r c=== m The New Life By JESSIE ETHEL SHERWIN »- =» (Copyright. 1919, by Western Newspaper Union.j Bertha Druse purposely put herself In the way of meeting John Barker whenever occasion encouraged. She passed the time of day quite casually to all appearances, but always man aged to detain him long enough to ask him a question in which lay her vivid interest: "What do yen hear from Allan?" At the first Mr. Barker had answered with a scowl and a carping tirade against the boy who had run away from home and had made all sixes and sevens of his destiny. Some spark of humane interest in the old man, how ever, became revivified when he learned indirectly that Allan had gone i abroad a volunteer for Uncle Sam. Then with some pride he told Bertha that he had received a two-line letter from Allan. He even showed It to Bertha : "Dear Old Dad : I have cut out drinking. It's all fighting now." And such a glad, rapturous sparkle came to the eyes of the longing girl, and such a glorious flush to her fair, fresh face that Mr. Barker exclaimed: "Hello! what's this? Surely' you haven't n*ny after that young scapegrace!" "But aren't you glad that Allan has —has reformed? Oh! dear Mr. Barker, If he only comes back to the world and Its old sweet ways!" "Poetry! Sentiment!" scoffed Mr. Barker. "I haven't much faith in the boy," but Bertha fancied there was a false note to his avowed disbelief. "He's coming home, Allan is," an nounced Mr. Barker one day In the armistice year. "He thinks next month," and he put out his hand to steady Bertha, for she acted as though she was about to faint. She recovered herself, however, hut her lips moved tremulously as though In a mute prayer of gladness and hope. Allan Barker had made a record for himself at the front. Not only that, but he had picked up a small fortune. He was one of a group which had sur prised a party of looters among the enemy who had slaughtered half of the inhabitants of a little town and had burned down every house in sicrht. There had been a sanguinary fight. Aft er it was all over Allan showed to his commanding officer a little sack filled with gold and jewels, which he had wrested from one of the foe. "Well," observed this official, "you had better turn it in." "To what department?" inquired Al lan. "To your own personal safekeeping," came the reply. "Its ownership can not be traced, it is fair jetsam, we've got too much heavy fighting ahead to bother with trifles. Call it a trophy of the conflict and take it home as a souvenir." "You bet I'll make good use of ft," declared Allan reverently, and lie did. And when he appeared at his native town a few months after that, surely returned warrior never vaunted such interesting mementoes of his experi ence abroad! For when he left the tfain, just at dusk, four neat-appear ing, happy-faced children, ranging from four to twelve years, accompa nied him. "Allan Barker and family," was the way he registered the strange group, and the hotel landlord stared, and his motherly wife took charge of the lit tle ones as though they were her own, when she learned that they were all that was left of a Belgian peasant family. "I've simply adopted the four. That's inv share. I'm thinking of the forlorn orphan refugees. I'm lucky having quite a snug sum to care for them," advised Allan proudly. "Oh, isn't it just like you, Allan Bar ker, and no one else!" enthused the sympathetic lady. "You were always good and grand at heart, for all your wild ways." "I wonder if dad will echo that sen timent?" said Allan. "I'm on the look out for a mother for those little ones, and I thinfc I know where to go to find her. Then there's a home needed. I'm going to report to dad and find out how he feels about it." "Well, you've come back, I see," was the greeting Allan received as he stood before his father for the first time In five years. "The bad penny returned—yes, dad!" laughed Allan. "See here, you know you're not sorry, for all that scowling face you're putting on. Come, father, shake hands and say so. I've come to stay, if you'll let me, with my four little ones." "Your what I" "Let me tell you a story," and Allan did. It Involved the heroic resolve of a down-and-outer reformed, new-born courage, the impulse of bravery, the final determination of a worthy soul to indeed redeem the wasted past and provide for the broken lives of four little homeless waifs. And at its end John Barker broke down and buried his face in his hands and cried like a little child. "Yes, it's home for all of you," he said. "Home! What won't it seem aft er these lonely years! And you must find a mother for them, Allan." "I've planned to arrange that," ob served Allan, glancing at his watch as casually as though bent on some trivial errand. "I'll see Bertha and let you know what she says," and the news he brought hack an hour later convinced John Barker that the future was to be a golden one for all con cerned. "EDUCATION" OF LONG AGO College Man, Five Hundred Centuries Past, Differed Somewhst From His Prototype Today. Oxford University is composed of twenty-one colleges. Among the lar- gest of these is the one that, although it has stood for 500 years. Is still called "New." It was built r, hundred years before the discovery of Amer ica by William de Wykeham .nd was an expression of the most advanced ideas of education entertained in his day. So far as the architecture and plan of the building are concerned, the five centuries that have since elapsed have uggested but little that is better. English .nd American col lege builders still follow de Wyke ham's model. The undergraduate in de Wyke ham's 'ime, in order to obtain his B. A. degree, studied the logic of Por phyry and Boethius, something of Aristotle, and enough of arithmetic to enable him to And Easter. Three years more were usually spent in studying geometry, astronomy and astrology. He lived in college. His allowance of money was one shilling a week. His breakfast was a piece of bread and a pot of beer at dawn. His din ner was eaten at 10 in the morning. He was given one 3uit of clothes yearly. Three times a year each stu dent was required secretly to tell the masters of the misbehavior of his fel lows, who then received "competent castigation." - • The rules laid down by de Wyke ham prohibited visits to taverns er "spectacles," the keeping of dogs, the playing of chess and other "noxious and illicit sports, shooting with ar rows or other missiles, dancing, run nine. wrestling, or other incautious and inordinate amusements." The only recreation permitted was the assembling around the fire on win ter nights to indulge in "singing, or the reading of pooms and chronicles of the realm and of the wonders of the world." The college was summoned to din ner by two poor scholars, who ran around the quadrangles shouting in bad Latin and French, "Tempus est vocandi a manger, O seigneurs!" The "seigneurs" were obliged to eat in absolute silence. The True business Man. Your true business man is no nar row accumulator of riches, no piler up of bonds and clipper of coupons. " He is a promoter of all that goes to make peaceful relations between men and empires. He strives not wholly for his own selfish ends, but for public ones. He believes in his nation and strives to do something for the com munity where he lives. He takes an interest in everything that is of in terest to that community, knowing that his efforts are sure to bring their suitable reward. To a business man of Boston Pier r>ont Morgan said not long before hia death: "My aim is to help build up our country and make our securities so sound that the people of foreign countries will feel compelled to invest their money in them." Said Wendell Phillips of a noted Boston merchant, whose funeral ora tion he pronounced: "It was not what he gave away that marked him. Others give liberally— our merchants have open hands. Pie not only believed the universe was sunny; he brought sunshine with him when he came. His hand was stretched out to spread the ideas which bear seed for the future, whose value few see, whose influence many dread." —Boston Globe. Island Cote for Man Birds. Kaiser Wilhelm has hit upon a plan to turn a tiny island in the North Sea into a rendezvous for Germany's great airship fleet. Heligoland is one of the most curious islands in the world. It belonged to Great Britain 20 years ago, but was given to Germany in exchange for Zanzibar. The towering cliffs of this island are largely artificial. It was discov ered that the heavy seas were honey combing them and the island threat ened to be entirely swept away. The German government spent mil lions of dollars in pouring cement into these crevices and preserving this strategic point. In addition, it was formidably armed and the utmost se crecy is maintained as to the strength of its fortifications. Visitors are not permitted to land except in the 3tuffy little town at the base. They are forbidden to scale the bluffs whereon the armaments bristle and where gigantic stores of powder are maintained for the impe rial fleet. This island is said to be prepared to withstand a siege of three ye&ra. Liked the Prospects. Harold is a pretty wise youngster, and already, although still quite young, has developed a strong financial in stinct. The other day he surprised his family by announcing his intention to enter the ministry in due season. "Why, sonny," inquired his father, "I thought you were strong for the dollars? There's no money in religion, you know." "Oh, but I think you must be mis taken, papa," cried Harold. "That's why Tm going to be a preacher—'cause I read in the paper that the United States pays our minister to Austria $17,500 a year!" New Derivative. "Mrs. Fangle is a homeopathist, isn't she?" remarked an old lady, dur ing a call on a neighbor. "No, I don't think she is," was the reply. "She's very seHoin at home when I call.'' I l —llll 11 n I _ J>l| I CUPID-CLAIRVOYANT jj I By EVA GOLDBERG. | The routine of Betty Hamilton's daily program brought her outside the door precisely at eight each morning. She delighted in the brisk, stimulating ex ercise, an appetizing prelude to the day's labor, and enjoyed watching the eight o'clock procession of workers whose faces had become familiar through such regular meeting. Howard Morse, a newly established lawyer and a stranger in the city, was another fresh-air enthusiast, who pre ferred walking to street car conges tion. For several mornings he had ob served Betty as she crossed Gage ave nue. There was something in her man ner that invited acquaintance. It must have been this very something that prompted him to single her out of the many as one whom he cared to know. And he craved an introduc tion ! Strangely, too, with the natural cu riosity that besets a newcomer in the neighborhood. Betty wondered, as they exchanged glances, who he might be and was anxious to meet him. Sort of mutual telepathy! • ***••* The Young Ladies' Aid, of which Miss Hamilton was social director, was running a novelty bazaar to raise funds for the entertainment of return ing soldiers and sailors. Betty had often amused the members with her pet hobby of telling fortunes. Thus on this festive occasion she occupied a little booth and charged admission for her advice on affairs of the heart. Whatever possessed Howard Morse to stroll into the bazaar, he himself knew not. Maybe, surrounded by gay ety and excitement, he could shake off that lonesome feeling. Yet should he seek the real truth, maybe he would encounter that captivating blue-eyed little lady. He sauntered into the dance hall —if she were here surely it would be proper to ask her to dance, an opportune moment for acquaint ance ! But 110, she was not among the merry gliders. "Most likely she was not fond of dancing," lie thought. He would quickly change his mind if he know now, in that stuffy little booth, she longed to escape and keep time with the gay music. The young attorney was not senti mental enough to patronize fortune tellers. llaer Syndicate.) "MAN'S BEST FRIEND" DOGS EMPLOYED AS GUARDS BY GREEK ARMY. They Replace Railway Sentries and In Paris Render Valuable Aid to the Police —Are Above Bribery. After several attempts had been made to damage the railways used for the transportation of Greek trcops Into Turkish territory, dogs were em ployed to guard the lines, the Greek government being unable to spare sol diers for the purpose. The results were excellent. At Larissa in particu lar the entire railroad line was effica- 1 clously protected by dogs. So much interest has been aroused in Europe by this new use for dogs and the success of the experiment that reports have been officially asked for by the various European military authorities concerning the special training of the dogs. For several years perfectly trained police dogs have been found Invalu able in Paris, and they have been as signed to important duties. All along the banks of the Seine dogs watch for accidents. If a careless passenger or an unwary boatman falls off one of the many boats and barges plying constantly up and down the Seine, one of the big, beautiful Newfound land river guards bounds into the wa ter to the rescue, barking to give the alarm and after swimming with the limp body to the shore. Even the bridges are closely watched by the dogs, for from the Seine bridges many despairing men and women leap into the river, hoping thus to end their misery. It is. now believed that countless | railway -recks due to deliberate de i sign during labor troubles could be prevented if railroad sections were | policed by dogs. Their efficacy in this i duty has been unquestionably proved in the Bnlkan war. Dogs are now used to escort pris oners to and from jail in Paris. They will courageously attack their enemy even when fired upon, as a notorious bandit found to his cost during a re cent struggle to escape while being conveyed to trial. This is a result obtained by careful training. How to defend his master is an other important, lesson taught the po lice dog. The dog must snarl and bite as soon as an attempt to hold up his master is made. In this the police dog is developing marvelous qualities. Guarding property is another of the police dog's duties, and in this also he has proved himself an adept. Ar ticles left in his care are safe and faithfully watched. His moral training forms as much of a police dog's education as his pro fessional lesson. He is taught to be honest and faithful and not to accept; a bribe. The latter is important be cause poisoned meat is often offered to these dogs. The police dog soon learns to eat nothing but what his . master serves him. and is an example to many men in his resistance to temptation. Saving More MiH'ons. Millions of dollars will be saved the government by the use of a newly de vised stamp-printing machine. The apparatus is scheduled to turn out a mile of poetage stamps every five min utes. It was designed by Benjamin R. Stickney. There will be a saving of 57 per cent in the production cost of stamps. This new machine, which prints, gums, dries, perforates, and either cuts into sheets or winds into coils 12,000 stamps in one minute, will save the government 6everal million dol lars in the cost of stamps alone in the course of a few years. The bu reau of engraving and printing now turns out 40,000,000 stamps daily, but with the use of the new machine and because of the increased demand, it will be able to manufacture many more millions a day. The Drummer's Tender Heart. The commercial traveler had Just finished a story of a disastrous fire. "And what did you do when you heard of it on your journey?" inquired his friend. "Oh, I sent the governor a long telegram of sympathy. He likes that kind of thing. Cost me half a crown." "Half a crown," exclaimed the other incredulously. "Oh, I charged it to my expenses, of course," explained the traveler. Kindly feeling and thoughtful econ omy could go no further. 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One hears a great deal about the absent-minded professor, but it would be hard to find one more absent-mind ed than the dentist who said soothing ly, as he applied a tool to his automo bile, under which he lay: "Now, this is going to hurt just a little." Dai'y *":*<• ?,n nearer when we stoop than wi. . e soar. —Words worth. Disapproves Old Adage. In spite of the old adage to the con trary, some things done by halves are done most satisfactorily, as for exam ple the much-used Quinsigamond bridge at Worcester, Mass. Here traf fic suffered a minimum of Interruption by completing and putting Into use one longitudinal half of the new ture before the other half was built. Hadn't Got to That. Philanthropic Person —"Have yon never striven my friend, to attain a higher life?" Mundane Marmaduke— "Well, mister, we ain't got past corned beef an' beer yet, but whether well ever reach champagne and chicken I can't bloomin' well say."—Sydney BaK letin. . i ✓ Bright Silver. 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