The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-15

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olate and turned a page of the book.
The minutes waned. Half an hour
passed-an hour. The silent and
| peaceful companionship worked like
oil on the troubled waters of Zoe's
resentment. An unconscious happiness
and contentment stole into her heart.
She risked glance at him. He was
thoroughly snice'' she decided.
At this moment. as of sensing her
softened mood. he leaned over and
| peered into the canoe.
Greedy" he murmured. "Only
three left!''
Wont you throw the rope back
| now, please?" she begged. 1T is late
and I have some distance to paddle"
brute" he apoiogized humbly, sbut I
| just couldn't help 1t. knew if I
once let you go that would be the
| end of me-you'd simply disappear
forever. And-really. you know. it's
Isn't it," agreed Zoe. with quick
| sympathy.
"And SO why" he asked eagerly.
| Shouldn't we amuse each other a
little? I'm staying with my uncle.
ton, to visit a friend of mine,
| and"
Southampton" exclaimed Zoe.
why. that's where I live!"
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you happen to know Mr.. Brentley
and his daughter"
'My father!" Zoe gasped, and,
myself! You are not-don't tell
,nss,. she began to laugh help
ST am Tom Driscoll." he said SOL
EMMY. "And you-what are you do
ing"-he pulled the canoe nearer
"up here? I was going-you know
that I was going, simply-to meet
your"
ST ran away" gurgled Zoe. Father
had talked about you so much IL
hated you! oh. what a ioke!'
TITS anything but a joke If you hate
me-" objected Mr.. DriscoH gloomily.
Zoe lifted flushed dimpled face.
"Well, IL hadn't seen you them"
she admitted.
He looked into her eyes.
| do you think / might paddle you
home? '' he asked.-(Copyrighte 1910
by Associated Literary Press.)
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Modern st. Helena. -
| Most people have only heard of the
Island of st. Helena. 1000 miles off
the west coast of Africa. as the last
abiding place of Napoleon and as the
island prison of Cronie and the expa-
triated Beers in 1900. There are few
relics of Napoleon remaining on the
island aside from the house in which
he lived, Longwood, as 1t is called. 1t
is a one-story bungalow, built in part
of stone and partly of wood. There
were trees around the house in Napo-
Icons time, but the farrnstead is de-
nuded now. There is no furniture
within-there is only bust of the en-
peror in the bedroom he once occu-
pied. At government house may be
seen Napoleon's bookcase and his bill
lizard table. He used to play with his
hands instead of cue. He wearied of
the amusement within a year and gave
the table to his jailer. Thereafter the
| billiard room was converted into a
map room, where the distinguished
captive would pace to and fro with
flags in his hands refghting his cam
! paigns-not sparing himself even when
| it came to the black memory of Wa
terloo.
The island is but Al miles in extent
and contains $500 people. There are
| golf links, tennis courts race courses,
and the population is enthusiastic over
cricket Newspapers from London are
seventeen days old when they arrive,
but the cables bring daily news of inn
portant happenings in the outer world.
1t is said that from certain of the ills
that flesh elsewhere is heir to the
islanders are exempt. AS. Governor
Gallwey puts it, ''there are no motor
cars, no thunderstorms no earth
Quakes, no fogs and no snakes" The
greatest misfortune which befell Eng
lands tiny colony was the building of
number of ships trading at jamestown
harbor from 1000 to 60 per annum.
But in the event of the closure of the
Suez canal in time of warfare st. Hell
ena would become at once a point of
the utmost strategic Importance.
The inhabitants are kept profitably
busy in three principal ways-fber
weaving, mackeral curing and lace
making. The death rate is astonish-
ingly low-only six per thousand. This
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lubrity of the environment of the
islanders, who resent having their At
lantic eyrie termed a bare and wind
swept rock. There is an unfortunate
prevalence among the lower classes of
a superstitious belief in the occult
power of the "evil eye" only to be
| successfully resisted by the efforts of
quack doctors. who demand exorbi-
| tant fees; but an ordinance passed this
year is fast putting the Quack salvers
| out Of business by requiring sort of
civil service examination in the case of
each would-be practitioner to prove his