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J JUST GOSSIP
First Meeting of Junior
Cotillon Will Take
Place Tonight in the
Bellevue-Stratford
Nancy Wynne Deplores
Rudeness of Male
Members of the
Younger Set
Photos by Gray
iMISS HELEN B. MOORE
Miss Moore, who is tho daughter
of Dr. niul Mrs. George Cameron,
of Germnntown. will ho one of the
aids nt the Cafe Chantnnt this
evening nt Manheim.
TONIGHT will rce the first Junior danco,
which will bo held In the ltoso Gar.
(Jens of tho Bellevuo Stratford, nnd second
In lmportnnco to tho Assemblies. Tho
Monday Evening Junior Cotillons may bo
said to bo In a. way n continuation of tlio
old Monday Evening Dancing Class,
which was started a number of decades
go and which was tho Out rlass for
debutantes nnd older people. Those of
elder Generations will remember when
Mr. William White, known ns "Dancing
Willlo White." conducted this class at tho
old Natatorlum Hall, nnd Sirs. Thomas
Bcott and Mrs. Georgo Bolter wero other
leaders of tho Monday Evening. In later
years Mrs. Frederick Thurston Mason
conductcd'tho class in Horticultural Hall;
but two winters ago Mrs. Mason, being in
deep mourning, tho old class was allowed
to "pass away," so to speak. From Its
ashes, however, aroso the Junior Cotillons,
with flvo or six patronesses conducting
them, and now this season, a period of
two years of mourning having passed,
Mrs. Mason's name is among tho chap
trons; so, though tho list Is not tho samo
la the former Monday Evening and It Is
no longer ns dldlcult to enter ns tho As
eimbly (which was Mrs. Mason's criterion
for tho admission or rejection of mem
bers) when tho Monday Evening stood
next In Importance, wo may consider tho
Junior Cotillon as a sort of continuation.
Whatever It Is, It is n good deal of fun
and every ono Is anxious for an Invita
tion. Mrs. Harry Godey will entertain at
dinner for her great-niece, Elizabeth Mi
Michael, tonight beforo tho dance, and
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Hutchinson will also
entertain.
SPEAKING of dances. It is to bo hoped
that tho male members of tho Monday
Evening behavo moro politely than tlioso
of a younger generation do at their
classes. I have been told by several Irato
mothers that tho boys aro so ill-bred it Is
perfectly scandalous at tho various
dances nnd classes given for tho school
sets. They como upstairs nnd super
ciliously "look tho girls over," then danco
one or two turns with one or two spu
daily favored damsels; then they calmly
descend to tho smoking room and stay
there for tho remainder of the evening.
In ono dancing class whero tho girls
outnumber tho boys this behavior is dis
astrous. I heard only recently that tho
mother of ono very attractive girl had
taken the list of a certain dancing class
and Invited all tho members to u danco
for her daughter on n night before ono
of the meetings. All tho boys invited at
tended the dance nnd, would you bellovo
It, the very next night this same pretty
and attractUo girl was forced to tako
refuge in the dressing room because she
had neither supper nor cotillon partner!
Of course, the girls who have brothers
are usually looked after, but If they have
not they aro apt to faro very badly. It Is
outrageous to think that boys who have
been carefully brought up and taught the
principles of good manners should daro
to behave in this manner; but facts are
fqcts,
TOE muchtalkedof Cafe Chantnnt will
x be held tonight In the ballroom of the
Germantown Cricket Club for the ben
fit of the Germantown branch of the
Army and Navy Itellef Fund. Members
Pf the Plays and Players will glvo a de
lightful sketch, entitled "Babbette," and
there will also be esthetio dancing, sing
ing by members of the Orpheus Club and
delightful Indian stories and songs by
Mrs. Sam Woodward. Patronesses of the
Jflalr includo Mrs. Henry Brlnton Coxe,
Mrs. J, Gardner Cassatt, Mr3. Clarence
U- Clark, Mrs. George Dallas Dixon, Mrs.
James I-arge, Mrs. Alexander Wlster,
' "re. William Byrd Page and Mrs. Francis
Howard Williams, the latter of whom is
chafrman of the branch.
NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
Th marriage of Miss Ethel A. Shletds,
ugnur of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shields, of
,i mS Uawr- anl Harry Darlington, Jr., son
m .," Harry Darlington, of Pittsburgh,
wm take place January 31 at 6 o'clock at
" tome of Mr and Mrs. Shields, Mlu
jw U. Shields will be maid of honor for
Sin fUter' and I'"' MIm Anita Shields
w"l be flower clrl.
.
the theatre party, which Mr. and Mrs. I
"" tt, veraer are giving this eveninr
I ft jEy
fe ' s , - - y
I v ' - -
H ! d&&
ABOUT PEOPLE
SS& '
MISS MARTHA HENDERSON
Miss Henderson (on tho left) 13
tho daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Wal
ter G. Henderson, of Germantown.
She will tnkc part in the bcncllt to
bo given tonight for the Army nnd
Navy Relief at the Gctmsuitown
Cricket Club.
In honor of Miss Ellnnor Longstreth, tho
debutante daughter of Mr. Charles l,ong
strcth, tho other guests will lie Miss Mildred
Shcppard. Miss Carolyn .sbopp:ird. Miss
Isnhcl Wnnamnkcr, Miss Mnrv Brekner, nf
New York; Miss Dorothy Shaw, of New
York; Miss Eleanor Hampton Vomer, Mr
Edward 11. Morris, Mr. Edward Casnnrd,
Mr. Hoibert Casey, Mr. llilco Bly-tin. Mr
Charles IJalrri, Mr. I-'rrdorlek I Freeman
rnd Mr. C.-uerly Newlln. After the theatre
tho party will go to tho Bellovuo-Strntford
for supper.
Mrs. Alhln Evanson. of 1R32 Pine street,
has issued cards for a dinner on January
27 to prccedo the regular club danco at
tho Philadelphia Cricket Club.
Mi". William Coleman rroeman hns re
turned to her home, 231 South Twenty
sotond street, from n brief trip to Cali
fornia. Mrs. Itussell Thayer, nf Chestnut Hill,
hns been the guest of Mrs. William I.hitou
I.nmlrt'th at her home, l'Oli Itlttcnhouse
fctrcet.
Mrs. Floyd White, who lias been spend
ing several months with her con-ln-law nnd
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Starr, at their
homo on Church road. Wyncole, hns left
f.r Atlantic City, whero shn will npend
several weeks at tho Marlborough-Ulen-hclm.
Miss Nina I.en. of 2000 Walnut street,
and Miss Geneva Fcblgcr havo left for
Atlantic City, whero they will spend somo
tlmo at tho Mnrlbornugh-BIenholm.
Mr. nnd Mrs. E. Hlttenhauso Miller, of
Enst Mount Airy avenue. Mount Airy, en
tcrtnlned at dinner Saturday night at tho
Philadelphia Cricket Club. Their guests
Included Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brush, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Ilcrnnrdo.da 11. Stokes, Dr. and
Mrs. Frank Thomas and Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Woodward.
Mr Kenneth MacDonald Cocking, of Ja
malra, B. W. !., Is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Kent, nt Bosenwnt. Tho wedding ot
Mrs. Kent's slater, Miss Natalie. Lucas, and
Mr. Cocking will bo an ovent of tho early
spring.
Mr. Henry Drinker Biley. of Strafford,
hns gono on a gunning trip to South Caro
lina. At tho small nnd informal dinner which
Mr. nnd Mrs. Calvin M. Smyth will glvo on
Saturday night at their home. West Walnut
lane, Germantown, In honor of their two
sous, Mr. Francis Smyth and Mr. Harry
Smith, tho other gueat will Includo Miss
Cop) right, IJf rubllahins Company.
"L'ENFANT PRODIGUE"
"Nurse, here's a recommendation
and two weeks' notice. I've decided
to he a self-made man."
Mnrgaretta Shipley, Miss Elizabeth Tcarson.
Miss Judell I lout ton, Mlsa Catharine Mo
Henry, Mr. David Beard and Mr, Milton
Barba.
Miss Miriam Megargee. whoso marriage
to Mr. Georgo Brown will take place on
Thursday, January 25, In St. Luke's Prot
estant Episcopal Church, Germantown, will
have a number of entertainments given In
her honor. Mls3 Mildred Jack, of 1533 I.o
cust street, will entertain at bridge on Sat
urday of this week, and on Janunry !! Mrs.
John A. S. Brown, of 1521 North Seventeenth
street, will glvo a luncheon and bridge In
honor of Miss Megargee. Mrs. Herbert M.
Tilden, of tho WisEahirkon Apartments, has
arranged a buffet supper In honor of tho
bride and bridegroom-elect and their cntlro
bridal party on Wednesday night, January
24, nfter tho rehearsal. Invitations for n
reception following tho ceremony at Man
helm have been Issued by Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Tunnell.
Mrs. John C. Flack, 3trs. Harry Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Seymour, of Pittsburgh,
and Mrs. Laurens McClure, of Boston, are
tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin P. Bates,
of St. Davids. They came on to attend
the wedding of Miss Helen Bates and Lieu
tenant John A. Balrd, U. 3. A., which took
place last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence T. Paul, of Gray
Gables, Villanova, who are spending the
winter at the Bellevue-Stratford, will leao
for California February 1, to spend the
remainder of the winter.
Mrs. V. Barklla Henry, of Pine Cottage,
Jtofcemont, who has been spending a few
days In town, returned last week to Palm
Beach, Fla., where Mr. Henry Is recuper
ating from his recent illness. Her children.
Mlsa Gertrude C,onaway and Master John
b. uonaway, jr., nuiu returned iu school
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bullitt, Jr.. are
occupying Mrs. George Q. Horultz's house
at Strafford for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Wllllim A. Weber, or Bryn
Mawr, orp spending somo tlmo In Wh-
Incton, wntre Mr. ueoera motntr, mis.
WkMmk
EVENING MDGEK--PmLADELPJIIA, MONDAY. JANUARY &
I.icber, wife of General O. Norman Lleber,
Is seriously HI.
Mr nnd Mrs. W. Clarke Grleb. of St
Davids, aro receiving congratulations on
the birth of a eon. Mrs. Orleb will bo re
membered ns Mlsa Marlon Shoemaker,
daughter ot Dr. nnd Mrs. Georgo Eroty
Shoemaker,
Mr nnd Mrs. ttollln It. Wilbur, of Old I
Stun Houe, St. Davids, aro visiting '
friends In Pittsburgh, Pa. i
Mr nnd Mrs Wllllnln T. Hunter and I
their family, of Devon, have teturned from ,
New York, whefo they spoilt tho holidays
Mr nnd Mrs. ,t. S. C. Itarvoy, nf Bad- I
nor, will leave about February 1, to spend
a month In the South.
Miss FrnttM") Mr.irs, daughter of Mr and
Mrs Edwnrd It. MrnfB, of 1813 Do l.nnrrv
place, left this week for New York, win r.i I
sho was tho guest of Miss Mnry oVtrnng.-r i
for several dayi before Waving for Boston i
Mass.. whero sho will spend somo time .is I
tho guest of Miss Chnrlotto Bmytbe Be- '
fore, roturnlng homo. Miss Menrs will nl.. ,
be the guest for several days of Miss Itc
becca Pickering nt Salem. Mass.
A pretty honin wedding took place ir
terdny nt 0 o'eWk, when MIm Bessie llm .
boenmn the bride of Mr. Joiteph ,T. Smlih
The ceremony w-ns followed by a rerrpti, n
nnd dinner. The house wns benutlfull-. d
I mated with palms and llowers. Tho younc
pimple lcrt ror n weiMlng trip, ami wm
at home nfter February 1.
NEGRO SCHOOL ASKS All) ;
Slater Institution Handicapped fori
Lack of Funds
Development of the Slater Industrial
School for Colored People, at Winston
Snleni, N. C. has reached bucIi ii point that
more tlinii 1000 negroes nro recelxlng In.
st ruction In trades nnd other Industrial oc
cupations. Bated on a liar with Tnskegee and Hamp
ton, the Inlltieiiee of the school reaches
through a largn part of the South not
tupped by the other two Institutions, Lack
of nivoinmodatlolis, however, hns made Im
perative tho erection nf new buildings,
thousands r,f negro ihlldrcn being turned
nw.iv In'it year. Tie it hoot was aided by
a $ I. ",n(in appropriation from the Slato. but
this Is rvhnusted- nnd It Is necessary to
raise more fundi. The Stnla has orfcrod
Sl.'Oftrt provided the school can get to
gether nn eininl amount Townspeople linvo
offered to build the new buildings free so
thr.t the $:i,000 enn be put into materials.
One dollar contributions are asked. They
should be mailed to William A. Blair, treas
urer of the school and lei president of tho
People's National Bank of Wlnston-Salum.
What" s Doing Tonight
Otv HuHimtXfl flub nnmial dinner, AtlMphtn
Tcni writ tli (nl rolfbrntea "Jackson l.i"
2i!7 Hon th Hroml utr t.
Now York Hmphony Orchestra. Acailctti)r of
3VnnvlnnK I.llirnry Club meutlnr. Wlilo
nir Krto hlhrnrv,
riiratiT Anu Imnrovcmejit Ainflattont
Cir.rt t'hrntcr nvinu.
tnoUkcfpors' lenMlclal Aisociatlon, 102 Arch
alr-et.
FlrH N"nr Jrnjal-m Socletr, Twenty-second
and Arch streets
Hamilton Club, 2 IS South Torty-flrst street.
Womnn'a Army nml Naw Hellef Associa
tion. Uermantown Crlcht sClub.
Lecture. "Studle-i of AVIM ninl I.lf." hy Dr.
"VVitniiT Stono, Academy of Natural Pdnncfs
Pouth I'hlladelphlA nmlneii Men's Associa
tion. J 1 road nnd I-Vdcrnl Htrts.
Ejlnterhood of Kencsrth Irirael. Alumni Uulhl
lnir. Farmer Smith's
Column
KKKI fiOINC.
JIv Dear Chlldien When you feel ns
though you could not go ono step farther
along tho pathway of life
Keep going!
When school seems hard and your lessons
try you so that you begin to wish there wero
no such things as lessons
Keep going!
Sometimes thero Is discord nt home,
whero them should be harmony, nnd you
wonder what it Is all about
Keep going!
Thero Is nn end to eveiy road and no
road Is oor STB.UIJHT, for It must turn
somewhere and gio you a new view to
look upon
KKKI' GOING!
Kvery hilt has nnother side, and If you
nro climbing NOW you will soon bo going
down hill
Keep going'
If tho burden you nro carrying seems
harder than you c.in bear, remember that
tlw farther you go tho shorter tho dlstanco
(u wherrf you arc going
Keep going!
Nothing stntuls still that does not decay
ami become useless; oerything must move;
i he Hnv lcacs. the brook, tho great river
n'ld the hugo ocean must all KI3fc.I' GOING.
And mi must you.
I.oUngly,
l-'ABMKIl SJUTir, Children's Kdltor.
HILLY HUMPUS HAS A MISHAP
Hy Farmer Smith
"Ha. ha. ha!"
Billy Buinpus sat by tho firelight laugh
ing softly to himself.
"He, bo. ho!"
Mrs. Bumpus stopped brushing tho crumbs
from tho dining room table and looked nt
her husband.
"Why bo stingy with your laughs?" sho
nsked.
"You can laugh to yourself and you can
cry to yourself and "
"Yes, hut why not spread your laughs
around a little don't bo so 'piggy.'"
"I wonder If you have a paper bag?"
Billy got up nnd began to look In tho
kitchen cabinet, mussing up everything as
ho went along.
"Just llko a man"' exclaimed Mrs. Bum
pus, as sho went to the cabinet nnd pulled
out a lot of paper bags. "I wonder why
men can never find anything."
"Because they havo whes to look for
things not all of them, but I want to keep
you busy, for when you are busy you aro
out or mischief."
"WHAT!" Mrs. Bumpus dropped tho
rest of tho bags In her excitement.
There, dearie thank you for the bag"
Billy took the biggest one and went out
the door. Ho was gone until almost dinner
time and when ha came homo ho was laugh
ing so ho could hardly talk.
When Billy stopped laughing, Ills wife
Inquired:
"What Is the matter with your eye?"
"You know the paper bag you gave me?
Well, I took It up to Mister Elephant's
house and bo was Just sitting down to
lunch. When hf wasn't looking I blew up
tha bag and tied it tight and when ho sat
down oh, wide. It was SO funny. Just be
fore he sat down I put the bag under him
and
"BANG I
"I wish you could have been there to see
tho big fellow sit on that tiny bag. He
Jumped up almost to the celling and "
"Hut what about our eye?"
"One of the pieces of paper hit me In the
eye aa I went out the door and "
"It serves you right! When you try to
hurt others It Is bound to hurt you."
And with that Mrs. Bumpus went to ret
the hot-water bag to put on Billy's eye.
After Billy's head was all wrapped. In a
blanket, Nannie Goat came home from
school and found her father all bundled up.
"What's the matter. Daddy?" asked
Nannie.
"A paper bag exploded and some of the
wind hit me In t'.io eye." said Billy Bumpus.
"Well, you have time to tell me a story."
"Sure enough," replied ber father, as he
Started the story.
HINTS ON
J iferv Mw yS 7" "''ISP 5&ir) (it "$
i otnrl'iiit I.ifo Piit.ii 0 inp i . u iunv. r;. printr.i . Mprrli! nrrnntrement.
How society iniBlit raise money for "propnrcdnoss," "charity" or
other whims.
BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "Tho Vncnnt World")
Hy GKOKGI2 ALLAN ENGLAND
I'orwiaM, Din, I'll 1'rnnfc ,1. .Vnnsrj; Comrmiiu
('ll.ll'i;ii .WMI (Continued)
FOB more than an hour he pondered the
question, now ii.ddiig a itietnn of the
patriarch who seemed torn between desire
to hao tho wonder-thing brought up and
fear lest ho should losa tho strangers
now designing grapples, now formulating
a dcflnlto line of procedure
At last, all things settled In his mind, ho
hado tho old man get for him ten strong
ropes, mch as tho Urgent nets were inndo
of. Tlicso ropes, w hleh ho had already seen
colled In huge masses along tho wall at the
northern end of tho lllge, whero thev wero
twisted of the tough weed-fiber. ncraged
nil of HflO feet In length. When tho patriarch
had gone to seo about having them brouuht
to tho hut. ho himself went across the plaza,
with Beatrlco, to tho communal mnlthy.
Thero ho npproprlatcd a forgo, hammers
and a quantity of Iron bars, and energet
ically set to work fashioning a hugo three
pronged hook.
"Now," said ho to Beatrlco. as ho sur
veyed tho finished product, wiillo all about
them the InqulHltlvo yet silent Kolk watched
them by tho unsteady light, "now I guess
wo'ro lendy to get down to something prac
tical. Just as soon an this Infernal rain
lets up a bit we'll go angling for tho biggest
llsh that ocr came out of this i-ea ! '
But tho storm was cry far from being nt
nn end Tho patriarch told Stem, when ha
brought tho grapple to tho hut followed
by a silent, all-observant crowd that some
times these torrential downpouis lasted fioin
of tho far-degenerated speech that onco had
been English but wns now a gr.iniinarless
and forinlesj juinblo of strange wordi
Tho entire construction wim altered; tho
langungo now buro no more rescmhlaiuo to
Eugllsli than English had boruo to I In; imjmi
Itlve Indo-Gerinnnlo of tho Arynn fore
fathers. .Now that writing had hern Inst,
nothing retarded changes; and Stern n-.tl-Ized
that here wero liu a trained plillnlo
glst lay a task tnconip.ualily Inteiestlng
and difllcult, to learn this Merucnau speech
and traco Its duvelopment from his own
tongue.
Ills nttemptH to learn nnd to talk with
these peoplo by pointing nt obJectH nnd lis
tening to their names wero comparable to
those, perhaps, of a prehistoric (loth turned
looso In an American village of the twen
tloth century. Only tho patriarch hud i.
tnlned tho mother tongue, and that in an
archaic. Imperfect manner, so thnt even bis
explanations often railed. Stern felt the
limiting dilllculties In his way ; but lu.s de
termination only giew
Tho rain steadily continued to drum
down, now lessened, now again In terrific
deluges of solid black water churned to
white as they struck thu sea and Hung
tho froth on high. The two Americans
passed an hour that afternoon In tho old
niauti hut, drawing up a calendar on which
to check as accurately au possible tho
passage of tlmo ns reckoned In the terms
or lira upon tho surface.
They scratched this on a slab or slate
llko rock with a sharp Iron awl; and.
reckoning tho present day as about ictube'.
flrst, agreed that oory waking tmio they
would cross ore one square.
"For," Maid tho engineer, "It's most Im
portant that wo should keep track of tho
seasons up above. That may have much
to do with our attempts to transplant this
colony. It would, never do to take a peopU
liko this, accustomed to heat and vapor,
and carry them out Into even tha mild
winter that now prevails In a present-day
December. If we don't get thejn to tho
surface beforo tho last of this month, st
latest"
"We'll have to wait until another spring?"
asked ihe.
"Looks that way," he nssented. putting
a few final touches to the calendar. "So
ou see It's up to us to hurry and cer
tainly nothing mora lnnuportuno than HiIj
devilish rain could possibly havo happened'
Haste, hasto! Wo must make hatde!"
'That's so!" exclaimed Beatrice "Eicry
day's precious, now. We -
"My children." hurriedly Interrupted the
patriarch, "I never yet have ahown you
my book my one and greatest treasure.
Tho book!
"You havo told me many things, of sun
and moon and stars, which aro mocked at as
Idle tales by my unbelieving people: of
continents and seas, mountains, vat cities,
great ships, strange engines moted by vapor
and by lightning, tall houses; of wuids
thrown along metal threads or cen thiuugh
tho air Itself; ot great nations and nui- r
a hundred wondrous matters that cniy
havo passed away even from the remuttsi
memories of us in the Abyss!
"But of our history I have told you little i
nor havo you seen tno book! Yet ju
must sea It, for It alone remains to us et
that other, better time. And though m
folk mock at it as Imposture and myth and
fraud, you slull judge If It bo true sou
shall soo what lias kept the English speech
alive In me. kept memories of tho uppr
world alive. Only the book, the book ' '
His voice seemed strangely agitated As
he spoke he raised his hand toward them,
sitting on the btono bench In the hut. wblh
outside the rain stilt thundered louder than
the droning roar of the great flame. Stern
his curiosity suddenly aroused, looked at
the old man with keen interest
"The book?' he queried. "What boolcT
three to ten tleep-tiiues, with lulls between. iic2.--yS.7'.J
"And nobody can v enturo on ,., sea." ho !
added, "till wo know-by ceitnin signs w S'-vT v
Hiuc-thnt tho great rain Is verily at nn f; 4f :-:--tfrC:$
,nd To do that w-ould mean to court death; fftffimaBgaB! . ,c ?&&$&$
nnd wo aro wise, from very long experience. c'J&Ul.fB lwI-'ft'fc";ri,jy3-is5-" . -ii ' 3i'aj4
So. my ,. you must havo patlenco in ll..i U'-y$S mS&$ ,(; 3e&Slj5l
as In nil things and wait.'" i-.ivv's'r isiffijffitv1''1 l v'V VL-'H
Part of that afternoon of forced Inactlv- j "l ':? '?' at fr-iJ'-C- . T" ?&$&&$
Ity Stem spent In his favorite habit of -" ''"? S Wz'iSi,-'?i 'hSiM-
going about among tho Folk, closely mlng. -. -,:,K E A'-':r?WtfWWJSjU '' lr'"'1''-:.''ii,'Si
ling with them and watching nil their In- '""s"?V , , JM' ;&' '&3Sfts'a: ; Sfr'itVw'ftSf'
dustrlal processes and M.clnl life, and try- V: ,'; . .' J mODA Y nAWCrlp-, Wc ln Pfli 3- I WWfSrSff ?, $ 3?
lng. ns usual, to pick up woi ds and phrases f ) ': 'A - i! ' j yJUt I neWSCieaiclS HI l Hid- sfci'ttt-fliW.-.'iS.S h f. cTWftSrt W
ADVERTISING
What's the name of ll? What date? What
who wrote It. nnd"
"I'atlenre, friends!"
"You meat, you've really got an Bngllsh
book here In thin village? A "
"A book, verily, from the other davs!
But first, beforo I nhow you, let mo tell
you tho old tradition thnt was handed down
to mo by my rather nnd my father's
fathers, down through centuries I know
not how many." ,
You mcun the ptoi-y or thin Lost folk
In tho Abyss?"
"Verily! You bnvo told me youi-.i. or
your awakening, of the ruined world nnd
all your struggles and your full down Into
this cursed pit. l.lten now to mine!"
CM! iti:u XXXIII
Tbo 1'iitrhirrU'n Tnlo
4.TN TUG beginning." ho commanded,
Jslonly and thoughtfully, "our penplo
wero as yours: they wero the same. Our
tradition tells that a great breaking or
tho world took plaeo very many centuries
ngo. Out of tho earth a hugo portion
wan split, nnd It became nn the moon ou
tell of. only dark It circled about tho
earth "
"By Jove'- rrled Stern, nnd started
to his feet "That dark patch In tho
sky! That niolng mvstery wo nw nights
at tho bungalow on the Iludunii'"
"You mean" the girl exclaimed.
"It's a new planetoid! Another satelllto
IWE ae,pnia are aisPiayin a cara fpjJ&.4 fMfffi
i showing a large censer. Wherever !m(1 M
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of the earth t It's tha split-oft part ot tho
world '"
"Another satelllto'"
"Of course' Hang It, yes' See now
Tho grett explosion thnt liberated tho
poisonous gases and killed practically
everybody In tho world must have gouged
this now plant out of tho flank of Mother
Kartli In tho inttcr part ot 1920. The
ejected portions, millions of millions of
tons, hundreds of thousnnds of cubic
nillert of Bolld rock and with them tho
ruins of Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Louis
Omaha, and hundreds of smaller cities
Hen f,,t,i till f-nt'tAll'Itt, In ft OtAiI lfflllni'
nKt.lt .. A... O.rttlMt.l.t ...It,.., MM fn tt ..... '
1'iun, eutiiu ,u,v tiiuucuiiu iiiiil":. hi aw .,
tho surfneo!
"Think ! Ours aro the only living
human ejea that hao seen ibis new world
blotting out tne stnrs' Thin explains
everything Ihe singular changes in the
tldea and In tho direction ot the mag
netic pole, tlecrensed graxllation nnd nil
the other Rifting? things we noticed, but
couldn't understand. By Gad ! What a
discovery !"
Tho patriarch listened eagerly while
Slern and tho girl discussed tho strntigo
phenomenon ; but when their excitement
had subsided nnd they wero ready again
to hear him. he began anew:
"Vetlly. nuch was thn first result ot the
great catastrophe And, as you know,
millions died But among tho canyons of
the Bocky Mountains so says tno trndl
t.nn; Is It right? Wero thero such moun
tains '"
"Yes yes! Go on1"
' In thoso canyons a few handfula of
haiih people Mill survived. Sotr.o per
ished of famine nnd exposuro: somo ven
lined out Into tho lowlands nnd died of
the gas thnt still hung heavy there. Some
were destroyed In a great tiro that tho
tradition says swept tho earth after tho
explosion. But n few still lived. At ono
time tho number was only eighteen men,
twelve women nnd a fow children, so the
story goes "
"And thcn7"
"Then." continued tho patrlnrch, his
brow wrinkled In deep thought, "then
camo tho terrible, swift cold. Tho peoplo
still keeping their llngllsh tongue, now
dead savo for you two, and ntlll with
somo tools nnd even a few books, retreated
Into cives and fissures In tho canyons. And
so they mints to the great descent."
"Tho what?"
"Tho hugo cleft which tho story says
onco connected tho upper world with this
Abyss. And"
"Is it open now?" cried Stern, lennlng
sharply forward.
"Alas, no; but yon hurry mo too much,
good friend. You understand, for a long
time they lived tho cavc-llfo partly, anil
partly tho upper life. And they Increased
a groat deal In tho hundred years that
followed tho eploslon. But they never
could go into tho plains, for still the gas
hung there, rising from a thousand wells
ten thousand, mayhap, nil very deadly.
And no they know not It tho lest of tho
world lived or died."
"And then?" queried tho engineer. "Let's
have It nil In outline. What hnppened?"
"This, my son- that a still greater cold
came upon the woild, and tho llfo of tho
open became Impossible. Thero wero now
ten or twalM: thousand nllvo, but they wero
losing their skill, their knowledge, every
thing, i mly n fow men htlll kept tho wis
dom of reading or writing. een. For llfo
was n teirlblo light And they had to seek
food now In tho iMve-lal.es. that was nil
remaining.
"After that, another fifty or a hundred
years, camo tho second great explosion.
The ways wero closed to tho outer world.
Nearly nil died. What happened even
tho tradition does not tell, llow many
years tho handful of peoplo wundered I
do not know. Neither do I know how they
camo hero
"Tho story sayH only eight or ten nlto
gether reached this sea. It wns much
Hmnlier then Tho Islands of tho Lnns
kaarn. as wo call them now. weie then
joined to tho land hero. Groat changes
havo taken place. Verily, nil Is different!
Kverythlng was lost language and arts,
and oven tho look of tho Folk.
Wo became as you soo us. Tho tradi
tion itself was forgotten s.ivo by .a few.
Sometimes wo increased, then camo pestl-
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ni.vrlelif. i.ifo Puhllnhlng romniiny.
THK PROPERTY MAN
letieeh and famines, outbreaks of lava and
hot mud nnd gases, and nearly nil died.
At ono time only seven remained"
"For nil tho world liko tho story of Pit
calm Island nml tho mutineers of the
Bounty !" Interrupted tho engineer 'Tea,
yes go mil"
"There Is llll to moro to tell. Tho tradition
says there was onco a placo of records,
where certain of tho wisest men of our Folk
placed nil their lore to keep It; but even
this place Is lost. Only ono family kopt
any knowlcdgo of the Kngllsh ns a kind of
Inheritance nnd tho single book went with
that family"
"But tho Lansknarn nnd tho other peo
ples of tho Abyss, whero did they coma
from" asked Stom eagerly.
The patriarch shook his head.
"How can I toll?" ho aiiBworcd. 'The
tradition bays nothing of them "
"Somo other groups, probably," sug
gested Bcntrlce, "that camo In at different
times ntid through other ways "
"Possibly," Stern assented. "Anything
morn to tell?"
"Nothing more. Wo became ns savages;
we lost all thought of history or learning.
We only fought to llvo. All wns forgotten.
"My grandfather taught tho llngllsh to
my father nnd ho to me, nnd I had no son.
Nobody hero would learn from mo. Nobody
cared for tho book. Bven tho tradition thoy
laughed at, and they called my brain soft
ened when 1 spoko of a place whero In the
nlr a light i-hono halt tho time brighter even
than tho great fliinio! And In every way
they mocked me !
"So J 1" tho old man faltered, Ids
volco tremulous, whllo tears glittered In his
dim nnd sightless oyes "I censed to speak
of tlicso things. Then I grew blind and
could. not road tho book. No longer could I
refresh my mind with tho English. So I
said In my heart: "It In finished and will
soon be wholly forgotten forover. This Is
tho end '
"Verily, I laid tho book to rest an I soon
must bo laid to restl Had you not como
fiom that belter place, my thought would
havo been true "
"But It Isn't, not by a Jugful I" exclaimed
tho engineer. Joyously, nnd stood up In tha
dim-lit llttlo room "No. sir! Sho and I,
wo'ro going to chnngo tho face ot things
considerably 1 How? Never mind Just yot.
But let's havo n look at tho old volume,
father. Gad ! That must ba somo relic,
eh? Imagine a book carried about for a
thousand years and road by at least thirty
generations of monl The book, father I The
book !"
Already tho patriarch had arisen and
now ho gestured at tho heavy bench of
stone.
"("an you movo this, my son?" asked he.
"Tho place of tho book lies beneath."
Under there, eh? All right!" And,
needing no other Invitation, he set lil
strength against tho massive block of
gneiss.
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