Evelyn
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THE STORY
Units Haverhill'i father, ne'er-do-well,
dies when she la seven
teen, leaving her to (ace the
world with little money or pros
pects. Her sole possessions art
some worthless stock certificates
which her father's friend, Sen
ator Converse, nurees to dispose
of. She Instinctively dislikes the
senator. Linda becomes encased
to Courtney Koth.
. CHAPTER II Continued
Tearis like these aie a passport
anywhere," Amy Ralston said. Then
she made a curious remark, slightly
humorous, slightly vulvar, and 'n-
. tensely prophetic If she had known.
"With your looks and those pearls no
one would ever dare hs.nd you a bill,
" Linda."
. Bills! They both smiled. It was
o unlikely that Linda would ever
again be troubled with bills!
The wedding was the smallest, se
kvtest affair Imaginable. Linda's
looks made It unique. Her proud face
aeen on the society page of the right
paper said that small sudden weddings
were the only sort to have.
The bridegroom w;is a proud and
happy man. He was s true product
f the fevered times, and there were
features to this wedding which nobody
knew about and which gave him new
thrills of Irresponsibility.
Twenty-four hours have made
changes In many a love affair. Linda
was married on Tuesday, and by
Wednesday night she whs wondering
why she had never noticed that Hotb s
manners were not all that they should
be and that he was more than bud
tempered. Meals should have been
terved by a genie, and no service ever
pleased.
Really,- If It was going to be like
this -Linda shrugged her beautiful
white shoulders. They were In Hog! on
and she was surprised to And herself
at a hotel whose name meant nothing
to her, and she had been lu Boston
many times.
"I thought anything would do for
the few hours we will be here," her
new husband said hurriedly. "The
places are always full at this sea
son and we don't want a fns , do we?"
"You could have telegraphed for
rooms," she protested, puzzled.
l.otn began to pace the floor nerv
ously. His color was high and the Ira
patience ehe was beginning to know
came Into his eyes.
"Now look here, Linda. They've
kept you In cotton wool too long. I
wanted you because you re different
from other women. You've got an air
that makes everything you do seem
light. Even this second-rite hotel
would seem smart If you made a habit
of coming here."
Linda was bewildered. She knew
he was trying to tell her something
without committing himself, but she
could not guess what It was. She felt
annoyed and a little cheated.
"But when there Is no reason for
econd-rate hotels?" she murmured.
He flushed a deeper crimson and
acrewed up his eyes In a way she par
tlcularly disliked.
"Reason? There's Jolly well rea
ions enough" He clapped bis hands
on his pockets with an odd boyish
gesture that touched her through her
bewilderment and dawning fear. It
reminded her of Jim HaverhllL Then
he grinned at her sheepishly.
"Fact Is. dearest. I'm stony. Oh. I
know you're shocked, but you'll get
used to shocks. It's rather a lark.
If you look at It from the right angle.
Harried to a beautiful, luxurious crea
ture and hardly a bean In your pocket.
Gad, If makes a fellow sit up. Linda,
don't look like that !"
"Why did you marry me? Why
didn't you tell me?"
"Why do you think I'm a cad?
Leave you sitting on the church stoop?
I'd say not. Resides. I didn't plan It.
I cabled for money and expected
plenty, but the old wire came bark
like a knock behind your ear. No
more money. I'd spent It all."
Linda s head whirled. "Mow could
you have spent all your money with
out knowing It?" she managed to say
She had never known until Hint mo
ment how much she had counted on
r.oth's fortune. He dad seemed secure
as a stone wall. She felt tilm staring
at her. and suddenly she saw behind
the high lights of his dominant gray
eyes merely a boyish boastful some
thing that brought contempt stronger
than fear Into her being.
"All my money?" Itoth burst out
laughing. "So that's II !" and she felt
anhnmed.
"I never bad very much." he went
on Indifferently. "Lord love you.
child, you can't run about as I've done
w'thout spending a pile. That Afri
cm expedition, when the other fel
c8 didn't imy up. put the film I erlmn
It me.." And Mien he u dried blithely I
"It a a good thing you don't haTt to
depend entirely on mo,"
Linda was enveloped In a blnr.e of
swift Indignation. "You married toe
believing I had money 1" she accused,
and writhed In shame and self disgust,
"It's Just that old joke about the biter
bit-"
Rut he shook his head. "No, I.lndn,
I knew all about you. I looked you
up. of course. You're taking too tragic
a view of It all. It doesn't require
actual money to get along. Tbere'a
ways of getting everything you want.
You possess something thnt'a worth
more than money, and I've a little of
the same thing. It got over with yon
and your people, which proves It. We
don't need money, you and I. We can
have everything without It,"
She was struggling with a sensation
of utter collapse. Certain phrases he
used humiliated as facts appalled her.
His "1 looked you up, of course," filled
her with loathing for him and fot
herself. He had looked her up, but
she had been a find and taken him
on trust Worse than a fool a fail
ure. "Why, you are Just an adventurer!"
she cried scornfully.
"IVriuips," he shrugged, "but not
bourgeois. 1 nm afraid, my dear, you
have more to learu than I thought.
You haven't found out that It's not
what you are but what people think
you are that counts. All clever per
sons know that, or they're not fit to
meet the world."
This was all oddly familiar. Tulk
she had heard before; talk In a dream
She sat still, pressing her fingertips
against her pale lips thinking of
what she should do. Of course, she
could leave Roth, but she rejected this
thouchr as It came to her. She was
not an adventuress If he was. and
"No, Linda, I Know All About You.
Looked You Up, of Course."
aside from that It was Impossible to
admit to her friends and to Cousin
Amy that she had been a fool In spit
of her attitude of cleverness. Slu
thought of Senator Converse and tin
suretiess of what he would say, and
this thought made her shudder. Io
some Indefinable way she seemed tt
be closer to him now than before hei
marriage. He was so close that sht
could touch his hand. Something with
In her warned that one mistake now
one more error, and she would not es
cape from bin as she hud In the past
Of course she had not been blinded U
the fact that be admired her. that h
would have paid any price for her
Cousin Amy's world had not left hei
in Ignorance of that.
Itoth felt sorry for her. though h
was far from reading her thoughts
She was so lovely and childish wlft
that droop to her lips. He took hei
In his arms and kissed her tenderly.
"Ion't fret. dear. When you worrj
you let people behind the scenes and
jPmi've got to watch out for that. Iff
a wonderful game, once yon learn how
to play, and you'll find a lot of clever
amusing people playing It with us
Let the duds with the bank account
pay the bills while we amuse em. eh'
It's a profession In Itself, making tht
other fellow pay and teaching hire
to like It."
Her tears dropped upon the pearl,
on her breast.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Subjection of Wives
Some s-year-obl rules for hnndlln
wives have been published In London
In connection with the new book on
Rabelais.
The rules were drawn up by Tl
raquenn. friend of Rabelnls. who had
considerable experience with wives.
r'lrsl of all. he sets forth the dlcto
that "woman Is man's Inferior."
Having established his premise.
Tlraiiean goes on lo say. "She Is not
to be struck or mistreated lu any
way.
"The wife Is to be educated by ex
ample and by caresses mingled with
severity. She may be threatened when
necessary."
A Simpler Way
He rounded the bend at close on
forty. A sudden skid, anil the cur
overturned. They found themselves
sitting together unhurt, alongside the
completely smashed car. He put tils
arm lovingly about her waist, but she
Hilled It away.
"It s all very nice." she sighed, "out
wouldn't It have been easlet lo run out
of petrol?" London Answers.
Sahara's Oasas
Five of the gieal nm-es of the Sa
bars desert were known nd occupied
by the Egyptians us early as 1000 B. C
mm
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Scraps
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FOR PREFERENCE
The two tramps were making very
!ovv progress Hlong the winding couu
try lane.
"Ah," sighed Dusty Rhodes, gar.lng
at a distant landscape, "ain't that
really lovely! It makes me feci like
the poet." lie waved his arms In the
air. "I long for the w ings of a doveP
he recited.
Ills companion, who was wondering
where the next meal was coming from,
gtunted miserably:
"I'd much rather have the breast of
a chicken and a couple of drum
sticks!" he remarked.
IT WAS POSSIBLE
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"Can you Imagine George kissing a
girl?"
"1 don't have to Imagine It, I've ft
perienced It"
Tim (or Talk
When plenteous m.unpriit arrives
The real atrlft mutt cease.
So Ion ii as conversation thrives
We're certain to hnv prara.
Professional Fading
A lawyer bad Just completed a
wretched defense of a young Virginian
accused of a crime. His summutlon
wus worse, but he painted a vivid pic
ture of the pMir hoy's mother and of
Virginia In the smoky, fall haze. Sud
denly an old gentlemun began sobbing
The luwyer went over to him.
"Are you m Virginian, sir?" he asked
"No, youna man," he Sobbed. "I'm
lawyer." Itehoboth Sunday Herald.
Co the Limit
Mrs. Tclletu They make me tired
They'll do anythlig Just to be dil
feretit.
Mrs. Know em Huh ! They even
save up for what they want bo it hey
can pay cah. instead of tnivlnu It
on the Installment plan. mcrHy to be
able to boast about It.
The Chanting Styles
Mr. Pettier Silly practice. Isn't It.
for women to alter their figures to
suit the styles?
Ills Wife You men needn't talk
Ever since the eighteenth amendment
went Into force I've noticed the men
padding their hips.
HEART TROUBLE
My heart Is troubling me I'm go
ing to (he doctor and have It stuped."
"hy not phone the undertaker b
fore you go?"
'Merely Preliminary
The orator miikee halts turn amy.
When he exclaims, llsht-hearted,
"And in conclusion, let me say"
He's only netting started
Amateur and Professional
'M boy. I ni tifrald your fatbei will
have to lose his right hand."
'tjee. hoc. how soon will be he
able to learn to sign checks with Mi
left hand?"
Just us soon as I enn tench him"
And It's So Hot
He had iimi stolen a hurried kiss.
"Hoti't you know any better than
that?" she demanded indignantly.
"Sure!" h replied. "Rut they take
more time"
As It Was in the Beginning
Mrs. Rotiechlsei All the women are
wearing furs this sun ;r. Can 1
weai yout cave beat skin?
Her Husband No, You'll weai tt
out gadding about and I'll have noib
Ing to keep me warm next winter.
Free of Duty
"Did you see much poverty In Eu
rope?"
'Yes. Indeed. A good deal. n fuef
I brought some buck with me.'1 Mont
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Flood Waters Raging Through
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NATl'RH played favorites In ap
portioning the great livers of
the world. Of the dozen larg
est, six are In Asia and three
In Africa, leaving only three for the
two continents of the New world. And
among the twelve leaders, Europe and
Australia are wholly unrepresented.
The longest single river Is the Nile,
measuring .nnc 4,h0 miles from bead
to mouth. The Nile Is further distin
guished In that It has no tributaries
for the last I.: miles of lis course
to the sea. During this stretch Its
waters are considerably reduced In
volume by evaporation ntid Irrigation,
so that It grows smaller Instead of
larger toward Its mouth.
Other African rivers among the
length-scoring twelve are the Niger
and the Congo, both fed by the trop
leal rains of hot regions near the
Equator., In a general way they more
nearly resemble South America's rep
resentatlve, the Amazon, than the
great streams of the colder northern
continent.
Of Asia's six longest rivers, four are
In Silierlu, the Ob, Yenisei and Lena,
flowing north Into the Arctic ocean,
and the Amur emptying Into an arm
j of tho Pacific. The other two nre the
Yangtze and Hwang, or Yellow, river
of China.
These twelve river baln represent
the greatest variety of climate and
civilization. The Amazon and the
Congo flow through lush equatorial
Jungles Inhabited by birds of brilliant
plumage, wild animals and savage
tribes, while the mouths of the Ye
nWel and the Lena are above the
northern timber line snd their valleys
support the sparsest population. The
Mississippi and the Yangtze flow
through established. If divergent, civ
ilizations, with rich cities along their
banks like Jewels on a string. The
Nile Is one of the cradles of world
history; the Mackenzie Is still a
frontier stream.
Five of the doen rivers flow to the
north. These are the Nile, Mackenzie.
Ob, Yenisei, and . Lena. The M;sls
sippl and Niger flow south. The
Amur. Yangtze, Hwang and Amazon
run eastward. Only the Congo points
toward the west.
Difference In Floods.
All these streams overflow their
hanks at Intervals but the results are
strangely different. In the. ense of the
Mississippi and the Yangtze, floods are
national disasters bringing untold suf
fering to millions. The annual over
flow of the Nile with resulting ferti
lization of the valley by the depoMt
of silt Is the source of the wealth of
Egypt. The Hwang, or Yellow river,
from Its habit of overflowing Its hanks
and changing Its entire course at In
tervals Is known as the "scourge of
China."
The Amazon and the Congo lie al
most under the Equator, and the oth
er ten longest rivers are In the north
ern hemisphere. Four flow Into the
Arctic ocean. A reason Is not far to
seek. The greatest land masses are
In the northern half of foe world, and
without large land areas long rivers
are Impossible. The smaller conti
nents of Australia ami Europe are not
represented In the dozen. Similarly,
the reason for the longest rivers flow
ing to the north and east Is that the
longest continental slopes extend In
those directions.
The Yangtze and the Mississippi are
lined with wealthy cities largely be
cuue of their location In the temper
ate zone. The tropic Amazon, Niger,
and Congo are too hot; the Mackenzie
and the Siberian rivers are too cold
for the favorable growth of towns.
The Nile valley beyond Cairo Is a
mere strip of green from 15 to 30
miles wide between two burning des
erts. The Hwang lis too variable In
Its habits to encourage navigation or
river ports.
From the earliest times these long
rivers have furnished high roads for
the exploration of continental Interi
ors. Nero sent an expedition to dls
cover the headwaters of the Nile,
which failed to reach Its objective.
Russian penetration of Siberia fol
lowed the great river beds. The
Amazon and the Congo are still high
ways of discovery. Head reaches of
the Yangtze are veiled In Asiatic ob
scurity. The Niger was the river of
romance In the great days of Tim
buktu. The histories of the world's
river basins have been the history of
the world's empires. A great river Is
both a roadway and a source of life.
Menace of the Mississippi,
Although North America can claim
only two of the world' dozen loimi
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a Break In a Mississippi Levee.
rivers, It possesses In the Mississippi
Missouri the longest of tlicin all.
This magnitude of the Mississippi ,
becoming more ami more of a menace
because each flood seems greater than
the preceding one. Why this should
he true has been a problem to some
laymen; but one of the chief factors
Is plain enough: It Is the Usually laud
able effort of American t devebq
and build up their country.
Aside from the fact that several do
cades ago there were fewer people liv
ing and fewer dollars Invested In the
regions subject lo overflow III tl,t low
er Mississippi valley, the Hood stagei
were actually lower In those days.
They were lower, to consider one Ini
port ant fact, for the very good reason
that then less water was fed Into the
Mississippi's, Iikiimi trlbutailcs n ,,
given space of dm,., l-orcsu and
woodlands that do not now exist held
a large part of the rainfall ami fed It
slowly Into brooks and creeks and
rivers. Irregularities In tl. He of the
land formed puddle that laler evap
orated, or sent rills In tortuous ptith
that slowed up the runoff.
In late years a constantly Increasing
population has been busy changln.
these conditions. Every tree cut. ev
ery roof built, every street paved, ev
ery drainage ditch dug. and every cnl
vert constructed In the vast area
drained by the M;ssl-pp river sjs
tern has done Its bit towrtrd pouring
rainfall more quickly Into the great
river.
Not only has man helped to put
more water Into the Mississippi; hl
works have helped to confine It there
When I'e Soto mid ,ls followers first
knew the Mississippi t apreml out nt
each flood season over a wide area
Sometimes In Its lower reaches It was
.'. .'til, and even miles wide.
The fact that the flood waters
spilled away nt numerous places Into
swamps and lowlands kept the flood
crest down In the lower river. In
1717 three foot levees protected New
Orleans. Now they rise '... feet ot
more above the city. Even as late a
1HV.' the highest Hood stage at New
Orleans was lfl feet. In I !'.".' It was
above 22 feet. One reason, nt least,
for this, Is that more elllclent levee
maintenance for ninny hundreds of
miles along the river has herded the
flood waters past New Orleans as well
as other lower river points In the reg
ular channel.
Levees Protect Vast Areas.
More Intensive development of the
lowlands has made this levee system
nwesssry. Now some lTt.0 x square
miles are dependent on the levees for
protection. P.reaks still occur, an I
when they do they drain off some of
the flood waters and so relieve In soma
measure the strain on the banks far
ther down stream. Rut It Is not tlm
Innocuous affair that It was In tlm
days of tie Soto. Now towns and plan
tations, railways and Industrial plant
lie In the lowlands, and any "relief'
that a levee break may occasion to
down-river points Is at a cost of tunny
lives and much valuable property.
On the wjiole a considerable qiian
tlty of water finds Its way from Urn
lower Mississippi through levee hreaM
and bayous. The most Important nat
ural safety valve Is the Alchafalaya
river or bayou which flows away from
the Mississippi at the mouth of th.
Red river, and finds Its way directly
to the Oulf of Mexico some ,7) nil lei
west of New Orleans. In flood times
this out flowing stream takes from t tin
swollen Mississippi as much dm .'l.'iO.fHxl
cubic feet of water each second an
amount equal to more than half thn
average flow of the Mississippi, ft hi
because of such Ioskcs as this, coupled
with the much greater depth of tlm
channel In the lower river, that thn
flood stage can he between 50 and (XI
feet at Memphis and Vlcksburg, and
only a little more than '-'0 nt New Or
leans. The Mississippi river system Is truly
a continental fcnftire. draining a mli
Hon and a quarter of the three million
odd square miles of the United States.
Thirty of the 4-1 states send a greater
or less contribution of water to this
great stream.
The main Mississippi river Is mors
than 2,510 miles long, while the Mississippi-Missouri
Is 4,'JlH) miles In
length the longest river system In
tint weirld. The great scale on which
the Mississippi Is built becomes evi
dent when one considers (he tltnu, re
quired for floods to pass down Its
course. About thirty days are re
quired for the surging flood crest to
pass from the mouth of the Ohio to
New Orleans, mid from ten days to
two weeks from Greenville, Miss., tv
Nw Orleans.
LUMBAGO?
A pair. In tlie lower part of your
tack can torture you. Hut not (or
Itmjy, if you know Itaycr Aspirin,
(These linrtnlcss, pleasant table!,
tako away the misery of luiiilmijo,
rheumatism, neuralgia, liradachrs,
toothaches, and systemic paitu o!
w omen. Relief conies promptly j it
complete. Genuine Aspirin cannot
depress the heart. Look lor th
iiaycr crosj, thus.
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Considering the Skirts
Mrs. Mi, u t (nee Length) My, Isn't
this wind bracing?
Mr. Sifxlt Yea, I've noticed that
It's very uplifting.
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DR. C. H. BERRY CO.
2t30 Michigan A. Chlcage
Fr.nl.
A reiiktis taker had a hard tluift
getting into au apartment, lie
finally went up to the roof, and dowts
a lire I'Ncnpo to get In, but once be
lind Identified himself, the pretty
young matron willingly gave hi in full
information.
"You've been so frank about an
swering my questions, that I'm won
dering why It was that you wouldn't
let me In," the enumerator remarked
as he folded up his blanks.
''I thought you were my lin-diund,
replied the girl apologetically.
Dsficiant
I'ncle Sam's census enumerator Itt
tht Central avenue district had some
funny evper- -es among the darky
population, I'e went Into one tiny
hash bouse, the sole resident lu
which was the rook.
"I've come to take your census,
aald the man.
"Holiest to goodness. Ah swears
Ah ain't got no censusl" declared
the cook eloquently. Iig Angelee
Times.
Biggtst Hotnl for London
London's new Thames bous Is to
be the largest hotel In Lttrope and
the biggest commercial building In
the world outside America. It will
have 2,iKi ro mis with baths. th
number of baths being another Inno
vation for liostclrlcs n Europe.
Willing Giv.r
Collector-Have you anything to
give us that would do for home for
aged females)
"Yes, take my mother In law. -Ilerlln
Lustlgo Illaetter.
Passive
"Why don't you look for a Job,
huh?"
"Several of my friends are looking
for a Job for me."
Nothing la terrible, except fear U
aelf. Ilacon.
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SJOOT UP
Strengthened by Lydla E
Pinkham'a Vegetable
Compound
Rf TVml Minn "T t. 1..
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tired when I got tip in tho morning as
wnen l went to
bed. I hod faint
ing spells and pal
)iUtion.Of coureo
it was my age. I
read a Lydia E.
l'inliham booklet
and etarted tak
ing tha Vptrctnlilft
Compound three
uincs a day. i am
now a well woman.
Three nf mv
neighbors know
what it did for me. so they are taking it
too. I will write to any woman if Lydia
L. rinkham'a Vegetable Compound
will help her as it did me. I feel like a
yowii-- woman now ami i thank y
Mrh. II. C. Henri, 280 Fuller A'
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