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Let us see," responded Mr.. Merriheld;
and he straightway called Donald Mackay
to the stand.
Amid a fire OF objections, rulings. en-
oeptions, which increased as he proceeded,
MI. Mackay testified that he was the senior
member Of the firm Of Mackay & Blair,
stationers; that said firm had been formed
sixteen years ago, just ten years later than
the date OF the making OF the marriage
certificate, and that he identified the GER
tifioate as n Of a series printed by his
firm about three years after they began
doing business.
Being pressed by ~persuasions, gibes and
threats, Mr.. Mackay showed his Scotch
blood by swearing that he wa q pioneer
in the printing trade and that at the date
when the certif1cate purported to be made
there was nota printing establishment or
s~tationer's shop in the Territory of Sequoia.
And Furthermore, for the more he was
stirred the more dangerous be became,
he pointed out a fact which had thus far
escaped even Merriheld's attention, namely,
that the statute with which the certificate
conformed had not been passed at the date
assigned for its making. No wonder both
cross-examining lawyers soon dropped him
"ANhA Inv Nhcy a PlChcu ulh uDs
Il need hardly remind your Honor"
said Mr.. Merrifield, that even the date
OF the death Of the Rev. Melancthon Knox,
as attested by contestants witnesses, ante
cedes by several years the date when this
certificate purports to be made. / there
fore desire to ask for such an adjournment
as will enable me to submit the docu-
ment to writing experts, in the confident
expectation that l shall show by them.
despite the irrefragible proof here adduced;
that it is a forgery as damnable as IL Ia
skilfuI."
But the Hon. Mr.. Glacier had a reputation
which he feared to lose lest he might not
ind It again. He sprang to his feet,
slapping down his papers with a bang.
1t isn't necessary, your Honor" he ex-
claimed, with a fine show OF indignation.
4 wash my hands Of the whole iniquitous
proceeding"
They reed it," interjected Miss Skeed.
in somewhat her old form.
Il am sure my brother Merrifeld must
see how l was really leading on his witness
by my questions, said Mr.. Nectern. unctu-
ously. i am proud TO share with him so
notable a victory
Els 1t true, is it true?' sobbed Geraldine
Was my dear mother my fathers wife2
Am I their lawful child2'
Yes, yes, dear" soothed Miss skeed.
your poor father was horrid, I fear: moat
mon are at some time or other; but he was
not a villain, thank God"
THANK Merriield!" cried the zirI hv.-
tericaIly, as she threw herself into the
lawyers arms.
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cover the wall and grow so high on top OF
IL that they make a superstructure OF foil
age. Then there are bushes growing along
side the wall that reach high her b the wall
at some points, and they do their share In
keeping from sight a is not to be seen on
the other side that would be at variance
with a French rose garden. Opposite the
wall, which Is hidden by masses OF hardy
perennials, is the close cut privet hedge.
The rose garden, which is opposite the
pergola with the statues, is planted so that
the blooms throughout the whole season
furnish a constantly changing mass OF
color. The color scheme IL so arranged
that the hue of the blooms deepens as the
season advances.
II there was ever a place in which privacy
is n ecessary it would seem to b. a swimming
pool. The hedge which keeps this swim.
ming pool in the picture free from OBSERVE
ton Of any but the guests in the Newport
palace Of which it is a part was the work
Of Wadley 4 Smythe, the landscape gar
deners who were responsible for n beauty
of the other arrangements shown in these
views. The trees back Of this pool were all
transplanted from a distance. A copper
beech with a spread Of IS feet In diameter
and a height Of so feet IA brought from
a distance and hourished as the others
have done. A white towering horse
chestnut so feet high wa moved for
more than a mile and showed no signs
Of the change in its new site. A maiden
hair tree is one ofthe most difficult to trans
plant, but one that had reached a height
~ FORTY feet was moved more than a mile
and grew afterward as IL its life had been
as u~neventful as that Of most treee. A
taxodium which was also imported to add
its shade to the screen OF growing green
had been growing by h side Of q wal
that stood 500 feet away.
great difference in the appearance OF mshy
country houses. Now lawns that used to DO
as bare OF foliage as a ROOT top. may be
made shady and picturesque within . short
time. It is easier now than it used 70 be
to plan a lawn which shall be in accordance
with the most artistic ideas Of landscape
gardening. Trees are planted at long dis
Eances apart in accordance with the Efforts
to attain sheer beauty. Il 10 only whom
they are intended to serve some useful pur--
pose that they are put so close togetheTE
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ders are now accomplished in that direo-
ton. The beech trees, two in number,
used in this grove were moved more
than a mile and a half. They were more
than 90 years old and a little more than forty
feet high. They averaged two feet in d.
ameter. Each had it's roots encased in a ball
OF earth 81 feet in diameter. and the weight
OF the whole was more than sixty tons.
The two trees were moved simultaneously
and progressed to their new retreat at the
rate Of a quarter OF a mile a day. Within
aweek after they had been unearthed from
their original homes they were planted
in the new soil. Few movings are as suc-
ccesful as this and for two years the trees
have fiourished in their new environment.
1t is, Of course, easier for a wall to mask
a view that must be shut out than IL is for q
clump Of trees. The art OF the landscape
gardener has also aided in this case. It
was not merely enough to build tho wall
to shut out an unsightly structure. Vines
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Tho views OF country places printed
the landscape gardeners art. This is not
always merely aesthetic i'm its purpose. The
landscape gardener is indeed often called
In To- just as the beauty doctor is.
Before a country hous is built the inn
sportant landscape gardener has almost as
much to say as the architect. He gives
his opinion "a TO what obstacles il will he
possible to plant out, as the phrase of
his profession is, and where il will be possi-
bIe to cut the hest vistas in billy countries.
He oven plots to cut ont the view of neigh
boring houses or to build walls Of cedar
or oak to hide crowded streets that sug-
gest, too strongly for beauty, the atmos-
phere Of town. All these tasks are inn
posed on the landscape gardener, who has
oven at times to correct the mistakes of
the architects.
wherever I co. says the disappointed
house owner to him, Il see those kitchen
windows and all the servants windows.
Whether / am In the rosa garden or on the
tennis courts / get that comprehensive
view Of the servants quarters. What in
the world shall l do about IL? When /
take my guests about to zee the house and
grounds / don't want to have them at
every point staring into she cooks bed
ROOM
In the case Of the Newport palace shown
in the picture, the landscape gardener hid
the entire domestic extension of the house
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Buffum's "reminiscences
The Marriage Certificate.

When exposure crashes, tits the ~littlest
chap who needs a legal lightning rod the
most.
Besides, Il was not hard to read Cabaniss's
purpose, though dark and gloomy his Wis
age. Geraldine Schrigley had thrown him
over, being presumably attracted by Mr..
MerriieId.
Suppose now the contest instituted in
the Surrogate's Court, besides accomplish
ing its object OF delay, should lead TO revela-
tons notifying and distressing to the
girl. Would that not be killing two birds
With Oiie stone?
Gov. Schrigley had been eminently re-
spectacle; but in that new country no in
quiry was ever made into a mans past;
such a course might lead to successive re-
taliations which in. time would disfran-
chise the entire electorate. Suppose Ca
baniss, in the family intimacy he enjoyed
FOR a time, had CLEANED the slightest hint
against the former integrity or morality
of his prospective father-in-law; would
1t not salve his pride and assuage his rage
to use IL enlarged to the fullest extent1
/ was not surprised, then, to read In the
Leaf, flew days later, the following startling
piece Of news:
VAN oAA1 uahoo W NuuuhAhb UDTOuKu ncT
attorney. the Hon. Mark Glacier, has inter-
vened In the matter Of the probate OF the will
Of the late Gov. schrigley. now pending before
Surrogate Selden.
Miss Msise in her petition alleges that she
Is the only legitimate heir and next Of kin
Of the decedent. setting forth hat the Gov
ernor was duly married 10. her mother, a
halfbreed woman. some twenty-five years
ago, when he wasa commissioner to take up and
allOt the lands Of the Tekaqua Indians.
The sensational and far reaching effects
OF this contest. should n prove successful.
will be appreciated when 1t is remembered
that Miss Geraldine schrigley. 80 we'll and
favOrably known in our community, having
presided as mistress OF the Executive Man
sion throughout her fathers administration,
not only Is the principal legatee under the
will. but has applied for letters Of heirship
for the valuable real estate OF which the Gov
ernor died seiBeds'
Without attempting to PREJUDICE, we may
stats our sincere apprehension. founded on
the confident claims OF the fair contestants
lawyer, lest another whlted sepulchre is about
TO be. opened to the Mortified gaze Of the city
and the State.
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~
It's up to you. Savage said Senator
lEabaniss with a sour smile. I'm not &C
old that I can't remember that you wert
devoted to Miss Skeed in the long ago
uNow Schrigley has left her the ruling shares
IN the Leaf company. 1t Is up to you.'
Il swear exclaimed my Senator will
unusual venom, Il swear to the Lord, that
al pestiferous old maids should be segre-
kgated in some remote and barren region.
put them on an island, and let them cacklC
A%d 4c-qtch to their hearts content
Z IL occurred to me that the decline in MIR
N@vagss disposition explained an ole
human problem. Q Formerly, when he
Knight have been a god on a cloud, for all
he was affected by current events, he kept
bequable, affable, good naturedly patroniz-
ing. But now, With the chances Of success
In the Senatorial campaign wavering to
land fro and on the whole more fro than
60, no thistle could be more irritable.
p why do the wicked prosper. it Is asked
NBecause otherwise there would be no living
with them. Since evil seems a necessary
'Ielsment Of life. prosperity for them fur
lnishes at least q working plan.
Deportation, however admirable, Is toe
i3ong and dtfiCult soIutiop,' continued
FCabaniss. Here IL the situation in a nut
IsheIl. We control 495 shares OF Leaf
stock. Mrs. Mollie : Merton Adsit, our
.bitterest enemy, controls an equal number.
And Miss Skeed will throw the remaining
ten shares against us unless you
sBut / WON'T protested Mr.. Savage.
I'm break before l stoop. There must be
sone other way.
@We are in possession, remember. Our
man Remsen is directing the policy Of the
paper as editor. All we've got to do is &c
hold them on for a scant sixty days and
then they can go to the devil with it as fast
N they please.
The thing to do is to prevent S~chrigley's
executor from transferring the shares to
Miss Skeed~ How2 Why, by contestinp
the will and preventing its probate
Cabaniss's bead eyes sparkled and hir
tiny mustache tWitched liks q rats.
by the lord Harry he muttered. we
might kill two birds with one stone.s
Then he stopped short, looking toward
me.
"Buffum will be going in a moment, and
then We can arrange details" said my
Senator. Meanwhile, does either one OF
you see any flaw in my makeshiit to carry IA
over election?"
But Cabaniss's head was On his hand;
the thoughts that compressed his brows
crowded out any sense Of the question.
You o reckon on what Mr.. Merri-
0eld may do" / ventured. He ia IA anx-
ious TO secure the advocacy, Of the Leaf as
you are 70 retain it,"
Let him try retorted Mr.. Savage sui
ienly; and then. as II the mere mention Of
IA ANTAGONIST anRered him. he looked
significantly toward tho door.
I was satisfied not to have a part in this
Auaer conference regarding ways and means.
xho Less a l,af'O importance. tao more
ssasun for him y keep out Of a conspiracy.
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judge Cave Thieves q Tin.

FT0nl Tl-bif9.
Now. sir. said the crOss-examininK coun-
sci. answer Yes or No. The Court does
not want TO know what you supposed. !
supposed that | had my watch in my pocket
this morning. but. a. a matter Of fact, | had
LETT II on my dressing room table. The Court
wants fact, sir. not superstition"
The, witness did not bubble any more
and the case went quietly on. But when
the lawyer arrived home that evening the
wife Of his bosom said TO him:
You must have been anxious about your
watch, TO send four men after tone after
WHAT cried the lawyer. a. a suspicion
Of themP"
or course.'- ehe said. II gave IL 20 the
where yOu bad left ttl-
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production OF an old French rosary, this
house would seem more glaringly modern
and Victorian than it really is. Muslin
sash curtains seen over the trellised roof
Of "A Louis XVI. pergola would be an
anachronism that even Newport with its
tumble Of heterogeneous villas would be
shocked at.
So the task OF the landscape gardener was
to preserve the appearance of the old
French garden with the pale statues and the
climbing roses, which probably did exist at
an earlier time in the original garden. This
task was accomplished sopromptly that the
forest grew into existence almost As soon
as the old French pergola was finished. 1t
almost hides the house. which lie only family
visible among the tops Of the trees. These
trees we're transplanted from a distance
but hourished famously in their new en-
~vironment.
This is, perhaps, one Of the principal
duties Of the landscape workers and won
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HE bCh Akh - " Va AOR~ oN0 N-' - ~
he wrote to The Son:
I SIN deeply moved. As our fSiend
Hauptmann would say, the deeps N my
soul are stirred"
The motion which caused this psychic
disturbance is joy. The reason for the Joy
fies in the four line announcement WHOM
/ haye Just come across in a recent edilUn
OF Tic Sun, stating that Marconi, the in
ventor CT the wireless telegraph, had allied
himself with the Columbia P~honograph
Company.
/ read this announcement last evening.
l was unable to contain my Joy, so carried
the glad tidings to my neighbor Smith and
together we discussed the subject.
Smith is a poet notwithstanding his name
In making this assertion / want it distinctly
understood that l know a poet v hen l sec
him.
As soon as the intelligence was conveyed
to Smith could see that he was moved.
He said little. / could $40, however, that
he was thinking. When Smith thinks seri-
ously he plays a little tattoo on the floor
with his feet. Please don't quote me as
saying that Smith thinks with his feet.
This morning, while yet the sun had not
risen, there was a rapping at my door. I
opened and there wal Smith.
He had a sheet OF paper in his hand on
which were written the following verses.
Since both Smith and myself have been
sufferers from a fusilIade Of monographs
to the rear and front and each side Of our
respective residences perhaps the motif
Of his poem will be apparent to the duIlest
Of your readers. Here is -wot e wrote:
WHEN MARCosI MAKES HIS NolsELEss PHONo-
GRAPH.
Say, Mister Marconi. get busy please;
Give us a tip, set our minds at ease.
They say you've hitched up with the Columbia
staf
And soon we're to hear your improved
phonograph.
Will It be noiseless and screechIess and
scratches.
RASpless and SAsplssS and hOrnless and
II so. G. Marconi. to thee be the praise
From morn until night TO the end Of our
days.
You've done some great stunts. flashing
news cross the sea,
But say. -hully geo." that ain one. two.
three
To what you'll do when you perfect your idee
And land in every home your
NoIsELEss,
sCREEcHLKss,
BcRATcHLEss.
RAsPLEss.
GAsPLEss,
~HoRNLEss,
BRAssLEss
G~RAPHoPHoNE
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That old cynical expression OF intelligence
returned to the spinster's face. She looked
at Geraldine, as colorless, as ~apathetic as q
corpse, and the warmth Of love softened and
enriched her face. Without a word she
FASTENED out Of the room to the telephone
booth, but as she passed me 1 felt the kindly
touch Of her hand.
After sundry formal p~reliminaries the
Hon. Mark Glacier addressed the Court on
behalf Of the contestant.
This is a very sad case, . he said, ION
which twangs the string OF sympathy and
presses the spring Of tears. 1t does more
thar this, your Honor. 1t appeals to the
extra legal development which we one and
all, trust, as true lawyers possess; to that
broadening, ~ennobling spirit of equity
which forbids partisan advantage.
lam proud to state, your Honor, that my
brother, Nectern, at onoe the Hector and the
Nestor Of our bar, whose shield is denied
but never blurred, agrees with me in my
purview OF this case; agrees with me hat IL
is our common duty to Bay to sensation and
SANDER, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no
f1rtherl'
In the belief, then, that in such unhappy
"reminiscences OF human frailty, in which,
alas, we all share as joint tenants, that
homely old maxim Least said, soonest
mended' should govern, W have come
TO this Observation-Disclosures / shall, as briefly
as may be, present certain documentary
testimony in behalf Of the contestant and
II it shall be duly admitted by your Honor
as evidence Of all its purports then without
further contention a decree shall issue
10 my client-but without costs, IL the
Court please; we would not add one grain
Of bitterness to such a volume and bulk Of
woe"
is that your stipulation, Brother Nee
ternS' asked Surrogate Selden.
Yes, II your Honor approve"
i always approve Of any settlement
which conserves the rights Of all concerned
responded that righteous Judge.
Whereupon Mr.. Glacier offered In evil
dence a certificate to the marriage Of Edwin
Schrigley and Winona Maize made at
Canada twenty-six years before and issued
and signed by the Rev. Melancthon Knox.
Having proved the fact OF that clergyman's
death, he then adduoed testimony TO show that
the body Of the instrument and the sigma
ture were In his handwriting and that he
was a duly ordained clergyman authorized
by both Church and State to solemnize
matrmony.
Mr.. Nectern cross-examined cautiously,
carefully, but without acrimony, again and
non sending a sigh and a glance toward
the ladies as much as to say, There, didn't
I tell you so, my dears2"
7 must admit that the proof ofEauthen-
ITCHY seemed ample, even redundant to me;
and l was not surprised when'Nectern in
faltering tones announced that he could
not in all good conscience make further
opposition, 70 see Geraldine droop hope
lessly in her aunt's arms and the Surrogate
nod his head in judicial concurrence.
At this instant the crowd parted from
the rear, and a tall, stately man passing
through to the bench craved the right to be
heard. Il was NJ. Msrriield, independent
candidate Tor the senate and leader OF the
fight against Savage and Cabaniss.
-
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by an effective little forest Of naples and
poplars. Otherwise all the servants quar-
ters would nave been plainly visible from
the terraces and the lawn: Efs} thee feeg
had been ~transplanted to this spot only
the white stone walls Of this wing shone
through the dark greenery. forming q de-
lightful contrast to the trees.
In the same way the landscape gardener
acts as beauty doctor to the houses when
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they arc wrong @sthetically from SONS
point OF view. 1t not ~infrequently happens
that a house IL . white In the simmer
sun thae>no> addition to the plans can tone
It down enough. Dark red awnings fail to
soften the glare. Then the trees have their
effect. Large bays and cedars grouped on
the terraces, planted nea the house and
standing on the steps, may do wonders to
change the looks Of a house which might
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be binding but for the relief that such
foliage brings.
Can you see the house showing family
through the trees in the rear Of this arboT
here1 1t stands there, at all events, plainly
visible to those standing in the rose garden.
which ends with the srbor. It is perfectly
natural that the house should show, as IL is
only on the other side Of a very narrow
street.. Contrasting with this quaint re-
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II.

I IA not surprised, but, like the COM
munity, I was Startlek II Miss Skeed
already was vindictive and u~nrelenting,
would not her wrath steam into madness
at such q stigma upon. the memory Of her
lead sister, upon the name OF her niece.
Geraldine, upon the home that had shell
tered her from loneliness through many
a long year9
And Geraldine herself, that rash. i'm
pulsive girl, who had refused an alliance
her father had deemed suitable and adj
v~antageous out Of a romantic or rather
chivalric sympathy with Merriield and
his cause-if she should know, es she would
surely suspect, th1t her discarded lover
had wingci s1ch a cruel shaft against
her, how would shei retaliate, acting al
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Ill.

Mr.. Msrrifeld was too astute a politician
70 make a show Of anxiety. Having urged
the stress OF the campaign as an excuse
for his tardiness. he asked to intervene
on behalf Of his client, Miss Rebecca Sxeed,
a ls@atee under the win ~propounded, dis
claiming any llfigious disposition and
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JOY IN

Over the Report That MarcOni ID Gong
90 Invent the NOlseIess PhOnOgrapn.
The suffering Hackenssck man took CD
his pen with q look of hope and this IL what
he wrote to TIE Son:
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EFEC of
IL Nature and
Mistakes of the
Architect Remedied
-TranSplanting of
Grown Trees an
Important Factor
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-02
DOES HIGHER EDUCATION MAIZE
MAIDEN AUNTS And CFLIBATES?
BY DR.. VIM. L. FeIter,
Principal of the Brooklyn Girls
High School.

Much of a stir was caused by DR..
VIM. L. Felter's attack On higher
education of girls, he declaring that
a complete reform is needed in the
course of study provided for girls
in the high schools and colleges.
The gist of his argument follows:
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An empire gown for wear at the
eastertide is of soft gray crep;, the
decorations being Mechlin lacs and
bands of embroidered silk.
The princess skirt comes high.
the girdle being of the Mechlin. The
double sections which form the
skirt are cloth fitting.
The upper paht of the bodice is
of gray shirred chiffon, being strap
ped into place with the embroider-
ed silk. while the puffed sleeves
have caps of the wrought bands.
The hat that will be worn with
this gown gives distinction to 1t.
1t is stiff and round. of Milan braid
in the natural tone, with ruchings
of pink liberty satin about the
crown. The hat is touched with
black panne velvet on the edge of
the brim.