THE VEILED
LADY
By Edna D. Toonstock
(Copyright, 1916. by W. O. Chapman.)
John Bryan wai "moving bis office"
-that Is, what there was of It to
move. It was a forlorn, disheartening
Job. For five years he had maintained
fair space and respectable furniture
and fixtures. Now bad luck and poor
business had been his lot. He had lost
bis crip and was compelled to step
down the line to a very poor position
Indeed.
He owed five months' rent and had
honorably turned over to the building
his entire office possessions all ex
cept the clumsy tled-up bundle be car
ried In his arms. This contained his
account books, legal papers and a few
desk utensils.
John was depressed and abstracted.
He did not notice that a veiled lady
and a small child had alighted from a
handsome limousine at the curb. He
ran right Into the little one, felt the
contact, drew back, with the child un
harmed, but bis precious bundle fell
from bis arms and Its contents scat
tered wide on the sidewalk.
"I am so stupid!" he faltered In apol
ogetic tones to the lady, but she pro
ceeded to assist him in gathering up
the load be had dropped. She came
to a card photograph In a metal case.
There was a quiver to her voice as she
banded It to him.
"The glass Is broken," she said.
"Ah, but the picture Is Intact!" ex
claimed John In a tone ot deep thank
fulness. "1 prize it very highly, madam,
and I shall not forgot your kindness to
a stranger."
Then, with a courtly bow that was
"I Have Come to 8ee You on
nest."
Bud
natural to him, tor he was a gentle
man, every inch of him, he passed on
The lady hastened to the curb. She
motioned the chauffeur to bend to
wards her.
. "That man," she said rapidly "who
dropped the papers."
"Yes, ma'am, I see him," was the
ready response.
"Follow him, see where he goes,
learn something about his circum
stances, if you can."
She went Into the Btore she bad
started for, bought her juvenile com'
panlon some comfits and returned to
await the return of her messenger.
"Madam," reported the latter, "the
gentleman you directed me about Is a
Mr. John Bryan. He took his traps to
a little deBk In a big barn ot an office
let out to poor brokers and the like.
It seems he did a good business once,
but lost his grip and he has little left
I learned, though, that be Is respect
able, of good habits and all that, and
honest as the day is long."
"Poor soul," murmured the veiled
lady and there waB a faint suggestion
of a sob In her tone. "And I had al
most forgotten 1 How strange that we
should nioet again In this odd wayl
He Is the same patient, tender, true-
hearted. If I had never loft him, how
much misery might have been spared
me."
Alice Worth foil Into a soulful rev
erle as the machine sped on. Iler mind
went back to five yoara previous, when
she had become a stonogrupher In the
office of John Bryan.
She rocallod the gracious, helpful
ways of hor employer, his encourage'
mont, his patience until she bad be
come more of a partner than an assist
ant. She dallghted In Bhowlng her
gratitude tor the business training he
bad given her. Her attention to de
tails, her magnetic ways, her advice,
carried the business up on a wave of
actual success. She had almost learned
to love the quiet earnest man who em
ployed her, when a flashing, brilliant
lover came along. She left the Bryan
office and married him. Within a year,
after spending all her savings, he de
serted her, she secured a divorce and
resumed her maiden name. Later her
husband died and she began lite all
over again as a governess In a very
wealthy family.
She sought the mother ot the little
one she cared for when she reached
the splendid mansion, where she was
treated more as a relative than a hired
companion.
"Mrs. Delvllle," she said, "I am go
ing to say something that will make
you think me very ungrateral, but my
duty calls me. I cannot go with the
family to California, as you have ar
ranged." Then she told this real friend what
Impelled her to turn aside from ease
and luxury, all for a lonely, friendless
man who had once been her loyal
mentor and guide. Mrs. Delvllle lis
tened with Interest and sympathy. The
little one would grieve for her, she and
her husband would sorely miss her,
but she guessed the true emotion that
underlay Alice Worth's strange Im
pulse and tried only to be helpful.
It was the next day that John Bryan
sat at his desk, trying to believe that
he was still a man of business and
that the flood of fortune would some
day turn his way. He was writing out
cards to place in the rack over his
desk, describing the various pieces of
property he had for sale, when a lady
entered the office and sank to the
chair at the side of the desk. She was
veiled. John Instantly recognized her
as bis kindly helper of the day previ
ous. "I have come to see you on busi
ness, Mr. Bryan," she began at once
and a vague far-away expression came
Into his eyes. What chord of memory
was touched? Why did a nameless
thrill pervade his being? Before he
could realize these strange emotions,
the lady held him In a trance of sheer
stupefaction as she proceeded: "I
wish to go Into business. I am a com
petent stenographer and something ot
business woman. I hear you spoken
of as a man of sterling Integrity.
"Would you consider me as a partner If
will Invest some capital against your
business capacity?"
'A partner?" gasped the astonished
John Bryan in a lost tone. "There is
nothing to make a partnership of."
I think differently," spoke his vis
itor promptly. "I have Investigated
and believe that, with your prestige
and record and a little co-operation,
you can regain the business you so
well understand. A Mr. Delvllle, a
wealthy gentleman, will place the care
of a large property In our hands."
John Bryan was trembling all over
with mingled sensations of hope, ex
citement and self-depredation.
I must be honest with you," be
spoke. "I was only successful while I
had an assistant, a most estimable and
capable young lady. That Is her pic
ture," and John pointed to the same
photograph In a frame over his desk
which the veiled lady picked up from
among bis scattered papers on the
pavement on the day previous. "I
keep It near me," he added in a low
tone, "for she Is closer to my heart
than any other woman In the world."
There was a flutter of the veil. As
the visitor again spoke, the accents of
her voice betrayed Intense emotion.
"Will you draw up a memorandum of
the partnership agreement, Mr. Bry
an?" she said.
He took up bis pen and drew a blank
sheet of paper towards him In a dazed,
mechanical way.
"The name, please?" he questioned.
She lifted her veil Alice Worth!
For a moment he stared unbelievingly
at her. Then the truth overwhelmed
him. The tears started, his face
dropped into his arms across the desk
before him and he sobbed as If his
heart would break. Her gentle band
caressed the silvered head.
"Blind! Blind!" she murmured
"he does not even yet guess that my
poor tired heart Is famishing for the
love of a true, loyal man!"
But the scales fell from the eyes of
John Bryan as the days went on and
business cares were assuaged by that
sweet companionship. And then, amid
hope and success, love flamed forth
gloriously, and so they were married,
TESTS FOR HEART DISEASE
German Physicians Have Evolved
Novel Method of Detecting Pres
ence of Weakness.
There Is a new way of diagnosing
heart disease. It was discovered In
Germany and is based upon the prin
ciple that extremely Blight motion In
the air will form similar changes in a
burning flame.
Two small smoking gas flames are
used, and around these la turned a
wide paper tape. The flames cause
bands of soot to appear upon the sur
face ot the tape.
Over the heart of the patient an In
strument somewhat similar to a tele
phone transmitter Is placed. This
transmitter has a very sensitive
diaphragm. Its vibrations are dupli
cated by the diaphragm and transmit
ted by a tube to a gas chamber
through which passes the gas for one
ot the flames.
The slight flamings of the gas in re
sponse to the various vibrations result
In characteristic rings of smoke on the
paper tape. From these abnormalities
In the heart-boat can be read. Time
is recorded by the second flame, influ
enced similarly by vibrations from a
tuning fork. The smoke rings vary In
shape and position according to the
character of vibration causing them,
and so help to simplify the diagnosis.
"Seasoning" Iron Castings.
In the manufacture ot the higher
types ot machinery care is taken to
lessen the cooling stress ot iron cast
ings by annealing or some other
means. In order to make the Iron
homogeneous and less liable to break
age or distortion. This process is
known as "seasoning." It has been
found In the case of ordinary test
bars one Inch square) In section that
there was a gain in strength of about
20 per cent, due to the shocks sus
tained during an hour in a tumbling
barrel, as compared with companion
bars from the same ladle not so
treated.
PREPARATION OF FOWLS FOR EXHIBITION
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"Dick," the Valuable Rooster, Who for the Past Three Years Has Won
First Prize at Poultry Shows Held In Various Cities of the United
States.
(From Weekly News Letter, United
States Department or Agriculture.) .
Every fowl, whether young or ma
ture, should be In first-class show con
dition when It enters the exhibition
hall. The plumage Bhould be the
standard length for the breed, lustrous
and plentiful, the head bright red in
color, and the comb developed to the
required size. The specimen should
appear In handsome dress, good physi
cal condition, and trained to exhibit
bis good qualities to advantage. Care
ful training Imparts to a bird sufficient
confidence to assume and hold desired
poses under show-room conditions.
If possible, obtain' exhibition coops
similar to those used at the show ycu
will attend. Cover the flcor with short
straw or a mixture ot bran and straw
for feathered-leg breeds. Two months
before the show place the birds you
Intend to exhibit in the coops at night.
Visit the coops as frequently as you
can and handle the birds often. Car
ry them around under the arm, open
their wings and examine the under
color, and accustom them to every
movement of the Judge. It Is net ad
visable or necessary to keep the show
birds confined in the training coops.
A day at a time is sufficient. Then,
allow them the run of the house for
two or three days and outdoor exer
cise If seasonable.
It is necessary to examine show
birds carefully at least ten weeks
before the show. Remove all imper
fect feathers, In the hope that they
will be replaced by feathers ot stand
ard color. Frequently a colored
feather showing a little white along
the edge of the web will molt out
perfectly when the fowl is well ted
on sour milk mash, meat, and grain.
Never pluck a new feather one In
which the quill is filled with fluid
is it will invariably return partially
white. A few days before the exhibi
tion examine your birds again and
pluck the Imperfect feathers. It is
quite a problem to determine the best
procedure when there is foreign color
In some of the large feathers on the
wings or tail. If the color is a cause
for disqualification, there is no Justific
ation for shipping the bird to the
show. What is best to do will depend
upon the quality ot the specimen in
other sections and upon the amount
ot defective color In the wings. Usual
ly these defects occur in similar
feathers in both wings.
All white fowls must be washed, and
most fowls of other colors can be Im
proved in appearance by washing, fluf
fing, and grooming before the show.
For white birds have three tubs filled
with (1) warm, soft or rain water;
(2) warm, soft or rain water; (3)
warm, soft, or rain water colored the
proper shade to rinse the blue White
goods. Use a bar of good white or
castile soap and a large sponge and a
nail brush. Have the temperature of
the room 80 degrees or 85 degrees and
bring the birds in clean exhibition
coops, the floors ot which should be
covered with fresh, dry shavings.
Wash the males first. Clean the
shanks and feet with the nail bush,
soap, and water. Insert the bird in
tub (1) and push it down under the
water several times until the plumage
Is wet through; make a heavy lather
with the sponge and soap, and thor
oughly wash the plumage with the
sponge; open the wings and sponge
them In the direction of the feathers,
(In fact, always wash the length of
the feather, from the quill to the tip
and not across It.) Keep the bird's
-head out ot the soapy water if poa
slbta; sponge the soap oft the bird,
and remove to tub (2). Press It un
ite the water several times, allow It
to stand and drip for a few seconds,
and then dip It twice in tub (3) con
taining the bluing water. Remove
the .bird from the water, hold Its legs
firmly and raise it up and down quick
ly, so that It will flap and expand its
wings and tall and shake out the wa
ter. Do not use a towel to dry a
white bird.
Move the exhibition coop near the
fire or some heat, so that the bird
will dry. Lifting up the plumage ot
the breast and opening the feathers
of the fluff while drying has a ten
dency to increase the apparent size of
these sections. It is necessary to ex
amine the white birds frequently if
the coops are near a stove to guard
against overheating them or scorch
ing or curling their feathers.
The shanks and feet ot exhibition
fowls must be absolutely clean and
well polished. To overcome rough
Bcales rub the legs twice dally with
a cloth dipped in kerosene, and a
short time before the show wash them
thoroughly. Use a good scouring soap,
woolen cloth, and warm rainwater.
Remove any old or rough scales and
also the dirt between the scales. The
latter can be taken out with tooth
picks. Dry the shanks and apply a
solution of equal parts of sweet oil
and alcohol. Then warm a woolen
cloth and scrape a little beeswax on
it The warmth will melt the wax,
and the shanks should then be polished
with the waxed cloth.
Before shipping the birds to the ex
hibition apply the sweet oil and alcohol
solution to the face and comb. If you
are showing white birds, fill their
plumage, after washing and when thor
oughly dry, with equal parts of bran
and rice flour. Some exhibitors use
cornstarch, which is equally satisfac
tory. This prevents the plumage be
coming soiled, and when the starch Is
shaken out at the show and the fowls
are groomed they apparently take a
higher polish. However, the coops
must have wooden or muslin tops and
sides to prevent rain coming in con
tact with the starched plumage. The
final grooming is accomplished with a
silk handkerchief rubbing and polish
ing the feathers until the plumage has
a high luster. '
WINTER FEEDING FOR COWS
Good Milk Flow Cannot Be Expected
Without Feed of Right Kind
Silage Replaces Grass.
(By PROF. OSCAR ERF, Dairy Depart
ment, umo state university.)
You cannot expect a cow to keep
up a good milk flow without plenty ot
feed of the right kind. Silage should
be used now to replace the grass ra
tion. It is easy to forget that the
cow's feed is being shortened, and It
the best returns are to be secured the
milk flow must be kept as high as
possible for ten or 11 months ot the
year. If it once goes down it is almost
Impossible to raise it before the next
freshening.
Less feed will be required and bet
ter results secured it a good barn is
used. The dairy cow will not do her
best work when exposed to the cold
even though given plenty of feed. It
is cheaper and more effective to keep
her warm by means ot a barn than by
extra feed.
Gypsy Moth Larvae.
The maximum known distance that
first-stage larvae ot the gypsy moth
have been carried by the wind is
13 H miles. It is probable, however,
that there are unrecorded mstaaces
la which this record has been exceeded.
ALL "GO HOME" SOME TIME
To Every Inmate of Prison the Period
of Freedom Arrives, Either in
Life or Death.
Some day if we live, and there
doesn't seem to be much chance of
dying around here we are going out
and going home, says a writer in the
New Era, Federal penitentiary, Leav
enworth. Even the man who happens to die
here is going home, for that matter.
It may seem slow, but the time
comes eventually for the last "get-up"
In prison for every man here. Then
it's hike!
It's over to the tailor shop for new
Clothes from head to foot and then
out and away. No bird will be freer
than you and I, but we'll not fly high
any more. One will start in on direc
tion and one in another. What's the
difference? Any road leads to free
dom, and the main chance.
We shall have the right to work and
to carry our wages in our pockets
again or put the money In the bank.
We shall drink freedom from every
water cup, and breathe In liberty from
the air itself. We can get off a dis
tance and yell out loud without fear
of a calldown,
We can sit and talk It all over at
the dinner table with friends and rel
atives. No more hands out for pota
toes. Some of these days we will tuck
a napkin under our chin again and
make merry over our pudding. We
shall go to bed at night with lights
out and know the balm of darkness
to the eyes and enjoy the rest It gives
the optic nerve.
The day will roll 'round for us to
say good-by and go, with heads up
not down.
No mofe will we feel the weight of
bondage or know the pinch of confine
ment. Everything we do, it will be
our pleasure to do, and not our task.
We will cast off fetters, not put them
on.
We shall despise and feel a horror
for anything that curtails our liberties.
Habits that make slaves of men will
be cast aside, for while serving a
prison sentence we are freed of habits
that bind us more than any privilege
withdrawn here. We will not be
slaves to strong drink. We will go out
free from its awful bondage. Its
curse is removed far from us.
We shall not be tempted to profane
our lives with evil deeds so long re
moved from their commitment. We
will go out more free from shackles
than we have been in years, for bad
habits are the hardest shackles to
strike from us.
Made Bachelor Pay for Wife.
A delicate question was recently de
cided by an alderman of Wllkes-Barre,
Pa., when he was called upon to ad
judicate as to how much It Is worth to
find a wife for a bachelor, who is anx
ious to step from bachelorhood Into
the bliss of married life. Opportunity
to determine this question came when
a woman brought suit against a man
to recover $100 which Bhe alleged was
promised her for finding a wife for de
fendant after he had failed in his hunt
for a life partner. She claimed that
he had expressed great disgust with
his condition of bachelorhood and en
gaged her to hunt him a wife. She lo
cated a woman, Introduced her to him
and their marriage resulted. Follow
ing the marriage the husband refused
to pay the $100 he had promised. The
alderman, who Is a bachelor, ruled that
it was well worth $100 to find a wife
for a bachelor, and he gave Judgment
for the full amount of the claim.
State Control in England.
A remarkable scheme of state 'con
trol has been Inaugurated at a cen
ter In the north of England where 20,
000 men are expected to be at work
shortly on munitions. To provide for
them the government has acquired all
shops In the district, and will either
allow the late proprietors to sell goods
under license only or will In most
cases run them under direct control.
The government will thus be butchers,
bakers, grocers and milkmen to the
Inhabitants. The main object is to
regulate prices and prevent extortion.
The liquor control board has already
bought all the public houses about
thirty in number and has thus a
monopoly in the district. In some the
sale of intoxicants will continue under
close restrictions; In others it .has
been suspended, and some have been
turned into lodging houses for work
men. This Picture and That.
"The populations of the Boer, or far
mer republic of South Africa, and of
Mississippi have not been unlike, ex
cept in language," says Senator John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi.
"Both lead plain lives; both alike
have their strength constantly re
newed, as was that of Antaeus of old,
by daily contact with their mother-
earth.
"Both shoot well, ride well, live an
sutdoor life and, as a rule, speak can
didly without diplomatic frills. Both
have their negro race problem and an
overruling race pride molding, color
ing, motiving or modifying nearly
everything politics, religion and so
cial life. Both have combined grim
humor with cool courage."
Refractory to Anesthesia.
Red Cross surgeons find that French
soldiers are refractory to anesthesia,
it taking far larger quantities than
usual of chloroform or ether to "put
them asleep." This Is believed to be
due to their habit of drinking wine
freely and smoking cigarettes inces
santly. So when operating on them
the surgeons see that they have their
customary wine and cigarettes.
LONG 'NO-MAN'S LAND'
FALKLAND ISLANDS NOT CON
8IDERED WORTH POSSESSING.
Though Now a Part of the British
Possessions, This Dates Only
From the Eighteenth Cen
turyRivers of Stones.
The Falkland islands, which will
always be memorable in the history
of the war, were first discovered by
a Captain Cowley in the days ot
Queen Elizabeth, but it was not until
1764, in the days of King George, that
the British decided to annex them.
It was then found that the French
had established a colony there in the
previous year and had annexed the
islands in the name of the king ot
France. The British, however, later
came into possession, but were evict
ed by the Spaniards by main force.
A war between England and Spain
was averted, and the English resumed
possession, only to abandon the place
three years later. Until the transac
tions which took place between the
Argentine and the British governments
In the early part of the eighteenth
century the Islands were a no-man's
land.
Lecturing before the Royal Colonial
institute in London recently, Major
Quayle Dickson, formerly colonial sec
retary for the Falklands, remarked
that the rivers of stones were con
sidered by many to be the most In
teresting feature of the Falklands.
They varied In length from a few
yards to two miles, and from a dis
tance looked like rivers.
There was no accepted explanation
of their existence, but one theory put
forward was that the whole country
(Including Patagonia) was at one time
covered , with ice. When the ice
melted these stones were left bare
and slipped down the hillsides Into
the valleys where they were now
found. It was also suggested that the
bowlder streams were due simply to
the natural disintegration of the solid
rock. I
The blocks were not water worn,
tbeir angles being only a little blunt
ed. They varied, in Bize from one to
two feet in diameter to ten or even
twenty times as much, and were not
thrown together in irregular piles,
but spread out Into level sheets or
great streams.
It was not possible to ascertain
their depth, but the water of small
streamlets could be heard trickling
through the stones many feet below
the surface. The actual depth was
probably great, or the crevices be
tween the fragments must long ago
have been filled up with sand and
peat dust. So large were the stones
that one could easily find shelter be
neath one ot them.
In some cases a continuous stream
of these fragments followed up the
course of a valley, and extended even
to the very crest of the hill. On these
crests huge masses, exceeding in di
mensions any small buildings, stood
as if arrested In their headlong
course.
There also the carved strata of the
archways lay plied on each other like
the ruins ot some vast and ancient
cathedral.
War and the Horse.
Farm and Fireside quotes American
horsemen high In authority as saying
that about 600,000 of our horses have
been sold on war orders for about
$100,000,000 since the outbreak of the
war.
Fully 90 per cent of the artillery
horses purchased were sired by draft
stallions and were out of small mares.
The same horse authorities claim that
the Belgian breed In Europe has been
practically destroyed and Percheron
breeding stock has also been heavily
sacrificed for war use.
A representative of one of Ameri
ca's greatest horse importers says It
would not be possible to find 200
draft stallions suitable for export to
America, even were exportation al
lowed. The crux of the matter clearly Indi
cates that American horse users must
depend on the produce of American
studs for draft sires for many years to
come.
Judicial Hearing.
Judge T. J. Moll of the superior
court, room 6, has the reputation of
being accommodating to those attor
neys who have cases pending In his
court. Recently a relative of a local
attorney suffered an accident which
made him almost deaf. The attorney
was telling another lawyer of the acci
dent, and in the course of this said a
specialist, who had been consulted, t
gave no encouragement of restoring '
hearing. After listening to the narra
tive, the second lawyer asked his
friend:
"Why don't you take It to Judge
Moll? He'll give your relative his
hearing at an early date." Indianapo
lis News.
Rats Recovered Liberty.
The official ratcatcher of the British
Western Railroad company died a few
days ago. For over forty years this
man's family have been the official
ratcatchers of the company. His meth
od was to take the rats alive when
ever possible. On one occasion he
secured over ninety live rats, which
he imprisoned In a cage. Coming
borne In the train he transferred twen
ty of the rats from the cage to a sack.
He then fell asleep, but was aroused
by the rats, which bad eaten a hole
In the sack, running about the com
partment, one being actually up hla
sleeve.