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8YNOP8IS.
Bill Cannon, the bonansa kin, and hU
lauKliinr, Hnaa, who had poaned up Mn.
Cornell ua Kyan'a hall at Ban Kraniiaco to
rccompHtiy liir futliir, arrive at Antelope.
Jornlnlek Ityun eulla on lila mothar to
baa a bull Invitation fur hla wlfu, and la
ruad The ilatwrmlnml old lady refusce
to rci'"Knlaa her dmiKhti-r-ln-law. Dom
lnlck had been trapped Into a marrlaK
with Ivrnlra Iverami, a itimoKrapher.
atrrnl yeara hla acnlor. Hhe squanders hla
money, they have frequent nuarrela, and
ha allpa away. Cannon and hla daughter
are enowed In at Antelope. Domlnlck
ttvan la rparuurf frmn atnrtn In uncon-
cloua condition and brought to Anlolopa
holel. Anti-lopo la rut oft by atorm. noaa
Cannon nurara Domlnlck bark to Ufa.
Two WMki liitnr Hernlre dlacovara In
paper where hualmnd la and wrltea letter
Irylnf to amnnth over difficulties oeiween
Ihem. Donilnh-k at laat la able to Jinn
allow anowbound prleonera In hotel par
nr. He Inara bmnf over talk of Hllfurd
an actor. Alter three weeka, and of lm
prlannment la aean. Telrgnima and mall
arrive. Domlnlck aeta letter from wife.
Telia lloae ho clm-nni love wife, and never
aid. Htnrmhound people begin to depart.
Koae ami Domlnlck enibrai-e, father seee
them and deinamla an explanation. Hoae a
brolher Qene la made manager 01 rancn,
and la to get It If he etaya aober a year.
t annon expremea aympauiy ior Mum
nlk'a nnalllcin In talk with Rnae. Dollll
nick returna hnme. Herny eierta herself
In pleaae him. but ha la Indirrereni. , an
mn ralla on Mra. Ryan. They dlacuea Pom-
. Inlrk'e marriage dlfflrultlea, and Cannon
iuggeata buying off Berny.
!. CHAPTER XII (Continued.)
There wag something strange about
Domlnlck since he had come back,
something that Intrigued her. that ahe
could not latlafiictorlly explain. Bhe
, itiiured henelf that he wantlll angry,
but In the deeper placet of her under
standing the voice that whispers the
' truth and will not be gainsaid told ber
It was not that. Neither in It ex
actly antagonism. In a way be had
. been itudlously kind and polite to her,
a iort of consciously-guarded pollte-
qcbb, tuch as one might practice to a
'. guest with whom one was lntlmute
', without being friendly. She tried to
' exolaln to herself JUBt what thla
, change waa, and when It came to put
, ling the matter In words ahe could
' not find the right ones. It waa a cold
nesa, a coldness that was not harsh
and did not express Itself In actions or
t phrases. It was deeper; It waa ex
' haled from the Inner places of bis be
1 Ing.
i Sometimes ss she talked to him she
i would meet his eyes fixed on her with
a deep, vacant glance, which she sud
i denly realized was unseeing and un
J heeding. In the evening as he sat
f rending In the cramped confines of
(he den she surreptitiously watched
' him and saw that a moment often
come when he dropped his book, and
i wilh his long body limp In the arm
J chair, hla chin sunk on his breast,
! would sit with a brooding gaze fixed
, on nothing. Once, as he waa dream
' Ing this way, she said suddenly:
? "What are you thinking of, Doml-
nick? Antelope?"
Ho started and turned upon her a
, rare tnat naa reddened consciously.
"Why should 1 think of Antelope?"
he said, and she was aware that her
remark had startled him and made
him uncomfortable.
"For no particular reason," she an
swered lightly; "you just looked as If
you were thinking of something a long
way oil."
She tried to reassure herself that It
all roBe from the quarrel. To believe
tlmt 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 was 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 meot
her and her family In the park at the
band stand at four. She always dined
with her sisters on Sunday and if
the weather was fine they went to the
park and listened to the music. It
wng nearly a yeor now since Domlnlck
hud joined these family parties, pre
ferring to .walk on the Presidio hills
Hiid the Cliff House bench with a
friend from the bunk. Hut on the eve
ning before he hod promised to meet
them; been quite agreenble about It,
Herny had thought, when her plead
ings nnd Importunities had finally ex
tortcd 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 little room was flooded with sun
shine, and she parted the lace cur
tains and, throwing up tho window,
leaned out. The rich, enveloping
warmth surrounded her, clasped her,
eomcd to sink deep Into her and
thaw her apprehensions that were bo
cold nt her heart. She drew iu the
Wfct, Btlll air. thnt rill! lint atlmiilnta
that had In It something of a
tiilllne youth nnd freshness, like
nlr of nn untainted world, con-
"Cd with nothlne hut the Inv nf
Jug. The scents of flowers were In
I the mellowness of the earth and Its
Peace was the message of thl.
II Sunday morning, peace was
sunshine, In the sound of bells
-hlch tho air was full, In the
feet light, Joyous feet on the
:nt. In the voices of passers-by
o laughter, sweet and broken,
Jien. It was not right for any
harbor cankering cares on such
The earth was happy, abnn
to the sunshine, Irresponnlble.
rejoicing In the perfect mo
The woman felt the restoring
ws that Nature. In Its tireless
'y. offers to all who will tnk,
She felt eased of her troubles.
J and cheered, as though the en
"8 radiance that bathed her
n opiate for Jangled nerves!
'K In the brlehtnesa she lenned
1
firstl
lndow-slll, immovable, quieted,
he warmth suffuse her and
SthoBe alarms that half an
cr nad been chill and
heai of V
sd. the sense of well be-
MENS CHILDREN
GER AUMNE BONNER
Axstixxaf THE rjuNCCK.
Corryrlglrt DOSy Tie BOBDS-MtEI!ILL 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 massage nor pigments
would efface. A sudden moment of
revelation showed ber herself as an
old woini.n, her nose pointed, hor
mouth a thin, tight line. This morn
ing the glass gave ber back none of
these disconcerting bints. 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 the
one she had bought In celobratlon of
Domlnlck's return and over it tied a
white and black dotted veil, she was
to gratlflod with the picture she pre
sented that she was reluctant to leave
It and pirouetted slowly before the
glass, surveying her bnck and side
views, and finally lifting her skirt that
she might see the full effect of her
lilac petticoat as It burst Into sight
In an ebullition of pleats and frills.
Walking up the avenue she was
brldllngly 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 Domlnlck. She
swept by them, lndguldly indifferent,
her eyes looking with glacial hauteur
over their heads. The sound mode by
her brushing silk petticoats was grati
fylngly aggressive. She Imparted to
them a slight disdainful swing, nnd
lifted her dress skirt daintily higher,
conscious of the Impeccable amplitude
of her emerging lilac frills.
The habit of dining with her own
people on Sunday had been one she
hnd never abandoned, even In the flrBt
aspiring days of her rnrrlnge. It was
a sort of family reunion and at first
Domlnlck had been a not unwilling
participant In Its domestic festivities.
The solid bourgeois respectability, of
his wife's relations apix-alcd to him.
For all his advantages In money and
education he was of the same class
himself, and while Berny was, If not a
beloved spouse, a yet endurable one,
he hnd found the Sunday gatherings
and subsequent hejlra to the park not
entirely objectionable. For over a year
now he ' J ea ared from it, pleading
the need of open air and exercise, and
his sisters-in-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 that 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 Step
to the park. It was the middle of the
afternoon nnd the great thoroughfare
lay still and idle In the slanting light.
There was something foreign, almost
tropical in its vista, in the scene that
hung like a drop curtain at the limit
of sight pole 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
1 1) ten se 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 sot
ting. There wub no hurry or crowding
among 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 bushlness of a
dracaena against a wash of blue, the
skeleton blossom of s Century plant,
the pool of thick scarlet made by a
parterre of geranium.
The three Bisters Hannah and
Pearl leading, Herny 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 humblo beginnings they knew
by heart, and whose rapid rise hod
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 closed 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. She skipped along
sldewltto, her warm, soft hand clasped
In her Aunt Hannah's decently-gloved
palm. Some wave or vibration of the
Intense feelings of her elders passed
to her, and as they drew nearer the
house she, too, began to grow grave,
and her skipping quieted down Into a
sober wali;.
"That's I'ncle Domlnlck's house,
Isn't It?" she said to Hannah.
Hannah nodded. Hy far the most
amluble and wlde-mlnded of the sis
ters, she could not rise above the
sense of rankling Indignation that she
felt ngatiiHt the Hyiins for their treat
ment of Herny.
"That s the biggest house in San
Fnnclsco," sold Pearl over her shoul
der to her parents. "Ain't It, Popper?"
"I guess it is," answered Josh, glv
Ing his head a confirmatory wag, "nnd
even If it ain't, it's big enough, the
Lord knows!"
"I can't tee what a private family
wants with all that room," said Han
nah with a condemnatory air. "There
must be whole Books of rooms on that
upper floor that nobody lives in."
"Don't you fret. They're; all occu
pied," said Horny. "Kach one of them
has th Ir own particular soote. Cornle
baa three rooms all of her own, and
even the housekeeper hits a private
bath!"
"And there's twelve indoor Berv
ants," said Hazel. "They want a lot
of space for them. Twelve servants,
JubI think of it!"
"Twelve servants!" ejaculated Han
nah almost with a groan. "Well, that
don't seem to me right."
They were close to the house now
and silence fell on them, as though
the antagonism of Kb 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 bt d sensl
five natures felt It more delicately
than Josh, who blunderingly expressed
cne of the thoughts of the moment by
remarking:
"Some day you'll live in there, Her
ny, and boss the twelve servants."
"Hats!" said Herny, glvlug her head
an angry toss. "I'd rather live In my
fiat and boss Sing."
Josh's whistle of facetious Incredul
ity died away incomplete, for at thnt
moment the hall door opened and a
portly masculine shape emerged upon
the porch. Berny, at the first glance,
was not sure of Its Identity, but her
doubts were dispelled by her brother-
for a Musing Moment,
In-law's quick sentence, delivered on
the rise of a surprised breath.
"Bill Cannon, by gum! What's he
doing there?"
This 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 Btcp for a niUBlng moment, looking
down with that sort of filmy fixity of
gaze which Is noticeable In the glance
of the resting eaglo. His appearance
was a Inst crowning touch to the
proud, unapproachable distinction of
the Ryans.
"Don't he look as If he was think
ing?" said Hazel in a whisper. "I
wonder what's on bis mind."
"Probably that Monday's payday
and he don't know whether lie can
scratch through," Bald the Jocose Josh.
Berny did not say 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
Herny, wilh 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 Herny. In
the Intervals of Inspecting the people
around her, sent exploring glances
about for the lull figure of ber hus
band. She was very fond of the pnrk and
hand stand on such Sunday afternoons
To go there had been one of the great
diversions of her girlhood. She loved
to look at this holiday gathering of all
types, among which her own class was
largely represented. The outdoor am
phlthcater of filled benches wos to her
what the ball room nnd the glittering
horseshoe at the opera ore to the worn
on of society. She saw many old
friends among the throng, girls who
had been contemporaries of hers when
she had first "gone to work " and had
long since married In their own world
snd now dragged children by the hand.
She looked them over with an almost
passionate curiosity, dlscomlltied to
see the fresh youth of some, and
pleased to nole that others looked
weighed down with maternal cores
Herny regorded women who hnd 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
that made the party seem a little ri
diculous, and hud not half the lm
presslveness 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 passengers kept constantly
coming up, standing for a few meas
ures, and then moving on. They were
of all kinds. The beauty of the dny
hnd even templed tho more fashion
able element out, and the two listers
saw many elegantly-dressed ladies of
the sort on whom Hozel fitted hats all
day, nnd that evoked In Herny a deep
and respectable curiosity. Holh wom
en, sitting high In their choirs, craned
their necks this way and thnt, spying
through breaks In the crowd, nnd fol
lowing nttructlve 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 bbw Domlnlck and. rising, hailed
him with a beckoning hnnd. He made
his way towurd them, moving delib
erately, once or twice pausing to greet
ocqtmintnnces. He was taller than
any man in the surrounding throng
and Herny, watching him, felt a sense
of proprietary pride swelling in her
when sho noted his superiority. The
son or an Irish laborer and a girl w ho
had begun lifo as Jhe general servant
in a miners boarding-house, he looked
as If his forebears might hove been
the flower of the nation. 1I wore a
loose-fitting suit of gray tweed, a wide,
gray felt sombrero, nnd round his
waist a belt of yellow leather. Ills col
lar turning back from hi neck exposed
the brown Btrength of his throat, and
on lifting his hat In a passing snluto
lion, his head with Its cropped curly
hair, tho ears growing close ogolnst
it, showed golden brown In the sun
light.
With a phrnse of greeting he lolned
them, and then as they swept their
skirts off the chair they hod been hid
ing, slipped In front of Herny and aat
down. Hazel began to talk to him.
Her conversation wns of a rallying
Joking sort, nt which sho wna quite
proiicient. Herny heard him laugh and
knew by tho tone of his voice thnt he
wns pretending and was not really
amused. Sho 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 cnught her eye snd she wns
studying Its Intricacies through the In
terstices thnt came nnd went between
the moving heads, when the sudden
emergenca Into view of unusually
striking female figure (liveried her at
tention. Tho woman hnd come un
from behind nnd, temporarily stopped
by the crowd, had come to a standstill
a, few rows in front of where the Bis
ters snt. She was accompanied by
a young mnn dressed In the Sunday
dignity of frock-coat and silk hat. As
ho turned to survey the lines of filled
chairs, Herny snw that he had a pale
skin, a small black mustache, and dark
eyes.
Hut her Interest In him was of tho
slightest. Her attention wns immedi
ately riveted upon the woman, who be
Fiune the object of n glance w hich In
spected her with n piercing eagerness
from her hat to the hem of her skirt.
Herny could not see her face, hut her
Habiliments were of the latest mode
and of an unusual and subdued ele
gance which bespoke fin origin In a
more sophisticated center than Son
Francisco. Herny, nil agog with curl
osity, stored nt the lady's back, not
ing not only her clothes but a cert-iln
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 possessions of no mo
ment, was covered by a r.ot particular
ly white glove.
Such unconsciousness added the dis
tinction of Indifference to the already
marked figure. Herny wondered more
thnn ever who it was and longed to
sec the averted face. She was about
'V 1'1 f'fJ
LVtr4 ,
Oerny Turned, Startled.
to lean across Domlnlck and attract
Hazel's attention by a poking linger
directed against her knee, when the
woman, with a word to her companion,
moved her head and let a slow glance
sweep over the rows of faces.
"Huzel." Herny hissed across Doml
nlck, "look at thnt girl. Who Is she?"
She did not divert her eyes from the
woman's face, which Bhe now saw In
protlle. It was pretty, she thought,
more froni a rich, unmlngled purity
of coloring Hum from nny purtlcular
beauty of feature. The head with Its
gravely-traveling glance continued to
turn till Herny 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 closely
would hnve noticed It, but Herny wni
watching with the most vigilant close
ness. She saw the Infusion of a new
and keener Interest transform the
glance, concentrate lis lazy, diffused
attention Into something thut 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, most surprising of all
the lady bent her head In a grave, de
liberate bow.
Herny turned. Bturtled and In a
vague, undefined way, disturbed, torj
to Bee who hod been the object of this
salutation. To her astonishment It
was Domlnlck. As Bhe looked at him,
he replaced his hot nnd she saw to
the augmentation of thnt vague sense
of disturbance that he wns as pale as
the bowing woman was pink.
"Domlnlck," she exclaimed, "who's
that?"
"Miss Cannon," he said lu a low
tone.
"Hose Cannon?" hissed Ilnzol on the
other side, of him, her face thrust for
ward, nnd tense in the Interest of the
moment, "Hill Connon's daughter?"
"Yes. 1 met her nt Antelope."
"Herny, did you see her dress?" Ha
zel hung over her brother-in-law In her
excitement. "That's straight from
Paris, I'll bet you u dollar."
"Yes, I saw It," said Herny In a
voice thnt did not sound particularly
exhilarated; "maybe It Is."
She looked back nt Miss Cannon
who hnd turned rwny nnd was mov
ing off through the crowd with her es
cort. Then she leaned toward Doml
nlck. His voice hod not sounded nat
ural; as she placed her arm ngnlnst
Ills she could feel that he trembled.
She Biild not'.iing hut settled back
In her chair, dryly swallowing. In
those few past moments her whole
world had undergone a revolution that
left her feeling dazed "nd a little sick.
It was us if the earth had suddenly
whirled around and she bod come up
panting nnd clutching among familiar
things reversed nnd upset. In nn In
stantaneous flash of Illumination she
saw ever- hlng the look in the wom
an's eyeB, her rush of color, I Km) I nick '8
voice, his expres ion, the trembling
of his arm It wns all perfectly plain!
This was the girl he hnd been shut In
Antclojie wit'.i for three weeks. Now
sho knew what the change was, the In
explicable, yatet'otis change that
had so puzzled her.
She fell bewildered, and under her
bewilderment pain, n tierce, unfa
miliar pain, gripped ber. She did
lt'it for the moment sny anything or
want to speak, and she felt as n child
dees who Is dazed nnd rlupollcd by an
unexpected assault of ill treatment.
Tho slight .sensailop of Inward sink
ing, thnt made her feel n little sick,
continued and she sat In a chilled and
drooping silence, all her bridling con
ceit In herself nnd her fine clothes
stricken suddenly out of hor.
She heard Hazel asking Domlnlck
questions about Miss Cannon, and she
heard Domlnlck's answers, brief and
given with a reticent doggedness.
Then Hazel asked him for the time
and she was conscious of his elbow
pressing against her arm as he felt
for his watch. As he drew it out and
held t toward the questioner. Berny
suddenly leaned forward, and, catch
ing his hand with the watch In it,
turned its face toward ber. The hnnd
beneath hers was cold, and shook. She
let It go and again sank back in her
chair. The feeling of -sickness grew
stronger and was augmented by a
sense of physical feebleness, of being
my' "
tremulous and colt? deep down In her
bones.
Hazel rose to her feet, shaking ber
skirts Into place.
"Let's go on," she said, "It's getting
chilly. Come along, JobIi. I suppose
If you were let alone, you'd sit here
till sundown listening to the music In
a trance,"
Domlnlck and Josh rose and there
wna an adjusting and putting on of
wrapB. Herny still sat motionless, her
hands, stiff In their tight gloves, lying
open on her lap.
"Come along, Herny," said Hazel.
"It's too cold to sit here any longer.
Why, how funny you look, all pale
nnd shriveled up! You're as bad as
Josh. You nnd he 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 loollsh, good humored fuce,
(reused with a grin, to Herny.
"Are you willing, Herny?" he cried
gaily. "I con get a divorce whenever
yon sny. It will be dead easy; brutal
and Inhuman treatment. Just say the
word!"
"There'll be brutal and Inhuman
treatment If you don't move on and
slop blocking the way. Josh McCrae,"
said Hazel severely. "I want to go out
that 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, tho others following him The
moss of the crowd wns not yet leav
ing, and as tho little group moved for
ward In a Btrnggllng line toward the
drive, the exciting opening of the Wil
liam Tell Overture boomed out from
the sounding board. It wns a favor
ite piece, nnd they left llngerlngly, Ha
zel nnd Josh particularly fitMcinnted,
with bends turned und cnrB trained on
the bund. JobIi's hand, jinssed through
his wife's arm, nfl'ectlonalely pressed
her ugulnst his side, for despite the
sharpness of their recriminations they
were the most loving of couples.
Herny was tho last of the lino. In
the flurry of depnrture her silence had
passed unnoticed, and that she should
thus lug at the toll of the procession
was not In any way remarkable, as.
at the best of times, she was not much
of a w alker nnd In her high heeled
Sunday shoes ber progress wus always
deliberate.
Looking uhead of her, she snw the
amlscnpo still as a picture under the
slanting, lurid sunlight. Il seemed to
he painted wilh unnaturally glaring
tints, to he soaked In color. The grass,
crossed with long shadows, was of the
greenness of nn aniline dye. The
massed foliage of tree groups showed
a melting richness of shades, no one
clearly defined, nil fused In n thick,
opaque lusclousness of greens. The air
wus motionless and very clear. Where
a passing carriage stirred the dust
the powdery cloiid rose, spreading a
tarnishing blur on the crystalline clar
ity of the scene. The sun Injected
these dust films with gold, nnd tiey
settled slowly, as If It made them
heavy, like ground-up particles of
metal.
(TO RK CONTINt'El).)
Wasted Erudition.
A physician at a recent convention
of railway surgeons In Philadelphia
said of n Fiifety device that has avert
ed many railway accidents:
"The advanlago of this device Is
now alinot-t universally recognized.
Indeed, ihe railroader who disputes
Its advantage Is as antiquated as the
old re.-identer who said:
"K.ducallon be hanged! Thar's
young Hill Siuithers took on engineer
In' course In a correspondence school
and then put up a sign on his carriage
bouse, and hadn't no better sense than
to spell "rarringo" "garage!
Washington Star.
Hippopotamus Described.
Johnny, who had been to tbe circus,
says tbe YoungBtown Telegram, was
telling bis teacher about the wonder
ful things he bad seen.
"An' teacher," he cried, "they bad
one big animal they called tbe hip
hip b I p"
"Hippopotamus, dear," prompted the
teacher.
"I can't Just say Its name," ex
claimed Johnny, "but It looks Just Ilk
9,000 pounds of liver."
(By The National Woman's Chrlatlanl
Temperance Union.)
ISTHMIAN CANAL ZONE DRY
One Exception to Statement That
"The American Saloon Follows
the American Flag."
No license for the sale of Intoxicat
ing liquors In the Isthmian canal zona
will hereafter be granted by the com
missioners. The government received
considerable revenue the last six
years from the five cana! 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 doors
July 1.
Mrs. Ahble H. Ilillermnn, national
W. C. T. U. representative In tbe
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.' With tbe
eyes of the world centered upon this
strip of laud, which Is so soon to be
the great ocean highway of nations,
this action la most opportune. We
believe that the thousands of pages of
emperancH literature sent td this sec
tion by the National W. C. T. U., to
gether with the influence of temper
ance sentiment at borne, has had some
part In thla victory. It is certainly In
harmony with the views and actions
of the president of tbe United States '
and bis cabinet."
ATTACK ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Former Premier of France Makes
6trong Denunciation of Formid
able Enemy of Social Peace. .
Georges Clemencoau, 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 tiaffic as a peril to tbe
nation. He has written the frefaca
of a pamphlet devoted to a general
economic study of alcohol, which has
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 Boclal 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. I'nlversul suffrage would
really put Itself out of court If It hud
succeeded In emancipating ItBelf from
the yoke of a single tyrant, only to
fall under the sway of a league of
private Interests which are- In open
warfare with the public interest. All
well Intentloued men, without distinc
tion of party, ought to Join In a com
mon effort for the salvation of our
country which Is menaced from so
many directions at once."
MAKE FINEST FIGHTING MEN
Most Pressing Enemy to Be Encoun
tered by United Kingdom Is
Drink, Says Woleeley.
The recent death and public burial
In St. Paul's Cathedral. London, of the
noted soldier, Ixrd Walseley, recall
his outspoken attitude on the tem
perance question. In 1870 ho carried
through his Red river expedition on
rigid lines of total abstinence. Of
the Nlli! campaign he reported "all
the troops for months without beer or
spirits." t ho result being that, as one
of the officers declared, they were the
"finest fighting men It was ever any
man's lot to command." In lS'.t.l Lord
Wolseley said: "There are yet many
great enemies to he encountered,
some great battles to bo fought by the
I'nlted Kingdom, but tho most press
ing enemy at preseut Is drink."
Ultimate Succets.
When a movement or reform pro
ceeds in Its progress past a certain
stage, the dictates of reason as well
as the record of history fairly Inform
us that that movement or reform will
rome to -a successful la.uo. When n
movement abides the buffeting of early
persecution and projects Itself from
year to year with n persistent and In
creasing power, It Is only a question
of time when It will win universal
recognition. It Is thus that nil believ
ers in a voloonless nation are confi
dent of ultimate success. North west.
era Christian Advocate.
Better for Humanity.
"It would bo better for this country
if there were no alcohol In It. The
medical profession does not supply It
us It once did. I shall bo glad to see
the day of universal prohibition. Even
the German emperor has warned his
nrmy of the dangers of beer drinking.
It would be of great benefit to human
ity If all the saloons nnd breweries
were closed up." Dr. Harvey W. Wi
ley. Temperance in British Army.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts says:
"The record of the British nriuy to
day ns a sober community Is one of
which Ihe empire may Justly ho proud. x
Generals und oilier olllcers report that
this gratifying state of affairs is in a
great measure duo to the I!o-h1 Army
Temperance ussoclation. They say
that the association promotes the
mural, physical nnd financial welfare
of the soldier, nnd consequently it has
been the mentis of producing a mark
ed effect In raising tho standard of so
briety In the urmy."
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'i
men students especially to keep away
from all forma of liquor." Dr.
Thomas C. Howe, President Butler
College, Indianapolis.
Decreases Labor.
A recent test among linotype opera
tors developed the fact that opera
tors who take four glasses if beer a
day do 14 per cent, less work tlmu
when they do not drink the beer.
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