Mosier bulletin., December 04, 1914, Image 2

BRITISH IN THE TRENCHES AT LIERRE
B erlin — The effects of the w ar on
the prices of provisions had, until late
in October, hardly made itself appar­
ent.
In the last few days, however, a
sharp general rise his set in, em brac­
ing practically ev ery thing to eat ex­
cept meats, which, owing to G erm any’s
unusually large stock of sw ine, have
risen little , and in some cases not at
all.
V egetables have practically disap­
peared from the m arket. Some lentils
are to be had, bu t only inferoir culls.
Beans are scarce and hulled peas are
not to be had.
PriceB of peas and
lentils have risen from 7 cents, the
price before the w ar, to 15 cents, and
it is predicted th a t they will shortly
cost much more. The governm ent re ­
cently confiscated all coffee held a t
H am burg by English w arehouses, but
even with this, th e supply is running
short and prices have increased m ark­
edly.
Resume of World’s Important
Events Told in Brief.
PRESIDENT NAMES
STRIKE ARBITERS
IIIIITISII WARSHIP BI.OWS
IP; 80« OK CREW PERISH
Germany has voted a w ar credit of
$1,250,000,000.
The departm ent of A griculture pre­
dicts cheaper fowls for the C hristm as
dinner tables.
Two prisoners in the ja il a t Eugene,
Or., bound and gagged the turnkey
and made th e ir escape.
Dr. H enry Van Dyke, A m erican
m inister to The N etherlands, says
peace ta lk is prem ature.
K aiser v isits his troops in E ast
Prussia, where fierce fighting w ith the
Russians is in progress.
the G ermans broke through the R us­
sian lines near Lodz, cap tu rin g 12,000
men and 25 guns.
A prom inent departm ent store owner
sees a “ rosy fu tu re ” for
N orthw est business, but adds th a t op­
tim ism is the only need.
John D. R ockefller, head of the
Standard Oil Co., has expanded to the
extent th a t the oil fields of Peru, have
been taken over by th a t company.
j in Portland
Perpetual Peace in Colorado
Mines Is Sought.
WAR AND PEACE IN CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY
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1— d & G - y
overnors
A N o v e l i z a t i o n of
Alice B r a d l e y ' s Play
% GERTRUDE STEVENSON
F re sh o ra n g e s or lemons a re ra re ly
The Suprem e court of Oregon holds
to be had, t h e r e a r e no ba nana s and
pineappleB, e x c e p t t h e canned stock, th a t if a bartender sells a m inor a
and w i t h th e e n tr a n c e of T u r k e y into drink, the proprietor is likew ise liable
th e war, t h e su pply o f d a te s and figs to prosecution.
probably will be cut off.
A dispatch from Berlin claim s th a t
Cold Btorage stocks of eggs have
been g reatly reduced, and it will be
but a short tim e before there will be
none to be had. The B erlin chamber
of commerce points to the som ewhat
surprising fact th a t G ermany produces
only 6 per cent of its egg supply, the
rem aining 95 per cent coming from
Russia, Galica, H ungary, Bulgaria,
Sheerness, Eng., via London — The Italy and Denmark.
B ritish b attleship Bulwark was de­
Potatoes have reached prices which
stroyed by a terrific explosion as she are a hardship to th e poorer classes.
*ay
here Thursday. There were
only 14 survivors from th e crew of 700 American Citizen Held
or 800 men who were aboard.
as Spylby Germans
In th e opinion of naval men it was
an internal explosion th a t put an end
New York — Edw ard B right, an
the battleship, which for 12 years American citizen, graduate of Colum­
Wilson Expresses Hope That Both to
had done service a t home and abroad bia, and form erly editor of the B aptist
Sides Will See Duty to Com­ J and lately hau been doing her part in Exam iner, is under a rrest a t G oetting­
munity and Keep Unity.
guarding E ngland’s shores. There was en, Germany, charged w ith being a
no g re a t upheaval of w ater such as Bpy, according to inform ation received
would have occurred if she had been by his w ife in th is city. Mrs. B right
got word recently th a t her husband
W ashington, D. C.— P resident W il­ ! torpedoed or struck by a mine.
Instead, the ship was enveloped in was imprisoned on O ctober 17, and,
son announced Monday th e appoint­ smoke and flame, and when this had a fte r appealing to th e S ta te d ep art­
m ent of Seth Low, of New Y ork; cleared nothing could be seen but m ent a t W ashington, she decided to
C harles W. Mills, of Philadelphia, and wreckage floating on the w ater.
m ake her inform ation public.
Houses in towns Beven and eight
Mr. B right, w ith his fam ily, had
P a tric k Gilday, of Clearfield, P a., as a
commission through which fu tu re dif- miles aw ay were shaken by the resided a t G oettingen nearly ten years,
explosion and even before men on Mrs. B rig h t said. Mrs. B rig h t with
ferences between operators and m iners j ghipg anchore(i near by coui<j reach her tw o sons, came here shortly be­
involved in the present Colorado strik e th e ir own decks, the Bulwark had dis- fore the w ar began.
H er first news
appeared.
The neighborhood was regarding her husband’s plight came
may be settled.
The compiission, officials explained, | strew n w ith an enormous amount of in a le tte r dated October 25, w ritten
was not appointed to deal w ith th e ex­ w reckage, while pieces of the ship by a maid in the B rig h ts' G oettingen
T his was confirmed by a
istin g differences which have caused were throw n six o r seven m iles onto household.
le tte r from the sam e city O ctober 30,
riotin g and bloodshed in Colorado. the Essex shore.
Hywel D avies and W. R. Fairley, I Considering «the size of her navy, by an American friend, who said her
the conciliators who have been a t­
tem p tin g to se ttle th e strik e for sev­
eral months, will continue in th e ir e f­
forts to have the operators and m iners
agree on a settlem en t of the present
strik e.
In a statem en t announcing th e ap­
pointm ent of th e
commission, the
Presid en t expressed “ the very earn est j
and sincere hope th a t th e parties may
see it not merely to th e ir own best in- j
tere st, but also a duty which they owe
to the com m unities they serve and to |
the nation itself to m ake use of this
instru m en tality of peace and render i
strik e s of the kind which has th reat- [
ened th e order and prosperity of the
g re a t S ta te of Colorado a th in g o f the
pust. ”
The P resident announced in his
statem en t th at the commission will
place itself “ a t th e service alike of the 1
m iners and the operators of the mines
of Colorado in case controversy be­
tween them should in th e future de­
velop circum stances which would ren­
der m ediation th e obvious way of
peace and ju st se ttle m e n t.”
Mr. Wilson added th a t “ merely to
w ithdraw the Federal troops and leave
the situation to se ttle itself would j
seem to me to be doing som ething less ,
than my duty a fte r all th a t has oc- i
cu rrcd .”
The original basis of agreem ent
offered by the P resident included the
French troops m ar c h in g through u valley of the cham pagne country,
establishm ent of a th ree y ears’ truce,
subject to the enforcem ent of the m in­ s h o r e th e peasants are picking th e g r a p e s for th e famous sparkling w i n *
ing and labor laws of Colorado, the
retu rn to work of m iners who had not G reat B ritain has been singularly free husband had appealed to the American
N ev­ consul and to Ambassador G erard and
been convicted o f law violations, the from d isa ste r of th is ch aracter.
prohibition of intim idation of union or ertheless when the French w arship th a t th e consul a t Hanover had prom ­
nonunion men and the appointm ent of Jen a was destroyed by an internal ex­ ised to make a tr ip to G oettingyn to
a grievance com m ittee by th e em ­ plosion in 1907 all cordite am m unition investigate. Mrs. B right notified the
ployes. It is provided th a t in cases was tHken from all th e B ritish ships S tate departm ent, which cabled to the
where the officers of th e company and and carefully exam ined. R efrig era­ consul at Hanover and received word
the grievance com m ittees could not tors w ere installed in th e ships to keep th a t Ambassador G erard had “ request­
ed an early in v estig atio n .”
settle differences, a commission of the powder cool.
The n atu re of Mr. B rig t’s alleged
The Bulw ark, which was one of the
th ree men named by the President
should step in and a ct us the final re ­ older battleships, cost E l,000,000 ( | i , - offense is not definitely known.
Mr. B right was born in Yonker,
000 , 000 ).
feree of all disputes.
He is a son
It is believed here th a t the explosion New York, 47 years ago.
of the Bulwark was caused by the fall of the late Dr. Edward B right, whom
Persians Oppose Allies.
anil b u rsting of a 12-inch lyddite shell he followed as editor of ttte B aptist
Berlin — The official news bureau
Exam iner. He gave up th is work to
in her m agazine.
says; It is reported from Constanti-
trav el and study abroad. '
nople th a t the larg er p art of N orthern
Serbs Stubbornly Resist.
Persia has been aroused to hostile ac­
Vienna, via A m sterdam and London
Rain Is Arkansas’ Hope.
tion against Russia, and th a t in South­
L ittle Rock—The g reat sm oke cloud
ern Persia the movement against G reat — An official announcem ent issued
from hundreds o f forest fires which
B ritain is increasing.
Prince Abbas here says:
and Prince Osman, relativ es of the
“ On th e Southern front the enemy lifted in L ittle Rock Thursday again
Khedive of Egypt, have been banished is offering stubborn resistance and is settled over the city, and it was im ­
by the B ritish auth o rities on the charge
possible to see more than two or three
endeavoring to delay the advance by
of engaging in an an ti-B ritish conspir­
blocks even on w ell-lighted streets.
heavy
counter
attack
s.
On
th
e
E
ast­
acy.
Seven foreigners disguised as
Reporta indicate th a t sim ilar conditions
hodjas were taken before a court m ar­ ern bank of the Kola B ara our troops prevailed all over the state. The only-
tial in Constantinople for conspiracy. again have gained.
hope of extinguishing the fires is a
"O u r troops, advancincg beyond Vat- general rain, and the w eather bureau
jevol and to the south have reached offers little hope of this.
That any
Sueden May Defy Kaiser.
the heights east of the Ljik riv e r and considerable setback w as given to the
London — T elegraphing from Copen­ the line from Suvotor to U tic e .”
fires by rains in portions of the burning
hagen, the Daily Mail correspondent
d istric t was not indicated in reports.
reports th a t G erm any’s declaration
Allies Place Xetc Orders.
m aking wood contraband of w ar has
St. Louis Bids for 1.700.000 flan­
Zeppelin Damage Denied.
caused a tremendous revulsion of fe e l­
ing in Sweden and Norway against nel arm y sh irts for the allied army
Berne, Sw itzerland, via P aris—The
Germany and ag itatio n for an under­ were subm itted by several local firms raid of French and English aviators on
standing with Russia.
Sw eden's loss to representatives of the B ritish War the Zeppelin airship factory a t Fried-
by reason of this declaration, it is e sti­ departm ent here. It is believed the richshafen caused g reat excitem ent on
mated. will am ount to $15,000,000 a contract, which is to be given early- the shores o f Lake Constance. The
year. "T h e tem per of the Sw edes,” next week, will amount to more than fliers made a trip of nearly 100 miles
A contract for 7000 sets from the French frontier. The bombs
says th e correspondent, “ is such th at $2,000,000.
$175,000
was which they dropped missed the Zeppe­
they discuss sending cargoes of wood of harness costing
i awarded to a St. Ixiuis firm by repre- lin establishm ent.
under escort of Swedish w arships.
One biplane was
\ sen tativ es o f
the allies.
Shipm ents hit by shrapnel and fell into the lake.
will begin in a few weeks. Another The av iato r was rescued w ith bullet
Croker to Wed Indian Maid.
firm annouened it had ju st shipped 43,- wounds in his head and hand
He was
New York — Ketaw Kaluntuchv,
000 suits of underw ear to A msterdam. an English lieutenant. He was taken
whose grandfather. Chief Sequoy, was
to a hospital. The others escaped.
a Cherokee w arrior and wise man, is
Kaiser's Coat is Captured.
the bride-to-be of Richard W. Croker,
Hermans Menace Siceden.
who used to be the “ big ch ie f” of
P etrograd — The Army M essenger
Tammany Hall. H er father, a Scotch­ assert« th a t among the trophies taken
!,ondon — The Daily M ail's Copen­
man, m arried Princess Sequoyah, the | by th e'R u ssian s at Czenatoehowa was hagen correspondent says Germany has
Indian c h ie f’s d aughter.
This devel­ Em peror W illiam ’s carriage, which demanded th a t th e Swedish govern­
oped Thursday when a m arriage license contained one of the em peror’s coats. m ent suppress unfriendly utterances
was issued to R ichard Welsted Croker, The M essenger also says:
against G ermany in Swedish news­
73 years old. no occupation, and Miss
"T he G ermans are m aking attack papers. It is said Germany has th re a t­
Beulah Benton Edmondson, 23 years a fte r attack in an a ttem p t to break the ened rep risals in the event of non-
old. a singer.
Ruaaian forces, but w ithout success.” compliance.
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the c alm er a nd m o te d e te rm in e d was
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Food Prices in Germany
Show Remarkable Rise
Coalition chiefs, V illa and Zapata,
are in the suburbs of Mexico City in
readiness to en ter when the conven­
tional president G utierrez, arrives.
j
An attorney of Marshfield, O r., is
disbarred three months for helping to
drive I. W. W. advocates from th a t
city, according to a Suprem e court
decision.
For th e first tim e in history the
mikado consented to J a p a n ’s g if t of
$25,000 for the establishm ent of a hos­
pital under the auspices of the E pis­
copal mission at Tokio.
The W orld’s P u rity Federation in
session a t La Crosse, W is., is m aking
preparations for the safety of girls
who attend the Panam a exposition at
San Francisco n ext year.
The governm ent assures those who
failed to secure revenue stam ps the
first day of the new w ar ta x law, th a t
there will be no prosecutions if th e ir
intentions w ere apparent.
Few saloons in Portland, O r., will
suspend business before the prohibition
am endm ent goes into effect Jan u ary 1,
1916, as a g reat m ajority have applied
for a license covering th a t period.
“ Human elem ent” is blamed for the
wreck of the steam ship H analei, which
w ent ashore on the reefs of Duxbury,
near San Francisco, N ovember 28, by
a coroner’s jury.
The ju ry fu rth er
recommends the erection of a life­
saving station a t the scene of th e dis­
aster.
A rkansas has secured a new electri­
cian who will pull the lever th a t will
put to death 10 condemned men who
were reprieved to aw ait the outcome
of the abolishm ent of capital punish­
m ent amendm ent th a t was lost in the
recent election.
The form er elec tri­
cian q u it the place because of the
gruetom eness of the job.
The Turkish embassy a t Rome says
th a t the E gyptian advance guard on
the Suez canal has deserted to the
Turks.
T hanksgiving Day found 7,000,000
starv in g Belgians in dire w ant of
bread and only half enough to appease
th eir hunger.
A young Portland stre e tc a r con­
ductor was electrocuted in a bath tub
when he reached ,up to turn off the
electric light.
A dispatch to the H avas agency
from A thens says advices received in
the G reek capital from M itylene state
th a t a Turkish m ine-layer has been to r­
pedoed and sunk in the Bosphorus.
It is said in Petrograd th a t
port published in the Bourse
th a t Russia, France and G reat
were endeavoring to secure
opening of the D ardanelles is
invention.
the re ­
G azette
B ritain j
th e re ­
a pure
Reports of a pan-Islam ic anti-B ritish
mpvemotit art} confirmed by the Russ-
kbye Slovo, of Petrograd, which says
th a t the movement had its beginning
in A fghanistan.i‘ The P orte says th at
all A rnt’s who are fit for m ilitary serv­
ice have declared th eir readiness for a
Holy war.
"T h e situation at present does not
demand legislation for the suppression
of football,” said P rem ier A squith in
the house of commons, replying to a
question as to w hether such a move
was under way.
The prem ier added
th a t negotiations w ith the football
m agnates
were
progressing from
which satisfactory results w ere ex­
pected.
D ispatches from Fetrograd state
that the German lines in Russian Po­
land have been seriously disorganized,
and that a g reat arm y is surrounded by
th e Russians.
A B ritish aviator dropped a bomb
squarely on a German am m unition
train , which blew up. The explosion
was heart! and felt many m iles along
the allies' lines.
T urkey has made a formal and sa tis­
factory explanation to th e U nited
S tates governm ent for firing on an
American launch th a t attem pted to
enter a Turkish closed harbor.
Fifteen regim ents of Russian sold­
iers. w ith 70 barge loads of am m uni­
tion, have arrived in the Servian town
of Raduievatz, to aid th at country.
A dispatch to B erlin from B em e
says reports from a reliable source
set forth that th e French losses, up to
November 1. w eie 180.000 men killed,
370.000 wounded and 167,000 missing.
General C arranza has establisned a
tem porary seat of governm ent at Vera
Cruz, from which point he will conduct
a campaign against G eneral V illa and
Zapata, who have occupied Mexico
City.
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Illustrations from Photographs o f the S tage Production
C o p jrisb t. Las li-ab U cau u n liigLus UeservoU) o j Li*vid UeUsco.
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Mary Slade.
' Dan." she be gan very gently, but
firmly, “you'r e stubborn, but you a in 't
a bit more stubborn th a n I am when
I’m right, and now I am.
"You can go ahead. Do all you like,
but th is tim e you won't conquer, be­
c ause I'm going to fight you, father.
I'm going to fight you, Dan.”
T h e n with head proudly erect, she
walked to the door, threw it open and
cried, j u s t a bit hysterically In sp its
of he r effort to keep h e r voice s t e a d y :
"R o b e rt!
You can ta k e me home
now, p le a s e ! " She t u r n e d back just
once to the m an gazing moodily into
th e fire.
‘T i n goin’ to fight yer, D a n ! "
our house r ight off?’’ Mary asked, as
if the idea of a ctu al leaving had j u s t
D a n i e l Slad"». s u d d e n l y a d v a n c e s f r o m a occurred to her.
C H A P T E R IX .
penniless m in e r to a m illionaire,
l i e Is
" O h ! ” Slade hesitated. T h e details
u in ljiticu s to b e c o m e g o v e r n o r of tb e
“ But
s t a t e . I l i a s i m p l e , h o m e - l o v i n g w i f e f a i l s did seem r a t h e r cold-blooded.
T h irty y e a r s of one way of living
to rise to t h e n e w co n d itio n s. S la d e m e e ts
It'll be b e tt e r when It’s all s e ttle d — ’’
K a th e r i n e , d a u g h t e r of S e n a t o r S t r i c k ­
be comes a h a b it—so much so t h a t it
"All
rig
h
t.”
M
a
ry’s
voice
was
pa­
l a n d . a n d s e e s in h e r a l l t h a t Mary is
n ot . H e s e p a r a t e s f r o m h i s w i f e a n d t a k e s tie n t and colorless.
“I'd like to feel i is a lm o st a hu m an impossibility to
r o o m s a t his club.
E ditor M erritt, w ho
I
was
goin'
w
here
you
w a nted me to a d ju s t oneself to any o th e r mode of
h a s b e e n a t t a c k i n g S l a d e , is w o n o v e r to
go—
w
h
e
r
e
v
e
r
’tis—an
d
—doin’ w h a t life. M ary Slade, living y e a r a f te r
th e la tte r 's su p p o rt b ec au se he c a n n o t
ye ar with Dan Slade, i n te r e s te d in his
o t h e r w i s e s u p p l y t h e m o n e y d e m a n d e d f o r ye r w a nted me to— ”
a E u r o p e a n t r i p fo r M rs. M e r r itt. K a t h ­
work, w a tching him rise a n d succeed,
“T h a n k you, Mary,” and the surfa ce
e r i n e a g r e e s t o m a r r y Slad>- w h e n h e Is
, had come to t h in k of the m an as only
f r e e . B o b H a y e s , in l o v e w i t h K a t h e r i n e ,
politeness seem ed Btraugely o u t of
h a s a sto rm y session w ith h e r over her
a n o th e r p a r t of herself. W ith him
place from th is m an who was tu r n in g
a f f a i r w ith Slade. M a ry , a n x i o u s to m a k e
It u p w i t h S l a d e , a p p e a r s a t S t r i c k l a n d ’s the wife of his youth adrift.
"Of out of h e r life she felt as if a p a r t
of h e r own body had vanished w ith ­
house
during
a
p olitic al
conference.
c ourse i t ’ll be a r ra n g e d t h a t you ge t
S l a d e i n f o r m s h e r t h a t s e p a r a t i o n Is fin al .
out w hich sh e was r e stle ss and ill a t
th e b e st of t h e divorce. I’ll a tt e n d to
ease.
that.
You
sim
ply
leave
it
to
me—
”
C H A P T E R VIII—Continued.
As s h e s a t in th e little old cottage
"A divorce,” in te r r u p te d Mary. H e r
eyes widened with a m a ze m ent, and where with Dan she s t a r te d out on
Slade nervously a ssu re d himself
sh e cam e up to him, h e r mouth open m a rrie d life, sh e ex p erien ced a feel­
th a t all the doors were tightly closed.
ing of d e ta c h m e n t a s if e ith e r thi3
with surprise . "A divorce?"
He su ppre ssed the twinge of sha m e
"A divorce —why, ves—a se p a ra tio n w ere n o t th e rig h t place, b ut Borne
for his ste a lth y action by a ssuring
s o r t of in fe rio r su b s titu te , o r a s though
—w h a t's the difference?” Slade was
him self t h a t it was n o t fe a r—simply
stooping now to de ceive th e little the re a l and vita l p a r t of herself w ere
business caution.
To his cowardly
woman, who was h e rself th e soul of a b se n t.
w re nching of his wife's h e a r t he gave
T h e room was j u s t th e s a m e a s It
t r u t h and honor.
no th o u g h t a t all. It was a move In
was the day she a n d Dan had w alked
" W h a t ? ” th e woman gasped.
the ga me. He m ade It as dispassion­
"A se p a ra tio n is th e sa m e th in g as out of it to t a k e up th e i r new life in
ately as one moves a c h e s sm a n on
the ha n d so m e m ansion in town. Not
a divorce,” and he lied sham efully.
the board. Mary was looking a t him
a thing had been change d or disturbed.
“ Is it? ”
w ith a new light in h e r brown eyes
“It will be done quietly,” he went T h e sam e c rooked ha tra c k , with h e r
as he t u r n e d to h e r again. She spoke on.
old k n itte d shaw l dangling on one
again.
“Why, Dan S l a d e ! ” She could not hook, hung behin d the door. T h e sa m e
"It was all rig h t until you m ade
believe h e r ears. "Give up your na m e ? well-worn tidies w ere carefully pinned
th a t lucky deal. Dan. with the money
on the plush-upholstered chairs. T h e
Why, you m ig h t as well a s k me to
sa m e c h e a p little o rn a m e n ts t h a t so
I help ed you to m ake and you pulled
give u p my eyes. I’ve got it now —
delighted M ary's simple h e a r t in the
me o u t from behin d m y stove and
you’re looking for a younger.
You
old^ days still c lu ttere d the m autel.
tried to m a k e me a p a r lo r o rnam ent.
T he sa m e near-c rystal crow ded the
I’d hate to th in k w h e r e you’d a been
sideboard. T h e tablecloth r e m a in e d
today, If ye r had. F ive ye ars ago you
laid from m eal to m eal a f te r th e t im e ­
took all t h e w ork I loved to do out of
sa v in g c ustom of middle-class fam i­
my h a n d s and now you’re punishing
lies.
me because I did w o rk .”
E v e r y th in g w as the sa m e but th e
"No, I’m not,” Slade rem onstra te d,
a tm o s p h e r e of c o n te n t m e n t th a t once
moved In spite of him self by her
filled the room ; e v e r y th in g th e sa m e
sim ple, elo quent a rgum ent.
but M ary's ha p p in e ss in h e r h u sb a n d 's
"YeB, yuh are, Dan, you’re ju s t as
love. O utside the window th e rose
good as whipping me for layin' up
bush Dan had help ed h e r to plan t still
the foundation of every dollar you've
nodded and blossom ed in the su n s h in e
got and he re I am a t m y age, sitting
t h a t poured in a flood of golden joy
In idleness in a g r e a t big b a r n of a
th r o u g h the w indows of th e sh a b b y
house with m y job gone," she finished
room and e m phasized all the worn
pathetically.
places in the c o m fortable old c h a ir
"W ell, t h a t ’s life," declared Slade
w here evening a f te r evening Dan
unfeelingly.
Slade had s a t r e a d in g his n e w s p a p e r
"T h en i t ’s a p re tty poor thing," and
a n d d re a m in g of the g r e a t fu tu re he
sh e shook h e r head sadly. No, it a i n ’t
was confident th e f a te s held in sto re
life. It shou ld n 't be. T h e r e ’s som e ­
for him.
th in g wrong In a m an's getting so
In spite of he r se lf M a ry ’s th o u g h ts
f a r up he c a n 't live with the wife he
w ere of h e r h u sb a n d —th e first b itte r
m a rrie d because she cooked and
t h o u g h ts she had e v e r harb o re d
worked Instead of playing. It a in't
a g a i n s t the m an. She t u rn ed sick a t
Ju s t! "
h e a r t a t the th o u g h t of it. Dan and
"Oh, w ha t's the use, M ary?” Slade
he r se lf e stran g e d , hopelessly a t odds,
sighed wearily, as though he, and
fighting each o t h e r in the divorce
not she, were the injured one.
court, fighting even ove r the posses­
"Dan," M ary lowered h e r voice and
sion of the little c o tta g e t h a t had
looked a t him earne stly. "If I b r ought
s h a r e d In th e first happy flush of t h e i r
up a girl today and we w ere poor,
youthful love and happiness. This, the
would you advise me to say, ’T ake
only place w he re sh e could find peace
piano lessons, learn languages, keep
in h e r loneliness, Dan was try in g to
up to th e times, n e v e r mind doing
j w re st from her. It was too n e a r to
your s h a r e or being e conom ical?’ ’’
town, too n e a r to th e scene of his
"I'm not going to a r g u e ,” Slade re­
i new activities, he had se n t word to
plied loftily.
1 her. She m u st va cate. She m u s t go
"Yuh c a n ’t, Dan,” declared Mary
so fa r a w ay t h a t his charge of "d e ­
with conviction. " T h e r e a in ’t no a r ­
s e r t io n " would s t a n d fire in a court
gum ent. It's one-sided. Suppose I'd
“ I W ill H ave It,” Stormed Slade.
of law.
changed and you’d sta yed the same,
F a c e to face with the fact t h a t Dan
w h a t would all your friends say?
’Poor Slade, his wife's c raz y—o r b a d — c a n ’t have a divorce, D a n ! " All he r was try in g to drive h e r even from this
probably bad.’ No, y e r c an 't get me te a r s were dry now and a new fiber shelter, trying to drive h e r out into
in h e r voice.
a s tr a n g e and alien world, of which
to see I t ! ”
"I will h a v e It.” sto r m e d Slade, e n ­ sh e knew n o thing and which knew
"W ell, w h e t h e r you se e It or not,
raged b ecause h e r mood had c hanged nothing of her, Mary could sc arcely
th a t 's Just w he re we stand.
You'd
a t t h e word “ divorce,” ju s t when he believe t h a t Dan was so c h a n g e d —
b e tte r let me call R o b e rt to ta k e you
had been c o n g r a tu la tin g himself t h a t t h a t even now he would be willing to
home."
the difficulty was ail nicely adjusted. s n a tc h aw ay from h e r the place which
"W alt, Dan,” she pleaded.
"Will
" T h a t ’s all t h e r e is to it. I will have held th e m em ory of h a p p ie r days.
you see me again a t home, if I go
it.”
She had not seen h e r h usba nd since
n ow ? ”
"A n ything else, Dan. Anything else t h e n ig h t in S e n a to r Strickland's
T h e r e w a s a tense pause. Slade did
—not a divorce. You m u s tn 't a s k me library, when the awful knowledge had
not reply.
to t a k e the n a m e I've c a r r ie d all these been forced hom e to her t h a t he not
"I see, I see.” She dropped wearily
y e a r s and th ro w it away. I'm giving only w anted a p e r m a n e n t separation,
Into a c h air and suddenly th e t e a r s
in, but leave my na me. I’m givin' hut insisted on ha v in g an absolute di­
sta rte d in h e r eyes.
up e v e r y th in g else.”
vorce. Over and ove r again a thought
"Please, Mary, r e m e m b e r w here you
“Y'ou m ight as well stop! ' he w arned cam e into the wom an's mind. It was
are." Slade was a trifle less cold.
h e r threa te ningly.
“ Y'ou’re going intuitive, instin ctiv e.
T ry as she
“I ’ll let you know iny plans. All you
now, to nig ht, the first tr a in E a s t to- m ig h t to silence It. sh e could not put
have to do is to abide by them . You
m orio w . Go whore you like, see what it out of h e r thoughts. It w as th at
say you'll do a n y th in g for me, t h a t 's
you like, do w h a t you like, spend what e v er-re cu rre n t feeling t h a t another
all I a s k you to do, abid e by my plans.
you like. To w hat you have I'll add wom an had e n te r e d D a n’s mind and
I wish you m uch happiness, th e best
a million more, but I’m going to have he art. Again and again she pushed
of e verything, a life be yond a n y th in g
this done in m y ow n way.”
it from her, but a lw ays and ever the
you e ver h a d ,” and he was rapidly
“Oh, D a n ! ” she s h r a n k from his i obsessio n clung to h e r like a black
bein g c arried away by his ow n m a g ­
w rath. “I’m going hom e.”
I shadow th a t h a u n te d h e r d uring the
nanim ity. "I shall a lw ays th in k of
“No, you'r e not, until this thin g is day and p e rsisted even in h e r dream s
you with th e g r e a te s t affection," he
settled. My m ind's made up. I don't a t night.
concluded, tak in g on a patronizing a ir
w a n t to q u a r re l with you. a n d I should
From the kitc he n cam e the voice of
and trying to m ak e himself believe
if you fought me."
h e r maid-of-all-work singing an old-
hts own e m pty se ntim e nts. His self­
“I w on't let you. Y’ou c an 't do it." | fashioned tune.
e steem had been severely torn in the
”1 c an 't do it, e h ? ” T he word c a n ’t
It was one t h a t in her young days
last few m o m e n ts of his wife's talk.
was like a red r a g to a bull. He stood Dan had loved to h e a r her sing—one
He had a lm o st c aught a glim pse of
ov e r h e r with dark en in g face and whose sw e e t melody and melancholy
him self as he really was, but he was |
sh a k in g fist. "Don't you know b e tt e r se n t im e n t he had loved in the days
regaining w h a t he w as please d to con- 1
| t h a n to stand t h e r e and tell me t h a t ? before his h e a r t had become hard and
sid e r control of himself.
Have I got to h e a r It from you?
"Well, you've conquered.”
Mary i H a v e n 't you se e n what happened to his mind inte nse on th e cold, hard
dabbed h e r eyes and nose a nd tried j m an, woman a nd child, all of 'em, who | problem s of finances and political ad­
to m u s t e r up sufficient c ourage to | I e ver told me t h a t to my face? I ’ll vancem ent. It was the song In which
‘ all lovers from the beginning to the
m ee t the situation. "I give In. I ’ll | do it! I'll do it now, by G od!" a nd he
, end of tim e find a responsive note:
abide by your plans. W h a t e v e r you stro d e angrily up and down th e room.
Nita, Ju a n ita , be my own fair bride.”
w ant m e to do," h e r voice broke into i T he a n g r ie r he r h usba nd became.
(TO B E C O N T I N f E D . )
a sob, "tell R obert—I ’ll do It.” T he j
te a r s continued to fall In spite of |
her. H e r h e a r t was b re aking
Her
shoulders drooped pitifully, ye t she
felt a c ertain sad Joy lu acceding to ,
his wishes. T h e r e was a kind of hap-
piness in sacrificing he rself to please ]
him.
She began to pull h e r gloves Je rk­
ily, clumsily, finding som e relief In
havin g so m e th in g to do.
She was EFFECT OF LONG ASSOCIATION an s e r v a n t for m ore t h a n 40 years.
In both c ases th e s e r v a n t s have be­
struggling h a r d not to bre ak d o w n —
not to cling wildly to him and heg Marked ra c ia l and Other Resem­ com e so like tb*>ir m is tr e ss e s t h a t
they a re often m is ta k e n for them , and
him not to give he r up.
blances Noticed Among These Who
th e ir cases have a tt r a c t e d a tte n tio n
She ste ad ied herself finally.
Have Been Together Y e srs
f a r and near. T h e i r voices over the
"Well, Dan. th e re 's one thin g
That persons who live t o g e th e r for tele p h o n e a r e so alike th a t friends
you've got to be careful of—now th at
I won't be round to hold you b a ck — a very long period not only acquire t h e of th e women h a v e given up th is
now th a t I w on’t be with you any same m a n n e r is m s but grow a strong m ethod of com m unication.
more." he r voice quavering. “I’m the facial resem blanc e Is an established
T he Recessional.
fact.
But it is little known t h a t the
only one who tells you all the tr u th
It may be recalled t h a t Rudyard
sam e condition often e x ists among
E veryone else is afraid of you.
"D on’t let them flatter you," she m is tre ss and se r v a n t being associated Kipling s poem, “T h e R e ce ssiona l”
said, with m ore m a te rn a l than wifely t o g e th e r for a long period of yeara. ( " L e s t W e F o r g e t " ) was n e v e r copy­
solieltude. "They can. I found that T h e r e is usually a stro n g desire on the righted, but was a gift to B ritain, th e
out
Father!
You're an awful fool p a rt of most s e r v a n ts to ape their e m p ire and the world. It was pub­
with your money You ne v er had but m is tresses, and this, added to th e fact lished In th e L ondon Tim es a t th e d ia ­
ona real friend
T h a t's me
You'll of c o n stan t n e arn e ss, often extends mond jubilee and a check for $500
was se n t In p a y m e n t T his check he
to facial resem blances
find It out."
T h e r e a re In a small town In New re tu r n e d , sa ying h e would accept
’T i l look out. Slade promised, and
th ere was a note of retief in h i t tone York sta te two unusual Insta nce s of n o th in g for his poem, which he dedi­
at her c h an g e of a ttitu de.
this kind. T w o w i d o w s live there , each c ated to th e nation, so t h a t It ie open
"Do you want me to go away from of whom h a s been a tte nded by a wom­ (or all the world to print and to usa
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