all
picturesque Burma.
Stone Dragons Guard Approach.
The principal approach to the tem
ple city for it is literally a city of
shrines clustered about the central
pagoda Is guarded by two enormous
blue stone dragons behind which rise
Btalrs in long series, covered with
elaborately carved teakwood roofs sup
i
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QOLO COATCD PAOODA
ported at regular Intervals by great
stone pillars. The stone steps have
been worn very uneven by the count
less feet that have gone up and down
for more than seven hundred worship
ful years. Seats are ranged along the
spacious landings for the comfort of
the old and decrepit worshipers who
find the long climb difficult, and above
these seats are numerous very old but
finely preserved carvings and frescoes
of fanciful design and beautiful work
manship. -
As you toll upward you meet and
pass men and women of all races,
some of whom are so remote from you
In speech and customs and habits of
thought that It would be difficult It
not Impossible, to find the key ot a
common understanding between you.
Only one word can unlock the deep
antipodean silence and place you for
an Instant on a plane ot comprehen
sion with those strange primitive be
ings whose existence holds nothing
that can bridge the vast gulf that sep
arates civilization and medievalism,
and that word, "Buddha," which brings
tight to every Buddhist face. You hes
itate to speak experimentally because
it has mysteriously become sacred to
you In that vast assembly ot worship
ers to whom it means all they know of
holiness and mercy and hope. So you
pass on In awed silence, watching the
human stream with an Interest Intensi
fied by the strangeness of the place
and by the evidences of the common
spiritual need that drew the hetero
geneous throng from the far ends of
the universe.
That curious horde Is well worth
watching. There are old, old men tot
tering feebly from step to step, equally
old women of many races; handsome
young girls with blithe morning faces;
little radiant children In humming bird
attire; stolid, harsh-featured Mongo
lians from Western China, Tibetans in
coarse, ungainly and far from clean at
tire; squat and homely men and wom
en from further Cambodia and Slam;
pale, refined looking Hindus in snowy
garments and enormous spotless tur
bansall bent upon a single purpose.
Sell Flowsrs to Gild Great Dome.
At close Intervals along the well
nigh interminable steps are fragrant
little booths containing all the opu
lent flowers of the country, Incense
sticks and tiny packets of gold leaf,
presided over by bright looking Bur
mese girls who offer their wares with,
charming modesty. Ton need not buy1
if you feel disinclined, but the chances!
are that you will gladly Invest a few
cents In a thin packet of gold leaf
which wlM be used, later on, to over
lay some tiny weather flaw In the
great golden dome of the pagoda
which Is never permitted to suffer Im
pairment for lack ot attention (for
your little purchase is Intended for a
votive offering). It takes a great deal'
of gold to keep the dome in perfect re
pair, for it is 1,350 feet In circumfer
ence and 370 feet high, and It Is cov-l
ered from base to summit with pure'
gold leaf. The Jeweled diadem that
crowns this marvelous temple is val
ued at (250,000, and was a gift of the
common people of Burma; and the
gold leaf reserve fund in the temple
treasury was contributed by pilgrim
worshipers, many of whom are so
wretchedly poor all their lives that
they have never known -the luxury of
a full meal, yet their poverty pinched
hands are rarely empty within the tem
ple precincts.
At length you find yourself at the
base ot the central pagoda, surrounded
by a multiplicity of small shrines ex
quisite In detail, but fantastic in con
ception, yet with a sort of appealing
grotesqueness that causes your heart
to beat faster, as if It brought you to
the verge of an understanding of the
strange spiritual fervor which It rep
resents. In a vast court open to the
brilliant Asiatic sunshine those con
fusingly numerous shrines display a
great variety ot Buddhas, some reclin
ing luxuriously among jeweled lotus
flowers, some bowed In profound med
itation, but all of them serene and
peaceful In feature In spite ot th lr
profusion of paint and gilding. Among
the offerings piled about the shrines
are many old and worthless objects
such as paper umbrellas, fans, toys,
faded flowers and brass trinkets, but
there are also some pretty trifles of
personal adornment At the feet of a
smiling seated Buddha is a coll of blue
black hair covered with the dust of a
long pilgrimage, perhaps, bestowed by
a very poor young girl who had noth
ing else to give.
Within the larger shrines many dev
otees kneel in prayer at all hours ot
the day, each with a flower clasped
against his bowed forehead. The very
young girls pray together in a beauti
ful pavilion hung with banners and
silk draperies and many bright things
symbolical of buoyant girlhood. There
is even a gay little American flag,
hung there by some facetious tourist
probably, and accepted In a better
spirit by the simple-minded votaries
who never turn anyone away, of what
ever creed or race.
Naval Officers Well Paid.
An English writer compares the pay
of American naval officers with that ot
similar officers abroad. An American
admiral draws, he says, $15,000 a year,
while about 9,000 Is allotted to the
same rank In Great Britain, and 24,500
in Germany; and all other grades of
officers are paid equally well in pro
portion. New Management
"This hotal Is under a new manage
ment" "Why, I still see the old proprietor
around."
"Yes, but he got married last
week." Louisville Courier Journal
TWO VARIETIES OF PUREE
May Accompany Meat or Form the
Foundation of a Most Sub
stantial Soup.
A puree may be either an accom
paniment to meat or form the founda
tion of a substantial soup. Whatever
vegetable Is turned Into a puree must
first be well boiled, then passed
through a sieve a work demanding
patience, it Is true. The puree will
then have a little butter and season
ing added to It cream or the yolks
of eggs, or some gravy sauce, accord
ing to what meat it accompanies.
A puree ot chestnuts accompanies
Teal or poultry and requires the ad
dition of a little thick cream. A puree
of white haricot beans accompanies
roast mutton.
A puree of sorrel or spinach, or
both combined, Is really nicest when
served without meat and placed in in
dividual cocottes or In shells of tried
bread. After passing the spinach, etc.,
through the sieve it Is beaten up with
a little butter and cream and liberally
seasoned. It should not be boiled
more than Just enough to cook It ten
der, and then It will keep its color
and flavor.
Cucumbers, marrows, turnips, arti
chokes and pumpkins all make dell
clous purees, sweet or savory. Anoth
er delicious puree ot small white
onions and new potatoes makeB a
dainty dish, If sufficient cream is add
ed, and the mixture is put Into small
china dishes and browned on top.
The puree destined tor serving
alone or as an accompaniment to
meat must be kept thick, yet smooth;
the puree that forms the foundation
of a soup is lengthened out to make a
sufficient quantity by adding to It
meat or vegetable stock, and milk or
cream, or milk or eggs, etc. The eggs
and cream should not be put in until
after the puree Is cooked and taken
from the fire.
HOME HELPS
The furniture will be improved by
being wiped off occasionally with a
cloth dipped in linseed oil.
The short grass trimmings from the
lawn make very good feed for fowls.
To save face towels put a hanger on
both sides of the towel and you will
find that instead of one end wearing
and the other remaining unworn, both
ends will wear evenly.
One quart of flour made up Into
baking powder biscuits will make
from twelve to fifteen, according to
the size of the cutter.
When using whipped cream if you
add the white of an egg to the cream
and whip with it, it requires less
cream and is more delicate In taste
and flavor.
Washing Jap silk blouses, a tea
spoonful of methylated spirit, added
to two pints of water, gives Just the
sufficient stiffness required and saves
starching or ironing, when too wet.
Spiced Pears.
Eight pounds of pears, four pounds
best brown Bugar, one quart vinegar,
one cupful of mixed whole spice, stick
of cinnamon, cassia buds, allspice and
cloves, less of latter than former. Tie
spices in a bag and boil with vinegar
and sugar. Skim well, then add pears,
cook ten minutes or till scalded and
tender. Skim out pears and put In
stone Jar. Boll sirup five minutes
longer and pour over the pears. Next
day pour off the sirup and boll down
again. Repeat this three mornings.
Keep the bag of spices in the sirup.
Appetizing Tomatoes.
Cook together for 20 minutes a can
of tomatoes, one bay leaf, a teaspoon
ful of salt a slice of onion and six
peppercorns. Melt two tablespoonfuls
of butter, add two of flour, strain, and
pour In slowly one cupful of the
cooked tomato that has been strained.
When smooth, pour over the well
beaten yolks of three eggs and set
aside to cool. When cold, add the
stiffly beaten whites and bake In a
moderate oven. Grated cheese sprin
kled over the top Just before putting
In the oven makes a good variation.
Cottage Pudding.
Cream three-fourths tablespoonful
butter and one and a half tablespoon
fuls sugar, add two teaspoonfuls of
beaten egg, one and a half tablespoon
fuls milk and five tablespoonfuls flour
mixed and sifted with one-half tea
spoonful baking powder and a few
grains of salt Beat vigorously, turn
into two buttered Individual tins and
bake In moderate oven. Serve with
cream, wine or brandy sauce.
Pork Apple Pie.
Line your platter with rich piecrust
and put a layer ot apple, then one
of all fat pork shaved as thin as you
can possibly shave it, then repeat till
plate Is full enough, theft sprinkle a
little salt over top of apples, large
half cupful sugar, pinch of cinnamon
or use nutmeg to taste. Cover with
top crust, brush over with milk and
bake.
Braised Cucumbers.
Cut cucumbers Into halves, peel, re
move pulp and mix it with minced
meat ot any kind, which has been
seasoned with salt pepper and catch
up. Press some of this mixture Into
each cucumber shell, add a little stock,
cover closely and braise In the oven
until tender.
Pocket Electric Heater.
For the convenience of travelers
there has been Invented a pocket elec
tric heater, taking current from a light
socket which will boll a quart ot wa
ter In three minutes.
MAKE USE OF GRAPES
HOU3EWIVE8 SHOULD RECOG
NIZE VALUE OF THIS FRUIT.
Great Point In Their Favor Is the High
Amount of Sugar They Contain
Some Most Valuable Recipes
for the Household.
With the coming of fall, the house
wife is offered another most important
food-fruit for her table In grapes, blue,
purple, red and white, each kind giv
ing a high amount of food value, re
freshment and flavor.
The chief qualities of grapes are the
high amount of sugar, as will be seen
from the following table; also there
are present in all grapes varying
amounts of potash, lime, magnesia and
iron. It Is from the grape that we
get "cream of tartar" and tartaric acid,
which is the base of all good baking
powders.
Protein 9
Fats 1.1
Carbohydrates 13.0
Ash S
Refuse 250
Water 68.0
Fuel value, per pound (calories) 295
Nutritive value, per pound 17.2
In Europe there are many "grape,
cures" where the diet consists almost
solely of grapes, the various phos
phates and acids in which very per
ceptibly cleanse the blood and make
for health. Since this is so, grapes
should be used extensively in our diet.
Barring the seeds, they are one of the
best fruits for children, and it is from
the grape that the housewife can
evolve so many delicious Jellies, mar
malades and preserves.
Since It Is impossible to have ripe
grapes In all seasons, even with the
best methods of storing in sawdust,
the qualities of the grape can be pre
served to a great extent in grape Juice
which, by the way, was not even
thought of 50 years ago.
Grape Catchup. To each five pints
of grapes, allow one pound of sugar,
one-half pint of vinegar, and one-half
ounce each, cinnamon, cloves andj
maize. Boil sugar and vinegar 15 min-j
utes together; meantime heat the pulp
and skins. Let cool and rub through
a colander. Add this to the vinegar
and sugar, cooking 20 minutes. Bot-
tie and seal. 1
Grape Jam. Heat grapes over boil
ing water until soft, then simmer gen
tly 30 minutes. Let cool a little
and press through colander. Weigh
pulp, allowing one and one-eighth
pounds sugar for each pound pulp.
Cook together, simmering and stirring
carefully until It thickens Into Jam
consistency. Then place in small Jars.
Either ripe or green grapes or half
and half may be used, and a little
lemon rind may be added with cinna
mon and a pinch of cloves or nutmeg.
Grape Pudding. Wash, pick and
flour grapes before putting them Into
the batter. One heaping pint of picked
grapes makes a fair sized pudding For
the batter, heat the yolks of four eggs
till thick, then add one cupful of milk,
and two cupfuls of flour. Add half a
cupful of butter beaten to a cream, one
teaspoonful of vanilla extract, the
whites of the eggs stiffly beaten, and
then the grapes. Boll the pudding
three hours and serve with a rich
sauce.
Jelly Pancakes.
Jelly pancakes can be made In a
few minutes and require two cupfuls
of flour, two cupfuls of sweet milk,
one egg, one teaspoonful of baking
powder, and a generous pinch of salt.
Beat the egg very light, add the milk
and lastly, with Just enough beating
to mix all together, the flour sifted
twice with the salt and baking pow
der. Pour enough of the batter into
& hot buttered pan to cover the bot
tom. When browned, spread with but
ter and Jelly, roll up and Bprlnkle
with powdered sugar. Mothers' Maga
zine. Calf's Head Terrapin.
Boll calf's head as tor soup until
bones fall apart. Remove meat from
bones and set aside until perfectly
cold. Season with pepper and salt
Add two blades of mace. Chop four
hard-boiled eggs and add them to a
cupful of the broth In which head has
been boiled, together with one cupful of
cream, a scant half pound ot butter
and two tablespoonfuls of browned
flour. Let them all simmer thoroughly.
Add one-half teacupful ot sherry and
serve. Do not boil after adding sherry.
Cracker Pudding.
Half pint of pieces of cracker brok
en, four eggs, three-fourths cupful of
sugar, piece of butter size of an egg,
salt, plenty raisins, pinch of soda, one
half teaspoonful of cinnamon and
same of nutmeg, one quart of milk.
Soak crackers in milk about half hour.
Bake about an hour In moderate oven.
Eat with a plain pudding sauce.
Fresh Pork Cake.
Take as much fresh pork as you
like, remove bone and run the meat
through chopper. Season as desired
and make into round balls or flat
cakes. Put into roasting pan, cut up
onions and potatoes, placing these in
the pan also. Sprinkle with salt, add
a little water and bake until done.
Beet Salad.
Slice cold boiled beets, cut Into
strips; line a salad bowl with white,
crisp lettuce; heap the beets In the
center and pour mayonnaise dressing
over them Just before It goes to the
table', or you can pass the dressing
with the salad in an Ice-cold pitcher
or a pretty bowl with a ladle la U.