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PEG
O' MY
HEART
By J. Hartley Manners
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tCONTI.NUKD.i
Jerry 6troUed ber hair ami looted
into ber eyes and smiled down at ber
lovingly as be asked:
"What will your father say?"
She looked happily up at him and
answered:
"Do you know one of the first things
me father rmight me wbeu 1 was just
a little child?"
"It was from Tom Moore, 'Oh, there's
nothin' half so aweet lti lire—ng lore's
young dream.' "
WheD O'Connell came into the room
later he realized that the great sum
mons had come to bis little girl.
The thought came to him that be
was about to give to England his
daughter in marriage! Well, had he
not taken from the English one of ber
fairest daughters as his wife?
And a silent prayer went up from
bla heart that happiness would abide
with his Pe* and her Jerry and that
their romance would last longer than
had Angela's and ills.
AFTERWORD.
AND now the moment has come to
take leave of tbe people 1 bare
lired with for so long. Yet.
though I say "Adieu!" X feel It
1 m only a temporary leave taking.
Their lives are so linked with mine
that lome day In the future 1. may be
tempted to draw back tbe curtain anu
show the passage or years In their
various lives.
Some da> with O'Connell we will
visit Peg in her English Home and see
tbe marvels time and love have
wrought upon ber. But to those who
knew ber In the old days she is still
tbe same Peg o' My Heart—resolute,
loyal, unflinching, mingling tbe langb
with the tear, truth and honesty her
bedrock.
We will also visit Mrs. Chichester
and hear of her little grandchild, born
In Berlin, where her daughter, Ethel,
met and married an attache at the
embassy and has formed a salon.
It will be a grateful task to revive
old memories of those wbo formed the
foreground of the life story of one
whose radiant presence shall Rlways
live in my memory, whose steadfast
ness and courage endeared her to all.
whose Influence on those wbo met her
and watched her and listened to ber
was farreaching, since she epitomized
In her small body all that makes wo
man lovable and man supreme— bonor,
faith and love!
Adieu, Pego' My Heart!
THE END.
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! WORRY
I Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
I By Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., ItL.
D., Commissioner of Health
I V«—
Worry—to choke or strangle says
II the dictionary. It is not necessary to
i seek for the further definition for that
1 is truly the physical manifestation of
mental' torment.
Worry strangles our mental powers
and chokes the bodily functions. Thore
are innumerable instances in which
physical decline and death are directly
traceaible to worry.
It is true that in everyone's life,
force ot' circumstances, bitter experi
ences and trying problems must be met, '
! considered and conquered. No matter
1 how vital these may be or how much j
real thought is required in their solu- ;
tion, worry will never aid and it in- j
cvitalvlv handicaps all efforts to obtain ,
a clear point of view and the estab- |
lishment of a true perspective toward .
| life's happenings.
The ancient philosophers deemed i
worry unworthy of men of true mental
attainment. Our physical makeup is so
finely adjusted that any distress of
mind reacts upon the bodily functions.
Excessive anger is often followed by
I illness and worry with its accompany- :
ing morbid thoughts has a like influ- '
j ence.
There is a close relation between our
I physical and mental selves and a sound
: body is a reserve force behind the
| mind. When you are tempted to worry
i hestir yourself physically. Exercise in
I the open air, a long tramp or some sim
| ilar diversion will oftentimes prove a j
! sufficient stimulant to aid materially I
j any mental effort you may make to cast
! off the burden.
i Another and even more effective
measure is to keep busv at one's daih I
; tasks. Occupation, if it* be of a nature i
| to require close application, is one ot t
the most effective cures for worry.
TO EVANGELIZE V. M. I. A.
New Rule Requires Officers and Direc
tors to Be Christians
i Johnstown, Pa.. Feb. 22.—A rule j
I which was passed by the delegates at i
; the forty-seventh annual State conven-'
! tion of Y. M. C. A. workers, in session j
i in this city, is expected to cause same j
1 upheavals among officers and board i
j members in many Pennsylvania associ
ations. This rule insists that all pai i
; officers of the associations and all mem-1
, hers of boards of directors must not
| only be members of evangelical
j churches, but must also be willing to do [
I earnest personal work among the men j
j and boys of the associations in an effor.
.to have them make a stand for the
| Christian life.
I It is declared that this rule wa-.
| adopted to rid some boards of directors
! of men who are hindering the spiritual
! work of the association movement. It
jis said that there are men serving as
: officers and boarvl members in this state
i who put little stress ori the spiritual
j side of the work. It is thought that
the religious revivals of Sunday and;
] Stough throughout the State inspired
i the originators of the rule.
Three big mass meetings featured '
j yesterdp.y's program. Dr. Howard A. 1
Kelly, the Baltimore surgeon, was the
' chief speaker of the day. He spoke
jon the social evil. The convention
closed at noon to-dav.
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CHAPTER I.
East Is East.
It begnn somowkere in the middle
of tbe world, at a forlorn landing on
the west bank of the muddy, turbu- *
lent Irrawaddy, remembered by man
only so often as It was necessary for
the flotilla boat to call for paddy, a
visiting commissioner anxious to get
away, or a family homeward bound.
On the east side of the river, over
there, was a semblance of civilization.
That Is to say, men wore white linen,
avoided murder, and frequently paid
their gambling debts. But on this
west side stood wilderness, not the
kind one reads about us being eventu
ally conquered by white men; no, the
real, grim desolation, where the ax
cuts but loaves no blaze, where the
pioneer disappears and few or none |
follow. It was not the wilderness of
the desert, of the jungle; rather the
tragic, hopeless state of a settlement
; that neither progressed, retarded nor
stood still.
Between the landing and the settle
ment Itself there stretched a winding
road, arid and treeless, perhaps two
miles in length. It announced defi
nitely that its end was futility. The
dust hung like a fog above it, not only
for this day, but for all days between
the big rains. When the gods, or the
elements, or Providence, arranged the
world as a fit habitation for man, In
dia and Burma were made the dust- (
bins. And as water finds its levels, ,
so will dust, earthly and human, the
quick and the dead.
Along the road walked two men,
phantomlike. One saw their heads
dimly and still more dimly their bodies
to the knees; of legs there was noth
ing visible. Occasionally they stepped
aside to permit some bullock cart to
pass. One of them swore, not with
any evidence of temper, not viciously,
but in a kind of mechanical protest,
which, from long usage, had become a
habit. He directed these epithets
never at anything he could by mental
or physical contest overcome. He
swore at the dust, at the heat, at the
■wind, at the sun.
The other wayfarer. with the inher
ent patience of his blood, said nothing
and waited, setting down the heavy
kit bag and the canvas valise (his
own). When the way was free again
he would sling the kit bag and the
valise over his shoulder and step back
into the road. His turban, once white,
was brown with dust and sweat. Hia
khaki uniform was rent and the rag
ged canvas shoes spurted little spirals
of dust as he walked. James Hooghly
was Eurasian; hall' European, half In
dian, having his place twixt heaven
and hell, which is to say, nowhere. He
was faithful, willing and strong; and
as a carrier of burdens took unmur<
muringly his place beside the tireless
bullock and the elephant. He was a
Methodist; why, no one could find lu
cid answer. By dint of inquiry big
master had learned that James looked
upon his baptism and conversion in :
Methodism as a corporal would have
looked upon the acquisition of a V. C.
Twice, during fever and plague, he
had saved his master's life. With the
guilelessness of the Oriental he con
sidered himself responsible for his
master in all future times. Instead of
paying off a debt he had acquired one.
Treated as he was, kindly but always
firmly, he would have surrendered his
life cheerfully at the beck of the white
man.
Warrington was an American. He I
was also one of those men who never i
held misfortune in contempt, whose I
outlook wherever it roamed was tol- ■
erant. He had patience for the weak, '
resolution for the strong and a fear- i
less amiability toward all. He was
like the St. Bernard dog, very diffi
cult to arouse. It is rather the way
with all men who are strong mentally
and physically. He was tall and broad
and deep. Under the battered pith
helmet his face was as dark as the j
Eurasian's; but the eyes were blue,
bright and small pupiled, as they are
with men who live out of doors, who
are compelled of necessity to note!
things moving at distances. The nose I
was large and well defined. All j
framed in a tangle of blond beard and
mustache which, if anything, added
to the general manliness of his ap- j
pearance. He, too, wore khaki, but
with the addition of tan riding leg- j
gings, which had seen anything but |
rockinghorse service. The man was ,
yellow from the top of his helmet to \
the soles of his shoes —outside. For i
the rest, he was a mystery, to James, ■
to all who thought they knew him, and j
most of all to himself. A pariah, an I
outcast, a fugitive from the bloodless i
hand of the law; a gentleman born, I
once upon a time a clubman, college )
bred; a contradiction, a puzzle for
which "there was not any solution, not ;
even in the hidden corners of the j
man's heart. His name wasn't War- I
rington; and he had rubbed elbows !
with the dregs of humanity, and still
looked you slraign* in the eye because j
he had come throu/.'h inferno without i
bringing any of thi dealing pitch.
From time to time he paused to re- '
Heht hi§ crumbling cheroot. The to
bacco was strong and bitter aad stung !
his parched lipn; but the craving for
the tang of the smoke on hih tongue
was not to be denied.
Under his arm he carried' a small |
iron cage, patterned something like
a rat trap. It contained a Rajputana !
parrakeet, not much larger than a
robin, but possessor of a soul as fierce
as that of Palladln. minus, however,
the smoothing Influence of chivalry.
I lie naa oeen oorn unaer tne eaves 01
the scarlet palace In Jaipur (so his
. history ran); but the proximity of In
dian princes had left him untouched;
he had neither chivalry, politeness,
nor diplomacy. He was, in fact, thor
oughly and consistently bad. Hound
and rouud he went, over and over,
top side, down side, restlessly. For
at this moment he was hearing those
familiar evening sounds which no hu
man ear can discern —the muttering!
of the day birds about to seek cover
for the night. In the field at the right
of the road stood a lonely tree. It
was covered with brilliant scarlet
leaves and blossoms, and justly the
natives call It the Flame of the
Jungle. A flock of small birds were
gyrating above it.
"Jah, jah. jah! Jah—Jah —ja-a-a-h!"
cried the parrot, imitating the Bur
mese bell gong that calls to prayer.
Instantly he followed the call with a
shriek so piercing as to sting the ear
of the man who was carrying him.
"You little son of a gun!" he
| laughed; "where do you pack away all
that noise?"
There was a strange bond between
the big yellow man and this little
green bird. The bird did not suspect
' it, but the man knew. The pluck, the
pugnacity and the individuality of the
feathered comrade had been an object
lesson to the man, at a time when he
had been on the point of throwing up
the fight.
"Jah. jah, jah! Jah —jah—ja-a-a-h!"
The bird began its interminable som
ersaults. pausing only to reach for the
tantalizing linger of the man. who
laughed again as he withdrew the
digit in time.
For six years he had carried the
bird with him. through India and Bur
ma and Malacca, and not yet had he
won a sign of surrender. There were
many scars on his forefingers. It was
amazing. With one pressure of his
hand he could have crushed out the
life of the bird, but over its brave, un
conquerable spirit he had no power.
And that is why he loved it.
Far away in the past they had met.
He remembered the day distinctly
and bitterly. He hnd been' on the
brink of self-destruction. Fever and
poverty and terrible loneliness had
battered and beaten him flat into the
dust, from which this time he had no
wish to rise. He had walked out to
the railway station at Jaipur to wit
ness the arrival of the tourist train
from Ahmadabad. The natives surged
about the train, with brassware, an
tique articles of warfare, tiger hunt
ing knives (accompanied by perennial
fairy tales), skins and silks. There
were beggars, holy men, guides and
fakirs.
Squatted in the dust before the door
of a tirst-claps carriage was a solemn,
brown man, in turban and clout, exhib
iting performing parrots. It was Ra
jah's turn. He fired a cannon, turned
somersaults through a little steel
hoop, opened a tiny chest, took out a
four-anna piece, carried it to his mas
ter, and in exchange received some
seed. Thereupon he waddled resent
fully back to the iron cage, opened
the door, closed it behind him, aud
began to mutter belligerently. War
rington haggled for two straight hours.
When he returned to his sordid, evil
smelling lodgings thpt night he pos
sessed the parrot and four rupees, and
sat up the greater part of the night
trying to make the bird perform his
tricks. The idea ot suicide no longer
bothered him; trifling though it was,
he had found an Interest in life. And
on the morrow came the Eurasian,
who trustfully loaned Warrington ev
ery coin that he could scrape together.
Often, in the dreary heart-achy days
that followed, when weeks passed ere
he saw the face of a white man, when
he had to combat opium and bhang
and laziness in the natives under him,
the bird and his funny tricks had
saved him from whisky, or worse. In
camp he gave Rajah much freedom,
its wings being clipped; and nothing
pleased the little rebel so much as
to claw bis way up to his master's
shoulder, sit there and watch the
progress of the razor, with intermit
tent "jawing" at his own reflection In
the cracked hand mirror.
Up and down the Irrawaddv, at the
resthouses, on the boats, to those of
a jocular turn of mind the three were
known as "Parrot & Co." Warring
ton s amiability often misled the vari
ous scoundrels with whom he was at
times forced to associate. A man
who smiled most of the time and
talked Hindustani to a parrot was not
to be accorded much courtesy; until
one day Warrington had settled all
distinctions, finally and primordially,
with the square of his fists. After
that he went on his way unmolested
naving soundly trounced one ot tne
biggest bullies in the teak timber
yards at Rangoon.
He made no friends; he had no con
fidences to exchange; nor did he offer
to become the repository of other
men's pasts. But he would share his
bread and his rupees, when he had
them, with any who asked. Many
tried to dig into his past, but he was
as unresponsive as granite. It takes
a woman to find out what a man is
and has been, and Warrington went
about women in a wide circle. In a
way he was the moat baffling klfcd
of a mystery to those who knew him;
he frequented the haunts of men, took
a friendly drink, played cards for
small sums, laughed and jested like
any other anchorless man. In the
East men are given curious names.-
They become known by phrases, such
as. The Man Who Talks. Mr. Once
Uoon a Time. The One-RuDee Man
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anu me nue. as warrington never
received any mail, as he never entered
a hotel, nor spoke of the past, he be- j
came The Man Who Never Talked of
Home.
"I say, James, old sport, no more
going up and down this bally old river.
We'll go on to Rangoon tonight, if
we can find a berth."
"Yes, eahib; this business very
piffle," replied the Eurasian without
turning his head. Two things he
dearly loved to acquire—a bit of
American slang and a bit of English
silver. He was invariably changing
rupees into shillings, and Warrington
could not convince him that he was
always losing in the transaction.
They tramped on through the dust. '
The sun dropped. A sudden chill be
gan to penetrate the haze. The white
man puffed his cheroot, its wrapper
daugling; the servant hummed an
Urdu lullaby; the parrot complained
unceasinelv.
To Be Continued.
DIOCESE SUBS FOR $15,000
Erie Episcopalians Want Schoenbergcr
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Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 22.—A bill in
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Erie and toe board of trustees of the
Diocese of Erie against the Diocese of
Pittsburgh and the board of trustees of
the Diocese of Pittsburgh asking the
Court to require the defendant to turn
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half of a fund known as the Schenberg
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1910, comprised one diocese, including
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