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stand. not even knowing Of the great
sorrows that had crowded the sun
shine out OF her life.
one day she sat In the mission gar
den talking with the padre.
The church had been kind 20 her,
she said. and she wanted to do some
thing for IT,
The churches Of theNGringo were go
ing up around them. overshadowing
their homely little adobe house of
worship.
But somehow there was a holier at
mosphere about the little old church
she loved. only the congregation seem
ed falling away.
She thought Of many ways tn re-
habiiitate the old place. but always
there WAS that glarinE fact that
Spanish customs and religion. like the
Spanish race. were fast being oblit-
Grated IN California
How can We save them?" she aske
the father
He shook his head and sighed. Alas,
daughter, we are a poor people"
Donna VaiesuueZ slowly found her way
home, and when she reached the gate
leading through her garden, she had
though OF a plan, She thought Of It
till well into the night, and when
sleep finally closed the tired eyes,
her mind had heen made UP. When
she went 20 tie mission again she
tod the padre or the chimes They
would call their errinR people 90 God.
and perhaps the humble little church
would not he so deserted. So the new
chimes we're donated by her and
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placed in the steeple for the Easter
services.
Little Romano now grown 20 woman
hood had come home from the con
vent u live with Donna Vaiesquez.
whom she affectionaily called Nam
meto." Ramona vas graceful, charm
ing. irraoiatinE beauty. Her eyes
were bruwn-a soft lazy lauguid
brown. Her nose was iInRertinent,
and her mouth uper-eunotionai. and
her general effect was pleasing II not
trife dangerous.
There vas the vivzcity OF the Amer
lean and the eoquetry OF the Spanish,
a.d it was the combination that made
Donna Nalesauez shudder-
Already she had rearranged the old
rose garden and had actually had the,
tall thick hedges that had shut out
the Eaze OF passersby trimmed 90 a
fashionable height IN spite OF the pro-
testations Of Mammeto-
She went gsily about changing
everything and Frightening up the
gray old place and when Donna Val
esquez demonstrated she would 1Out
and In the end would Aave her way
The padre laughed AT Donna when
she went 10 him with her fears and
told her II was young peoples way;
but into her heart crept a fear.
She was thinking Of ne Gringo faith
er whom Ramona had been taught was
dead and OF the taint OF his blood in
her veins.
She PRAYED to her favorite saint and
said many pater aosters that her little
Ramona might be spared that taint
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night at SIS. and Ramona was 10 meet
him a few minutes before az the
station.
That night as she knelt beside her
bed she bsde n silent, fearful farewell
to the little cottage and Mammeto.
Dear Mammeto. she loved her, and u
was hard 20 go away: bur she loved
Hall. and somehow she felt that Nam
nneto had not been fair n him.
She thou~ht Of what the padre and
every one would say. but she consoled
herself with the thought that she
would write and Mammeto would for
give her and All would END we'll
She thought of many things hut
sleep. and when she did finally slum-
beT IL was 70 awake long aftec sun-up
scarcely refreshed and surely sad AT
heart
She could not .ook AZ Mammeto with
out wanting 70 cry. and tell her what
Vss IN ner heart, and ask her % for
give her for being so wicked.
And Msmmeto had asked why she
Was so silent. but she had not ar
swered; and once. when Msmmeto
came upon her IN the act OF putting
some clothing IN n bundle for her
hurried departure. she had lied 70 her.
and after she had gone she had cried
her eyes red and swollen
SeVen-thirty came. and IL w3s Tins
for Ramona 10 start
She pat on her hat. and. catching
No cloak, she came softly down the
stairs.
She would not 90 by the rear gate,
for Kato would surely see her and cali
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What's the Use of Irawyers? : By Professor A"4 82se

or twenty-five years his whole men
taliTy is trained 20 look at any given
case from one SIDE only-from his
clients point Of view. Suddenly he is
made Judge: that is. suddenly he is
expected to b. able TO look at each
given law case from two and three
and four sides. IN other words.
lawyer he was expected to look
through a microscope at a certain part
OF the matter only: as a juGge he is
expected 10 look a the whole matter
through a telescope This cannot be
expected.
One cannot change ones mentality
like that. Nobody will credit a physi-
clan who has spent twenty years in
the study Of interior diseases with a
skill for surgery simply because this
physician suddenly wants TO be a doc
tor Of external ailments. But, how
ever that may be. il renains certain
that since lawyers and Judges are one
and the same class Of people, one can
not wonder that judges uphold the alb
surb fees OF meE among whom they
have so many former colleagues. The
upshOt. then, is that in order TO re
duce the fees Of barristers IL would
be necessary 70 separate the careers o.
judges and parristers together. Now
they are * caste, ana as such they
have their special costume. as have all
castles.
In addition Go that, another thing
would be necessary. The barrister is
bad enough as to his financial exsc-
lions; the solicitor in this respect Is
worse Now the most potent cause
fostering the existence of solicitors is
the tongue-tiedness- as the French
call il, the mutiSme-of the average
Engllshnan. Instead Of calling on
you whenever there is some slight DIFF
ference and talking matters out with
YOU. ne prefers 10 hire a solicitor In
absolute seriousness. and on the
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She had surrounded her with every
environmcrt calculated to smother It.
but there Il Was as surely as though
n had been fostered from her very
birth
The quaint old place took on a pretty
lively all. not altogether unpleasant
10 ;ook upon 20 anyone save Donna
Valesquez
She had been happy there in her
seclusion. and she resented the invs-
sion OF what had been 70 her her sane
tum, and she became a more frequent
visitor al the mission and more strange
and pathetic 10 her nelghbors.
But Ramona had become a favorite
with them and although she firted
couquettishly with the men folk. she
was loved by the women for her sweet,
womsniy ways.
Flirting and smiling were part of
her inheritance. and as much her right
as was her beauty and will
Donna Neiasquezs nearest nelghbors
were Americans. and their only son.
tall handsome youth, had only just re-
turned from college in the East a few
days when he caught a glimpse OF
sAafNouA IN the EdIuth. SAll4us roses
for the altar.
When he saw the slender. grace
ful hGur, In the pink hounced frock
moving about daintily among the rose
bushes his heart gave a jerk that sent
the blood at breakneck speed through
MS body.
Who was she. anyhow. he asked. as
he watched her enter the quiet little
cottage. and almost fancied that once
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d Your UnexDloTed Continent By 7s7= anderson 9=e;

since Columbus gave 70 the world a
new continent. the hills. rivers. val
leys. and plains Of the continent have
been carefully surveyed and plotted.
and given 10 a great and mighty ma
tion. Bat even the nation controlling
America today has not discovered all
there is wrapped up IN the safes of the
mountains. the storehouses Of the
seas. Always there is an unexpiored
an unknown remainder. unconquered.
and still beckoning the adventurous
heart of man forward. onward. up
ward
In invention much has been accom-
plished: 1904 gave the steamboat: 1898
gave the Great Western crossing the
big pond from Bristol England 20
New York In fourteen days. 1870 gave
the telegraph. 1875 gave the telephone:
1870 gave wireless system Of teleE-
raphy; and 1871 will give what? Who
will dare say what this year OF grace
and the years that are before US Will
give? Today and the future are Ike
great unexplored continent. fun OF pos
sibilitles for adventurous souls who
fear no danger
The mind OF man Is an unexplored
continent. No one has yet reached
finally In knowledge. Before US there
are sunlit mountains peaks and flower
earessed valleys of truth. OF which we
today know practically nothing
The most of US reach only the foot
hills OF the boundless mountains OF
possibility that are before US. We come
TO q pleasant place OF springs. There
We pitch our tents. The music OF the
ripping water Is sweet The birds
are full OF delight in their melody. The
flowers bloom brightly. We are like
Tennyson's Lotus Eaters. ready 20
swear an oath and keep with equal
mind. in the hollow lotus land 70 live
and lie reclined-'
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ground ~ ample experience, venture
10 say that forty to fifty per cent OF
The cases nov handled IN solicitors
offices IN London have no business 70
be there.
They are mere questions of fact.
and not OF law. and might very well
have been settled by a friendly or un-
friendly talk between the parties.
EnglIshmen make fun Of the -ges-
SculatnE" Frenchman. However. the
F'renchmsa gesticuIstes while he talks,
and IN talking he settles litlgious
questions OF fact with his client with
out going 10 a solicitor. The English
man does not Eestculate; nor does he
talk; but he pays the huge bill OF the
solicitor.
] have TO doubt whatever, that say
$40 years from now some learned pro-
fessor Of law will edit a solicitors
bill of 1907 In a huge book In which
the items Of the bill will form only
a small part of the vast folio. and in
which the bulk, Of the contents will be
Iaken with an elaborate commentary
an tb0se legal plesiossuri that we now
term a solicitors bill Such a work
y ~ W a coNipitAN commentary Oh NAtD
social and mental condition OF people
In England In 1897
In II wo shall read or that absurd
mudsme, that false pride, an un-
bourgeois temper Of the English cause
OF the existence of solicitors How
many grccers have threatened their
clients with solicitor. instead of sim
Fly calling on them and talking mat
ters over quietly? Thousands, I dare
say OF these 9y5 were themselves
really "hard-up, and would have
taken 81 per cent Of the money due to
them ~1th pleasure. had they talked
u their clients The solicitors are not
the disease; they are only the pimples
indicating it,
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Bu John Anderson jayne

We are satisfied with our Titles,
We are content with the present, We
are willing 10 put forth the necessary
exertion % come up TO the full meas
ure % our possfbIliuesi Satisfied
Satisfied. Satisfied!
In art, literature. and commerce
there are great possibilities for the
man willing 10 press forward. But the
picture we have painted IS superb The
poem. the story, we have written are
good enough, The business We have
established suffices, Better work
means harder work! Greater heights
mean more skinrul climbing, Fuller
knowledge means deeper digging, So
we are content with what we have.
But the unexplored continents I'M
pinEe upon us and disturb our dreams
OF content. Then II is that some ad-
venturous spirit. feeling the breath OF
the uncharted mountain on his cheek,
hearing the call OF the unseen bird.
and desirous Of bathing IN the virgin
river. breaks forth. and the world Is
disturbed. but yet aDplauds him who
has gone forth and discovered more OF
lhe unknown and placed the banner on
q higher peak
And we might have been the adven-
turer. the explorer, We sht have
been the Columbus. the Fulton. the
Morse. the Marcsni TO our race had
we been willing 70 make the eXplora-
ton Of the uncharted continent around
and in US. But ss Il IS We are but
hangers on. residents by the sweet
springs when we might have been real
beuefactors Of the race
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out to find out where she was goins
alone.
10. she must 50 by the front gate
and run the risk % being seen by some
ore.
She stepped silently across the hall
and there on the veranda. gazing
dre8mily down The path. sat Nam
met0.
Sge looked 50 lonely. so small. and
weary. that Ramona felr a great lump
in fer throat that almost choi1ed her
" hat should she do2
She thought OF Hal waiting a. ths
station. and for a moment she seemed
ready 20 burst out the door and down
the path 10 the gate.
But twilight had commenced 70
gather. and she knew Mamme-0 would
soon come IN 10 light the lamps, and
then she could steal out unobserved-
She looked al her watch. II as
7.s5. and II was twenty minutes ne
station Just then Sammeto rose and
walked to the side veranda and eK-
amined a place where the honeysuckle
had broken away from the trellis. and
as she did so Romano stole noiselessly
out OF the door. down the path. and
into the roadway. Her heart beat fast
as she looked back az the little cot
tage as II IN farewell, and just then
the chimes rang the Angelus from the
old Mission tower. bidding the erring
ones to halt in their sins TO pray.
Ramona sank 70 her knees. and when
she had finished praying she arose.
rushed up the path 70 the side versn-
da, calling ''Nammstoi On. Mammsto,
we're you calling meT'
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when she saw him looking al her she
had stolen swift. shy glance and
then biushed a beautiful pink to match
her pretty garden gown.
He sought the aid OF his sister, who
already knew her. and before Hal
Stewart had made up his mind what
course IN life 70 pursue. he was head
over heels in love with his pretty
neighbOr-
Being such close neighbors. they
saw a great deaf OF each other. and g
was not long before Donna vsIesquez
noticed that Ramona WAS more than
usual IN the garden. and when she dis
covered the cause she frowned on Hal
Stewart's wooing
She would never allow Ramona 60
marry a Gringo. she had told her. and
had again gone 10 the padre, who
promised 10 counsel Ramona.
But Ramona had a viii Of her own.
and besides she loved Hal Stewart.
She thought Mammato unfair. and
decided 10 see him as much as she
chose
There were many little elandestine
meetings which Ramona hated her
self for keeping, for she dearly loved
the kind old aunt who had been every
thing 10 her.
But Hal Stewart was going 10 Frisco
to enter upon the practice Of law. and
he could not 20 without Ramona. he
had told her.
He pleaded with her TO elope and
she consented. scarcely knowing what
IL would mean.
They were to leave the following
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merits. demerits. and supmerits. con
siderod as a whole. I will try 20
show that in the present case.
England has had. ever since 1926.
more or less regularly working par
lismsntary lie. which necessarily re-
QUired tie employment of jurists.
From the very start law was actually
made by the great justices or com
mon law And when in the course Of
the ffteenth century the complement
and corrective Of common law-that Is.
equity law-arose and was admins
tered by the chancellor and since Vol
sey. also by his assistant. the master
OF the rolls. England had two jus
tices, two judges. who practically made
the civil and other law OF the country.
When Lord Coke, IN the time Of
King James L. simply on mis- own
authority said. "such-snd-such is the
law Of the country" Lord E;llesmere
the chancellor. his antagonist. said.
again on mis- own authority only. NO,
such-and- such is not the law OF the
country.
But Il so happened that those great
Judges OF the land, who always said
they only declared. but never made.
the Law. and who. nevertheless. al
ways did make it-it happened, I say.
that those Judges were invariably TAX
cn from among practicing lawyers.
This is again a feature totally un-
known 20 the entire continent.
There a Judge is a man who has
never been a lawyer-a practicing law
yer. From his start he devotes him
self to the habit and knowledge OF
looking at a law case impartislly-
from above and outside. as II were.
He begins, when twenty-four or
twenty-five. as a small Judge In petty
cases. and rises in the course OF years
to higher posts.
In England. on the other hand.
man begins as a lawyer For fifteen
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~ EARLY FIVE centuries ago there
IN, was born I'm the little town OF
Genoa. Italy. a boy who aft
erwsTd was to be known to the
world as Christopher Columbus Early
in life he developed a fondness for
navigation, and as the years rolled by
came To he recognized as an intrepid
and daring explorer The compass and
the astrolabe bad just been invented.
and sailors were no longer compelled
TO hug the shore on their voyages, but
could push out. far out onto the un-
known and the uncharted sea.
Columbus believed that beyond the
Ganges river, In India. there was a
great uncharted sea filed with num-
berless islands. all rich in mineral
wealth. and full of rivers whose sands
were forever washing uncut diamonds
by the million and precious stones In
greatest of pTofusion. He believed
that tnere was shorteE passage 10
India than the ones usually traversed.
and. though ne did not find il, yet he
aid ind a new land. which by A
strange irony Of fate. was not named
after him. but called America, after
another explorer.
Upon his return from his voyage OF
exploration Columbus told OF the un-
developed and unexplored continent 10
which he had come He told OF It's
climate. singing birds. tropical foliage.
magnificent rivers. immense noun
tains, and aroused such a frenzy of
jesire on the part OF adventurers that
the courts OF Europe were depleted Of
courters and men-at-arms IN re-
marksble way. These men, many of
them. found only grave in the un-
known and unexplored continent. while
others of them pressed forward 10
wealth. and returned home bearing
their trophies with them.
In the 400 years that have passed
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DO not hate solicitors. I hate the
people that render solicitors neces-
sary. or, still better, that give
rise to them. Each nation has the
lawyers il deserves. and none other.
To fall foul Of solicitors barbarous
bills. 10 chafe at the absurd fees of
some barristers. is not very reason
able Let us fan foui OF and chafe
at the inconceivable folly of the pub
lie 10 endure stch bills and such fees
No other nation in Europe endures
anything like il. In the United States,
too. the bills OF solicitors and the
fees Of attorneys-at.law are very
much more moderate. In France they
are not % per cent of what they are
in England. and in Germany. Austria
Hungary and Italy they are not 20 per
cent.
! have worked in lawyers offices in
those countries / know what / say.
The French or German barrlster might
go on asking for English retainers
forever and a day; ne would never
get them. Nobody would be foolish
enough to pay lawyer what no ply
sicisn. no professor Of physics. and no
writer OF the most weighty articles
ever gets
Lord Kelvin. the foremost physicist
OF our time. certainly one Of the great
est, was professor Of natural phiIos-
ophy at Glasgow University from 1876
to 1890. AS such he drew a salary
worth little over s1.OO0 a year A
relatively very large number Of solicit
tors and barristers in this country
make from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
Where is the comparison? Why
should the intellect Of a solicitor or
barrister be valued so much more than
the intellect OF a great physicist? II
Is impossible to understand that on
the merits Of the case However,
things can be understood only on their
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~ ONNA vALEsOUEzs early life
had been nIled with sadness
snd her declining years seem
ed dSrksned by a threatening
cloud Of fear. Donna valesquez was
not bitter, only sad. and in her great
struggle with life her church had been
her guiding star.
She loved the good padres and they
had given her strength and courage.
Early left an orphan. she had gone
TO them when the Gringos had invad-
ed lovely San JacInto Valley. taking
the ancestral home Of the Valesduez
for many generations.
They had been her refuge when her
younger sister had eloped with a hat
cd Qringo. and again she had gone 10
them for guidance when her sister re-
turned heartbroken with her little
daughter to live in the love and for
giveness OF Donna VaIesqueZ.
And when her sister had died. leav-
ing little Ramona to her care, she had
gone TO them again for counsel and
EoiaCe.
Naturally reserved in disposition,
her growing sorrows only added to her
desire for secius!on.
After tie death OF her sister. Donna
VaIesauez. who was now the sole sur
vivor OF ,he proud old house Of Wales
quez. bought little cottage in the
shadow Of the mission and moved
there. taking little Ramona with her.
To her neigh bors she was a sad. kind
old lady who no one knew well. but
whom they all loved and whose desire
for solitude they seemed to under
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NOCTURNAL.

NOCTURNAL.
The man who talks OF seeing nfa-
Must have peculiar sight
For life Is only visible,
He seems to think. at night
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-12-20
Beyond Control.

Although the old gentleman with a
red face and choleric temper had
opened the car window five times with
much vigor he had found it closed
every time he walked from his doZe.
He felt perfectly sure that the per-
son to blame was the man behind him,
who gave vent to stined groan each
time the window was opened. AT last
the choleric gentleman turned in his
seat.
Sir" he said indignantly, you are
evidently one of those persons who
cannot bear fresh air; but may ask
you who controls this window, the
person beside it or the one behind it?"
IF you could stay awake few min
utes," responded his neighbor, you'd
soon discover that nobody can control
that window, sir-not even the brake
man or the conductor. ."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-12-20
BLACK, ITCHING SPOTS ON FACE.
Physicians Called IL Eczema in Worst
Form-Patient Despaired of Cure
-CutiCura Remedies Cure Her.

About four years ago | was afflicted
with black splotches all over my face and
A few covering my body, which produced a
severe itching irritation, and which caused
me a great deal of suffering, TO such an ex-
tent that | was forced TO call in two of the
leading physicians of -. After a thor
ough examination of the dreaded complaint
they announced it TO be skin eczema in its
worst form. Their treatment did me no
good. Finally became despondent and de-
,cided to discontinue their services Then my
husband purchased a single set of the Cuti-
eura Remedies, which entirely stopped the
breaking out. ] continued the use of the
Cutcura Remedies for six months, and
after that every splotch was entirely gone.
/ have not felt a symptom of the eczema
since, which was three years ago. Mrs.
Lizzie +. Sledge $40 Jones Ave, Selma,
Ala, Oct 2S. 1905"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-12-20
The CIansn1en.

a short while ago there was started
a movement 10 have the kits of n
certain one of the British Highland"
regiments discarded in favor OF ordi-
nary trousers. 1t was objected that the
men would be discontented at this
change, and the colonel gave orders
that census of the regiment be TAX
en-, in order TO ascertain the wishes OF
the men themselves. The colonel is
the descendant of long line or
Scotch lairds and strives earnestly to
uphold the old traditions
The sergeant who took the census
of the regiment finally appeared with
his report.
"All the men, with the exception OF
three, are in favor of the change. sir"
ne said.
Indeed" the colonel said. Tell me
the names Of these three true clans
men. They shall be promoted
The sergeant read from his list.
They are, sir" he said, Patrick
Doolan, Hans Steinbrenner and Moses
Ikenstein. n."-Harper's Weekly.