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In the East and the West By II. M. EGBERT (Copyright. 1J15, by AV. C5. Clmpman.) Will Thorpo had been font West threo years before. Ho had been an Idler and extravagant; at last his fa ther, who hnd always dealt with tho boy rather harshly, refused to assist him further unless ho entered his Iron foundry and settled down. Angry words had arisen, and In tho end Will had iacked his sultcaso and gone West with a hundred dollars In his pockets. His sweetheart, Marlon Vanslttart, had scolded him for his decision. Sho had reminded him, petulantly, that sho could neither marry a poor man nor wait for ever. Ho had kissed her and told her that he would return with his fortune made. And for a few months sho had written. Then her letters be came shorter and less frequent; finally they ceased altogether. It was moro than two years slnco he had heard from her. And gradual ly the new life had woven Itself about him. and he had ceased to care. Then he 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 he had gone, to find Jim Tremont waiting there. Jim was passing through on his way to California, bo told him, and ho had 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 dollars? Ho had better write home quickly, because ev eryono was searching for him, and he had only heard of bis address by chance. "I suppose you'll be back East In a week, and holding out at tho club," said Jimmy casually, as he shook bands and said good-by. It was that that made Will think he had really changed. How could ho associate those elusive memories which he had almost forgotten with this Ufo that bad taken possession of him? He thought of Norma Gale, the daughter of the old homesteader down the valley. How was ho 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 ho had moved. She had never worn a gown with a low neck in her life. She would be helpless among a crowd of people such as Marlon Vanslttart! Yet it never occurred to Will that he could do anything but go. It bad never entered bis mind that ho was to stay permanently in tho West. A man on horseback was riding up to his cabin. Will watched him as ho approached. Visitors were something of an event in tho settlement, and Will knew the rider as the telegraphist in tho cluster of houses that had grown up around tho depot and was called a city. "Wlro for you, Thorpe!" ho an nounced briefly. Will took the message and opened it. He stared at it as If ho did not un derstand. It was from Marlon. Sho had learned bis address, sho said probably everyone could discover tho address of a millionaire and sho was passing through on her way East from tho San Francisco exposition. Sho would stay an hour while they changed cnelnes. Would he meet ber7 "Thanks." said Will to tho telegraph 1st, and watched him rido down tho hill. Yes, he waa going East, and folnr hnrk to Mnrlon. For n motunnt it old life camo rushing ovur him. wll Its memories. Its thnunand nllun monts. And tho now Ufo meant notl lng. llo mounted his horso and rodw slowly down tho valley. Ho had no destination lu mind, but suddenly no realised that ho was approaching tho homesteader's house. And at tho door stood Norma. In her sunbounot. Sho crooted him. "Won't you coma In and tnko some tea?" sho asked. "I hear you nro going kiut, Mr. Thorpo." Ho dismounted, and now ho saw that her llns were trembling. How had sho known ho was going East? Did nows llv as fast In this sottlomont as In tho great world? And what did It matter to her? "Yes. 1 am going East. Norma." ho answered, taking her hands In his. "I 1 concratulato you. sho an swered quietly. Hut ho saw tho tears In her eyes. "You have meant so much to mo, ho said ImpulBlvcly. "I hato tho thought of going. And yet it Is my duty, l suppose." "Then vou must co." said tho girl softly. Sho was smiling very bravely at him. "Won't you como In?" No t can't now." ho said crudely. "Norma. I shall 1 shall see you again before I go." Sho nodded, and ho know tho mean ing of her silence. Tho girl cared for him, and In her unsophisticated way was Incanablo 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 denot with a heavy heart. Tho old and tho new were tugging at It. and ho did not know which pulled him the harder. Tho train was nulling In. Ho had stood on tho nlntform In a sort of daze. Now he awakened suddenly. and ho felt his heart beating hnrd In anticiDatlon. Tho men about tho 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 there. Had she missed her train? Still dreaming. Will?" asked a hard volco over his shoulder. Ho started round, to sco Marlon. with a Dartv of clrl friends, dressed In tho height of fashion, looking at him with a smile. "Dear me. I must bo very hard to find." sho said. "Well! When aro you coming homo?" The hardness of her tones struck him like a blow. Surely ho had chanced out of all recognition if ho had ever thought Marion's volco beau tiful. Tho girl whom ho had loved to tho point of infatuation stood re vealed to him as an artificial, hara 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. Wo can forglvo a man with millions anything, can't we, Dora?" Tho girl addressed as- Dora mur mured something. Tho wholo party was taken aback, not to say shocked, at tho sight of this man In tho cowboy clothes. And ho was a mllllonairoi Ho was Will Thorpo of Harvard and Boston! PerhaDs Marlon Bhrewdly divined tho change that had occurred In him, for she drew him aside. Will. I know I ought to havo been moro serious," she said, "Dut you can't think how startling and rldlcu lous you look, dressed liko one of theso natives. Listen, Will, and let me exolaln. I havo always cared for you just as much, but I couldn't bo engaged to a beggar. You see that for youEelf, don't you? And every body understood that your father was colnc to cut you out of his will, In stead of leaving you tho solo heir. I am Just as fond of you, Will.' Will Thorno looked at her with slow ly riBlng anger. Sho did not reallzo what she was saying. Had ho ever been like that? Was that tho kind of man that ho had been, that sho so con fidently imagined ho was still? "So when aro you coming homo, Will?" she continued. "When aro you coming homo to mo?" sho added softly. Tho train conductor blew his whis tle. Will looked her full In tho faco "Never!" ho answered roughly. Tho party was moving toward tho train. Will saw tho look of amazeu indignation upon Marlon's face. Ho broke from her. Ho mounted tho horso that was tethered to a post out sldn the denot. Tho train was start' ine. Hut Will was riding for tho mountain slopes, and his "never" rang In his ears llko tho sound of a cbanted chorus. Ho flung himself from his horso at tho cabin door which hid at that mo mcnt all that Ufo held moBt precious for him. "Normal" ho shouted, hammering with bis knuckles. Ho heard her footsteps; ho saw her stand beforo him; bo caught her In bis arms. "Norma! I havo como home to you, be cried. Lisbon's Beautiful Harbor. POKTUGAL. tho most recent na tion to bo drawn Into tho mnol strom of tho Europonn war, wnR mini a. trnrt of tllO ancient llnnmn nrnvlnrn nf I.UaltatllU. BUYS a bulletlu Issued by tho National Geo graphic society. With n nnnnlntlon BCarcolV OXCOOd- Ing tho combined population of Now York city. Jersey City, anil Nowark, and an nrca In Europo lesa than tho stato of Indiana. Portugal has not played a major rolo In tho politics of continental Europo In many years, not. In fact, slnco Wollesloy, nftcr ward tho Duko of Wellington, land ed his English forces and. with tho aid of native troops, defeated Bouit and Mnssona, Napoleon's marshals, In tho two peninsular campaigns. nut tho colonial cmplro of Portugal Is out of all proportion to tho Im portance of tho homo country. In fact there wero, at tho beginning of tho war, only throo other countries In Europe Great Britain, Prance, and Gorman v--whoso tings floated over moro territory beyond tho boundaries of tho homo country. Tho combined area of tho Now England and North Atlantic Btntcs would equal Icsb tlian one-fourth of tho territory under tho dominion of tho tiny republic occupy- Ine tho western edgo of tho Iberian peninsula, whoso navigators In thu fif teenth and sixteenth contury wero tho wonders of tho world. Yet all una vnt ti.rrltnrv Is hold by 8.000 colo nial troops, Bupplemented by native armies. Peasants Are Poets. a curious anomaly Is to bo found among the peasants of Portugal, who aro classified r.a among tho most II- llterato of Western Europo, yot among tho most Intelligent. Many of tho farmers thrno-flfthB of tho population is devoted to agricultural pursuits havo a romarkablo gift for versifica tion nnd manv of tho poems of tho country nro handed down from gen eration to generation without Doing recorded. Tho peasants nlao aro noted for their sobriety, and yet tho annual production of wlno exceeds 25 gallons for each Inhabitant. So great, In fact, Ib tho product of tho vineyards thut In tho cities tho vnrious qualities of water aro discussed with keener In terest than tho grades of wlno. Whllo Portugal's maritime glory l a thing of tho past, a largo numbor of Portugucso still follow tho sea for a livelihood, and tho fishing Industry Ib Important. Tho Portugucso Bar dines, however, aro prcBorvcd In Ital ian ollvo oil, although ono-llftocnth of tho cultivated area of tho nation Is given over to ollvo groves, for tho pro duction of oils of a cheap grade Tho Portugucso peasant woman Ih an Important bread winner, but sho receives for her day'a labor of 10 hourH In tho field only a shilling or Icbs, whllo tho men get two shillings. Ono of tho prolltablo nnd extremely popular "Industries" of tho rural pop ulatlon Is a placid laying In wait for touriBtB who attempt to motor through tho country on tho less-frcquentod and often. ImpaBsablo public roads. With an ox-team tho peasant walta at a favorable spot until a motorist, traveling on an automobile on which an Import tax of 120 has been col lected by tho portugucso government, sticks in tho mud. To haul out such an unfortunate is often moro profit- ablo than Bovcrn! days' work In tho wheat, maize, or rlco fluids. Lisbon's Deautlful Harbor. Tho harbor of Lisbon, whuro tho seizure of tho German merchant ahlps precipitated Portugal Into tho war, U ono of tho most beautiful In all hu ropo. milking scnrcoly uucond to Nn pies nnd Coustnntluoplo. Tho city U about tho size of Pittsburgh, nnd tint) been tho political centur of tho nn Hon slnco It wn wrested from tho Moors In tho mlddlo of tho twelfth cun tury by Alfonso Henrlquoa, thu founder of tho kingdom. It wna tho English who nlded Affonao In hla wnr against tho Moors, and tho following contury tho two counlrloB effected an nlllnnco which has existed unbroken during tho succeeding 700 yearn, Bnvo for bucIi sporadic Interruptions its when Nn poleon forced tho llttto kingdom to do- cloro war against tho Island omplro. Tho Portuguese, especially thoso of Lisbon, aro n plensuro-lovlng people, They aro fond of Bports of many aorta. Including tho bull-light, but tho tore ndor Is not tho idol lu this country thnt ho Ib In Spain, nor nro tho contents ns fierce. HorscB aro seldom If ovor sacrificed In Portuguese trocaderoB. Lisbon Is nn oven grontor "night city" than wa PurlB, tho atroatH np penrlng nt their busiest usually at 3 a. m. Tho principal thoroughfares aro admirably kept nowadays but aa lata as 1E35 n "clean-up" campaigner wna In n woeful minority when ho began to urge llio uuthorltlea to put a stop to such practiced as breaking horses lu tho BtreutH and singeing plga In tho main avonuoB of trndo. Ho also pro tested against keeping plga nllvo lu tho streets "or tied to tho doora," while ho thought It ndvlsnblo to put an end to tho custom of nllnwlng dead animals to lie for Indefinite porlodB In tho otreots. There uro about 100 Joumnls pub llshed In Portugal, thu majority of theso being of u political nature, and many of them nro owned by tho lead ors of tho various political parties. It has been Bald that "If Lisbon turns Turk tomorrow all Portugal will wear tho turban," so when tho motv archy was overthrown In 1910, nftei 100 persons had been killed and COO wounded lu tho capital, King Manuol taking rofugo In England, It waa a matter of courso that tho rest of tho nation would qulotly acqulesca In tlw now order of things. Portugal today hna much tho same outward form of govornmont ns our own. Each par liament la suppoaod to last tliroo ycara; senators aro elected for Blx years, and preBldents for four ycara. Tho head of tho govornmont rocolvca 120,000 a year. Money, howover, la reckoned chiefly In rols, and, therefore, ovon a day laborer's wugos la awoot to tho ear, for It takes 20 rols to ninko a penny. Portugal's truriBcendnnt contrjbu Hon to world history wuh tho colonlza- Hon of Brazil, tho largoat nation In South Amorlca uml tho third largost In tho Wostorn hemisphere. Whllo Ilrazll waa discovered by Columbus' companion, Plnzon, nnd formal pobbos slon taken by him in tho namo of Snaln, Cabrul landed In 1B00, a year later, uud proclaimed It Portuguoao territory. Portugal Hottlca tno coun try and ruled it until 1822 when, un dor tho leadorship of tho Portuguoao prlnco, Dora Pedro, Indopondonco from tho mother county was dociarea. MDPY'S EVENING AM Ilit MARY GRAHAM FAIIUEO PLEASE MM. DOOK CA8C. "Tho fnlrltm nro tho bout Htllo pence nmlturn In llio world," began daddy, uh ho imw timt inu ciuiurun wore rondy to hear what tho fnlrlaa hnd boon doing nil day. "i.iiKt nlKht." ho wont on. "tho book- case In u nurnory became very, very angry, llo JiibI talkml mm muttortm to himself nil night. Every limo wmio tho children would wnKo up lor tnoy could hour tho book-ennu scolding uwny. Of course thoy didn't know that tho bookenan wna really talking uml scolding. Thoy thoiiKht It wnn only a croaking thoy hoard but It woiiu. thoiu up over mo many tlimm, "That wun Juat what tho book-cnt u'nnlm! llu witH feellllK HO lUIKry. 1 10 Just wanted to wnko up tho Itttlu boys nud glrla who woru sleeping in tun nursery. "'NVII.' ho crenked. 'I am too mad to Btiuiil hero any moro. I think 1 will Juat fall down. Thnt would no n "Now, Don't Do Anary, Mr. Dook Case." good Joko. That would mnku nil tho little boyn nnd glrla appreciate whnl I am. What would happen to nil their favorite picture hooka If I fell down? Yea. what Indeed? " 'Anil how about thoso hooka of ships nnd pirates and adventured that tho creuturua thoy call boys llko? What would happen to them If 1 fell down nnd dropped them nil? Or tho hooka thoy paint lu and cut out paper dolls from? " 'They would all havo their covera broken uml no doubt tho pages of a great many would fall out. Thoy would hnvu fallen out long ngo, nnd tho covera would have been broken If thoy hnd not hnd mo to hold them. " 'Now whnt mnkoB mo so mud la thnt theso children wore talking today, and thoy mild thoy could lino mo out In tho buck yard for their nnowbnlla, snow Ico cream and such nonneimo In tho wlntor nud in tho spring, dear, dour mo,' nnd at this tho hook-cane would havo cried It ho hud only known how, 'they ovon nld 1 could bo used for mud pies. They said thoy didn't need mo any moro. Thoy could put their hooka In tho cloaet. In tho cold, dark, dreary closet. Poor, denr hooka. And I havo treated them so wall and boon ho fond of them. 1 will Just havo to fall down and lose my tompur nud crush with rngo for I am not appro elated. Oh, It'a very and.' "All this tlmo tho fnirloa hnd boon llatonlng. They had felt vory bndly thut tho book-cnao wna behaving bo dlflgrucefully and when they onw ho wna really In earnest thoy Just begun to tnlk to him. "Thoy run along tho uholvcs and crawled In and out of tho books and said to tho bonk-ensu; " 'Now, don't bo angry Mr. Hook ciiho. It really won't do tho sllghtoat bit of good. And oa for that croaking. It la most unkind of you, Poor lit tlo hoys and glrla I Wouldn't you lot them havo a good nlght'H aloop? Wo don't really think you moan to bo un kind but sco how thoy uro tossing ovory tlmo you crank-, nnd thoy nro so tired.' "'Hut,' snld tho book-enso, 'I havo boon bo good to nil tholr hooka. My broud Bholvca hnvo hold thoiu up nnd I havo tnkon such care of thorn. I urn hurt bocuuHo thoy think thnt now I don't need to look uftor hooka but can bo used for snowballs and mud plan to go on my bIioIvoh.' " 'Thoy renlly lovo you,' anld tho lit tlo fairies, 'hut how thoy havo grown thoughtless. Thoy will lovo you Juat na much later on for holding tholr hooka and In tho inonntlmo wo will keep you choored up plnylng hldo nnd go-sook between your proclouo books,' " Didn't Ask for Pie. Allon, ngod flvo, wub pusBlng llio afternoon with hla aunt In tho suburbs, md nftar ho had boon nt play for a tlmo ho Buld: "Aunt Mary, mnmraa said I wasn't to aak you for a ploco of plo, but sho didn't toll mo not to tako It If you offered It to mo."