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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23

,nto the lace that filled her dress. One
| thar had fallen apart from the others
rested lightly against her throat. His
heart stopped for a second. and then
leaped forward with bound.
Not till they were leaving the din
! ing room, when he held the curtain
aside for her to pass. scanning her
face. did her glance meet his. The
next moment he could not have told
what he saw in her eyes, but he no
longer questioned their color. Blue
blue and deep-slumbering fire. Fool
Had he expected her to wear her
heart on her sleeve for davis. to peck
at?
He had not intended to see her
again that night, but he found that he
could not rest 1t would make no com
ment even in this gossipy boarding
house. If he stopped at her door
minute. But he found that he had
suddenly grown careful. only con-
scious of remark. He would put on his
hat and coat and go for a walk. He
might see her as he passed her door.
She was seated in a low chair by
the table. sewing. the light falling
softly across her brown hair and on
the work in her hands. His violets
were still in her dress. She was the
embodiment OF home, he thought, as
he stood for minute across the
threshold She looked up quietly
not as If she were startled to see him
there.
You have brought me the paper?"
she said. catching sight of the news
paper in his hand. You are very
good" She laid down her sewing and
came to take it,
A sudden daring seized him "Will
you not be good, too?" He lifted his
hand to the violet at her throat and
drew it from its place-watching her
face, to obey its lightest wish. She
did not stay him. She stood with her
hands clasped hcr figure swaying a
little forward and her eyes following
the flower as he placed it in his coat
In another minute she might have
raised her eyes to his. A door
opened below-a step sounded on the
stair
You are not angry?" he pleaded
No" It was half-breathed, half
spoken, hardly audible, but it set his
pulses thrilling. He passed into the
cool night air with new joy in his
heart She had understood. 1t was to
be, not only comradeship. but love- He
raised his flushed face to the quiet
stars. They stretched away into in
finite space. But only love could make
life worth the living
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
OLD BEE WIZARD is IMMUNE
Receives But One Sharp Resentment
In Seventy Years of Familiarity
With Insects.

Pennsburg. Pa. = Joseph r. Num-
bauer, Sr., of Kumry, near here. now
nearly so, is the Oldest and most fear.
less bee handler in the Perkiomen
valley. having been a friend of honey
gatherers since childhood. He holds
the remarkable record of having hiyed
bees for seventy years, without mask
OF any kind, and of receiving but one
sting, and that from a new Italian
swarm which he had bought many
years ago, the members of which did
not know their kind wizard friend.
Mr.. Mumbauer comes from a family
whose members for nearly 200 years,
were noted for their bee loving pro.
pensities. his grandparents on both
sides, as well as his uncles, having
been apiarists. The old man has had
as high as rs hives and still looks
after 2s. He makes his own hives and
baskets, which are a marvel of sim.
plicity and ingenuity. claiming that
baskets are preferable because not
one OF his swarms has died of cold
when housed in them.
The old bee wizard has taken many
tons of honey from his busy workers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
SAY COCKNEY TALK MUST GO
"Twans," Is Modern Corruption
English to Be Taught.

London.-Tbe London county coun-
ell has issued the report of confer
ence on the teaching of English in
London elementary schools. the pur-
port of which is that "cockney" must
go.
DR.. F. s. Boas was the chairman of
the conference, which included dis
trict inspectors. head masters. head
mistresses. examiners and Prof. Col
lancz. 1t met for the first time on
December II. 1906, and held sessions
at short intervals during the school
terms until November IL, 1908.
The conference insists that London
has a special responsibility for the
maintenance of a satisfactory stand
ard OF English as spoken or literary
medium. Whereas a country pupil
loses something by abandoning his
dialect, the London pupil has no dia-
lect of reputable antecedents.
The cockney mode of speech, with
its unpleasant 'twang' is a modern cor
ruption without legitimate creden-
tials," the report says, "and is un-
worthy of being the speech of any
person in the capital city of the en-
pire." 1
AS matters are arranged at present
there are only eight hours available
for the study of English in the school
week. and the conference thinks that
ten hours should be devoted to the
subject by boys between seven and
II years of age, and then nine until
they are IA. Girls should have an
hour longer every week. 'e- Il
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
END OF FOREST FIRE SEASON
Conditions Made Period Practically AZ
Long and Danger as Great as
During Last Year.

MissouIa, Mont.-With the coming oil
snow in the hills the fire season is
practically at an end. In national for
est district No. l. covering all OF ioa-
ho north of Salmon river. Montana.
North Dakota. Minnesota and Michi-
gan, the total cost of extinguishing
forest fires for the past season has
been q little over SIS 900, as against
approximately $4,000 in 1908.
Climatic conditions made the fire
season practically as long and the
danger as great as during last year
The reduction in fire expenditures has
been at least partly due to the In
creased patrol on the national forests
The number of forest guards and ram
gers for 1909 was about thirty per
cent greater than 1908.
Cooperation with the state fire war
dens and protective agreements with
associations of lumber companies in
creased this force to the extent that
the greater portion of badly infested
fire territory was patroled. The rail-
roads, too, have assisted by patrolfng
their rights of way, notifying forest
officers of fire. and by furnishing
crews in case of fires. The effective
ness OF this combined cooperation
against common danger is conclus-
lively shown by the fact that over 200
small fires were put out on the Occur
d'Alene national forest alone.
Serious damage occurred on only
one forest. The Kaniksu, located in
northern Idaho and extreme eastern
Washington, has within its boundary
lines an enormous area of heavily tim
bered, inaccessible country which Is
totally unequipped with trails. This
condition made it extremely difficult
TO reach the fire promptly and ex-
tremely difficult to bring men and sup
plies to the large fires which were
driven by high wind. The cost of this
fire represents three-fourths of the
total expenditures, or about $4,000.
In this fire about ten miles of fire
lines were built and 100 men were en-
ployed
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
CHAPTER Discontinued.

AS he hurried up Wabash avenue
pictures of the wood-road fitted be-
fore him. He heard the rustic of the
leaves and saw the green moss and
the trailing lines of partridge-berry.
And in and out of the picture moved
the figure of the artist-in its soft
grays and browns She fitted the
scene; she was part of 1t; yet when
he tried to remember how she looked,
he could not recall even the color of
her eyes. She eluded his search, and
in her stead he saw the sun shining
through the swayiug leaves and fall
Ing on the vines and berries.
Look Ut there!' The voice was
loud and important.
Derring felt himself drawn swiftly
back from the advancing cable car
He pulled himself together. with a
word of thanks to the incensed po-
liceman. and devoted himself in earn
est to the dangers of the Madison and
State street crossing.
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SIXTH SENSE WINS

we used to play together I soon
learned what Wolk was thinking
about. He soon went to school and
used to tell me what he was studying
He used to sit by my side and read. I
soon found out that l could tell what
he was reading. At first it was not al
ways connected. but as the years went
by | got so that whatever was in
Wolk's mind would flash through
mine. When he decided to study
medicine | became possessed of the
same ambition. We entered the Chi
cago College of Medicine and Surgery
a few weeks ago and / intend to use
Wolk's mind until finish the course. "
Wolk corroborated every statement
made by Bolotin. To test their claims
further the correspondent asked Wolk
to read a story from an afternoon
newspaper, which he did without mt.
tering a sound. When he had finished
Bolotin said: You have read about
the Greek navy rebels" He then went
on to give the details of the dispatch
from Athens
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
Girl to Liue With Lepers

THE chances of her escaping con-
tagion are small" well-known skin
specialist said. I'm leper colonies the
soil becomes infected and the first
time she gets scratch she will be in
the gravest danger.
Father Damien, who was a victim
in 1899 to leprosy. caught the disease
at the Hawaii leprosy settlement of
Molokai through the state of the soil.
1T may take years to show itself.
but the moment one of the bacilli of
leprosy gets into her blood 1t is GER
tain that the disease will develop"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
SYNOPSIS.

Richard DerrIng returning from win
ter in the woods to his mothers farm
home. is overtaken by his uncle, accom-
panied by his eccentric wife, coming to
pay visit at the farm. Aunt Jerusha's
questions about Emily Hutton. supposed
TO be Richards sweetheart. bring out the
fact thnt she is TO marry merchant,
Edwards. behring's disappointment stim-
uiates his ambition and under the advice
OF Seth Kinney. hermit of the woods.
he resolves to fit himself for college Kin
ney promises TO teach him Greek. Der
ring tells his mother his resolve,
and In his grandfather's old lab
oratory begins the study OF Greek.
Seth Kinney hears Richards Greek
recitation IN the woods while he and Tom
bishop ply the cross-cut saw. Der
ring learns that he can look indiferently
upon the loss of Emily. He visits Aunt
Jcrusha. who volunteers to help him
through college. The Greek learned in the
woods carries Richard triumphantly
through entrance examinations, wins APP
pFovnl from the profess,s and insures his
popularity among his fellows. -Four years
In college oblterates the memory of EN-
ily. Derring begins Journalistic work in
chicngo. He meets Helen Gordon,
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Salvation Army Lassie to Sail fol-
Java and Devote Herself to
the AFFLICTED. +

London.-Capt. Annie Beckley Of
the Salvation Army is about to write
her name large on the roll of brave
women. for she is to sail to Java to do
missionary and nursing service in the
leper colony there
She looks just an ordinary SALIVA
tion lassie." her age is only 23 and she
would not draw your attention If she
passed you in the street; but she is
going on service more deadly than
war
II am going for life," she said, "if
the army will let me stay SO long;
and. at any rate, it will be for years.
My duties will be, as far as / know
them now. to visit the lepers and hold
meetings and shall live. as far as the
laws permit. among them
II am not afraid of getting the dis.
ease. for I am going on Gods service.
| have counted the cost. and quite
understand what the risks are. have
to die-and, If needs be, may as
well die out there among those strick-
en- souls. t
Il have never been out of England,
and have not yet seen a leper. but
some years ago was much interested
by an account of work among the
lepers, and 1t seems to me about the
most Christlike labor anyone can
take up. So, when. few weeks ago,
the army called for volunteers to go
abroad. | offered to gn to Java.
MY parents count It great honor
that am going, and. whatever they
may feel. they have said nothing
about any fear that shall never come
back My father is a subdivisional
police inspector. l have one brother
and three sisters-none In the Saliva.
ton Army.
1t will be at least seven years before
she comes nome on leave. If then.
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/ rar.iom. running the leaves through
ais fingers. II will bring 1t back
soon"
With the book still open in his hand
he hurried from the room.
Five minutes later he appeared
again in the doorway.
shall have to go to the library
after all" he said, abruptly Il have
brought back your book"
Il am sorry you did not find what
you wanted" She did not look up
from her work She could not have
seen the color in his face and she may
not ave noticed the slight tremor in
his voice as he replied:
It's no matter. can find it at the
library.
1t had become matter of course
that he should come and go in this
easy way. with no ceremony; but 1t
had not become a matter of course
that he should leave the studio with
his pulses laundering in his ears. Yet
nothing had happened. He had turned
the leaves carelessly in his hand as he
went down the stairs.
1t had stared at him from the white
page: ITO John Dalton. with love.
Helen Gordon"
1t rang in his ears as ne hurried on
hat and coat and fastened to the Ii
brary 1t danced before his eyes be-
tween the pages of books. with
love" That meant history. And
she had the book now There had
been either parting or death.
Stupid! He had not guessed or
dreamed. The restful quiet of her life
covered dead secret.
He found himself. through the day
and as he walked home at night. re-
peasing over and over. as If it were a.
refrain: 'The ashes of a dead love"
Yes, that was what II was lile-that
restfulness Of hers-passion burned
to ashes. Why had he never guessed?
And was it dead? Would she love
again?
The question stung him. He quick
ened his pace. He had not thought of
her before as a woman And yet it
was strange that he had not. 1t came
to him now that her womanliness was
her chief charm. But 1t was so a part
of her that he had never separated it
from her. That she should be thought
full of others, that her voice should be
low and sweet, that she should be
graceful in every motion-all this was
Helen. He said the name half un-
der his breath. He stood bewildered
before his own consciousness. He
loved her.
During his college years Derring
had come to know that In love he was
an idealist Love in its true sense
could not exist on the earth. 1t was
vision of poets-impossible of realiza-
ton. Long since he had come to know
that his boyhood love was such a
vision, and that its realization would
have been a kind of tragic comedy.
But always the ideal fitted before him,
love. now here, now there, and each
making him fancy that he was in
time he had wakened to the knowl-
edge that he was in love with an
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
CHAPTER x.

Richards promotion came sooner
than he had dared hope. The art critic
was to take trip to Europe, and
Derring was offered the position
Something in the quality of his ar
ticles had attracted attention: and he
had even handed in several specials
on his own account, that were ac-
cepted with some show of interest
He owed his rapid advancement
partly, too. to something that, for
want OF a better name, we call per-
soneiity. Those who came near him
felt its Influence. The office boy ap-
proved of him; the managing editor
stood ready to help him. That he gave
no return to the liking he inspired
seemed to make no difference. His un-
satisfied heart was a magnet, drawing
to itself the particles of humanity and
holding them.
His new " work took him to the Art
Institute and into the world of artists,
and he saw his new friend often.
Sometimes they stopped for word in
the halls; sometimes he sought her
studio in the intervals of work Their
relation Lad become that of good-com-
radeship. Derring supposed that he
felt towards her as he would have felt
towards man-if there were such a
man. He turned to her with each new
interest. They discussed every sub
ject In the range of art, literature and
life. But their intercourse was free
from even hint of love-making. She
had only the grays and browns of her
apparel.
With his promotion and increase of
salary Derring had changed his board
ing place to pleasanter part of the
city. He had not thought to ask her
where she lived. 1t had not occurred
to him that he might happen on the
same place until the first night at din
ner when he raised his eyes from his
plate and found her on the opposite
side of the table, smiling quietly at his
surprise.
That she saw the surprise was evil
panying vexation could be guessed
only from the care she took to put
him at ease. 1t was like her. She
would not be so stupid as to misun-
derstand him any more than man
would have done.
1t was three months after the be-
ginning Of their acquaintance that he
hurried into the studio one morning
to ask her to lend him book he had
seen In her bookcase. He was short
of material, he explained. He wanted
to work up the Arundel collection. If
she would lend him that book 1t would
save him n trip to the library.
In his haste he did not notice
though he remembered afterwards
the slight hesitation with which she
took the book from the case and hand
ed 1t to him. 1t was small. leather
bound pocket edition. such as tourists
carry. and bore in gilt. on the side,
"The Masterpieces of Europe and
England"
'Yes. that is It." He opened it at
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23

ideal. When he had been invited to
the homes of his classmates he had
fancied that he should find in one of
these homes the fulfllment of his
dreams. But the sisters who met him
with cordial welcome, who danced.
fiirted, and played golf and tennis
with him, had seemed to him too
young to understand even the alpha
bet of love as he would read it. He
had felt very old and experienced and
out of place. The love that he might
perhaps have won from them seemed
to him pale and insipid. He wrote
poems. but he dedicated them to the
ideal. She was glowing presence
more real to him than any woman.
Now this ideal had paled and faded
and quiet figure in grays and
browns filed It's place.
He was passing florists, and he
stopped to purchase a bunch of vio-
lets. He did not tell himself they
were for her. He was not quite steady
yet from the shock that had come to
startled if the quiet wood-road at
home had suddenly assumed a won.
ans face and form and claimed his
love. But deep in his heart was a
longing 20 make her reparation. He
had invaded her secret He could not
undo that. But he could let her know
that he was sorry. Sorry! Was he?
She was not home from the studio
But the door of her room, which was
him. He could hardly have been more
warmed from the hall. stood open
Without crossing the threshold he
laid the violets on chair inside the
door. Would she understand? Yes
terday he would have said yes. To
day he could not tell. She might not
understand, or she might understand
too well.
She greeted him as quietly as usual
when she came in to dinner that night
She wore the violets tucked carelessly
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
Living Frog Unearthed.

Portland, Ore.-After lying at a
depth of IL feet in the ground for an
unknown length of time, live frog
was uncovered near Laidlaw, Ore,
by A. d. Parks. who was digging a
cistern.
The frog was in a torpid condition
when turned UP by Mr.. Parks spade,
but soon warmed up and became as
lively as cricket. How it main.
tanned the vital spark. apparently for
ages, buried in the ground. aroused
no end of speculation in the neighbor-
hood.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
Such a Mean Trick.

Come home with me to dinner to-
night, Gormley."
.Delighted!"
Il want you to hear my youngest
daughter play the piano
by Jove. I'm awfully sorry, old
chap, but have forgotten a most i'm
portant engagement. Some other
night, dear boy"
Sorry about the engagement CORN
ley. The fact is l have neither a
youngest daughter nor piano"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
Blind Student Absorbs Words as
They Are Read.
fakes Difficult Course In Medicine and
Surgery without Study Through
Telepathy-Csn Read Minds
Of His Friends.

Chicago-Blind from birth. but able
to take the difficult course of medi-
cine and surgery r'ithout study.
through telepathy, is the remarkable
assertion made by J.. w. Bolotin,
student in the Chicago College of Med
icine and Surgery. Bolotin. young
Russian. asserts that through sixth
sense, which he cannot explain. he
can read the minds of his friends and
classmates and in that manner ac-
quire from them the knowledge they
obtained through hard study.
H. Wolk. a room mate of the mystic
rious blind student declared that after
completing his studies for an evening
Bolotin, even though no conversation
had passed between them. would be
more familiar with the subject which
he had been reading than himself.
Jake, as Bolotin is called by his
friends, does not believe his power is
anything supernatural. or anything
beyond what any man could do If he
would think instead of being superb
cial. The unusual mental powers of
the young blind student have made
him the marvel of the medical school.
He has only recently matriculated. and
the students and faculty are astound-
ed at his gift.
In the dissecting room the CORE
spondent was directed by student to
the "man who doesn't have to study"
who was at that moment the center
of an admiring group talking with him
over his ability to read their minds.
thr
spondent as a stranger and stopped
him In the middle of his request for
an interview to tell him he knew he
wanted to make an appointment after
the class had adjourned. A few min
utes later he came down the stairs to
the entrance with his partner, DR..
Wolk. and without hesitation said:
There's the man over there waiting
for u.s.
Seated on a bench in the corner of
the locker room of the school he told
the reporter Of his struggle to procure
knowledge. to learn not only the regu-
lar sciences of medicine. but his spe-
cialty of osteopathy. -s,,s
81 don't want charity or sympathy"
he said. 81 am better off and hap
pier than many people who are not
blind. l have always earned my own
living and expect n be able to keep
on doing So
The correspondent was preparing to
ask If he professed to read the minds
of others when pr. Bolotin broke in
with: well, there's nothing supernat-
ural or uncanny about that l don't
claim to be an expert at mind reading,
and there are only a few persons with
whom / am successful The whole
thing is very largely a matter of men,
ory and sound reasoning. anyway.
With Wolk here get along very nice
ly. We have been associated and un-
derstapd each other thoroughly"
'Is It true that Wolk reads to him
self and you understand what he is
reading?"
"Yes," said both men at once. I'VE
do that" said Wolk. 81 will sit close
to DR.. Bolotfn and go over the text,
and the next day he will appear in
class and make better showing than
l do"
"Wolk and myself have known each
other since childhood. He always said
he would be a physician. absorbed
the same ambition from him. When
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
In Pittsburq.

The City Editor-Here's a mighty
good story about young fellow who
runs awry with chorus girl.
The Night Editor-What's that, A
good story? Why. it's been done to
death.
The City Editor-This one hasn't.
It's an absolute novelty. The young
fellow is neither millionaire nor q
Pittsburger!
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
Evjdence Of Inebri.tv

Nell-I'm afraid Mr.. Guzzler had too
much drink at the dinner last night.
Bell-What makes you think. SO?
Nell-When the charlotte russo was
served he was trying to blow the
froth off.-Philadelphia Record
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-12-23
Her Last Word.

Him-You're wrong. and I've proved
that you were wrong. But only fool
would argue with woman.
Her-That's what I've been think
tng.-Cleveland Leader.