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I guess But what / say is true. also;
There are many kinds OF courage ana
quite as many kinds Of cowardice. am
a coward of men,
YOU are protested the one who thought
he knew. But Lidgerwood would not let
that stand
II know I am. Hear me through and
then Judge for yourself What am go
ing to tell YOU l have never told to any
living man: but it is your right to hear
it. -. l have had the symptoms all my
life. Stuart You have spoken or the
schoolboy days; you may remeIhoeI uo"
YOU used to fight my battles for me. You
thought 1 took the bullying OF the nissJ,
bows because I wasn't strong. enough
physically to hold up my END. Ihat
wasn't tit was fear, pure and simple.
Are you listening?" .s
The man in the chair nodded ana salo,
Go on He was of those to whom
fear. the fear of what other men might
do to him. was as yet thing uniearneo
and he was trying to attain the point Oh
view of one to whom it seemed very real;
1T followed me up to mahno oo;. n civ
and consciously deferring to it, 1t was
easy enough after the habit was formed.
Twentieth-century civilization is decentiy
peaceable, and it isn't especially dlHcuie
to dodge the personal coihsions. -
succeeded in lodging them, Tor the great
er part, paying the price In nunlla.lun
and ESTABLISHMENT as went along Goo;
Stuart, YOU don't know what that means!
the degradation: the hot and colo cnins
Of self; loathing: the sickemng misery a;, 70
having your own soul turn upon you W
rend and tear you like raoid dos.
"No. I don't know what it means. sara
the other man, moved more than ne careu
to admit by the abject confession.
'.Of course you don't. Nobody else ca a
know. l am alone in my pit OF "re.c -,
edness. Ford. as one born OUT "
time: apprehending, as well as you VI
any one. what is required OF a man anu
a gentleman. and yet unable to answes
when my name Is called. SAID l. na ~
been paying the price; am payne t;r,e
here and now. This is the fourth ul. TN.
have had to refuse a good oner 'h@'
carried with it the fighting chance.
The vice presidents heavy eyeoro"'
slanted in questioning surprise
You knew in advance that you Me
going to turn me down? Yet you can" 20,
thousand miles to meet me here; anu sov ~
admit that you have gone the lehsl" -
looking the ground over
Iidgerwood's smile was mirthless. AZ,
"A regular recurring phase OF the us
ease. 1t manifests itself in deterHi' nc.
ton to break away and do or die IN ,n1
effort to win a little self-respect. can
take the plunge. / know beforehand . 10
I can't sss which brings up down u ~.
nah, the present exgency, and the
that you'll have to look farther along ,of
your Red Butte Western man-quelier. Inc
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been made in the arrangement. which
have likewise conduced to better enec'.
For instance. in the center gallery the
place of honor has been given to lnness'
woods, which better deserves the distinc-
ton than Picknell's landscape. The
Road to Picardy," to which 1T was long
accorded. And in the portrait gallery
few genre and figure paintings nave peen
introduced, materially enlivening interest
and at the same time lending the charm
of varied color. Nowhere will one find
a more comprehensive or better CHOSEN
collection of American paintings than In
the Corcoran Gallery today.
4 Il
TIE Corcoran School of Art reopens
/ Monday, and by Wednesday ma
jority Of the classes will be reorganized
Mr.. E. c. Messer continues as principal.
Mr.. Richard n. Brooke as vice princi-
pail Mr.. James Henry Moser, instructor
in water color; Miss Catherine c. Critcher,
teacher of the antique classes. and DR..
Frank Baker. instructor In anatomy. The
water-color and anatomy classes Will not
be resumed until November The nrst
Monday in each month from November
to June an informal art talk will be given
by the instructors in turn. and during the
first week in November an exhibition OF
summer sketches by the students will be
held in the hemicycle hall.
@UITE a number Of Washington art
~ lists have received awards for paint
ings shown in the fine arts section Of
the Appalachian exposition which opened
at Knoxville, Tenn, September IL and
will continue for another fortnight. Miss
Ellen Hay Hale received a silver medal
for her figure painting, entitled The
Green Kalash'': Mr.. Richard n. Brooke,
silver medal for landscape,
:,shadows'': Miss Bertha e. Perrie. a
silver medal for a figure In water color,
"A French Peasant; Mr.. William II.
Holmes, a silver medal for a landscape in
water color. The Ripple; Mr. Villa m
P. Silva, a silver medal for pastel,
I.ongpre": Mrs. Mathilde NJ. Leisenring.
a bronze medal for her portrait. Mrs;
L.; Mrs. Bush Brown, a bronze medal
for genre, 1.-THE Little Nurse; Mr.. T..
c. Messer, diploma for landscape.
"Twilight": Mr.. Robert Coleman Child.
bronze medal for a pastel. THE Farm
Miss Hattie E. Burdette, honorable men
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hollow into cotemporaneous life. Now is
the time to introduce Uncle Asa'S daugh-
ter. as lovely and up to herself as any
city miss in the world. From this point
the young man carries on a triple line OF
work covering not only that for which
he originally came. but including also the
pursuit of Uncle Asa's seducers and the
pursuit Of Uncle Asa's daughter. A busy
man. and capable one. who would have
rounded up matters long ago but for the
perversity of the girl. Uncle Asa is re-
imbursed, the criminals brought to jus
tlce, the plant we'll on its way, but stlll
the girl holds back. The young man can
not know that this is all in the way of
instructive arts and crafts. so he suf-
fers and persists. The reader, less patient
than he. blames the girl for dragging out
things a bit. However, it is a good story,
full of life-like stir and go. preserving,
too. despite it's difficulties, fine and tonic
country breezes.
TRAMPS IN DARK MONGOLIA. By
John Hedley. F. r. 6. S. With illus
Imported by Charles Scribners Sons.
Washington: William Ballantyne &
Sons.
A decade of missionary work in China
answers for the authors knowledge and
his consistent justice to other Christian
churches in the field gives assurance of
loyalty to his own. DIR. Hedley had al
ready made two trips beyond the great
wall when opportunity offered for a
more extended tour among the Mongols.
The journey was made partly for mis-
sionary investigation and partly in the
spirit of explorer who desires to
take route that has never before been
trodden nor mapped by European travel
ers. The book opens with word and
camera view of The City of Eternal
Peace" older than history, and there
are succeeding glimpses of imperial
palaces, ancient temples and odd Gus
toms before crossing over the great
wall and into the strange world be-
yond. Taking the Lao Ho tOld river)
for a guide, the author and his party
tramped over the wild and lonely
splendor of mountain passes. across
wind blown deserts. through curious viii
lagos. where, with the hills high and
the emperor distant the natives were
as. marauding as the brigands they
feared; into wonderful cities and back
again into desolate vastness. with the
Old river threading in and out of the
Journey, and with the author Instructive
and socially delightful every step OF
the way.
In reference to other missionary work
than his own DIR. Hedley says, at one
point, of his travels in Mongolia: AN
along we heard the best reports OF the
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Roman Catholic Church in the neighbor-
hood Some 1O families We're said to be
adherents to the faith, and in not one
single instance did we hear anything to
their discredit, while so far as the priests
were concerned. everybody spoke of them
in the highest praise. / set this down
as no unusual instance Of my experience
OF the Roman Catholic Church and her
priests. Coming. it does, from the
pen Of a Protestant missionary. it may
be received as tribute to the value of
the work done by men from whose sys-
tenn We may strongly dissent, yet whose
lives Of kindly self-sacrifice and real de-
vOtion can only call forth profound re-
spect and admira ton.
To illustrate the necessity of mission
aries in Mongolia the author puts the
unhappy state of the Mongol upon La
maism, which, he says. has degenerated
into senseless and fatal corruption which
has overwhelmed the ancient religion
The Lamas the most offensive of
their race. Whether economically. moral
ly or religiously, they are an incubus to
the land
The half-hundred full-page photographs
include views of the great wall. of many
pagodas and temples. of street scenes and
caravans and Of women who reckon
among their peculiarities the custom OF
shaving their heads at fifty years OF
age The frontispiece shows a photo
graph taken at Lassa by Chinese pho
tographer.
BERMUDA, PAST AND PRESENT: A
Descriptive and Historical Account
Of the SOmers Islands. By Walter
BrowneI Hayward. With illustra-
tions and map. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co.
Whether one has been to Bermuda or
expects to go. or never expects to get
there, this description of the islands built
by coral insects on the peak Of a subma-
rine mountain will afford hours of profit
and delight The traveller will recognize
the authors accuracy, the prospective
tourist may rely upon his information and
the stay-at-home will see through his
eyes the scenic wonder Of "a clump of
refreshing green in a waste of simmer
ing water"
History and legend have been called on
for their facts and fiction, literary asso-
Citations are touched upon and government
methods explained. For the general read
er, however. the delight of the book lies
in it's vivid descriptions Of crystal cav
erns and submarine gardens and of
strange fish that change their colors with
every ripple of the waves: of sunshine
and peace and health, and Of all the other
charms of that ocean oasis ruled by Eng
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

PARIS AND ENvIRONS: With Routes
From London to Paris. Handbook
for Travellers. By. Karl Baedeker.
With fourteen maps and forty-one
plans. Seventeenth revised edition.
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons. Washing
ton: Ballantyne & Sons.
BERLIN AND ITS ENvIRONS. Hand
book for Travellers. BY Karl Baed-
eker. With five maps and twenty
three plans. Fourth edition. Leip-
zig: Karl Baedeker. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
ton: Ballantyne & Sons.
BELGIUM AND HOLLAND, Including
the Grandy Duchy of Luxembourg.
Handbook for Travellers. By Karl
Baedeker. With nineteen maps.
thirty-seven plans Of towns and
eight ground plans. Fifteenth edi-
ton, revised and augmented. Leip-
zig: Karl Baedeker. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
ton: Ballantyne & Sons.
A ROYAL GOOD FELLOW. BY Hiram
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w. Hayes. author Of paul Anthony.
Christian. etc. Washington: The
HOWertOn Press

w. Hayes. author Of paul Anthony.
Christian etc. Washington: The
Howerton Press.
FREDA. BY Katherine lyman, author
Of Peggy the Daughter" etc.
Frontispiece by Gilbert Wright. New
York: Cassell & Company.
AMERICAN RED CROSS ABRIDGED
TEXTBOOK ON FIRST AID. Ia
dustrial Edition. A Manual Of In
.truetion. By Mai. Charles Lynch.
and First Lieut.. NJ. j. Shields. Med
zeal Reserve Corps. United States
Army. Prepared for and Endorsed by
the American Red Cross: With
forty-nine illustrations. Philadel-
phia: p. Blakiston's Son & Co.
KNIGHTHOOD IN GERM AND FLOW
and the Arthurian Tale, Sir Gavain
and the Green knight. Translated
from Original Sources and Adapted
for Use In the Home, the School and
Pupils Reading Circles. BY John
Harrington Cox. A: NJ. professor Of
English philology in West Virginia
Little. Brown & Co.
HILDA OF THE HIPPODROME. By
Dorothy Charlotte Paine. Illus
trated by Penrhyn Stanlaws. Chi
cago: The Reilly & Britton Com
pany.
THE RIVERSIDE LITERARY SERIES
ESSAYS ON LORD Give AND
WARREN HASTINGS. BY Thomas
Darlington Macaulay. Edited by AL
Ian Abbott, head OF the English de-
partment in the Horace Mann High
School, Teachers College. Columbia
University. Boston: Houghton Milf
fin Company.
THE BRAZILIAN YEAR BOOK. Issued
under the patronage Of the Brazil
ian government Second issue-19OS.
Compiled and edited by j. P. Vile
man. editor of The Brazilian Re-
view" and ex-director Of the com
mercial statistical service of Bra
zil Rio de Janeiro: The ofnces OF
the Brazilian Year Book. London:
McCorquodale & Co.
PEOPLE OF POSITION. BY Stanley
Portal Hyatt, author OF Little
Brown Brother" etc. Frontispiece
by III. Richard Boehm. New York:
Vessels & Bissell Company.
THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY. By
George W. Gerwig, Phi. D.. extension
lecturer in English literature, Uni
versity Of Pittsburg. Akron, Ohio:
The Werner Company.
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ton for a figure study. can Autumn
Fairy" and Mr.. Spencer b. Nichols. hon.
orable mention for landscape entitled
Spring"
The exhibition, which is set forth In a
spacious and we'll designed building. COM
prises about three hundred paintings; A
large group was contributed by MI. VIII
liam P. Silva, who has now studio IN
this city, but is in fact one OF the APP
palacian painters. Both Mr.. Holmes and
Mr.. Moser contributed, by special invita-
ton, seven pictures each. Mr.. Moser was
a member Of both the jury OF seiectlon
and award. An interesting catalogue OF
the exhibition has been issued. giving
picture Of the exposition building and re-
productions of a number OF the more
notable exhibits. among which may be
mentioned a painting by Irving r. Wiies'
MIR. MOSER has just returned from
v1 Knoxville and is at present COM
pleting a portrait, painted during the
past summer, Of Col. Henry F. Blount,
which is to be permanently placed in the
nublic library of Evansville, Ohio. OF
this library Col. Blount was the hrst
president. It is about a half length and
represents the colonel seated IN a plain
chair with his hands IN his lap. Ine
chair and figure are turned slightly 10
the right, but the sitter looks directly
toward the observer. -,
The background Is q fiat. dull red. d.
rect in treatment, refined ana sympa-
thetically handled, this portrait, which IS
an excellent likeness, admirably aasly.n serves
it's purpose as human documen.;
is not the kind of thing that Mr.. Moser
does commonly. but there is no denying
that he has done it well. The evans
Vile library is to be congratulated.
EyERAL of the Washington artists
= spent portion of the summer at
East Gloucester, Mass. During August
Everett L. Warner had studio there'
as did also Miss Bertha E. Perrie.
Earier and later, for few days or
weeks, came Miss Alice Willoughby, Miss
Hattie Z: Burdette. Or: F. r; Lane ans Wi WI
liam p. silva. The marine painter. Fred
erick J. Waugh. who is represented IN
the National Gallery by two powerful
pictures of the sea. had studio there
for the entire season, as did also Walter
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CHAPTER I.
Collars and Cuffs.

The windows Of the division headquar-
ters of the Pacific Southwestern at Copah
look northward over bald, brown mesas'
and across the Pannikin to the eroded
cliffs Of the Cintah hills. The prospect,
lacking vegetation, artistic atmosphere
and color, is crude and rather harshly
ageressive and to Lidgerwood. glooming
thoughtfully out upon 1t through the
weather-worn panes. scratched and be-
dimmed by many desert sandstorms, 1t
was peculiarly depressing.
NO. Ford: / hate to disappoint you,
but I'm not the man you are looking for. -
he said. turning back to things present
and in suspense, and speaking as one
who would add reason to unqualified
refusal. 1--WE been looking over the
ground while you were coming on from
New York. 1t isn't in me to fog the Red
Butte Western into a well behaved divi-
sion of the P. S. W."
The grave-eyed man who had borrowed
Supt Leckhard's pivot chair nodded in
telligence.
That is what you have been saying.
with variations. for the last half hour.
Why?'
because the job asks for gifts that i
don't possess. At the present moment the
Red Butte Western Is the most hopeiessiy
demoralized three hundred miles Of rail-
road west Of the Rockies There Is no
system, no discipline. no respect for au-
thority The men run the road as II 1t
were a huge joke. Add to these condi-
tons the fact that the Red Desert is
country where the large-calibered re-
yolver is
eyes, / know all that" interrupted the
man in the chair. 1.-THE road and the
region need civilizing-need 1t badly. That
is one of the reasons why I am trying to
persuade you to take hold. You are long
on civilization. Howard"
"Not on the kind which has to be in
culcated by main strength and a cheerful
disregard for consequences. I'm no
scrapper.'
To the eye of appraisal Lidgerwood' 8
personal appearance bore out the peace
able assertion to the final well groomed
detail Compactly built and neatly.
Drawn and bulk were conspicuously lack
ing: and the thin, intellectual face was
made to appear still thinner by the
pointed cut OF the closely trimmed brown
beard The eyes were alert and not want
ing i'm steadfastness: but they had q trick
of seeming to look beyond. rather than
directly at. the visual object. A physi-
osnomist would have classified him as a
man Of studious habit with the leisure to
indulge it, and unconsciously he dressed
the part.
In his outspoken moments, which were
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= y NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS $$$$=$

Dean, whose painting. THE White Squad
ron," has hung for several years In the
room Of the committee on naval AFFAIRS
at the Capitol.
On Eastern Point Miss Cecilia Beaux
has her summer home and studio, and
there but few seasons ago the portrait
Of John Paul Jones which is now in the
Naval Academy at Annapolis was painted.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Closson were
for the entire summer at Magnolia. and
for some weeks Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart
Nichols were at Annisquan. For artists
Cape Ann and the north shore OF Massa-
chusetts offer almost unrivaied attrac-
tons.
THERE were other colonies of artists
/ at Ogunquit, Me-: at Lyme. Conn;
at Chester. In the hill country OF Massa-
chusetts; at Cragsmoor and Woodstock.
n. Y, as we'll as on Cape Cod and in
Marthas Vineyard. Mr.. Charles Bittin-
ger, formerly of this city, was a member
Of the Lyme colony, as was also, for the
greater part of the summer Mr.. Everett
Warner.
MIR WARNER was one OF those who
lVX received an award at the hands OF
the international jury OF the Buenos Aires
exposition. In the American section a
grand prize was given to Charles Grany
for sculpture and to William M. Chase
for paintings, and of gold medals to
Thomas F. Anshutz. John G. Johansen.
Philip L: Hale. Willard l. Metcalf, J.
Francis Murphy. Henry r. Poore, Ed
ward W. Redield. w. Elmer Schofield.
Frederick J. Waugh. Irving r. Wiles and
Hermon A. Mcneil. Silver medals TO
Hugh H. Breckenridge, G. c. Cooper,
Henry G. Dearth. l.. P. Dessar. Charles
Warren Eaton. Ellen G.. Emmett: Charles
w. Hawthorne, Robert Henri, Edward r.
Rock, William NJ. Paxton, Marion Pow
ers. Justus Pfeiffer. NJ. Jean Mclean, J.
Alden Wier, Everett l.. Warner and
others.
In addition, eighteen bronze medals
were awarded and four honorable men
tons The exhibition opened to the public
July II and closed at Buenos Aires Sep
TENDER /. 1t comprised 40 paintings and
IA bronzes. The 18th Of September it
opened In Santiago, Chile. 1t is said that
the general impression made by the ex-
hfbition was favorable and certain sales,
it is reported, have been made.
LEILA MEC11I,IN.
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8, and delivered at the Corcoran Gallery,
or to it's agents in New York, Phlladel-
phia or Boston. on or before November
"a. The exhibition will continue until
included therein will be sent to the Penn
sylvania Academy Of the Fine Arts In
Philadelphia, which will hold its annual
exhibition in February and Marcn.
a MOTHER event Of more than local
n interest will be the exhibition In the
New National Museum building OF
large portion of the F'reer collection.
Since the opening of the National Gallery
Mr.. Freer has consented to the exhibition
in this city of representative portion
Of his famous collection, the whole OF
which has been decided to the nation, and
at the donors death will pass into the
custody of the Smithsonian Institution.
An entire hall, similar in size and char
acter to that now occupied by the Ma
tional Gallery collections, has been
placed at Mr. Freer's disposal and there
in the treasures he will lend are to. be
set forth.
This exhibition, which will open in
February, when the new building is dedi-
Ter. Dewing, Tryon and Thayer. Japanese
and Chinese paintings in kakemono,
screen and panel form: Indo-Persian il
luminations, Chinese bronzes, Egyptian
glass and ancient oriental potteries. 1t
will. in fact, give an adequate foretaste
Of the character and value of the col
lection, which has been so widely dis
cussed and is so highly valued by those
of expert knowledge.
In August Mr.. Freer started for China,
where he expects to spend the coming
winter, but all preparations were made
for the exhibition before he left, and
every detail carefully considered and
planned. Such an exhibition will lend
importance to the formal opening of the
new museum building, which is now
rapidly approaching completion.
DURING the summer few changes
- have been made In the National Gal
lery, a small new room being added by
the partitioning off of a space at the ex
IRENE south OF the hall, and blythe &C
QUESTION of four or more paintings for the
permanent collection. In the new gallery
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an unCOmmOnIy 1utcISStlu6
ter. so far as special events
are concerned. In December
will come the Corcoran Gallery's third
biennial exhibition of contemporary Amer
lean oil paintings, which will include the
works of a majority, If not all, OF the
living American artists of distinction
This exhibition, which opens with re-
ception and private view on December
L.. Is ranked with the chief exhibitions
held in this country. and attracts wide
attention. BY the artists, art collectors
and others interested in the advancement
Of art, 1t is referred to with pleasurable
anticipation, and many prominent IN art
circles are arranging to visit Washington
while 1t is in progress.
The Corcoran Gallery is an exception
ally good building in which to show pic
lures, and it is well understood that in
cosmopolitan, in other words. that the
outreach OF the exhibition is national
rather than local. Furthermore. in few
exhibitions are larger prizes offered or
the chances of sale geater. Through
the generosity Of former Senator VIII
liam A. Clark, 5000 will be given In
prices as follows: First, $1,000, to be ac-
companied by the Corcoran gold medal;
second, 81, 500, to be accompanied by the
corcoran silver medal; third, $l'WV, 70
be accompanied by the Corcoran bronze
medal. and fourth, $500. to be accom-
panied by honorable mention. These
prizes will be awarded to the painters
Of the four best pictures produced with
in the past two years by different artists,
without regard to subject.
No painting. however, which has pre-
viously received a medal Of like value in
any exhibition will be eligible to COM
pete for these awards. 1t is. in addition
to this, understood that the Corcoran
Gallery expects to use a portion of the
income from its endowment fund to
make substantial purchases for its per-
manent collection. The jury both of Sc
lection and award consists Of F. D. Mil
let, chairman; William Sergeant Ken
dali. Edward W. Redfeld, Frederic r.
Vinton and Lewis H. Meakin.
Works to be shown in this exhibition
must be entered not later than November