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CHAPTER XVI

The patch of SHADOW moved slowly for
ward.
Suddenly. though distance hid the suc-
gestion of the cause. the pace increased
Faster and yet faster it swept down the
road; in the white silence of the night
the muffled hoof-beats came humping to
our ears. The carriage grew clearer We
could see how it rocked: it might have
been some great ball that flew boua,l.as
towards us.
For some moments we had stood mo-
tionless. helpless. before this amazing
apparition. 1t was Reski who first I'M
derstood; it was he who seized me by tIe
arm. screaming in his excitement to run
Ito run down the way we had come.
And in my panic l obeyed, flying wildly
towards the sharp bend in our rear.
had almost reached it when there came
thought to me that jOstled out the re-
membrance of my own safety, turning
me back. with heaven knows what anx-
iety in my heart Robert and Sir Hen
ry-could they be the travellers that came
galloping to almost certain death?
Ths runaways had but one chance
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MIGHT PUZZLE THE SAID.

Suppose Haebeth's Ghost ShouIA
Meet That 81 Shakespeare.
Shakespeare has lately been d.
nounfd as snob, and am afraid
that affair of the bogus coat of arms
shows that be was not entirely free
from the snobbery Of feudalism. but
no one knew better than he-no one
felt more strongly than he that above
all monarchs sits great suzerain, the
Lord OF the Pen, who uses kings and
who utters truths or lies according to
his pleasure, says writer in Harper's
his librarian to hand from the library
a volume Of history, he used TO say,
Give me my liar" And well he might
But II you come to the fine accomplish
ment Of lying. what is the mere jog
trot muse Of history to the muse OF
poetry, against whose sIanderous utter
ances there is no appeal?
SuppOsing that in the unknown eoun-,
try of shadows which lies beyond the
stars OF the shade OF King Macbethad.
son of Finnlaech (who fell at the bat
tie OF Lumphanon, after having for
seventeen years relgned over Scotland
-reigned with so generous a hand
that he was called "Macbethad the Lib
eral" supposing that this wronged
hero en- bien should happen TO meet the
shade Of the author of Macbeth. and
suppose that the warrior-king should
protest, with the meekness that be-
comes a king in confronting poet.
against the wrong done to his memory
suppose he should ask the poet what
was his justification for having de-
picted him as the protagonist of assas-
sins-him who had never killed a man
in his life save In open battle, while
Duncan, his supposed victim, really did
succeed to the Scottish throne because
his path had been somehow made clear
for him by family murder-suppose
Macbeth should presume to ask such
a question of the poet. what reply
would the shade of the suzerain make?
Would he deign TO make any reply at
all. or would he simply beckon TO the
shade of Raphael Holinshed from
whose chronicle the story of Macbeth
is drawn) TO relieve him from the irk-
someness Of answering idle questionsp
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CHORUS.
How they Uttered, how they Iaughed!i
How my sister and my brother at me
cnafed,
When they heard the lawyer declare
~Granny's only left to you her old arm
chair"
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SOME RURAL SAYINGS.

| There Are Many of Them in Which
Belief Can StIlI Be Found.
While signs and sayings are not so
lrife as they once were in the New En-
gland country, they are still extant to
considerable degree among the old
people, and p,rhaps still more 50 among
/ the children. This SORT of thing al
ways has appealed to the Imagination
of the child. and very Iikehs always
viii. Clifton Johnson tells in the New
England Magazine number of bits On
superstitious lore which he gathered
| from an elderly farmer Familiarity
known as "Gramp," diminutiye for
grandpa" Their first experience to-
gether. with the witchhazel crotch,
seeking for water, did not prove to be
successful. for although the crotch,
which the old farmer held firmly in
both hands, with the extremity point
ing vertically in the air, tipped strong
~ downward when over a certain spot,
subsequent digging failed to disclose
any water. The farmers faith in the
method. however, was not in any way
dissipated.
Another superstition in which the
farmer placed implicit confidence was
that storms always clear Off at 9 in
the morning. at noon, at o'clock in
the afternoon, at sunset, at midnight,
or at sunrise. Mr.. johnson feels, how
ever. that it would be very ingenious
storm which could clear off at Il time
sufficiently removed from the times
them By the weatherwise. 1t is also
believed that the weather on any given |
day will be as it is between 10 and . |
in the morning A cold snap can be de |
pended upon if the dog comes into the 1
house and puts his head under the mat. |
If the wind dies down at sunset it will !
blow again the next day. One of the |
popular feminine beliefs is that If q /
hin is held between the teeth while /
peeling onions it will prevent the tears
coming. Rats can be driven out of a
house by catching one. tarring and /
feathering it and turning it loose.
simple cure for hiccoughs is for
the afflicted one to see how near To-
.ether he can hold his little fingers
without their touching. Toothache may 1
be prevented by cutting a little from
each toe and finger nail, wrapping the
cuttings in white paper or birch bark
md putting them in hole bored in a
pine tree. "Close the hole by plug
ring" said the farmer. "and you won't
nave any trouble from aching teeth as
ong as you live" Unfortunately this
viii not prevent the loss Of teeth by
lecay. Rheumatism can be cured by
,utting mustard in the shoes. and nose
Heed by putting piece of paper under
he tongue or 4 key on the back of the
leck. A cure-ar almost equal to some
advertised remedies is water bottled
il a spring on Easter morning before
unrise. Drink a little of it If any :
hing Is the matter inside of you and
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MoReuE MAN FEARS cRlckETs.

Night Attendant FIees When He
Hears One
Fright is a condition unknown to
Fritz Weiderman, except when he hears
a cricket, says the New York World
For twelve years Fritz has been a night
employe of the Philadelphia morgue.
and for four years he has been sleeping
there.
| Yet this man, who can handle body
With as little emotion as if be were put
ting ice in a refrigerator. to whose
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snow shoreling Next.

Citiman-How are things with your
Busy?
Subbubs-No, but III bet we're due
to have a heavy fall of snow pretty
soon.
Citiman-what do you mean?
don't understand
Subbubs-Well. stopped cutting
grass nearly two weeks ago.-Philadel-
phia Press
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But" protested the first dear girl,
Il haven't got the face to ask a favor
of him"
We'll" rejoined dear girl Nc. ., ''you
might visit a complexion specialist and
have your face. remodeled.
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Meeker-Yes, my wife always speaks
her mind, but
Bleeker-Well?
Meeker-I wouldn't object to that II
she would only stop when she gets 10
the end of it
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NY GrandBothe<'s OLD Armchair.
Ny grandmother she
At the age Of eighty
One day in May was taken III and died,
And after she was dead
The will, of course, was read,
BY the lawyer, az we all sat side By side.
To my brother it was found
She had left a hundred pounds;
The same TO my sister, declare;
But when it came to me,
The lawyer said Il see
Granny's only left to you her old ARD
chair"
CHORUS.
How my sister and my brother at me
cnafed,
When they heard the lawyer declare
@Granny's only left to you her old arm
chair"
| thought it hardly fair,
But still | did not care.
In the evening took the chair away.
The neighbors at me laughed,
Ny brother al me chafed,
Said he John, the chair will be Of use
to- you some day.
When you settle down in life
And find some girl to be your wife
The chair viii be of use to you, l declare.
On cold and stormy night
When the fire is burning bright,
You can sit in your old armchair"
What my brother said was true,
For in a year or two,
l, strange to say, was settled down in life.
At first the girl l courted,
And then the ring | bought
l took her to the church, and she's my
wife
Oh that dear old girl and me
Were as happy as could be,
And when my work was over, declare
l never cared TO roam,
But always stayed at home,
And would sit in my old armchair.
One night the chair broke down
And on picking up I found
The bottom had fallen out upon the floor,
And right before my eyes
saw to my surprise
Notes for thousand pounds or more.
When my brother heard OF this
Why, the fellow, l confess,
Was maddened with rage and tore his
hair.
But 1 only laughed at him,
And said to him: Jim.
Don't you wish you had the old arm
chair?"
CHORUS Ito last verse;.
How | Uttered. how l laughed,
How l at my brother and my sister
chaffed.
When l heard the lawyer declare
''Granny's left a fortune in the old arm
chair ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-13
THURSDAY. JUNE 10. 1907.
A Sunday in the Park.

In one day, Sunday, June Q, there
passed Pierce's Mill, in Rock Creek
Park, the following:
40 automobiles;
1876 horse-drawn vehicles;
$50 horseback riders;
100 bicycles;
900 pedestrians.
This count of visitors, says the as
sistant engineer of the park, covers
only one point of entrance. 1t shows
that probably 5000 citizens of the
District had use, enjoyment and
health out of the park that Sunday.
Southwark, in the Geological Park,
the attendance was probably half
again greater; but that is not so
worthy of note as this influx into n
reservation where there are only
trees. grass, a sparkling creek,
drives, and paths. That at once
proves the value of suburban parks,
and indicates the use to which recre-
alton grounds would be put here in
Washington.
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Good Copies or Poor Originals?

An association of women at work
in New York and known as the We
lasquez Club IS doing quietly an edu-
cational work of great value. The
cbiectt is TO familiarize Americans
with the worlds most famous paint
ings by means of fine copies, and to
give to local museums, schools, IL
braries, and individuals opportunity
Of procuring such copies at fair
prices. No reproduction is exhibited
or offered for sale which has not
passed the scrutiny of a competent
jury; and men like John w. AleXan-
der gauge the juryman's ability.
A good copy of a great painting
is vastly better for the owner than
commonplace original. True as
this is even of originals from hands
usually masterful, it is twenty times
more convincing as to originals
from hands half trained. Glaring
red apples in a gold frame eight
inches VIDE, painted so you can
hardly tell they amt real" do not
uplift the onlooker to higher APP
probation of beauty, no matter if a
mans daughter did do them after
only six lessons at a dollar apiece"
Nor will rustic bridges painted after
a pattern, or ships that would defy
the skill of = Drake or a Cabot roll
ing in bath-tub sea. But print
of THE Spirners" could hardly be
SO poor that it would not leave an
image even upon inattentive eyes.
Reasonable application of this
fact to the adornment of our school
rooms will do succeeding genera
tions much good. Washington is
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already reaping the benefit. Copies,
some in color, of characteristic
works by Velasquez, Titan, Murillo,
Leonardo De Vinci, Luca della Rob
bia, Michael Angelo, Corot, Dupre,
Leighton, Millet, and other masters
hang in the corridors of most of
our school buildings. A child ae-
customed day by day to such stand
ards cannot be content with
ehromos. In time his taste must
influence his home. And, in its turn,
his home viii spread the spirit of
pure and healthful beauty through
out the neighborhood.
In teaching the gospel of good
art, with special attention to Nelas-
quez, these women of New York,
therefore, are INDUCING in no fad
They are building on the firm foun-
dations of sound education. The
simple realization of that fact ac-
credits them with intelligence and
seriousness. They deserve to sue
coed, and there is little doubt they
will
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PLAN GREAT BABY SHOW
AT LUNA PARK THIS MONTH

Luna Park is catering to thousands
daily.
Plans for baby show are in course OF
preparation. 10 take place in the park
Monday. June "A. Washington versus
Alexandra are the contestants. and as
the management proposes Offering
tempting prizes, mothers are lining
their children up for the event, with d
view Of carrying or the laurels.
Haley's Washington Orchestra Band
opened Sunday last. giving entire salts
faction from the start. Washington vii
remember Bandmaster Haley as a
soloist IN the United States Marine
Band, and under the leadership Of III
rector Scala, at the age of fifteen. ne
did solo work at many OF The White
House lawn concerts.
The bird and dog act is being present
ed this week by Prof. Pamahasika on
the hippOdrOme stage. IL is a part of
the free vaudeville. The birds and dogs
go through their work without the usual
formality OF being driven, and, while
Manager GOOdfellow secured Il for the
edihcation Of the little folk. a large per
centage OF grown-ups are in evidence al
every performance, and relish II with
the same enthusiasm as do the chill
dren.
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"THE PRIVATE SECRETARY"
EDWIN ARDENS NEXT PLAY

"The Private Secretary has been Sc
lected by Edwin Arden as the next Of
fering of his company at the BelaSco
Theater. beginning next Monday even
ing. II was in the role of the Rev.
Robert Spalding, the eccentric clergy
man with his umbrella and his goloshes,
that William Gillette scored one Of his
first and greatest triumphs. This role
next week Will be entrusted TO Edward
Ellis. the clever character comedian OF
the Arden company, who has made such
a hit this week as the waiter in 'Di-
vorcons" Mr.. Arden will be seen as
Douglas Cattermole. the young scamp
who changes places with the real pri-
vate secretary, and goes TO the country
to pose as a clergyman and teach two
young girls. The complications that
ensue when the real clergyman follows
him added to the confusion caused by
the determination of Gibson, the tailor,
to force young Cattermole to Introduce
him into society. make up one of the
most amusing farces ever written. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-13
UNREST GROWING
AMONG IRISHMEN
UNDERREPRESSION
Farmers on Erin'S Isle
Demand Better Treat
ment From Land
lords.

DUBLIN, ireland, June l3-Since the
Nationalist convention here unani-
mously rejected the partial home rule
scheme Of the English Liberal govern
ment, affairs in Ireland have been rapid
Iy drifting into an acute phase. Ma
tional Ireland having repudiated all
form of compromise. the Extremists
have a greater following than they had
since the DAYS of the old land league.
A new organization called the Sim
F'Sin. composed almost exclusively OF
young men, is securing an immense fol-
lowing. Sim Fsin demands not only an
independent ireland, but a revival OF
the old Gaelic tongue and the Gaelic
literature.
In the western counties the dissent is
extreme. In Kings and Galway coun-
ties there have been repeated RAIDS on
property, which the police have been
unable to prevent and the courts have
been unable TO punish. In these coGn-
ties great tracts of land have been
turned into grazing farms. and land
lords have refused TO sell, and in some
cases have ever refused TO rent 10
small tenants. Farmers declare they
are unable to support themselves and
their children, and must fight for the
bare necessities OF life
The greatest enmity is displayed to-
ward the owners OF big grazing farms.
Hundreds of head of cattle have been
driven off the land. In some cases cat
tie have been tied together by their
tails, and the animals struggled until
enc or the other of them had its tail
pulled out by the roots. a few unsuc-
ecssful attempts have been made TO fire
hay ricks and houses. Under the pres
emit law, the government will advance
money TO farmers 10 buy land when
the landlords consent to sell. Ii is
claimed, however that the landlords
will only sell the poor land and keep
the good for grazing.
A compulsory purchase act is is wide
~ demanded.
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A Pennsylvania Veto.

In the interest aroused by Gov
ernor Hughes veto Of the two-cent-
annie railroad fare bill, another
veto of scarcely les, Importance may
escape public notice. 1t is that by
which Governor Stuart, Of Pennsyl-
vania, has stopped the movement to
add State allowances to the gener-
Gus pensions paid United States vet
Grams by the Federal Government
Skullling has characterized the
Republican treatment of the pro-
posed legislation from the day the
bill was introduced in the State SEN
ate. Then was the time to kin it.
In principle il was wrong. The serv-
ice on which the measure. depended
was performed for the nation, not
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The nation should and does pay for
it-generously. When the nation
fails, Their and only then will it be
needful for the several States to
take a hand.
Instead Of killing it, the Senate
was afraid to do anything but pass
| it on TO the House. There courage
was lacking in precisely the same
way, and the leaders sought TO keep
the soldier vote" and defeat the
! bill at the same time by increasing
! the sum of its allowances from ST.
/ 900, 900 to S6.O0O,0OO Back in the
! Senate il was swallowed-S6 900, 600
and all. And this double cowardice
was exhibited in spite of earnest
testimony from prominent officials
of the Grand Army of the Republic
that they and their comrades disap-
proved Of the whole project.
Governor Stuart did not discuss in
his veto the large shortening at
the bottom of the Legislatures ac-
ton. He had other and sufficient
grounds for vetoing the bill in lack
of funds to meet its allowances,
orudity of form, and manifest lack
of proper deliberation over it in the
two houses. He could not. he said,
rob the hospitals and asylums of
the State for a grant to citizens al
ready substantially aided from other
! sources.
Yet he would have done better to
take the issue in both hands and
choke it. A sane, clear, djIecl state
ment of the case would lave robbeS
it of any political advantage for the
Democrats. Now, they can join to
the shocking disclosures of graft in
the State capitol the contention that
a moderate bill was loaded with
waste by the Republican Legislature
and vetoed on money grounds alone
by the Republican governor. But
citizens who are patriots before
they are party men viii not forget
that Governor Stuart has, neyerthe-
less. exhibited a fne-and rare
KIND of courage.
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"Cavalleria Rusticana" will form an
attractive Offering, by the Aborn Opera
Company, at the New National The
alter next week. 10 the students Of elias
sic music, being the first venture of
that organization I'm this class OF com
position during their present season.
while in the same program, Gilbert <
SulliVan's comic opera, III NJ s Pima
FORE will gladden. the hearts Of those
inclined toward the more popular sort
OF music.
Though its music is Of the highest
quality, "Cavalleria Rusucana' IS
known as one of the popular classics
enjoyable TO musician and layman alike,
and This also makes its selection the
more appropriate as the first presenta-
ton of this grade OF music. A double
cast will be heard in these two operas.
including the present favOrites appear
ins in the AbOrn Company, and a num-
Der OF additional artists. The chorus,
also, viii be Increased for the occa-
sion.
Owing 10 the length Of the program
the curtain Will rise promptly at 5
O'Clock each evening and at = . clock
for the matinee performances.
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A Noble Plan.

Success to those Rhode Island mill
men who have just organized a cam
paign to fight that most insidious
and terrible enemy Of the human
race, tuberculosis. 1t is a we'll
known fact that mill life is favor
able in a great many. ways to the
acquiring and the spread of the dis
ease. How many thousands of
young girls drop out of the ranks of
factory workers all over the land
stricken with a malady that is then
beyond human control we cannot
estimate, but it is apPallingly large.
Here, then, in the very camp of the
enemy is the place to dispute his
sway.
As a result of the Rhode Island
agitation, plans have been put in
operation for practical scientific
work among the operatives, both in
the mills and the homes, and there
is now a vigorous organization
called the League for the Suppress
sion of tuberculosis Sanitary con-
ditions are watched carefully; ply
sicians are employed to visit all the
mill departments frequently, and
educational lectures and practical
talks are often given.
II is a splendid crusade, and one
that proPrietors of mills and fac
tories all over the land may well
copy, for that which makes for the
strongest force of operatives physic-
ally makes for the best industrial
conditions, and so financial profits.
Thus mercy and money may be very
nobly allied.
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FireprOOf Schools Cheaper.

Suppose a city were free to choose
between school houses that were
not freproof and others which were.
Suppose, also, that the fireproof
buildings could be constructed at a
less cost than those subject to fire.
Would any community, in the
Lands of sane men, hesitate which
10 build? Hardly. Well. Philadei-
phia has just made the discovery
that within the jurisdiction of her
board of education freproOf school
buildings are less expensive than
combustible buildings.
Washington's School House Com
mission should note the specifica-
tons:
Each of the two buildings pro
jected is 10 contain twenty-one class
rooms, with desks for 1850 children,
The bids were: In one instance. SOP,
953 nOn-freproof, and S199, $50 FIRE
proof; in the other instance. $780,
non-freproof. and $19s,7Oo fireProof.
Our officials owe il TO the whole
body of District parents TO investi-
gate local conditions, and see if fire.
proof houses are not as feasible
here as in Philadelphia.
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could not afford to recogn

could not afford to recogn it at
all.
Mitchell replied that the opera, prs
had trust far more powerful and
ironclad than that of the miners,
and insisted that the same ethics
which justified a trust of operators
must warrant union of the men.
At first the operators jeered at the
suggestion that they had a trust,
and the public was slow to believe
Mitchell.
But in time Mitchell's reasoning
and his information won the day for
the men. Not only did ne force the
operators at the last TO treat with
the men as an organization, but he
convinced the country that his trust
charges against them were true. To
William II. Hearst is due the credit
of actually developing the detailed
information and evidence, and in
itiating a suit to dissolve the trust.
This the Government readily took
up, and the beginning of an action
under the Sherman law indicates
that at least this combination is
likely to be forced to recognize the
law, as it has earlier been compelled
to recognize the right of workmen
to organize as we'll as employers.