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CHAPTER XVIII--Continued. | ' --21-- She paused again, but still be was Itaute and immobile. "So now y°u know me--whflt 1 «m* p^lP'jNo other man has ever known or ever & 4 Xvill. Bat I hnd to tell you th£ truth. W%- Jt seems that the only thing ray career liad left uncalloused was my funda- So I had t[ f r I •V *J-K, mental sense of honesty f to eorae and tell you." * <•; And still he held silence, attentive, r t>ut with a set face that bfctraj^ed ndth- Ih i%*l> tng of the tenor of his thoughts. • Almost timidly, with nervously fum- Sr \<:.A ,t>liqg fingers, she extracted from her »f-\ p > W^etbook a small ticket envelope, \ h. ' "Max was afraid you might upset /'J i the performance again, as you did on last appearance, Hugh." she said; •'bat I assured him It was just the fehocb of recognizing yon that bowled Ine over. So'I've brought you a box ,f /'• for tomorrow night. I want yon to •/*' " • bse it--you and Mr. Ember." Vs * He broke in with a culrt monosyl- '££• lablei^Whyr • -,7:. £.*• * v "Why--why becanse-^becanse J want "" J ' you--I snppose It's simply my vanity-- > * » to see me act. Perhaps you'll feel a |.-f| * "• little less hardly toward me if you see - 'hat I am really a great actress, that I give you up for something bigger lb, than just love--" * "What rot!" he said with an odd. i', short laugh. "Besides, I harbor no p* "" resentment." She stared, losing a Uttle color, eyes , darkening with apprehension. 't , , «| did hope you'd come," she mur- ^ 1 mured. I};" "Oh, HI come,** he said with spirit, fef "Wild horses couldn't keep me away." p* "Reall>. Hugh? And you dofi't Lv mind? Ob, I'm so glad!" |rj- k "I really don't mind," he assured her |L with a strange smile. "But . ' < . P>, would you mind excusing me one ebo- | m e n t ? I ' v e f o r g o t t e n s o m e t h i n g v e T y \ «t Important." *m "Why, certainly ..." |v;' He was already at the telephone in , the hallway, just beyond the llving- £** room door. It was impossible to escape &Zy . > overhearing his words. The woman -^1 listened perforce with, in the begln- I .' ning. a little visible wonder, then with J > astonishment, ultimately with a con- iternation that shook her with violent IV k » •> tremblings. '*'»h . "Hello," said Whitaker; "get me f y Hector two-two-hundred. . . . rt;. .7 * "Hello? Rector two-two-hundred? ik -f North derman Lloyd? . . . This Is Tl~'-' "Mr. H. M. Whi taker. 1 telephoned you fifteen minutes ago about reser­ vation on the George Washington, f a i l i n g S a t u r d a y . . . Y e s . . . . Yes. . . . Tea, I promised to call for the ticket before noon, but I now find I sha'n't be able to go. Will you be kind enough to cancel it. If you ;* |>lease. . . . Thank you. . . . « Goodby." |l f But when be turned back Into the ' living room be found awaiting him a nulet and collected woman. "Why did you do that?" she asked . evenly. ;i;: "Because," said Whitaker, "Pve had «ny eyes opened. I've been watching the finest living actress play a care­ fully rehearsed role, one that she had e ^ ; 0ven long study and all her heart to--: •v- <*ut her Interpretation didn't ring true. *•>' ' "^Mary, I admit, at first you got me: I ll • Jbelieved you meant what you said. J^iut only my mind believed it; my ' ' lieart knew better. Just as it has al- ays kitown better, all through this . "wretched time of doubt and misery And separation you've subjected us both to. And that.was why I couldn't |trust myself to answer you; for if I jhad. I should have laughed for Joy, O Mary, Mary!" he cried, his voice softening, "my dear, dear woman, you scan't lie to love! You betray yourself in every dear word that would t>e eartless. in every adorable gesture that would seem final! And tuve iknows better always. ... Of course II shall be in that bo* tomorrow night; of course I shall be there to witness your triumph! And alter you've won. It dear. I shall carry you off with me . . ." He opened his arms wide, but with ^a smothered cry she backed away, > P'ac^n8 the table between them. I*" I / " "No!" she protested; and the words > j.- were almost sobs--"No!" "Yes!" be exclaimed exultantly. "Yes! A thousand times yesl It t must be so!" With a swift movement she seized her muff and scarf from the chair and fled to the door. There, pausing, she turned, her face white and blazing. . "It Is not true!" she cried. "You are mistaken. Do you hear me? You are utterly mistaken. I do not love you. You are mad'to think it. 1 have just told you I don't love you. 1 am afraid of you; I daren't stay with you for fear of you. I--I despise you I "1 don't believe it 1" he cried, advanc- log. But she was gone. The bail door slammed before he could reach it. limber, aiways abstemious, lifted his hand and smiled a negative smile. Whitaker dismissed the waiter. "Well * . . ?" he inquired cheer­ fully. "What right have you got to look like that?" Ember demanded. "The right of every free-born Amer­ ican citizen to make an ass of himself according to the dictates of his con­ science. I've been exploring the dark backwards and abysm of the Bronx afoot. Got caught In the rain on Jthe way home. Was late getting back, and dropped1 in here to celebrate." "I've been looking for you every­ where, since .morning." "I suspected you would be. That's why 1 went walking--to be lonesome and thoughtful for once in a way." Ember stroked hte chin with thought­ ful fingers. "You've hfard the news, then?" "in three ways," Whitaker'. JN* turned, with calm. « i "How's that--three ways?" „ "Through the newspapers; the bill­ boards, and from the lips of my wife." '. - . , Ember opened his eyes wide. "You've been to see. her?'* "She called this morning--" But Ember interrupted, thrusting a ready and generous hand,-across the table: "My dear man, I am glad!** Whitaker took the proffered band r e a d i l y a n d f i r m l y . " T h a n k y o u . . . . I was saying: she called this morning to inform me that, though wedded once, we must be strangers now--and evermore!" "But you--of course--you argued that nonsense out of her head." 'To the contrary--again." "But--my dear man !--you said you were celebrating; you permitted me to congratulate you just now--" "The point is," said Whltaker» With a bland and confident grin; "I've suc­ ceeded in arguing that nonsense out of my head--not hers--mine." Ember gave a helpless gesture. "I'm afraid this Is one of my stupid n i g h t s . . . " "I mean that,.though Mary ran away from me, wouldn't listen to reason, I have, In the course of an afternoon's hard tramping, come to the conclu­ sion that there is nothing under the sun which binds me to sit back and accept whatever treatment she pur­ poses according me by courtesy ot Jules Max." Whitaker bent forward, his coun­ tenance discovering a phase of seri­ ousness hitherto masked by his twist­ ed smile. "I mean I'm tired of all this poppy­ cock. Unless I'm an Infatuated ass, Mary loves me with all her heart. She» has made up her mind to renounce me partly because Mas has worked upon few CHAPTER XIX. Am Afraid of You." the ear of the great man before mid night; however, I'm not disposed_to., quibble about a few hours." f a | sp "But why shouldn't I?" ' * "Because Max Is going to be ttMli busiest young person in town tonight. And that is why I've been looking for you. . . . Conforming to his cus­ tom, Jie*S been giving an advance glimpse of the production to the crit­ ics and a few friends in the form of a final grand dress rehearsal tonight. Again, in conformance with his cus­ tom, he has honored me with a bid. I've been chasing you all day to dnd out If you cared to go--"* '-'Eight o'clock and a bit after," Whitaker interrupted briskly, consul­ ting his watch. "Here, boy," be hailed a passage page; "call a taxicab for me." And then, rising alertly: "Coiue along; I've got to hustle home; and make myself look respectable enough for the occasion; but at that, with luck, I fancy we'll be there before the. first curtain." This mood of faith, of self-reliance and assured optimism held unruffled throughout the dash homeward, his hurried change of clothing and the ride to the theater. Nothing that Em­ ber, purposely pessimistic, could say or do availed to diminish the high buoyancy of his? humor. He main­ tained a serene faith in his star, a spirited temper that refused to recog­ nize obstacles in the way of his de­ sire. In the taxicab, en route to the Thea­ ter Max, he contrived even to distil a good omen from the driving autumnal downpour itself. "On such a day as this," he told his doubting friend, "I won her first; on such a day I shall win her anew, final­ l y a n d f o r a l l t i m e ! " . . . From Broadway to, Sixth avenue, Forty-sixth street was bright with the yellow glare of the huge sign in front of the Theater Max. But this night, unlike that other night when he hud approached the stage of his wife's tri­ umphs, there was no crawling rank of cabs, no eager and curious press of people in the street; but few vehicles disputed their way; otherwise the fain and the hurrying; rain-coated wayfar­ ers had the thoroughfare to them- themselves. . . . And even this he chose to consider a favorable omen: there was not now a public to come between him and his love--only Max and her frightened fancies. The than at the door recognized Em­ ber with a cheerful nod; Whitaker he did not know. Just in time, Mr. Ember; curtain's been up about ten minutes." . ". . im l>! • One Way Out. ' Toward eight in the evening, after a day-long search through,4all his ac­ customed haunts, Ember ran Whita­ ker to earth In the dining room ^f the Primordial. The young man, alone at table, was in the act of topping off an excellent dinner with a still more excellent cordial and a super- excellent cigar. He wore rough tweeds, and they 'were damp and baggy; his boots were muddy; his hair was a trifle disorder­ ly. The ensemble made a figure wildly Incongruous to the soberly splendid and stately dining hnll of the Primor­ dial club, with Its sparse patronage ot members in evening dress. Ember, himself as severely beauti­ ful In black and white as the ceremo­ nious livery of today permits a man to be, was wonder-struck at sight of •Whitaker In such unconventional guise, at such a time, In such a pluce. "Willi neither Invitation nor salutation, he slipped into a chair on the other aide of the table, and stared. Whitaker smiled benignantly upon and eeUed a waltiw. • 4 . y 1 - , £«•> , l i s . . • her feelings by painting some lurid picture of his imminent artistic and financial damnation if she leaves him, partly because she believes, or has been led to believe, In this 'destrpy- ing angel' moonshine, pfow she's got to listen to reason. So, likewise, Max." "You're becoming more human word by word," commented Ember with open approval. "Continue; elucidate; 1 can understand how a fairly resolute lover with the gift of gab can talk a weak-minded, fond female into deny­ ing her pet superstition; but how you're going to get around Max passes my comprehension. The man unques­ tionably has her under contract--" "But you forgot his' god Is Mam­ mon," Whitaker put In. "Max will do anything in the world for money. Therein resides the kernel of my plan It's simplicity itself: I'm going to buy him." "Buy Max!" Body--artistic soul--and breeches," Whitaker affirmed confidently. "Impossible I" "You forget how well fixed I am What's the use of my owning Hftlf the gold in New Guinea If it won't buy me what 1 already own by every moral and legal right?" <• "He won't listen to you; you don't know Max." f "I'm willing to lay yqu a small bet that there will be no first performance at the Theater Max tomorrow night.1 "You'll never persuade him--" 'I'll buy the show outright and my wife's freedom to boot--or else Max will begin to accumulate the, local eolor of a hospital ward/' Ember smiled grimly. "You're be- gimfltig to convince even met When, may I ask, do you propose to pull off this sporting proposition?^. "Do you know where Max ca found tonight?" ,* At the theater-^ " -- CHAPTER XX. Black Out. The auditorium was in almost total darkness. A single voice was audible from the stage that confronted it like some tremendous, moonlight canvas in huge frame of tarnished gold. They stole silently round the orchestra seats to the stage-box--the same box that Whitaker had on the former occastfn occupied in company with Max. They succeeded in taking possession without attracting attention, either from the owners of that scanty scat­ tering of shirt bosoms In the orchestra the critical fraternity and those in­ timates bidden by the manager to the first glimpse of his new revelation In stagecraft--or from those occupying the stage. The latter were but two. Evidently, though the curtain had been up for some minutes, the action of- the piece had not yet been permitted to begin to unfold. Whitaker Inferred that Max had been dissatisfied with something about the lighting of the scene. The manager was standing in mid-stage, staring up at the borders--a stout and pompous figure, tenacious to every de­ tail of that public self which he had striven so successfully to make unfor^ gettably Individual; a figure quaintly incongruous in his Impeccable morn­ ing coat and striped trousers and fiat- brimmed silk hat, perched well back on his head, with his malacca stick and lemon-colored gloves and small and excessively glossy patent-leather shoes, posed against the counterfeit of a moonlit formal garden. (TO BE CONTINUED.) SMOOTH'S NEAT GETAWAY "Then the matter will be arranged at the theater between this hour and midnight." 1 doubt If yon succeed ln gettlng Insurance Agent With Keen Eye Business Came Near "Putting His Foot in It." to TOGO'S THURSDAYS OUT ^ Defcrest Sir: Wllle working in aervint-girllsh employment of Gen. House­ work I have endured considerable cruelties with -great durability. But when ladies insists to pour kindness upon me, then the worm twists from such brutality. For thus reason i am now entirely disjointed from Job of working at home ot Hon. Mrs. Heneretla Hoke & Husband, Midvale, N. J. I tell you this historical event. When I employ this Mrs. Hoke, to be boss, she say with Jane Addams ex­ pression, "Hon. Abe Lincoln freed niggero slaves sometime of yore; therefore Japanese servint must also be considered human." "I do not expect such sweethearted treatment," I say for slight tear-drop. "I am going to commence my beginning by being generous to you," she en­ croach. "You may take Thursday afternoons out." "How far out can I take them?" are question for ma "Plenty far," she renounce, "but not so distant he will not get back In time for breakfast Fryday morning. I give you this Thursday p. m. from great philanthropy of soul, so you will be able to work harder when you get back." 1 "What amusements are proper for servint on this bright fcolidate?" I ask to know. "Sometimes one way; Bometimes different," she pronounce. "Walking, setting down, quarreling, flirtating, seeing emotion-picture Show, obtaining drunkenness, getting married or arrested--all are good ways for servint on Thursday." I thank her from the stomack of my soul and fill my brain with Joy- thoughts about that n£ce date of afternoon I should spend. It were Monday when she say this. Each day afterwards my gladness become pretty plenty When I think what light amusement it should be. Thursday morning arrive up. Such beauty of day. Air was clear like alcohol, making blueness of sky which removed blueness from heart. I never observed better day for servlnts to have holidays. At 11 a. to. I eloped to r o o m f o r m a k e s l i g h t b r u s h t o s h o e s & d « r b y . ' • * ' > Lunch time arrive. ' ' . ' "Togo," report Hon. Mrs. Hoke, poking unprepared head into kitchen, "you will be unexpectedly detained at home this afternoon; so sorry. I shall give bridge-gamble for 48 friends this p. m. and 6 additional must remain for din* ner-eat." All through brightness of afternoon bridge-gamble continue while I poke forth chocolate. Atf lateness of 11:22 p. m. 6 additional persons depart off from dinner-eat. I go ,to bed without congratulation. Next morning Hon. Mrs. report to kitchen with shameface. "So careless, I forgot Thursday!" she guggle. "Could you riot forget Monday or Wednesday next time?" I acknowlsdge. "When Thursday comes again, remind me it is here," she snuggest while tucking her hairs. So I again enslave myself with fidelity for 6% complete days, Next Thursday come up. More sunshlniness of thermometer I nfever saw. On such days birds gets headaches from too much song. So I was prepare to elope away for slight vacation. By early date of breakfast I encroach up to Mrs. Boss and reply with butler voice, "Thursday have arrive!" "So glad you remind me--so he has!" she goBp. "If you had not speak I would forgot--Daughters of Samantha Stitching Society meet here this p. IB* You must assist with salad-eat for 41." "Are this not my outside day?" I repeat for slight peev of tone. "Be less impertinent in your impudence," she snagger while walking. I remain where was that afternoon. Yet my soul became so sogged he nearly dropped out. Ring-door occur so I must lay aside my apron and other sorrows while opening knob for assorted fat ladies. Mr. Editor, Thursday Out are like any other form of love. If you never had it you never miss it. I had 2 Thursdays removed from me and was get­ ting accustomed to do without. When another Thursday arrive up all Nature look cross & aggravated. Extreme cyclones begin blowing away Kansas; trees threw down, huj land- Slipping on an untenanted banana skin, the homely young woman sat on the pavement with an unmusical splasli. With efficient presence ef mind, Eustace Smooth, agent for the General and Particular Insurance com­ pany, slipped on another peel and sat down beside her, with two muttered curses. "Accidents will happen on the best regulnted pavements, won't they?" he observed with a snarl. "Oh, well, luckily I happen to be an Insurance agent, and I can Insure you against slipping on banana peelings or even on a cake of ice for the small sum of $14 a week, and the first time you slip af­ ter being Insured, ona a? «*;r a.*:®mo­ biles, with absolutely no advertising matter on the outside, will take you home for $7.29, er, 'if you prefer, t<| any old hospital." "The idea!" scoffed" the enrage^ woman, "It's too much!" But t!iink <of the risk we run," pur­ sued Smooth. "Now, other kinds of insurance, such as insurance against being bitten by wild beasts, come as low as $19 a month." "I'll take one of them," she, said promptly. "I always was a great on# for bargains." And she handed him her card, which read: "Mile. Kutle, Wild Animal Trainer, Lions, Tigers and Leopards a Specialty." "Excuse me a moment, I gotta see a man," stammered Eustace Smooth. Work Involved In making Rifle. The English rifle, the Lee-Enfleld, fires 34 shots a minute. It is made Is 94 parts. Involving over 1,000 op<H3t Hon. Mr*. Hoke Arrive In Kitchen With Face Filled Up From the Sunehtfte Which Was Not In 8ky. slides of snow fell from heaven while wet rain also was there to make pud- dies amidst ice. Hon. Mrs. Heneretta Hoke arrive in kitchen with her face filled up from the sunshine which was not in sky. "Togo," she say so, making charity expression of mouth, "you have been earnestly faithful Japanese in bake, stew, and dish-wash." "I confess it." This from me. "Therefore I shall reward it," she sympathize while pointing to outdoors where nature were feeling seasick while blowing down hen-shed. "I give you your Thursday Out." • "I bid her merry no thanks!" I say It. If convenient, I shall take my outing inside where there is less pneumonia." "Oh!" she dety with steam voice. "You dishobey my orders?" "If convenient," I snagger, "I prefer my plcnio in my bedroom where there is only one leak." "Shall not do!" she howelL "Your lung require fresh air Thursday;" "My lung feel plenty fresh already," I insure. !"0 boneless Japanese!" she retork. "Why should I be continuously thoughtful for your convenience? Why should I treat you gently like * horse when you stand there and kick my kindness back in my face?" > Bang door. She popp away. When dishes was entirely washed off I retire upwards to my room with my mind full of vacation. This department where I slept was neat room for Japanese, but too small for Swedes. What should I do with this enclosed Thursday? Sleep, perhapsly, and enjoy a few nightmares by daylight? This seem too inappropriate. What then should I? I set on bed opposite bursted portrait of Hon. Geo. W. Washington, while watching drop-drip of rain falling into wash-bowl. Pretty soonly I uprose and lock door. How should I be amused? Then, of suddenly, I think it. Music! That are considered most fashionable Indoor exercise for Jaded fatigue. So I open up trunk and got out following implements: I Japanese banjo of whang-string variety. 6 complete cigards of Philippine factory. I music entitled "A Long Distance to Tlpperary." 1 umbrella of American nationality. I tie umbrella to bed, so keep off drop-drip. I arrange myself under this water-Bhed, light cigar in teeth, put banjo in knuckles, retain music on knee. Then I commence beginning. Japanese banjos,* Mr. Editor, refuse to wear American tunes unless forced to do so; but by practical continuation of pick- pick on strings I can become quite Mozart. I spent 2% hours at this musical sympathy, filling small room with more sounds than it could contain and air most becoming tuneful, when--O startle!--knock-knock rapped at door. "Come Inwards!" I holla. "Can't do, and be pretty quick about it!" glub basso voice of Hon. Mr. Hoke, making rattles frqm locked knob, "Please unlock door so I can drag you out." I oblige politely by unlatching that locker. Hon. Hoke rosh inwards and stand sky-scraping over me like bulldogs scaring mice. "Why you mean?" he thonder. "Why you so reptilian In depravity when kind Mrs. Wife are so angel-handed? Are she not entirely generous?" "She are quite Carnegie," I pronounce humbly. ' "Did she not give you my* shoes last week?" "She do. I am saving them to give to some tramp who like, ventilated soles," I oblate. "What are *aore ungrateful than Ingratitude?" he hoop. "And now this sweetish lady offer you Thursday which you refuse. Why so?" I point out of window where weather was there shooting lightning into Churches while thunder cursed with extreme beilus. "I do not like this Thursday," I renig. "It is damaged." "You shall be included among the wreckage!" he nash while compelling Bf downstair. And next I stood alonesome In the midst of Thursday which was quite drowned- Hoping you are the sa§M£ Yours truly, HASHIMTJRA TOOO. ' (Copyright, 1914, by International Press Bureau.) Observer Tells Interesting 8t«rles C a s e s W h e r e S w i f t P u n i s h m e n t : Has Been Meted Out to Offenders. ; The punishment that birds and* ani­ mals mefe out to their criminals and the court and legal proceedings con­ nected with it furnish an interesting field of study. An interesting example ofc an animal trial is furnished by an observer. A lit­ tle dog hnd, for no apparent reason, been mistreated by a' larger bulldog. At once the little fellow scoured the neigh­ borhood and collected all the bones he could find, burying them in the ceflar of a hoqse. When he had succeeded in securing a sufficient number he issued Invitations to all the canines in the neighborhood, thf bulldog alone 'ex­ cepted. ' The guests came from nil directions, the halt, the lame a*d the hungry. When justice had been done to the ban­ quet the host arfcse and made an elo­ quent after-dinner speech, in which he laid before the asseml^ed company his case. They heard him through, then declared the Offending and absent bull­ dog to be guilty and at once proceeds In a body to carry out the sentence of chastisement. It is said that a stork, whose morals were sadly out of repair, once appro­ priated to himself thfe companion of a neighbor. The injured lady, with great dispatch, called together the storks of the district. He was found guilty and sentenced, and the court. Immediately turning executioner, fell upon him and tore him to pieces. A similar scene, quite common among rooks, is described by an orni­ thologist. The culprit, brave and Jaunty, stood surrounded by forty or fifty ,of his indignant mates. As the trial progressed the accused little by little lost his jaunty air and hung his head in humiliation. When the sen­ tence had been pronounced the court at once fell to mid pecked Mm to death. It is quite cdmmon In early spring for young and inexperienced sparrows to steal twigs and other building mate­ rial from the nests of their elders. If this theft Is detected, as it usually Is, a posse promptly visits the offender's nest and scatters it to the fpur winds, soundly thrashing the occupant in the bargain. A story is told of a sparrow wholiad stolen the nest of a martin, and was making himself comfortable in it. The angry owner summoned all his friends and Immediately they came, several hundred strong, but the intruder held them at bay for some time by peeking all who came near enough to the open­ ing. Finally the avengers withdrew and held a consultation. In a few mo­ ments they returned, each with a mouthful of mud, and proceeded to plaster up the hole, walling the occu- jp«nt up alive. The story is told that a French sur­ geon, wishing, to procure a stork, but being unable to do so, stole some eggs from a nest and substituted hen's eggs. The innocent female hatched them out, but the male, angry at the strange ap­ pearance of his offspring, went away. Three or four days later he reappeared, accompanied by several ofhers, who formed a circle about hjm while he argued his case. The jury without re­ tiring brought in a verdict of "guilty," and thei poor, innocent mother was exe­ cuted. ' , tlotta. 8hap* of Bullet Affects Aluminum. A peculiar circumstance In the man­ ufacture of English rifle bullets la said to be responsible. In part at leaut, for the Increased price of aluminum. Shortly after the outbreak of the war England gave up making round-nosed bullets ana produced, instead, a point­ ed variety with a solid-lend point in­ closed in a cuprnnlckpl jnrket- Some time later It was discovered that these missiles wer^j^^m'operly balanced for the EnJHH of gun. After Tf»y tests was overcome 'X, a by Inserting a little aluminum cone, three-eighths-inch high, In the apex of the cartridge jacket. While the weight of a single cone is, of course, almost negligible, the total amount of alum' lnum required for England's rifle am­ munition runs into thousands of pounds.--Popular Science Magazine. ' i *"' - M c ̂ .•) • - ' i* ' Up to the Jury.. - "She--People seldom do anything nowadays without a motive. He--Yes; and the Jury is reasonably sore to find extenuating circumstance* Looked Like Qreeley. felackmore, the author of "Lorna Doone," Is said to have resembled Horace Greeley. Several Inches over six feet, with a large, beautifully shaped head, on which his hair tossed wavlngly, he wore a beard shaved away from his upper lip and chin, so that it framed his face, which was as rosy as a girl's. His eyes were full of twinkling humor and kindliness, and there was always about him a sense of the outdoors--of great, calm spaces, winds and fragrances. He dressed carelessly In loose-fitting clothes, tak­ ing no trouble to keep In the fashion. His voice was low and musical, and his manners had a touch of old-world courtesy and distinction. He was ut­ terly sincere, and would never pre­ tend to agree to anything because someone else advocated it. His opin­ ions were strong and clear, and he stood by them unwaveringly. He was thoroughly English, thoroughly lov­ able ; a big, quiet, shy man, who loved to tramp all day over the mo6*s or to work over his trees and bushes; who wrote because he loved writing, and who was astounded at the fame and fortunes fofoiyjht to hUn^ book. """" his great Believed In Preparedness. Mrs, Jenkins had missed Mrs. Brady from her accustomed haunts, and hearing several startling rumors con­ cerning her went in search of her old friend. * "They tell me you're worklh' 'ard night an' day, Sarah Ann," She began. "Yes," returned Mrs. Brady. "I'm under bonds to keep the peacfe fer pullln' the whiskers out of that old scoundrel of a' 'usban* o* mine, an' the magistrate said if I come afore 'Im ag'ln, or laid me 'ands on the old man, 'e'd fine me 50 shlllln's." "An* so ye'ra workin' 'ard to keep oat |>f mischief?" » "I'm what? Not much! I'm workin* »ard to save up the fine!" Germany Usee Zlne Wire. In order to save as mucli as possi­ ble of her copper and Iron, Germany has developed the sine wire. She is now using it for ordinary electric wir­ ing at home and for telephone work at the front, according to the Popular Science Monthly. Considerable trouble was experienced, however, In perfect­ ing the various stages of manufacture. The process of drawing the wire was es|iecittll« uiiacuii. But after innu­ merable experiments success was at­ tained. The new wire has been found to j V"T of Una *ire. ; V- ' ' v Mien CowMm Protect Settlers From Un­ fair Land Shark®, r :|r ' - Marquette, Mich., March 28.--In ox* der to guard the host of new settlers who are' coming Into Clover-Land, which Is the fifteen counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and settling on the fertile lands there, the large landholders have combined under the name of The Upper Peninsula De* * velopment Bureau of Michigan. This new organization is made up of the most prominent business merl ­ in Clover-Land, who have outwitted • • the land sharks in their attempts t<fi •;.* get large tracts of lands in Clover- Land and sell them to unsuspecting settlers at immense prices. . ... " / Harmon Is President f ^ LeovG, Harmon of Manlstiqtie, fcher most prominent industrial man in Clo­ ver-Land, is president of the Bureau, • while Senator Alton T. Roberts of Mar­ quette and August Wallen of Ewen are vice presidents, H. W. Reade of Escanaba is treasurer and George W. Rowell, Jr., of Marquette is secretary and manager. Mr. Rowell Is the only paid officer of the bureau. He has his m«Jn offices at Marquette, Michigan, 100 Bacon Block, to whom all inquiries for lands In Clover-Land should be sent. Mr. Rowell assists the prospective settler In selecting a locality where he feels the settler can best go Into the kind of farming he wishes^ Then the name Is turned over to the land firms which - belong to the bureau and which must uphold the honest business rules laid down by the Bureau. Thus the buyer and seller are brought into contact.; Many Settlers Arrive. . "We are finding the plan an efficient one and large numbers of settlers are coming Into Clover-Land as a result because they feel that by dealing through our organization they will get a square deal," said Mr. Rowell. "We are prepared to furnish new and up-to- date maps of Clover-Land to all desir­ ing them. We have information about our soils- and crops as well as our pleasing climate, railroads, highways, fine water shipping possibilities, churches, schools and other things which the settler wants to know about. We send this matter out free of charge to any person writing us, and we believe that we are accomplishing much for the newcomers. Conditions Are Good. "Any person who Intends to seek ft new home should look over Clover-* » Land first because it has fine soils, good markets near by, plenty of rain, pleasing climate, good; roads, and lots of land which can be purchased at good prices. « "We also have a big Inducement over other states in that new settlers com­ ing into Clover-Land need not pay taxes for five years. That alone Is 1l_^ great help to the man Just getting a ~ start. 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