r
FAG K 4
A Man for
the Ages
A Story o f the Builders
o f Democracy
By Irving Bachelier
Cop»r:»hl. Irvin» Bachelier
C H APTER
ary time I gat a mlnnta’a leisure. Tm
out of him and he was kind s f dssed nigh through with him. Now I want
shoulders, whose name has gone Into
and sick. Abe stood up like a giant
study rhetoric.”
history. They had been drinking some and his face looked aw ful solemn.
“Only schoolmasters Btudy rhetoric,
“ It'a Bln»— the little vixen I" «aid hut no one o f them was In the least
“
'Boys,
If
there's
any
goore
o’
you
Kelao declared. “A real poet or a real
Abe tenderly.
"She's an odd child degree off hla balance. They scuffled
and as pretty a« a «potted faw n, and around the Jug for a moment tn per that v-snt trouble you can have soma orator la born with all the rhetoric he
about as wild. She’s a kind o f a first fect good nature and then Abe and off the name piece,’ he said
needs. Rhetoric 1« a steed fo r a light
“They bung their heads and not on«
cousin to the bobolink.
Mrs. W addell provided them w ith the of them made a move or said a word. load under the saddle, but he's too
warm blooded for the harness. H e
When they were getting ready to go heat remnants of the dinner. They
was for the day of the plumed knight
home that afternoon Joe got Into a were rather noisy. Soon thay went
—not for these times.
No man of
great hurry to nee hla mother. It up on the roof to help with the rafters
seemed to him that ages had elapsed and the clapboarding. They worked
-ense would use a prancing horse on
since he had seen her— a conviction w ell a few minutes and suddenly they
a plow or a stone boat. A good plow
which led to noisy tea re
horse is a beautiful thing. The play
came scrambling down for another
i f his muscle«, the power of hla stride
Ahe knelt before him and comforted pull at the Jug. They were out for a
are poetry to me, but when he tries
the hoy. Then he wrapped him in his spree and Ahe knew It and knew fu rth
to put on style he Is ridiculous. T hat
jacket and swung him In the a ir and er that they had reached the lim it
vuggestg whst rhetoric Is apt to do to
started for home w ith Joe astride his of discretion.
the untrained Intellect.
I f you've
neck.
“Boys, there are ladles here and
anything to say or w rite, head straight
Ramson saya In his d ln ry : “His ten we've got to he careful." he said.
across the field and keep your eye on
der play w ith the little lad gave me "Le'e stick to the Job till four o'clock.
the furrow .”
another look at the man Lincoln.”
Then wp'll knock off fo r refresh
In the last diary of Samson Henry
“Some one proposed once that we ments."
T raylor Is this e n try :
should call that stream the M inne
T he young revelers gathered In a
“I went to Gettysburg w ith the Pres
haha," eald Abe as he walked along ' group and began to whisper together.
ident today and sat near him when he
"A fte r this Joe and I are going to call | Samson write» that It became evident
spoke
M r Everett addressed the
It the Mlnneboohoo."
then thee' were going to make trouble
crowd for an hour or so.
As Kelso
The women of the little village had and »Sys:
would say ‘He rode the prancing steed
“ We had le ft the children at Rut-,
j met at a quilting party at ten o'clock
of Rhetoric.’
My old friend went
I w ent-to
w ith Mrs. M artin W addell. There ledge's In the care of Ann
straight across the field. When he
Harsh had had a »«at at the fram e Sarah and told her «he had better go
finished, the field, plowed and har
and heard all the gossip of the coun on and see If they were all right.
rowed and fertilized by war, had been
tryside. The nlmhle-flngered Ann R u t
“ ‘Don’t you get In any fight,’ she
sowed for all time. The spring’s work
ledge— a daughter of the tavern folk said, y h lc h shows th a t the women
[ —had sat beside her.
Ann was a knew what was In the air.
was done and well done.”
At a quarter of ten the doctor rose
slender, good-looking gtrl of seventeen
"Saifch led the way and the others
and sold:
with blue eyes and a rich crown of followed hag."
"We're .keeping Abe from his sleep
auburn hair and a fa ir skin well I
Those big, brawny fellows from the
and "e a rin g the night away w ith p hi
[ browned by the sunlight.
She was j Grove when they got merry were look- j
losophy. I'm go’ng home.”
the moat dexterous needle w orker In Ing alSvays fo r a chance to get mad j
“I came over to see Jf you could find
New Salem
, at some man and turn him into a
a man to help me tomorrow," Samson
John M cN eil, whom the T raylors plaything A chance had come to get |
«old to Abe. "H a rry Is going over to
had met on the road near Niagara mad and they were going to make the ,
Falls and who had shared th e ir camp i most of It. They began to growl with "W hen He’s Roused There’s Some do the chinking alone. I want a man
to help me on the whipsaw w hile I cut
thing in Abe.”
w ith them, arrived on the stage that resentment. Some were wigging their
some boards for the tippet flooring."
evening. He was dressed In a new leader. Jack Armstrong, to fight Abe.
“I'll help you myself,” Abe proposed.
butternut suit and clean linen and ' One of them ran to his horse and Abe went to Armstrong and helped
“I reckon I ’ll close the store tom or
looked very handsome. Samson write» : brought a bottle from his saddle bag. him up.
“ ’Jack, I ’m sorry th a t I had to hurt row unless Jack w ill tend It."
that he resembled the pictures of Itob- J It began passing from mouth to mouth,
“You can count on me," said Jack.
ert Emmet. W ith fine, ,dark eyes, a Jack Armstrong got the bottle before you,' he said. ‘You get on to your
“I ’m short of sleep anyhow and a day
smooth skin, well-moulded features It was h a lf emptied, drained It and horse and go home.'
'Ahe. you’re a better man than me.’ I of rest w ill do me good."
and black h air neatly brushed on a i flung It high In the air. Another
Ahe went w ith his friends to the
shapely head he was not at all like called him a hog and grappled him said the bully, as he offered his hand
door beyond which the two hoys from
the rugged Abe. ‘ In a low tone and around the waist and there was a des to Abe. T H do anything you s a y .'"
So the Clary's Grove gang was con . C lary’s Grove sat as If sound asleep.
very modestly, with a »light brogue perate struggle which ended quickly.
They were to make more It Is probable, however, that they had
on hl« tongue he told of hla adventure« Armstrong got a hold on the neck of quered.
on the long «höre toad to Michigan. his assailant and choked him until he trouble but not again were they to heard what Samson had said to Ahe.
Next morning Ahe and Samson set
Ann «at llatenlng and looking Into hla let go. This was not enough fo r the Imperil the foundations of law and ;
face aa he talked. Abe came In. aoon sturdy bully of C lary's Grove. H e order In the little community of New 1 nut for the woods soon a fte r daylight.
“I like that hoy H a rry ." said Abe.
a fte r eight o’clock, and waa Introduced selxed his follow er and flung him so Salem. As they were starting away j
to the stranger. All noted the con roughly on the ground that the la tte r Bap M cNoll turned to H a rry Needles " I reckon he’s got good stuff In him
trast between the two young men as lay fo r a moment stunned. Armstrong and shouted: “I ’l l git even with you The wav he landed on Bap M cNoll
wn« a caution. I like to see a fe lle r
they greeted each outer.
Abe sat had got his blood w arm and was now yet— you slab-sided son of a dog.”
T hat Is not exactly what he said j come right up to the scratch, without
down for a few minutes and looked reaily for action. W ith a w ild whoop
an invitation Just in the nick o' time,
sadly Into the fire but said nothing. h r threw off Ills coat, unbuttoned his but It Is near enough.
as he did. T h a t boy Is a likely young
H e rote presently, excused hl in self tig h t shirtsleeve and rolled It to the
C H A P T E R V.
colt— strung and lim ber and well put
shoulder and declared In a loud voice,
and went away.
together and broad between the eyes."
The logs for the new house were aa he swung hla arm In the air, that
In Which the Character of Blm Kelso
"An' gentle as a k itte n .” Samson
ready tw o daya a fter the cutting be he couJil "out Jump, out hop, out run.
Flashes Out In a Strange Adventure
««hied
'‘There never was a better
gan. M artin W addell and Ratnuel H ill throw down, drag out an’ lick any man
That Begins the Weaving of a Long
face on a hov or a better heart behind
«ent team« to haul them
John Cam in New S..lein."
Thread of Romance.
It. W e like him."
In a le tte r to his fath er Ramson
eron and Peter Lukina had brought
"Yes sir. He's a well topped young
w
rite
s
:
the window »ash and aome clapboard«
The shell of the cabin was finished
tree— straight and sound and good
"Abe was working at my elbow. I
from Beardstown In a small flatboat.
that day
Its puncheon floor was In
Then came the day o f the raising— a saw him drop his ham mer and get up place but Its upper floor was to be ’ Im h er Looks ns If that little girl o’
11n»w
Jack’s wn« terrib ly took up w ith him
clear warm day early In September. and make for the ladder.
laid when the board» were ready
Its
All the men from the vll'age and the something was going to happen and two doors were yet to be made and I don't wonder."
“W hat kind of a girl Is she?’’ Sam
near farina gathered to halp make a I followed him. In a minute everyone hung. Its five window» to he fitted and
son asked.
home for the newcomer«. Samson was off the roof and out of the build made fast, Its walls to be chinked with
I guess they knew what was d a y m ortar
“A w ful sh.v since the arrow hit her
and Jack Kelao went out for a hunt ing
Sam son!; and H a rry
She don't know what It means vet
Tfie big lad stood there
a fter the cutting and brought In a coming
stayed that evening a fte r the rest
fat buck and many grouse fo r the bee swinging hla arm and yelling like an were gone, smoothing the puncheon She'll get used to that, I reckon. She's
I t was a big arm „ and muscled
dinner, to which every woman of the Inju n
.
floor. They made a few nails at the a good girl and smart as a steel trap."
snd ^ n, ov„ r ,o
H a rry Needles went w histling up
neighborhood made a contribution of and corded up eeme but I guess, I f I d forge
Went ove
o(
the road toward the new house with
cake or pie or cookie« or doughnut». shoved the calico off mine and held It Abe-, , , ore about nlnp
T w o of
"W hat will he my part?" Samson up he'd a pulled down his aleeve. I Clary's Grove gang who had tarried | sickle, hoe and trowel. Aa he passed
didn't know Just how good a man
had Inquired of Kelao.
In the village sat In, the gloom of Its ] the Kelso cabin he whistled the tune
Doc- ! of “Sweet Nightingale ” I t had haunted
"Nothing hut a lug of whisky and a Abe was sttd I was kind o’ scalrt for little veranda apparently asleep
kind word and a house warm ing." | a minute. I never found It so hard tor Allen. Jack Kelso, Alexander Fer- I his mind since he had heard It In the
| work to do nothin’ as I did then. Hon-'
H e whistled as loudly as ever
guson and M artin iVaddell were sit woods
Kelao had anstvered
I eat, my hrtnds kind o’ ached. I wanted
ting by Its fireside tyhlle Ahe sat on he could and looked a t the windows
They notched aud bored the log«
to go an cuff that feller's ears an' the counter w ith his legs hanging off
Before he had passed, Blm ’s face
and made pins to bind them and but
grab hold o’ him an' toss him bver the
“I ’m sorry we hnd to have trouble," , looked out at him w ith a smile and
those that were to go around the fire
ridge pole. Abe went right up to him
her hand flickered back o f the panes
Samson remarked
“It's the only spot
place and window
»pace«
Strong,
an' a a ld ;
and he waved his to her. H la heart
on
the
day
I'll
never
forget
the
kind
j
willing and well-trained handr hewed
bent fast ns he hurried along.
" ’Jack, you ain't h alf ao bad or h alf ness of the people of New Salem."
and fitted the log» together. Alexan
'T in not so very voting." he aald to
so cordy a t ye think ye ate. You say
“The Taking bee 1« a mbst slgnlfl- j
der Ferguson lined the,fireplace with a
“I wish I hadn't put on three
you can throw down any man here. •ant thing." said Kelso, "tvemocracy ’ him self
curious m ortar made q£ clay In which
old clothes. M rs. T ra y lo r Is an aw{u'
I reckon I ’ll have to «how ye that
end«
to
universal
friendship—
each
I
he mixed grass for a binder. Thia mor
you're mistaken. I'll resale w ith ye. works for the crowd and the crowd fo r I nice woman but she's determined to
ta r he rolled Into layers called ' cat«,'
make me look lik e a plow horse. I
W e're friends sn’ we won't talk about each, and there are no favorites
Ev- 1
each eight Inches long aud three Inches
lickin' each other. L e s have a friend ery community Is like the thousand ! don’t see why she couldn’t let me
thick. Then he Ifiid them against the
wear decent clothes."
ly resale.’
friends of Thebes. Most of Its. units
log» and held them tn place with a
Sarah had enjoyed mothering the
were
stand
together
for
the
common
good—
j
"In
a
second
the
two
men
woven network of stock« The first
hoy
His health had returned. Hi»
locked
together.
Armstrong
had
for
Justice,
law
and
honor.
The
fire— a alow one— baked the clay Into
cheeks were ruddy, his dark eyea elear
a rigid atone-llke sheath Inside ths Innged at Abe w ith a yell. There was schools are spinning strands of de
and height, his tall form erect and
logs and presently th * sticks were no friendship In the wav he took hold. mocracy out of all thia European wool.
sturdy.
».'•-»
burned away
The women had cooked He was going to do all the damage Railroads are to pick them up and
He hnd helped Alexander Eerguso«’
he
could
In
any
w
ay
he
could.
H
a
lf
weave
them
Into
one
great
fabric.
By
the meats by an open fire and spread
with the making of the flreplaee and
the dinner on a table of rough hoards dninJc Jack Is a man who would bite and hy we shall see the ten million
knew how- to mix the m ortar.
H<
I t was no rassle; It was friends of America standing together
resting on poles set In crotches
At vnur ear off
worked w ith a w ill, for his heart w a
Abe moved like lightning as did
the thousand
friend«
of
noon one of them sounded a conch a fight.
in the new home. It wits a fine Sep
shell. Then w ith shouts of Joy the H e acted aw ful lim ber an' well Thebe«."
tember morning. The fa r reaches of
grea»ed
In
a
second
ho
had
got
hold
"
It's
a
great
thought,"
said
Abe
men hurried to the fife«1
, de and for a
the great, grassy plain were dlmme-'
of
the
feller's
neck
w
ith
his
big
right
No man ran estim ate the sixe of
moment there was a great spluttering
with haze I t was a vast, flowery w l,
hand
and
hooked
hla
le
ft
Into
the
cloth
m
at
m
ighty
phalanx
of
friendship
all
over the wash basin«.
Before they
derness. waving and m urm uring in the
ate every man except Abe and Sam on his hip. In that way he held hint trained In one school," Kelao went on.
breeze like sn ocean H ow long thosr
«on “took a pull at the Jug—long or off and shook him as you ve seen our ••ywo years ago the Encyclopedia Brt-
acres, sown hy the wind« of heaven
short"— to quote a phrase of the time dog shake a woodchuck. Abe’s blood u ni,i<-a figured that the population of
hnd wnlteil for the plowman now ar
waa hot
I f the whole crowd had th e United States In HM« would be
It was s cheerful company that sal
rived I
pl'cd on hlm I guess he would have IflAttno.nno people, and In 19««. «72.
down upon the grass around the tahb
H a rry felt the beauty o f the seen
( g - ’f out all right, for when he's 000 000
W
ealth,
power,
science,
l
i
t
with loaded p’aies
T heir food ha
but saw and enjoyed more the face of
roused there's something In Abe more erature. all follow In the tra in of light
lts extra seasoning of merry Jette ant'
Rim Kelso as he worked and planned
than bone« and muscles
I suppose and numbers. T he causes which moved
loud laughter.
Sarah was a Rtt’
his own house--no cabin, but a mat
It'a
w hat I feel when he speak« a the sceptre of e lv lllra tlo n from the
shocked at Ihe* forthright dlrec’ ttes
«Ion like that of Judge H a rp e r In th
piece It'a a kind o f lightning. I guess Euphrates to western Europe w ill car
of their eating no knives or forks o-
village near his old home
H e bad
t's w hat cur m inister used to call the ry lt f , ora m e la tte r to the new world.”
napkins being needed in thnt proceet
filled every crevice In the rear waP
newer of the spirit.
“They
say
that
electricity
and
the
Having eaten, washed and packer
and was working on the front when
"A friend of the bully Jumped In development of the steam engine are
away thetr dishes the «om en went
he heard the thunder of running
ud tried io trip Abe. H arry Needles going to make all men thin k alike.”
home at t" tv Before they had g.utt
horses and «*w figure», d’m In e
«tood
bealde
me
Before
1
could
move
said Ahe. ' I f that's so democracy and
Ramson's cars taught a thunder oi
cloud of dual filin g op the road
again
H e thought of the threat o’
horses feet I*, the distance
Lnoktnt he dashed forw ard and hit that feller liberty w ill spread over the earth. I
In the middle of nls forehead and reckon we are near the greatest year«
Bap M cNoll
1» occurred to him tha’
In Its direct,uo he aaw k cloud of due'
knocked him flat. H a rry had hit Bap In history.
It 1« a privilege to be
he would be In a had way alone with
In the rw-vd and a band of horseme
M cNoll, the rock fighter. I got up alive."
those rufflsns If they were coming to-
riding toward them at fu ll speed. Al
next tn the kettle then and took the
“ And young." Doctor Allen added
revenge
He
thought
of
runntn-
came to him and said;
»cum off It.
Fetched one of them
"Y o rn » '
W hat a G ods blessed
toward th» <T"Te, which was a fee
I see Ihe bova from C lary's Ore
devils a «lap w ith the aide of my hand
rod« from the rear door of the house
are coming
I f they get mean, let r
thing la t h a t !" said Kelso.
"Abe.
that took the akin off hla face and
have ye learned The Cotter's Saturday
and hld’n t there H e couldn't hear tr
deal with em. It a my reaponalblU
rolled him over and over. When I
ran
Blm and all the real of then
I wouldn't w ondfr I f they had some looked again Artnatrang waa going N lg h t'T '
would hear of It
Re w ith the sickle
“Not yet
It'a a heavy hog to hold
of O fftil a whtskjf w ith th e m '
•Imp
Hts mouth waa open and his
In hla right hand he stood w aiting In
T he hoys arrived to a cloud of tongue out
W ith one hand fastened hot l i l get a grip on an ear and a
side the house and hoping fhei
dust and a ehoraa of Indian whoopa
v M a right leg and the other on the hind leg and lift It «tit o' the pen be
wouldn't stop. They rode up to the
and dlameunted and hobbled their
fore long
You see"
’ 1 * of Me neck Ahe lifted him •1
door and dismounted quietly and hob
horaea They came towmrd the w e r t
“ Don t fall to do that. It w ill be t
length and gave him a to w Is
ere. led hy burly Jack Armstrong. a
hied their horaea There were fire o’
tfi* a ir
Armstrong fell about ter help and Jny to ye."
stalw art, hard-fa« ed h lh rk n u lth of
them who crowded ’ntn the cabin w it)
“Old Klrkham la a hard master
feet from where Ahe stood and
McNoll In the lead
y^out tw enty tw o w ith breed, beery
• B laut«. The fight waa al' •aid Ab«. " I h e w hl« t»«U t taxing c
H A L S E Y E N 1 E K P K lb K
IV.
Which Pre»«nta Other Log Cabin Folk
and the Flret Stepe In the ¿flaking of
a New Home and Certain Capacitiaa
and Incapacltlee of Abe.
Next morning al daylight two par-
tie» went out In the wood» to cut tim
ber for the home of the newcomer«.
In one party were Harry Needle« car
rying two axe» and a well tilled lunch
eon pall; Sainton with a «aw in Ida
hand and the boy Joe on M a hack;
Ahe with a »aw and ax and a »mall Jug
of root heer und a hook tied In a big
red handkerchief and «lung around hie
neck
When they reached the wood«
Ahe cut a pole for the «mail boy and
curried him on III» shoulder to the
creek and »aid:
•'Now you alt down here and keep
order in thia little frog city. I f you
hear a frog aay anythingf Improper
you fetch hint a whack. Ilo n ’t allow
any nonsense. We'll make you mayor
of Frog City."
The tneu fell to with axe« and xawa
while H arry limbed the log» and
looked after the mayor. T h e ir huge
iiiusiies Hung the »harp axes Into the
timber und gnawed through It with
the aaw. Many big tree» fell before
noon time when they «topped for lunch
eon. W hile they w e n eating Ahe «a id ;
“I reckon we bettei «aw out a few
ho.irda this afternoon. Need 'em for
the door». We'll tote a couple of log«
up on the side o' that kuoll, put 'em
on aklda an' whip ’em up Into boards
w ith the «aw."
Samson took hold of (he middle of
One of the logs and raised It from the
gronnd.
“1 guess we can carry 'em," he aald.
“Tan ye ahoulder It i" Ahe aakeri.
"Easy," »alii Samson aa he ralaed
an end of the log. stepped beneath It
and, resting It» weight on hi» hack,
soon got III« »hinilder near Its renter
and swung It clear of Ihe ground and
wnlked with It to Ihe knollilde where
he let It full with a resounding thump
that «hook the ground. Ahe stopped
eating und watched every move In thl«
Watched Every Move In Thle Remark,
able Performance.
remarkable performance.
The ease
with which the hlg Vermonter had so
defied ihe law ot gravitation with that
unwieldy stick amaaed him
“That thlng'll weigh from »even to
eight hundred pound»." ««Id he " I
reckon you're the stotltesl man In thl»
part o' the «tale an' I'm quite a man
m v-elf I ’ve lifted a barrel o' whisky
and pul my mouth to the bung hole
I never drink It
“Sky,” he added aa he »at down and
began • sling « doughnut
" I f you
ev»i hit anybody take a «ledge ham
mer >r a crowbar It wooldn I be de-
<->nt to BSe your fiat."
They hewed a flat snrfgre on oppo
site sides o f the |,.g which Ramson
had carried ano pet-led It and ralaed
I t . lower end on a croea tlm lie r
Th en
they marked it with a balk line and
«lin'd it into inch boards with a whip
■aw. Abe steading on top of the log
ami Ramaon beneath It. Suddenly the
»•W MOftprfll
<
heHllttflll voire
f i l i n g the mualc of
Sweat Nlghtln-
gttle" into the timbered ho'low. It
hal'ed the worker« and set th e wood
land ringing
The men «tood »llent
like those hearing a hetyedlctlon The
aloglng ceased. S t'll they llatened for
h alf a met.lent. It was «« If a aplrtt
had p it'».<1 and touched them.
A U G U b i 25 1721
m
1 2 ? »«
r? 9 « « A
a ? 'rf
•;otn' to git w hat's cornin' to yoa," he
:rowled.
T ha boy fared them bravely n 4
a mad them away w ith Ma alekk
"hoy were prepared for aoeh emer
enriea. One of them drew ■ bag of
ird shot from his pocket and hurled
at H a rry '» head. I t hit him full In
’be face and he staggered against the
vgll »tunned by the blow. They
rushed upon the boy and disarmed
tnd bore him to the floor.- F o r a l l t t ^
(me he knew not what waa passing
Then he came nx hla hands and feet
were tied and tlie man stood near
urslng and laug.hlng. while tbelr
leader, M cNoll, wets draining a bottle.
Suddenly he heard a voice trembling
with excitement and wet w ith tears
a y ln g ;
“You go 'w ay from here or n i kill
ou dead.
So help me God I’ll kill
He Staggered Against the W a ll.
ou. I f one o' you touches him he's
coin' to die.”
H e saw Blm Kelso at the window
1th her gun leveled at the head of
IcNoll. H e r face waa red w ith anger,
le r eyes glowed. As he looked a tear
elled from one of them and trailed
own the scarlet surface o f her cheek.
McNoll turned w ithout a word and
talked sulkily out of the hack door,
ih e others crowded a fte r him. They
sn as aoon aa they had got out of the
oor. She le ft the window. In 1 mo-
nent the young men were galloping
i way.
f
Blm came Into the house sobbing
vlth emotion hut w ith her head erect,
-he stood her gun In a corner and
'tnelt by the helpless hoy.
H e was
rylng also. H e r h air fell upon hla
ace as ahe looked at the spot of deep
scarlet color made by the «hot bag.
-he kissed lt and held her cheek
• gainst hla and whispered:
"Don't
•ry. It's all over now. Fm going to
•ut these ropes."
I t was as If she had known and
nved him always.
She was »3« a
roung mother w ith her first child.
Tenderly she wiped his tears away
vlth her blond, silken hair. She cut
his bonds and he roee and sf«R>d be-
"ore her. H e r face changed like
uaglc.
*
"Oh w hat a fool Tve been I” she
ex^alm ed.
J W h y so?" he asked
“I cried and I kissed yon and we
tetnbr have been Introduced to eagh
- 8 » r ."
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She covered her eyes w ith her hair
tiWV wtth bent head went out o f the
-lofldr.
•fWI never forget that kiss as long
a « ,I live," said the hoy as he followed
hey,« “TO never forget your help or
veur crying either."
“Go aw ay from me— I won’t apeak
to you.” she said
"Go hack to your
' orit TO stay here and keep w steb."
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RIDS RADIO OF BIG BUGBEAR
Marconi Succeeds In Sending Wirelasa
Message W itho ut Interference by
Static Disturbancce.
London.— Guglleltne Marconi, who
has Ju«t returned to Lnmlon. an
nounce« that fo r the teat few weeks
he has been testing a new method of
wireless telegraph reception whereby
he was snehled to receive message«
from the United States continuously
without Interference hy static disturb
ance«
8 le Mareoni regards this as an ad
vance of the greatest Importance, en-
abllfig wlrelwss service to be conducted
despite atmospheric disturbances for
the entire period of 24 honre, •< bif n
•peed most o f th e rim e
I t is not «tirptia ng when a ™
..
calf
b inc*6«' on the farm am i 60c in
the ree'attranl that ihe farm er it
t «king steps to see whet can he
I nc toward im proving the mar-
keting ol the things be raises —
I ehe non Express
Draem Lore.
To dream you see a flag flying la
the wind denotes trouble. To carry
one yourself fore’ ell« a change la
your a ffa ir« generally for the better,
i o tee one et haU mast fieootaa trour
hla.
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