Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 4, No. 184, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 13, 1906 Page: 7 of 8
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By A M DAVIES OGDEN
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Tlie night wnB perfect Over pic-
turesque Havana a yellow moon pour-
ed a flood of glory throwing strange
shadows on the old Morro where the
ODonnell tower light revolved with
steady flashes and steeping all the
nvorld In a subtle elusive spell
On the Malecon the band was play-
ing Light hearted laughter floated
from the thickly clustered benches and
carriages It was not a night to be
alone
Jerry Benedict standing on the edge
of It all felt the beauty and knew the
loneliness He had come to Havana at
Toms suggestion There Is a good
opening down here whlelmlght suit
you his brother had written And
now on arriving he found Tom gone
to Clenfuegos not to return for several
days Jerry wandering about by him-
self had promptly fallen lu Jove with
the quaint little city Its gayly painted
houses dusky white clad men and
pretty senorltas Havana was not a
bad place he decided But tonight he
was restless The moon was almost
too powerful In Its splendor and charm
Turning away from the merry crowd
that made hlui feel an alien and an
outcast he decided to walk to his
brothers house In Vedado There was
a fresh coolness In the air A walk
would do him good He struck accord-
ingly Into one of the nearby streets
On his side the pavement was quite
dark but across the way the moon re-
flecting with dazzling brilliancy upon
the pink and white houses showed ev-
ery detnll of window and facade and
revealed plainly any one within who
leaned out 11 breathe the nlr
Suddenly Benedict stopped short In
an upper window alone stood a girl
certainly the most exquisite girl Bene-
dict ever had seen Against the black-
ness of the room behind her face turn-
ed full toward the street stood out as
purely pale as a moon flower Heavy
masses of dark hair crowned the state-
ly little bead and Just back of the tiny
ear lay one splendid crimson blossom
Benedict caught his breath The girl
could not see him there In the dark-
ness he thought and he remained mo-
tionless staring with eager eyes Who
could she be
The sound of a footfall roused him
and he turned abruptly Just at the mo-
ment to collide with a slender careful-
ly dressed man Benedict his eyes still
full of moonlight mumbled some word
of apology but the other after n quick
glance at the window looked back at
the young American and a slow smile
egan to dawn on his lips
But you are quite excusable senor
he said in pretty English Again his
eyes sought the window It Is for me
to apologize he laughed The sight
of the Senorlta Carmela Is reason
enough
You know her then burst out Ben-
edict Then he started and recollected
I I beg your pardon he stammered
distressfully Butbut
The man nodded more gravely I
Judge you are a stranger here he re-
marked Young Benedict flushed
Yes he said I I suppose It Is
awfully rude to stand in the street and
stare that way But I never had seen
any one so beautiful before he ended
up quite simply the color deepening
under his tan And I thought per-
haps my brother might know floun-
dering again Mr Thomas Benedict
he added as the other seemed to wait
The Cuban looked at him more close-
ly
Is Tom Benedict your brother he
asked and in some way his voice bad
altered Tom Ah Then he lifted
his hat
Good night he said politely And
let me give you a piece of advice It
Is not unusual to stand under a win-
dow to watch from a point of van-
tage or even to speak And again he
laughed But you senor and bin
tone held a waruing tone for you
senor it would be best not to try It
You are but a stranger here and our
customs are not yours
And before the somewhat iudlgnant
Benedict could recover speech the
stranger bad bowed replaced his cig-
arette between his lips and was gone
The girl at the window too had van-
ished and Benedict accepting perforce
the others advice walked on But the
Sight here and there lu the dusky
street of a man leaning against thu
Iron 1jars which guard the lower win-
dows exchanging low remarks to some
inmate evoked strange longings
Iu the morning however Jerry could
laugh at the whole episode A girls
face at a window surely he had been
plenty such And If not quite so wou
derful as this one well the Cubans
remnrks had been well meant and were
worth remembering So he idled away
an hour or two lu the Oalle Obispo
nvlth its gay shop windows and bright
awnings stretched the width of the
narrow little street Then he went to
the bank for letters and had luncheon
at the Kngluterra where he looked In
rain for a familiar face He did not
mean to go near that street her street
again he assured himself And yet
somehow as 5 oclock drew near he
found his feet taking him In that dlrec
jon He scolded himself turned and
n to walk away But It seemed
Ish to avoid a street Just because
pretty girl lived there and It was
shortest way home He was sure
fhat It was the shortest way home
The next moment he was pacing rap-
idly along It
As he drew near the house where he
had seen her however his step began
to slacken Would she could she be
there He looked hardly daring to
hope All at once his heart thumped
madly She was there and she was
looking straight at him He could have
sworn that she recognized him Yet
how was that possible And then
slightly anio < t Imperceptibly but to
Benedict quite unmistakably she bent
her head
Tom was still away There wns
nothing to do Jerry fell Into the way
of passing through that street once or
twice a day The girl was usually In
her window He would bow gravely
She would respond with the faintest
smile And one never tobe forgotten
afternoon there fell at his feet a small
scarlet flower
The night Tom came home he watch-
ed his brother throughout dinner with
puzzled thoughtful eyes He did not
know much about the kid he reflect-
ed nor how he took things
I saw Don Enrique Galdos today
he began abruptly Then as Jerry
seemed unenlightened he added He
said that he had met you one night out-
side the Martinez Jerry nodded
Oh that chap Yes he did give me
some talk about moving on I believe
Which you apparently did not
heed commented Tom dryly And
now It seems you have been compro-
mising the girl and
Compromising broke In Jerry
wildly astonished Why Ive never
even met her Wouldnt I like to
though
If you really wish It I suspect I can
arrange It said Tom slowly Donna
Carmela is undeniably lovely But do
you realize what meeting her means
Why that 1 met her I suppose re-
torted Jerry But Tom shook his head
It means more than that be said
quietly The Martinez are old fash-
ioned people Their Ideas are very
strict You mav court through the win
dow if you like but once taken to the
bouse an engagement Is settled
Engagement gasped Jerry En-
gagement to a girl you never have even
spoken to
That Is the custom said Tom
And It is that or leave Havana In
fact If Don Enrique had not known
that you were tpy brother you might
have got yourself Into serious trouble
Luckily we are great friends but even
as It Is dont choose hastily dear
boy he added kindly Of course It
may have been the merest flirtation on
your part and you couldnt be ex-
pected to understand
And the girl cried Jerry She
thinks
She naturally knows nothing of
American ways answered Tom grave-
ly
For a moment Jerry sat with whirl
lug brain Become engaged to a per-
fect stranger That he was longing to
meet her he knew that he would prob-
ably be only too glad of the chance to
marry her he thought most likely Yet
to plunge Into It this way And then
he thought of the rose which bad fallen
at his feet and straightened himself
I should like to meet the Senorlta
Carmela he said How soon may we
gor
The Wild Goose Bean
To the lumbermen of Maine are due
the discovery and production of the
now famousc goose bean The real
name of the man who planted the first
crop of this vegetable Is not known
but there are two rivals for the honor
and each has a most plausible version
of his discovery of the bean John
Goddard afterward colonel In the civil
war told this story of how the bean
was first found and grown > y him
He had charge of a gang of lumber-
men during the spring of 1S4G The
soft slumpy snow made the roads im-
passable for a tote team and the men
had been without fresh meat for more
than a week Colonel Goddard gave
the cook orders to take his gun and go
out to see if he could get a shot at the
wild geese which were flying north In
great flocks The cook was lucky
enough to bring back several birds for
supper When he was dressing them
he noticed from the luck of food In
their crops that they had beeu on short
rations during their Journey north-
ward Iu the crop ofone young gan-
der were three beans which Goddard
saved and planted In his garden that
summer From these three beans he
harvested about two quurts of beans
and from Uiat first crop came the sup-
ply which ban since gluddened the
hearts of lumbermen throughout the
country
LlKlitlnic lie Vale Ioir
A custom at one time prevalent In
England and still observed In some of
the northern districts of the old coun-
try is that of placing an Immense log
of wood sometimes the root of a great
tree lu the wide chimney place This
log Is often called the Yule log and It
was on Christmas eve that It was put
on the wide hearth Around It would
gather the entire family and their en-
trance was the occasion of a great deal
of ceremony There was music and re-
joicing while the one authorized to
light It was obliged to have clean
hands It was always lighted with a
brand left over from the log of the pre-
vious year which had been carefully
preserved for that purpose A poet
sings of It in tills way
With the last yeerei brand
Light the new block and
For pood auccens In his p ndlnic
On your p Hltrlei < play
That sweet luck may
Come while the lo Is atendlng
The Yule log was supposed to be a
protection against evil spirit and It
was considered a bnd omen If the fire
went out before the evening wan over
The family and guests used to scHt
themselves In front of the brightly
burning Are and muuy a story and
merry Jest went round the happy
group
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By ETHEL BARRINGTON
Copyright JSOSby itcflurcPhmipsACo
Against the autumual yellow and
Crimson glory of the maples the girls
golden hair and dull red dress made a
harmonious picture Wilfred Clay
artist brought his wheel to a sudden
stop wondering If he ever had seen
anything so exquisite before Surely
It was toward this that he bad been
Journeying this wonderful breathing
picture Already he mentally planned
the blendings of madder and lakes of
chronics and yellow to reproduce the
charm as steadying his wheel against a
rock he climbed the bank
Is there any place near by where I
can put up for a few days he In-
quired standing bareheaded before the
vision
Folks sometimes stay at the farm-
houses
Any you particularly recommend
None was the laconic answer The
young fellow laughed noting the dis-
content that dimmed the girls real
beauty How about that one Indi-
cating a red chimney that showed
among the trees
I live there Its no worse than the
restIt
It has attractions that the others
lack he declared gallantly but the
compliment flew wide of Its dim Will
you accompany me to present my
cause
Silently the girl acquiesced keeping
a little in ndvance then suddenly wait
ing for him to Join her she began to
talk rapidly ncr eyes never wavered
from the advancing figure of a man a
farmer from his dress who with a
switch lashed moodily at the goldenrod
and passed without a word the rising
color above the loose collar alone be-
traying his consciousness of their pres-
ence After he had gone the girl fell
again Into silence
She left the artist on the wide porch
and sent her mother to Interview the
stranger Clay promptly accepted the
terms and was soon smoking In home-
like case wondering how he might
persuade the girl to let him paint her
his fingers already Itching to be at
work
During supper which he shared with
the family Clay endeavored to draw
Winona he had discovered that to be
her name Into conversation but she
repelled such advances with monosyl-
lables One of her brothers chaffed her-
on her ill humor arousing her to sharp
retort whereat he laughed roughly
Fortunes soured slss temper Fun-
ny bow some folks cant stand good
luck
Later Clay found her leaning against
the trellis where the vines still clung
I congratulate you on being an heir-
ess Independence is not the least gift
that riches confer
The girl raised her bead rcbelilously
Why should Aunt Liza give me her
money I dont want It I hardly ever
saw her and cared less What right
had she to spoil my life ncr voice
vibrated with resentment and a low
whistle escaped Clay
Truly an unusual view to take If
you are In trouble possibly I can help
you Id like to try
Winona shook her head Guess no
one can
What about the fellow we met A
chance shot but it made the color
surge painfully to the girls face
though she kept silent
I stayed over to paint a picture
proceeded the artist abruptly chang-
ing the topic Im going to try for
the rioting splendor of a New England
fall and I want you In the shadow of
the maples Just as you were today
If it depends on me you may as well
give up your picture
It would mean a good deal to me
I dont hold with such returned
the girl Indifferently and went Indoors
Musing Clay continued to pull at bis
brier It took a good deal to discour-
age him The subject was an inspira-
tion He would paint now as before he
only dreamed of doing On the mor-
row he would sketch the girl from
memory her pose and coloring were
photographed on his brain and then
go to work on the background
But as the week passed he found
himself no nearer his object Winona
who now conversed on ordinary top-
ics was dumb when he advanced the
picture nor did he gain In her confi-
dence regarding her personal affairs
It was from her mother Mrs Eager
that be learned the facts
Previous to her aunts death Winona
had kept company the local phras-
ing for courtship with Keith Adams
but there had been no formal engage-
ment for which fact the mother now
rejoiced as with her Improved pros-
pects thegirl might do much better
Mrs Eager herself had privately ad-
ministered some broad hints to the as-
piring farmer which he had apparent-
ly accepted Did Winona care Well
ilie supposed that Winona thought she
did but she was young enough to have
t dozen fancies before coming Into con-
trol of her money It was her duty to
marry well and help her brothers and
ilsters
Im told you are not ambitious re-
marked Clay that evening causing Wi
nona to flare up unexpectedly
I want nothing but to be let alone
If I had the money now Id give It to
you to any one whod go nway and
neer let me hear of It again Her
voice choked suddenly and covering
her face she sobbed with an abandon
and passion that Clay never had seen
before
He felt uncomfortable like all men
when confronted with womens tears
WLP HII WIIJlMi llPIJ ftlvlt < ilfj iWlt
But he wanted to help her Above all
things he wanted his picture Impul-
sively he whispered a suggestion a
hint for their mutual benefit At first
she made no sign of baviug beard but
little by little she grew calm and as
be finished caught eagerly at his bands
You are right of course she cried
Who ever won anything by moping
When she retired Clay sat lost in
meditation Its playing with tire but
the pictures worth It was his verdict
From that night the girls demeanor
changed During the long autumn days
she posed for the painter beneath the
maples and chatted gayly with him at
dusk on the porch but always where
her red gown might be seen by one
passing on the road Her mother smiled
knowingly at the neighborly gossip that
reached her ear
Meanwhile the picture grew and
Clay knew It was the best he ever had
done though the exquisite tints of the
girlish face were his despair and the
sweet companionship caused the mem-
ory ofa certain compact to dim
Each day the young farmer passed
and repassed and the more depressed
he seemed the more guyly Winonas
laugh pursued him on his way
One morning Clay was putting finish-
ing touches on the foliage when a
shadow darkened his canvas Glanc-
ing up expecting Winona who was to
Join him he encountered the angry
gaze of Keith Adams For a moment
neither spoke thcu all the pent up
Jealousy and rage broke forth in the
loverHow
How dare you paint her making her
name and face alike common
Who are you Inquired Clay coolly
I speak as man to man replied the
other Shes nothing but a child for
all her years Leave her alone
I think Ive helped her remarked
Clay
Do you love her demanded Keith
Adams Are you going to marry her
What business Is It of yours
The half smile In the artists eye
nfaddoncd Keith and he gripped him
savagely by the collar thrusting his
own face close
Its this mtichthat while I live no
man shall slight that girl I know you
painting men You think you own cre-
ation believe yourselves free to tike
or leave and pay no bills That girls
name Is being mixed with yours and
Its time for you to go unIess you mean
honest by her Which Is It to be
What possible right have you to
question i
What right cried Keith his voice
thick with passion What right Why
I love her do you understand I love
her
Then tell me so
Keith dropped his hold and turning
the two men saw Winona close beside
them with nil the witchery of love In
her eyes Clay spoke slowly a grim
acceptance of the Inevitable hardening
his faceT
It seerns that my friendship has
been ojustjpned Winona so you must
forglvelne if 1 seem abrupt Will you
be my wife I
Hush cried the girl Dont spoi
the kindest friendship that ever a girl
had It was not necessary between you
and me < she added with n laugh
Then turning to the man of her choice
his name fell tenderly from her lips
Clay considerately turned his back
and collecting his painting outfit left
them in the golden glory of the maples
Its a good thing the picture Is about
done Then his mouth closed Inscru-
tably as he went down the road alone
Color nilml
John Dalton without whose discov-
ery of the laws of chemical combina-
tion chemistry as an exact science
could hardly exist was wholly color-
blind His knowledge of the fact came
about by a happening of the sort which
we call chance On bis mothers birth-
day when he was a man of twenty
six he took her a pair of stockings
which he had seen In a shop window
labeled Silk the newest fashion
Thee has bought me a pair of grand
bo3e John said the mother but what
made thee fancy such a bright color
Why I can never show myself at meet-
ing In them
John was much disconcerted but he
told her that be considered the stock-
ings to be of a very proper go to meet-
ing color as they were a dark bluish
drabWhy
Why theyre red as a cherry John
was her astonished reply
Neither he nor his brother Jonathan
could see anything but drab In the
stockings and they rested Iu the belief
that the good wifes eyes were out of or-
der until she having consulted various
neighbors returned with the verdict
Varra fine stuff but uncommon scar
letyThe
The consequence was that John Dal-
ton became almost the first to direct
the attention of the scientific world to
the subject of color blindness
Can You Dcflne Tlirmr
How many people even Sons and
Daughters of the devolution can de-
fine the following words To how
many does any of the words convey a
picture Yet they were all of good
usage lu colonial days Alllbanies bal-
cony bishops baths horsehair bon-
nets muxhmellon bonnets whalebone
bonnets wagon bonnets beehive bon-
nets flap breeches Franklins
broadcloth breeches lined with leath-
er Iron busks whalebone busks conch
shellbuttons Washington had a set
byrani mens Newmarket caps chn
peau bras cauihets chlnts clocks
cushlloes cuttuuecs cue de Paris
chucktoes dannador dlckmansoy ev-
erlasting florcttes grentcont gray du
roy gullx roll up stockings Isslng
hams huckabacks Jobs tears kitisols
lemouees nioree naffermany sailing
bain side locks skimmers miihII cloths
spice cllmd soostis pnek thread stays
stlffners tandems tlcklenberg tout
pies thrumbs turketts oiled linen
watchets shagreen etc
iB8Me
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