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household 1t was indeed an ideal family
existence. excepting that no child came to
bless the union. Even that regret was
mute on both sides. Neither of the twain
ever found fault with anything anybody.
They went their mutual way peacefully
and pleasantly. full of love and trust and
abiding faith in the final adjustment OF
Everything.
What is to be, will be- a thought
that came to them often. their crops rip
ened, their live stock fattcned, the placid
stream at the bottom Of the garden edded
past. and the clouds and sunshine alter
mated all in season.
But day Therese met with an acct
dent when the pair of colts ran away and
threw her out Of the carriage against a
tree. inJurng her spine that she became
bcdridden. as 1t turned out. for the rest of
her accomplishing and ill-rcQufted life
This Horace Greeley Jenkinss first
grief. He bore it with New England sto-
icsm when his invalid wife
when neighbors came to sympathize. Per-
haps he had great and glowing regard
for neighborly sympathy. But when he was
alone at any of the tasks that many
for those who wrest livelihood from the
earth there were deep lines about his mouth
and his eyes frequently softened with the
moisture of tenderness.
The best physicians and most renowned
surgeons came and went one after another
but Therese. with patience that never
grew less, found no relief. If she suffered
physical pain no one knew it by word
sigh from her lips. When her husband in
his goodness picked up the frail body and
pillowed 1t in the window seat she could
look out upon the birds and flowers and
watch the farmers wagons drag past. she
murmured that he was very good to her,
and pressed his strong hand.
A great surgeon from st. Louis came one
day and made very careful examination.
He was one Of those individuals whose OBJ
servation sweeps everything and leaves not
last tfar
man of wide knowledge and large expert
ence OF the world his way to the
station he said to Horace Greeley Jenkins
who was driving in silence:
Il regret to say that your good wife is
beyond my skill. An operation would al
most surely kill her"
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By Edgar Allan Poe

still dark midnight A, the bell sounded the hour there came
hearor what had ear1 There entered three men.
who introduced themselves with perfect 'avy oaice.' Of the
suspicion of foul play had been aou.e information had been
lodged the police office. and they 1.-THE ocen) had been
deputed to search the premises.
smled-for what had feara babe the gentlemen wei
come. he shrek. l said. a dream. The old
mentioned absent the country. took my vitors
all over the house babe them search-sea,ch we'll / led
them at length his chamber showed them hi. treasures.
undsbed In the enthusiasm of my confidence BROUGHT
chairs into the and desired them here rest from t,
fasues while myself. the wild audaciy Of my perfect tn
umph placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which
The officers satisfied My had convinced them
sinsary They and while answered cheer.
ly they chated Of familiar things But. long, felt myself
getting pale and wished them My head aehed and
The ringing became dnct continued and became more
distinct talked freely nd Of the feeling but it con-
hnued and gained dehntvcness-und length found that The
noise not within my
No doubt grew very pale; but talked more Auendy
and with heightened Yet the sound ;ncrea.ed.nd
what could doa 1t low dull quick sound-much such
for beath-and yet the officer. heard it not talked mor.
quicky-moqe vehementy but the steadily increased
and argued about aes high key and violent se.-
be gomez paced the floor and fro with heavy strides a.
steadily increased Oh Godi what could DO, o.n an doi
ting and grated the boards but the over al
and continually increased 1t grew oude.-Iou5e loudai
abe they heard nota Almighty CodEno. mol ibey bes,dI
they uspeced!-they knew-shey making a mockey Of
my horor!-shs thought. and this think But anything va.
derison! could bear those hypoeriiea smile. onezi /
felt that de-and now-asainA hark loudl
louder, louderl louder!
the planls'-hee hereHt the beating Of h, d<o..
heaIt!
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Yes" responded the surgeon, declsFely'
Your wife is lady born and reared f'no
one OF her own kind to attend upon hel'
Such women understand and help one an
other No man, l don't care who or "hae
he is can take the place of one good woman
to another who is helpless. Good night, sir
The doctor gone. and Horace Greeley
Jenkins sorely perplexed. turned his horses
homeward. What should he do? Where
the woman? He knew instinctively
must be the woman.
For several days he said nothing of what
the doctor had told him. until one after
noon Therese. whose intuition had already
informed her that some unusual condition
had arisen. said to him quite bright and
smiling:
Horace. dear. Come sit by me for
moment"
He obeyed. with abashed look upon
his countenance that betrayed his secret
perplexity.
Tell me. sweetheart" the invalid went
on. coaxingly. What was it the good doc
tor told you to do for that you don't
understand how to begin?"
With some difficulty Horace Greeley Jen-
kins repeated the substance Of the CONVEX
ton that had occurred on the road to the
railway station.
Why" said Therese. as II the idea were
flled with the keenest delight to her, "that
Will be splendid l sure you won't
ihi"u having soHeoHe In tne mousse VINO 10
dear to me-you are SO kind and unselfsh.
May I write for my cousin Henrietta?-yo
remember, she wedding. 1
know she will be glad to come. poor girl.
The world hasn't been as sweet to her as
to me-"
So 1T was arranged. and Henrietta came
to Indiana and took charge not alone of
Therese but Of tho entire household AL
though Horace Greeley Jenkins didn't know
IT, she took charge of him along with the
rest. She did it all so deity and graz
clously, and with such genuineness of pur-
pose that the jenkins establishment went
along right smoothly and serenely. excep,-
ing Tor the ever-present. always haunting
TACT that Therese was fading. slowly fading
into the great llimitable shadow
Cousin Henrietta knew it. and nursed her
very very gently. Horace Greeley jenkins
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THE TELL-TALE HEART

TRUEl nervous. very very dreadfuy nervous had been
and am: bu. why will you say that am mad' The dis
Above all the sense Of hearing acute heard all thing.
the heaven and The earth heard things hell How
then am %1d' H*..te1 and observe how heahy how
impossible how FIRST the idea entered my bran but
conceived haunted me day and might Object there
Passion there was none loved the old He had
had desire think it was his eye Yes. this! One
Of hi. resembed that Of vutue-a pale blue with
20 by degrees. very gradually made up my mind to take the life
Of the old and thus rid myself Of the eye forever
Nov this j: the point You fancy me %sd M,dmen know
how wisely proceeded with what caution. with what foresight
with what discrimination. went to work! kinder
the old during the whole week before killed him. And
every night about midnight turned the latch of his door and
opened -oh. gently! And then when had made open
ing sufficient for head put in dark lantern all closed. closed
70 that light shone out and then thrust my head
Oh. you would have laughed how cunningy thrust
in! moved slowly. very: very slowly that nigh.
whole head within the opening that could see him as he
lay upon hi. bed Hal would mailman have been
,h.a And then when head well in the undd the
lantern cautousyoh. cautiously cautiously (o the hinges
creake) undid just much that single thin ray fell upon
the vure eye. And this did for long nights, every night
nus, at midnight but found the eye always closed and so
impossible do the work. for the old who vexed
me- but his Evil Eye And morning when the day broke.
boldly the chamber and spoke courageouy him.
calling him by hearty and inquinng how he had
passed the night So you he would have been
found old indeed suspect that night u.
looked in upon him while he slept
Upon the eighth night was more thar usually cauipu. in
opening the door, wachs minute hand quickly
Than did mine Never before tina. night had felt the Of
feeInss Of triumph To think ha. there opening tf door
little by little and he dream Of my deeds or
,housht. fairly chuekled The idea. and perhaps he heard
may think drew back-but His a, bhck a,
pitch with the thick d.knes. (o. the shutters ose..ened
opening Of the door. and kept pushing steadily. steadily
Lhad my head snd abou: to the lantern when my
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thumb slipped the fastening. and the old spans up
in the bed. crying out. Who's therep"
kept quite still and SAID nothing. For whole hour did
not muscle. and in the meantime did hear him lie
down. e still sitting up in the bed. listening;
have done night after night the death watches in the
Presently heard slight soan. and knew the groan
OF mortal terror 1t of pain Of reoh no.
the low sAed sound that from the bottom Of the soul
when overcharsed with knew the sound WE'LL Many
night. midnight when all the world Slept has weed up
rors that distracted me- say knew it we'll knew what the
old felt and pied him. although chucked heart.
knew that he had been lying awake since the first slight noise
s but could not He had been saying to himself 1T moth
floor 1T is merely cricket which has made single chip
YES he had been tying comfort himself with these suppodons
but he had Ito found vain Al in vsn because pssh sp
enveoped the VICTIM And the mounul influence Of the
unperceved shadow that caused him feeahough he neither
heard-o feel the presence Of head within the
When had waited long very patiently without hearing
him lie down. resolved to Itte-a very ltlecre
vice in the lantern So opened how
seahyunhl length single dim ray like the thread of the
spider shot out from the and fell upon the vuue eye
1t wide. wide open: and urou. eazed
hdeous veil that chilled the very my bone
but could nothing else Of the old mans face person. for
had directed the by instinct precisely upon the damned
And have told you that what you mistake for mad
but Of the sen.esa Now say there
to low dull quick sound such watch makes when
beating Of the old mans heart increased my fury the beat
ing Of a drum stimulate. the soldier into courage.
But yet eraned and kept still. scarcely beathed-
held the lantern mohonless tried how steadily could
tain the upon the Meantime the hh Of the heart
increased quicker and quicker. and louder and louder.
Instant The old mans must have been extreme! 1t
have told tina, am And the
dead hour of the night amid the silence Of tina, old house
Ye. for longer rei.ined and stood STILL But the
beating louder louder ] thought the heart burst.
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knew it, and often had TO swallow with a
great effort when trying 10 assume cheer
ful aspect in entering his wifes room.
TEerese knew il. too. but least moved
OF ali. her soft eyes heamed upon the
man she loved and her slender Aagers wound
themselves together upon her fragile breast
The Winter evenings grew long, and the
husband and nurse took turns at the task
of waiting upon the invalid who had grown
weak she could scarcely speak above
Whisper One morning, before daylight.
Cousin Henrietta had gone for an hours
repose. when the husband. sitting with his
head bowed in silent grief at the side OF
the bed. became aware Of the highest posi-
Bile hnger-toucn upon his grizzling hair
He quickly and leaned over the
PROSTATE form of Therese.
Let me call Henrietta he said, hoarsely.
feeling a vague sense OF helplessness III
the Presence all had SO long known was
approaching ineXorah bly,.
No. dear" responded Therese. in faint
but even tones Il am going, Let me be
alone with you at the end"
Don't say that. sweetheart" murmured
the man, hoarsely. Il can't bear to think
it is the end-rny love. my love"
She pressed his hand in both her own
Listen. Horace. she went on with
fervor that reflected in the deep and
wondrous lustre of her eyes. You have
been good and true that you have never
refused anything have asked, Prom
Use still one thing more when / am
gone"
The suffering man at the bedside. whose
heart was torn with the pending loss OF
his loved and loving companion groancd In
the anguish Of parting.
promise me- pursued Therese, with the
,nonentary strength of those who die, that
when the pain Of this is over. you Will
marry Cousin Henrietta.
20 my dear" moaned Horace, holding his
wife convulsively TO his bosom. Il love you
YOU only. l want to be alone forever"
She smiled up sweetly into his face.
Dear heart" she whispered. that Is not
human Henrietta will love you. can see.
Kiss me-and remember.
When it was all over. Horace Greeley
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Jenkins, whose Puritan for,,ude came back
10 him decided all his property to Cousin
Henrietta. no stoutly refused II until ne
threatened TO turn the place over 10 Inc
STATE unless she accepted.
You were her hes, and truest friend no
said. and she would have had II so.
can't stay around here she's gone. 1t
isn't the same To I've got to go some
where and begin again. There isn't pic
that doesn't talk TO me about Therese. I
cant stay. Its use"
Il know it," rejoined Henrietta with SIM
PIE earnestness. or course. lis no use.
Something in her voice struck strangely
upon his The TWO looked a, one
another.
You heard It aN:' He asked in an en-
barrassed
Every word
decisively:
You couldn't do such thing And
couldn't let you. Yes you are right to so
somewhere else and-forget."
Il shall never forget" replied Horace
Greeley Jenkins. with frank sincerity. as he
waved adieu from down the road.
Cousin Henrietta looked after him long
and earnestly. When he quite out OF
sight she Wen. into the house. weeping
liltle IN silence Then she pulled herself
together with a strong womanly effort. and
went about her business of running the
Jenkins estate--a pursuit In which she sue
ceeded admirably.
If at first the neighbors were inclined to
scor at woman rancher. they ultimately
learned to respect Cousin Henrietta She
had a genius for doing the right thing at
the right time in the right She won
the hearts Of the women. which was an
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. veracious chronicler OF incident to tell in
detail the history OF Horace Greeley Jen-
kins's forefathers and mothers-how they
burst away from the ties Of mother Eng
land with ine spirit. and came to daughter
New England and sat down.
But that would be mere dry and unillu-
mipative history.
The fact Is that Horace Greeley Jenkins.
at very early age. was bundled out OF
New England and bundled into the then
trackless wilderness OF Indiana by his par
ents in whom some spirit OF ancestry had
suddenly and sufficiently awakened the
tendency to get up and move.
Indiana was hot spot. neither North nor
South. but betwixt and between. a = the say
ing goes. that Horace Greeley Jenkins.
as he grew up. found himself receiving the
brickbats OF the North and entertaining the
cobblestones OF the South.
He met the situation unmoved
While he was still a youth, not knowing
30 very much what 1t was all about, his
parents one after the other were claimed
and duly acquired by malaria. the omni-
present Indiana life-lust. and Horace Gree
ley Jenkins was alone. in the possession of
for profit.
HE had licked most OF the other young
sf,en in the surrounding country. ThAt'was
by reason OF the invading spirit OF hisNan-
cestry Many New England young men try
10 lick their new-found fellows Some sue
coed. n
Horace Greeley jenkins ultimately mar
ried a young girl from one OF the Caroinas
whose parents had proceeded from the Desc
alton OF the South at about the time his
own people had isolated themselves and him
from the triumphant afYluence Of the North.
She was sweet girl. Sho loved her
husband gently. II not blndly. She bore
her end OF the burdens OF life in a rather
frontier country with fortitude and without
complaint The young wife had been reared
in a luxury that was snatched from her by
the Ill fortune OF war. but she did not give
herself up to futile repinings. In truth,
when Therese Rittenhouse became Mrs.
Horace Greeley Jenkins. she put resolutely
behind her all the life and traditions Of her
people and made herself an active and help
full part OF his career
There were no troubles In the Jenkins
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amazing thing for a woman to aceomp,,sA
She named the county ticket and hslped
elect It. for all the wives and sisters in the
community made the lives OF the men 4
burden until they listened to reason.
Cousin Henriettas crops were the ,arSest
for her subordnaies worked harder for .
word OF CONNIE nda,ion from her than double
wages from the farmers Her cattle were
the latest her horses were the sleekest-
everything about the place was jus. a little
ahead Of everything about any other place
in the community
Ana out In the cemetery at the top OF tho
Hill there was little knoll that was al
ways "A bank Of lilies of the valley, where
under loving watchfuness rested Cousin
Therese. the dead cousin OF Cousin
Henrietta.
once in a while there came to Indiana =.
vague rumor from the mining camps Of tn.
stil mysterious West. in which the person
aliiy of Horace Greeley Jenkins figured
with growing prominence. 1t was known In
a general way that he prospered. 1t oc-
CURED once twice that he suppressed
ia"lessness by sheer force OF nerve ana
courage.
Had any one been possessed OF an analy,i.
ca! mind when watching Cousin Henrietta
as these occasional details came to her no.
tice. II must inevitably have been perceived
that her glance brightened her cheek red.
dened. and her manner became animated
Immediately.
Suddenly the mistress OF Horace Greelev
jenkins Ranch disappeared one morning
without a word of explanation to any liy-
Ing being beyond the mere statement thar
she would return in few weeks Tha
superintendent Of the place reported In COM
hdence to the Road Commissioner soma
Gays later that his employer. after receiv.
Ing the Chicago morning newspapsr for
which she was regular subscriber had
been very much agitated in her demeanor
had ordered the carriage and departed altar
giving a few hasty directions about ranch
matters OF immediate moment
1t subsequently transpired that she haa
travelled as fast railway trains could
bear her to a Western mining camp whera
disastrous explosion Of dynamite haa
killed several men and MANNED number
or others. AS soon she set foot uro,
the station platform Cousin Henrietta va.
rushed away to the hospital. and almo~t IN
q moment was bending over a cot WHARF .
man lay so swathed In handages that NJ.
features could not be distinguished
But. although he could not see ~. .
upon the cot had heard the rustic or ,l1.
and he said:
Got me professional nurse. eh?" Thai.
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Noting startled looA
upon the husbands face, he
FASTENED to say reassuring
word.
There is no immediate
danger" he explained. The
patient may live for years.
! rather incline to the belief
that she will do so. I pre-
sumo the tissues will grad
ually waste away until her
vitality can no longer re
sist."
Horace Greeley Jenkins
was gazing intently before
him over the heads of the
horses into space. But that
he tried to mOisten his dry
lips the quick eye OF the
man Of medicine would not
have detected that he was
under emotional pressure.
Cant do anything for
her? "queried the driver in
a low voice. Not any
thing
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And anxiety seized me-he sound would heard by
nelghbor! The old mans hour had come! With loud YELL
threw open The lantern and eaped the He shrieked
only In instant dragged him the Aoor and
pulled the heavy bed him. then smiled galy. lind the
deed tar done But for the heart beat
mufled sound This. however, did would not
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II tried how steadily could maintain the
lantern raw On the eve.

e11eo HO" SeedS11y COo1sa 11a1nCa1n 111e
lantern ray on the eye.
be heard through the wall AT length ceased The old
dead removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes
be stone dead placed hand upon the heart and
held there minutes There pukahon. He was
stone dead His eye would trouble no more
still think mad. will think longer when de-
scbe the wise precautions took for the concement Of the body
The night waned. and worked hastily but in silence
took three panks from the flooring of the chamber. and
deposited all between the scanhng then replaced the board.
have detected anything wrong There wa, nothing to wash GU,
stain Of hndno blood whatever had been
w1vv 6ox that
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very kind. but I'll come along an
right. Let her take care Of some
OF the others who need her moro
than l."
The visitor caught herself.
Il will attend to the others later"
she concluded. after the effort At
self-control.
Horace Greeley Jenkins lifted \
bandaged hand and CROPPED about
with ii aimlessly.
You" he exclaimed, feebiy try
ing to raise himself. ITS you!
Cousin Henrietta! All the way out
h~re for me-and l can't see you.
I'm blind, child. blind for life"
Cousin Henrietta did not weaken
The orderly commented later that
she was dead game"
She tenderly laid the injured ma1
back upon the pillow.
LAS soon as you are well" she
promised soothinRly, I'VE will 60
back to Horace Greeley Jenkins's
ranch. and l will be the eyes for
both of U.S.
Newark post., 1911-12-06
A GREAT SUCCESS

The Agricultural Information
Tour. conducted by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. and the agricul-
tural colleges Of Maryland and
Delaware last week has been pro-
nounced a great success. 1t is be
heved that the lectures were ap-
preciated by those who attended
to the extent of affecting next
years production and shipment
to noticeable degree.
Nearly 5000 farmers, their
wives and children. also farm
hands. took advantage of broad
ening their minds along agricul-
tural lines; over 10000 booklets
on various subjects, from the pen
Of some of the country's foremost
agricultural writers, were dis
tributed; $50 lectures on more
than a dozen different topics were
delivered by men who have de-
voted years of experimentation in
the interest of scientific farming ;
~ communities were visited, and
700 miles of country traversed.
In view Of the exceedingly graf
flying turnouts, it is positively
predicted that should another ed
ucational train be operated by the
Pennsylvania Railroad for the
benefit Of the people who have
Just been served, the attendances
at each point would be doubled
and probably trebled.