m K i n y & i., v The Young Lady Across tho Way . The young lady across tho way says she saw In the paper that tho railroads are giving a great deal of attention to physical valuation and ehe doesn't sup pose there's any business where It's more Important to have tho employes In good health. It's Called a Faux Pas He Will you jro to the dance with me? She I'm sorry, I can't. But I'll In troduce you to a. very handsome and clever girl whom you can take. He I don't want a hand&omo and clever girl: I want ou Tlcer More Apt to Be Mr. Flubdub That girl thinks no man la good enough for her. Mrs. Flubdub She may bo right, at that. Mr. Flubdub Yes, but she Is mors pt to be left Detroit Fr'en Press. i1 Troubles of the Pullman King The Purple Cow A disputed birthright. ... M -?& SOME MORE WAR MANEUVERS n l Tp i -1 J b " lf G? N HwroRteiwt vprop6s1 vnuils, cSp" iTl sflrTrTlfffc ; tfNWM tor Nw WM OCRAPPLB THE PADDED CELL j Todays Beauty ( J HINT DON'T FROWN - CWTROU I OUR Te-MPER , plpaAp -nTT ow USTbmN PLEASE TAKe AMoThtR WORPANO I !HsS.ooo.ooo) I'll 3aT Dowmright) f SCHOOL DAYS AND THEN THE I Tlsh And believe me. she's some girl Tush Cleer.' "fish Oh, ery! She's got brains enough for two. Tush Just the girl for you. Why don't you marry her? VJOv TOCHCM.UP "-rP MMiit ftrriNQiwa, to ACufcTontg. ? HOvi TO I OCX Aft E q, UPi-trnt GaeseU't Saturday Journal. the London CewXy CouwILOh artist tVfaw WW Vi 11 (if-tTe) , ROW BEGAN News to Her A traveling man one night found himself obliged to remain In a amall town on account of a washout on the railroad caused by the heavy rain, which was still coming down in tor rents. The traveling man turned to the waitress with: "This certainly looks like the Flood." "The what?" "The Flood. You've read about the Flood, and the ark landing on Mount Ararat, surely," "Gee! Mister," aha returned, "I ain't seen a paper for three days." Harper's. To Be Sure CTTI Cornell Widow. 'rvyjHaMtta ?"? JKr 1rvarHg aVJOt- ' j, t t - v V THE AFTERGLOW SUMMARY or rRKCF.nlNrVSTOIUES Allan Stern, a conaultlng entlneer, and Dfetrlre Kendrlck, hit atenotrapher. wake from a long aleep Jn Me office In the tower of tht Metropolitan Life Jneuranco Building-. New York cltyi they look about them and ee the office Interior fallen to decay, while below they behold a it foreet of sreat treee where New York city once etood. It la evident that their eleep hie luted through centurlee. and that during thle unconicloue Itpie the city hee been deetroyed by iom treat cataetrophe. They eeefn to be the only eurvlvora of the lnhabltanta ot the western continent. They clothe themielvee primitively and eubelet on food which has withstood the ravaiee of centurlee In tlaee Jare. After a time a troop of malformed eavagea appeare. They etorm the tower and a dee Prate battle entuee. Stern and Beatrice cecape, finding a refuse In a ruined mention on tho Radeon. After a time they eet tall for Boeton In a boat which Stern hae built. He hopee to find the teleacope of the Jttrverd Unlverelty by which to verify his dieeovery of the earth's chanced relatione with He aetral nelghbore. They reach what was once the city of Providence, where they find ruety flrearme, atlll eervlceeble, and an aeroplane which Btern repairs. in an expedition of exploration In the machine they are drawn Into a terrible abyee, where the aun never ehlnee, and are captured by elrange people and condemned to death. In a treat battle Stern uiee hie flrearmt and repele hie captore' enemlee. thus talnlnt their friendihlp. After many further adventures Stern and Beatrice eicape from the abyts In the aeroplane and regain the land of the eun. THE STOItY THUS FAR Once more on earth, Allan and Beatrice bjry the patriarch who was their friend In the atea and who accompanied them to the old world, only to die at the firat touch of the eun, Around the patriarch's neck la a chain and email locket which contalna in atructlone where to find the recorda of the loat civilization Tho paper crumbles as they read, but the two tather enouth to direct them They start for their old home on the banka of the Hudaon. only to find It occu pied by the horde The beaet-eavagea de etroy the bulldlna while Allan and Beatrice are attacking from the raulllac. In deapalr they make for Ftorm King, the mountain which la the eight ot the treat Oothlc Cathedral Here It la that some of the recorda are atored After many trlala the two dlecoer the remains cf the records, which are now mere dut an a leaden chest which they succeed In breaking open. OHArTEn VII -(Continued) "01 PKN It quick, Allan!" lleatrlco ex claimed. "If It Is a phonograph, why, wc can hear the very voices of the past, the dead, a full thousand years ago'" With trembling Angers Stern allt the canas wrappings. "What n treasure' What a find!" he exulted 'Look, lleta see wh.it fortune has put Into our hands '" Uen as he spoke he was lifting the great phonograph from the spaco whore, abso lutely uninjured nnd Intact, It had reposed for ten ccnturlei A silver plate caught his eo. Ho paused to lead METROPOLITAN OFKRA HOUSE. N'cw York City This rhonopraph and these Records were immured in the -vault of this building Sep tember 18, 1918, by tho I'hllaox Society, to be opened In thp yenr 5000 Non Pereat Memorla Muslcale Nostrae. "Let not tho memory ot our music perish'" he translated "Why, I remember well when these records were made nnd deposited In tho Metropolitan! A similar thing was done In ParlB, you remember, and In Berlin, nut how does this machine come here?" "Probably the expedition reached New York, after all, and decided to transfer thH treasure to a safer place where It might be absolutely safo and dry," ehe sug gested "It's here, anyhow; that's the main thing and wo'e found It. What fortune '." "It's lucky, all right enough," the man assented, setting tho magnificent machine down on the floor of the crypt. "So far as I can eee, the mechanism Is absolutely all right In eery way. They've even put In a box of tho epeclal fiber needles for use on the steel plates, Deta Everything's provided for. "Do you know, the expedition must hae been a much larger one than wo thought? It was no child's play to invade ithe ruins of New York, rescue all this, and transport It here, probably with savages dogging their heels every step. Those rertalnly were determined, vigorous men and a goodly number at that. And the fight they must have put up In the cathedral, defend ing their cache against the enemy, and dy ing for It, must have been terrifically dra matic! "But all that's done and forgotten now, and we can only guess a bit of It here and there, The tangible fact Is this ma chine and these recorda, Beatrice. They're real, and we've got them, And the quicker we see what they have to tell us, the bet ter, eh?" She claeped her hands with enthusiasm. "Put on a record, Allan quick I Let us hear the voices of tho past once more human voices the voices of the age that was!" she cried, excited ns a child CHArTEIt VIII "Till Dentil Ue Do Tart" ALL right, my darling," he made an swer "But not here. This Is no place for melody, down In this dark and gloomy crypt, surrounded by the relics of the dead. We've been burled alive down here' altogether too long as It 'la. Brrrl The chill's beginning to get Into my very bones 1 Don't you feeMt, Beta?" "I do, now I sCbp to think of It. Well, let's go up then. We'll have our music where It belongs, In the cathedral, with sunshine and air and birds to keep It com pany!" Half an hour later they had transported the magnificent phonograph and the steel records out of the crypt and up the spiral stairway, Into the vast, majestic sweep of the transept. They placed their find on the broad con crete steps that In the old days had led up to the altar, and while Allan minutely examined the mechanism to make sure that all was right, the girl, sitting on the top step. looked over the records. "Why, Allan, here are Instrumental as well as vocal masterpieces" she announced with Joy. "Just listen here's Itosslnl's Barbler de Seville.' and Grieg's 'Anltra's Dance' from the 'Peer Oynt Suite,' and here's that most entrancing 'Barcarolle' from the 'Contes d'Hoffman' you rememoer It?" She began to hum the air, then, as the harmony flowed through her soul, tang a few lines, her voice like gold and honey: Belle nult. o nult d'amour, anuria a not Ivreaaeal Nult Plua douce Que le Jour, o belle nult d'amour! Le tempi fult et sans retour emporte noa tendreaaeai Loin de eet heureux eejour le tempt fult aane retourl Zephvra embraces, veraea-nout vol careeaeal Ahl Donnex-noue vol balaeral The echoes of Offenbach's wondrous air, a crystal, stream of harmony, and of the paaalon-pulslng words, died through the vaulted heights. A moment Allan tat si lent, gazing at the girl, and then he smiled. "It livet In you again, the patt!" he cried. "In you the world, shall be made new once morel Beatrice, when I laet heard that Barcarolle" It was tung by Farrar and Bcottl at the Metropolitan, In the winter of 191!. And now you waken the whole tcene In me again! "I teem to behold, the vatt, clear-lighted tpace anew, the tiers of gilded galleries and boxea, the thousands of men and women hanging eagerly on every silver note I see the marvelous orchestra, many, yet one I the Venetian scene, the moonlight merrymakers I, hear -,Oiulia ad Nick-' U.imm tiltnillnrJ thater nafaat ItaMsl i My The words of solemn sacicdnesa, hallowed for centuries beyond the memory of man, rose powerful, heart-thrilling and deep with symbolism. heart leaps at tho memory, beloved, nnd I bless you for onco more awakening it!" "With my poor voice?" she smiled. "Flay it. play tho record. Allan, and let us hear It as It should be sung!" He shook his head. "No!" he declared "Not after you have sung It. Your volco to me Is Infinitely sweeter than any that the world of othiv days ever so milch as dreamed of!" He bent above her, caressed her hair and kissed her. and for a little while ,thcy both forgot their music, But soon the girl re called him to tho work In hand. "Come, Allan, there's so much to do!" "I know. Well now let's tee, wlrat next?" He paused, a new thought In his eyes "Beta!" "Well?" "You don't find Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March,' do you? Look, dearest, see If you can find It Perhaps It may be there. If so " She eyed him, her gaze widening "You mean?" He nodded. "Just so! Perhaps, after all, you and I can " "Oh. come and help me look for It, Allan!" ehe cried, enthusiastic as a child In the Joy of his now Inspiration. "If we only could find It, wouldn't that be glorious?" Eagerly they searched together. "Ich Grolle Nlcht," by Schumann, no." Stern commented, ns one by one they exam ined the records. " 'Ave Maria," Arcadelt Liszt no, though It's magnificent. That's the one you sing best of all. Beta. How often you've sung It to me! Rememlper, at the bungalow, how I used to lay my head In your lap while you played with my Sam sonesque locks and sang me to sleep? Let's BeeBrahm's 'WlegcnllecV Cradle-song, eh? A little premature, that's coming later Eh7 Found It, by Jove! Here we are, the march Itself, so help me ! Shall I play It now?" "Not yet, Allan. Here, see what I've found!" She handed him a record as they sat there together In a broad ribbon of mid morning sunlight that flooded down through one Of the clearstory windows. " "The Form of the Solemnization of Matrimony, by Bishop Gibson,' " he .read. And silence fell, and for.a long minute their eyes met. t "Beatrice!" "I know: I understand! So, after all, these words" "Shall be spoken, O my love! Out ot the dead past a voice shall speak to us and we shall heajr! Beatrice,' the vords your mother heard, we shall hear, too. Come, Beatrice, for now the time Is at hand!" She fell a-trcmbllng, and for a mo ment could not speak. Her eyes, grew veiled In tears, but through them he saw a bright smile UreaK, iiko sunugni auer summer showers. Sho stood up and held out her hand to him. "My Allan!" In his arms he caught her. "At last!" he whispered. "Oh, at last!" When the majesty and beauty of the Im mortal marriage hymn climbed the high vaults of the cathedral, waking the echoes of the vacant spaces, and when It rolled, pealing triumphantly, she leaned her head upon his breatt and, trembling, clung to With his arm he claeped her; he leaned above her, shrouding her In his love as In an everlasting benlson. And through their souls thrilled wonder, awe and passion, and life held another meaning and another mystery. ..,..., The words of solemn tacredness hallowed for centuries beyond the memory of man rose powerful, hetrt-thrllllng, deep with symbolism, strong with vibrant might and, hand In hand, the wpman and the man bowed their headt, llttenlng: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to Join together thlt man and thla woman In holy matrimony reverently, dlecreetly, ad. vltedly, aoberly. Into this holy estate these two peraons now come to be Joined." His hand tightened upon her hand, for he felt her trembling. But bravely she smiled up at him, and upon ner hair the golden sunlight made an aureole. The voice rose In Its soul-shaking ques tionslow and powerful: "Wilt thou have this woman to thy wed ded wife, to live together In the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt tbou love her. com fort her, honor, and keep her Ip sickness and in health, and keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both thai! live?" Allan's "I wllll" wat as a hymn or Joy upon the mornlnr air, "Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together In the holy ettate of matrimony? Wilt thou serve him, love, honor and keep "him In 'sickness and In Health, and keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall liver She answered, bravely l "I Willi" Then the man choruted the voice and "I, Allan, take thee. Beatrice, to my wed ded wife, to have and 'to hold from this day forward for better, ror worse, for richer, for poorer, in saenness ana in neaitn, to lav and to cherish, till death ua dp part, andlherato I Blljfet thee my treth-"' Her,, answer mm, M by tf s A Se'quel to "Beyond the Great Oblivion" By GEORGE mnndlng voice, Uko nn antlphony of love: "I.iBeatricc, take thee, Allan, to my wed ded husband to havo and to hold from this day forward for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, In sicknes and In health to lovo nnd to cherish, till death do us part, and thereto I give thee my troth!" Already Allan had drawn from his little finger the plain gold ring ha had worn there so many centuries. Upon her finger he placed tho ring and kissed It, and, fol lowing the voice, ho said: "With this ring I thee wed, and with all my worldly goods I theo endow. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of tho Holy GhoM. Amen " Forest, river, sky and golden sunlight greeted them as they stood on the broad porch of the cathedral, and the clear song of many birds, unafraid In the virgin wilder ness, made music to their cars such as must have greeted the primal day. Suddenly Allan caught and cruihcd her In his arms. "My wife I" he whispered. The satin of her skin from breast to brow surged Into sudden flame. Her eyes closed and between her eager lips the brtath came fast. "Oh, Allan husband ! I feel I hear " "The voice of the unborn, crying to us from out the dark. 'O father, mother, give us life!'" ' CHAPTER IX At Settlement Cliffs rpEN dajs later the two lovers 'now man a- and wife were back again at tho eastern Up of the Abyss. With them on the biplane they had brought the phonograph and rec ords, all securely wrapped In oiled canvas, the same which had enveloped the precious objects In the leaden chest. They made a camp, which was to serve them for a while as headquarters In their iremenaous unaertaKlng of bringing the Merucaans to the surface, and here care fully stored their treasure In a deep cleft of rock, securo from rain and weather. They had not revisited the bungalow on the return trip. The sight of their little home and garden, now totally devastated, they knew would only sadden them unneces earlly. "Let 1t pass, dearest, as a happy memory that was and Is no more," Stern cheered the girl as he held her In his arms the first night of their stay In the new camp, and as to gether they woiched the purple haze of sunset beyond the chasm. "Some day, per haps, we may go back and" once mora re store Hope Villa and live there again, but for the present many other and far moio weighty matters press. It will be wisest for a while to leave the East aiono Ton many of the Horde are atlll left there. Here, west of the Ohio Illver Valley, they don't seem to have penctrated-rand what's more, they never shall I Just now we must Ignore them though the day of reckoning will surely come ! We've got our hands full for a while with the glgantlo tatk ahead of ua. "It's the biggest and the hardest that one man and one woman ever tackled since the beginning of time I" She drew his head down and kleaed him. and for a little while they kept the silence of perfect comradeship: But at last the quettloned: "You've got It all worked out at laet, Allan? You know Just the atep to take? One false move " 'There shall be no false moves. Rea son, deliberation, care will solve this problem like all the others. Given some 1500 people, at a depth of 600 mllea, and given an aeroplane and plenty of time" "Yes, of course, they can be brought to the aurface. But after that, what? The dangers are tremendous! The patriarch died at the first touch of sunlight. We can't afford to take chances with the rest I" "I've planned on all that. .Our first move must be to locate a rocky ledge, a cave or tomethlng of 'the sort, where the transplanting process can be carried out. There mustn't be any exposure to the actual daylight for a long time after they're on the surface. The details of food and wa ter havo all got to be arranged, too. It meant work, work, work! God, what work! But It's our task, Beta, all our own. And I glory imlt. I thank heaven for It a man's-tlze labor 1. And If we're' strong ana crave enougn, patient and wlte enough, we're bound to win." "Win? Of course we'll win!" the an swered, her faith in him touching the sublime. "We must I The life of the whole world's at ttbksl" Night came, and redder glowed the fire light In the gloom. They spoke of life of love, of dettlnyi and over them teemed to brood the myttery of all that was to be The very, purpose of the universe en wrapped Itself about their paaalon, and the untroubled atars kept vlgllt till the called them to begin the eplo campaign they had mapped out the rea. oue of a race. Aittr a vltlt to the patriarch's grave, which they decked anew with blossoms and freeh leaves, they prepared fqr the Jour. ney in bohikii ui n euimuio temporary home for the Folk. Nine o'clock , found hm once more on the wing. Stern laid a southerly ctmree - atrlee had W4nlJy 444 that. the new muii-iii u u-i.no BDywa. tt and Be ALLAN ENGLAND I,me ",,iW!in!L: T." ?.M? e the. dls. .-... ,n. ui ma um, invoivlnc an t and perilous a Journey, but rathe! if"' location In the vast warm central !?"?' of what had once been 11,? u"u., BUti" They Judged they were now som.t: In the one-time State of InSlIna! not from Indianapolis. So. much warmer tSj fie climate grown that for some months' to come at least the Folk could wltho,,! doubt accustom themselvea t .vT. -i..hout from the hot and. muggy atmosphere Tf I the abyss to the semltroplo heat r .'I The main object now was to diami suitable caves near a good water iunniV where by night tho Folk could nroaisJi their accustomed fisheries. AgricuUur. and the care of domestic animal,8 by Z. light would have to be postponed for TmI time, possibly for a year orZ.S all, the health of tho prospective colonl.ta must be safeguarded. nisu It was not until nearly nightfall 0f tht next day, and after stops had been mad, at the ruins- of two considerable but, un. identified towns for fuel, a well as to fit up an electric searchlight and hooded lamps to lllumlnato the Instruments In the abyss that the explorers found what thev were seeking. ' About half-paet five that afternoon they sighted a vey considerable river, flowing westward down a rugged and Irregular valley.In the direction of the chaam. "This can't be the Ohio," Judged Stern "We must have long since passed Its bed now probably-dried up. I don't remem ber any such hilly region as this In the old days along the Mississippi Valley. All these formation must be the result of the cataclysm. Well, no matter, Jutt so we find what we're after." "Where are we now?" she askedi peering downward anxiously. "Over what State can you tell?" "Possibly Tennessee or northern Ala bama. See the change In vegetation? No conifers here, but many palms and fern trees, nnd new, strange growths Fertile Isn't the name for It ! Once we clear land here, crops will grow themselves! I dont think we'll do better than this, Beta, Shall we land and see?" A quarter-hour later the Paulllac had oafcly deposited them on a high, roekv plateau about half a mile back from the edge of the river canvon. Stern, in his eagerness, was all for cave-hunting that very evening, but the girl restrained hmO "Not so Impatient, dear'" she cautioned. "'Too fast arrives as tardy as too slow I' Tomorrow's time enough." "Ruling mo with quotations from Shakes peare, all?'" he laughed, with a kiss "All right, have your way Mrs. Stern!" She laughed, too, at this, the first time sho had heard her new name So they made camp and postponed further labors till daylight again .(CONTINUED TOMORROW ) THE END OF THE ROAD Dear Children I was walking along a country road one day when I met a small boy. "Where is the end of this road?" I asked tho little man "It ain't got no end," he replied. His grammar wan not correct, but that boyet me to thinking. . Where Is the end of life's road? Do you suppose "it ain't got no end"? Let mo ask you another question: How did tho, little boy KNOW there was no end to tho road? After he told me there was no end to tht road, did I stop? Did I sit down and say, "Oh, "well ' There Is no end to It, so I guess I will not go any farther"? I kept on going. I KNEW the rpad would tako mo where I wanted to go. Whero do YOU want to go? What Is YOUR AIM IN LIFE7 Do not tell mo that you have no aim, or that you aro too joung to think about such things. I was editor of a paper when I was In school. It was called tho Paper Wad Never mind the end of the road. See that tho road you aro on takes you where you want to go. Take the shortest road, for the shortest road Is always tho RIGHT ROAD. You may walk up the side of the moun tain, for that Is tho shortest way to Its summit, but It Is the hardest So the RIOHT ROAD Is sometimes the hardest to travel, but It pays, for It jvlll get jou where you want to go. Your loving editor, FARMER SMITH. JUDGE GOAT By Farmer Smith Imagine the surprise of Billy Bumput, Mrs Bumpus and the court officer whea they all looked up to see Judge Goat walk In. . "I thought T told you you couldn't eat for three days," said Judge Goat to Billy. "I'm not eating.", said Billy, getting up from the table and bowing very low, "Your Excellency, will you be kind, enough to sit here nnd have a little repast with my wife nnd I and your Excellency's servant?" "I have always heard of your wife as a vj lino cook, earn mo juqec. "You flatter us both, your Excellency. We would be only too nappy to give you j- the best that our house affords. I can wait until my three days are up If It pletset your Majesty. Your very wish is a com mand to me," said Billy, again bowing very low. Now. the Judge had never been flattered so much before In all his life, and when he heard Billy address him as he did It tickled his vanity so that he smiled from ear to ear. . "Sit at the head of the table and carve," Insisted Mrs. Bumpus. pushing the Judge Into a chair and handing him a napkin. "Willie, dear, will you see If there It any of that brickbat soup left? Nothing n all the world would give me more pleasure than to haveur honored gueat have tomt of that aoup." In a Jiffy Mrs. Bumpus was In the kitchen hunting up some of the soup that Billy hadn't touched. She heated somt of thA finiin nnd nut it hefora Judire Gott. "I'm so sorry that Billy can't have tomt of this excellent soup," said judge uoau m nlllv lnnlori nr hta wit anfl smiled. Then ho n1d! ' ! . .. va Xralatv hilt T WOUldn't 1 t,l BUttl V.U, .'..,,-.,, .. m - - (j ,eat any or inat soup ior any m ; money,-- "How kind of you," replied the Ju. laughing. 'The more I eat the more X KM this delicious soup, If YOU had some that wouldnt leave much for me.!' "I learn by experience," said Billy. "How's that?" asked Judge Goat. "I never eat anything that has been stolen. If I did It would make me at baa as the one who stole the thing In the flr place." Billy looked at his distinguished gueat out of the corner of his eye. imraiTl" -v-lalm,i1 th .Tllnfie. "I mean that I was locked up for stealing. vr the brickbats that soup was maae irom. That's the reason I don't want any more of It." . ,. ih. "I don't quite understand you," eaid tat iuubq 111 niiicmciv. ..-, "You don't, don't you I Well, you oujni. 10 no ritisu "r ckwii --- -, f U.I1t.nH l that .nun war Rlfllen. II ' could bo arwated for Bteallntf them. JJ NJ ....h K k. attiar1 fni Atln.r tilcill 1 "Yet, I see." replied" the Judge falntl: f ,m.-, it.- 1 . i.iHM .,n. ..an An IS IS let me eat, too. and then w,b5tn,M.J be In the tame boat." uiny iookcu "Eat all you want to, only don't tell M , ...ui.... t...i. n inc. vviuiica hiuuei? ivct. - i "I'll keep. atlll this 6nce, but never do,1 again, oo you near' ooninmiu "r; lot. i noar, ir. ,uunii, -- , four, please." . '- At that moment the telephont bell.""" and Judge Goat sceetea unotr, " Milter L I ... -TI ... " . & wMA i without 'even warns mw. w Farmer Smith's Column 9 4 II msz vr- '"-',-' -J"K .-' 11 . ?
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