Her Dowry By RUTH GRAHAM In the Rocky mountains, not far west of Denver, there lived William Harri son, who had taken his wife and daughter into the gold region for the purpose of looking in the ground for a fortune. He settled himself and them In a log cabin on Clear creek. He would wash for gold until he found himself possessed of enough of the precious metal to keep his family for awhile, then he would start out on a prospecting tour, to dig holes in the ground, hoping to find gold in paying quantities. But Harrison's diggings resulted In nothing. Each day he became mow disappointed and discouraged. One day a stranger came to Harri son's cabin and asked for a night's lodging. Mrs. Harrison took him in and gave him what she had, which was little enough, for they were very poor. He was waited on by Isabel at supper and chatted with her while he ate. He drew from her the story of her father's efforts to win a fortune for her out of the ground, besides a secret that was unknown to her par ents. She loved a young man who was hunting for gold and had achieved no more success than her father. He was able to obtain only a precarious, living for himself, and it would be a gin tot the couple to marry while doomed to such abject poverty. The stranger seemed much interested In the girl's story and asked many questions concerning the young man. Isabel assured him that he was of good character and not liable to a change or one following an Ignis fatuus, since everybody In that region was a gold hunter. He was the son of a prospector. Therefore he might be said to have been born to the occupa tion. The stranger seemed to be a peculiar T with strange ideas. - Instead of berating Isabel's father or her lover for wasting time in a hunt that there was not one chance In a thousand of being successful, he said that life consisted of taking chances, for no one could tell what a day or an hour might bring forth. "Life," he said, "is not even a speculation. It Is sure to end In the grave." This was said with a melancholy flplrlt. The man was ill and possibly was Influenced by his Illness He re mained a month in Harrison's cabin, silnlstered to by Mrs. Harrison and Isabel But he showed such Interest In Isabel that he fell entirely under her care. He was delayed by a snowstorm that came early In the winter, and the snow was likely to remain on the ground for many months. Isabel told her friend that she regretted this be cause It covered a little grotto near the house where In fair weather she used to go and sew or read. He replied that life was only enjoyed by contrasts and the longer she was kept out of her grotto the happier she would be to get Into it again. When it ceased to snow the stranger took his departure. Before going he said to her: "You will receive a dowry which will enable you to marry the man you love." Isabel looked at him in astonishment and asked him when the dowry would come to her. "When the sun Is warm enough to r*elt the snow," was the reply. The stranger was such an odd indi vidual that Isabel thought little of this statement, thinking that he was not aware of what he said. She certainly did not place sufficient faith in It to tell it to her father and mother or to her lover. That was a long winter, and her fa ther found prospecting difficult on ac count of the deep snow. The family pined for the spring to come to release them from their cabin and enable them to enjoy the out of door life, so invig orating In the mountains. At last there came a series of warm days, and the snow began to melt and run down the gulches In torrents. It was so thick that It required time to leave bare any of the soil or rocks. One remark of the stranger Isabel re membered. It was that the longer she was kept out of her grotto the more she would rejoice at re-entering it. One morning after several warm days she was sitting by the window of her little room sewing The sun was still melting the snow, shining bright ly. Thinking of the stranger's remark about her grotto, she turned her head to look at it, for she could see it from her window. The snow had been melt ed so far as to leave several bare spots. On the edge of one of these spots she noticed a dazzling light made by the sun shining on some smooth substance. Isabel's curiosity was excited as to what this substance was, for she did not remember to have left any bit of metal or glass there in the autumn. She went out to the grotto, and there at her feet was a gold piece. She picked it up wonderingly, then hunted in the snow for more. She found no more, but the next morning the snow had melted so far as to un cover a basket that had been missing, and it was full of gold coins. The wonder stricken girl counted them and found what was an ample dowry. She at once connected it with the stranger she had nursed and put it away for him, thinking he would re turn and claim it. But he never came. Isabel kept it untouched till the next autumn came on, and then, having heard nothing from him, she acted on what h<« had said about finding her dowry "when the snow melts" and ap propriated it to herself. Their Hero By RICHARD MARKLEY One of the idiosyncrasies of youth is an overappreciation of what is pleasing to the eye. A boy of sixteen is more absorbed in the cut of his clothes than ever again in his life. The love of per sonal adornment is supposed to remain with a woman so long as she lives. Once out of her teens she is won rath er by devotion than good looks. But a girl from fifteen to twenty is as much charmed by what is usually denominat ed handsome in a boy a3 the boy is by resplendent neckwear. Neither the boy nor the girl attaches much importance to merit. Tom Berryman, aged eighteen, the son of a well to do widow, persuaded his mother to permit him to give a house party in her country home, which she did not intend to occupy during the summer. The bunch Tom trained with was composed of boys and girls of ages varying from fourteen to eighteen, though none of the girls was quite seventeen. Six boys and six girls were Invited to the house party, and all ac cepted at once, for none of them had ever been so honored before. Mrs. Berryman had an intimate friend, a Mrs. Archibald, whose only son, Reginald, was of a proper age to be invited to the house party. Mrs. Berryman, desiring to show attention to her friend, made It a condition of giving up her country house to her son and her friends that Reginald Archi bald should receive an invitation to be one of the party. Tom consented and had been suffi ciently trained In social dealings to no tify the other boys that Reginald Archi bald, being a stranger, should receive especial attention from them. As to the girls, Tom knew that If they did not happen to fancy young Archibald they would not be likely to put them selves out of the way to do him honor. When Reginald appeared on the scene he was found to be what a girl of sixteen would call handsome. His complexion was pink and white. He was rather tall for his age and deli cately formed. He possessed a well turned neck and throat and wore a byronic collar—not at all in fashion— which showed the features to advan tage. He at once gave the impression that he honored the company In ap pearing among them and that he ex pected to be treated with especial con sideration. As has been remarked, young ladies of sixteen are like the fish that go tor the glittering spoon that whirls in the sunshine at the end of a line. Regi nald's pink and white complexion, his soft brown eyes, his artistically tum bled hair and, above all, that throat, rising above the broad, rolling collar, captivated every girl in the party. Moreover, his admirers were too young to have received proper training in restraining themselves in such matters, and Mr. Archibald at once became their hero. Even had the girls refrained from showing their admiration for the youngster with the pink and white complexion the other boys would doubtless have discovered it They were not envious of him, but his re ceiving all the attention to the entire exclusion of all the rest of them was certainly calculated to mar the pleasure of the party. No one of them could make an engagement with any girl un til she had learned whether Reginald Archibald would honor her with a like invitation. If a boy were chatting with a girl she was forever casting glances at the Adonis, evidently more interest ed in getting him away from the girl he was with than in her companion. The longer this concentrated atten tion of the girls upon him lasted the more Mr. Archibald seemed to consider it a matter of course. Instead of point ing out to the girls the want of wisdom in their course he rather encouraged them in following it Instead of en deavoring to be one of the party of boys he held aloof from them, seeming to consider the society of girls prefer able. On the whole, the young fellows were quite excusable in being up in arms against both the girls and their hero for spoiling their fun. They put their heads together to con coct some scheme to show up the ador able Adonis and reinstate themselves in the good graces of the girls. They one and all agreed to act on the old saying "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." The result speaks for itself. One morning when the girls came down to breakfast the butler an nounced that some of the boys had gone fishing, some to a baseball match. The only boy left at home was their hero. They had him for breakfast, they spent the morning with him, the afternoon, and when dinner time came he was still their only companion. Long before the shadows of evening came they found that Mr. Archibald was a good deal like fish for breakfast fish for luncheon and fish for dinner. At the usual hour for dancing the pho nograph was set going, and since there was only the hero to dance with and the girls soon tired of dancing with one another they sat around and moped. The boys came in at 10 o'clock to find all the girls retired to their rooms, and Mr. Archibald had taken the 9:15 train for home. In the morning the I girls pouted, while the boys talked of the enjoyable day they had spent as stags. For a few hours the moping of the girls continued; then, when the boys went out to the tennis courts together, they were followed by a repentant flock of misses who had concluded that five ordinary boys were preferable to one Adonis. She Was Too Radiant. The elder Swift founder of one of the great Chicago beef concerns, hated to see women working in bright clothes, according to a man who once labored for the Swift concern. There happen ed to be a stenographer at the works, however, who bought all the loud rai ment she could and looked like a com bination of a merry-go-round and a rainbow when she walked through the yards. One day the elder Swift caught sight of her. He called his assistant "Who is that?" be asked. "Why, that's Mr. Blank's stenogra pher." "How much does she get?" "Twenty-five a week." "Dock her." "I'm afraid she'll leave." Swift shot a glance at his assistant before he answered. "If she doesn't" be said, "dock her again."—Earl Godwin in Washington Star. The Long Lived Farmer. Man armed with a hoe protects him self from the agencies of death more completely than man with any other life defense weapon. The United States bureau of statistics-has discovered that Important fact by a study of the rec ords of life insurance companies. Then "the hard life of the farmer" Is longer, not because it simply seems longer, but because he lives in the midst of protective agencies. The statistics of the entire country show that farmers live longer than all others, fifty-eight years being their average span of life Bookkeepers and office assistants live the shortest lives, thirty-six years b:»- Ing their average limit of endurance Among the office workers tuberculosis Is the worst enemy of life, 35 per cent of them having died of that disease. Among the farmers heart disease causes the most deaths, 16 per cent of the total—Worcester Telegram. Told by the Windmill. In certain districts of Holland news of a domestic sort is frequently an nounced by the windmills. When, for instance, a miller gets married he stops his mill with the arms of the wheel in an oblique position and with the sails unfurled. His friends and guests do likewise with their mills tn celebration of the ceremony. To announce a birth the wheel is stopped with the arms in a slanting position, but at a more acute angle than for a marriage and with the two upper sails unfurled. In the event of a miller's death his fami ly causes the sails of his mill to be all furled, and the mill is turned around until the arms assume an upright cross, in which position they are left until after the funeral has taken place. Contracts and tho Eye. Lecturing on "The Effect on the Bye of Varying Degrees of Brightness and Contrast" before the Illuminating En gineer society recently, Dr. James Kerr of the public health department of the London county council referred to some effects which may be surpris ing. Having to examine long lists oI figures in black type, he tried to facili tate his task by drawing vertical and horizontal lines in red ink, but the dif ferent focusing of the black and red strained his eye nnd gave him a head ache, which did not trouble him when all the figures and lines were either black or red One of Them Did. As good a real kid story as you've probably noticed for awhile is related herewith: The four-year-old son was having lunch alone with his grand mother. At his proposal they agreed to play "father and mother." He was the father, and she was the mother. After the few words of grace he bent forward in excellent imitation of his father and said, "Well, mother, and have the children said anything cute today?"— Philadelphia Star. Studying the Future. "So you are going to get married," laid Miss Cayenne. "Yes," replied the confiding young man. "Well, which kind of marriage is it to be—one where you go to live with the bride's folks or the bride's folks come to live with you?"— Washington Star. Tho Cabbage Butterfly. The most destructive enemy of the cabbage and related crops is the cab bage butterfly. This lays Its eggs upon a cabbage leaf. The eggs hatch into green caterpillars, and these eat the leaves. In 1883, says the Journal of Heredity, an ichneumon fly was im ported from Europe to keep the cab bage butterfly in check. The fly lays its eggs in the body of the caterpillar; the larvae which hatch from these eggs eat the caterpillar's insides, cut their way out through the empty skin and spin cocoons from which the flies emerge. "It is interesting to note," adds the Journal of Heredity, "that the parasite is in turn preyed upon by a super parasite, a little chalcis fly, 'and so on down ad infinitum,' no doubt" Korea Eate Rice With a Spoon. While China and Japan take rice with chopsticks, Korea eats hers with a spoon. Prediction is that the x next step will usher in the broad fork. "Whence comes this peculiarity?" asks the Korea Magazine. "One reason is that in the Analects of Confucius a rec ord exists that the master ate his mil let not with chopsticks, but with a spoon. Every saying that pertains to Confucius is reverently regarded in Korea, and the people of that land would rather follow the master than present day custom."—East and West News. BUBBIAN ASHY LEADER SUPPORTED KEEENgCT * m- ■. " jffl-Mpj mm^m GEN. MICHAEL ALEXIEFP » GENERAL SURVEY OF THEWAB Italian treats have taken fmi IHf Austro-G ara&ans tfea of Del and the ftiflin. add raw occupy the slope api tgp of Monte fljy Gabriels after sevtm> fighting. Hal* embfesy in ajmottoottig Uie sap* taire, Mid it is l6e iwwM viA gftmed hr the Italians ainee their an* wange itfto tfce war. GqtHur* of aM AaetoodfaMffarlap lfteote San wmH it &>Moted Urbe a setter qjhours. Tke Sflfettag in the roffoa of the forest of TOIQOYO was very severe, as the Aue- had assembled an enormous artillery there. The positions ware taken by infantry attack tfvfeeavy cost to the Italians. The battle has been raging twaaty days. Last week the Austrian* changed from defensive and began an offensive, using masses of their bast fcfaoos again Bt the Italian positions. Ifr loss of San Gabriele will mean far ttte Jfastrians, the embassy says, tka *2* °* all the vantage points against &e Oorisia plain and the Frigido vaL h*. "The Italian losses in the eleventh feonso battle," says an official state- IDent issued by the Austrian war of- Qoe, "have reached almost 250,000, in* kluding 20,000 prisoners." The Russian army is driving back toward Riga along a wide front. With* tn the last five days it has advansed snore than seven miles, the Russian imbassy in Washington announced. The whole Russian military estab lishment is being re-organised under Gteneral Alexieff and discredited com nanders are being ousted. First official cables from Petrograd to the embassy were most encourag ing. They showed that the Korniloff rebellion has been put down without bloodshed, the morale of the troops 1b splendid and the government itronger than ever." Official word that responsibility tor Ibe tftornUo# deflection has been fixed apon his advisers instead of himself, is regarded here as an indication that the famous Coseack chief will not pay the death penalty for his crime. The cables say the Russians are forcing re tention of more German troops on the eaet front now than at any time Binoe the war began. The Frie Zeitung of Berne publishes an article from an Austrian official, who traveled through several sections of this country, in whioh the writer states that Austria-Hungary cannot boM out the coming winter owing to economic reasons, as both soldiers and oivttfans will be starved. He gives several reasons, notably the almost oomplete destruction of the crops in the richest regions of Hun gary by the cold, heavy rain, while 30,000 tons of Rumanian cereals could not be transported owing to lack of rotting stock, which, first of all, is utilised for military purposes. In the meantime, he says, the necessaries of life are mounting to extraordinary prices. WOULD FREE BELGIUM Reported That Berlin States Willing, neee In Pope's Note. Reply of the central powers to Pope Benedict's peace note was received by the Vatican, according to well In formed officials in Rome. It was reported the reply favors "absolute independence for Belgium," demanding that King Albert's coun try "be independent of all military aftd economic alliances." Formal announcement of the receipt of the Teutonic reply and information as to whether it was a joint or group answer was withheld by the Vatican. Enlletments For Navy Halted. The navy has become so overcrowd* ad, that Secretary Daniels has ruled cottage men can return for this win teffn training, though they will be call ed back to actual service next sum mer when more ships and stations will be available. Enlistment for the navy has halted because of the num ber of men pn hand who cannot be ac commodated in ships and stations. fIWIII i] mm PROMPT MR. SUN. "The fairies," said Daddy, "planned to give a swimming party at dawn. —. "The night falr- I les were finishing I a wonderful sup- SA J per after a frolic when the dawn & fairies came r . along. They were Jm. wearing dresses ok °* bright yellows {fW and golds and reds, and they / JOJ carried wanda which sparkled / at the ends with bright golden The Brownies lights. Came. " Soon along came the sun fair ies. They are so bright that they can never be seen, and, of course, they like to be this way. They want to be around many, many times and yet they do not want to be noticed. "As they wear bright dresses like the sun, they cannot be looked at The sun is the one who can gaze at them, for, of course, he is still brighter. "As the sun fairies were coming along, old Mr. Sun turned himself in his bed behind the hill, opened his eyes, and said: " Dear me, if s high time I was up.' "So with a great hurry and flurry Mr. Sun got up. T was almost late,' he said as he saw the fairies. "'No, you are never really late,' said the fairies. "That is because I have made a habit of being on time—of being punctual, I think it is called. "Tou see I even make a habit of being on time when I am late.' "All the fairies laughed. 'What in the world do you mean, Mr. Sun? How can you be on time when you are late? The first half of your sentence doesn't get along with the last half! They don't agree at all. In fact, they quar rel most horribly.' "1 know It sounds Impossible,' said Mr. Sun. *But it Isn't. Listen, and I shall tell you all about It I shall ex plain how It Is I am on time when I am late.' "The fairies sat around, and thought the swimming party could wait a lit tle while. Mr. Sun was going to be so extremely interesting I They knew that I M, You see,' said Mr. Sun, *lt la all arranged.' "•What is all arranged?* asked the fairies. J " 'The time/ said Mr. Sun. There Is a certain hour of the day I am sup posed to get up. I get up at that time. Then there is my going-to-bed time. I go on time always. I may appear to be lazy and not want to get up, or I may appear to be wide awake and not want to go to bed. But I al ways do.' " To be sure you do, Mr. Sun. We know you are a very prompt, punctual old soul. But do tell us about being on time when you are late.' "'I will take great pleasure In so doing,' said Mr. Sun, very solemnly. " 'lt's this way,' he continued. 'This is the time of year when I do not care about going to bed so early, jfhd why? Because I am not supposed to go so soon. Of course, a few months ago I was sitting up much later every night, but still the time will come when I will go to bed much earlier than I am going these nights. " 'lt is then —when I am late in go ing to bed that I still am on time. Do you see? I go to bed at the time of day that the calendar tells me to, and I get up In the same way. Even when I am late in getting up—it Is Just the same—l am late because I am sup posed to be late. And therefore I am punctual, prompt, and on time.' "The fairies —» laughed heartily. \ \ I / / •You've started V \ \ ' /// our day so merri ly for us. And -A * • A~" now won't you _ 1' 0 w 0 y~ shine,* dear Mr. Sun, for we're go lng to have a 0/" swimming party?' -""V* ffa u Indeed, I will,' W ill, said Mr. Sun, and rfi Am* showed that he l f !i Zsy meant what he said, for the earth Ml seemed a very 1 W " * ,mo * t warm, sunny place that morning, and the water was delicious! "The fairies wore their lovely green costumes for swimming, the green was the color of the pretty water weeds, and their caps were of green, too. "The brownies came, and of course they wore their brown bathing suits, which made them look rounder, and fatter, and Jollier than ever. "Such swimming and splashing and diving as there was I Such water fights! Such tricks! And Mr. Sun quickly shown down upon them, for he wanted to show he really was a prompt old sun." What Friendship Means. The girl Is no true friend who is willing to listen to criticism of those she pretends to love. Some people seem to have an unwholesome appe tite for hearing others censured, and they will listen with as much avidity to the unfavorable discussion of a friend so-called, as of anyone else. The trouble with such a girl Is that she has not as yet found out the mean ing of friendship.—Girls' Companion. GERMANY CALLS HIM "KING OF Ad" A A ;\^H mKKmmi .^l"^*\ s "~* v jh - v > - h65#KL^H^ BARON VON RICHTHOFEN Capt. Baron Manfried von Richtcho fen, commander of Germany's famous "Tango Escadrille." The Germans claim for him the title of "King of the Air," as he is reported to have downed 58 machines. SURVEY OF THE WAR j _____ -y«» ■ The British infantry "went oyer the •op" on & wide front east of Ypres, and the Flanders offensive is on again. Two thousand prisoners have been captured by the British, according to the official report, in the drive. The Germans have launched bo counter attacks. They were massing In certain places, however, where the British guns were bombarding them. The British penetration has reach* ed the depth of a mile on a four and a half mile front, which, considering the character of the ground, is a won derful achievement. The British rush evidently was suc cessful from the outset, for the cap ture of positions of value were report ed by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and the progress made was described as satisfactory. The renewal of the offensive came after a long pause, in which intensive . preparatory work had been carried on unceasingly. The fighting in this peri od, indeed, was such as to pile up heavy casualty lists on both sides, while the crushing drum fire from the British guns has been admitted by the Germans to have had a destruc tive effect on their positions. The British drive, apparently is be ing made in the direction of Roulers and Courtral, from which Belgian town, according to recent dispatches from the Dutch frontier, the German military authorities have been evacu ating the civilian population. Jacobstadt, on the Dvina, has been captured by the German forces on the Russian front,together with the posi tions on a front of twenty-five miles and six miles deep on the west bank of the river, army headquarters an nounced. The Russians, after giving up their bridgehead and the terrain it pro tected, fled to the opposite bank of the Dvina, leaving Jacobstadt in Ger man hands, together with more than 400 prisoners and more than 50 guns. The German aviators engaged in the operations at Jacobstadt were under the leadership of Prince Frederick Sigismund of Prussia (cousin of Em peror William). Official word that responsibility for the Korniloff deflection has been fixed upon his advisers instead of himself, is regarded as an indication that the famous Cossack chief will not pay the death penalty for his crime. Tho cables say the Russians are forcing re tention of more German troops on the east front now than at any time since the war began. STEEL CORPORATION RAISES WAGES AGAIN 10 Per Cent. Increase to Take Effect Oct. I—Ail Subsidiary Companies Affected by Announcement. For the second time this year and the fifth time since the beginning of 1916, the United States Steel corpora tion has made a 10 per cent advance in the wages of its employes. E. H. Gary, chairman of the corporation, made the following announcement: "It has been decided to increase by about 10 per cent the wage rates of the workmen of our subsidiary com panies, to take effect Oct. 1, 1917. Equitable adjustments will be made." Common labor under the new wage scale will receive about $2.91 a day, compared with $2.67 at present and $2 before the war. Steel men here take it for granted that the independent concerns which are now earning the highest rates in their history will follow the lead of the steel corporation. It is said, also, that the increase which will probably be granted by the independent con cerns will be in the form of bonuses rather than in permanent wages, and that the latter will continue only as long as the companies continue the present heavy volume of business. Munition Explosion Fatal to Nine. Nine persons were killed and many Injured in an explosion In an ammuni tion factory in Ireland.
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