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HERE is REALLY GOOD IDEA
Fire Insurance Would Be an Easy
Matter IT II Could BE Con-
Quoted That Way.

Senator Williams, at dinner at
Yazoo, said in condemnation OF
mooted tariff change:
They who advocate this change
know just as much about the tar
iff as the old lady knew about fire in
surance.
This old lady visited an insurance
office and insured her barn for $500.
The policy was drawn. UP, signed. seal
ed and handed over to her, and she
put it in her cabba and started out.
"sBut hold on, ma'am,' said the
agent. I must ask you, please, for
the first years premium.
1.-The first years premium said
she. And how much will that be?'
There 1t is, ma'am, written ON
the policy said the agent. A small
matter Of s24.'
"'Oh.' said the old lady, I'm In a
hurry this morning. You Just let the
premiums stand and deduct them
when the barn burns down
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CHAPTER XII.
A Tour of Inspection.

A Tour Of inspection.
The first thing necessary, she de-
cided, when she had satisfied her hun
ger and finished her meal, was to get
word of her plight and her resting
place to her uncle and the men Of the
party, and the next thing was to get
away, where she would never see this
man again, and perhaps be able to for
get what had TRANSFERRED yet there
heart at that thought!
No man on earth had ever SO slim
u1ated her curiosity as this one. Who
was he? Why was he there? Who
was the woman whose picture he had
so quickly taken from her gaze? Why
had so splendid man buried himself
alone In that wilderness? These re-
Elections were presently interrupted by
the temperance Of the man him
self.
Have you fnished?" he asked, I'M
tremendously standing in the door
way as he spoke.
'fYes, thank you, and it was very
good indeed"
Dismissing this politeness with a
wave Of his hand, but taking no other
notice, he spoke again.
If you will tell me your name"
Maitland, Enid Maitland"
Miss Maitland?''
The girl nodded.
"And where you came from, will
endeavor to find your party and see
what can be done to restore you to
them"
I'VE were camped down that canon
at a place where another brook, a
large one, flows into it, several miles,
should think, below the place
where"
She was going to ssg where you
found me-" but the thought Of the way
In which he had found her rushed
over her again; and this time, with
his glance directly upon her, although
1t was as cold and disuassionate and
Indifferent as mans look could well
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lakelet was trimmed with ice on the
shaded side. This enchanting little
body Of water was fed by the melting
snow from the crest and peaks, which
in the clear, pure sunshine and rari-
fed air of the mountains seemed to
rise and confront her within stones
throw Of the place where she stood.
On one side Of the pretty lake in
the valley, or pocket, beneath, there
was little grassy clearing, and there
the dwe1ler in the wilderness had
built rude corral for the burros. On
rough bench by the side of the door
she saw the primitive conveniences to
which he had alluded. The water
was delightfully."- soft and as 1t had
stood exposed to the suns direct rays
for some time, although the air was
exceedingly crisp and cold, it was
tempered sufficiently to be merely
cool and agreeable. She luxuriated,
in It for few moments, and while
she had her face buried in the towel,
rough, coarse, but clean, she heard a
step. She looked up In time to see
the man lay down upon the bench
small mirror and clean comb. He
said nothing as he did 80, and she had
no opportunity to thank him before
he was gone. The thoughtfulness Of
the act affected her strangely, and she
was very glad of chance to unbrafd
her hair, comb 1t ous and plat 1t
again. She had not hair pin left, OF
course, and all she could do with It
was to replait 1t and let it hang upon
her shoulders. Her coiffure would have
looked very strange to civilization. but
out there in the mountains. it was en-
inently appropriate:
Without noticing details, the man
felt the general effect as she nmped
back into the room toward the table.
Her breakfast was ready for her. 1t
was a. coarse fare, bacon, baked po-
tato, hard tack crisped before the fire,
coffee, black and. strong, with sugar,
but no cream. The dishes matched
the fare, too, yet she noticed that the
fork was Of silver, and by her plate
there was napkin, rough dried, but
of fine linen. The man had just set
the table when she appeared.
Il am sorry have no cream" he
said, and then, before SIC enuId make
comment or reply, he turned and
walked out of the room, his purpose
evidently being not to embarrass her
by his presence while she ate.
Enid Maitland had grown to relish
the camp fare, bringing to It the appe-
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ITO BE CONTINUED.)
nrainana Of The Zuyder Zee.

A great project is again before the
people Of Holland-the draining Of the
zuyder Zee. The sea, which, as every
one knows, is at the north OF Holland
and covers an area of $4,000 hectares
q hectare being practically two acrss
and a half.
lust half century ago scheme u
drain the southern portion OF the SEES
was first mooted and although 1t re
ceived considerable support, the oppa
sition was greater, but now an asso
citation has been formed and a bill wifi
be introduced into the chamber Tha
promoters see that with an increases
population means must be taken "a
enlarge the country and this reclama
ton OF the sea Is suggested as capable
Of accomplishment. II the sea is coa
quered there are several lakes which
can be dealt with later.
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SYNOPSIS.

r.,a maitland. a frank, free ana TN
.n aIl.a young Philadelphia girl, Is taken
HE Colorado mountains by ner uncle
e. t n Maitland. James Armstrong,
sMsospgs1and;s protege, falls In love with her:
b. .rersisteat wooing thrills the girl, but
a. r. fheaitates, and Armstrong goes east
s - hnsinesg without q definite answer.
'g Ola hears the story Of mining engl,
r r.. Eewbold, whose wife fell on Gin
IN vas 90 seriously hurt that ne was
s Sa.,anelled to shoot her to prevent her pc
~ Ssafen by wolves while he went Tor
a III Kirkby. the old guide who tells the
i a9,y gives Enid a package OF letters
Xxx s.Sisb Re- SAYS were found on the dead
g aman' s. body. She reads the letters and
\ Kirkby's request keeps them; WINE
ssthing Il, mountain stream Enid IS az
e ssarad nv a bear, which Is mysteriously
s ssnt 4 storm adds to the girls terror.
nm \ sudden deluge transform brook INTO
4 !. esnp torrent, which sweeps Enid Into
s easge where she is rescued by q noun
ssin hermit after thrilling experience san
tanners sa In great confusion upon dlscov-
~, G@.i'E nid's absence when the storm
h ny Maitland and Old Kirkby go, IN
sesreh OF the girl Enid discovers tnat
Ss- ankle is sprained and that she Is un-
vi nSia to walk. Her mysterious rescuer
arr ssrp,es her TO his camp Enid goes TO
sissr In the strange mans bunk. Mlnsr
Isnots breakfast for Enid, after which
NAV 20 on tour Of inspection.
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upon the boulder against which aaa
had been leaning, at the same time OBJ
tending her hand to greet him.
Oh, " she cried. her Voiea rising
nervoasIy as eissassvs a lear, y am so
glad you are back, another hour ua
loneliness and belseve should hays
gone crazy"
Now whether that 10y in his return
was for him personally or for him alb
stractly, he could not tell; whethes
she was glad that he had come bach
simply because he was human being
who would relieve her loneliness a.
whether she rejoiced to see him lndia
vidua1ly, was a matter not yet to Do
determined. He hoped the latter, he
believed the former. At any rate, Ne
caught and held her outstretehed
hand in the warm clasp Of both has
own. Burning words of greeting
rushed to his lips torrentially; whas
he said, however, was quite common.
place, as is often the case Word
thought and outward speech did noA
correspond.
TITS too cold for you out here, yoG
must go into the house at once" h1
declared masterfully, and she obeyea
with unwonted meekness.
The sun had set and the night air.
had grown suddenly chill. Still hold
ing her hand, they started toward tbs
cabin few rods away. Her wounde9
foot was Of little support to her and
the excitement had unnerved her, In
spite Of his hand she swayed; without
a thought he caught her about the
waist and half lifted, half led her ~
the door. It seemed as natural as IL
was inevitable for i'm to assist her LII
this way, and In her weakness and be-
Wilderment she suffered it without
comment or resistance. Indeed, theirs
was such strength and power in his
arm. she was SO secure there. that shs
liked 1t. AS for him, his pulses were
bounding at the contact; but for THAI
matter even to look at her quickenea
his heart beat.
l,rn nm cONTINuED)
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be, the recollection OF the meeting
to which she had been about to allude
rushed over her with an accompany
ing wave of color which heightened
her beauty as it covered her with
shame.
She could not realize that beneath
his mask of Indifference SO deliber-
ately worn, the man was as agitated
as she, not so much at the remem-
brance of anything that had trans
PRED, but at the sight, the splendid
picture, Of the woman as she stood
there in the little cabin then. It seem
ed to him as if she gathered up IN
her own person all the radiance and
light and beauty, all the purity and
freshness and spiendor of the morn
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tite OF good health and exertion. She
had never eaten anything that tasted
so good to her as that rude meal that
morning, yet she would have enjoyed
the trimming, smoking coffee pot on
it better. she thought, If he had only
shared it with her, if she had not been
compelled to eat It alone. She has
tened her meal on that account, deter
mined as soon as she had finished her
breakfast to seek the man and have
some definite understanding with
him.
And, after all, she reflected that
she was better alone than in his
presence, for there would come steal
ing into her thoughts the distressing
episode OF the morning before, try
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Little study In Relative Value.


On the 23rd OF June Edward Albert.
Prince Of Wales, was Is years Of age.
That means that he was old enough
to rule the British empire if his father
were to die.
But he won't be ''of age with all
which that implies in English law I'M
til he Is 81.
And he will not be free to choose q
wife until he Is 25.
An odd logic this-with Is goes the
rule of an empire; with 81 the power
to incur debts, and with Is the right
to choose wife,
This would make an anthropocen.
trio world laugh in appreciation. Chi
cago Post.
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PEELED to spend the night alone in thas
cabin, she felt that she could not en-.
dure 1t. She was never gladder oe
anything in her life than when she
saw him suddenly break out OF tho
woods and start up the steep trail,
and for moment her gladness was
not tempered by the fact which she
was presently to realize with great
dismay, that as he had gone, so no
now returned, alone.
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Overheard.

"Heigho!" said Bildad, as Jimpsoa
berry flashed BY in his motor car.
wish / had a motor car
ooh, nonsense, Bill.'' said slathvga
whats the use? You couldn't a
ford to keep it.
NO. said Bildad, but | could ri
ford to sell it "~-Hafper's Weekly
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"A Formal Figure.

"A delegate doesn't get chance to
take much more than perfunctory
part In big convention nowadays"
NO" replied the prominent citizen;
"if he is associated with successful
candidate he feels like an usher at q
wedding. If he isn't he feels like an
honorary pallbearer.''
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-17
CHAPTER XIII.

The castaways Of the Mountains.
The man was evideaHly seeking her,
for SO soon as he caught sight of her
he broke into a run and came bound.
ing up the steep ascent with the speed
and agility Of q channels or mountain
sheep. AS he approached the girl
rose to her feet and supported herself
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as she would to put 1t out Of her mind.
Well, she was fairly sensible girl;
the matter was passed, 1t could not be
helped now, she would forget it as
much as was possible She would
recur to it with modification later on,
but the present was SO full OF grave
problems that there was not any room
for the past.
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Jolt to Romance.
young doctor? Has

How about that young doctor? Has
be proposed? z"
Not yet. Papa nearly ruined eV.
erything last night
How was that?''
""Just as the doctor was pleading
for a peep at my eyes, papa came In
and asked him to take look at my
tonsils.''
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II anne.

Mrs. Knicker-I'm afraid those hor.
rid men beat you at poker.
Knicker-No danger, my dear; thsy
eat from my hand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-20

two II was extended TO Clarksville.
eleven miles further making 1T eighty
lhree miles long. since that time three
"a roads haNe tapped 1.-THE Norfolk
M!les through the county. then the
hcysville ana Durham Road. ana the
Sedooard Air Line IN an three roads.
never heard word Of complaint from
any OF the people. Now comes The au-
tomoD.-e ruad. 1t started about one
mile be low me here on the B-unswicl.
me ana from the start there mas been
hoW!. When you commence hauling
on man crop 10 make q roadbcd for
the auto. when the poor fellow had
gone IN debt Tor his guauo and bone
meal IL IS hard Tor Alm then 10 see
II 80 on z roAooed. which he vii! never
nave use for with his steer cart or 4
one-hotse wagon. They VIII say to
the poor fellow. You mad as well be
easy. We have tn. law. ! Gld not kick
until they struck my little place here.
i've IN the forks OF two roads 1t
was customary stopping place FOR
me North Carolina wagons seventy or
IN front OF my house there were some
large uI0o oaks from a century to q
century and half old. There were
only four lett consented for one
OF them 10 so foi the road but asked
the superintendent TO save the old one
IN the forks OIL the road. suppose
the tree is seven or eight feet through.
had ouilt house close TO its shade
than $500 or $500. But the old tree
had 10 go or the roots cut from IT,
80 the nrst nard wind VIII take it,
asked the superintendent TO take I'VE
or SIX feet OF land from the other
side. l suppose hundreds OF wagons
had stopped there beneath its shade
and camped there many q night lie
said TO me TO take tho other mans
!anc would be trespass!ns. Nou. a man
IS destitute o! sentiment and feeling
that would destroy an old oak that Goa
nad protected Tor $50 years. II the
i've or six feet on the other side had
not belonged 10 i man that owned an
auto | think the old tree would hav,
been saved. Now. Mr.. Editor. I want
10 say TO you l voted FOR good roads
ana carried an OLD soldier VINO was
elSnty three years old He was on
posed 10 1t, but voted with me Il
was through the influence OF tn.
Times Dispatch 1 voice for the -onds
not knowing that by the Law that was
passed BY our legislators an old land
IN 800 April 20, General Sheridan.
with 1900 or 10000 men pgssed IN
this road. They went as fa., as Bovd-
ton before they heard that johnston
had surrendered. They took every
horse that was In i've miles of liz
road that they could get their hands
on General Grant had more Kindness
taan our legislators, who passed IN.
ROAD law Tor the old fellows that fol-
loved them TO Petersburg. Grant gave
am not given TO making speeches.
Tut II had known the law as 1t is.
that mems crops should be hauled OF
ana old landmarks destroyed | ,vould
nave stumped the county from ono
end to the other before the appro-
louisville. 80 - : p . Az
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Reactionaries "Itunty pic.. i,

To the Editor OF The Times DISPATCH.
SIT nave been very much inter
ested III the discussions recently in
your columns concerning the Bryan
Ryan episode at the Baltimore convcn-
tlon. and Il space permits / would like
10 add still another opinion
Formerly the writer has taken very
little part In politics. but has ALWAYS
been Interested in the affairs OF gov
eminent and in those few pcrsonali-
ties VINO occupy the central stage OF
action Being student of political
economy. Mr.. Bryans principles of
economy and of government have rc-
celved particular attention, and while
am not hero worshipper, | am an
ardent admircr OF both Mr. Bryan and
his principles 1t migst be possibie
those who differ from him. 30 that as
II may, II appears TO me that the few
attacks which have been made against
him relative to his brilliant Vancouver
inss at Baltimore are totally In lack OF
reason. and ot proper foundation. This
is not said in defense OF Mr.. Bryan Der-
sona!ly, because he himself does not
need IT, my object being to register
one more dissenting voice against
those small men who got mad and ac-
cuse Mr.. Bryan Of Inconsistency without
supporting their accusations with any
logical argument
This sort OF thing, to my mind. H.
lustra ties the difference between "pro-
gressiVe" and 'reactionarv" politIcs
The one is according 10 reason and the
other according TO rule. or the one for
the people and the other for an ul-
terror purpose.
The other day 1 heard u farmer try
Ing to illustrate between these two
Kinds Of politics, and while he did not
! give the exact idea. to nay mind. i;
serves a purpose in this Instance "In
every family OF swine he said. there
| ia always ono member which does not
develop with the rest and is known
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-20

Dear Slr-We have been invited TO
MeuHlng ana We have got TO take
Il present. We want 30 do something
original as we are really ;ond OF the
( young people and syinpath!ze with
them deeply. Can't you ofrer sug-
gestion? MFRS - q
The wedding present question is q
Inooted one We know 1t IS q mooted
one for We have just looked rnootci
up IN the dictionary People who are
original along other lines seem TO
"Nc'!"e worse Than prcsalc when t
comes 10 sci ctins ri IS. The aver
ase young couple starts out IN married
!li' with enough cutslass berry bowls
10 last a Lifetime. with the hired 6 RI
smashing three ov-ry day. Almost
everybody seems to wait until the last
moment. and then run TO the store
and grab of SECS cutglass berry
oowl, which looks M least like 81. and
then hasten with Id 20 ihe wedding.
me rest OF the peope Iake mantel
CLOCKS. y person may b. very fond
OF berries and may also be very punct-
ual and like to know exactly what
time 1t is every minute ct tnc day.
but there is a possihility O OVERRIDING
the thing 1t la never occurred 10
about ninety per cent. of the 'nhabi-
tants OF this more or less enllehtenfd
country that there IS anything young
couple will accept besides cutglass
bowls and gold mantel clocks
But you want something original
We VIII name over q few original gif,s
and YOU can take your choice.
Wheel chair
Ton OF furnace coat
Nickoi-platcd wringcr
Electric bolt.
one dozen porous plasters
order on dentist for set o. false
teeth
Ear trumpet.
ono dozen vaccine points
Bushe OF false hair.
Patent mouse trap.
One barrel lawn fertilizer.
Case OF axle grease.
Pair OF crUtches.
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To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir was much gratihed on read
ing in The Times Dispatch OF late date
an editorial cautioned WHY the People
Rejoice" native OF Virginia and
having lived m the state much % NV
Nirrinians entertain.
When the press and people OF the
country outside OF Virginia are tenn
ing with illusions to the effect that
Virginia is one OF the worst rinsrid
den. machine governed. boss managed
States of the country. 1t causes tho
most intense modification to all Vir-
einians who have any state pride.
was in virginia in 1911. at the time or
states Senators. and WAS Inundated ut
the political DEGRADATION the people
Of virginia had fallen Many voted q
they were ordered by tho county ring
masters mere slaves of tho county
bosses whilst tho county bosses wore
The collars or the district bosses tho
district bosses the absolute tolls of the
great State boss. or bosses, and the
great state boss acting under orders OF
the Samson of the invisible money
power"
If The Times Dispatch Will mako re-
lentless warfare upon this state OF AFT
fairs. which has made Virginia "a hv-
word and a renroach." these money
changers will he driven from Vir-
ginia's Temple OF Fame and will do
work that will live in the history OF
the state"
Never fear TO do this work. II Will
not iniure The Times-Dispatch In any
way. but viii add to its present power
and influence.
Columbia. Tennessee.