In the
East and the
West
By II. M. EGBERT
(Copyright, 1915, by W. Q. Chapman.)
Will Ttaorpo had been sent West
Ihroo years boforo. Ho had been an
Idler and extravagant; at last his fa
ther, who had always dealt with tho
boy rather harshly, refused to assist
him further unless he entered his iron
foundry and settled down. Angry
words had arisen, and in tho end Will
had packed his suitcase and gone
West with a hundred dollars in his
pockets.
His sweetheart, Marlon Vanslttart
bad scolded him for bis decision. She
had reminded him, petulantly, that she
could neither marry a poor man nor
wait for ever. Ho had kissed her and
told her that be would return with his
fortune mado. And for a few months
she had written. Then her letters be
came shorter and less frequent; Anally
they ceased altogether.
It was more than two years since
he had heard from her. And gradual
ly tho new life had woven Itself about
him, and ho had ceased to care.
Then bo had received a mysterious,
Rode Slowly Down the Valley.
unsigned message asking him to bo at
the railway depot at a certain hour, to
meet the train. And ho had gone, to
find Jim Tremont waiting there. Jim
was passing through on his way to
California, he told him, and he bad
heard he was In that part of the
country. Did Will know that his fa-
ther was dead and he was the sole
heir to five million dollarB? He bad
better write home quickly, because ev
eryone was searching for him, and he
had only heard of bis address by
chance.
"I suppose you'll be back Hast In a
week, and holding out at tho club,"
said Jimmy casually, as ho shook
hands and said good-by.
It was that that made Will think
he bad really changed. How could ho
associate those elusive memories
which he bad almost forgotten with
this life that bad taken possession of
him?
He thought of Norma Gale, the
daughter of the old homesteader
down tho valley. How was he to tell
her? The girl, educated and refined
as were all the people of the district,
was utterly unpresentable In the sort
of society In which he had moved.
&no nna never worn a gown with a
low neck In her life. She would bo
helpless among a crowd of people such
as Marlon Vanslttart!
Vet It never occurred to Will that
he could do anything but go. It bad
never entered his mind that ho was
to stay permanently In tho West
A man on horseback was riding up
to his cabin. Will watched him as he
approached. Visitors were something
of an event in tho settlement, and
Will knew the rider as tho telegraphist
in tho cluster of bouses that had
grown up around the depot and was
called a city.
"Wlro for you, Thorpe!" ho an
nounced briefly.
Will took the message and opened It.
Ho stared at it as if ho did not un
derstand. It was from Marlon. Sho
had learned his address, sho said
probably everyono could discover tho
address of a millionaire and sho was
passing through on her way East from
tho San Francisco exposition. She
would stay an hour while they changed
engines. Would ho meet her?
"Thanks," said Will to tho telegraph
1st, and watched blm rldo down tho
MIL "
Yes, be was going East, and going
! back xo Marlon. For a moment tt
old llfo camo rushing over htm, .wll
Its memories, Its thousand nllun
monts. And tho now llfo meant not)
Ing.
Ho mounted his horso and rodn
slowly down tho valley. Ho had no
destination In mind, but suddenly ho
realized that ho was approaching tho
homesteader's liouso. And at tho door
stood Norma, In her sunbonnot
Sho greeted htm. "Won't you como
tn and tako somo tea?" sho askod.
"I hear you nro going East, Mr.
Thorpe."
Ho dismounted, and now ho saw
that her Hps wcro trembling. How
bad alio known ho was going East?
Did now8 fly as fast in this settlement
as in tho great world? And what did
It matter to her?
"Yc3, I am going East, Norma," ho
answered, taking her hands In his.
"I I congratulate you," sho an
swered quietly. Uut ho saw tho tears
In her eyes.
"You havo moant so much to mo,"
ho said Impulsively. "I hato tho
thought of going. And yet It is my
duty, I suppose."
"Then you must go," said tho girl
softly. Sho was smiling very bravoly
at him. "Won't you come In?"
"No I can't now," ho said crudely.
"Norma, I shall I sball see you again
beforo I go."
Sho nodded, and ho knew tho mean
ing of her silence. Tho girl cared for
him, and tn her unsophisticated way
wan Incapable of concealment. Ho
saw her walk back quickly into tho
cabin.
Marlon's train was to arrlvo tho fol
lowing morning. Will rodo down to
tho depot with a heavy heart. Tho
old and tho new were tugging at It
and ho did not know which pulled him
tho harder.
The train was pulling In. Ho had
stood on tho platform In a sort of
dazo. Now ho awakened suddenly,
and he felt his heart beating hard In
anticipation. Tho men about the plat
form were watching him curiously. Ho
looked Into the carriages of tho train
as it camo to a halt. Ho walked Its
length. Marlon was not thero. Had
she missed her train?
Still dreaming. Will?" asked a hard
volco over his shoulder.
Ho started round, to soo Marlon,
with a party of girl friends, dressed In
tho height of fashion, looking at him
with a smile.
"Dear me, I must bo very hard to
find." she said. "Well! When aro
you coming homo?"
The hardness of her tones struck
him llko a blow. Surely ho had
changed out of all recognition if he
had ever thought Marion's volco beau
tiful. Tho girl whom bo had loved
to the point of infatuation stood re
vealed to him as an artificial, hard
young woman, without tho slightest
charm.
I think It was very wrong of you
not to write to mo for so long," sho
continued. "But I forglvo you, Will
We can forglvo a man with millions
anything, can't we, Dora?"
Tho girl addressed as Dora mur
mured something. Tho whole party
was taken aback, not to say shocked.
at tho sight of this man in tho cowboy
clothes. And ho was a millionaire I
He was Will Thorpo of Harvard and
Boston!
Perhaps Marlon shrewdly divined
tho change that had occurred In blm,
for she drew him aside.
Will, I know I ought to have been
moro serious," sho said, "But you
can't think how startling and rldlcu
lous you look, dressed llko ono of
these natives. Listen, Will, and let
me explain. I havo always cared for
you just as much, but I couldn't bo
engaged to a beggar. You sea that
for youself, don't you? And every
body understood that your father was
going to cut you out of his will, In
stead of leaving you the solo heir. I
am Just as fond of you, Will."
Will Thorpo looked at her with slow
ly rising anger. Sho did not realize
what she was saying. Had bo ever
been llko that? Was that tho kind of
man that ho had been, that she so con
fldently imagined ho was stllu
"So when aro you coming homo,
Will?" she continued. "When aro you
coming homo to me?" she added
oftly.
Tho train conductor blow his whis
tle. Will looked her full In tho face.
Never!" ho answered roughly.
Tho party was moving toward tho
train. Will saw tho look of amazed
indignation upon Marlon's faco. Ho
broke from her, Ho mounted tho
horso that was tethered to a post out
side tho depot. The train was start
ing. But Will was riding for tho
mountain slopes, and Wb "never" rang
in bis ears llko tho sound of a chanted
chorus.
Ho flung himself from his horso at
tho cabin door which bid at that mo
ment all that llfo held most preciouB
for him.
"Norma!" ho shouted, hammering
with bis knuckles.
Ho heard her footsteps; bo saw her
stand beforo him; ho caught her In
his armB.
"Normal I havo como boms to
you," no cried.
Aboutortgal
Lisbon's Beautiful Harbor.
P
OIITUGAL, tho most recent na
tlon to bo drawn Into tho maol
strom of tho European war,
was onco a part of tho ancient
Itomnn provlnco of Lusltanla, says
a bulletin Issued by tho National Geo
graphic socioty.
With a population scarcely oxcood
Ing tho combined population of Now
York city, Jersey City, and Nowark,
and an area In Europe loss than tho
stato of Indiana, Portugal has not
played a major rolo In tho politics of
continental Europo In many years,
not, in fact, since Wollcslcy, after
ward tho Duko of Wellington, land
ed his English forces and, with tho
aid of natlvo troops, defeatod Soult
and Masscna, Napoleon's marshals, in
tho two peninsular campaigns.
But tho colonial empire of Portugal
Is out of all proportion to tho Im
portance of tho homo country. In
fact thero were, at tho beginning of
tho war, only three other countries In
Europe Great Britain, Krance, and
Germany whoso flags floated over
moro territory boyond tho boundartos
of tho homo country, Tho combined
area of the New England and North
Atlantic states would equal lens than
one-fourth of tho territory under tho
dominion of tho tiny republic occupy
ing tho western edgo of tho Iberian
peninsula, whoso navigators In tho fif
teenth and sixteenth century woro tho
wonders of tho world. Yet all thla
vast territory Is held by 3,000 colo
nial troops, supplemented by native
armies.
Peasant Are Poets.
A curious anomaly Is to bo found
among tho peasants of Portugal, who
aro classified r.s among tho most II
literate of Western Europo, yet among
tho most Intelligent, Many of tho
farmers three-fifths of tho population
Is devoted to agricultural pursuits
hnvo a remarkable gift for versifica
tion, and many of tho poems of tho
country are handed down from gen
eration to generation without being
recorded. Tho poasantB also aro noted
for their sobriety, and yot tho nnnual
production of wine oxcecdB 20 gallons
for each inhabitant. So great, In fact,
Is tho product of tho vineyards that
In tho cities the various qualities of
water aro discussed with keener In
terest than tho grades of wine.
While Portugal's marltimo glory Is
a thing of tho past, a largo numbor
of Portuguese still follow tho sea for
a livelihood, and tho fishing Industry
Is Important. Tho Portuguoso sar
dines, however, aro preserved in Ital
ian ollvo oil, although ono-llfteonth of
tho cultivated area of tho nation Is
given over to ollvo groves, for tho pro
duction of oils of a cheap grade.
Tho Portuguoso peasant woman Is
an Important bread winner, but sho
receives for hor day's labor of 10
hours In tho field only a shilling or
loss, while tho men get two shillings.
Ono of tho profitable and oxtremoly
popular "Industries" of tho rural pop
ulation Is a placid laying In wait for
tourists who attempt to motor through
tho country on tho less-frcqucntod
and often Impassablo public roads.
With an ox-team tho peasant waits at
favorable spot until a motorist,
travollng on an automobllo on which
an Import tax of 9120 has been col
lected by tho Portuguese government,
sticks in tho mud. To haul out such
an unfortunato Is often mora profit-.
nblo than sovcral days' work In tho
whent, malzo, or rlco Holds.
Lisbon's Beautiful Harbor.
Tho harbor of Lisbon, whero tho
solzuro of tho Gorman merchant ships
precipitated Portugal Into tho war, I
ono of tho most beautiful In all Eu
ropo, ranking senrcoly second to Na
plos and Constantinople. Tho city Is
about tho slzo of Pittsburgh, and hns
been tho political center of tho na
tlon since It was wrested from tho
Moors In tho middle of tho twelfth con
tury by Affonso Honrlquca, tho founder
of tho kingdom. It was tho English
who aided Affonso in his war against
tho Moors, and tho following century
tho two countrlos offoctod an alllanco
which has oxlstcd unbrokon during tho
succeeding 700 years, save for such
sporadic Interruptions as when Na'
polcon forced tho llttlo kingdom to do-
claro war against tho Island omplro.
Tho Portugucso, especially thoso o
Lisbon, aro a plcasuro-lovlng pcoplo,
They aro fond of sports of mnny sorts,
Including tho bull-fight, but tho toro
ttdor Is not tho Idol In this country that
ho Is lit Spain, nor aro tho contests
as llorce. Horses nro soldom If over
sacrificed In Portuguoso trocadoros,
LUbon Is an oven greater "night
city" than was Paris, tho streets np
pearlng at their buslost usually at 3
n. in. Tho principal thoroughfares aro
admirably kept nowadays but as late
as 1S35 a "clean-up" campaigner was
In a woeful minority when ho bogan
to urgo tho authorities to put a stop
to such practices ns breaking horses
In tho streets and singeing pigs In tho
main avenues of trade. Ho also pro
tested against kooplng pigs allvo In
tho stroots "or tied to tho doors,"
whllo ho thought It advlsablo to put
an end to tho custom of allowing dead
anltnnls to Ilo for Indollnlto porlods in
tho HtrcctB.
Thero nro about 100 Journals pub
lished In Portugal, tho majority of
theso being of a political nature, and
many of thorn aro owned by tho lead
ors of tho various political parties.
It has boon said that "If Lisbon
turns Turk tomorrow all Portugal will
wear tho turban, so whon tho mon
archy was ovorthrown In 1910, after
100 persons had been killed and SOO
wounded In tho capital, King Manuel
taking rofugo In England, It was a
matter of courso that tho rest of tho
nation would quietly acqulosco In tho
now order of thlngB. Portugal today
has much tho same outward form of
government as our own. Each par
liament is supposed to lost threo years;
senators aro olectod for six years, and
presidents for four years. Tho head
of tho government receives 20,000 a
year. Money, however, Is rockonod
chiefly in rols, and, theroforo, oven
a day luboror's wages Is sweet to tho
car, for It takes 20 rels to mako a
penny.
Portugal's transcondant contribu
tion to world history was tho coloniza
tion of Brazil, tho largest nation In
South America and tho third largost
In tho Wostorn homlsphoro. Whllo
Brazil was discovered by Columbus'
companion, Plnzon, and formal posses
sion taken by him In tho namo of
Spain, Cabral landod In 1500, a year
lator, and proclaimed It Portuguoso
torrltory, Portugal sottlod tho coun
try and ruled It until 1822 whon, un
der tho leadership of tho Portuguoso
princo, Dom Pedro, indopondonco from
tho mother county was declared.
POWS EVENING
If ME
MARY
GRAHAM
BQMMEB J
FAIRIES PLEASE MR. BOOK-CASE.
"Tho fairies nro tho host llttlo ponco
innkurs In tho world," began daddy,
na ho snw that tho children worn
rondy to hoar whnt tho fnlrlus had
been doing all day.
"Last night," ho went on, "tho book
case In a nursery hoenmo very, very
angry. Ho just tnlkud and muttered
to himself nit night. Every llttlo whllo
tho children would wnko up for thoy
could hoar tho Imok-canu scolding
au-ny. Of courso thoy didn't know
that tho hook-coso was really talking
and scolding- Thoy thought It was
only a creaking they heard but It woko
thorn up over ho tunny times,
"That was Just what tho book-case
wnntod, Ho viu fooling so nngry, ho
Just wanted to wnko up tho llttlo boys
and girls who woro sleoplng In tho
nursory.
"'Woll,' ho crcnkml. '1 am too mad
to aland hero any moro, 1 think I
wilt Just fall down. That would bo a
'Now, Don't De Angry, Mr.
Case."
Book-
good Joko. That would mako all tho
llttlo boys and girls appreciate what
I am. What would happen to all tholr
favorite picture books If I foil down?
ics, what ludoed?
'And how nbout thoso books of
shlpB and pirates and adventures that
tho creatures thoy call boys llko?
What would happon to them If I foil
down and dropped thum all? Or tho
books thoy paint in and cut out paper
dolls from?
'Thoy would all havo tholr covers
broken and no doubt tho pages of n
great many would fall out. Thoy
would havo fallen out long ago, and
tho covers would havo boon brokon If
thoy had not had mo to hold them.
" 'Now whnt tnakos mo so mnd Is that
those children woro talking today, and
thoy said thoy could usu mo out In tho
back yard for tholr snowballs, snow
Ico crontn and such nousonso In tho
wlntor and In tho spring, doar, doar
mo,' and at this tho book-caso would
havo cried If ho had only known how.
they oven said I could be used for
mud plos. Thoy said thoy didn't nood
mo any moro. Thoy could put tholr
books In tho closet. In tho cold, dark.
dreary closet. Poor, dear books, And
I havo treated thorn so woll and boon
so fond of them. I will Just havo to
fall down and lose my temper and
cniBh with rago for I nm not nppro-
clatod. Oh, It's very sad.'
"All this tlmo tho fairies had boon
Ilstonlng. Thoy had folt very badly
that tho book-caso wan bohavlng so
disgracefully and whon thoy saw ho
was really in earnest thoy Just began
to talk to blm.
"Thoy ran along tho sholvcs and
crawled In and out of tho books and
said to tho book-caso:
'Now, don't bo angry Mr. Book-
caso. It really won't do tho Hllnhtnnf
bit of good. And as for that croaking.
u is most unkind of you. Poor llt
tlo boys and glrlsj Wouldn't you lot
them havo a good night's sloon7 Wo-
don't really think you moan to bo un
kind but SCO how thoy nro tnmilno.
'every tlmo you creak, and thoy aro so
urea.'
"'But,' said tho book-cnao. 'I havo
boon so good to all tholr books. Mv
broad sholvos havo hold them up anil
t havo taken such caro of thorn. I am
hurt bocauso thoy think that nniv I
don't need to look after books but rnn
bo used for snowlmlls and mud plus to
Ku un my huoivob,'
Thoy really lovo you.' said thn lit.
tlo fairies, 'but how thoy havo grown
uiuugmiuBB. inoy will lovo you JiiBt
as much lator on for holding tholr
books and In tho mcantlmo wo will
keep you cheored up playlmr hldo-nn.t
go-Book botwoon your precious books.' "
Didn't Ask for Pie.
Allen, OgOd HVO. Was nnimlni. H,n
afternoon with his aunt In tho suburbs,
nm mier no nan boon at play for a
tlmo ho BBld; "Aunt Mnrv. mntmrin
Bald I WttSn't to ask VOU fnr n nlnnn nf
plo, but sho didn't toll mo not to tako
u li you onorod it to mo."