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laughter to the unconcealed JOY of her
companion.
You laugh exactly as knew you
would he told her. Sometimes watch
ing you l have seen your eyes break sud-
denly into bOisterous merriment-"
This is a lovely road" said Patrice.
Isn't It? Did you bring your sketch
book"
Miss Lithgow shook her head and grew
slightly pinl,er
THAT was one of the days he said.
reminiscently, when your eyes
There is the bridge" said Patrice.
The dark opening was close before them
\ minute later the horses hoofs pounded
on the wooden floor.
Mr. Adamson threw down the reins and
took the umbrella from Patrice. Listen
to the rain on that roof he eXulted
May l help you down? It is always
proper to explore your desert island the
first thing
Il am the more willing said Patrice
because this particular part of your des-
ert island leaks
Our desert island" he corrected. He
sprang out and held up his arms. Now:
alighted beside him. I'VE will go to the
farthest extremity and look
For SAIL suggested Patrice.
mot at ALL" decidedly. We have no
use for a sail. l was going to say we
would look for lurking sayages while we
continue our discussion"
The face she turned to him was more
fowerlike than ever in the half-light OF
the bridge He paused a moment before
going on.
You have forgotten again." ne said.
'It was a question of rank. We had just
come to the point of falling in love with a
countess
Patrice laughed lightly. That is not a
thing that interests either of u.s." she
said.
only Theoretically" he assented. II
am going to marry an American girl.
All" said Lady Evelyn Maud. How
interesting Her voice was high and cool
and sweet. She fastened her steps trite
and looked out through the rain at the
winding gray road.
do you remember that day" began
Mr.. Adamson. and from his tone one
might well have thought that both the
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she had carefully avoided a glance at the
dark, clear-cut face. Her vivacity in
creased until the dining room door closed
behind her and her party. Then she rid
herself of her following with a skill that
no countess could have surpassed and
sank into a chair beside Kate.
"Anything the matter with the mis-
sion?'' inquired Miss Lawrence
Patrice sighed. Her voice dropped to a
confidential tone and Lake Michigan &C
cent.
II think she said that all mission
aries need periods of restful seclusion."
Kate laughed. is it so bad as that
she said.
Are you ready. Pato" Miss Lawrence
fastened the collar of her white linen and
looked around at her friend.
Patrice was peeking disconsolately
through the shutters of the east window.
Il don't believe I'll CO." she said.
Kate took three steps across the room
to look out of the window. OH she
exclaimed Now how. with admiring
establishment. did he succeed in keeping
that seat for the countess
You can sit there. said Patriee, and
1 will sit with Miss Enderleighs nephew"
Miss Enderleigh's nephew asked to be
permitted the pleasure of my company
well. Mr.. French asked to sit by me
and so did Floyd and so did the cousin OF
the southern girls and so did
Couldn't l tell it by the uneasy dfscon-
tent of their expression? The fact re-
mains that the only seat left for you is
the seat beside the driver"
We'll. I'm not going" said Patrice. Il
am ILL.,"
':Ill!'' scoffed Kate. "a woman with a
mission, Get into your sailor hat and
your top boots. Mary Beatrice Muriel Pa
tricia!'
Patrice arose. She added a string of
pearls to her ensemble and pinned on a
big white hat. Her air was that of a
royal martyr as she swept down stairs be-
side her friend and allowed Mr.. Adamson
to help her to her high seat. Mr.. French
addressed her at once in a tone reproach-
full and grieved.
gov. in choosing that and then the
six black horses started on dash that
drowned the rest of his speech.
Miss Lithgow. her face hidden from the
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See here. driver he called. Turn to
the left here. We want to visit that
chaps studio
AN right" said Mr.. Adamson. He
drew his six horses sharply to the left
and pulled up at the side of the road
where path led up steep hill out of
sight.
Mr.. French hurried forward Now.
Miss Lithgow.' he smiled.
But Miss Lithgow ruefully held out a
very hgh-heeled slipper.
Il didn't know there was to be any
walking" she said But when my aunt
comes reference to an imminent
chaperon was another favorite of Pat
rice's-"I shall come up here with her.
Please go on, Mr.. French. you are keep
ing the others waiting and Mr.. French.
protesting still. departed.
ut Is impossible to climb in French
Perfectly impossible" assented her
companion gravely. THE French have
done one or two good things in their
time
Lady Evelyn Maud's understudy frown-
ed. Then Patrice Lithgow smiled just a
little.
II think it is going to rain" she said
Il think so, too he returned. II
thought SO when We started"
The front seat is desirable place in
4 rainstorm.'
Il thought of that too" he agreed ;
but that one reason for not wanting you
on the front seat was hopelessly out
classed by the reason for wanting you"
She leaned forward TO look at the path
where the others had disappeared
II wonder whether l could Climb it,
she said.
certainly not.' he assured her prompt
ly. You'd never make it in the world
Besides. we haven't finished our discus
sion.''
She wrinkled her straight brows
About falling in love with a lady of
rank" he exclaimed.
She leaned back in her seat and allowed
the lace ruffie of her sunshade to droop
between her and her neighbor. She did
not speak for moment. Then. in the
tone of one who suits the conversation to
the company:
do you like driving?" she said
Very much" he answered, promptly.
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the daily press doesn't say anything about
1t, either in advance of the glad event
or following it.
Only il you belong to one OF the Hun
dred Wealthiest Families it's different
Your courtship is made about as private
for you as Barnum & Bailey's grand en-
try. The lady writer's tell things about
the young ladys trousseau. that no gem
tlemen Is supposed to know unless he's
a buyer for a white goods house. and
print the pictures to prove it. At the
wedding it takes the reserves from five
police stations to restrain thousands OF
strange ladies who want to undress your
lovely bride as she energies from the car
riage in front Of the church in order to
see if the story about that Irish point
lace at $1,000 yard is true or false.
When there's an heir due You get n
line of advance notices that the press
agent of burlesque troupe would give
his right eye for. You might just as well
be Housekeeping in a glass snake charm
er's cage in front of Madison Square
Garden. And 1t doesn't make any differ
ence whether you like it or not. You're
only a guy with money and nobody pays
any attention to your wishes except to
laugh at them merrily.
IF you run your automobile slow the
general public calls you coward and
says Get horse. If you run it fast
they call you a speed maniac and say
Get a rope If you save your dividends
you're a tightwad; IL you blow em you re
prof1igate and ought to have trus-
tee appointed for your person. You only
get half as much for your money as any
body else. and any time you feel lonely
you can look back over your shoulder and
watch the private detectives trailing
along waiting for a chance to kick in on
the blackmail. But the hardest blow of
all has just fallen. It's worse than any
thing that went before. The young gen
tlemen who write the best sellers are
now starting to frizzle the sad-eyed but
terfish who hasn't anything but currency.
1T used to be that the villain of a
novel was a low-browed huffian with a
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breath that seemed to be constantly
comm through the rye and a disposition
that was way down upon the Suwanee
river. He resided in CHEEKY attic lodgings
where the bedclothes and the provisions
mingled up together the same they do
in a flying squirrels nest, and on awak-
ening of a morning with a feeling of de-
preston he elevated his spirits a few
notches by knocking the map off Of a
Nancy Sykes girl. who came in looking
as If she'd just finished helping some
body trim a scow He never by any
chance had more than eleven dollars on
his person at one time and he acquired
that by numbering an elderly lady in re-
duced circumstances named Apple MARI.
The nearest we came to having a we'll
to-do william was in meIodrama. where
he was vile wretch made up with 4
complexion like a green lamp shade and
touches of gray at the temples. who spent
large gobs of purely stage money de-
frauding the rightful heir-at-law.
But now we're getting d correct slant
on the appalling personal habits and GUS
toms of the Truly Rich, and we are be-
ginning to recognize them for what they
really are, thanks be to Master Sinclair,
who writes on the subject with all the
freedom which he would use If he knew
anything about 1t, and also Master Pat
tersOn. who really ought to be able to
furnish those of us who are on the out
side looking in with the accurate dope
on the private life of the smart set-or
should l say smarting because his fam
lily is one of the oldest and proudest in our
sister city OF Chicago. dating back. as it
does to the Cook county golden era, about
midway between Mrs. O'Learys COW and
the opening Of the present era. And now,
to top off with. we have this Prof. Hew-
lit emerging from his particular prairie dog
burrow and cheeping in in a vociferous
manner. Along about November, if this
keeps up, l look to see the garbage con-
tractor coming with a spade and crock
of chloride to remove what's left of New
York society to the city dump.
'I'll own up. Larry, / didn't suspicion
it from my casual experience with such
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I used TO De great fesPoHsipii
ity to have money in bulk, said
the Hotel Clerk. but now its
a great risk I'm glad I'm not
cursed with the awful stuff.
..Well, as fur me, I wisht some enemy'f
try to git even by dyin' and leavin me
few millions in real currency said the
House Detective. I'D try to bear up
under the affection
Not for NINE" said the Hotel Clerk
MY good name and my lovable DISPOSE
ton are about all have. except that new
fall suit with the buttons running up the
cuffs. and / feel that l can't afford to
be taking any wide chances. | guess you
haven't heard what's happening these
times to the people that have the avail
able money supply of tlfe United States
corralled?
Just havin' the money is enough,
persisted the House Detective Gimme
all the regular coin / could use and t
wouldn't make no difference to ME wot
else happened
..Oh, yes, it would" said the Hotel
Clerk You'd switch to the gloom verse
after Upton Sinclair and young Mister
Joe Medin Patterson and Prof. Whatshis-
'SN'>
their little whack at you. We used to
waste our energies feeling sorry for the
poor. but the times come to spread
little sympathy for the rich. BY Theodore
RooseveH's policies and Col Bryan's per-
versity. Larry, if things keep on the way
they're heading now it'll be the wealthy
classes that'l suffer the most from eX-
posture this winter
You're all right, as long as you re
poor enough TO be in what is called COM
fort BILE circumstances. meaning by that,
while you may not have any touring cars
al your door you haven't got any wolves
there either. Your only chance to ride
a the front of the procession may be
when you attend funeral in the capacity
of deceased But while they're not hold
ing a place for you next to the driver on
top of the large red tableauX car drawn
by sixteen Snow-white steeds with look
ing glasses in the sides, neither have they
got you away back at the tail-end of the
parade, damned in between the steam
calliope and the clown wagon. You
merely pass by in one of the closed cages
and the populace at large don't know
whether YOUR an Axis deer from Central
Asia or a collection of pale blue, re-
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grape trelis on your account-the an
swer being that he does. And the pa
per goes into the intimate history of
your early life. proving that you were
always considerable of big dub and the
San Francisco correspondent digs up an
uncle that you never heard Of. in the San
biologists chart off your face. the same
as if it was real estate. to show your low
criminal characteristics, and bright young
reporters call you out of bed at a quarter
to 4 am. to say the city editor sent 'em
UP to ask YOU if it's true that up until
the time you were twelve years old they
nad to throw you down and blow your
nose by main force?
IF you're poor you don't contract
matrimonial alliance; you merely get
married. Some evening YOU become sud-
denly imbued with courage and you go
up to the fiat of the only girl on earth
and sitting there alongside of her on the
lounge that ma got for trading stamps,
under the soft light of the gift-coupon
library lamp, you steal moment. be-
tween the shores of her father, who's
asleep in the dining room with his feet
On the fire escape. and the splashing
sound made by her brother who's taking
a bath in the bathroom, opening off of
the music room, to ask her if It's all
right. And she says it is. whereupon
more than 5000 invisible meadowlarks
light on your ribs and begin to sing your
soul to sleep And couple Of weeks
later you take her by the hand and lead
her quietly down to the domines. who
either plain clothes preacher or on the
uniformed force depending on whether
her folks come from the north of Ireland
or the south. and the next day the in
stallment house is assisting another young
couple to prove that two can live as cheap
as one. only they can't.
But be that as it may, your house
hold is eventually enriched by little
treasure that hasn't any teeth or hair
but is otherwise perfect in every way,
and although it's probably the greatest
thing that ever happened in the world,
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Among the Lower Orders of our Popula-
ton
But suppose, the other hand, your
fortune is the kind that can only be ex-
pressed by a dollar mark drum-major
marching east at the head of fife and
drum corps, composed OF figure seven
playing the fife and six naughts perform
ing on the bass drum. what do they do
to YOU then. if you chance to let your
foot slip a few inches owing to the side
walks being slippery at quarter to
4 am? Does or does not the head copy
reader build up headline as tall as
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BY IRWIN S. COBB.

1T used to be great responsible
- ity to have money in bulk, SAID
the Hotel Clerk, but now its
a great risk. I'm glad I'm not
nit no a1.ful stuff -
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served seat stringers, and don't care
hang.
so being as you are what you are.
if YOU go home some night. packed to the
hat, and offer your lady wife a reproof on
the point of the jaw and the janitor runs
out to look for cop, and finds one. all
you get is short paragraph in the early
mail edition, with your name spelled
wrong. The worst that can happen to
YOU is for the siX-cylinder. high-browed
newspa pers to make you the subject of an
edit oriaI dealing with IntoXication as a
Cause of Glass Discomfort
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By Jeanette Cooper.

tCopyright.1
ATRICE was the only arrival by
the late train. and the drawing
room and the Office gave her
some attention as she mounted
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'Ill own up, Larry. 1 didn't suspicion
it from my casual experience with such
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-06
WHAT TINY DID.

The author Of "A Hermit's Wild
Flowers" relates how a little red
squirrel, which he called "Tiny, F." sue
ceeded in getting at some seeds that
were hidden from him in different
places.
II stretched cord between two
trees, and halfway suspended a box
open at the top and full of tempting
seeds. Tiny saw the birds eating from
the box, and made up his mind that
he must have share in the treat.
He soon found slender limb that
would bend under his weight and let
him into the box. After he had used
this highway several days I cut the
limb away. When Tiny found fresh
stub instead of a limb he understood
what it meant, and chartered away
angrily.
His next move was to investigate
the line where it was attached to the
trees. When he found it he thought
he could reach the box over the line,
and started out. When about a foot
from the box the line turned and Tiny
jumped to the ground He tried this
three times and met with failure.
The fourth time when the line turned
he chung to it and made his way to the
box hand over hand. I thought he
deserved a reward for his continued
effort and intelligence, so, since tsen.
I allow him to eat from the box when
ever he feels like it,.
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OPPORTUNITY.

to the lowest landing and which is
normally raised clear of the ground.
so as to prevent unauthorized persons
from mounting the fire escape A re-
cent invention provides an alarm de-
vice which is attached to the hinged
ladder in such manner that should it
be lowered, the alarm would be sound
ed The device comprises a cable at
tached to one end of the hinged lad
der, which passes over a pulley Sc
cured to the second landing of the
fire escape, and terminates in coun-
ter-weight. The pulley is mounted
between a, pair OF bells, and the pulley
shaft carries a clapper, so that as the
pulley is rotated when lowering the
ladder, the clapper will turn with it.
In one Of the bells number of pro
1ections are provided. and these con-
tacting with the clapper serve to vi
brate the latter and sound the bells.
Scientific American.
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SNOWFALL Cake-One and ona-half
cups sugar, three tablespoonfuls but
ter, two-thirds of a cup of milk, two
cups -four, three egg whites, two even
teaspoonfuls baking powder, one tea
spoonful extract of almond Cream
the butter and sugar. add the egg
whites, milk, -four and baking pow
der sifted together and then the fla
voring. Bake in square cake pan
and frost.
Fried Shrimps-Haye the shrimps
boiled little and prepare this mix
ture: Two tablespoonfuls of melted
butter, a teaspoonful OF curry pow
der, salt and pepper to taste. and stis
the shrimps about in it. Then let
them stand in the mixture for half an
hour or more. Take out, dip in fiae
bread crumbs, drop into boiling fat,
and serve very hot. Tartar sauce, it
is suggested. should be served with
them.
Velvet Molasses Caudy--Ona and
one-half pounds sugar, one-half pint
molasses, one-fourth cup cider yine-
gar, one teaspoonful lemon extract.
Place all but the iayoring in an
agate lined kettle. and when boiling
add a half teaspoonful cream Of tar
tar. Continue boiling until it crisps
in cold water. Stir vigorously and
when nearly done add a quarter
pound choice butter. fourth tea
spoonful of bi-carbonate of soda, as
also the lemon. Cool upon buttered
surface; pull and chip with shears
into small sections.
English Chicken Pie-Cat into
dice two ounces of ham. four large
fresh mushrooms, and four truftlcs;
add to this two ounces OF butter.
with an ounce of -four. pint of
white stock. Stir this over the fire
constantly for two or three minutes.
then let simmer for twenty minutes
very slowly. Put in then two cups
of cold cooked chicken cut into small
cubes, half dozen gherkins cut in
slices, and the salt and pepper that
seem necessary. Line dish with
paste and bake till it is yellow Then
all with the chicken mixture, cover
with a paste and bake slowly for al
most an hour.
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| neighboH got their water from the
blue depths of the fine old @big
spring" Nevertheless, the "big
spring" would likely last about sixty
minutes if it's waters were pumped
to supply good-sized tank So that
the first thing in considering a wind
mill for pumping is, have you good
water supply to pump? A fine water
supply should certainly be recognized
as a most valuable asset, and the
question then arises as to its fullest
utilization. In many cases nothing
more economical than a windmill can
be found for getting the water to the
surface and forcing 1t into tank
high above the surroundings. OF
course, there are power windmills for
grinding, ETC., as well as those rugged
for pumping, and an immense amount
of hard work can be accomplished by
these former
1t is an inspiring sight to travel
through portions of Kansas and Me-
braska, and see the thousands Of
windmills, all spinning merrily in the
crisp western wind. Many a farmer
in the western part of these States,
through his few acres irrigated by
wind pumped water, has bridged over
periods of drought on his new farm
and been able to stick it out until he
could get more thoroughly estab-
lished. Some of the mills improvised
by the early settlers are crude enough
but picturesque, nevertheless service
able under the strong prairie winds.
they may have been constructed en-
tirely of dry goods boxes, resembling
the paddle wheels of old stern wheeler
river steamers. Others look like big
pin wheels, and some have sails of old
Kerosene cans hammered out fat. In
the Arkansas Valley in Kansas, one
private pumping plant erected about
five years ago at cost of $4,000, s1p-
piled water from the overflow of the
Arkansas River for one thousand
acres, and paid for itself the first
year.
The writer has small, eight-foot
windmill on his Virginia place, and
this, under good head of wind, fills
nine hundred gallon tank in the
attic of the house in from two to three
hours. Continuous pumping does not
lower the water in the well, and with
the average run of wind this tank
could be pumped full daily. With a
clay or other retaining reservoir of
sufficient size to take all the water
from the windmill, enough storage
could be provided by this small plant
for the irrigation of from three to
four acres.-Guy Elliott Mitchell, in
the American Cultivator.
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becomes popular. 1t becomes awfully
popular. 1t is in danger of being
looked upon as an actual revolu-
tionizer. AS a matter of fact. the
windmill has great deal of worth
in many locations and its use is con-
stantly increasing. If the old Dutch
mill was, and for that matter is to-
day, effective, certainly the high type
of American article is a power gem
orator on the farm of great value, if
the conditions are right for it's use
1t is foolish, yet it has been done in
countless cases, to order an expensive
windmill plant for pumping, before
finding out that the water supply is
a good one.
The difference between supplying a
house and farm stock with water,
nowadays, to say nothing of watering
the grounds on the garden, and that
of carrying water from the "big
spring" in buckets, as in the old days,
is as great as is the difference be-
tween the civilization of to-day and
that of one hundred years ago. The
big spring" undoubtedly did have a
countrywide reputation for never GO
ing dry-in fact, in several years of
great drought, when all the other
wells and springs dried up, all the