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THIS STARTS TIIK STOIIV ;5 LC. V:V HVfl i '-'r'l t
rieda Druse, daughter of Gabriel , ,J, UJ;Ci iR-' ' H l!J . JuVl S . rH
Druse, of gypsy blood, shoots In n . .-;-,' Atiist.i"1 ! -Ml ; V, ! H'; JSJl i vV)it?,
canoe the Carillon rapids on the gag- , . . t .' j. , ' rs, .""" ,'M'i r 'WM-M'iiW .1
alac river, where it flows between the ' i ' '. ' .-'', ('? , ' iTfH . "-fc '?!tfeWSSlW ' !h
town, of Manltou and Lebanon, In v V - t ;.f :; !-.. -M ' j ; j J. . Vrt-fSaKffl)'
tho Canadian Northwest. She is re- -0$ t$' .',., ? , ' . : j ; ' ; , ' YMmSOm)MUb ' I
cued from the whirlpools below by $.;$ $ U. 'l;! V j , . M j V MwflSwte I
Max Ingolby, a manager of gretit M JU$J. J-.j .j!,-,1 & j If) ''- V CMWilffillff tl
interest, who ha, come to Lebanon 3(&&V fitful, i '. ...AH " l '.i 7 liS fsOTSMPiS si I
to unite the two towns and maKO 1 rw; i v,.,v - v jl'vY U J ,',,;.'; : Hi I f ilr - U Y&PVi3!KS3?riH3 S 1
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tarm ino criliur -L tuuiuiciic iu mu ri'C-'.sr . TrM JIT. I .1! VM1 1 K L ; C S 1 'lil.TCaWV3.TOLrcFi)f'Jli:HiKvTtn
western north
insulted by
erful but
Manltou. I
who tows rev
br one .Teth
under n gypsy custom which united
them in marriage when they were
children. I'ledn reject him and n
jealous quarrel ensues between 1'awe
and Ingolbv. Mnrchand stirs up n
feud between the two towns In order
to foil lncolli 's ambitions nml jilnn
n clash between the two factions dur
ing the funeral of an Orangemnn
to be held In Lebanon. lngnll. in
disguise, mincles with his enemies
in Manltou. Fawe reveals his iden
tity and Ingolbv is rendered blind
by a blow on tho bead. A parade ir
strikers from Manltou clashes with
the funeral in Lebanon under tin
pretext of Insulting remarks bv tin
Orangemen againt their religion
Mnrchand. the lender. Is hurled
through the tilr b fiabriel Druse,
who has been appointed head ron
stable. His followers nre cowed and
return sullenh to Mnnitmi after one
of their priests has made an appeal
to them.
AND HEKR IT CONTINIT.S
The rtearons
THEHH were few lights showing In
Lebanon or Mnnitou : hut hee and
there along the Sasalac was the fading
glimmer of n camp tire, and in Teke
wani's ievratinn one light glowed
softly like a star. It came from a
finely made and cliisod safety-lantern
given to Tekewani ! the government,
as a symbol of honor for having kept
the braves quiet when an Indian nml
half-breed rising was threatened; and
to the powerless chief it had become '
a token of his nuthorltv, the sign of '
the Great White Mother's approval
By day a spray of eagle's feathers '
waved over his tepee, but the gleam of
the brass lantern every night was like 1
a sentry at the .doorway ot a mon
arch. It was a solace to his wounded spirit ;
it
allayed the smart of subjection ;
made him feel himself a ruler in retire
ment, even as Gabriel Druse was a self
ordained exile.
These two men, representing the
primitive nomad life, had been drawn
together in friendship. So much so,
that to Tekewani alone of all the West
Druse gave his confidence and told his
story.
It was one of the virginal days, '
when there was a restless i-tirring
among tEc loung bucks, who melled
the wln -vrntnrs the nines .-iml the wild
slirubs ; vfbo heard the cry of the loon .
on the lonely lake nnd the whir of the
wild duck's wings, who answered to :
the phantom try of ancient war ; it j
was on such a day that the two chiefs
pened their hearts to each other
Xear the boscage on a little hill over
1 'oking the great river Gabriel Druse
1 ad come upon Tekewani seated in the
nine dust, rocking to and fro, and
banting a low, sorrowful refrain, with
ees fixed on the sotting sim. Aiyl
the Ry of Hs understood, with
'ne understanduu whuh only those
nve who live dose to the earth, and
,ilo near to the heavens of their own
.'ods. He at dow n beside the forlorn
hief and in the silence their souls spoke
t . each other There swept into the
eins of the Tinman ruler something
f the Immitigable sadness of the In-
. inn chief, and. with a sudden pre
Monition that he also was come to the
. ti 1:. us. u;- o.l
1 OSPt Ol Ills III.-. Ills ii(; iii'iii"" '.''
s, light the westering rim of the heav-
.ns and his breast heaved.
r .i.., i fi, . mnn ,leclnred
hemselves to each other, and Gabriel I
Iruse told Tekewani nil that he had'
I iriisn
1 idden from the people of the Sagalac,
. Sagalac,
It sppm..d
brothers
nnd was answered in kind
to them that they were
who were one and who had parted in
ages long gone; and having net were
to part and disnppear once more be
ginning still another trail in an end
less reincarnation.
"Brother." said Tekewani. "it was
irMlp there was a bridge of land be-
,,..oor, thn pn,finonts nt the Xorth that
. On the shore she is H-WW '"S?, ?! f fi! '.! ! 1 P 5 aCtsw S8B9HBfiaP
disreputable character of ferW'. ' 'K? iWf. '? 3? i T'M 'lrffi
ngolb.v attacks Marchaml. '; V ytf V. . .Y.'iJ 2 Vi . ?Jt 3J i " rBjWBHiSaKMMlSlPl
enge. Fleda is claimed W?t."KtfiH.S&KiiV1'-' j '" iVmmtSSSmSmimWgB
to Fawo as his wife. tiFVr&&&i'X$ffiite$&?SS 'i.tS i. LJlflfieiSSW5SiQ1
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we met Again I see it. I forgot it. J.V1 zarebas of life, who lay violent
but again I see. There was war, and hands upon themselves, do so with a
,ou w,.nt upon one path and T upon complete reasoning, which in itself is
another and wo lm-t no more under ' proof of their insanitv. It may be do
1 11 the moons till now " mestie tragedy, or ill-health, or crime,
"Dordi. so it was and at such a or broken faith, or shame, or insomnia,
time," answered the Ttv nf Rvs. "And or betrayed trust whatever it is, many
once' more we will follow after the a one who suffers from such things tries
fireflies which give no light to the ' to end it all with that deliberation, that
safe places but onlv lead farther into stategy and that running which be
the night." long onl to the abnormal.
Tekewani rocked to and fro again. I A mind which has known a score
muttering to himself, but presently he or more of sleepless nights acquires an
.ij . 1
"We eat from the hands of those
who have driven nwn the buffalo, the
deer and the beaver: and the young
bucks do naught to eain 1110 jh 01
women. Thev nre but as lusting sheep,
not as the wild goat that chases it
mate over the plnces of death till it
comes upon l.er nt Inst, and calls in
triumph over her as she kneels at his,
feet. So it is. Like tame beasts we1
rat from the hand of the white mnn.j
and the white man leaves his own1
camp where his own women are and,
prowls in our camps so that not even
our own women are left to us."
It was then thnt Gabriel Druse
learned of the hatred of Tekewani for
' Felix Mnrchand. because of what In-
had done in the reservation, prowling
at night like a fox or a coyote in the
Tney parted that hour, believing that
the epoch of lite in which they were
nnd the fortunes of time which hnd
been r were to come were but turns
ot a wheel that still went on turning;
and that whatever chanced of good or
bad fortune in the one span of being
might be repaired in the next span, or
the next, or th'e next ; so, through their
creed of reincarnation, taking courage
to face tho failure of the life they now
lived. Not by logic or the teaching; of
nay. chool bad they reached this rev-
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Ingolhy did not reply.
ent!oni ,hroUBh an inncr enc. t
Thev were not hopeful and wondering
and timid. They were only Mire. 1 finds a hundred perfect reasons for not
Their philosophy, their religion, going on, every one of which is in it
whether lien then or human, was in- snlf sufficient: every one of which knits
norlIi r ,atl comfort in it and in i
each other.
After that day Gabriel Druse always
set a light in his window which burned
all night, unswunug to the lantern -light
at the door of Tekewani's home
the lights of exile and of an alliance
which had behind it the secret in
fluences of past ages and vanished peo
ples. There came a night, however, when
the light at the door of Tekewani's
tfinun ilul lint liilrn At sunset it w:is
iKlltlHi. mit lonK i)(,forn midnight it was
extinguished. Looking out from the
doorway of his home (it was the night
after the Orange funeral),
tinbricl
Druse, returned from his new duties nt
Lebanon, saw no light in the Indian
reservation. With anxiet , he set forth
in the shine of the moon to visit it.
Arrived at the chief's tepee, he saw
that the lantern nf honor was gone,
nnd waking Tekewani he brought him
out to see. When the old Indian knew
his loss, he gave a harsh rr and stop
ped, nud, gathering a handful of dust
ram that ground, sprinkled it on his
TTi-.id. Then with arms outstretched he
,msed the thief who ha.l robbed him of
i,.,, !,,! w ,n him like n never-
failing mirage, an illusion blinding his
oes to the bitter facts of his condition.
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T.ohnnnn nml Mnnitou had had one
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source ; and now tne malign spirit mm
stretched its hand to spoil thoe already
tl !.,..,,. n .nmr
dispossessed of all but the right to live.
One name was upon the lips of both
men. ns they stoc
Tekewani s tepee,
ns they stood in the moonlight by
- , ,,, ,,
"There shall be an end to this,
' growled the Itomany.
i I will have my own, baid Teke-
wani, with malediction on the thief who
had so suamed him.
isiacK nnger was in me neun 01
Gabriel Druse as he turned again
toward his own home, nnd he was glad
of what he had done to J. elix Marcnnnu
at the Orange funeral.
The Keeper of the Bridge
Z.iAc the darknesi of the grave, which
ii darkness itself "
lr
OST of those who break out of the
DOROTHY DARN IT Mr.
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) UP ILLflE RICH VOUDOIN9'! HOLE BUSINESS VOU HAVE -I! CLOTHES AND SEW BE A FOOL S WHY f f BECAUSE . THERES HB
( ' l - a I , -J- TO OO9 I ,T AROUND THE WITH VOURB I ,, ) LIABLE TO BE A f
?f Xl E3 w ,--'t '"H BUTTON HOLES 'MONEY. U 1 FAMINE IN BUTTON f
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He held out his hand and black fingers
invincible clearness of its own, seeing nn
end which is without peradventure. It
into the other ninety and nine with in-
ewtable nffinit.
To the mind of Ingolby came a hun
dred such reasons for breaking out of
life's inclosure ns the effect of the I
opiate Itockwell had given him wore off
and he regained consciousness. As he I "AH right, Jim. Put them in the
did so. some one in the room was tell- drawer of the table and I'll answer
ing of thnt intervention of Gabriel ' them tomorrow. I wnnt to get a little
Druse and the Monseigneur nt theimoie sleep, so give me a drink, nnd
Orange funeral, which had saved the then leave me alone both nurse nnd
situation. At first lie listened to what ' jou till I ring the bell. There's n
was snid it was the nurse tnlkintr to ln-H on tin. tnhlo isn't tii,..v
Jim Beadle with no sharp perception!
of the significance of tho story; though I
it slowly pierced the lethargy of his
senses, and he turned over in the bed
to face the watchers.
hat time is it, Jim?" he asked
heavily.
They told him it was sunset.
"Is it quiet in both towns?
aked after a pause.
he
They told him that it was.
"Any telegrams for me?" he asked.
There was an instant's hesitation.
iney had had no instructions nn this
i-uiiu. anu tney hardly knew what to
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I,,. " """.' "...-,.,. m mm now-
'" "uswereu tnat there were several
wires, hut that they "didn't amount to
notlun .
II.. , .
llnv(, tllPV b opened'" Incolhv
, ct,.i :.i. ' . .' . ' . 'ngoio.v
"Unve they been opened?'
"""' "'" a irown, naif ra s ne- him.
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masterfulness and self-will.
"I'd like to see nnybodr open 'em
tnOUt TTIV nn'mlaainn ' - . -.
ftnstvnro1 TI
j imperiously. "When you's asleep, Thief
1 1 in awake; and I tnke care of von''
things same ns ever I done. There nin't
no wires been opened, and there nin't
goin' to be whiles I'm ruunin' thn W,.
for you."
"Open and read them to me," com
manded Ingolby. Again Ingolbv was
conscious of hesitntlon on Jim's' part
Already the acuteness of the blind was
possessing him. sharpening the senses
left unimpaired.
Although Jim moved, presumably,
toward the place where tho telegrams
lay, Ingolby realised that his own au
thority was being ciossod hy that of
the doctor and the nurse.
"You will leave the room for a
moment, nurse," he said with a brassy
vihrntion in tho voire a sign of nervous
strain. With a smothered protest the
nurse left, and Jim stood beside the bed
with the telegrams.
"Bend them to me, Jim," Ingolby
repented irritabl . "He quick."
They were not wires which Ingolbv
should hnve heard at the time, when
lus wound was still inflamed, when he'Tho loolr of hesitation left the office
was still on the outer circle of that , boy's face. "All right !" he said, "I'll
artificial sleep which the opiates had
secured. They were from Montreal
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" CT 1 I -fc " " I UwZ" CHAS rAAftlJUS
By SIR GILBERT PARKER
Author of "Tho Scats of the Mighty,"
"The Money Mmtcr," etc.
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shot ncr and took it
and Vew York, and, resolved from
their half-hidden suggestion into bare
elements, they meant that henceforth
others would do the woik he had done
They meant, in effect, that save for
the few scores of thousand dollars he
had made, he was now where he was
when he came West.
When .Tim had finished reading them,
Ingolbj sank back on the pillows and 1
said quietly :
He stret.hcd out n hand twnrtl the
table beside the bed, and Jim softly
pushed the bell under his fingers,
"That's light," he added. "Xow,
Vm not to bp disturbed unless the doc-
tor comes. I'm nil right, nnd I wnnt
to be alone nnd quiet. Xo one nt nil in
the room is what I want. You under
stand, Jim?"
"My head's just ns good to get at
what jou want as ever it was, and you'
goin have what you want, I guess,
while I'm on deck," was Jim's reply.
Jim put a glass of water into his
hand. He drank very slowly, was in
deed only mechanically conscious thnt
he was drinking, for his mind was far
away.
After he had put the glass down, Jim
still stood beside the bed, booking nt
him.
"Why don't you go, ns I tell you,
Jim?" Ingolby asked wearily.
"I'm goin' " Jim tucked the bed
clothes in carefully "I'm goin', but,
boss. I jes' want to say dat dis thing
goin' to come out all right bime-by.
There nin't no doubt 'bout dat. You
goin' seo eer; thing, come jes' like
what you want suh !"
Ingolby did not leply. He held out
his hand, and black fingers shot over
nnd took it. A moment later the bliud
man was alone in the room.
(CONTINUED TOMOimoVv-)
He Was Learning
An Indianapolis physician has a new
office boy, who himself has ambitions to
become a doctor. The other day a lit
tle girl rnme into the office'nnd asked
to see the doctor. "He Isn't in just
now, liitniint'il tho hoy, nnd in the
1 conversation that followed asked her
who was sick
"My papa," answered the little cirl.
"And I just wanted some medicine for
him. He isn't sick enough for the
' doctor to come to see him
The office boy thought a minute. Then.
'Is ho insured''" he asked.
The little girl nodded that he was.
fix him some medicine. Indianapolis
Times.
I
D1 ILY NOVELETTE
RAG DOLLS AND TEDDY
DEARS
Hy Annette 0. Sj-mmes
UT IN'COLX STIlBnT!" called the
-L- conductor, and Harvey Wilson,
Immersed in n Tost editorial, had
barely time to make a frantic gesture
lit the autocrat of the trolley car, to
snatch up his bundle of laundry from
the seat beside him, and to make n
msty exit, thus avoiding being carried
by his corner. On Lincoln street was
I Hop Sing's laundry, and Hop Sing
was the best and cheapest laundrymnn
Harvey knew. Stepping into the laun
dry he delivered the bundle to the
bland Hop Sing, received his half of
the ticket, and hurried by n short, cut
to the main street where his office was
situated.
I The girls in the office were vastly
interested in Harvey, but he did not
return the compliment. Someway he
t didn't seem to care for girls. A pity,
since his income was as attractive as
,vhis looks, which Is saying n good deal.
A few days later he again bent his
steps in the direction of Hop Sing's
establishment, this time homeward
bound after the day's work, to get the
clean shirts nnd collars which should
now be ready for him.
The clerk smiled as he produced
Harvey's bundle. The smile broadened
as he untied the bundle and unrolled
to Harvey's astonished gaze, a black
"Diuah" rag doll, a "Kewpic" in 11
' most insufficient sash, two teddy bears
in indifferent repair, n train of cars,
and a miscellaneous assortment of
what he would have termed "doll
duds."
"Wliy," exploded Harvey. "I never
brought that junk here! Wherc'd I get
a bundle of rag dolls and teddy bears'
What'vo j ou done with my shirts and
collnrs?"
"That's your bundle," returned the
clerk. "Look at the ticket."
Harvey looked. Apparently the facts
were as stated. I?ut where and how
had he annexed that bundle? And
where were his shirts?
Harvey left the laundry in n state
of perspiration which seriously threat
ened to add another collar to his laun
dry.
Plainly, he must have e.ohango,d his
laundry bundle with somebody on the
car, when he made his hasty exit. He
aguely recalled a oung woman tak
ing a seat next him, ns the car filled,
and putting down a bundle between
them. He wished she hnd her old
bundle! Hop Sing wouldn't keep it, nnd
he meant to chuck it into the first
dump-barrel he passed !
T the trolley, homeward bound, he
'opened his paper, glanced over the nds.
I to see how the one he had just insert-
ed for an ofiico boy looked, nnd
stumbled upon this item, under "Infor-
mntion":
"WILL TIID GDXTLKMAX who
accidentally exchanged a bundle of
laundry for n package of toys, last
Tuesday n. in. on the 8 :.10 Forest nve
nuo car call at Xo. 12 Bronson street,
city, to make exchange?
"B. J. SHWALL."
Would he? Tie quickly secured a
transfer- which landed him at the end
of Bronson street nnd presently was
confronting the prettiest girl he had
ever seen, who had answered his ring
nt Xo. 12.
"I called," he began awkwardly,
"about those rag dolls V
Oh, yes! cried the girl. "Pome
right in. I know you'll be as glad to
get your laundry ns my little nephews
nnd nieces will to get the toys their
cousins sent them, anil which you now
lave.
She was bringing out the other
bundle ns she spoke, and TTarvev was
noting how womanly and sweet she
was, as well as prettv. iinn what a
nice homy place Xo. 12 was.
"I T feel ns if I owed them some
thing for disappointing them so." he
snid. Pouldn t I bring mem over
some some candy next Sunday, to
make up?
"Oh. that would be lovely!" erled
the girl. "They live at Xo. II Hope
street "
"Well you see T I thought I
might bring it here " he stam
mered. "My name is narvey Wilson,
and "
"I've known you by sight for some
time, Mr. Wilson," said the girl, "but
not your name. Mv cousin has just
gone to work In your office. The chil
dren sometimes visit here Sunday."
"I'll bring the candv, then!" vowed
Harvey.
The net complete novelette
tho Roso Hedge.
-Behind
Always First
At n rorcnt convention of editors a
delegate told about the first editor he
worked under. "Itlght or wrong, he
was always right. I recall on one occa
sion where the pnper announced the
death of William It Jones, who, it
turned out, wnK not dead. Accordingly
next day. the paper printed the follow
ing note: 'Yesterdav wo were the first
newspaper to publish the death of Vil
ham u. Jones. Joilnj we arc the tirst
. to deny the report. The Morning t
1 is nlwas
1 Opinion.
London
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy
"RACING FOR A THRONE"
(I'fOOV, mill, Batku Sam, Gen
eral Croaker nnd tho birds race for
the throne of Btrdlantl, one-third of
the race Icing by air, one-third by
icater and one-third by land. After
the race llalky Sam lands in a link
hole and Peggy and Billy turn lack
to aid him.)
They Seo n Flro
TDALKY SAM was stuck fast In the
J- muck. All four feet hnd sunk deep
in the mire, nnd the more he tried to
pull them out the further he' went
down.
1'eggy nnd Billy swam quickly back
to shore and ran to see what they
could do.
"Hee-haw! I'm n coner now!"
brayed llalky Ram. "First I was fly
ing like a bird, now I nm sinking like
a stone, nnd soon I'll be undorgiound
with the snakes and worms. That's
what n mule gets for trying to be an
eagle."
Hilly took a quick look at llalky
Sam, then he ran to an old rail fence
nearby and grabbed n rail. Peggy
picked up the other end of the rail anil
they carried it to the Kink hole and
shoved it under Iialky Sam's stomach.
Another and another rail followed until
they hnd built a platform under lialkj
Sam so he couldn't sink nuy further.
Hilly followed this by sticking rails
down into the mire beneath Balky
Sam's feet.
"Now everybody lift together!" he
shouted. The birds strained nt the
strings, llalky Sam pawed desperately
and up he came out of the mud. An
other minute and he was on solid land
and Peggy had freed the birds from
the strings in which they were tangled.
"Hoc-haw! N'ow we can go on with
the race," luayed llalky Sam, dashing
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc.
(Coryrlcht.)
TIIR PROBLEM OF THIS
SMlT.GLKn .JEWELS
Susan Finds "a Fine" Investment
SFSAX MAITLAXD told Bruno Duke
thnt when Bannock Purvis assured
her she could get much more than $3000
a year out of her SoOOO "without lift
ing n finger," she begged him to help
her.
"I told him," she explained, "that I
wanted him to help me, ns a friend of
father's, but I insisted thnt he must
recompense himself for his time and
trouble."
Purvis waived tho suggestion aside
and then explained to her bewildered
mind thnt he was a broker who dealt
in commercial paper.
"It's like this, Miss Mnitland," he
hnd told her. "There are lots and lots
of business men who hnve more busi
ness thnn they can tnke care of I
mean so far as having the dollars go.
Xow, I make a specialty of helping
them to do a big business, whereas
without me they could only do a little
one. Ut course, tney pay me wen 101-
hclping them, that's understood.
"Alwnys make people pay well for
help, Miss Maitland. They value it
proper-like, then that's my motto, y'
know."
When Susan asked him how he did it.
he explained:
"Sunnose a man wants n few liun-
dred dollars in n hurry. His bank wont
nccommodnte him, say because he's;
only a little fellow, lie comes to me
nnd I loan him money on his bills re
ceivable, and
have the accounts ns-
Blgned to me.
Them bills is pretty
well gilt edge, for they represent cold
cash that the owner bus duo him for
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up what kind of people they nre who
owe the money, nnd only loan on bills
owin
by people with n good Dun or
Bradstrcet rating
"Xow, as the people pny them bills
I get the money. Suppose a man
wants a thousand dollars my business
is made up of small accoitnts, Miss
Maitland he brings me in n batch of
bills receivable which I approve. Sup
pose the otal amount Is $1200 (that
may represent twenty to fifty different
accounts). I lend him 75 per cent of
the full value of the bills, so for 51200
worth of bills, I'll loan ?000.
"When ?n00 worth of bills arc paid,
I release the balance. I only hold
them as extra securitv in case any of
the firms don't pay their account.
"See how snfc It Is: I get the busi
ness note with collateral worth a third
more thnn the note. Now I deduct the
first month's interest, which is ." per
cent. On that ?b00 deal I just told you
of, Miss Maitland, I chnrge $!." for n
. month 'h ncconimodation. Xowf, lia.lt
that $l-f)fJ may be paid in it week, so
I got it to use again somewhere else."
"Isn't fi per cent a month n lot of
money? Susan had asked him.
Lheard father say he never paid more
than ! per cent for a whole year.
"That's different. I have a lot of
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"Tho cottaco Is on lire. We must
try to save It," she. cried.
for the lake. Ho plunged In nnd then
Hilly nnd Peggy snw another part of
the trick he had plotted with the birds.
And they snw whyjlic birds towed him
thiough the air instead of fljlng free
nnd fnst as they might have done. For
ns soon ns llalky Sam began swim
ming the birds clustered on his back,
clinging tightly to him. They were
using him ns a ferryboat to cover the
wnter part of the race.
"Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Good-by,
Miss Peggy and Hilly," brayed llalky
Sam.
"Good-hy! Good-by! We're sorry
you lost," chorused Judge Owl and all
the birds.
But Peggy and Hilly hadn't lost.
They splnshed into the wnter and swam
after llalky Sam. When thev came to
tho stakes where they had tied the kite
strings they stopped.
"Hee-haw! 'PcggV nnd Hilly arc
beaten," binjed Balky Sam.
Peggy and Billy stopped only long
investigating and bookkeeping to do and'
me t per cent is not interest, duc in
terest nnd expense sec?"
She said "yes," but really didn't un
dorstnhd the matter.
"Xow it's like this, Miss Maitland.
I could loan much more money thnn I
have, for business men nre hungry to
discount their bills with me. If you
like I'll use our S".",000 ns soon ns I
enn nnd pay jou 2 per cent a month.
The S per cent I get will ray me a
profit besides canning all the expenses,
so jou needn't hesitate to take the
money thinking I ain't getting nnything
for helping you."
"How much is 2 per cent a month for
ija.'.OOO?" she inquiied.
After figuring for n brief spell he
answered that it amounted to JfSlOO n
year about $1(10 n week.
"Of course," he said, "I can't gunr
nntcc to use every penny nil the time,
but I'll do my best for ou. You'll
WOMAN'S RIGHT TO PROPOSE
Among the last rights of women to be
fought is the light to propose.
It is the inevitable consequence of
itho-vote nnd of the war. The position
otyyomnn with regard to marriage has
Vif'fr&ly changed, and the sooner it is
recognized the better. Up till now nice
women have properly- not proposed,
because it meant virtually "Will jou
keep me?"
Now that a woman can he ns inde-
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penitent ns a man sue ne ...... ....
scruples on thnt score
In every other direction the position
of men and women, with regard to mar
riage, is equal. It is quite ridiculous
that it should be an honorable thing in
a man to love a woman who does not
return his affection, and yet be a dis-
I o-rnon tn n wnmnn to loVC Unasked. A
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proposal from the man clears the air,
and it would be the same with one from
the woman.
In the present condition of things a
woman often wastes the best years of
her life on a hope. It would be much
better if she could say in the begin
ning, "I like you, and If you like me
as much as I like you, let us spend
our lives together." It would be quite
simple for the man to reply, if he were
of a different mind: "I am sorry. Of
course, I like you, but I do not feel
like going into partnership."
The woman would then put him out of
her mind nnd go ntyut her business.
Broken hearts heal in time, and it is
possible that hearts would never get
beyond the wounded btngc if this plan
were adopted.
There is a seriou? reason why it
should be adopted. Some badly wounded
men nre feeling much as if they lindwom" 'fcze over in a night, saviqi
changed places with the women. They
do not have to say "Will jou keep I
me?" when they propose, but what to j
them is nlmost as bad, "Will you keep!
jourself ?
It would be n great relief to many a
enough to put the kite string loops und?w
their nrms, nnd untie the strings Iron
the stakes. Swish I the kites draggec
them through the wnter so fast thn1
spray flew from their breasts like wave?
from tho bow of n speed boat. Swish
they rushed past Balky Sam, splashlnJ
wnter over the astonished birds. Swish
they caught up' with General Croaker
the frog, who wns beginning to gc.t tlrecl
of towing (icnernl Swallow across th
lake. Swish ! they even pnssed Wll
Ducks, who were paddling nlong at 1
good rate. The beach was near whet
the wind, which hnd become more ant
more puffy, died nway entirely. Til'
kites no longer pulled them nnd dropped
toward earth.
"Swim!" shouted Billy, and swlni
they did, letting go the kite strings
They hnd a good lead and reached th
bench well ahead of the others.
"Now we'll have to run our BwlfH
est," snid Billy. "Balky Sam can gal
lop fnstcr than we can, nnd it wlllb'
a hard race to the old mill whenjii
reaches shore."
But Peggy was looking nt n cottag
which stood close to the beach, Fron:
a window a little whiff of smoke hail
puffed out.
"The cottage is on fire. We muw
try to snve it," she cried.
"Quack! Quack! You'll los'e th
race," cried Wild Duck, who was jus'
swlmlng to shore.
"free! Crcc! You'll lose the race,'
shrilled Gcncrnl Swallow from his llttl
pad raft.
"Losesor win," quoth Hill, "we'n
going to fight thnt fire."
(Tomorrow will be told how Balky
Sam almost wins, then gets a sur
prise.) get your 2 per cent every month on al
the ensh I use, of course.
Susan trusted him, so wlthou
knowing the method of doing such busl
iiess loaned him nil her cash, and re
ceived in exchange detailed particular
of loans made with her money, arid
every month a substantial check. Eacl
.month new particulars of loans wer
bent, nnd he collected for her the data
relating to expired collateral.
For six months this went on to Su
san's relief and delight then came 1
sudden and disturbing change. 1
TODAY'S, BUSINESS QUESTION
ll'Aaf is a "Passvortt"
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S
BUSINESS QUESTION .
"Letter of Advice" is one which
gives notice of a shipment made, bill
diawn or other business transaction.
crippled man in love if proposals wert
taken out of men s hands.
In the present circumstances no nle
girl could bring herself to 'propose, how
ever willing she is to keep herself, how
ever much she loves the man.
There is 110 need to fear that th
new right would give added license t
the other kind of girl. She propose
now, nmiougii not 111 so niunv words.
"A Girl From the War" in the LondoJ
Alan.
FRIENDLY COLD IN ARCTIC
explorers Find Traveling SafeJ
When Mercury Is Lowest
One of the curious errors about th
Xorth that are prevalent among 'thos'
few who hnve any ideas about thJ
North nt all is that cold is the chie
enemy we have to fight beyond tfi
Arctic Circle. I am sure that nil thos'
who have traveled extensively on th
moving polar ice would agree with m
that the cold os our best friend.
For that reason February is a bette
month than March for sledge travel, ani
January would be as good as Februar
were it not for the fact that it is thei
too dark for sa,fe working among brokei
ice, where water holes are n dange
everywhere. In April, when the tem
pcrature seldom goes lower than 30 de
grees below zero for a nicht. If a ml
breaks up the ice, as often hannens
forming open leads that crisscross eacl
other in all directions, it takes sever
days for the frost to cement the broke)
places and to form ice over the lane
which nre Impassable moats whilethe;
remain unfrozen, but which becom
smooth boulevards when covered by sh
inches ot young ice.
In February, when the'temnerattire'l
seldom nbove SO degrees nnd tfrequeuW
goes uown to iio negroes, the same lane:
. ""'"J a teutons ilelav Vilhjalmn
a'iansson in Jlnrper's Magazine,
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Trying Her Patience
'Patience" was the subject of th
teacher's discourse, and to illustrat
her point she drew on tho blackboard
picture ot a smnll Imy sitting on th
bnnk of 11 stream, fishing.
"ou J.ee 'this lad, children," sJi
m-M, beaming on her pupils: "he I
fishing. Well, even the pleasure o
tuning requires patience. He must b
prepared to hit and wait."
For a little while longer sho dilate
on the beauties of being patient. Thei
came the 'time for her to test her wnrt
"Now, then, can any of you boya tel
me what we need most when wa gi
UMIIUK. P1U' HlVllCU,
Like one wiico came n chorus fron
me ciass, -nan : j.oudon Opinion,
The Day and the Girl
'The worship of girl beautv l nS
precedented," said David JleJasco
"Look at the magazines 11 prettv rlr
011 every cover. Look nt tho nds.
j nothing hut pretty girls. Oo to llv
I theatre it's a girl show. Yes, th
1 pretty girl is worshiped, hut she r.
mains unspoiled. I hrard the other 1m
about an elderly millionaire banker wti
proposed to n pretty girl. 'Think,' sab
tne oiu rnscai, -inina 01 tne motorcar
and pearls and saddle Horses a rich him,
tmnd couiu give you,
"The girl looked at him critleallr
un, u leu lULuer wouiu uo JU3C u
well,' bhe said, 'Marry mamma," "
Loudon Opinion, ,- "
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