THE PULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBUEO, PA.
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8YNOP8I3.
BUI Cannon, the bonama king, end his
laughter. Hoae. who liad posted up Mr.
Cornellua Kyan'a hall at flan Francisco to
fccompany tier father, arrlva at Antelope.
Jomlnlck Hvun ralla on liti mother to
baa- a ball Invitation for hla wife, and la
retimed. The determined old lady refuaea
10 recKirnlaa her dauKhter-ln-lnw. Dom
Inlck had been trapped Into a marrlHKe
with Hirnlra lveraon, a atonoarnplmr.
Mveral yeara hla aenlor. Hhe anuandera hla
money, they have frequent oiiarrcla, and
ha allpa away. Cannon and Ilia daughtor
are. annwed In at Antelopa. Donilnlck
Rvan la rraiMiuil from tnrm In UnCon-
clnua condition ami brouKht to Antelopa
hotel. Antelope la cut off by atorm. K
Cannon nuraea Domlnlck back to Ufa.
Two weeka Inter Hernlce dlacovera In a
paper where huabtind la and wrltoa letter
frying to "month over dlfllcultlea between
them. Domlnlck at last la able to Jlon
fellow annwboiind prlaonera In hotel par
lor, lie loaea temper over talk of Buford,
an actor. After three weeka, end pf Im
prlannment la Been. Telegram and rniill
arrive. Donilnlck acta letter from wife.
Telia Hoae he docanTt love wife, and never
(Id. Stormbound people beuln to depart.
Hoae and Donilnlck embrace, father aeea
them and demitnda an explanation. Hol
brother Gene I made manager of ranch,
and la to get It If he atay aoher a year.
Cannon expreaaea aympathy for Ikiml
nick1 noaltlon In talk with Roae. Dom -nick
returna home. Uerny exerta heraelf
lo pleaae him. but lie la Indifferent, ( an
ion calla on Mra. Ryan. They dlaeuaa Dom
. Inlck'a marrlaae dlfflcultlea. and Cannon
uggeata buying off Berny.
CHAPTER XII. (Continued.)
.' There wa something strange about
Domlnlck Blnce he had come back,
something that Intrigued her, that he
could not atlsfactorlly explain. 8he
, assured herself that he was still angry,
but In the deeper places of her under
standing the voice that whispers the
truth and will not be gainsaid told her
It was not that Neither was It ex
actly antagonism. In a way be had
. been studiously kind and polite to her,
" a sort of consciously-guarded polite
; ness, such as one might practice to a
guest with whom one was lntlmute
'. without being friendly. She trid to
' explain to herself Just what this
change was, and when It came to put
, ting the matter In words Bhe could
not find the right ones.. It was a coltl-
ness, a coldness that was not harsh
and did not express Itself In actions or
' phrases. It was deeper; It was ex
1 haled from the Inner places of his be
Ing. Sometimes as she talked to him she
; would meet his eyes fixed on her with
: a deep, vacant glance, which she sud
' denly realized was unseeing and un-
tiaaittnn tn IliA ovnnltlir fla ha ant
j .lei .i,ft. ... --'" n - "
I reading In the cramped confines of
' the den she surreptitiously watched
' lilm and saw that a moment often
' came when he dropped his book, and
I with his long body limp In the arm
chair, hla chin sunk on his breast,
would sit with a brooding gaze fixed
on nothing. Once, as he was dream
." Ing this way, she said suddenly:
J "What are you thinking of, Doml
j nick? Antelope?"
t Ho rtartei and turned upon her a
fare thnt had reddened consciously.
"Why should I think of Antelope?"
he said, and she was aware that her
remark had startled him and made
him uncomfortable.
"Kor no particular reason," she an
swered lightly; "you Just looked as If
you were thinking of something a long
way off."
She tried to reassure herself that It
all rose from the qunrrel. To believe
(lint comforted her and gave her con
fidence, but it was hard to think It,
for not only did her own Instinct pro
claim against it, but Domlnlck's man
ner and attitude were In distinct refu
tation of any such theory. He was
not sullen, he was absent; he wns not
resentful, he was indifferent. And In
small outward ways he tried to pleuse
her, which was not after the manner
of a sore and angry man. On this
very Sunday he had agreed to meet
her and her family In the park at the
band stand at four. She always dined
with her sisterB on Sunday and if
tho weather wns fine they went to the
park and listened to the music. It
wns nearly a year now since Domlnlck
had Joined these family parties, pre
ferring to .walk on the Presidio hills
mid the Cliff Houb beach with a
friend from tho bnnk. Hut on the eve
ning before he had promised to meet
them; been quite agreeable about It,
Horny had thought, when her plead
ings and Importunities had Anally ex
tnrted from him a promise to Join
them there.
She left the dining-room and walked
up the hallway to the parlor, her head
drooped, anxieties gnawing at her.
The llttlo room was flooded with sun-
t h 1 1 1 (i ii.t.l .. I . . .1 . i I...
j " luuieu iiib nice cur-
tains and, throwing up tho window.
,lonnod out. The rich, enveloping
warmth surrounded her, clasped her,
scorned to sink deep Into her and
thaw her apprehensions that were so
cold at hrr heart. She drew in the
et, still air, that did not stimulate
I that had In It something of a
istolllne youth and freshness, like
air of nn untainted world, con
cd with nothing but the Joy of
"g. The scents of flowers were in
'J'he mellowness of the earth and its
Jits. Pence was the message of this
inqull Sunday morning, peace was
'he sunshine, in the sound of bells
JUi which the air was full, in the
r U1 'cot light, Joyous feet on the
cement, in the voices of passers-by
J the laughter, sweet and. broken,
children. It was not right for any
n to harbor cankering cares on such
lhe earth waa hannv ahnn.
''d to the sunshine, Irresponsible.
irre, rejoicing in tho perfect mo-
woman felt the restoring
,WI that Nature, in Its tireless
8lty. offers to all who will tak
TuiJ
alie felt enspd nf hr trnnhlea
d mid cheered, as though the en-
first
'"g radiance that bathed her
opiate for landed nerves)
'R In the brlchtnoaa aha lonnori
nave
y Indow-Blll, immovable, quieted,
I 'he warmth suffuse her and
8tudy
CW3 ofl N ,hBe alarms ihat half an
Prof i had bn ' chm and
CBVerL tha lunu nf tvnll.l.o.
MENS CHILDREN
BtGERALMNE BONNER,
Author &f THE TONEI
Cogyrigltt BWBTieROBDS-MtmLL CO.
Ing and confidence Increased. She
looked very well this morning. Since
Domlnlck's return she had looked
haggard and thin. Sometimes she had
seemed to see, showing shadowy
through her reflected face In the mir
ror, the lines and hollows of that face
when time should have put a stamp on
It that neither mnssage nor pigments
would efface. A sudden moment of
revelation showed ber herself as an
old woim.n, her nose pointed, her
mouth a thin, tight line. Thin morn
ing the glass gave her back nono of
these disconcerting hints. She was at
her best, and as she dressed carefully
and slowly, she had the satisfaction of
seeing that each added article of ap
parel Increased her good looks. When
she finally put on her new hat tho
one she had bought In celebration of
Domlnlck's return and over It tied a
white and blnck dotted veil, she was
so gratified with the picture she pre
sented that she was reluctant to leave
It and pirouetted slowly before the
glass, surveying her back and side
views, and finally lifting her skirt that
she might see the full effoct of her
lilac petticoat as It burst Into sight
In an ebullition of pleats and frills.
Walking up the avenue she was
bridlingly conscious that her brilliant
appearance drew Its tribute of glances.
Many people looked at her, and their
sidelong admiration was an even more
exhilarating tonic than the sunshine.
She walked with a light, elastic step,
spreading perfume on the air, her
progress accompanied by a rich seduc
tive rustle. Once or twice she passed
members of that exclusive world from
which she had stolen Donilnlck. She
swept by them, lnnguldly Indifferent,
her eyes looking with glacial hauteur
over their heads. The sound made by
her brushing silk petticoats was gratl
fylngly aggressive. She Imparted to
them a slight disdainful swing, and
lifted her dress skirt daintily higher,
conscious of the Impeccable amplitude
of her emerging lilac frills.
The habit f dining with her own
people on Sunday had been one she
had never abandoned, even In the first
aspiring days of her rnrrlage. It was
a sort of fumlly reunion and at first
Donilnlck had been a not unwilling
participant In Its domestic festivities.
The solid bourgeois respectability, of
his wife's relations appealed to him.
For all his advantages in money and
education he waa of the same class
himself, and while Berny was. If not a
beloved spouse, a yet endurable one,
he had found the Sunday gatherings
and subsequent hejlra to the park not
entirely objectionable. For over a year
now he J e ared from It, pleading
the need of open air and exercise, and
his slsters ln-law, who had at first pro
tested, had grown used to his absence
and accepted It as something to bear
uncomplainingly.
The day was so fine lhat they hur
ried through their dinner, a hearty
and lavish meal, the chef d'oeuvre of
Hannah's housekeeping, and, loath to
lose a moment of the sunshine, deter
mined to walk down to Van Ness ave
nue and there catch an outgoing car
. AVlH
He Stood on the Top
to the park. It was the middle of the
afternoon and the great thoroughfare
lay still and Idle tn the slanting light.
There was something foreign, almost
tropical In Its vlBta, In the scene that
hung like a drop curtain at the limit
of sight pale blue hills dotted with
ochre-colored houses In the back
ground of sky deep In tint, the foliage
dark against It as If printed upon its
lutense glaring blue, In the sharp lines
of palms and spiky leaves crossing
stuccoed walls. The people that
moved slowly along the sidewalks fit
ted Into this high-colored exotic fct
ting. There was no hurry or crowding
omonj them. They progressed with
an un-American deliberation, tasting
the delicate sweetness of the air, re
joicing In the sky and the sun, paus
ing to look at the dark bushlneaa of a
dracaena against a wash of blue, the
skeleton blossom of a Century plant,
the pool of thick scarlet made by a
parterre of geranium.
The three sisters Hannah and
Pearl leading, Berny and Hazel walk
ing behind with Josh fared buoyant
ly down the street. As they passed,
they commented on the houses and
their inmates. They had plenty of
stories of the dwellers In those solemn
palaces, many of whom were people
whose humble beginnings they knew
by heart, and whose rapid rise had
been watched almost awe-stricken by
an admiring and envious community.
As the Ryan house loomed Into view
their chatter ceased and their eyes,
serious with staring attention, were
fixed on the mansion which had so
stubbornly clostd Its doors on one of
them. Sensations of varying degrees
of animosity stirred In each of them,
except the child, still too young to be
tainted by the corroding sense of
worldly Injustice. 8he skipped along
sldowlse, her warm, soft hand clasped
In her Aunt Hunnah's decently-gloved
palm. Some wave or vibration of the
intense feelings of her ciders passed
to her, and as they drew nearer the
house she, too, began to grow grave,
and her skipping quieted down Into a
sober walw.
"That'B icle Domlnlck's house,
Isn't It?" she said to Hannah.
Hannah nodded. Hy far the most
amiable and wide-minded of the sis
ters, she could not rise above the
sense of rankling Indignation that she
fidt against the Ryans for their treat
ment of Uerny.
"That's the biggest house In San
Frenclsco," said Pearl over her shoul
der to her parents. "Ain't It, Popper?"
"I guess It Is," answered Josh, giv
ing his head a confirmatory wag, "and
even If It ain't, It's big enough, the
Lord knows!"
"I can't see what a private family
wants with all that room," said Han
nah with a condemnatory air. "There
must be whole sootis of rooms on that
upper floor that nobody lives In."
"Don't you fret. They're all occu
pied," said Uerny. "Each one of them
has the Ir own particular soote. Cornle
has tlme rooms all of her own, and
even the housekeeper has a private
bath!"
"And there's twelve Indoor serv
ants," said Huzel. "They want a lot
of space for them. Twelve servants,
Just think of It!"
"Twelve servants!" ejaculated Han
nah almost with a groan. "Well, thut
don't seem to me right."
They were close to the house now
and silence fell on them, as though
the antagonism of Its owners was ex
haled upon them from the mansion's
aggressive bilk, like an unspoken
curse. They felt overawed, and at the
same time proud that one of their
number should have even the most
distant adulations with a family too
exclusive to know her. The women
with their more responsive at d sensi
tive natures felt It more delicately
than Josh, who blunderingly expressed
cno of the thoughts of the moment by
remarking:
"Somo day you'll live In there, Per
ny, and boss the twelve servants."
"Hats!" said Berny, giving her head
an angry toss. "I'd rather live In my
flat and boss Sing."
Josh's whistle of facetious Incredul
ity died away Incomplete, for at that
moment the bnll door opened and a
portly masculine shape emerged upon
the porch. Berny, at the first glance,
wns not sure of its identity, but her
doubts were dispelled by her brother-
Step for a Musing Moment.
In-law'g quick sentence, delivered on
tho rise of a surprised breath.
"Bill Cannon, by gum! What's he
doing there?"
Tills name, as powerful to conjure
with In the city as In the mining
camps, cart Its Instantaneous spell up
on the sisters, who stared avid-eyed
upon the great man. He for his part
seemed oblivious to their glances and
to their presence. He stood on the
top step for a musing moment, looking
down with that sort of filmy fixity of
gHze which is noticeable In tho glance
of the resting eagle. His appearance
was a last crowning touch to the
proud, unapproachable distinction of
the rtyans.
"Don't he look as If be was think
ing?" said Hazel In a whisper. "I
wonder what's on bis mind."
"Probably that Monday's pay-day
and he don't know whether lie can
scratch through," Bald the Jocose Josh.
Berny did not Bay anything. She
felt the Interest In Cannon that she
did In all conquering, successful peo
ple, and In her heart It gave her a
sense of added Importance to think
that the family she had married Into
and who refused to know her was on
friendly terms with the Bonanza King.
A half hour later they had found
seats In front of the band stand In the
park, and, settling themselves with a
great rustling and preening of plum
age, prepared to enjoy the music Han
nah and Pearl were given two chairs
at the end of a row, and Hazel and
Berny, with Josh as escort, secured
four on the line Immediately behind.
Domlnlck had not yet appeared, so the
sisters spread their skirts over a va
cant seat between them, and Berny, In
the Intervals of Inspecting the people
around her, sent exploring glances
about for the tall figure of her hus
band. She was very fond of the park and
hand stand on such Sunday afternoons
To go there had been one of the grent
diversions of her girlhood. She loved
to look at thin holiday gathering of all
types, among which her own class wna
largely represented. The outdoor am
phitheater of filled benches was to her
what the ball room and the glittering
horseshoe at the opera are to tho wom
an of society. She saw many old
friends among the throng, girls who
had been contemporaries of hers when
she had first "gone to work ' nnd had
long since married In their own world
and now dragged children by the hand.
She looked them over with an almost
pasHlonate curiosity, discomfltied to
see the fresh youth of some, and
pleased to note that others looked
weighed down with maternal cares
Berny regarded women who had chil
dren as fools, and the children grouped
about these mothers of her own age
three and four sometimes, with the
husband carrying a baby were to her
only annoying, burdensome creatures
thnt made the party seem a little ri
diculous, and had not half the lm
pressiveness or style of her elegant
costume and lilac frills.
The magnificent afternoon had
brought out a throng of people. Every
seat In the lines of benches was full
and foot pasaengers kept ronsttntly
coming up. standing for a few meas
ures, und then moving on. They were
of all kinds. The beauty of the day
had even tempted tho more fashion
able element out. and lhe two clsters
saw ninny elegantly-dressed ladies of
the sort on whom Hazel fltt-d hats all
day, and that evoked In Berny n deep
and respectable curiosity. Both wom
en, sitting high In their chairs, craned
their necks this way und that, spying
through breaks in the crowd, and fol
lowing attractive figures with dodging
movements of their heads. When
either one saw anything she liked or
thought interesting she laid a hand on
the other's knee, giving It a slight dig,
and designated the object of her at
tention In a few broken words, de
tached and disconnected like notes
for a sentence.
They were thus engaged when Ha
zel saw Domlnlck and, rising, hulled
him with a beckoning hand. He made
hU way toward them, moving delib
erately, once or twice pausing to greet
acquaintances. He was taller than
any man in the surrounding throng
and Berny, watching him, felt a sense
of proprietary pride swelling in her
when she noted his superiority. The
son of an Irish laborer and a girl who
had begun llfo as Jhe general servant
In a miner's boarding-house, he looked
as ir his forebear might have been
the flower of the nation. Ho wore a
loose-fitting suit of gray tweed, a wide,
gray felt sombrero, and round his
wulat a hi lt of yellow leather. Ills col
lar turning back from hi neck exposed
tho brown strength of his throat, nnd
on lifting his hat In a passing saluta
tion, his head with Its cropped curly
hair, tho ears growing close ngnlnst
it, Bhowed golden brown In the sun'
light.
With a phrase of greeting he Joined
ineni, a nil then as they swept their
skirts off the chair they had been hid
ing, slipped In front of Berny and sat
down. Hazel began to talk to him
Her eon venation was of a rallying,
Joking Bort, nt which she was quite
proliclent. Berny heard him laugh olid
knew by tho tone of his voice that he
was pretending and wns not really
nmused. She had nothing particular
to sny to him, feeling that she accom
plished enough In inducing him to Join
them, and, sitting forward on the edge
of her chair, continued to watch the
people. A blonde coiffure some rows
In front caught her eye and she was
studying Its Intricacies through the In
terstices that enmo and went between
tho moving heads, when the sudden
emergciicj Into view of unusually
striking female figure diverted her at
tention. Tho woman had come up
from behind nnd. temporarily Btopix-d
by the crowd, had come to a standstill
a few rows In front of whero the Bis
ters snt. She was accompanied by
a young man dressed In the Sunday
dignity of frock-coat and silk hat. As
ho turned to survey the lines of filled
chairs, Berny saw that he had a pale
skin, a small black mustache, and dark
eyes.
But her Interest In hi in was of the
slightest. Her attention was immedi
ately riveted upon the woman, who be
came the object of a glance which In
spected her with n piercing eagerness
from her hat to the hem of her skirt.
Horny could not Bee her face, but her
habiliments were of Hie latest mode
and of an unusual and Biihdiied ele
gance which bespoke tn origin In a
more sophisticated center than San
Francisco. Berny, nil agog with curl
osity, stared at the lady's back, not
ing not only her clothes but a eerhiin
carelessness In the way they were put
on. Her hat was not quite straight.
The comb, which crossed the back of
her head and kept hex hair smooth,
was crooked, and blonde wisps hung
from It over her collar. The hand that
held up her skirt In a loose perfunc
tory manner, as though these rich en
casings were possession of no mo
ment, waa covered by a not particular
ly white glove.
Such unconsciousness added the dis
tinction of Indifference to the already
marked figure. Berny wondered more
than ever who It was and longed to
sec the averted face. She was about
Derny Turned, Startlad.
to lean across Domlnlck and attract
Hazel' attention by a poking finger
directed agnlnst her knee, when the
woman, with n word to her companion,
moved her bend nnd let a Blow glance
Bweep over the rows of faces.
"Hazel." Berny hissed across Doml
nlck. "look nt thnt girl. Who is she?"
Bhe did not divert her eyes from the
woman's face, which she now saw In
profile. It was pretty, she thought,
more front a rich, unmlngled purity
of coloring than from nny particular
beauty of feature. The head with Its
gravely-traveling glance continued to
turn till Berny had the satisfaction of
seeing the face in three-quarters. A
moment later the moving eyes lighted
Indifferently, bruskly. as though
checked by the Imperative stoppage of
regulating machinery.
Only a person watching qlosely
would have noticed It, but Berny wn
watching with the most vigilant close
ness. She saw the Infusion of a new
and keener Interest transform the
glance, concentrate Its lazy, diffused
attention Into something that had the
sharpness and suddenness of a leap
ing flame. The next moment a flood
of color rose clearly pink over the
face, and then. moBt surprising of all.
the lndy bent her head In a Brnve, de
liberate bow.
Berny turned, startled and In a
vngue, undefined way, disturbed, too
to see who bud been the object of this
salutation. To her astonishment It
wns Ikimlnlck. As she looked at him,
he replace! his hat nnd she saw to
the augmentation of that vague sense
of disturbance that he wns ns pale as
the bowing woman was pink.
"Domlnlck," he exclaimed, "who'
that?"
"Miss Cannon," he Btild lu a low
tone.
"Hose Cannon?" hissed Hazel on the
other side of him, her face thrust for
wurd, and tense In the Interest of the
moment. "Bill Cannon's daughter?"
"Yes. I Diet her nt Antelope."
"Berny, did you see her dress?" Ha
zel hung over her brother ln law In her
excitement. "That'B straight from
Paris, I'll bet you a dollur."
"Yea, I saw It," said Berny In a
voice that did not sound particularly
exhilarated; "maybe It Is."
She looked back at Miss Cannon
who had turned rway nnd wa mov
ing off through the crowd with her es
cort. Then she leaned toward Doml
nlck. Ills voice had not Bounded nat
ural; as she placed her arm against
lila ulio could feel thut he trembled.
She said nothing but willed buck
In her chair, dryly swallowing. In
those few past moments her whole
world had undergone a revolution that
left her feeling (lazed nd a little sick.
It wns ns if the earth had suddenly
whirled around und she had come up
panting nnd clutching among familiar
things reversed and upset. In nn In
stantaneous flash nf illumination she
hiiw ever" hlng the look In the wom
an's eyvs, her rush of color, I)mlnlck's
voice, his expres ion, the trembling
of his arm it was ull perfectly pluln!
This was the girl he had been shut In
Anteltiie wild for three weeks. Now
she knew what the change wns, the In
explicable, . aysterous change that
had so puzzled her.
She felt bewildered, and under li or
bewilderment a pain, u fierce, unfa
miliar rain, gripped her. She did
14,'it for the moment say anything or
winit to speak, nnd she felt us a child
dees who 1b dazed nnd sltipullcd by it n
nnexpcctci. itssault of 111 treatment.
Tho Blight .sensation of Inward sink
ing, that made her feel a little sick,
continued and Bhe sat In a chilled and
drooping silence, ull her bridling con
celt In herself and her fine clothes
stricken suddenly out of hor.
She heard Hazel asking Domlnlck
q-jcstlons about Miss Cannon, and she
heard Domlnlck' answers, brief and
given with a reticent doggednesa.
Then Hazel asked him for the time
and she was conscious of his elbow
pressing against her arm as he felt
for hla watch. A he drew It out and
held (t toward the questroner, Berny
suddenly leaned forward, and, catch
ing his hand with the watch In It,
turned It face toward ber. The hand
beneath hers was cold, and shook. She
let It go and again sank back In her
cbnlr. The feeling of 'sickness grew
stronger and was augmented by a
sense of physical feebleness, of being
tremulous and cold deep down In her
bone.
Hazel rose to her feet, shaking her
skirts Into place.
"Let's go on," she said, "It's getting
chilly. Come along, Josh. I suppose
If you were let alone, you'd sit here
till sundown listening to the music In
a trnnce."
Domlnlck and Josh rose and there
wns an adjusting and puttlngon of
wraps. Beruy still sat motionless, her
hands, stiff In their tight gloves, lying
open on her lap.
"Come along. Berny," said Hazel.
"It's too cold to sit here any longer.
Why, how funny you look, all pale
and shriveled up! You're as bad a
Josh. You and be ought to have mar
ried each other. You'd have been a
prize couple."
Josh luughed loudly at this sally,
leaning round the figure of his wife to
present his foolish, good-humored face,
creased with a grin, to Berny.
"Are you willing, Berny?" he cried
gaily. "I can get a divorce whenever
you say. It will be dead easy; brutal
and Inhuman treadmill. Just suy the
word!"
"Thpre'll be brutal and Inhuman
treotiiient If you don't move on and
stop blocking the way. Josh McCrae,"
said Hazel severely. "I want to go out
thut side and there you are right In
the path, trying to be funny."
The cheerful Josh, still laughing,
turned and moved onward between the
seats, the others following him The
muss of tho crowd was not yet leav
ing, ond os the Utile group moved for
ward In a straggling line toward the
drive, the exciting opening of tho Wil
liam Tell Overture boomed out from
the sounding board. It was a favor
ite piece, nnd they left llngerlngly. Hu
zel nnd Josh particularly fascinated,
with bends turned and ears trained on
the bund. Josh's hand, passed through
bis wife's arm. affectionately pressed
her ogulnst his side, for desplto the
sharpness of their recriminations they
were the most loving of couples.
Berny wos tho last of the II no. In
the flurry of departure her silence had
passed unnoticed, and that "she should
thus lag at the tall of the procession
wus not In any way remarkable, ns.
at the best of limes, Bhe was not much
of a walker and In her high heeled
Sunday shoes her progress wus always
deliberate,
looking uhead of her, she saw the
landscupe still ns n picture under the
shutting, lurid sunlight. It seemed to
be painted with unnaliirally glaring
tints, to be soaked in color. The grass,
crossed with long shadows, was of the
greenness of an aniline dye. The
massed foliage of tree groups showed
a melting richness of shades, no one
clearly defined, nil fused In a thick,
opaque liiscloiiFiiess of greens. The air
wus motionless nnd very clear. Where
a passing carriage stirred the dust
the powdery cloud rose, spreading a
tarnishing blur on the crystalline clar
ity of the scene. The sun Injected
these dust films with gold, and tiey
settled slowly, ns If It made them
heavy, like ground-up particles of
metal.
(TO P.K CONTINt'KD.)
Wasted Erudition.
A physician at a recent convention
of railway surgeons In Philadelphia
said of a safety device that h.in avert
ed ninny railway accidents:
"The mlviintagii of this devir Is
now alnios-t universally recognized.
Indeed, iho railroader who disputes
Its uclvaiilnce is ns iiutlitinted ns the
old re.ideiiter wh,o said:
"'Kducallon bo hanged! Thnr
young Bill Sniithers took an engineer
In' course In a correspondence school
nnd then put up a sign on his carriage
bouse, and hadn't no better sense than
to spell "carriage" "garage!
Washington Slar.
Hippopotamus Described.
Johnny, who had been to the circus,
ay the Youngstown Telegram, wa
telling hi teacher about the wonder
ful things he had seen.
"An" teacher," he cried, "they had
one big animal they called the hip
hip hip"
"Hippopotamus, dear," prompted the
teacher.
"I can't Just ay It name," ex
claimed Johnny, "but It look Just Ilk
9,000 pound of liver." ,
(By The National Woman' Chrlstlaul
Temperance Union.)
ISTHMIAN CANAL ZONE DRY
One Exception to Statement That
"The American Saloon Follow
the American Flag."
No license for the sale of Intoxicat
ing liquor In the Isthmian canal ton
will hereafter'be granted by the com
missioner. The government received
considerable revenue the last six
years from the five canal one settle
ments where saloons were permitted,
but It decided that It "didn't pay."
The dramshops and the three great
American breweries closed their door
July 1.
Mr. Abbie B. Hlllermnn, national
W. C. T. U. representative In the
canal zone thus writes:
"We are thankful that there will be
one exception at least to the state
ment that 'The American saloon fol
lows the American flag.' Wltb the
eyes of the world centered upon till
strip of land, which Is so soon to be
the great ocean highway of nation,
this action is most opportune. We
believe thut the thousands of pages of
temperance literature sent td this sec
tion by the National W. C. T, V., to
gether with the Influence of temper
ance sentiment at home, has had some
part In this victory. It Is certainly In
harmony with the view and action
of the president of the United State
and his cabinet."
ATTACK ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Former Premier of Franc Make
Strong Denunciation of Formid
able Enemy of Social Peace. .
Georges Clemenceau, former pre
mier of France, who was one of the
candidates for the presidency, has sur
prised Paris by a strong denunciation
of the liquor tiafflc as a peril to the
nation. He Iibb written the freface
of a pamphlet devoted to a genera
economic study of alcohol, which ha
Just been laid before the Paris Acad
emy of Medicine. He deplores the fact
thut the state seems powerless
against this "most formidable enemy
of social peace and general welfare."
Ills words are thus translated:
"Today it Is beginning to be under
stood thut tho right to poison people
cannot properly be regarded as one
of the achievements of the French
revolution. Universal suffrage would
really put Itself out of court If It hud
succeeded In emnnclputing Itself from
tho yoke of a single tyrant, only to
fall under tho sway of a league of
private Interests which are In open
warfare with the public Interest. All
well Intentioned men, without dlstlnc-
tlon of party, ought to Join in a com
mon effort for the salvation of our
country which Is menaced from so
many directions ut once."
MAKE FINEST FIGHTING MEN
Most Pressing Enemy to B Encoun
tered by United Kingdom I
Drink, Say Wolseley.
The recent death and public burlul
In St. Paul's Cathedral, Loudon, of the
noted soldier. Iird Wvlscley, recall
his outspoken nttitudo on tho tem
perance question. In 1S70 ho carried
through his Hod river expedition on
rigid linos of total abstinence. Of
the Nile campaign he reported "all
the troops for months without beer or
spirits." the result being that, as one
of the officers declared, they were the
"finest fighting men it wns ever any
man's lot to command." In 18!i3 Lord
Wolseley said: "There are yet many
grout enemies to bo encountered,
some grent battles to ho fought by the
United Kingdom, but tho most press
ing enemy at present Is drink."
Ultimate Success.
When a movement or reform pro
reeds In Its progress past a certain
stage, the dictates of reason as well
as the record of history fairly inform
us that thnt movement or reform will
come to a successful lauu. When u
movement abides the buffeting of early
persecution and projects Itself from
year to year with a persistent and In
creasing power, It Is only a question
of time when It will win universal
recognition. It Is thus that ail believ
ers In a snloonloss nation are confi
dent of ultimate success. Northwest
ern Christian Advocate.
Better for Humanity.
"It would bo bettor for this country
if there were no alcohol In It. Thu
medical profession does not supply it
us it once did. I shall be glad to see
tho day of universal prohibition. Even
1 1 10 (iormun emperor hns warned his
army of the dangers of boor drinking.
It would be of great benefit to human
ity if ull tho saloons and breweries
were closed up." Dr. Harvey W. Wi
ley. Temperance In British Army.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts says:
"The record of the British army to
day us n sober community Is one of
which the empire may Justly bo proud, i
Crcncrnls and other o Ulcer report thnt
this grat Hying state of utfalis Is in a
grout measure duo to the Hoynl Army
Temperance association. They suy
tli, it the association promotes the
n.oral, physical nnd firunclal welfare
of the soldier, nnd consequently it ha
boon the iiicuiia of producing a mark
ed effect lu raising tho standard of so
brloty In the army."
Positive Injury.
"I believe thut each drink of alco
holic liquor at any time Is a positive
injury to a person and I appeal to yo'j
men students especially to keep away
from all forms of liquor." Dr.
Thoma C. Howe. President Butler
Collego, Indianapolis.
Decreases Labor.
A recent test among linotype opera
tor developed the fact that opera
tor who take four glasses if beer a
day do 14 per cent, less work than
when they do not drink the beer.
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