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CHAPTER XIV.
The Great Cold.

The land lay trusting and defence
less under a cynical sky. which was
unthreatening but mocking. Dott;ug
a stretch OF country thirty miles on
either side Of the railway. and extend
ing as far to the east and west alou,
its line. there were scattered hundreds
OF homes. though often these were
separated one from the other by NAM
miles Of open prairie. Most OF them
hither their wives and cAildren-littIs
children, sometimes babes, tender.
needful OF warmth ard care. Fo:
these stood guardian the gaunt coal
chutes Of the town, with the demands
Of population Of twenty-five hundred
to say nothing OF the settlers round
about. hundred tons for Thousand
families. scattered. dwelling out along
breaks and coulees. and on worn hill.
sides, and at the ends of long, faint.
wandering trails, which the first whrl
OF snow would softly and cruelty wipe
away.
Yet there was no snow. There had
been none the winter before The
trappers and skin-hunters said that the
winter was rarely severe. The rail-
road men had ranged west all the vlp.
ter, throats exposed and coats left at
the wagons. 1t was a mild country a
gentle, tender country. In this laueh.
ing sky who could see any cynicism?
One morning the sun rose with a
swift bound into a cloudless field The
air was mild, dead absolutely silent
and motionless. The wires along the
railway alone sang loudly, as though
in warning-a warning urfounded and
without apparent cause. Yet the sigh.
ing in the short grass was gone. In
the still air the smokes Of the town
rose directly upright; and answering
to them faint. thin spires rose here
and there far out over the prairies all
straight, answering. ominous, ter
rible. There was great hush a
calm, q pause upon all things. The
sky was blue and cloudless, but at
last it could not conceal the mockery
it bore upon its face, SO that when
men looked at it and listened to the
singing Of the wires they stopped. and
without conscious plan hurried on,
silent, to the nearest company.
Somewhere. high up in the aksan-
heralded, invisible, there were pass
ing some thin inarticulate sounds, far
above the tops of the tallest smoke
spires, as though some Titan blew =
far jest across the continent to an
other near the sea, who answered
with gusty laugh, sardonic grim.
foreknowing. Every horse free on the
range came into the coulees that morn
ing, and those which were fenced in
ran up and down excitedly. Men ate
and smoked, and women darned, and
babes played. In a thousand homes
there was content with this new land.
30 wild at one time, but now so quick
ly tanned, SO calm, SO gentle, so thor.
oughly subdued.
Ito be continued.)
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"The Consate O. you'll"

Il had my hopes" said Franklin.
"but they're gone. Let it go that
way. I'll not wear my heart on my
sleeve-not for any woman in the
world"
Spoken like a man." said Batters-
leigh. "an' II ye'll stick to that ye're
the more like to win. Nivver chance
foliyin' too close in campaign ag'inst
\ woman. Parallel an mine, but don't
uncover your forces. II ye advance,
do 30 by rushes. an not feelln' O the
WY. But tin to wan. il ye lie still
under cover, she'll be sendin' out skir-
mlshers to see where ye are an what
ye are doin'. Now, ye love the gyurl.
know, an SO do |. an so does livery
man that ivvcr saw her, for she's the
sort min can't help adorin'. But, mind
me. kape away. Go way she says to
you, an you go. Come back she
whispers to herself an you don't hear
it. Yet all the time she's wonderin'
pfwhy yon DON'T
Franklin smiled IN spite OF himself.
"Battcrsleigh' Tactics and Manual of
Strategy" he murmured. "All right,
old man. thank you Just the same.
I presume I'll live. at the worst. And
there's a bit in life besides what we
want for ourselves, you know"
There's naught in life but what
we're ready to take for oursilves!"
cried Battersleigh. "Tll talk no fable
of other fishes in the say for ye. Take
what ye want, il yell have 1t. An
hearken; there's more to Ned Franklin
than bein' land agent and a petty
lawyer. It's not for yc yersilf to sit
an NOPE, neyther to spind your life
dIggin' In a musty desk. Ye're to
grow, man; yc're to grow! Git your
nose up. Ned. or you'll be unwittin'
classifyin' yesilf with the great slave
class which we lift behind not long
ago, but which is follyn' us hard and
fur. Git your nose up. fer It's Batty
has been thinkin' ye've Destiny inside
your skin. Listen to Batty the Fool,
and search your sowl. I'll tell ye
this: I've the feelln' that I'll be
hsarin' of ye, in all the marches o. the
world. Don't disappoint me, Ned,
for the ould man has behaved in ye--
more than ye've behaved in yerslf. AS
to the gyurl-bah!-go marry her
some day, av ye've nothln' more impor-
thant on yer hands.
But, me dear boy, spakin' O impor.
thant things. l ralely must be goin'
now. I've certain Important prepara.
tions that are essintial before l get
dhrunk this avenin'-"
80 Battersleigh, do be sensible" :"
said Franklin, land do give up this
talk of getting drunk. Come over here
this evening and talk with me- It's
Kuch better than getting drunk"
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surely set on. so that Of one thu. tor.
mented to his inner self il NAV be
mere accident which shall determine
whether 1t is to be great artist or great
artisan that is to be born again.
To Franklin, dreaming as he woke
or slept. there sometimes waved a
hand. there sometimes sounded a
Voice. as that which OF old summoned
the prophet In the watches o. tie
night. Neither in his waking nor his
sleeping hours could he call this spirl.
into naturalization. however much he
longed to wrestle with it finally. II
remained only to haunt him vaguely.
to Join with the shade OF Mary Ellen
the Cruel to set misery on = life which
he had thought happily assured.
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CHAPTER xxIv-continved.

Ned" said the tall Irishman. rising
and laying hand upon his shoulder,
don't ye behave III be lawn ye. I've
seen the world. an l must see 1t
ag1ir. but vance In = while III be
comm around here to see the best
mans country on the globe. an to
meet ag1n the best man ivver knew.
Ill not TIL why I behave 1t, for that l
can lot do. but shure l do behave It..
this is the land for you Don't be regt-
lese. but abide. an take ye root here.
For Batty. It's no odds. He's seen the
svorrld"
Bat.ersleigh's words caused Frank
Inns face TO grow still more grave. and
his friend saw and suspected the real
cause. Tut, tut! me boy" he said.
Il well know how your wishes lie. It's
. noble gyurl ye've chosen, as a noble
man should do. She may change her
thought tomorrow. It's change is the
wan thing shure about a woman"
Franklin shook his head mutely. but
Batterslsigh showed only impatience
with him. Go on with your plans,
man." said he, "an' pay no attintion to
the gyurl! Make ready the house and
prepare the bridal garments. Talk
with her raysonable, an thin try IN
raysonable, and II she'll folly ye thin,
to the ind OF the earth, an love ye like
a lamb. It's Batty has studied the
sex. Now vance there was gyurl-
but no; I'll not yet thrust mesilf to
sI.ake o that. God rist her asy iver-
nore,"
Yes" said Franklin sadly, that is
IT. That Ia what my own answer has
been. She tells me that there was
once another. who no longer lives
that no one else"
Battersleigh's face grew grave in
turn. There's no style OF assault
more difBcult than that same" said
he. "Yet she's young; she must have
been very young. With all respect,
it's the nature o the race O women to
yield to the li,n', breathin' man above
the dead an honored."
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Bat,ersleigh's hand was on the door
knob. The oonsate O you" be said,
'Thrue. yere a fine boy. Ned. an
know OF no conversayshun more en-
tertainin' than ye. own, but fsle that
IL didn't get drunk like glntle-
man this avenin'. I'd be volAttn' me
iuty to me own conscience. as well as
settin' at nauxht the traditions o the
Rile Irish. An SO. II yell just excuse
me. III say goodbye till. say. tomor-
row noon"
And now there still Jared on the
swift. sane empire OF the West. The
rapid changes, the strivings, the ac-
cOmplishments. the pretensions and
the failures Of the new town blended
in the product OF human progress.
Each man fell into his place in the
community as though appointed there
to, and the eyes Of all were set for
ward To Franklin the Gays and
months and years went by unpunctu-
ated, his life settling gradually into
the routine OF an unhappy calm. He
neglected too much the social side OF
life. and rather held to his old friends
than busted himself with the search
for new. Battersleigh was gone.
swiftly and mysteriously gone. though
with the promise to return and with
the reiteration of his advice and his
well wishes. Curly was gone-gone
up the Trail into a far and mysterious
country, though he, too. promised to
remember Ellisville, and had given
hostage for his promise. His friends
of the Halfway House were gone, for
though he heard OF them and knew
them to be prosperous, he felt him
self, by reason of Mary Ellen's deci.
sion, in propriety practically with
drawn from their personal acquain-
tance.
Because OF his level common sense,
which Is the main ingredient in the
success-portion, he went easily into
the first councils OF the community.
He made more and more money, since
at that time one OF his position and
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have been made from Europe and
the South.
Some families have employed a man
to come once week to do the wash
ing and clean windows. shake rugs
and polish floors. Other families have
spent their money for help and then,
like the man whom I met on the street
recently. have started to do their own
work the best they can and when they
can.
In this town where the hig man
lives there are cases of housekeeping 6
angels-people who come into the
home and earn the money paid them.
What do they do and how do they do
it and why are they able to?
They are angels because they know
how to work and have strength to
work and also an inclination to work
1t is easy to find people with any
one of these qualities but the three
combined is difficult product to Sc
cure for the money you have for the
work.
These angels possess the three good
qualities by means Of birth and educa-
ton.
Neither birth nor education alone
are able to make housekeeping angels.
1t requires both to have the muscle,
mind and heart to do and to prevent
disposition poisoning. Poor workers
will poison good workers unless there
is mental antidote in the good work.
er's education
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How can we have
more muscle. mind
and heart in our home
life?

AS entered railroad station
where you must pay to get in. after
which they let you on the train free.
lady ticket agent was calling big
man back as he had forgotten to lay
down his money. He explained that
he did not know what he was doing
this morning, as their kitchen girl had
left them and hi3 wife was very sick
and under the care Of a trained nurse.
Where this man lives there are
about ten thousand people and a
trained nurse gets twenty-five dollars
week while a maid of all work gets
from three to six dollars week. The
latter are so scarce that importations
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Easter liiieA

The rise Of the Easter lily is cre
Of the most sensational features of
greenhouse Horticulture in America
during tie last quarter Of a century
American florists raise about 5000, 900
Easter lilies = year. Assuming that
only half Of these plants are sold: that
each bears only two flowers "a good
plant should have six to eight and
that the public pays so cents q bud. it
would seem that the American people
spend At least 32,soO 900 for Easter
lilies every year.
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The value of seIf-crit-
icisina ability is great
and generally slowly
acquired.

Discouragement is the worst enemy
OF most useful personal quality.
Continued encouragement carries
one to the point of self-observation'
higher than any external fault-fnder.
In place of self-satisfed comparison,
of self with self you are able to see'
the difference between what you are
and what you want to be or should be.
When you can see this difference
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What a label on theN
walk meant to the man
who picked it up.

He picked i. up because he knew,
the story of the man who marketed
the merchandise the label had been
on.
He had been by the factory where
the article was made and knew the
private secretary of the manufacturers
There had been a time when the
factory was back of little store or a
small part of a small store.
The store was run by the wife and
the manufacturer went out with his
satchel to sell his goods.
Together they worked and planned
and grew business that gave EN-.
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Ancient Books.

The Babylonian and Assyr.,an books
consisted Of clay tablets, pi,sms and
oven into an almost i1nperishable hard
ness, so that they have come down to
us exactly as they left the hands OF
the ancients.
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owass African peten,ats.

Chaka, great African chief.
trained . powerful army which was
famous In var. II . regiment was
beaten 1t was slaughtered on its re-
turn to the kings palace. II any man
lost his weapon In war he was killed
for cowardice. II the chief wanted TO
see what kind Of weapons were most
successful he would order a sham
fight with them. in which real lives
would be lost.
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Miniature Fish,

One OF the favorite dishes Of the
natives Of the Philippines is a fish
called by them sinarapan. The largest
specimens are half an inch long, the
smallest one-hfth of an inch, and 1t
takes 5000 to make a pound.
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Many Blind in One Eye.

Dr.. Ernest Clarke OF the Central
London Ophthalmic hospital in giving
evidence at an inquest not long ago
said that many person went through
life with only one eye and did not
know it. A British Judge had lately
found to his astonishment that he
was blind in one eye. having lived
more than forty years without sus-
pecting his infrmity.
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That which predorni-
mates in our nature
dives us our character.

Once on time I had a neighbor
VINO frequently returned to his home,
after starting for his work, to get
something he had forgotten.
Many times l have seen him re-start
for his work before he got back to his
gate and sometimes go on to his work
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better than any other person and you
begin to successfully plan to an.l.
hilate that difference, you grow steal
lily in the right direction.
Some start down and continue 60
ing down.
Some start up and continue going
up.
Some start down and get turns.
toward constructive life.
Some start up and get turned TO-
ward destructive life
Selfsatistied conditions lead towarl
lower life.
Self-criticising ability is pilot THAI
leads us to better methods an!
greater opportunity. !
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and sometimes re-re-turn to the house
like line A.
Recently I saw a very smart man
go into his office like the line B.
Just as he was rush ing into his
Office man came up to see him and
he walked by his office door to meet
the man.
Then he started to see about what
the man wanted him to attend to and
when he got to X he turned and went
to Y where he talked to third person
then went to his Office which was a
little room in very large room.
The X turn which he made was not
a common thing for him to do.
Had my old neighbor inventoried
his methods occasionally he would
have recognized his foolish habit and
cultivated forethought, and directness
in going to his work. After he had
turned back a thousand times he
might feel uncomfortable il he didn't
go back for something.
If a thousand errors could make
wrong feel right to him then thou
sand exercises in rightness might en-.
aa'e him to feel right when doing
right and feel wrong while doing
wrong.
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PERI stlv True.

"He says he Is In business for him
self now manufacturing automobiles. :"
yes"
And he claims not one Of his ma.
chimes has ever been known to break
down on the road"
That's right; he hasn't sold any
yet"
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Papers for Employees.

A plan OF distributing old maga.
zines and papers to employees and resi-.
denta along the lines in Texas was
recently adopted by the Southern Pa
ciflc. During the first week 1900 pa.
pers were turned over to thirty-two
section foremen, and In this way 376
families were reached.
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France Would Buy Trusts.

French economists are asserting
that when . monopoly becomes in
furious it should be bought by the
state and managed in the interest Of
the public. This question has gone
so far beyond the theory that the
minister Of finance has seriously
thought OF taking in hand the rein
ing of oil.
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VILLAGE Of OetoaenarIans.

In the village Of Chailly, France. 140
OF its 523 inhabitants have attained
tie advanced age Of eighty: and all
are in the enjoyment of excellent
health. Chailly is situated in q de
lightful valley. open on its northwest.
ern side. and has a sea frontage OF
$50 yards.
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Has Wireless Station.

The Italian legation at Pekin has
been provided with a Marconi wire
less telegraph station, which enables
direct communication to be maintain
ed with the vessels OF the Italian feet
in Chinese waters.
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Season for Beooars.

Even beggars have their season"
In Constantinople. During the winter
months the city harbors much
larger number OF them than in the
summer. when many migrate to the
country.
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Leading Producers Of Iron Ore.
The leading iron ore states are Min
nesota, with an output of 100000
tons; Michigan, with 100000. and
Alabama, with 3.5O00O0 tons.
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Iife-SavinQ Globe,

The life-saving globe invented by
Capt. Donvig has been indorsed by the
Norwegian government. 1t Is made
Of 3-1G-inch steel. has seats for six
teen persons, a sail and a rudder.
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Punching Baq Not New,

An ancient vase in a Roman mus.
cum representing Homer's heroes Of
the Trojan war, shows one of the
young fellows as busy with a punch.
ing bag" hung at the limb of a tree.
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Lighting by Alcohol.

Lighting by alcohol has two great
advantages over other kinds; it de
velops less heat and does not poison
the air SO quickly as it gives out less
carbonic acid.
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Dogs in Britain.

The British board Of agriculture
estimates that there are 1871 GIG dogs
in the country-one to every score OF
human beings.
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ployment to hundreds and brought 10
them what ever money could buy.
The man who picked up the label
has wondered II the manufacturer and
his wife were ever able to buy plea:.
ures equal to the pleasure of fai.h
in the future Of their industry durinIk,
the days when they were doing all tslgj
work.
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EQypt's Ruler,

The Khedive OF Egypt neither
smokes nor drinks, is an early riser
and speaks six languages.
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How a special trip
was taken to secure a
copy of the luck verso.

II is very hard work for me -
mcmorize poetry. By practice nigh.
improve in this and a start has been
made.
In an elevator that use frequently
there has been for some weeks cal.
endar on which there is . quotation
from Max ORell
BY re-reading while riding up ana
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Paper Furniture,

Paper Furniture.
The Chinese and Japanese make
many articles of furniture out of pa.
per.
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Telegraph Wire in America.
There are in use in the United
States 100000 miles Of telegraph
wire.
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French Leaion Of Honor.

The largest order OF merit in the
world Is the French Legion of Honor.
which has trife over half a million
members.
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The accuracy
library is for
corporation
in intorma-
fnn nm me

enemies Of easy errors and the
friends Of torethought, to re-
duce mutually expensive mis-
takes of mechanical, CONNER
etal and professional people.
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Denmark's Exports Of Eggs.
Denmark sends 100000 dozens OF
eggs to England every year.
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From he yUethotLgh lette1s by
Earl N. Pratt, Odt Park, IutnOts.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-23
|C0UNCIL MEETING
WILL BE LIVELY
MUCH BUSINESS oF IMPORTANCE
TO COME UP.
Street Railway Loop Matter, Investiga-
tion of Recent Disasters and Protests
Against Downtown Lumberyard Will
Make Tonight's s Session of the Alder
men of Unusual Interest.

Requests for an investigation of the
recent fire disasters, the debate over the
Fifth street loop ordinance, the pro-
tests against the downtown lumber yard
and other matters will make the council
meeting this evening more than usually
important and interesting.
The aldermen have shown very little
terrible aftermath, but can hardly ig-
more the requests from Mayor Haynes
and Building Inspector Houghton for
a thoro investigation.
It is generally expected that the loop
ordinance will pass if the bar asso-
citation does not secure postponement
without any Of the numerous amend
ments which Alderman F. M. Powers
will try to tack on. Mr.. Powers will
make his principal fight on an amend
ment requiring the company to sell six
has at least half score Of other amend
ments drawn in the interest Of the city
and for the purpose Of obtaining CON
cessions from the company.
The position is simply this-the com
pany will grant no concessions as the
loop will not increase the company 's
revenues, while on the other hand, the
merchants and the public generally de-
mand a better service and more facili
ties. The ma iority of the council, tho
in favor Of the Powers amendments, say
that they must vote for the ordinance
as public necessity.
The Commercial club, thru a com
munication, will ask the council to re
consider its action granting permission
| to lumber concern to locate lumber
yard near the union depot, on tn,
ground that it is step in the wrons
direction, increasing the fire hazard ant
will become a menace and an eyesore