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By H. M. E G B E R T
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iC u p y r lg h t, by VV. Q. C h a p m en )
HE day when I.eila and Tommy
came Into the life of Jim Peters
was his reddest of red letter
days. He always saw the scene
Just as he had seen It then. The early
snows had begun to whiten the hills,
and Peters had driven Ids stock down
into the lower country for the winter
pastures.
lie was sitting In his hut, thinking
over things. At thirty, he felt vague
ly that he ought to be dcing better for
himself. Not that he wanted to leave
the cattle country for the city. But
life In a two-room shack, where he
cooked his own meals and made his
own bed, was becoming unbearable.
Most of the settlers of his age were
already married. The settlement was
beginning to prosper. Neat little flow
er beds appeared round the houses ami
the young wives were very gully
dressed upon occasions, A church had
been built; altogether It was a place
for a young man with two thousand
dollars In the hank to rejoice in.
But Jim had always lived a lonely
life; he did not know how to change
It. Too bashful to make advances to
any of the town girls whom he saw
on his rare visits, and with a vague
feeling that he wanted u wife of a
special, hardly defined type, some
thing above the common run, he was
brooding In his chair when there came
a tap at the door.
It was a timid tap, such as he had
never heard. The men who tapped at
Jim's door hammered with hairy fists
until he opened to them. Jim opened
now, and was amazed to see a woman
and a boy outside.
Both were thinly clnd and shivering
from the cold. Nevertheless the wom
an did not attempt to enter, but only
asked where lodging could be ob
tained.
She had come In on the evening
train, she said. She offered no further
explanation, but It was evident that
»he was gently bred. The look of
weariness In her eyes haunted Jim for
days.
He took her down the hill to a wom
an of the valley. The hospitality of
the West prevailed over suspicion.
The stranger and her son were given
shelter.
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Next day Leila Drayton, as she
called herself, went to work for one
of the richer settlers. But soon she
was asked to fill a pressing need. The
children were grow ing up and. In spite
of Its advantages, there was mi school
In the valley. She became the school
mistress.
Speculation was rife about her. She
never mixed with the valley people,
newr talked about her past. Anil the
West accepts women as well as men
for what they are, and asks no ques
tions.
The days grew Into weeks. Into
mouths. Jim Peters often found occa
sion to saddle Ills horse and ride down
Into the valley. He and the hoy be
came fast friends. But Leila was as
Indifferent to him ns to the other men.
Perhaps Jiiu would never have
found the opportunity he craved, of
becoming her friend, but for on acci
dent. The hoy was straying on the
railroad embankment In search of
birds' eggs. His mother was with him,
hut seated a little distance behind the
rise. Jim. watching them impatiently
from the other side, knew that the
afternoon train was due.
Becoming uneasy, he hurried across
the valley. He was Just oil the oppo
site ridge when he heard the train in
the distance. The sound, which hurst
forth suddenly as the train came out
of the tunnel, startled the boy. perched
on a ledge. He lost his footing and
fell twenty feet, to He unconscious
aeons the metals. At the same time
toe mother rose, discovered him and
■creamed.
Jim plunged down the steep era
bankmeut, seized the boy, snatched
hint from the metals and cowered with
him against the cliff, while the train
went sweeping by, so near that the
draft almost blew him from where he
had planted himself. Afterward the
The
house
contains
eight
rooms,
as
By W. A. RADFORD
boy opened his eyes.
shown
on
the
floor
plans.
There
are
Mr. W illia m A. R a d fo r d w ill a n s w e r
The distracted mother kneeled be
q u a a tlo n « a n d R ive a d v ic e F R E E O P living and dining rooms and kitchen |
C O ST on a ll p r o b le m s p e r ta in in g to th e
and one bedroom downstairs and four ; fore Jim with her hands clasped.
s u b j e c t o f b u ild in g , fo r th e r ea d er « o f bedrooms and the bathroom upstairs. "How can I thank you?" she cried.
th ia p a p er.
On a c c o u n t o f h la w id e
"He Is everything I have, he la every
e x p e r ie n c e a e e d ito r , a u th o r a n d m a n All of these rooms are large and so ;
located that each has plenty of win ' thing tn the world to me.”
u f a c t u r e r . h e 1«. w ith o u t d o u b t, th e
h ig h e s t a u t h o r it y o n th e s u b je c t A d dows for sunlight and ventilation. The ’
“ B e my friend," said Jim holding
d r e s s a ll I n q u ir ie s to W illia m A. R a d rear entrance Is through a large wash i out his hand.
fo r d . N o. 1827 P r a ir ie a v e n u e , C h ic a g o ,
room, which many home owner» like, | That was Jim's chance. Friendship
fo r r e p ly .
as It enables the housekeeper to have ! rl|»eiied. One day he asked her to be
Dutch architecture has had a con- , the laundry done near the kitchen In- i come his wife. Then the strange look
of fear that he knew so well came
wldernhle effect on the appearance of stead of In a basement laundry.
American homes. Simple In lines, hut
The building la 34 feet 6 Inches wide Into her eyes.
attractive withal, the Dutch homes, In and 2» feet 6 Inches deep. It is of
"No, you must not ask me that,"
a modified style, have been reproduced frame construction with the outside she said. "I shall never marry again."
tn many American cities and towns walls finished in stucco.
And, seeing Jim's distress, she added:
In the country. The best-known type
" I will tell you the truth. I utn a
of home that has come from the Dutch Flat Roof Success
runaway wife. I cannot apeak ill of
architectural Influence Is the "Dutch
my husband now. I could have borne
Depends on Location with his Infidelities, with Ids abuse,
colonial.” Thia style home Is common
and popular, especially In the suburbs
The flat roof, which Is so desirable but—I did not want my boy to grow
of the larger cities.
In the West and Southwest, where up to be like him.”
It was weeka afterward that «he
A home that shows the Dutch Influ there Is little dew and no trouble
ence Is reproduced herewith. This Is some Insects, would not always fit told him all. Her huaband was a
a two-gable "plaster" house, as It Is Into ■ northern location, though some wealthy man. When ahe found that
termed in Europe, but here would be have heard the Idea expresaed that ahe could endure life with him bo
known as a stucco house, because of such a roof proves economical In longer she had run away, pennileas.
the treatment of the exterior walls. fuel consumption In the northern ell- save for her railroad ticket. He had
While In reality a two gable house, the mate ss a deep layer of snow forms one redeeming quality: he loved hla
roof lines at the front are carried out s protective covering for the house ton. Un thia account she knew that
over the porch la graceful lines. Thia Terraced roofs, flat roofs, low pitched he would leave no atone unturned to
long roof sweep Is broken by a long and steep pitched roofs gable and find them.
dormer projection, which serves the hip, entrance!, details of windows, I Jim went away. Borrowing. He
double purpose of beautifying the ex doorways, porches, terraces, vase« ' knew now that aha could never be
terior and providing more room on and garden furniture all aid In pro- hla. For ahe ahrank Instinctively, he
during architectural variation.
fait without asking, from tba pub
the second floor.
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llcity of divorce. Besides, to seek
divorce would be to put her husband
on her trull. She wanted to let the
years roll between them, creating an
ever widening barrier, until she felt
that the past could never stretch out
its grisly hand upon her.
So the months changed into years.
It was nearly three years since Leila's
coming when something happened
which Jim had always known to ba
Inevitable.
It was morning, nnd he was on the
high pastures with his cuttle when
he saw her running toward him, with
the boy, scrambling up the steep hill
side. She reached him ; her face was
white with fear.
"He has found me 1" she gasped.
“O, save me! Help me!"
Up the road came tlte toot of an
auto horn. Jim saw the cur cllnih
the grade like a heavy locomotive.
And in the ensuing Interval of sileuco
he made his resolution.
The car stopped. A mnn leaped
out. a man in the prime of life, ab
surdly strong, absurdly healthy, with
the bluster and yet the sense of power
that sometimes accompany the suc
cessful man.
He leaped to the ground nnd ad
vanced upon the woman, siuiliug. Jim
burred Ills path.
"My wife," he said.
"I know," answered Jim.
"See here, young man. Yon don’t
perhaps understand.
I ant here to
claim my own, my legHl own, my wife
and child. She has nothing to feur
front me. 1 have never laid my hands
upon her. Stand out of my path."
"You may have a legal right," said
Jim, "but you ain't going to take her."
The man laughed, whipped off his
coat, and displayed a pair of muscular
arms. "Her lover?” he sneered.
“God witness, there has never been
love between us," answered Jim.
The woman sprang between them.
“Jim, he Is right," she said. "Now
he hHs found me. I must go with him."
Jim. amuzed at the change of atti
tude. stood absolutely mute. The man
nodded.
"Good for you," he said. “Leila,
the past Is past. ‘'You’ll never hear
of It from me. It’s only for the boy’s
sake I want you back. And I guess—
you'll be happier than you were."
Mechanically the girl entered the
auto. They lifted the hoy Inside. The
horn tooted. They were gone. And
Jim stared foolishly after them.
How strong the bonds between hus
band and w ife! She was gone out of
his life. He had never dreamed of
such a thing. But why had she gone
with hint, when he was ready to fight
for her?
Jim did not understand women,
their changes, their sense of duty com
ing in so oddly nt critical moments.
Like a man in a dream he watched
the car shoot down the hill.
It was going very fast. The brake
was damaged h.v the rough road, In
fart, hut Jim did not know that. All
he thought was that it was going very
fast toward the rutting. And sud
denly there came the rour of the trulu
leaving the tunnel.
The auto shot forward. It was now
evidently beyond control. Jim began
to run.
But he wns much too far away to
he of any help. As he ran he saw
the dreadful picture: the train racing
along the narrow cutting, the auto
cuuglit and overturned; the desperute
efforts of the occupants to five them
selves. . . .
Then he saw the mint stagger to
his feet, lift the boy In his arms anil
toss him Io the farther hank. The
train was almost upon hint, a hissing
snorting monster with flaming breath
But he caught up the woman 111 Ills
arms and Hung her clear of the
metals; and the next Instant the train
was upon him, hearing him down
grinding out his life l e t eath Its
wheels, tearing the decapitated body
along the way and passing onward.
Jim was sick with horror when he
reached thv scene, to find that the
woman and the hoy still lived. lie
kneeled before Leila, trying to shield
her from the knowledge of what had
huppened. Then, picking her np, he
carried her to the top of the embank
ment. And the look on her face told
him that she knew
So mixed was life, so mixed the
qualities for good and evil In all.
This man she hated had given Ills life
for her. Some gnte In Jim's brain
went down at that moment, and lie
knew that life must he faced very
soberly thenceforward—even with
her.
Ancient Wedding Ring*
The Egyptians, probably, were t?ie
first people to use a wedding ring.
Primitive men, however, made cords
and hound round the waists of women
they wished to marry, nnd Inter It
became customary to hind (he wrists
and nnkles of the woman It Is prob
able that the ring as we now know
it originated from one or both of these
customs. In Anglo-Saxon da.va the
man placed a ring on the woman's
right hand, where It remained until
the marriage ceremony, when the
bridegroom transferred It to her left
hand.
Civil War Landmark»
The superintendent of Chickamauga
and Chattanooga National Military
park aaya that the amall buildings
known as the "Kelly house and barn”
occupy the sttea of log atructures In
exlatenre at the time of the battle of
Chickamauga. The farm on which
they were located la referred to In
the official reports as a part of the
Union line tinder General Thomas,
that extended around the Kelly field.
The building* are maintained aa land
marks. Identifying the positions af
troops engaged la the battla.
SEE HOPE IN WAR
ON WHITE PLAGUE
S c ien tists A r e Interested in
V a ccin e T reatm ent.
Washington.—Despite the fact that
there are half as many deaths from
tuberculosis as there were 20 years
ago, the white plague still remains
one of the world’s greatest disease
problems. The omnipresent bacillus
of tuberculosis s,»rends with the great-
est facility through the whole animal
kingdom, yet the disease It produces
would he the most curable of maladies
If only titan could find the secret of
his own natural Immunity.
Medical science has established
that practically every one In the more
densely populated parts of the world,
at some time In his life, becomes In-
fected with tuberculosis, hut the pro-
portion that actually die Is extremely
small. What constitutes this mysteri
ous Immunity that man has built up
during centuries of civilization Is a
problem that engages the best ntlnds
In medical research.
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Believes He's Found Preventive.
Can this natural Immunity that en- I
ahles the bulk of the population to I
survive Infection he supplemented by |
some artificial means? To produce
nti attenuated strain of bacteria that
would confer the power to resist dis
ease, but whose teeth for producing
virulent symptoms are drawn, has
been a goal sought In many diseases
and attained In hut few. However,
Dr. Albert Calmette of the l’asteur
institute In Purls believes that he hns
attained such a preventive for tuber
culosis In his vaccine BCG.
BCG Is u kind of half-starved strain
of tubercle bacilli that have been
grown for many years In test tubes on
the unappetizing diet of beef bile.
Somewhere In the succeeding genera
tions grown In this state of semlstnr-
vatlon the hnctlli have theoretically
lost their disease-producing power and
yet retain a certain amount of their
capacity to call forth antibodies when
Injected Into the body.
After a long series of anitnal ex
periments the French scientist and
his associates felt that they hnd suf
flclent ground for trying out their
new vaccine on babies born In homes
In the Paris slums where tuberculosis
In members of the family made their
Infection with the disease almost In
evitable. Records were kept of the
Inoculated babies nnd of others who
lived under the same had conditions
hut were not Inoculated. Twenty-five
per cent of the unvaccinated control
babies, according to the Calmette
data, succumbed to the disease within
12 months, whereas the vaccinated
ones were all apparently uninjured by
the treatment and failed to contract
tuberculosis for a year and sometimes
longer.
THREE SONGS
A teacher asked her pupils to bring
to school objects that represented
songs.
Gne boy brought an apple, another
a banana and a third an old whip.
“What song does the apple repre
sent?” asked the teacher.
’in the Shade of That Old Apple
Tree."
“What does the banana representT’
“Yes, We Have No Bananas."
“And what does the whip repre
sent?"
“Thanks for the Baggy Ride."—Tba
Progressive Grocer.
DWELLING ON SELF
She—That's it I Always dwelling on
yourself!
W in t e r R a im e n t
A b o u t h e r b»*HU»y I m unt b r a < — •
A nd y e t I h o ld m y b r e a th .
I f nhe le a v e s o ff a n o t h e r ra<
Khe'a » o tn » to fr e e s « to d e a th .
Never Used Them
’Say, this bus doesn't look as If
there was a single thing on It that
wasn't worn ont,” declared the pros
pective purchaser of the used car.
“Well,” said the salesman, "It has
at least two parts that are as good ns
new ; It formerly was owned by a reck
less speeder who didn’t even know It
had a low gear or brakes."
V a c a tio n B eat
Little Jack was studying his lessons
when his Uncle Rob walked Into the
room.
“Which do you like best, reading,
United States Authorities Cautious.
writing or arithmetic?'' asked Uncle
In spite of these Impressive results Bob.
After a moment's thought Jack an
American authorities feel exceedingly
cautious about this new way of ac swered :
“I like vacation best"
quiring Immunity to the white plague.
The Introduction of living tuberculosis
germs, no matter how weakened. Into
Coward
the human system Is fraught with
Myrte—Why did you quit dating
danger, they maintain. From long with Jim?
years of experience and observation
Gert—Because he’s such a cownrd.
experts In the United States public
Myrte—Cownrd? That bay a cow
health service say there Is mi telling ard? Say, he can’t hardly carry all
when any given stmln of tuberculosis the medals he won In the war for
bacilli, even a half-starved one, Is bravery!
likely to break out and become cap
Gert—That may he, but the fool la
able of producing virulent symptoms. afruld to drive with one hand.
In cattle Inoculations It has been
found that different animals react
JUDGING BY APPEARANCE
very differently to the same dose of
the same type of vaccine.
From such observations It Is ob
vious that there are many factors In
this work that are not yet completely
known or understood. Consequently
there will probably have to be much
more study of these conditions before
very many authorities feel tbsf arti
ficial Immunity can safely replace the
Imperfect sort that man has sotitchow
evolved for himself naturally.
U ae R are W rit to O ust
D etroit M an From H om e
Detroit. Mich.—In the Hamtramck
city hall Is a crew of men ready to
move a two-famlly flat owned hy Jacob
Pltttch, fifty three years old, off Its
foundations and pave a street over
the site, while In the city treasurer’s
office Is a sum of monpy which lituch
ran claim as compensation for being
ousted.
Anil whether I’ltuch claims the mon
ey or not, the men will probably Issue
forth soon with Sheriff George A. Wal
ters or his deputies at their head to
move Pltttch ami his brother, who la
the other tenant of the flat, out of the
premises.
A ypnr ago Hamtramck started con
demnation proceedings to take PI-
tuch's flat and the home of twelve
others, to permit the continuation of
Lumpkin avenue from Trowbridge to
Caitiff avenues. All except I’ltuch ac
cepted the awards of the condemna
tion Jury.
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Then Judge Miller made use of a
rnre pow«-r a Circuit court Judge may
exercise and Issued a writ of assist
ance to Hamtramck ordering Sheriff
Walters to oust I’ltuch from the flat
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Iceland M ay Uae Its H ot
Springs to H eat C apital
Copenhagen.—The Icelandlan pre
tnler. Jon Thorlaksaon, has suggested
to the Reykjavik town council that
the capital use the hot springs In the
environs for heating the central sec
tlons of the city. If the project la
agreed tn, the springs will give the
same heat aa 20,000 tans of fuel.
“I am wedded to my art.’*
“Apparently a aecret marring«.*
A Pun?
Of Cor9€t It !
W h e n m o th e r cornea to v is it ua,
Khe’a dreaaed In old a fy le w a y « :
B u t th e o n ly t h in » m a k e s h u b b y fu s e
Is th e
le n ifth
o f m o th e r's s ta y * .
Service
Worried Telephone Subscriber— I
«ay, my telephone hasn't been work
ing for a month, and you paid no at
tention to m.v letter of complaint.
Official—We did. We rang you np
to ask what was wrong, nnd got no
answer I—Tlt-BIta.
Money’» No Object
Doctor—Lady, your son lias I ho
measles In the worst form.
Wealthy Mrs. Green—Why, doctor,
we are rich enough to afford the beat.
Not Much to Turn Over
The «upper table was set ami Mra.
Profesaor was awaiting the arrival of
her husband. "Wlmt can be keeping
him so late?” ahe ashed.
Daughter—Maybe he's been held up.
Bright Hon—Well, he'll aoon be boro
then; that won’t take long.
A Good Loier
"Haven't the Elderbya a skeleton la
their family?”
"They will have If Mra. Kld.-rbg
keeps on reducing."