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be intended. Leon lifted the coauet-
tish head to his several times. and when he let
II 20 Il was very rosy. And thus precious mo-
ments we're passed and precious time was lost
Delicious oments they were and very costly
Thus these lovers chatted and laughed and
kissed the afternoon away" The poor waited.
and the rascals got the million. II Leon had
had s70.O0o.000 or $s0.o00O00 he could have
given to the American people 81 apiece with
only $1.0000OO. OF course he would have been
constrained to be somewhat less munincent
lacking even the million. owing to the selfish
ness which prompted him to stop to kiss Milf
cent,h he had nothing to bestow except an earnest
and imprisoned feeling and conviction that
everybody should have a self-producng farm
and an icebox and a ticket to Europe every
summer. It 10 shocking to read Of how the
mill hands Of Pactolus caught the plague and
proceeded to give it to their employers. They
came out OF the hospital in scores and m ade
their way to the houses OF the rich They got
inside the houses. and were discovered at mid
night In closets and in the corners OF bed
rooms. They attended garden parties. sitting
silently In their nightclothes In rose arbors
Ore entered the room Of an oppressor named
Mayhem. He came up vine. hand over hand,
at o'clock in the morning. Here is a passage
from this highly unpleasant part Of The
Reign OF Sel6shness":
In few seconds the hand Of . man appeared
above the window sill: a head followed It was hor.
ribly marked with lvid rings. Tho hand reached
over the window sill and man pulled himself into
the room. He of the stricken laborers. He
stood in the window like g statue With his eyes
turned toward the bod. He stood thus for several
minutes; then he moved stealthily toward the bed.
He crept into IL without needing the position Of
the director. and he laid his head on Mathews
breast.
The director awokc with start He grappled with
the intruder
The man turned his face and the director gave q
scream Of horror. He broke away from the man
and ran toward the door. The man followed. The
door WAS locked and the director in hts agitated
condition could not turn the key. He dropped IL on
the hoor. The man put his hand out as II to help
him, at the same time placing his other hand on his
shoulder
Mayhem shook tho hand of with shudder and
moved quickly away. The man followed slowly.
Keep OIL" cried Mayhem in terror. Keep
off,"
The man psd no heed.
wherever Mayhem went he followed slowly. When
ever he reached him he put his hand on Mayhew's
head or shoulders.
Mayhev struck him once twice. but the man
paid no attention to that. He kept following May
hew round and round the room; generally he moved
slowly. but sometimes he moved forward with .
quick gliding motion which would bring him right
beside MAYHEM like q fash.
IF could only get out Of the room." said May
how in whisper
He moved toward the door and dropped on his
knees to find the key.
The nan was beside him on the instant and as
sisted him in the search. One hand he put Nay
hew's shoulder; at the touch Mayhem went down
with shudder and wrenched himself free.
He scrambled to his feet and ran to tho other dds
of the ROOM
Tho man picked up the key and held IL out TO
Mayhem, following him around the room with the
hey in his hand.
"If1coald only get IT," said Mayhem.
And yet he was afraid TO take IL.
Tho man holding It toward him followed him
round ard round the room
"Imuit." said Mayhem. and he snatched the key.
He dropped it 90 though It had stung him.
The keV GOLD that sent a chill through him.
Finally the intruder caught Mayhem and
kissed him with "ice-cold lips" Mayhews
"reason was dethroned." He made his way to
the window and olambered down the vine.
Tho intruder followed and ran after him.
Several days later the bodies Of Mayhem and
the intruder were found miles away floating
In pond. They were locked In each others
arms" 1t 10 pleasanter to read the chapter
entitled "Wilmot in o Tanele Of Love-" Will
mot was in love with Lizzie" Lizzie the
charming; Lizzie the lovable; Lizzie with tho
dimplsd chin and dimpled cheeks and dimpled
shoulders; Lizzie with the soft brown hair with
aripple In It and CLEAN Of gold Lizzie with the
soft brown eyes with spark in them that coaxed
and pleaded their way into every heart; Lizzie
with her confidential chat and conflding ways
which seemed to make for her a nesting place
In tho warmest side Of every one she met"
Bhs prepared for htD the daintlest lunch in
the world when he was not hungry--at least.
hot hungry in the gross way which calls for
lunch He only nibbed. His was the hun
ger OF the heart rather than the stomach "iShe
was ais inferior in worldly position. but he
touldnot deny her. Lizzie chatted and pratt
He'd Ia her happy way with her musical voice.
while she dantily picked at the viands like a
Bird He aske ed her to be his Yes she MUIR
Injured. and she fell onto his arms with a sigh.
Within few days they were married" Wilmot
was very happy. too happy to bother him.
self with his grammar married to please
myself" he said to his friends and II any
body thinks they have a right to object am
sorry can't think as they do" The book ends
nicely. A Limited capital law makes every
body happy including the capitalists them
selves. who are brought to SEQ the wisdom OF
the advice which recommends moderation in
all things; the plague expends itself after
working great and benehcent economical
revolution the mill hands get three days
week off. and hope in time, with what appears
to be considerable reason. to get six. besides
Sunday; and Millicent and Leon are married.
standing chin deep in roses. the altered and
improved conditions OF life Justifying trans
action so indisputably selfish.
An author is not always the best Judge as to
what part Of his work is worth preserving and
what is not. and the fortunes OF THE Recess
sional" may have shaken Mr.. Rudyard Kip
linR's faith in his own standard OF what he
should offer to the public. In From Sea to
Sea: Letters OF Travel" 2 vols. Doubleday Il
Mcclure Company he gives us an authoritative
edition OF the articles contributed by him to
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