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The parsonage girls enter
tain a visiting minister,
much to his discomfiture,
and Carol rides a cow
with disastrous results.
Mr. Starr, a widower Method
lit minister, has been assigned
to the congregation at Mount
Mark, Iowa. He and his daugh
ter Prudence she Is nineteen
and the eldest of five girls have
come on ahead to get the new
parsonage ready for the younger
members of the family. Of
course the whole to'wn, espe
cially the Methodists, is very cu
rious about the newcomers. In
dividual members of the Ladies'
Aid society drop in upon the
family and "pump" the girls for
all they're worth. But the Starrs
rapidly adjust themselves to
their new surroundings, and the
father decides his brood Is old
enough to participate In family
prayers. Little Connie has Just
finished hers much to the
amusement of her elders.
CHAPTER II Continued.
So It was that Iho twins nnd Connie
Irere tilono for a while.
"You did a pretty good Job, Connie,"
told Carol approvingly.
"Yes, I think I did myself," was the
tomplucent answer. "Hut I Intended
lo put In, 'Keep us ns the apple of thy
Ure, hold us In the hollow of thy hand,'
ind I forgot It until I hud said 'Amen.'
I had a notion to put In n postscript,
but I believe that Isn't done."
"Never mind," said Carol, "I'll use
lhat In mine, tomorrow,"
It cannot be said that this form of
family worship was a great success,
the twins were Invariably stereotyped,
tut and dried. They thanked the Lord
for the bountiful morning, for kind
friends, for health, and family, and par
Kmage. Conhio always prayed In sen
tences extracted from the prayers of
sthers she lutd often heard, and every
time with neurly disastrous effect.
But later on the morning worship
meat better. The pruyers of the chll
Iren changed became more personal,
less flowery. Thoy remembered that
when they kuelt they were at the
feet of God, and speaking direct to
Dim.
The family had been In the new pnr
onage only three weeks, when a vis
iting minister called on them. It was
bout ten minutes before the lunch
eon hour at the time of his arrival
Mr. Starr was In the country, visiting
10 tne girls received him alone. It
was an unfortunate day for the Starrs
fairy had been at college all morning
tnd 1'rudenee had been rummaging It)
the attic, getting It ready for a rainy
flay and winter playroom for the
younger girls. She was dusty and
tired.
The luncheon hour arrived, anil the
girls came In from school, eager to be
np and away again. Still tho grave
ruuuK minister sal discoursing upon
serious topics with the lldgety Pru
dence and In spite of dust ami per
spiration, she was good to look upon.
Rev. Mr. Morgan realized Unit, and
could not tear himself away, finally
Prudence sighed. r
"Do you like sweet corn, Mr. Mor
gan?" This was entirely out of tho lino of
their conversation, and for a moment
he faltered. "Sweet corn?" he repeated.
"Ves, roasting eurs, you kuow
cooked on the cob."
Then he smiled. "Oh, yes, Indeed.
Very much," he said.
"Well," she began her explanation
rather drearily, "I was busy this morn
ing and did not prepare much luuch
eon. We are very fond of sweet corn,
and I cooked an enormous panful, ltut
thut's all we have for luncheon sweet
corn nail batter. We haven't even
broad, because 1 am going to hake this
afternoon, and we never eat It with
weet com, anyhow. Now, If you care
to eat sweet corn and butter, nnd
WUed Pi hes, we'd Just love to have
you stuy for luncheon with us."
By, Mr. Morgan was charmed, and
said so. So Prudence rushed to the
kltcheu, opened the peaches In a hurry,
and Ashed out n clean napkin fur their
guest. Then they gathered about Mu
table, Ave girls and the visiting min
ister. It was really a curious sight,
that table, in the center stood a tuli
vase of goldenrod. tin either side of
the vase was a great platter piled high
wltli sweet corn, on the cub I Arouud
the table were sis. plates, with the nec
essary silverware, and u gluss of wa
ter for eocb. There was also a small
'hah of peaches at each place, nud an
Individual plate of butter. That was
all except the napkins. Hut Prudeuce
made no upologlea. She wus u daugh
ter of the uaraounge she showed Itev
Mr. Morgau to his place as graciously
and sweetly as though she were usher
ing him In to a twenty-seven-course
banquet.
"Will you return thanks, Mr. Mor
gan?" she said.
And the girls bowed their heads.
I lev. Mr. Morgan cleared his throat,
and began : "Our Father we thank thee
for IBS!) table."
Thlrt was more of the blessing, but
the parsonage girls beard not one ad
ditional phrase except Connie, who
followed him conscleutlously through
every word. Carol burst Into merry
laughter, close upon his reverent
"Amen" and after one awful glare
at her sister, Prudence Joined In, and
soon It was a rollicking group around
the parsonage table. Mr. Morgan him
self smiled uncertainly. He waB puz
zled. More, he was embarrassed. But
us soon ns Carol could get her breath,
she gasped out an explanation.
"You were Just right, Mr. Morgan
to give thanks for the table! There's
nothing on It to be thankful for!
And the whole family went off once
more Into peals of laughter.
Mr. Morgan had very little appetite
(hat day. He did not seem to be so
fond of sweet corn us he had assured
Prudence. He talked very little, too.
And as soon ns possible he took his
hat and walked hurriedly away. He
never culled at the parsonage again.
A few weeks ufter this Carol distin
guished herself again, and to her lust
ing mortification. A man living only
six blacks from (he parsonage had gen
erously offered Mr. Starr free pastur
age for his pretty little Jersey In his
broad meadow, and the offer was grate
fully accepted. This meant that every
evening the twins must walk after the
cow, and every morning must take her
back for the day's grazing.
One evening, as they were starting
out from the meadow homeward with
the docile unimul, Carol stopped uud
guzed ut winkle reflectively.
"Lark," she said, "I just believe to
my soul that I could ride this cow.
She's so gentle, and I'm such a good
liiinil ut sticking on."
"Curol " ejaeiiluted Lurk. "Think
how it would look for n pnrsonuge girl
to go down the street riding a cow."
lint there's no one to see," protest
ed Carol. And this was true. For the
parsonage was nenr the edge of town,
nnd the girls pnssetl only five houses
on their way home from the meadow
ami nil of them were well buck from
(lie rond.
Lark argued and pleaded, but Carol
was flrtn, "I must try It," she insist
ed, "and If It doesn't go well I can
slide off. You can lead her, Lark."
The obliging Lurk boosted her sister
up, and Carol nimbly scrambled Into
place, riding astride.
"I've got to ride this way," she snld.
"Cows have such funny backs I
couldn't keep on any other way. If I
see anyone coming, I'll slide for It."
For a while till went well. Lark led
Bllnkle carefully, gazing about anx
iously to see, that DO one uppronched.
So they advanced to within two blocks
of the parsonage. By this time Bllnkle
Concluded that she wus being imposed
antly, "I don't want to be too hard
on Bllnkle, for after all It was partly
my own fault. So I won't go that far.
But I. must draw the line somewhere!
Hereafter Bllnkle and I meet as
strangers !"
CHAPTER III.
"Cows Have Such Funny Backs."
upon. She shook her bend violently,
and twitched the rope from Lark's
hand, gave n scornful loss of her
dainty head, ami si nick out madly for
home. With great presence of mind,
Curol fell flat Upop the cow's neck, and
bung on for dear life, while Lark, in
(error, started out in pursuit
"Help! Help!" she cried loudly.
"Pupa! Pupa! Pupa!"
In this way they turned lu at the
parsonage gate, which happily stood
open. As luck would have It, Mr. Starr
was standing at the door with two men
who had been culling on hint, and hour
lug Lark's frantic cries, they rushed to
meet the wild procession, and hud the
aniline experience of seeing a parson
age girl riding lint on her stomach on
the heck of u galloping Jersey, wltli
another parsonage girl In mail pursuit.
Bllnkle Stopped beside the burn, uud
turned her bead about Inquiringly,
Carol slid to the ground, and buried
her face In her hands at sight of the
two men with her father. Then, with
never a word, she lit out for (lie house
at top speed. The three men sut down
on the ground and burst Into hearty
laughter,
Lark came upon litem ns thev sat
thus, nnd Lark was angry. She
stamped her foot with a violence that
must have hurt her.
"I don't see anything to laugh at,"
ha cried passionately, "it was awful,
ii was just awful I Oarrle might have
been killed! It It "
'Tell us nil about It, Lurk," gusped
her father. And Lurk did so, smiling
little herself, now that her fears
,orc relieved. "Poor Carol," she said,
she'll never live down the humilia
tion. 1 must go and console her."
lu a Hide while Curol fell much bet
ter. But she talked It over with Pru
dence very seriously.
"I hope you understand. Prudence
that 1 shall never have anything more
to do wltli Itlinkle!
starvation for all 1 care, I'll never
tuke her to and from (he pasture again.
uldn t do It ! Such rank Ingrati
tude as dial cow displayed wus never
equaled, I am cerlatu."
"I suppose you II quit using milk
The Ladles' Aid.
Now, this really was a crisis In the
life of the parsonage family. The girls
had met, separately, every member of
the Ladles' Aid. But this was their
first combined movement upon the par
sonage, and Prudence and Fairy real
ized that much depended on the suc
cess of the day. As girls, the whole
Methodist church pronounced the
young Starrs charming. But as par-
sonnge people well, they were obliged
to reserve Judgment. And as for Pru
dence having entire eharge of the
household, It must be acknowledged
that every Individual Lady looked
forward to this meeting with eager
ness they wanted to "size up" the sit
uation. They were coming to see for
themselves! Yes, It was undoubtedly
a crisis.
"There'll be a crowd, of course," said
Fairy. "We'll Just leave the doors
between the front rooms open."
"Yes, but we'll close the dining-room
doors. Then we'll have the refresh
ments all out on the table, and when
we are ready we'll Just fling back the
doors carelessly nnd there you are!"
So the table wus prettily decorated
with flowers, and great plates of sand
wiches and cake were placed upon It.
In the center was an enormous punch
bowl, borrowed from the Averys, full
of lemonade. Glasses were properly
arranged on the trays, and piles of
nicely home-laundered napkins were
scuttered here and there. The girls
felt that the dining room was a credit
to them, and to the Methodist church
entire.
From every nook nnd corner of the
house they hunted out chulrs and
stools, anticipating n real run upon the
parsonage. Nor were they disappoint
ed. The twins and Connie were not
even arrayed In their plain little ging
hams, clean, before the first arrivals
were ushered up Into the front bed
room, ordinarily occupied by Prudence
and Fairy.
"There's Mrs. Adnms and Mrs.
Prentiss, nnd Mrs." began Connie,
listening Intently to the voices In the
next room.
"Yes," whispered Carol, "peek
through (he keyhole, Lark, and see If
Mrs. Prentiss Is looking under tho bed
for dust. They say she"
"You'd belter not let Prudence catch
you repeutlng "
"There's Mrs. Stone, and Mrs. Davis,
nnd "
"They say Mrs. Davis only belongs
to the Ladles' Aid for the sake of the
refreshments, and "
"Carol ! Prudence will punish you."
"Well, I don't believe It," protested
Carol. "I'm Just teling you what I've
heard other people say."
"We aren't allowed to repeat gos
sip," urged Lark.
"No, and I think It's a shame, too,
for It's awfully funny. Minnie Drake
told me thut Miss Vurne Joined the
Methodist church us soon as she heard
I he new minister was u widower, so
slit? "
"Carol I"
Carol whirled around sharply, and
Hushed, and swallowed hard. For Pru
dence wus Just behind her.
"I I I" but she could get no fur
ther. Upon occasion Prudence was quite
terrible, "So 1 heard," she said dryly,
ut her eyes were hard. "Now run up
stairs und out to the field, or to the
burn, nnd play. And, Curol, be sure
nnd remind me of thut speech tonight.
I might forget It"
The girls ran quickly out, Carol well
in the lead.
"No wedding fee for me," she
mumbled bitterly. "Somehow I Just
can't help repeutlng "
"You don't want to," said Lark, not
without sympathy. "You think It's
UCh fun, you know."
"Well, anyhow, I'm sure I won't get
uuy cuke tonight. It seems to me Pru
dence Is very harsh sometimes."
"You
Gtnone the
Chilkat Indians
The. Counts or chilkat
U
like
tan appeal to father, If you
Do you think that Prudence is
a bit too young to handle the
youngsters with proper discipline?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
SUPREME IN HIS EGOTISM
Man So Sure of Himself That He Suf
fers Little From the Desire
to Possess.
Men do not, ns o rule, suffer very
much from the desire to possess, be
cause they are so sure that they do
possess, because they find It so diffi
cult to conceive that (heir wife tan
lint! any other man attractive, writes
W. L. George In the Aliunde Monthly.
They are too well accustomed to be
ing courted, even If they are old and
repulsive, because they have power
nnd Boney; only they think It is DO
Cause they are men. Beyond n Jealous
care for their wives' fidelity, which I
suspect arises mainly from the feeling
that an unfaithful wife is n criticism,
they do ttol nsk very much. But wom
en suffer more deeply becuuse they
know thut man lias lavished on them
for centuries a condescending adiiil ra
don: that the king who lays his crown
ut their feet knows thut his Is the
crown to give. While men possess by
right of possession women possess
only by right of precarious conquest.
They feel It very bitterly, this fugitive
empire, and their greatest tragedy Is
to Hud themselves growing n little
older, uncertain of their power, for
they are afraid, as age comes, of los
ing their man, while I have never
beard of a husband afraid of losing
his wife, or able to repress his siik.
She can die of j prise If she forsook him.
According to Growth.
Freddie was told by his father to tlnd
out the prices of seats for the circus.
Freddie soon returned. breathless,froni
haste, and announced: "Twent-m
and cream, too," suggested Prudence, cents for children, uud fifty cents for
.m, wen, suiu uroi more toier- overgrown people."
PON the discovery of the
northwest const of America,
the Tllnglt were found In pas
session of southeastern Alas
ka, with (he excepdon possibly of the
southernmost portion of Prince of
Wales Island, which had been wrested
from them by Invndlng Hnldn from
Mnsset on the Queen Charlotte Islands
during the lnt(er half of the eighteenth
century. From the testimony of the
early explorers, this occupation seems
to have been of sufficient age to have
developed a racial type, speaking the
same tongue, acknowledging estab
lished laws, and bound by like con
ventions, says an article by George T.
Emmons In the American Museum
Journal.
What knowledge we cun gather of
their origin and early life from their
family traditions, songs and geo
graphical names, although fragmen
tary and vugue, tells consistently of u
uniform northward migration by wa
ter, along the const and through the in
land channels from the Tslmshton pe
ninsula and Prince of Wales island,
which wus constantly augmented by
parties of interior people descending
the greater rivers to the sea.
The social organization of the Tlln
glt is founded on matriarchy, or de
scent through the mother, and Is de
pendent upon two parties, (he mem
bers of each of which may not marry
among themselves, hut the two parties
Intermarry uud supplement each oth
er upon the many ceremonial occasions
that mark their Intercourse.
The two parties are subdivided into
fifty-six existing families or clans,
founded on blood relationship and nb
solutely Independent in government,
succession, Inheritance nnd territory.
Within the family there Is a well-de
fined 8fl8tdcrBC?, wholly dependent
upon birth, from which (be chiefs are
chosen; nn Intermediate .class consist
ing of those who have forced them
selves to the front, through wealth,
character or artistic ability; nnd the
poorer people. In earlier days there
were many slaves who had no recog
nized rights.
Chilkat the Leading Tribe.
Geographically considered, there tire
10 tribal divisions known as "kwans,"
a contraction of "kn" (man) and "an"
(land lived on or claimed). Of these
several tribes the Cliilknt-kwun has
been the most prominent since our ac
quaintance with Alaska. The relative
importance of n primitive people Is
measured by conditions of food supply
and other natural resources. The com
manding position of the Chilkat, at the
head of the inland channels controll
ing the mountain passes to the Interi
or, gave them the monopoly of the fur
trade of the upper Yukon valley, und
the placer copper fields of the White
river region. These products, unknown
to the coastal urea, were economically
Important In primitive days, and after
the advent of European the Increased
demand for furs, and their greater
value, made this trade even more lu
crative. The Tllnglt were a canoe
people and might be termed semi-no-mndlc,
ns they were on their hunting
grounds In the curly spring nnd lute
fall, while the summer season was
spent In the fishing camps by the sal
mon streams; but notwithstanding
these long absences, they built sub
Stnntial villages, where, except for so
cial activities, they spent the winter In
comparative idleness.
As (hey looked to the sea for their
principal food supply, their villages
were directly on the shore Just above
the high water-mark, In sheltered
coves, where they could launch their
canoes and land in any weather nnd
at any stage of (he tide. But the Chil
kat, differing from all the other Tllng
lt, lived Just beyond the open water
In n rather restricted territory on riv
ers that were Veritable storehouses of
food, bringing un nhundnnco of fish life
to their very doors and so permitting
them to remain at home throughout
the year, except when on their trading
trips to die interior, which gave their
habitations a more permanent charac
ter, and contributed to the unity of
communal life.
Of the four principal old villages, all
of which have survived the ravages
of constant strife and the still more
deadly by-products of civilization
liquor and disease; Klukwnn (mother
town) has always held the first place
lU size, wealth and the churncter of
Its people. It retained Its supremuey
long after the more southern coast vil
lages had gone to decay, as Its more
Interior and isolated position and the
Independent and aggressive reputation
of Its population kept white traders
at.n distance. Klukwnn lies at the
edge of a gradual slope on the north
bank of the Chilkat, 20 miles from Its
mouth, where the swift current con
centra ted In a single channel forms a
strong eddy that permits the landing
of canoes at any stage of the river.
Of the five totemlc families that
form the Chilkat-kwan, four are resi
dent here. Of these the Kon-nuh-tu-dl,
the sole representative of the Raven
party, Is the one with which this paper
deals. Their legendary history, so Im
aginary and interesting, Is closely as
sociated with the wanderings and an
tics of "Yehlh," the Haven creator.
The Whale House.
When I first visited Klukwnn In
1885, the large old communal houses
of the Kon-nub-(a-dI were still stand
ing, the principal one of which, that
of the hereditary chief, "Yough-blt"
(Whale house), was In the last stages
of decay and uninhabitable, although
(he Interior fittings were intact nnd it
was still used upon festival occasions.
It was unquestionably the most widely
known nnd elaborately ornamented
house, not only at Chilkat, but in Alus
ka. It occupied the site of much older
houses, und. It is claimed, much lurger
ones. It Is said to have been built by
Knte-tsu about, or prior to, 1835, und
stood In the middle of the village. It
represented the best type of Tllnglt
architecture, a broad low type of
Tllnglt architecture, a broad low
structure of heavy hewn spruce tim
bers, with noticeably high corner posts,
(hut gave it a degree of character
wholly wanting in the lurger houses
of the Vancouver Island neople. It
faced the river, with n frontage of 49
feet 10 Inches and a depth of 53 feet
npproxlmntely the proportions oi
Tllnglt houses, large and small. Each
of these old houses formed n solid
structure, the frame and planking sup
porting ench odier wKhout the use of
spikes. The doorway, which was the
only opening in the walls, was ap
proached by two steps, r
The Interior formed nn excavation
four feet nine inches below the ground
level, with two receding steplike plat
forms. The lower square floor space, 26
feet by 20 feet 9 Inches, constituted the
general living and working room com
mon to all, except dint portion In the
rear and opposite the entrance, which
was reserved for the use of the house
chief, his Immediate fumlly, and most
distinguished guesls. This was the
place of honor in all Tllngit houses
upon all occasions, ceremonial or oth
erwise. The flooring, of heavy, split,
smoothed plunks of varying widths, ex
tended around a central graveled fire
place six feet by six feet and a half,
where all of the cooking was done over
a wood fire that also heated the house
in winter. In front of und a little to
the right of the lire spuce was n small
cellarlike apartment entered by a small
trapdoor in the floor bnrely large
enough to admit a person. This wus
used ns n steam bath, by heating
bowlders In the Are, dropping them on
the floor below wldi split wood tongs,
and pouring water upon them to gen
erate vapor, whereupon the bather en
tered and the opening was covered
over.
The flrst platform, extending around
the main floor at nn elevation of two
and three-fourths feet, served both
us a step, and ns a lounging place In
the daytime. Tho upper and broader
platform, rising two feet above that
below, was at the ground level, and
wns floored with heavy planks. This
platform constKuted the sleeping place
of the Inmates.
Anecdote of the Autocrat
A southern woman tells about din
ing In Boston once, when next to her
sat a homely little old gentleman, who
Mated (o know bow she pnssed the
time In the country with her old fa
ther. "Well, we rend." "What did
you rend?!' "Chiefly The Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table.' " Don't you
get tired of It?" "Oh, no. When we
get lo tlie end, we simply turn back to
the beginning." The old genilcmnn
chuckled, and made n remark Implying
that (he "A ill. icrnt" wns no great thing
among books, nud the lady was rather
surprised in Ids disparaging nlr. After
dinner she demanded of her hostess
iho nniuo of die anappredntlvo old
gentleman, and wns told that It was
Oootor Holmes.
one friend on enrdi my dog." "Well,'
she answered, calmly, "If that Isn't
enough, why don't you get another
dog?"
Simply Solved.
He had beta calling on (he Widow
Smithers tor some time, uud It could
not be said that he had made an Im
pression, although he hud failed to
realize the fact. She decided to speed
hltn on his wuy at the flrst oppor
tunity, and II came that night. He
heaved a sigh and said, "1 have oaly
Wouldn't Hurt Cow.
Little Edith was visiting In the coun
try, anil as she was coming across the
neiu one day to dinner, nn old pet
cow noticed her, and thinking, per
haps, Edith had something for her to
eat, followed closely at her heels. The
lime girl wns so frightened she started
to run. mul the cow run. too. Finally,
unable lo stand il any longer, she burst
Into tears, saying: "Oh, If you'll only
go away, I Won't hurt you."
Daily Thought
In (he effort lo appreciate various
forms of greatness let us not underes
timate the value of a simply good I'.fe.
Just to be good, to keep life pure from
degrading elements, to make It con
stantly helpful in little ways to those
who nre touched by It, to keep oue's
spirit always sweet and avoid nil man
ner of peuy anger and Irritability
that Is an ideal as noble as It Is disV
cult. Edward Howard Griggs.
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