In the
East and the
West
By II. M. EGBERT
(Copyright, 1915. by V. 0. Chapman.)
Will Thorpo had been sent West
three years before. Ho had been an
idler and extravagant; at last his fa
ther. who had always dealt with tfio
boy rather harshly, refused to assist
him further unless ho entered his Iron
foundry and settled down. Angry
words had arisen, and in the- end Will
had packed his sultcaso and gone
West with a hundred dollars in his
pockets.
His sweetheart, Marion Vanalttart,
had scolded htm for his decision. She
bad reminded him, petulantly, that she
could neither marry n poor man nor
wait for ever. He had kissed her and
told her that he would return with his
fortune made. And for a few months
she had written. Then her letters be
came shorter and less frequent; finally
they ceased altogether.
It was more than two years since
ho had heard from her. And gradual
ly the new life bad woven Itself about
him. and he had ceased to care.
Then he had received a mysterious.
Rode Slowly Down the Vatley.
unsigned message asking him to be at
the railway depot at a certain hour, to
meet the train. And he bad gone, to
find Jim Tremont waiting there. Jim
was passing through on his way to
California, be told him, and ho bad
beard 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? He bad
better write home quickly, because ev
eryone was searching for bim, and he
had only heard of his address by
chance.
"I suppose you'll be back East In a
week, and holding out at the club,"
said Jimmy casually, as bo shook
hands and said good-by.
It was that that made Will think
he bad really changed. How could be
associate those elusive memories
which he had almost forgotten with
this life 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 be had moved.
She bad never worn a gown with a
low neck in her life. She would be
helpless among a crowd of people auch
as Marlon Vanslttart!
Yet It never occurred to Will that
ho could do anything but go. It bad
never entered bis mind that be was
to stay permanently in tho West.
A man on horseback was riding up
to bis cabin. Will watched him as be
approached. Visitors were something
of an event in the settlement, and
Will knew the rider as the telegraphist
In the cluster of houses that had
grown up around the depot and was
called a city.
"Wiro 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 bis address, sho said
probably everyone could discover the
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
engines. Would he meet her?
"Thanks," said Will to tho telegraph
ist, and watched bim ride down the
hill.
Yes, be was going East, and olnr
I back to Marlon. For a moment tt
old life enmo rushing ovor him, wit
Its memories, Its thousand allun
mcnta. And the new life meant notl
Ing.
Ho mounted his horse and rodo
slowly down tho valley. Ho had no
destination In mind, but suddenly ho
realized that ho was approaching tho
homesteader's housu. And at tho door
stood Norma, In her sunbonnct.
Sho greeted him. "Won't you como
In and take some tent" sho asked.
"I hear you nro going East, Mr,
Thorpe."
Ho dismounted, and now ho saw
that her Hps were trembling. How
had sho known ho was going East?
Did news lly ns fast In this settlement
as In tho great world? And what did
It matter to her?
"Yes, 1 am going East. Norma." ho
answered, tnklug her hands In his.
"I I congratulate you." sho an
swered quietly. Hut ho saw tho tears
In her eyes.
"You havp meant 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 bravely
at him. "Won't you como In?" '
"No I can't now." ho said crudely.
"Norma. I shall 1 shall see you again
beforo 1 go."
Sho nodded, nnd he know tho moan
ing of her silence. Tho girl cared for
him. and In her unsophisticated way
was Incapablo 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 now wore tugging at it.
and ho did not know which pulled him
the harder.
The train was pulling In. Ho had
stood on tbo platform In a sort of
daze. Now ho awakened suddenly,
and ho felt his heart beating hard In
anticipation. Tho men about tho plat
form wero watching him curiously. Ho
looked Into tho 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 seo Marlon,
with a party of girl friends, dressed In
the height of fashion, looking at him
with a smile.
"Dear me, I must bo very hard to
And," she said. "Weill When aro
you coming borne?"
The hardness of her tones struck
him like a blow. Surely ho had
changed out of all recognition If be
bad ever thought Mnrlon's volco beau
tiful. Tho girl whom ho had loved
to the point of Infatuation stood re
vealed to htm 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, "nut I forgive you. Will.
Wo can forgive 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 the sight of this man in tho cowboy
clothes. And bo was a millionaire!
He was Will Thorpo of Harvard and
Boston!
Perhaps Marlon shrewdly divined
the change that had occurred in him,
for she drew him aside.
"Will. I know I ought to havo been
more serious," she said, "But you
can't think how startling and ridicu
lous you look, dressed Uko 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 seo 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 tho solo heir. I
am Just as fond of you, Will."
Will Thorpo looked at her with slow
ly rising 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 nro you coming homo,
Will?" sho continued. "When aro you
coming homo to me?" sho added
softly.
Tho train conductor blow his whis
tle. Will looked her full in tho face.
"Never!" ho nnswered roughly.
Tho party was moving toward tho
train. Will saw tho look of amazed
indignation upon Marlon's face. Ho
broke from her. Ho mounted tho
horso that was tethered to a post out
side tho depot. Tho train was start
ing. Hut Will was riding for tho
mountain slopes, and his "never" rang
In bin ears Uko tho sound of a chanted
cborus.
Ho flung himself from his horso at
tho cabin door which hid at that mo
ment all that llfo held most precious
for him.
"Normal"vho shouted, hammering
with bis knuckles.
Ho heard her footsteps; ho saw her
stand beforo him; bo caught her In
his arms.
"Normal I havo come homo to
you," he cried.
Aboutortel
Lisbon's Beautiful Harbor,
POUTUOAL. tho most rocont na
tion to bo drawn Into tho mael
strom of tho European war,
was onco a part of tho ancient
Human provlnco of Lusltnuln, sayj
a butlotln Issued by tho National Geo
graphic Boclety.
With a population senrccly exceed
ing tho comblnod population of Now
York cltv. Jerser Cltv. nnd Newark.
and an area In Europo loss than the
stato of Indlnna, Portugal Has not
played a major rolo In tho politics of
continental Europo In many years,
not, In fact, since Wollesley, after
ward tho Duko of Wellington, land
ed his English forces and, with tho
aid of native troops, defeated Soult
and Mnssona, Napoleon's marshals. In
tho two pcnlnsulnr campaigns.
Hut the colonial emplro of Portugal
Is out of all proportion to tho Im
portance of tho homo country. In
fact there were, at tho beginning of
tho war, only throo other countries In
Europe Great Britain, Franco, and
Germany whoso flags floated over
moro territory boyond tho boundaries
of tho homo country. Tho combined
area of tho New England and North
Atlantic Btntcs would equal less than
one-fourth of tho territory under tho
dominion of tho tiny republic occupy
ing tho western edgo of tho Iberian
ponlnsuln, whoso navigators In tho (If
tcenth and sixteenth century wore tho
wonders of tho world. Yet nil this
vast territory Is held by 8.000 colo
nial troops, supplemented by natlvo
armies.
Peasants Are Poets.
A curious anomaly Is to bo found
among the peasants of Portugal, who
aro classlllcd r.s among tho mont Il
literate of Western Europo, yet among
tho most Intelligent. Many of tho
farmorH three-fifths of tho population
Is devoted to agricultural pursuits
havo a romarkablo gift for vorslllca
tlon, and many of tho poems of tho
country aro handed down from gen
eration to generation without being
rocorded. Tho peasants nlBo aro noted
for their sobriety, and yet tho annual
production of wlno exceeds 25 gallons
for each Inhabitant. So great, In fact,
Is tho product of tho vlnoynrds that
In tho cities tho various qualities of
water aro discussed with keener In
terest than tho grades of wlno.
While Portugal's marltlmo glory !b
a thing of tho past, a largo numbor
of Portuguese still follow tho sea for
a livelihood, and tho fishing Industry
Is Important. Tho Portuguese 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.
The Portuguese peasant woman Is
an Important bread winner, but sho
receives for her day's labor of 10
hours In tho field only a shilling or
less, whilo tho mon get two shillings.
Ono of tho prolltablo and oxtrcmoly
popular "Industries" of tho rural pop
ulation Is a placid laying In wait for
tourists who uttempt to motor through
,tho country on tho loss-frequented
and often Impassahlo public roads.
With an ox-team tho peasant waits at
a ' favorable spot until a motorlBt,
traveling on an autoraobllo on which
an Import tax of $120 has been col
lectod by tho portuguoso government,
ticks In tho mud. To haul out such
an unfortunato Is often moro prollt
ablo than several days' work In tho
wheat, imilto, or rlco fields.
Lisbon's Deautlful Harbor.
Tho harbor of Lisbon, where tho
seizure of tho Gormau merchant ships
precipitated Portugal Into tho war, Is
ono of tho most beautiful In all Eu
ropo, ranking scnrcoly second to Na
ples and Constantinople. Tho city Is
about tho slzo or Pittsburgh, nnd has
been tho political eontor of tho na
tion since It was wrested from tho
Moors In tho mlddlo of tho twatfth cen
tury by Affonso Henrlques, tho founder
of tho kingdom. It was tho English
who aided Affonso In his war ngalnnt
tho Moors, and tho following contury
tho two countries effected an nlllanco
which has existed unbrokon during tho
succeeding 700 years, savo for such
sporadic Interruptions ns when Na
poleon forcod tho little kingdom to do
claro war against tho Island umplro.
Tho Portuguese, especially those of
Lisbon, aro a plcasuro-lovlng peoplo.
They nro fonil of sports of many sorts,
Including tho bull fight, but tho tore
ador Is not tho Idol In this country that
ho Is In Spulu, nor nro tho contests
ns ilnrcu. Horses uro soldoni If over
sacrificed In Portuguese trocadoros.
Lisbon Is nn oven grcnter "night
city" than was Purls, tho stroots ap
pearing nt their busiest usually at 3
a. in. Tho principal thoroughfares aro
admirably kept nowadays but as late
as 1S35 a "clean-up" campaigner was
In a woeful minority when ho bogau
to urgo tho authorities to put a atop
to such practices as breaking horses
In tho streets and singeing pigs In tho
main avenues of trade. Ho also pro
tested against keeping pigs nllvo In
tho streets "or tied to tho doors,"
whilo ho thought It ndvlsnbtu to put
an end to tho custom of allowing dead
animals to lie for Indefinite periods In
tho streets.
Thoro uro about 100 Journals pub
lished In Portugul, tho majority of
thcso being of a political nature, and
many of them nro owned by tho lead
ers of tho vurlous political parties.
It haM been said that "If Lisbon
turns Turk tomorrow all Portugal will
wear tho turbun," so when tho mon
archy was overthrown In 1010, uftoi
100 persons hail been killed and COO
wounded In tho capital, King Manuel
taking refugo In England, It was a
matter of courso thut tho rost of tho
nation would quietly acqulesco In tho
now order of things. Portugal today
has much tho sanio outward form of
government as our own. Each par
liament Is suppoBod to last thrco years;
senators aro eloctod for six years, and
presidents for four years. Tho head
of tho government receives $20,000 a
year. Money, however, Is reckoned
chlolly In rels, und, therefore, oven
a day laborer's wages Is uweot to tho
oar, for It takes 20 rolu to mako a
penny,
Portugal's trauscondaut contribu
tion to world history was tho coloniza
tion of Brazil, tho lnrgost nation In
South America and tho third largest
In tho Western hemisphere, Whilo
Brazil was dlscovorod by Columbus'
companion, Plnzon, and formal posses
sion taken by him In tho namo of
Spain, Cabral lundod In 1G0O, a yoar
later, and proclaimed It Portuguoso
territory, Portugal settlod tho coun
try and ruled It until 1822 whon, un
der tho leadership of tho Portuguese
prln co, Dom Pedro, Independence from
tbo mother county was doctored.
D4DDY'S Mm
mm
MARY
GRAHAM
4k
FAIRIEO PLGA8C MR. DOOK-CASE.
"Tho fairies nro tho host llttlo pence
innkurs In tho world," began daddy,
us ho saw that tho children wero
ready to hear what tho fnlrlos hnd
been doing all day.
"Last night," ho wont on. "tho book
enso In a nursery became vnry, vory
angry, lie Just talked and muttered
to himself nil night. Hvory llttlo whilo
tho children would wako up for thoy
could hnnr tho book-cnuo scolding
nwny. Of courso thoy didn't know
that tho hook-casn wan really talking
and ncoldlng Thoy thought It was
only i creaking thoy heard but It woko
thorn up over bo many times.
"That was Just what tho linnk-cnno
wanted. Ho was fouling so angry, hu
JiiMt wanted to wako up tho llttlo boys
nnd girls who wuro sleeping In tho
nursery.
"'Well.' ho croaked, 'l am too mad
to stntul hero any moro. I think I
will Just fall down. That would bo n
"Now, Don't Do Angry, Mr. Book
case." good Joke. That would mako nil tho
tittle boys nnd girls appreciate what
I inn, What would happen to nit tholr
favorite plcturo books If I fell down?
Yes, what ludoed?
" 'And how about thoso books of
ships and pirates nnd ndventuros Hint
tho creatures thoy call buys llko?
What would happen to them If 1 fell
down and dropped them all? Or tho
books thoy paint In and cut out paper
dolls from?
" 'They would all hnvo tholr covers
broken nnd no doubt tho pages of a
great many would fall ouL Thoy
would hnvo fallen out long ngo, and
tho covers would havo been broken It
thoy hnd not hnd mo to hold them.
" 'Now what umkus mo so mad Is that
these children wero talking today, and
they said thoy could uso mo out In tho
back yard for tholr snowballs, snow
Ice cream and such nnusanno In tho
winter nnd In tho spring, dear, dear
mo,' nnd at this tho bnok-caso would
havo cried If ho had only known how,
'they oven said I could bo used for
mud pies. Thoy satd thoy didn't noed
mo any moro. Thoy could put tholr
books In tho closet, In tho cold, dark,
droary closat. Poor, dear hooks. And
I havo treated them so welt nnd been
bo fond of them. I will Just hnvo to
fall down and losa my temper nnd
crush with rago for I am not appre
ciated. Oh, It's very sad.'
"All this tlmo the fulrlon had boon
listening. They had felt vory badly
that tho hook-case wns behaving so
disgracefully and when thoy saw ho
was really In earnest thoy Just bognn
to talk to him.
"Thoy ran nlong tho shelves nnd
crnwled In und out of tho books nnd
Bald to tho bonk-caso:
" 'Now, don't bo nngry Mr. Book
case. It really won't do tho slightest
bit of good. And ns for that creaking.
It Is most unkind of you. Poor lit
tle boys nnd girls! Wouldn't you lot
thorn hnvo a good nlght'ii sloop? Wo
don't really think you moan to bo un
kind but seo how thoy aro tossing
every tlmo you creak, und thoy nro so
tired.'
"'Hut,' said tho book-caso, 'I havo
been so good to all tholr books. My
broad shelves havo hold them up and
I havo taken such enro of thorn. I am
hurt bocause thoy think that now I
don't need to look after bookH but can
ho used for snowballs and mud plus to
go on my shelves.'
" 'Thoy renlly lovo you,' said tho llt
tlo fairies, 'but how thoy havo grown
thoughtless. Thoy will lovo you Just
ns much later on for holding tholr
books nnd In tho inoaiitlmo wo will
keep you chourcd up playing hldo-and
go-Book between your preclouu books.' "
Didn't Ask for Pie. "
Allen, agod llvo, was pausing tho
afternoon with his aunt In tho suburbs,
uid nftor ho had boon at play for a
;lino ho said; "Aunt Mary, mamma
said I wasn't to nsk you for a ploco of
plo, but sho didn't toll mo not to take
it if you offered It to mo."
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