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THK DALLAS EXPRESS DALLAS TEXAS. SATURDAY .MATtCH 15 1919.
.iK CMLY FOR Tim CHANCE
Crippled Soldiers Are Eager to Prove
They Have Lost Nona of Their
Good American Grit.
A West Virginia private soldier who
lorn u leg a tho war ana now goes on
crotches was visiting tlie national
capital and while Inspecting the
Washington monument requested a po
liceman to act as a witness ior
fthnrt time. The crlnnle then Droeeed
ed to climb to the top 5()0 feet above
the ground and reached by 8X) steps
It Is clear thnt this athlete was not In
Wdulilni-ton to rlalm a nenslon on tt!
p-ound of physical disability. In fact
be asks no more than a fnlr chance to
nhow that he Is fit to hold a Job and
la ready to prove it. Jn tne mam mm-
tary hospital In Washington the pa
tlentx are publishing a nnncr called
the "Come Buck" whose main pur
pose Is to promote tue industrial wci-
fn nf rrlmitMl Moldlers and KllllorS
It gathers Information on useful work
far men who recover from amputa
tions or serious wounds and wants
to ascertain how much they will be
able to do not now little ana 10 en
ronrace ambitious efforts as fur a!
possible. Such endeavors for one
thing add to the happiness of those
who often ore merely olussed as un-
fortunates. A crippled condition does
not necessarily irtenn a crippled life.
The pHvtlege of being Independent
thnt appealed to Burns ns glorious w
i..i r fn everv heiiltliful nature and
earnest participant In the duties of
life St Louis Ololie-Doinoerut
WAY 'AGAIN BECOME NATION
Possibility That Arab Tribes Will Be
Reunited as One Result of
the Great War..
One of the most Interesting figures
at the opening of the peace conference
was Prince Emir FhIhiiI son of the
klnjr of the llcdjnz the latter known
as "the grand old man of the East" He
Is very handsome and his picturesque
headdress was well suited to his style.
As the prince strode up and down the
room before the opening of the session
he was a perfect type of Arab beauty
and dignity. The representation of his
fine race In the peace conference and
their present effort to establish their
ancient kingdom recall the general
opinion which I believe. Is held among
orientalists that the Arabs are des-
tined ultimately to play a big part In
the world. I have seen them In the
districts around the Suejs canal and
the Bed sea and have .wondered wheth-
er they would not agnln - become a
Krent people. Individually It seemed
to me that they were finer than any
other orientals.- As a wandering race
they have lacked the co-operation and
cohesion which enable a nation to
make headway. It would' be one of
the historic romances If out of the
world war the Arabs emerged as an
organized pf-ople prepured-tb assume
heavy responsibilities In the near
Kast New York Times.
Grain for Alcohol.
Obviously' nation-wide prohibition
will cut shnrply Into the use of the ce-
reals In the manufacture of alcoholic
ltqtwifs for beverage purposes. At the
nme time "it Is regarded a ai-sured
that more alcohol will be manti'uc-
turcd than ever before for use In the
liberal arts and In manufactures gen-
erally this to be denatured and thus
absolutely unfit for drinking purposes
linns are under way however for
greatly Increused output of alcohol as
above noted some of this undoubtedly
to be made from grain while large
qnantis It now appears will be pro-
duced from cheop uiolnssig brought
from the West Indies. Ofllclal chem-
ist lave been able to secure from this
not only alcohol but also the use of
residue for the production of ('ycerin
something of Increasingly large con-
sumption. Glycerin Is very lurgely
used In making nitroglycerin transpar-
ent soaps lubricants printers' Inks
etc.
" . Death Brings Joy.
The reports from many parts of the
United States th"t some women of
n adve' .turous nature married sol-
diers In the high hopes thut the hus-
bands would be kll'ed and that tbsy
wouli collect the Insurance money are
based on fact It Is believed. . .
A young woman ell dressed went
to the post office at Vancouver Wash
recently end received a letter. She
opened read ar.l luughed loudly. A
man driving a machine In which she
rode downtown asked her what was
the good news. She astonished him
by replying that her husband had been
killed and she would get the $10000
insurance.
Origin of Famous Dyes.
The famous blue and purple dyes of
the cast frequently mention"! In Wa-
tery were la ait probability extracted
from the Roccclla lichen which has
been extensively used la France 1j re-
cent years when gorgeous colors were
deslr.-i for silks. These dyes are se-
cured y pulverizing the plant body
tenr-d the tha'lus. and extracjng the
coloring matter by applying alkali.
Litmus one of the lichen dyes ;s wide-
ly applied in the science of chemistry.
Textile World Journut.
Production of Quicksilver in 1913.
The domestic output of quicksilver
In 1018 accttrdi'ig to statistics com-
piled by F. L. Iltinsome of the United
States geological Biirvey department
of the interior was 334"2 flasks oi
7.1 pounds each valued lit about 3-
Cfj;;oi. Compared Ith the output ol
1217 this shows a dtcnwise lu quantity.
v V- . u
DEADLY flllT ARMY
No Creature Can Remain in Path
of Horde and Live.
Naturalist Himself Not Immune From
' Danger Telia of Incidents He 8aw
at He Watched the Progress
of the Insects.
I was dozing quieMy in my ham-
mock glad to escape for an Instant
the Insistent screaming of a cicada
which seemed to have gone mad In the
jungle heat when a low rustling
caught my ear- sound of moving
leaves without wind; the voice of a
breeze in the midst of breathless beat
writes William Beebe In the Atlantic
Monthly. There was In It something
sinister and foreboding. I leaned over
the edge of my hammock' and saw
coming toward me in broad irregu-
lar front a great army of auts bat-
talion after battalion of them flowing
like a sea of living motes over twigs
and leaves and stems.
I knew the dunger and I half sat up
prepared to roll out and -walk to one
side. Then 1 gauged my supporting
strands; tested them until they vibrat-
ed and bummed and luy back watch-
In? to see whut would come about. I
knew thut no creature In the world
could stay In the path Of this horde
and live. To kill an Insect or a great
bird would require only a few . In-
stants nnd the death of a Jaguar
or a tapir would mean only a few
more. Against this uttnek claws
teeth poison fangs would be idle
weapons.
In the van fled a cloud of terrified
Insects those gifted with flight to
wing their way far on" while the
humbler ones went running heudlong
their legs four six or a hundred mak
ing the swiftest pace vouchsafed them.
There were foolish folk who climbed
"jp low ferns achieving the swaying
topmost fronds only to be trailed by
the savage ants and brought down to
instant death.
Even the winged ones were not Im-
mune for If they hesitated a second
an ant would seize upon them nnd al
though carried into the air would not
loosen his grip but;- cling to- them ol
struct their flight and perhaps bring
thera to earth In the heart of the
Jungle where cut oft from their kind
the single combat would be waged to
the death. From where I watched I
sow massacres Innumerable; terrible
buttles In which some creuture a
giant beside an ant fought for hi:
life crushing to death Scores of the
enemy before giving up.
They were a merciless army and
their number was countless with host
upon host following close on each oth-
er's heels. A horde of warriors fourid
a bird in my game bag and left of It
hardly a feather. I wondered whether
they would discover me and they did.
though I think It was more by accident
than by Intention. Nevertheless a half
dozen ants . appeared" on the foot
strands nervously twiddling their an-
tennae la my direction. Their ap-
praisal wus brief ; with no more than a
second's delay they started toward me.
I waited until they were well on their
way then vigorously twanged the
cords under them harpwlse sending
all the scouts into midair and headlong
down among their fellows. So fur as
know this was a revolutionary
maneuver In military tacts compar-
able only to the explosion of a set
mine.
Hut even so when the 'last of this
brigade had gone on their menacing
pitiless way and the danger had
passed to a new province I could not
help thinking of the certain Inexora-
ble fute of a man who unable to move
from his hammock or to make any
defense should be thus exposed ' to
their attack. There could be no help
for him If but Ode of this great host
should scent hlra' out and carry the
word back to the rank and file.
All Thieves there.
Superintendent Quinn of Scotland
Yard who retired n few weeks ago
tfnee remarked quizzically thut If a
man wantc 1 to go in for picking pock-
ets he could not select e better place
for the operation thun Seven Dials
London. "
'Why!" queried an Interested llstep
er. "Well you&e" replied Qulnu
"supposing the pickpocket is detected
In the act he will naturally start to
run away."
"Naturally! But whut theul"
"Then" pursued Quinn "somebody Is
cure to shout Stop thief !' "
"Very probably" retorted his Inter-
locutor. "But what then?" "Why
then" concluded Quinn triwuphant-
lj "he will jiet away. For directly the
cry of 'Stop thief I' is raised In the
Seven Dlls every tjd.v Instinctively
starts running and uobedy can tell
which la the particular thief who is
wanted."
Quer Ideas of Yank 8lang.
England which has a richness of
slang that Is surprising to' ?.a Ameri-
can is convinced that United States Is
a differ ut language from English bee
cause It is more highly embellished
Being so convinced English newspa-
pers are picking up and "playing"
man new discoveries In the etaug
line. Their latest discovery Is that
the latest American slnni Is "L D. K."
which Is a short and cert way of an-
swc.lng "I don't know" to the limitless
fool questions asked by rookies In the
army. The first sergeant It Is report-
ed has been shorn of some of his
glory and shortened to merely "the
top."
HOW A MAN PICKS A WIFfc
Some Conclusion That Have Been
' Reached by the Registrar at the
Boston City Hall.
Edward W. McGlennen. registrar at
the Boston city hull since 190!) who
keeps record of that city's marriages
has found In his study of the subject
of selection thnt association deter-
mines a man's course in the selection
of his wife and when you have chosen
your vocation you have automatically
chosen your Ufemate at the same time
observes the New York Herald. Mr.
McGlennen has found that tailors mar-
ry talloresses longshoremen choose
waitresses many employees nnd clerks
mfli-rv alpnnfriinhprn. while nrofession-
el men more often pick their wives
from the girls In society in which they
move.
After eighteen years of dally obser-
vation of the way and habits of pro-
spective boroemakers Mr. McGlennen
has come to the conclusion that prox-
imity is the chief determining factor
In a man's choice of a wife.
In the long and voluminous marriage
records the various averages of the
different vocations show that chauf-
feurs and cooks are attracted by do-
mestics while tailors dressmakers and
milliners Incline toward still closer re-
lationship. Salvation Array men choose
a Salvation Army lassie the sen cap-
tain picks a good housekeeper nnd
home body while seamen generally
fall In love when ashore with wnft-
resses who serve their meals. Mr. M'-(iU-nncn
believes thut good looks and
good clothes ore not such an impor-
tant factor ns generally believed It
is all a matter of environment. The
telephone operator is a favorite with
the soldier .also the nurse who min-
isters to him when wounded. Luncln
rorfm proprietors more often marry
their cnshlers und so It goes on.
What puzzles Mr. McGlennen .how-
ever is why n muriuer chose a dent-
ist's assistant ns life mate and how
n street car conductor came to pick
out an actress for his wife. These ure
exceptions to the general rule.
. Lied In Attempt to Save Pet.
Determined efforts by ladles of high
social position to smuggle pet dogs
without license into Englund were re-
cently described to a representative at
the diseases of animals' branch of the-
boar.d of agriculture London It takes
the combined Intelligence of Scotland
Yard and the customs officials to out
munouvjf-r some dog lovers. .Recently
on board a steamer crossing to Eng-
land a foreign princess was (seated or
a deck stool und a wind was blowing.
A shrewd observer whose duty It wa-
to be inquisitive with his" eyes hap-
pened to catch sight for a moment of
a little dog's wagging tall. On hind-
ing the lady in reply to the usual
question said she lind nothtag to de-
dure. "No dog niadume?" "Certain-
ly not." "Then! said her' questioner
"I must send for the female searcher
to have your statement verified.". "In-
that cuse" said the lndy "if you will
allow me a couple of minutes by my-
self I'll produce my little dog." Which
she did. -
Making Themselves at Home.
- r called at the offices of the Inter-
national Y. M. C. A Hospitality league
says the. "Clubman." in Poll Mull Ga-
zette and heard a delightful tribute
to the United States bluejuckets ol
whom ho many thousands have been
in London recently. Quite a number
Of them Vere entertalued at private
houses free to go when they pleased
In the daytime free to become mem-
bers of the family when they had tired
themselves with sightseeing. I over-
heard two would-be hostesses talking
of their recent guests. "Mine too
were delightful" one said; "so hnppy
nnd so perfect In tholr manner. But
my dear they had not the least no-
tion of what war means." "How so?"
"Well 'of course I didn't grudge but
it was a little trying to one's nerves.
Every mc-ning they ate butter with
their bacon and left half a spoonful
of marmalade on their plates !"
Use the Mind P-eperly.
Some people hae to be entertained
all the time: They must have some-
body to put interest Into life for them.
Hours spent n'.one are eternities. Wise
folks keep' quiet about this.. Only the
rash confess to the world how empty
their souls really are. They do it be-
cause they have no Idea what It all
means. There will need to be eternal
vaudeville or some other show to make
hem at all comfortable. And the
biurs' spent add nothing to their per-
so." tl growth. It's not what enters the
ears that adds to life. That may have
little or no meaning. - It's. what the
mind appropriates and remakes with-
in Itself that adds to life. And it's the
ability to keep the mind constantly
employed thnt makes the hours fly.
It's the same ability- to use the mind
that will fill eternity with pleasure.
The Swo d of Prince Maurice.
The London Evening News tells a
pathetic story of a soldier's sword. It
had once belr-ed to yrince Mau-
rice cf Battesberg; end it hps Just
been' given to his mother Princess
Beatrice. Prince Maurice was killed
In the Ypres salient in November 1014
and burled In our lines. Our forces
had Just retreated aLd all the prince's
kit fell Into the hands of the Ger-
mans except his inscribed sword. This
was secreted In the rafters f a Flem-
ish cottage wliere the owner had been
billeted and for four years it has been
lying there with Germans billeted
in the house. Now the poor Belgian
family to Whom the p'-;M belonged
have sent It to the dead soldier's
mother. f -
THE.
Has the Jbest equipped office of any Negro newspaper west of the Mississippi
River. Every line of type is set in our office and every paper is printed
folded and mailed on our own presses and machines.
DIDN'T KNOW CURLING IRON
.I
Easy to Understand That Youthful
Member of Chicago Jury Was Not
a Married Man.
Every man knows what -a curling
Iron Is but does every man know
whether or not a curling Iron Is a
deadly weapon?
The question was raised In Judge
Guerin's court In Chicago recently In
the Otto Mathls murder trial. Otto
said he stabbed bis brother Edward
when Edward attacked him with a
curling iron which he thought a dan-
gerous weapon. The Judge ruled a de-
scription of the Implement was unnec-
essary as everybody knew what It
was.
"Sure I know" one spectator whis-
pered to another. "A curling Iron Is
one of those hot things that burn your
fingers when you are fumbling around
among the things on your wife's dress-
log table."
"It looks like a- pair of scissors with
wooden handles" said the other.
"And It's deadly too" a woman
whispered. "Mazie got hers too hot
the other nfght and the way It killed
a lot of her hair was a caution."
""Fortunately" another woman an-
swered "the curling iron hath no mis-
eries that peroxide cannot cure."
Assistant State's Attorney Daniel
Ramsay Insisted there might be single
men on the Jury. The Judge glanced
knowingly at the Jurors. The young-
est looked bewildered. So ' Judge
Gderln ordered a description of the
weapon supplied. The youngest Juror
appeared relieved when he heard what
It was. . "
WORK FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES
French Scientist Suggests Their Use
In the Reclamation of War.
Devastated Orchards.
The vigorous growth of wild plants
about shell holes has suggested to M.
Andre I'ledallu n novel plan for quick-
ly restoring war-devastated orchards.
The vigor of the weeds Is attributed
partly to the flsturlng of the soil by
the shell-flre and partly to nitrogenous
substances Introduced nnd in the pro-
posal to the French Academy It Is
concluded that an Ideal orchard soil
could be produced by breaking up the
rough surface with dynamite In such
a"way that fertilizing materinl would
be driven into the soil. The fertilizer
would ' be compressed in popor or
celluloid cases around cylinders of the
explosive which would be fired by a
fulminating charge. Holes for the
cartridges about two feet deep would
be bored with a stick or Iron rod nnd
In the spherical cavity about 3ft Inches
deep produced- by the explosion the
young tree would be placed and cov-
eted with the fertilizer-charged soil.
Perhaps some of the enormous stores
of high explosives left over from the
war could be utilized In this way. A
suggestion already made Is that the
United States could put to use some of
Its 150000000 or 100000000 tons of
TNT for reclaiming arid deserts lrrl-'
gating ditches being dug and roads
graded by firing trains of the explo-
sive placed alopg the surface.
Dog Got the Rabbit '
Exploration of caves In South Berk-
shire Conn. resulting In the discovery
of stalactites and stalagmites big white
spiders weaving their webs bats In-
crusted In the crystals and a subma-
rine brook made Jack Newboy of Len-
oxdnle recall the day that he went
rabbit hunting in the Patterson woods.
Newboy's dog chased a rabbit Into
a. cave. Jack waited outside for re-
sults. He waited two hours called the
dog and getting no results went
home. He found 'the dog was at home
and had the rabbit Pat his brother
explained!
"I was fishing on a lake tot far
from the shore when I heard .a commo-
tion In the water nenr by and was sur
prised to see a rabbit in the water.
As I reached the spot the dog came fo
the surface sward after tbe rabbit and
captured him." New York World.
In Daddy's Heart
At Sundnv school Dorothy's teacher
attempted to explain to the children
about keeping their hearts clean and
filled with certain desirable dualities.
.She urged them to think seriously
about what they had In. their hearts.
Dorothy's hand went up. The teacher
gave her permission to speak. .
"My daddy has nut; cks m nis
heart"
Nnwihe teacher was sufficiently In
terested In the psychology of the thing
to go to the mother for tne explana-
tion. Dorothy hai recently attended
weddlnsr with her Barents. When
they .were looking at th wedding pres-
ents her mother had laughingly turned
to daddy and said:
"John. I wish you would open up
your heart and. give me a handsome
set of nutplcks like these." '
Plagues ri Related. .
w n Krnn (Bulletin de l'Acade-
mle de Medicine) having had severs
years' experience In Syria with plague
including an epidemic of pneumonic
rSgue protests against the view tbat
pueumonla following Influenza maybe
related to the eastern disease. In
pneumonic plague the cough Is charac
terised by a quiet spasmodic expira-
tion repeated continuously -for long
nerfodu everv ten to thirty seconds.
and might be termed a "whispering
cough."
Instead of the optimism frequently
manifested on the day. before death
In influenza there is a distressing con-
sciousness of Impending death In the
Dneumonic Dlaeue patleat. Nearly all
cases of the latter plague end fatally.
DALLAS EXPRESS
HE KNEW WHO CRACKED SAFE
Log-Hauler's Suspicions Basis of Good
Joke on One Popular Indian
spoils Citizen.
The return of Major Fred Bates
Johnson to civilian life In Indianapolis
recalls a story about him that has
beeq bottled hp long enough.
In the days before he was a major
or a captain or even . a 'private "he
used to go down to Salem for week-end
visits with Walter Crim particularly
In the seasons when the strawberry or
the fried chicken or the sassafras crop
was ripe. His comings were frequent-
ly If not often unannounced but -he
knew all the signs and pass words Into
Crim's office and lumber yard and he
would go In and wait for the coming of
one or the other member of the firm
or telephone to see whether there was
room for him up "at the shack."
One Saturday morning he came In In
this way and It happened that while
he was down on his knees trying to
put back a roller that had slipped
from the legs of one of the office
chairs a log-hauler arrived on the
scene. -Being of an Inquisitive disposi-
tion the log-hauler tried to find out
what a stranger was doing down "on
his knees In Crim's office but as all
who know Major Johnson will easily
believe the information which he re-
ceived was not wholly 'satisfactory.
And on Sunday night Crim's safe
was cracked 1
Early Monday morning as soon as
the news of the robbery became
known the log-hauler came rushing
down to the lumber yard.
"Say" he called excitedly "I can
tell you who did that I There was an
awful suspicious looking fellow In here
Saturdny morning when nobody was
around a little chap with yellow hair
and great big glasses. I'll bet he was
the guy that cracked 'er." But the In-
formant left the office somewhat crest-
fallen when he was told In no uncer-
tain language Just who that "suspl-clous-looking
fellow' was. Indian-
apolis News.
HOW ' INDIANS FIGHT "FLU"
Heroic Remedy 'Which .Unfortunately
Does Not Alwiya- Seem to Have
The Desired Effect
While Americans of convention and
medical knowledge are bundling them-
selves up and conducting a civilized
fight nguinst Influenza throughout the
nation other Americans are discard-
ing convention and clothing for the
same purpose out where homes of
men are far apart.
On the Fluthead reservation in Mon-
tana When a descendant of warriors
feels the symptoms coming on he flat-
foots It to his tepee. He grunts terse
orders and a squaw squats before the
Are and hashes up a concoction in
a five-gallon can which IS a brew of
balsam fir boughs .mixed with one
pint of more or less Illegitimate
whisky. . ...
Then he saunters to the "sweating
tepee." A large vessel of waterls
placed In the center of that rag house
and Into the vessel are dropped red-
hot stones. The medicine Is then
ready. The Indlnn who sneezed drinks
the brew Inhales the steam whoops
with gusto and races for the creek.
Neither the ward nor the govern-
ment has anything on him as he
plunges Into the cold creek water.
He crawls outdripping shivering and
"cured." The funeral usually Is held
on the following day. ' "
Monument to Mrs. Eddy.
A pyramid of granite weighing ap-
proximately seventy-five tons has been
placed on the old Murk Baker farm at
Bow N. II. as a memorial to Mary
Baker Eddy founder of the Christian
Science church says New York
Evening Post The block was quarried
at North Concord and is said to be the
inrgest ever cut. In the rough it
weighed more than 10i tons.
It will' be anchored on a concrete
base on the Bow plr-teau overlooking
the Merrimac valley and will measure
seven feet nine Inches In height includ
ing the base. The base Is ten feet
square. .The pyramid Is placed In ex-
act orientation. -(
' Four bronze tablets affixed to. each
face of the pyro-ld bear suitable In-
scriptions. ' ; . Balkan Whiskers.
Prof. Clive Day of Yile. who Is a
specialist on the Baft ins said In a
recent Interview :
'.There is a Balkan story In praise
of cleanliness. The rcene Is a brig-
and's camp.
"That prisoner vhere said a brig
and pointing his knife at a young
Turkish captive he combs 'his whisk-
ers every morning.'
"The other brigands listened In as
tonishment aud the captain said: .
" 'I dont see how the fellow stands
It Why I only comb my whiskers
once a month and then It nearly pulls
my chin off. "
' . Sentry Box on His Farm.
A Cook county farmer whose farm
is not' far from Chicago has built a
sentry house la the corner of his place
from which he can see what is going
on near any pat of the farm. He oc-
cupies the upper room every night and
aided by a dog knows when anyone
is sneaking around the premises. The
lower part of the sentry house he uses
as. a workshop. A row of windows In
the upper part gives him a wide view
of all the surrounding country. Except
for these precautionary measures he
says stragglers from the city would
steal him poor or by carelessness set
fire to the farm buildings. Capper's
Weekly.
The
Plain Kind
By R. RAY BAKER
iiisteOSCtCSiiesCii
(Copyright McClur Ntwipap- SyndlcaM.)
There was no question about it
Martha Bain was not beautiful.
Freckles are not necessarily rocks on
the road of romance. Neither Is a
pug nose; nor stringy hair of a rusty
hue. But Martha had them all and
was not given a part In Cupid's drama.
That la she had no part In It until
well this was the way of It: (
Perched behind the desk In Eagle
Heights hotel Martha watched the
summer lads woo the summer lassies
and her little heart which really was
very big thumped away unnoticed
and neglected. Perhaps If she had
obtained a polished personality at a
'finishing school she might have made
herself Interesting to the knights from
the big town ; but Martha's father con-
sidered a .high school education suf-
ficient for his hotel clerk specially
since people went there in quest of
the rustic.
Nevertheless Martha often dreamed
when she sat at the edge of Walloon
lake In the light of the moon that she
had a knight of her own-rsoinetimcs
two of them.
Harold Klngsley came to Eagle
Heights for a month's recreation from
his literary labors. He was tail and
s(im almost to the point of lnnkiness
und he hud bluck huir and deep brown
eye?: from which a soul seemed to
shine. ' .
When he. came along the bench
Martha was throwing sticks Into the
water for a white fox terrier to chase.
Harold stopped and watched stuudlng
some dlstunce behind the girl so she
did ' not become aware of his pres-
ence. "Come on Knight" she admonished
nnd the dog emerged from the wuter
holding a Jagged stick which he
dropped at the girl's feet. Then
Knight spied Harold and went to him
Just as a slinking spell seized him.
"Oh I beg your purdon" Martha ex-
claimed when she turned and saw
Harold brushing drops of water from
his clothes. 'That is Knight begs
your pardon."
Harold laughed lightly and reaching
down patted the terrier regardless
of the latter's dripping skin.
"Don't bother about the apologies"
he remonstrated. "I can dry out again.
Besides this is cot my best suit. I
have another honest."
From that time they were friends
the three of them.- Nearly every eve-
ning they were together walking
along the tnnburk paths in the woods
or seated in a secluded nook on the
lake shore.
Sometimes he talked to her of the
big town and the sights he had seen
on his travels; at other times he read
or recited poetry.
As the days rolled past their rela-
tions became more intimate and fre-
quently they talked of personal things
i'he man proved fascinating beyond
her most Imaginative dreams of
knights and she held an attraction for
him to which none of the patrons of
the hotel who were bound to notice
what went on could reconcile them-
selves especially the feminine ele-
ment which was in the majority.
One night Harold grasped Martha's
hand aud told her :
"Martha somehow I've come to
care for. you a lot."
"Why?" she wanted to know. "Why
do you like .me? I know I am not
good looking and I have Just loads of
freckles."
. He was silent while he watched a-
star blink from afar and wondered
whether people liv-.d on it
"Because you are so natural" he
finally said. "You're not the ieast bit
artificial like most girls I know. ?ou
are not tainted from contact with the
world. You are Just yourself and you
don't try to be anything else. And do
you know I'm rather fond of freckles
particularly thut one on the end of
your nose."
The ntxt night it was nearly a
month since his lirst appenrance at
Eagle Heights his manner was en-
tirely different- He answered her in
monosyllables and appeared wrapped
in thought.
"Why are you so very different to-
night?" sht asked. They -'.'alked on
and entiie to the steps of the hotel
veranda before he answered : .
"I'll lell you. Today I received
word that Elizabeth P.oss the girl I
am engaged lo marry is coming here
tomorrow. She expects fo stay sev-
eral days und then I am to go back
with her. I hated' to tell you."
- She left him there on the steps nnd
went to her bed where soon she' was
sobbing herself to sletp. He went out J
on the dock and round a bench and
sat smoklm; his pipe for a full hour
thinking. '
Elizabeth Ross took the place by
storm. Attired In clothes tht)t were
Ihe lust word In style she swept Into
the hotel greeted Harold with nn em-
brace anil a UIss. and complained he-
cause the best 'room already was oc-
cupied and she had to put up with the
second best. ;'.'
She was a pronounced blonde with
a clear olive complexion and dreamy
gray eyes. ' She wtis nearly us tall as
Harold nnd. if anything slimmer.
. Watching from behind her desk
the lady clerk had all she could do to
keep the teal's awuy when the new-
comer HRs""' 'xslnn of Harold.
"I bate that girl I" said Martha and
she meant It so - much she broke the
point of the pen when she Jabbed it
into the potato that served as a
holder.
Martha's feelings toward Elizabeth
Ross were not improved by an Inci-
dent which took place the day after
the latter's arrival. Knight the ter-
rier liked to be friendly with all the
guests and he tried to be with Miss
Boss when the latter ascended the
! steps to the veranda after a walk wltt
Harold along the shore.
Did Miss Boss stoop and pat Knight
as he frisked about her? Decidedly
she. did not ' Instead she kicked him
with her dainty foot and Knight went
awqy with his tall between his legs
surprised and mortified.
Came the day when Harold and bis
bride-to-be were to leave. Martha
had her eyes open for a last glimpse
of him and she finally spied him
through a window coming toward the
hotel. In company . with Miss Ross.
They were talking earnestly at '
least the girl was and Martha re-
joiced that there might be some kind
of a dispute.
.
Slowly the sun crept out of sight
behind the rim of Wulloon lake leav-
ing a streaked blaze of blended red
gold and blue. In a secluded dell
fringed with faintly rustling maples
stood a freckled-faced pug-nosed girl
one arm against a tree her gaze fol-
lowing a little steamboat that was
lazily puffing a puth through .the
placid water.
A shrill scream pierced the sky as
a seagull circling overhead spied a
dinner and swept down to snatch It
from the blue. The little boat plugged
steudily onwurd the sound of Its ex-
haust carried distinctly ou the clear
air. The waves lapped against the
shore at the girl's feet. From the
hotel came the phonographic notes of
a Jazz band melody.
The girl stooped and patted the
head of the white dog which stopped
snapping at a fly long enough to
curess the hund with his tongde.
"He's gone. Knight'-" she suid. "He's
on that boat see?" And she' turned
the animal's head toward the fijwy
which Just then uttered a hoarse blast
and glided behind a point thnt shut
It from the-view of the watchers.
Tears could not be kerit from Mar-
tha's eyes and Knight suiffed as
though he were crying too.
"Now you're my only Knight" she
told the dog.
Something rustled behind them and
the dog growled as he sprang toward
the sound-; but the growl was smoth-
ered In his throat and his tail began
to wag furiously. '
Martha ' looked and her eyes met
those of Harold Klngsley standing
with his hands In his coat pockets a
queer little smile curving his mouth.
For a moment Martha was too as-
tonished for words.
"Why why I thought you and Miss
Ross left on left on that boat" she-
finally managed to stammer.
He reached and picked a leaf from
a tree and crumpled it in Ills hand.
"You thought right partly" he said.
"Miss Ross Is on that boat but we .
well we had a disagreement after she
made a show after she kicked this
little dog and so things are not they
are different now. ' You see she's one
of the artificial kind ; and I rather
prefer girls like well the natural
the plain yesi the freckled kind."
"BUCK UP" AND KEEP GOING
World Has Little Use for Man Who
Wastes His Time and Theirs
Talking Hard Luck. '
"Bad luck never comes singly" is an
old proverb and an untrue one. Its fal-
lacy lies In the word luck. A man In-
vites most of his misfortunes. Let fate
hand him one body blow and he pro-
claims the fact that something has
gone wrong. Men are so busy at their
own affairs 'in the world so engrossed
In the struggle of accomplishing what
they - have set out to do that a
hanging head and a dismal coun-
tenance as a rule only serve to send
them on faster about their badness.
They have no time to stop and ask
what is wrong. They are apt un-
wittingly to Jostle anyone 'who stura-
b'es in their path. But let the man
who has Incurred one body blow at the
hends of fate remain indomitable let
hlra continue his course aggressively
and he will find that those about hlra
are as ready as erer to greet him. He
will not be Joitled because ha is not In
the way. Ituw many college foottall
players have been badly bruised when
they were holding off because they feit
a bit tired? And how seldira is one
injured when he hurls himself full tUt
Into the opposition Interference? The
same rule applies to life.
First Fresh Air Crank.
Methuselah was the first real fresh-
air crank according to the version pre-
sented by Or. Vincent Y. Bowdltch of
Boston. The reason why Methuselah
lived so long he said was that he
knew enough to get all the fresh air
that he could and to live out of doors
day and night Hippocrates the fa-
mous early Greek physician recom-
mended fresh air as a cure for many
diseases'and a number of ancient and
medieval writers In medicine follow
bis suggestion.
Benjamin Franklin In an article
written in 1776 extolled the virtue of
fresh air and emphasized how easy it
Was to prolong one's life by living In
the open.
8tarffsh. '
Starfishes have a considerable power
of reproducing lost parts a single arm
having been known to grow up Into a
new starfish.
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