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kneeing and shaking his curly head to challenge
Mischief's onslaught. Sometimes he pretended to
be overthrown, and either fell limp and fiat, or
rolled heavily away, with Mischief butting him
as he moved. His mother warned him that he
was sowing trouble" but Johnny only laughed.
of all Mischiefs diverting tricks, the fighting was
certainly the best.
1t was nearly as good fun to play leap frog
with her 1t would have been quite as good,
indeed, but that she could beat him so badly at
the game No real boy could relish that entire
y-and Johnny was very real boy. They played
out in the grass lot, where the turf was so soft
falls were really luxury Mischief always took
running start and went over Johnnys back
like shot Then she came pacing up to him,
her head a little on one side, took her stand,
and bleated complainingy,as though saying, "Your
turn now. l play fair. if you are so clumsy"
Sometimes, you understand, Johnny purposely
leaped Wild At his best he could not match
Mischief, he salved his pride by pretending
that he never did quite his best. He would Craze
her fleece with one foot, or balk at the last min
ute, as though uncertain of going over, or catch
her around the neck, and roll her over and over
on the grass. Then Mischief ran away jumped
on top high stump, at the edge of the lot, and
stayed there until she was ready for her dinner
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end, chair and minister were commonly trans
ported at least four feet from where they had
been in the beginning
In summer the Gates family ate on the back
piazza, which was broad and shady and had steps
at either end, well as in the middle. The west
end of it looked into the grass lot, where Mischief
had for the past week been in dishonorable ex-
he BY way of making sure she should do no
harm Johnny had put collar on her, and teth-
cred her to light stake with a long cord. When
ever he went to play with her, he took off the
collar Upon the second Sunday morning of the
revival, he set her free about sunrise, for a
frolic before he should have to get into his clean
Sunday clothes. His mother called him before
the frolic was half out and so imperatively he
forgot all about the collar Even if he had re-
membered after the errand was done, he would
have thought it did not matter-the grass lot
gate was hardly ever opened except upon week
days.
Perhaps Johnny himself did not shut it tight
Perhaps also he did not mean to shut it. About
that there is still haziness in Gates family ira
dtions They are clear enough, however, upon
another point-what happened after breakfast.
The minister was praying as even he had seldom
prayed The chair was rattlng its best staccato
in his powerful grasp. Every head among his
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

Aileen gasped and moved as it TO draw away
her hand She knew he was playing game, and
knew that he knew. But just now the game
was worth somethng-purey as a pastime-ths
country neighborhood to which, for the time, she
was banished was deadly dull any diversion
was most welcome. She wanted the game to
spin along, only now and then threatening a
climax. There must be no real climax; that
would ruin everything She could find it in her
heart to be rather sorry for Evy, if Evy did not
so persistently refuse to be jealous No matter
how often FallSner rode, or drove or rowed with
Aileen, Evy only smiled approval, and babe him
keep on with the good work. "She's strange
here, you know, and besides not very strong
Of course, we must all be nice to her-and /
think all she knows is to amuse herself with
young men, what she had said to Falkner
the first week of Aileen's visit In the second
week she had repeated it, in the third, the fourth
Now, in the fifth she added further monition:
Write song to her; tell her she's an inspira-
tion I'm sure your verses and music both are
beautiful-and she may sing it after she is back
in the city, and so help you to be famous"
Falkner was thinking of the song. He had writ
ten verses from his cradle upward-now ambi-
tion scared far beyond being a poet A COM
poser, world famous, his name on all tongues
that was what he aspired to. Really that was
not bad notion of Evy's. Still he had a sense
that he ought to have thought of it himself
Aileens city circle, he had come to understand,
impinged at more than one point upon the world
of art and music. Of course, he could not ask
for help--not any more than he could confde to
her his dreams. But if he could impress his per-
sonaty upon her, she might begin his exploita-
ton unconsciously, in spite of herself, as it were
1t was not though he were a mere struggler
dependent upon his gifts for bread and butter
IIa.1r L1A ,,.1L |
enough to be comfortable. Then there was Evy's
tidy income-but somehow at the thought of
Evy his reckoning up of the future always stop
ped short.
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At first Johnny stood in awe of him. The
awe changed to active dislike, when from GER
tain significant words and gances among the
church folk, he understood that brother Frier-
son was counting his sister Mary. '1 do believe
he's charmin' her like snake charms bird -
Johnny said to himself, as he walked home be-
hind the pair, watching with unfriendly eyes,
their apparent absorption in each other. "But
he shan't have her! No he shant The question
is-how am | gon' to help it?"
He thought over it, and thought hard, all the
rest of the week. The revival was to go on
through another week, yet Brother Frierson
showed no inclination to change his quarters
DE began to dominate the Gates household, in
deed. Everything in it went to suit his conven-
ience. Deacon Gates had always held family
worship before breakfast, the very first thing
in the morning. Brother Frierson preferred grace
after meat. He gave his waking freshness, he
explained, to consideration of text and Sermon
When he had eaten heartily, he would rise, push
back his chair, kneel beside it, waving every
body else to do likewise. and pray energetically
for at least half an hour.
Always as he prayed he smote himself on the
breast, and moved the chair he gripped violent
ly to and fro. The rattle of it on the bare oak
floor was like the clicking of castanets. At the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
CLYDE . ARAMo- o-APcH|TFcT-

These plans will give an idea of the many con
veniences that can be derived from bungalow,
that is a house laid out largely on the one ground
floor.
The bed rooms directly connected and yet
isolated from the rest of the house. sufficiently
so to keep living rooms and sleeping rooms apart
with bath room very convenient to either.
The main floor has large diningroom 12 feet
by IA feet, large living room, IL feet by II feet
two bedrooms one, 10 feet by ~ feet, the other
one feet by II feet, kitchen, s feet by 12 feet,
pantry and bath.
There is rear porch feet wide which is very
convenient
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milk She had learned to Craze very quickly;
notwithstanding she cried for her bottle like a
badly spoiled baby.
A March lamb, by midsummer Johnny found
her a handful. She really could knock him over,
if she came at him full tilt Moreover there was
no keeping her where she did not choose to stay
she had such knack of popping through gates
or doors whenever they opened. Mrs. Gates,
Johnnys mother, was for sending her back to
Farmer Nolan, but Farmer Nolan would not have
her. "Sheep creeters they amt got the sense
ter make you trouble, until they learn how" he
said THAT thar land either grieve herself ter
death fer folks, not noticin' the sheep, she'd
teach my flock all sorts er tricks-an' then WIZARD
| be?"
Johnny rejoiced. He was not tired of Mis-
chief, whatever the others might be. But he
agreed with his mother that she must be kept
quiet over big meeting week The church was
just mile off, and since his father was a dea-
con, the minister, some Of his clerical helpers
would stay at the Gates homestead throughout
the revival. Johnny hoped the guest would be
young brother Mildmay who told him stories
of college baseball, and did not ask him about
the catechism. Instead, there came brother
Frierson spare, in-bearded, ascetic and given
to wrestling nightly in prayer, morning and
night.
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This time he did not repulse her Falkner stood
staring at them, his eyes narrowing till they
were but points of flame. He was tall, but so
slight it seemed madness TO measure himself
against the burly bigness Of this insulting
stranger. Yet he did not hesitate. Straight at
him he went, with the leap Of a panther, the
clinch of a wildcat Harding had not even pat
up his hands-this weakling was equally beneath
woman's fooling and mans blow. OF course
he could stop him-catch him, shake him, If he
would, crush him. as dog shook and crushed
cornered rat. Still he did not want TO hurt
him. II was all really, no doubt, Aieen's fault
wheeling half about, he met the onset with a
lowered lunging shoulder and was instantly
sorry. Falkner's hands locked themselves about
his throat. Falkner himself tugged and strained
at the great bulk so fercely, so madly the two
of them swayed heavily and were on the point
of falling to the floor. Aileen stood supine-her
hands over her eyes, low wordless cries dribbling
over her lips What the event might have been
heaven, perhaps, knows, if Evy had not Glanced
to come suddenly to her sweetheart's rescue.
Donald Falkner Behave yourself! Let go
that manN she commanded, with a stamp of her
sturdy foot. "Will you never learn to curb your
temper? Loose that strangle-hold | say Don't
you seei he's getting black in the face?"
Half breath Falkner kept his deadly clinch,
then slowly, loathly, his fingers unlocked them
selves; slowly, loathy, he reeled backward from
Harding, and fell prone and senseless at Evy's
ieet. Sne knelt and barred his throat, saying
with dry lips: Water! Bring water!" Then
as Aileen flew to obey her, without raising eyes
or voice to Harding: 'rI had to send for you
you see you were just in time. Take Aieen away
with you; take her as your wife. They have not
loved each other-not really-but after this"
Aileen came back there. Evy bent over Fallz-
ner, dashing cool drops in his face. He opened
his eyes, and looked past her to Aileen. Aileen
turned away her face, and ran to Harding's side
Being a woman she was also contradiction
Until now Falkner had seemed to her a Jest of
Fate, poor one, yet she walked away from him
feeling that, if she let herself, she could love him
passing well.
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deliver himself up to them at the prison door
by given date
The man, as rule, obeys the summons, al
though sometimes instead of doing so he writes
or sends messenger-to explain that he really
cannot go to prison just then, as he has other
work on hand In this case, unless his crime
be of an unusually startling nature, an arrange
ment is entered into between the magistrates and
himself by which he is allowed to go into Sc
cusion at the time that suits him best
The Icelanders pride themselves, and with rea-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

The amount of wealth a man possesses deter
mines alike the number of poor he must enter
tain and the length of time for which he must
entertain them. He need not necessarily. al
though he generally does, receive them into his
own house, but may pay for their being received
elsewhere. If he does SO, however, he is still
responsible for their welfare, and is bound to
see that they all well cared for and kindly
treated. And woe be to him should he neglect
his duty in this respect; the whole community
would rise up against him in righteous indigna-
ten.
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son, on the humanity with which they treat their
poor. They never send their old pauper folks,
excepting the bedridden and the insane, into
workhouses institutions of any kind, but they
receive them into their own homes as visitors.
Once year the authorities draw up list of
the inhabitants who wealthy enough to con-
tribute to the support of the poor; then, instead
of calling upon them to pay poor rate, they
allot to them a certain number of old men or
women whom they must provide with board and
lodging.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

NSE9ESDl one has more land than he cares to
take care of and every man, woman
and child of the tribe has yearly income of
$3.50 per year, which is guaranteed by the Gov.
ernment of the United States without any re-
sponsibility or service of any kind on the part
of the redskin. This places the Usage in po-
sition of affuence. He has little ambitions for
pretentious domestic establishments and is con.
tented with three rooms at the most In many
cases three rooms will shelter three families
The money he collects from the government he
spends with reckless extravaganza. 1t is soon
gone and then he spends his time waiting around
for the next allowance.
A few of them, however who are more amb
tious than the rest have accumulated money
and property and occupy the unique position
which can only be compared to the more intel
hgent and influential white farmer Some of
these Indians own fine houses and approved
farm equipment and some Of them even ride
around the country in automobiles. At least
one employs chauffeur As a rule, however
they are too lazy to accomplish much in the
way of improving their condition
This great wealth comes from the fact that at
one time this tribe was Acknowledged by the
United States as the owner of the entire Mid
die West. By the first treaty made in 1926 the
government acknowledged a debt of $50 600
bearing interest at five per cent By subse.
quent treaties, interest from moneys held in
trust, income from grazing and other leases and
royalties from nonresident companies working
on the lands owned by the tribe, the amount Of
money has crept up to $S,4740OO, the benefits
Of wb'~h are shared by 1888 Indians.
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see was just day old and her woody
mother, for some unimagnable reason,
had utterly dsowned her.
''I hate ter see the little creeter die-a sound
healthy lamb as ever was,' said farmer Nolan
but land ] CANT poster with it, | amt got
time ter waste, a-learnin of it ter suck the bot
tie"
indeed So he carried off the lamb in triumph.
His mother looked at it little doubtfully. She
was neat woman, and hated the thought of
a cluttered kitchen, but something in Johnny S
pleading eyes carried the day. She warmed
some milk, rigged up nursing bottle, with
quill, and stopper of soft rags, so pretty soon
the waif gave satisfied bleat settled down in
its box of clean straw, and went to sleep.
In month you would never have known 1t
for the handful of legs. 1t round and white,
and saucy, full of frolic, and quick to learn any
sort of mischief Johnny fine teacher He
trained Mischief to trot upstairs and down, to
spring into a rocking chair, stand stiff and rock
hard. to climb thence to the table top, and stand
with one fore foot on book, block OF
wood, and the other outheld, as though shaking
hands
All that, however, was nothing compared
to the fighting That began, of course, in the
feeding-Johnny had to put up his fists to ward
off Mischief's hungry rushes. As the lamb grew
and strengthened, it the most natural thing
in the world for Johnny to get in the way of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
TN Eden. sin was ret without name
And Man. thrice happy. smiled-tIn Woman came


T7ALKNER paraphrased, with his best
cynical smile. Falkner was of that
- perennial youth that at thirty event
k4tW4 uates in piteous seeming Of folly. He
liked to be thought darkly wicked, a
misanthrope, and genius generally
misunderstood. Therefore it was amazing that
he had let himself fall in love with Evy Wilton,
who was as sunny a summer day and as whole
some bread pudding. Falkner's paraphrasng
had not been for her-he never wasted misan-
thropy, and il glided off the mind of his be-
trothed after the manner of water from ducks
wing. Far otherwise with Aileen Clare-she
could both quote and sentimentalize by the yard.
1t really godsend-Falkners betrothal.
Aileen had known of it from the first, and the
knowledge had put their intercourse into the
category of dangers thereby giving it delicious
flavor of forbidden fruit.
"You say that because you are a bad man
very, very wicked" Aileen answered. dropping
her eyes with little veiled sigh Falkner lean
ed toward her. "No man is really very very
wicked" he said; that is, not by nature. The
wickedness comes from Neutrality-suspicious.
stances which are really and truly Fate They
play with usall of us are their sport. Then
when in our misery strike out blindly, un-
knowing uncaring what we do, the world, the
blindbat world, calls us wicked"
How Profound And how intensely interest
ing! never it before Aieen murmured
with liquid sdewise glance. The glance went
to Falkner's head-leaning still nearer he possess
ed himself of her hand, slim and white, and ring
less, and pressed his lips to it, saying: ''You
mean-you had only felt it--in me, for me. You
had not let yourself put it in words; but you
knew-you understood. If only we had not met
too late! l tell You the myth of Tantalus en-
bodies all of human tragedy"
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Il wnales are caught in net is on the
NNSMSNE northern shore of New Zealand, but
vSzl&g it often happens that things are done
differently in this part of the world.
On the northeastern part of the island there is n
point extending far out into the sea and form.
ing what is called the Bay of Wangamumu. and
In the early part of the summer for some rea.
son great schools of whales pass very close %
this point in their annual migration. The resi-.
dents have taken advantage OF this fact to
catch them. wire rope net with six foot
meshes has been thrown out, anchored at reop.
lar intervals and supported in the water bv
means Of barrel buoys. In rounding this point
tne whales md themselves caught in the meshes
OF the big net and instead of quietly backing
their way out, which would be unite nossihIe
they thrash around until they are hopele~ssIv ~ en-
tangled and utterly weared with their eyer
tions.
During the spring season, when the whales
are looked for by the natives there is always
lookout on duty and when one of the biz ma
rine animals is seen approaching the net the
alarm is given and those who are interested in
its capture repair to their boats When the
whale is about exhausted the attack is made
by the fishermen, the battle being carried on in
the usual manner with harpoon but there is
no chance for the exciting Incidents which take
place in the usual method of capturing a whale
1t is simply matter of dispatching the whale
and bringing his carcass TO the shore
Whale fishing with net is very profitable. No
expensive equipment is required and no great
hardships are incurred in taking the whales
The net is not expensive to maintain and re
quires very little attention. It would not be
possible except for the unexplanable custom of
the whales in rounding the point so closely and
this is supposed to be due TO the presence of
some food in the water Or some current.
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too old and delicate to be able to go out in
bad weather, while the other finds time in which
to write novels. Their procedure for dealing with
criminals is quaint, to say the least of it. Sup
posing a man is to be arrested--nstead of send
ing some one to arrest him, lceandc magistrates
dispatch to him little note calling upon him to
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
FROM A TRAVELLERS NOTE BOOK

TRAVELLER gives the following inter
esting account of the quaintness and
virtues of life in Iceland:
There are only two policemen in the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

- ISCHIEF was not a bit pretty when
\ Johnny saw her frst-beauty is i'm
"A possible to huddled tremulous hand
.g full, mostly awkward legs. Mischief you
see, was just a day old, and her woody
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
Wealth Of the Usage Tribe

AIKEN as a community, the Usage In
dians of the Middle West are the
richest people in the world. Each
one has more land than he cares to
tale care of and everv man rn,nan
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
Whales Caught i'm a Net

HE only place in the world where
whales are caught in net is on the
northern shore of New Zealand, but
it often happens that things are done
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

Digging '..''.''...... ......... $40 =
Stone work 70
Cement floor ......... ........ 80
Carpenter and mill work. .......97
Paper and Nails ................ 25
Hardware ....'..... .!.......... rs
Lumber ''.''''''..... ......... 800
Painting and glazing .............2 $50
Flastenng .'....,...... ........200
pr'cA"orA '''''':'''' ....--.....l75
Plumbing .''.......... ..........135
Hot air heating ............... 75
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-24
ENGLISH ETCHlNGS.

Mail carriers in English cities gel
about $500 year.
A London judge has decidtd that q
father has no right to eject son from
his house.
The newly elected mayor of Glaston
bury, England, was formerly a tailor
So he was able to make his own Off
cial robes.
An attempt is being made in England
to popularize the destructive and de.
spised dogfsh as an article Of diet. The
suggestion is made that good first
step in the direction would be to
change its name.
One of the Queerest signs to be found
anywhere is that of the Nutley inn
Sussex, England, large house on the
Lewes and Eastbourne road. 1t con.
sists of an antiquated bicycle Of the
type affectionately referred to by old
time wheelmen as the good old or.
dinary," and has swung in the breeze
for the last fifteen years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-24
The King Of England
And His Mothers Picture

lying EDWARD VII. of England is
known to be the most democratic
of titled rulers, though he is now
not quite as free to follow his unceremo-
NOUS bent as when he was Prince Of
Wales. In the days before his acces-
sion to the throne when driving unat-
tended in a dogcart along a country
road he met an old woman YEARLY
carrying heavy basket.
Climb In" said the prince, and the
good dame gladly accepted the invi-
tation.
what have you in your basketY'
asked the unidentified prince.
Eggs, butter and vegetables" was
the reply.
I'm fond Of fresh eggs" said the
prince, "and If you'll let me have the
lot I'll give you my mothers picture"
"Your mothers pictured" exclaimed
the old lady. what good would that
do me-"
"Oh. you never know" laughed the
prince, and as he helped his passenger
dismount at the door of her cottage he
laid his hand on the basket and hand
ed the astonished market woman a
golden sovereign stamped with the eff
figy Of Queen Victoria. - Woman's
Home Companion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-24
Hons In ENGLAND.

The English were taught the uses of
hops by a native Artois, who intro
duced them into England in 1924. They
met with some hostility, for physicians
represented them as unwholesome, and
parliament was petitioned against them
as a wicked weed" In 1923 their use
was prohibited under severe penalties.
Henry VIII. appears to have been pref
udiced against hops, for in a manu-
script, dated Ethan, January, 1880, oc-
ours an injunction to his brewer mot to
put hops or birthstone" into the ale.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-24
But He SWUNG His Lantern.

Representative John Sharp Williams
tells a tale of the days when he was
counsel for a railway line in one of the
southern states.
1t appears that, at one point On its
line, the company had stationed an old
negro watchman whose duties consist
ed in warning travellers down a high
way crossing the track when a train
approached. One night a wagon be-
longing to a farmer was struck, result
ing in a bad accident. The company
was. of course, sued for damages, and,
at the trial, the old darkey was the
principal witness for his employers. He
replied to the questions put to him in
a clear. direct fashion. Among these
questions was one as to whether he
was sure that he had swung his Ian
tern across the road when he perceived
the train approach. The negro replied:
Il shorely did, sah.'
The trial resulted in a verdict for the