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VD HEBE II CONTINUES
B man simply blinked nt her. Ills
fuddled brain was net 'cqunl te
jmffUet with fiich n cntnstrepne.
, iijenr'farm Is favorably ultunted,"
"continued, "and, nltlieugli small,
Im mlt possibilities. I find you are
Uspplnr' brlilnd your neighbors and
' " . . finiAi nnnll ununn
sLi reu saved any money, Creck -
Wuip.wt nnr mnnnv." tlir man hi ii a -
Mtd "h RliPplifrd'H wagon alone nt
Hrepdahda a week, and a week's rain
Jtinwjn the day I bcirnn hay-mak-
IM. tvny, niy uniivj-
Hlen started your hay-making ten
km tee late," Segersen interrupted
itr, "Yeu had plenty or wnrnin?.
ijd ii for our barley, you Beld it
te tlit King's Arms at Barnstaple,
ken reu'd had tee much te drink,
tt ihlrtr ner rent, below its value."
ijjme turned toward the deer.
.'"I nwl net Htay anv longer," she
nU, "I wanted te leek nt your farm
te myMlf, Mr. Croekford, ami I
MKntht It only right thnt you should
im rlv notice of my intention te
it reu te vacate the place."
Tl cold truth was finding it way
tete the, man's consciousness. It had
i wonderfully sobering effept.
"leek here, mn'nm," he demnndeil,
Nh fnm that ou lent Farmer IIel-
mi four hundred pounds te buy his
own firm and th" Crocembc brothers
two hundred each?"
, "Quite true," Jane replied coldly.
Wht of It?"
"What of lit tne mnn repenicu.
"Ven lend them youngsters money nnd
then you come tn me. n man who's
beiaenthls land for twenty-two yenrs.
ind you've nethlnj te sny but 'get
oetl' Where am I te find another
hen it mv time of life? Just answer
n. tbif. will )ou?"
"It Is net my concern," Jane de
elired. "I only knew that I decline
te hire anv tenants en my property
wle de net de justice te the land.
VVeen I see that they de justice te it,
tlen It Is mv wish that they should
mums It. It W true tnat i nave
tent money te some of the farmers
round here, but the greater part of
whit they have put down for the pur
thiK of their holdings Is savings,--
money they nnri saved aim earned by
werHmrearlv and late, by enreful farm
Int ind. husbandry, by putting money
in fie bank every qunrter. You've
lid tie 'same opportunity. Yeu have
preferred' te waste veur time and waste
your money. You've had mere than
one warning, you knew, Crockford."
"Aye' mere than n dozen," Segersen
muttered.
The man looked nt them both and
there was a dull hate Catherine in
his eyes.
"It'i easy te talk about saving money
ind working hard, you that have get
everything you want in life nnd no
work te de." he protested. "ItV
enough te make a man turn Socialist
M listen te un."
"Mr. Crockford," Jnne said, "I am
a Socialist nnd if you take the trouble
te understand even the rudiments of
sedallna, you will learn thnt the drones
hive as small n part in that scheme
of life as In any ether. Yeu have n
rlfht te what jeii produce. It is one of
the pleasures of my life te help the
deserving te enjnv what they produce.
mi i mines, wucn i
llnnd a non-productive person filling n
position tn whirl, his dnllv life nnd
chiracter de net entitle him, te pull
Mm up like n weed. Thnt is my idea
Jf socialism, Mr. Cioekford. Yeu will
leave en March 2."."
They rode hempwnrd Inte n gathering
norm. A mass of black clouds was
Wiling un from flip north, nnil nn un.
expected wind cnine bellowing down the
coembs, bending the stunted oaks and
uiraipmes mm filling the- air with
WJjteu but ominous music.
1.1 T., n'"s f,enn becuine invisible,
DIOtm nut llV frnninnnlu nt Vi irnftmi..
Jn mists. Tlic cold sleet stung their
Jiees. Out en the moors was no sound
hit the tinkling of distant sheep bells.
Ihcreh wow coming," Segersen
muttered, us he turned up his cent
cellar.
"It won't de nnv harm," she an
swered. "The earth lies worm under
The lights nf Pnrnicembc. preclpl-
tOUH nilrl linn..,.l HI ' l.ii.
Inii, i u,"i",'ni, were nui" nrcKH
a the sky, wiped out bv n sudden driv
ing storm of sleet. A little while Inter
ey cantered up the avenue te Weel-
n.er ?.n1, ,Tn,1P dipped from her horse
With a little S?l, 0f relief.
... ?u j, better stay nnd have some
Liii . l S(,Bpr,'"." hc invited. "Jehn
rub down." B """ "
Hh changed her habit and, forgetting
ijLfT!'i ''"'"'BP'l In he luxury of
l.t... V1'1. ..K1"' ilP-ccndert some time
tei M. . ' "11 Mt(1,, ln fret of the
MBlll?' "V"5 lml1' A I'1""
frmS!Vra(1?"s smllc soe lrove the
irewn from bin ferehend.
i really run frightfully serrv." she
9 B
As she rend her face softened and
her eyes grew very bright
from hH ferehend.
ideWi,.!' " ic"Mliy sorry." she
Wleglzed, ns she lmnded him his, ten.
hi. J..!10 ll,C!J x W1S m wet. You'll
i, n nn" "ilP lieme."
"I'm ' m, "f0'1 t0 "" he nn
iS ? rft i'1 "yH lese a gee
nnswercd.
been eh, , l 1?'se n Reoa many
"P en the higher fiirms thmmh. if
ttttsflSl TtTlr,,!' ,out n!i bed ns it
weitcns. Hear thnt!"
Hi Tiief w,.,ul .f,epme'1 t0 Bhnk"
fflrmd d C,1Put1' ,hclr fcet- Jnne
CrHcIkfeMM'" s.1, "flwtwli "that man
tedM."rd tll0ugllt 1 was very cruel
w ",L,e11 you Cjwkfenl'H point of
MCt'ly uXlT ?ep,,,ed' "Hc ,Iee,n't
and ! whe? nmI whn.t J0Ur nlmR ,,re
hii?f"v(,.rl.le kem he hours nothing
your tVnnn.L Ul ,wny ou ,mve dented
m te turn ""' ' .W"' 5'"" h,,V
owners f'1 V!cm 1,'.,, H""ll lnnl
mllxe'thl ei 8n ' teMHwnt enough te
I,... i """i" viiinc 10 irei
nas en v tn uif utni .. ...i .i.
- ...w. in u i-
tbat C i. "v "ls S1I"P'J' come te feel
PW; r""y,." , "till and U,0
vreekfnr.1 iu ' J1 . ",H ,nutn, tee.
Pick i. ""iiiuiii;, -x'nerc is no
HW"R,t,rld:"h,S k",, ln Belf-
DBA sllrlin.l
i Id "",.."frn!'1 ,,.p "" K" ''"wn."
of a deg which had come te lie at her
feet. .
"He seems te be making a geed
deal of stir," she observed.
The young man frowned.
"Yeu knew I nm npt unsympathetic
with your views, Lady Jane," hc said,
n little awkwardly, "but I don't mind
admitting that if I bad a big stake
ln the country I should be afraid of
Tallente. Ne one seems te be able te
pin him down te n definite program
and yet day by day his influence erewn.
The Laber Party ls disintegrated. The
best of all its factions nre joining the
DemecrntB. He ls practically leader of
the Opposition Pnrtv tednv and I
don't see hew they are going te step
his being Prime Minister whenever he
C11008C8."
"Don't you think he'll make a geed
Pripie Minister?" Jane asked.
"Ne, I don't," was the curt answer.
"He ls tee dark a horse for my fancy."
"I expect Mr. Tallente will be ready
with his program when the time
comes," she observed. "He Is a peo
ple's man, of course, nnd his proposals
will sound pretty terrible te n geed
many of the old-school. Still, something
of the Bert has te come."
The butler brought in the pestbng
while they talked. Segersen, as be
rose te depart, glanced with curiosity nt
half a dozen orange-colored wrappers
which wcre among the rest of the let
ters. "Fancy your subscribing te a press
cutting agency, Lady Jane!" he ex
claimed. "Yeu haven't been writing
a novel under a pseudonym, have you?"
She laughed as slje gathered up her
correspondence in her hand.
"Don't pry into my secrets." she en
joined. "We may meet ln Barnstaple
tomorrow. If fhe weather clears, I
want te go in and see these cattle for
myself."
The young man took his reluctant
departure. Jane crossed the halt, en
tered her own little sanctum, drew the
lamp te the edge of the table and sank
into her easy-chair with a little sigh
of relief. All the rest of her corre
spondence she threw te ene side. The
orange-colored wrappers she tore off,
one by one. As she read, her face
softened and her eyes grew very bright.
The first cutting was a report of Tal
lente's last speech ln the Heuse, a
clever and forceful nttack upon the
Government's policy of compromise in
the matter of recent strikes. The next
was n Bpcech at the Helburn Town
'Hall en workmen's dwellings, nnether
a thoughtful appreciation of him from
the pages of a grcnt review. There was
ulse a eulogy from an American Jour
nal nnd n gloomy attack upon him ln
the chief Whig organ. When she had
finished the pile, she sat for some time
gazing at the burning legs. The little
epitome of his dally life there were
records there even of many of his seciul
cngngments seemed te enrry hCr into
nnether atmosphere, an atmosphere far
removed from this lonely spot upon the
moors. She seemed te catch from these
printed lines some faint, reflective thrill
of the mere vital world of fctrlfc in
which he was living. Fer n moment
the rear of Londen nas ln her cars.
She snw the lighted thoroughfares, all
crowded pavements, the faces of the
men and women, all a little strained
and eager, se different from the placid
Immobility of the world in which she
lived. She rose te her feet and moved
restlessly about the room. Presently
she lifted the curtain nnd looked out.
There was a pnuse In the storm and a
great mass of black clouds had just
Bern driven past the face of the watery
moon. Even the wind seemed te be
holding its breath, but se far as she
could see, moors and the hillsides were
wrapped in ene unending mantle of
snow. There wns no visible sign of any
human habitation, no sound from any
of the birds or animals who were cower
ing in their bhclter, net even n sheep
bell or the barking of a deg te break
the profound silence. She dropped the
curtain and turned bnck te her chair.
Her feet were leaden and her heart was
heavy. The struggle of the day was at
nn end. Memery wns asserting itself.
She felt flushed ln her cheek, the quick
ening bent of her heart, the thrill of her
pulses un she lived again through these
few wild minutes. There was no longer
nny ebcnpe from the wild, confusing
truth. The thing which she had
dreaded had come.
Te be continued tomorrow'
Copyrleht, toil, licit Syndicate, tnc.
MISS ROBERTSON OPENS
DRIVE FOR RENOMINATION
Reads Bible en Spot Where Parents
First Met
Coweta, Okln., July 5. (lly A. P.)
Standing en the site where the first
missionary whoel in the old Indian
country us established and wheic her
mother, n teacher In thnt school, met
her father, Miss Allro Robertsen, Okla
homa Oongressweman. opened her cam
pnlgn here yesterday for the Republican
renomlnntleu te succeed herself.
MUs Robertsen said her only plat
form was that she was n "Christian,
an Americ.iu and a Republican." She
opened her address with a scriptural
passage which she read from a Inrgc
Rlble.
Miss Robertsen declared she "had
never made and never would make a
lire-election premise." She defended
her opposition te a cash bonus for sol
diers en the ground that the Natien
wns net tlnnnrlally nhle te carry out
an extensive bonus program.
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" IU, "Hn uir,i.. I . . . -iiuaviiie, in., jiuy ii. as lie pnssni
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"fW :',D,r mci- Inst cveiiliic. Znhe T.vell. nf thlx rltv.
TlUte, nownde'vB "R Irnl of Mr' 'luR1'"' "m" "M" mhankment, Ms
'"i caanilinr i. ---wit ii'iuiim- iiiuiiri'mc nyiiiK in uiu nir uhp uh uir-
lkjptly. conversation a little piano for n short dlbtnncc. When it
JueWed n,, .-j .. .. ,. ' . landed Lyell's neck was broken and
- . .uu.cu me neaa spectators pic-eu mm up aeaa.
Londen newspapers every few years
about the seamy side of life of men and
women who Ignore all
p. j i. t. the social conventions In
Sidelight privnte, while externally
en Londen they are reputable citi
zens. Valentine Geldle
, . has evidently used one
of ,,hcs.e.?ter,e8 8S the basis for his
novel, "The Case of Sir Edward Tal
bot" (E. P. Dutten & Ce.). Hc has
introduced into it n fantastic theory
nbeut the survival 'for centuries of a
man possessed of magic powers, and he
describes vaguely a society of men nnd
women addicted te the practice of
various perversions. The story denls
with the efforts of the mnn te get a
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nnd with the yielding of the girl until
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tnle as a whole, will appeal only te
these who like the morbid and unrenl.
MOST of the buoyant humor nnd thnt
indescribable tingle of youth that
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of boyhood that it wns
will be found equally
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little one-act play by
Reeth Tarklngten issued
n.s one of flip T.lttle
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it escapes thnt mawkish nnd stilted un
reality belonging te most plays of this
sort. The characters ere all nung
people, the here a second William
Baxter. They talk just nn humanly,
just ns youthfully, just as amusingly
as William and William's friends.
Conspiring
Against
Bonaparte
A Comedy
by
Tarhingten
EDWIN E. SLOSSON, who rend the
Londen Times for seventeen yenrs,
found relaxation in the se-culled
"aeny column" en the
first page, the column
Remance in In which levers ndver ndver
Persenals tlse thnt if the loved ene
will only return nil will
be forgiven n..d in which,
rnmnntlcnlly inclined persons commu
nicate with one nnether without the
knowledge of n third person. He tried
tn Imagine the story behind the ad
vertisements. He has just collaborated
with June E, Downey, professor of
psychology In the University of Wyo
ming, In preducine n book, "Plots nnd
Personalities" (The Century Com Cem
pnnj), In which the use of these per
sonal advertisements Is suggested ns
material for plots for stories, and tn
which thu use of them In testing the
imagination of college students is de
scribed. Fer example. Miss Downey, in ene
of her chapters, gives this per
sonal, "Jasper Tlck-tnek. tlck-tnck
sweetie," and suggests thnt the reader
write a characterization of Jasper and
Sweetie In five minutes. Then she says
that the result will Indlcnte whether one
has) nn inert, n -stereotyped, n niclo nicle
drnmntli'. n generalizing, n particular'
Izlng, or un ingenious or inventive im
aginatien.
there are several pages of these per
sonals from the Times, which can be
used as an imagination test.
Although net intended for the ro re ro
laaxtlen of people en their vacation,
young men nnd women with n llternrv
Inclination might find a great deal of
amusement In seeing whnt they could
write nbeut the people in the adver
tlsements. TV K. BROSTER has harked back te
f the exciting days of the French
Consulate for the locale of "The Yellow
Peppy" tn. H. Mr..
Bride Company) nnd
the result is a story ns
colorful ns its title. It
1r a gripping story of
me losing rjnttic of a
- . .. .i 'lt.tl bnn,l at nobles
against the Cersicnn, just then rising
i-.J'ewe:. The ,Mnrl"' le Kersalnt,
in j0' the rebe,s. Is a character skill -J
V"1' He possesses an interest
that Intrigues from the first few pnges,
when lie is shown In an unfavorable
light until the final scenes, when he
in? .Bn execut'n squad through the
willful treachery of Napeleon.
Whnt with secret midnight meetings,
duels in moonlight glades, search for
hidden treasure and the winning hack
vu ,? "PP.nrently shattered. "The
e ew Peppy" S vlvl(I story tn)(,
well, but free from overdrawn atmos
phere, rTIHE Immigration problem hns become
- n pressing American issue. Ken
neth L. Roberts tnkes It up in n
graphic and easily uh
uL..r slmllnted fashion In
Why Europe yhy Kllre,)e L"nVe.s
Leaves Heme" (Bebbs- Merrill
Heme Ce. ) .
What his lnvestlgn-
v. j u . t,enN "veal from first
hand observation nn flm fUl.i in.u..p
the necessity for proper revision of the
iiiiniigmuen ana naturalization InwB,
though perhaps net te the extent of the
temporary 3 per cent arrangement new
prevnlllng. Mr. Roberts tells why nnd
hew the Russians of the old "regime
lied. He dlfvinLses .Tnu?iuli r..ni
European, Polish nnd ether sources of
Immigration. In one constructive
chnpter he suggests remedies for Iniml Iniml
grntlen evils. In nddltlen his book
contains two delightfully readable chnp
tcrs en prohibition possibilities In Eng
land and Scotland nnd the natives' In.
dlgnatleii nt pussyfooting nle from
nierrle England nnd Scotch from brnw
Scntlnnd.
The book Is journalistic In method
and value, but It Is rich In shrewd com
ments nnd ls supplied with varied sup
porting statements nnd statistics. The
Illustrations nre numerous nnd reveal
ing. Hudsen't "La Plata" Reprinted
W. II. Iliiiliinn'u "Tim Vf,,..all. . i
La Plata," which has been out of print
WILLIAM ROSE BENET
Whose first novel Is a story full of
human Interest
BENET'S FIRST NOVEL
It In a Tale Interesting in Itself
and Prophetic of Better Werk
in the Future
When William Rese Benct emerges
from his literary apprenticeship and
succeeds in preventing literary theories
from Intruding In his stories he will
become a renl novelist. This much ls
evident te the discerning ln his first
novel, "The First Persen Singular"
(Geerge II. Dornn Cempnny). ' The
title itself ls meant te be n llternry
criticism, as becomes evident toward
the end of the novel, where ene of the
writing characters is made te say, "The
proper expression of character the
first person singular," and this Is ex
plained by nnether remnrk, "I want
people net types." The experienced
novelist gives his reader people nnd
does net talk nbeut it. Hc assumes
thnt thnt is what his novel Is for.
Mr. Benct, It is true, hns created a
number of Interesting characters in
his novel, characters that seem te be
real. Hc has a gift for plot and hns
made n mystery story, net n story of
crime, but n story of tragedy of the
emotions and the complications growing
out of it.
The action begins ln New Yerk, then
moves te the vlllngc of Tupton ln Penn
sylvania, nnd after an interval in New New
Yerk returns te Tupton, where the
meledrnmatlc climax is reached with n
solution of the mystery. Tupton Is evi
dently a real town, disguised under the
invented name. And some of the char
acters are probably based en real peo
ple, who might be recognized by the
citizens of Tupton if they should ever
be able te discover that Mr. Bcnet hnd
their town in mind.
Te Mr. Benet's credit It must be
said that he has succeeded in writing a
novel of thrilling interest without re
course te the fillip of illicit sex rela
tions which se many of the younger
novelists seem te think indispensable.
Fer this he deserves the thanks of all
wholesome-minded readers. Everything
In it could be read aloud tehe delight
of a promiscuous company.
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"Hidden Geld" (Maceulay Company)
Is just what the title tells It's a novel
about the quest for precious metal and
nil the hazards and hopes linked there
with. Wilder Antheny knows hew te
devise n tale of adventure nnd hew te
put it Inte words that will keep Inter
est continuous.
His scenes nre laid In the turbulent
cowtewn of Crawling Water, Wyoming.
ryltA ..llfnlM '1'1,mia vial urnu tha arnlil In
the foothills nbeut which he knew.
stirred up the always Blunibering strife
between the cattlemen nnd the sheep
men te further his own purposes. Spurt
ing flashes of fire and the spit-spit of
bullets through the nlr marked the
feud.
But there's mere than villain in the
book, though Moren's perfidy nnd plot
ting underlie it. Dorethy is as sweet
and wholesome a heroine as a prairie
flower and she has the grit of a girl of
the sreat open spaces. And Gorden
Wade has ever) thing every one would
expect in n here red bleed, resource,
quickness en the trigger ami a nenrt ei
geld as genuine ns that hidden in the
foothills. There nre etner chnracteris-
REDSMINUS RED
Outlaw in "Leve Chase" Turn
Pink With Rage at Nar
rowing Convention
Felix Grenden has discovered n. new
offshoot of the mere or lcs everplnyed
Greenwich Villager and new the Out
laws of Kip's Bny, New Yerk, have
made their bow. In "The Leve Chase"
(Small, Maynard tc Ce.) these dab
blers in the realms of "higher things,"
talkers "of free love and general eco
nomic anarchists, have their little say,
try out their nffalrs of the heart nnd
finally bow te things ns they nre ordered
alone conventional lines.
These Outlaws, ns pictured by Gren Gren
eon, are devoid of much of the inniii
fest Intellectual snobbery of the Vlllngcr
In fact, they refuse te admit nnv'kln
shlp no matter hew remote. Still they
are "anarchists" and glory in their
redness, even when thnt red has faded te
a weak saffron.
The "chase" concerns Itself with the
tribulations of an unsophisticated
Brooklyn girl (why pick en Brook
lyn?) who rebels at the nnrrewness of
her family and Joins the Outlaws. Her
particular chum is an Outlaw still bask
ing in the glory (?) of nn outlawed
romance which she Insists was actually
platenlc. Janet, soaking In the preach
ments of her fellow anarchists, gees off
te Europe with n wealthy New Yerker;
finds her romance shattered by realities
and then starts bobbing about en life's
fitful stream. Its eddies and cross
currents are finally whipped nbeut by
the author until the rebel leader bows
te convention and takes unto herself a
husband and scores these who practice
what she preached. That Janet finally
marries the long suffering suitor comes
after a subtle touch of melodrama that
has been interjected by n sort of "Mys
terious Stranger" who wanders through
the book somewhat as a dcus ex inn
china. Kip's Bay nnd Its Outlaws will prove
nn interesting crew te meet interest
ing even if net refreshing. They talk
a let and seldom say much, but then
they have something ln common with
tne villagers at thnt.
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY'S
CHINESE TRANSLATIONS
pen sketches of British, Continental and,
(se. the book says Amerlcnntypcs, is
obvious in Its structure. Every point
In presaged before the preceding para
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Portraits" Is readable rind is Interest
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American humorists can be.
Undergraduate Tastes
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members of the senior class of Yale
University yielded the Information that
Dickens ls the prose author ranklnK
first in favor, with "A Tale of -TVe
Cities" the favorite novel. The Bec
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a. m. m. Hutchinson. "Cressing the
Bar" Is the fnverlte poem, with Kip
ling's "If" net far behind.
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