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nice to have . wife. Wigg4eswick.
rBut amt yer got one?' bawled the dis
reputable body-servant.
''Of course. Of course" said Septimus.
hurriedly. II was thinking OF the people
who hadn't
Wigg1eswick approached his master
bedside with a mysteriously confidential
cir.
Don't you think we're all coy and
comfortable here, sir?''
Yes said Septimus. obviously.
''Well. for one have nothing to COM
plain Of. The vittles 10 good. and one
sleeps warm. ana one has ones beer and
'baccy regular. What more does a man
want? Not women. Women's q regret
table hincident.''
"Aren't you cold standing there in your
shirt sleeves. Wiggleswick?" asked Sep
tinus. in his hesitating way.
Wiggieswick ignored the delicacy OF the
"Cold? No. II was cold. I'd precious
soon make myself warm. Which I wish
+, to remark, 0r. DIX. that now you've
parted with the missus pro tenn. don't
able? don't say but IL she came here
I'd do my best willingly. know my
! duty. But. sir, woman. what with her
busting and cleaning. and washing Of her.
self in hot water, and putting flowers in
mugs, do upset things terrible. I've been
| married oftener than you. I know 'em.
Don't you think We set on better the two
Of us as We are?''
1--WE get on very nicely" said Septimus
politely, but I'm afraid you'll have to do
| awfully sorry to trouble you. Mrs. Mid
dlemist has returned to England and may
be down this afternoon
A look OF dismay came over Wiggles-
wick's crafty. weather-beaten face.
Well, I'm jiggered. I'm just jisgered,"
I'm delighted to hear IT, murmured
Septimus. Bring mo my shaving water. -
Are you going to get up?" asked Wig
gleswtck, In tone Of disguised lncredu-
yes"
"Then you'll be wanting breakfast"
"Oh, no." said Septimus, with the wan
smile that sometimes fiickered over his
features afternoon tea will do-with
some bacon and eggs and things"
The old man went out grumbling and
Septimus turned to his letter. 1t was
very kind Of Emmy, he thought. to write
to him SO eHectionately.
He spent the mild, autumn morning on
the common consulting the ducks In the
pond and seeking inspiration from the
lame donkey, his state OF mind being
still complicated. The more he reflected
on Emmy's letter and on wigsleswick's
views on women the less did he agree
with Wiggleswtck. He missed Dummy,
who had treated him very tenderly since
their talk in the moonlight ut Hottetot-
sur-Mer; and he missed the boy who. in
the later days in Paris, after her return.
hsd conceived an infantile infatuation for
him. and would cease crying or 90 TO
sleep peacefully II only he could gather q
clurnp of Septimus' hair in his tiny fin
gers. He missed a thousand goSsamer
trifles-each one so imperceptible, all
added together so significant. He was
not in tho least cozy and comfortable
with his old villain OF serving man.
Gro. be continued tomorrow)
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iarize himself with the sauls OF intellect
who tower above the army OF ordinary
people who make up LIES rank and file
and not for the purpose Of taking uI
theological discussions for or against
will find in this small work the great
facts in the history Of a great man whose
contributions to the worlds good is &C.
copied by the thinkers Of all creeds-and
none
THE EAGLES FEATHER. BY Emily
Post, author of THE Title Market"
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company.
Washington: Brentano's.
1t was only question how the woman
who linked her life with that Of Jan
Piotrovski would be disillusioned. She
had been amply warned by him, long in
advance of the development OF any seri-
Gus sentimental attachment, that he was
emotionally unstable, that he had put
aside his own wife because he was I'M
able to endure her attentions and that
he had left behind him a wake Of sorrow.
Nevertheless. she chose her role deliber-
ately and awaited her fate. It came
brutally, suddenly. Piotrovski was poet.
perhaps the most popular OF the CONT
mental poetic dramatists. He had Sue
ceeded greatly in all his works, but there
was one vital fault which he and this
woman recognized. He could not draw
the character of woman. It was in
order to gain first-hand knowledge that
he struck this one who loved him, lied to
her, told her he no longer loved her, put
her out of his life, and then proceeded in
a frenzy of inspiration to write the cli-
max Of his greatest work. He had
brought the eagle down from the skies to
pluck a quill from it's wing. In the tell
ing of this tale Mrs. Post has reached
her greatest height thus far attained.
She has produced an unpleasant nara
tive, but a powerful one, filled with deli
cate work and certain to be read with
appreciation.
OUT OF DROWNING VALLEY. BY s.
Carleton Jones. New York: Henry
Holt & Co.
Into Drowning valley went two men to
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notable, the broad stretches OF drifted
sand being peculiarly we'll portrayed. The
temples, too, are interesting, showing not
merely the detail of the architecture ana
sculpture. but the atmosphere or the
places. The subjects themselves nave
inherent interest. "A Harem window
gives an admirable example OF a DIT VI
Old Saracenic architecture: caro- III
terror also pictures the courtyard OF one
OF the old houses which are now 1ar nast aS
Philae. the hawk-god at Edfu, ana Ine
head OF the portrait statue of Queen I'VE
as it was originally found, imbedded IN
the sand. In more than one instance
Mr.. Ogilvie has chosen the aa'e e,s ae sI.h-
1ects, contrasts then being sharpest pc
tween light and shadow and the sun gid
ing the objects upon which 1t falls. TWO
Of the pictures Included in the exhibltlon
are by q cousin Of Mr.. Oilvies. Miss
Nellie MADDEN Of England. who has won
distinction as a painter Of animals. Her
contributions are a picture OF group
of donkeys with their drivers, ana OF
camels resting in q quarry. Both are ex-
tan pictures Mr.. Ogilvie shows five water
tolors of Constantinople, one of which
shows the road to the American College.
r mr.. OGILVIE Is to lecture before the
1V4 Washington Society OF the Fine Arts
Wednesday evening at the Washington
Club on Some Recent Art Discoveries IN
Egypt, He will treat the subject from
the artistic rather than the archaeological
standpoint, and will employ as illustra-
lions not only photographs from nature.
but reproductions Of his own paintings.
Many Of his slides will be in color, orig
inal photographs made by the Sanger
Shepherd process, which it is claimed is
even superior to the Lumiere. 1t is in
teresting to know that Mr.. Ogilvie's great
grandfather and greatuncie were the first
United States consuls to Alexandria and
Cairo. and that his father was high
oflicial in the service of the pasha. He
himself was educated at Edinburgh.
studying first at Fettes College, then at
the university and finally at the Munich
pal Art School. From Edinburgh he went
to Paris. where he studied art under
Bouguereau. Benjamin Constant and ]. F.
Laurens, and from there to Egypt.
THE coRcoRAN GALLERY's great
/ exhibition OF cotemporary Amer
lean paintings will open to the public
Tuesday morning, and Tuesday evening
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self. BY the time he went to bed, how
ever, having pOndered for some hours
over the interdependent relations between
Fora, Sypher. Emmy and himself. he had
tricate complication. He longed to con-
tinue to sun himself in the presence OF
his divinity. But being q married man
(no matter how nominaliy). too much sun
ming appeared reprehensible. He had
also arranged for the summing Of Glenn
Sypher, and was aware Of the indelicacy
Of two going through this delicious pro-
cess at the same time. He also dreaded
the possible incredulity OF Fora when he
should urge the righteousness OF his do
nestle demeanor as the reason for his
living apart from his wife. The conse-
quence was that after sleepless night
he bolted like q rabbit to his burrow at
Nunsmere. At any rate, the mission Of
the dogs tail was accomplished.
His bolt took place on Friday. On Sat
urday morning he was awakened by Wig
The latter's attire was not that OF the
perfect valet. He wore an old. colored
shirt. open 1T the throat, pair Of trou-
, sers t,itched up to his shoulder blades by
means Of pair Of red braces, and pair
of dilapidated carpet slippers
Here's q letter"
"Oh. post It," said septinus. sleepily.
''You haven't written it. The missua
has written it. 1t has a French stamp
and the Paris postmark. You'd better
read it,
He put it on his masters pillow and
| went to the window to admire the view.
Septimus aroused. read the letter. It was
from Emmy. 1t ran:
Dearest Septimus: can't stand this
loneliness in Paris any longer. I can't.
I can't. If you were here and I could
see you even once q week. shouldn't
mind. But to 60 on day after day in
definitely without comforting word
say the fiat is ready. I am coming over
at once with baby and Nine. Bolivard,
who swears she will never leave me. How
she is going to get OH in London without
mind If 1 meet Fora Perhaps it will be
better for you that I should. And
think it will be quite safe for me now.
Don't hato me and think me horrid and
selfish. my dear septimus. but I do want
you. do. do. Thanks for the toy
train Baby enjoys the paint on the car
riages SO much: but Nine. Boiivard says
it isn't good for him. Dear. il I thought
you wouldn't forgive me for being such
= worry. wouldn't worry. you. v, Y9Tr !: al
Septimus lit the half-smoked pipe of
the night before that lay on the coverlet.
and becoming aware Of Wiggleswick, dis
turbed his contemplation Of nature by
asking him IL he had ever been married.
"What?" asked Wiggleswick, in the un-
modulat6d tone Of the deaf.
"Have you ever been married, Wiggles-
wickTi
Heaps of tines said the old man.
Dear me- said Septimus. did you
commit bigamy?'
/ "Bigamy? No. l buried 'ern all honor
able
That" said Septimus, was very kind
of you
ut was out of gratitude
For their goodness?"
"No. For being delivered from EN-. l
had lot. of experience before ] could
learn the bleeeedpeee of Q single lite"
eertimus sighed. "Yet It must be very
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Q word. though her heart was filled with
pity. She was brought face to face with
4 ridiculous soul-tragedy, remote from
her poor little experience of life. It was
| no time to act the beneticent goddess.
| She became self-conscious, fearful to
speak lest she might strike a wrong note
of sympathy. She wanted to give the
man so much, and she could give him so
little.
I'm dying to help YOU" she said,
rather piteously. But how can II"
Fora" he said, huskily.
She glanced up at him and he held her
eyes with his, and she saw how she
could help him.
mo don't-don't. I can't bear it,"
| She rose and turned away. Don't let
us change things They were SO sweet
before. They were SO strange-your want
ing me as a sort OF priestess-I used to
llaugh-but loved 1t all the time"
That's why I said I've been a fool,
Fora
| The bell of the telephone connected with
his managers Office rang tarringly. He
seized the transmitter in anger.
How dare you ring me up when
gave orders I was to be undisturbed?
don't care who wants to see me. I'll SET
nobody
He threw down the transmitter. TN
very sorry" he began. Then he stopped
outer world brought with dismaying sud
denness to his mind the practical affairs
Of life. He was a ruined man. The
thought staggered him. How could ne
say to Fora Middlemist: II am a beggar
| want to marry your?
! She came to him with both hands out
stretched. her instructive gesture Wher
! her heart went out, and used his CHRIS
tan name for the first time.
"Clem. let us he friends-good friends
true, dear friends, but don't spoil 1t al
for me-"
When a woman, infinitely desired
pleads like that with glorious eyes, and
her fragrance and her dearness are with
in arms length, man has but to catch
her to him and silence her pleadings with
q mans strength, and carry her OF In
triumph. It has been the way of man
with woman since the world began, and
Sypher knew it by his mans instinct. II
was a temptation such as he had never
dreamed was in the world. He passed
through flaming, blazing torment OF
battle.
| "Foreet what I have said, Fora. Well
! be friends, IL you so wish It,.
| He pressed her hands and turned away.
Fora felt that she had gained an empty
victory.
II ought to be going she said.
| Not vet Let us sit down and talk
like friends. It's many weary months
since / have seen you.
She remained little longer and they
talked quietly Of many things. On bid
ding her goodbye he said, half playfully:
| 1--WE often wondered why you have
taken I'D with fellow like me-"
| 81 suppose it's because you're big
| man." said Fora.
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lieved in the Cure in the sense that I be-
lieved in it?''
fora returned his gaze. Here was no
rhodomontading. The man was graphing
with realities.
Neither do any longer" said Sypher:
"There is no difference between IT and
any quack ointment you can buy At the
first chemists shop. That Ia why, even
If l saw a chance Of putting putting, the &c, concern Germ
money. That is why I asked you. just
now, what you have thought Of me-a
mailman or q quack?"
Doesn't the mere fact Of my being
here show you what thought Of your
"Forgive me-" he said. Its wrong to
ask you such questions"
ITS worse than wrong. It's unneces-
sary.''
sat down.
"I've gone through lot today. I'm not
quite myself, so you must forgive me II
I say unnecessary things. God sent you
to me this morning. Septimus was HIS
messenger. If you hadn't appeared Just
, now think should have gone into oiacl
madness"
"Tell me all about it," she said. softly
"All that you care to tell 1 am your
nearest friend-I think"
"And dearest"
"And YOU are mine. You and Septimus
III
been away, and some seem to have cared
for me-but there's no one really in my
life but you two"
Sypher thought: "And we both love you
with all there is In US. and you don't
know it." He also thought jealousy
"Who are the people that have cared FOL
yOu?"
He said: mo one?''
A smile parted her lips as she looked
him frankly in the eyes and repeated the
I,nl sipI, 90 Of
for he had remembered Rattenden's
prophecy Of the big man whom she was
seeking, Of the love for the big man, the
gorgeous tropical sunshine in which all
the splendor in her could develop. She
had not found him. From the depths OF
his mans egotism he uttered a prayer OF
! Thanksgiving.
Tell me- she said again.
do you remember my letter from
Paris in the summer"
Eyes. You had q great scheme for the
armies Of the world"
That was the beginning" said he. and
then he told her all the grOtesque story
| to the end. from the episode OF the blis-
tered heel. He told her things that he
had never told himself; things that star
In words.
I'm Russia said he, every house has
it's sacred pictures. even the poorest peas.
ants hut. They call them ikons These. y
waving 10 the walls, We're my lkons.
What do you think Of them?''
For the first time Fora became aware
Of the furniture and decoration Of the
room. The cartoon, the advertisement
proofs, the model OF Edinburgh Castle
produced on her the same effect as the
famous board in the garden at Penton
Court. Then, however. she could argue
with him on the question Of taste, and
lay down laws as the arbiter Of the ele-
gancieS of conduct. Now he viewed the
sorry images with her own eyes, and he
had gone through fire to attain this clear
ness OF vision. What could be Said1 zpsa
the magnificent ana self-reiiant found not
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Septimus walked back to his club after
his dinner with Fora, blessing his stars
for two reasOns-first. because gracious
providence had restored him to favor in
his goddess sight, and. secondly. be-
cause he had escaped without telling her
of the sundered lives Of Emmy and him
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elementary schools have recently been
received by the Library of Congress and
placed in the custody Of the division of
prints. One comprises a series of twenty
six pictures purposed for ethical teach
Ing. Each picture is a lesson, the moral
Of which is very obvious. For instance,
there is one picture showing broken
window, boy. stern parent and the
stone: another Of a little girl helping her
brother put on his sandal; and yet an
other OF children showing proper defer
ence to their elders. Certain fables are
also illustrated, as for example, the hare
frequently cried wolf. Another series
consists Of portraits of Japanese heroes
the great men and women who are upheld
to the young as examples. Apparently,
these are all wood block prints and crude
at that, the drawing being bold and sim
pie and the coloring fiat and crude AS
works Of art they would. take rank with
the average commercial poster, but aside
from intrinsic merit they are of interest
as indicating how vivid visual teaching
can be made. The value of such teach
ing, which Is enormous. the japanese
understand far better than other ma
tons, and especially America.
THERE is still on exhibition at the Ii
brary of Congress q portion of the
collection Of japanese prints assembled
by c. s. Noyes and presented by him,
shortly before his death, to the Library.
The exhibit illustrates women's costumes
in Japan. and is therefore limited in
scope, but comprises examples of the
foremost artists of the Tokioye school,
Very beautiful prints are shown which
demonstrate more patiently than many
volumes the charm of this simple form
Of expression and the reason the early
wood block prints of japan have been
and are held by artists and connoisseurs
in such high esteem. To the hundreds of
PERSONS who visit the Library Of Con-
1ress each day this exhibition. which is
set forth in the upper main hail. is found
OF much interest.
THE art talk at theCorcoran School Mon
day was given by Richard n. Brooke,
the vice principal, who took as his sub
tect Unity" Mr.. Brooke said that there
was more than one kind Of unity, that
one might have unity of color, or unity of
tone, but not unity of expression. This.
he claimed, was the fundamental neces-
sity for q great work of aria great
painting. Such unity was dependent, he
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maintained, upon the artists conception
or literally upon the grasp he got OF MS
vision. Nature, he insisted. was rag.
mentary. and to art was left the task OF
realizing unity. Without discounting the
value Of technique, Mr.. Brooke urged
upon his audience the necessity OF look
ing beyond the medium. OF seeing with
open eyes and cultivating sensitiveness
Of perception. An artist is not always.
he pointed out, grea. in proportion to his
achievement. but rather in accordance
with his intent-for instance, Mauve and
Millet. To study pictures he affirmed.
one must first seek to understand and
sympathize with the artistic viewpoint,
searching for the message rather than
concerning ones self with forms OF
speech. 1t was in this spirit that he
which will open in the Corcoran Gallery
-
n ALPH GARRISON Of Chicago has
II come to Washington to paint por-
traits Of Secretary Dickinson and Gen.
Carter, and will probably remain in the
city for several weeks. Mr.. Clarkson was
born in Amesbury, Mass, and studied in
Paris under L.efebre and Boulanger, but
after returning to America settled in Chi
cago, where he has taken an active part
In art matters. He Is the president of the
Municipal Art Society and chairman OF
the state art commission OF Illinois. TO
his initiative, furthermore. is largely due
the establishment Of the newly formed So
ciety styled "The Friends Of American
Art" which consists Of one hundred and
fifty persons piedging 500 q year for five
years for the purchase OF American paint
ings to be placed in the permanent col
lection Of the Chicago Art Institute. Many
will remember his portrait Of e. 6 Keith,
esq. which was included in the Corcoran
Gallery's last exhibition, and to not a
few his admirable portrait of dorado Taft
Is also familiar.
TN an exhibition Of water colors, pastels
! and small bronzes, which is in progress
In Macbeth's gallery, New York, is
group Of paintings by Spencer B. Nichols
Of this city The group comprises five
paintings, two or more Of which have
been previously shown in this city.
=
THE National Academy of Design
] opens its winter exhibition today In
the Fine Arts building, New York, with
the usual private view and reception.
Since the academy united with the So
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