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"
Turning my head sidewise, l an
swered, "Oh, quite awhile.'
He was a young doctor, somewhere
between twenty and forty. He wore
heliotrope socks, but he looked like
Napoleon. l liked him immensely.
Now" said he, II am going to show
you the effect Of alcohol upon your
circulation" I think it was "circula-
ton" he said. though it may have been
"advertising."
He barred my left arm to the elbow,
brought out a bottle of whisky and
gave me a drink. He began to look
more like Napoleon.
Then he put a tight compress on my
upper arm, stopped my pulse with his
fingers and squeezed a rubber bulb
connected with an apparatus on a
stand that looked like a Thermometers.
The mercury jumped up and down
without seeming to stop anywhere, but
the doctor said it registered o37 or 1GJ
or some such number.
Now" said he, you see what alco-
hol does to the blood PRESSURE"
It's marvellous" said |, but do you
think it a sufficient test: Have one on
me and let's try the other arm"
But, no.
Then he grasped my hand, l thought
| was doomed. and he was saying
goodby. But all he wanted to do vas
to lab a needle into the end of a finger
and compare the red drop with a lot
of fifty cent poker chips that he had
fastened to a card.
Its the haemoglobin test" he ex
planned. ''The color of your blood is
wrong"
Well" said I, Il know it should bt
blue, but this is a country of miXups
Some of my ancestors were cavaliers
but they got thick with some people
. on Nantucket island, So
| II mean,' said the doctor, that tn
shade of red is too light
oh said |, its a case of matchin:
J instead of Matches"
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Washinqton to Go Dry7

Washington, Aug. % - The courts
that pass upon the constitutionality OF
the liquor law, which operates In
Washington. probably will decide
whether the national capital shall be
come prohibition territory, for a gen
eral impression prevails here that the
next time congress acts upon the H.
quor question as affecting the Distrlcj
of Columbia in all probability it will
be to make the District dry"
Washington is unique in its entire
absence not only of self government,
but of means for bringing local public
opinion to bear upon those who leglS'
late regarding its affairs. The mem
bers of its board of aldermen. so to
speak. reside in forty-siX states and
are Answerable to electorates the vast
majority of whom set foot in the
District of Columbia. Al. its leyisla'
ton is passed by congress, Its exec
utive government resides in IL commits
sion Of three members appointed 10y
the president of the United States.
who just now is Il citizen of the state
Of New Jersey. Two of the commits
| sioncrS must have been bona tide resi-.
tents of the District for.at least three
| wears next preceding their appoint
! ment, but the people of the DiStric'
! have little to say about their selection.
The third commissioner must be an Of
ticer of the corps Of engineers OF the
army. (35 b
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not to regard themselves as patients,
but merely as tired ladies and gentle
men taking a rest. Whatever slight
maladies they may have are never al
luded to in conversation"
My doctor called loudly to a waitress
to bring some phosphoglycerate of lime
hash. dog bread, hromo settler pan
cakes and nux vomica tea for my re-
past. Then a sound arose like a sud
den wind storm mons pine trees. 1t
was produced by every guest in the
room whispering loudly, "Neurasthe-
nia !'-e2cept one man with a nose,
whom I distinctly heard say, "Chronic
alcoholism | hope to meet him again.
An hour or so after luncheon he con
Quoted US to the Vorkshop-say, fifty
yards from the house. Thither the
guests had been conducted by the physi-
clan in charges understudy and sponge
holder-a nan with feet and a blue
sweater. He was 50 tall that I was
| not sure he had a face.
Here" said the physician in charge,
"our guests find relaxation from past
mental worries by devoting themselves
to physical labor, recreation in real
ity.'
There We're turning lathes, carpen-
ters' outfits. clay modelling tools. spin
ming wheels, weaving frames, tread
mills, bass drums. enlarged crayon
portrait ~apparatuses, blacksmith torges
and everything seemingly that could
interest the paying lunatic guests of a
first rate Sanitariun.
The lady making mud pies i'll the
corner" whispered the physician in
charge "is no other than Lula Luling
ton, the authore~s of the novel ell
titled why Love Loves What III is
doing now is simply to rest her mind
after performing that piece of work.
had seen the book. "Why doesnt
she do it by writing another n III
stead:' l asked.
AS o see | wasn't as far gone az
they thought | WAS.
''The gentleman pouring wateI
through the funnel" continued thu
physician In charge, lis a Wall stree
broker broken down from overw"rk."
bu:toned my coat.
Others he pointed u We're aich!iect
playing with Nnah's arks. minister
reading Darwin'S Theories of Evolu
ton" lawyers saving wood. tired ca
society ladies talking lbsen to the blu
sweatered sponge holder, Il neurotl
? millionaire lying asleep on the foo
and a prominent artist drawing Il littl
red wagon around the room,
Ito be continued.l
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RuIinq Prince to Visit America.

Berlin, Aug. 24.-Great interest has
been aroused here by the report that
Prince Albert Of Monaco, the tiny prin-
cipality surrounding and including
Monte Carlo. has decided to visit the
United States in his yacht, L"Hiron-
dele.
It will be the princes first visit to
America. and he is looking forward to
it with the keenest interest. AS in al
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Scientific Farminu In Alabama.

ment to chop up many of the man.
moth farms i'll the famous fertile and
productive old black belt Of Ala
bama into forty acre tracts, to be cul.
tivated under modern scientific inten-
sive methods, is gaining much head.
way and promises to revolutionize the
agricultural life of one of the most re
sourceful farm regions in the world.
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most all his oversee cruises, the main
object of his trip will be scientific.
L'Hiron,lelle is essentially an OCEAN
ographic vessel. equipped with the
finest set OF apparatus which money
can buy.
Prince Albert, who is an intimate
friend of the kaiser, is SiXty-tive years
old. He has had Il strenuous matrimo-
pial career. having been twice divorced.
His first wife was Lady Mary Doug
las Hamilton, whose marriage was an
nulIed by the Vatican in 1880. His
second wife was IA widow, Alice. Ouch
ess de Richelieu. from whom the
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prince was divorced in the law courts
of Monaco and France in 1902.
AS a ruling sovereign the prince will
doubtless be the recipient Of formal
honors by the United States govern
ment and navy.
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She Advocates Fathers poy.

Philadelphia, Aug. 26.-Mrs. Char
lotte l.. Kirkbride of this city heads an
organization which would observe the
first Sunday in every June as a day Oh
which honor and respect shall be paid
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PROLOGUE.

PROLOGUE.
Jacob Spraggins, worth S2o,OOo,ooo'
goes in for philanthropy to appease
HE conscience in a matter of a mere
$4,000 and meets with various dlsap-
pointments. His daughter Celia loses
her heart to Tom Mcleod. a grocer's
clerk. She pretends to be a parlor
maid. McLeod's grandfather had own
ed land Spraggins bought for S125. be-
Iieving there was coal in it. There
vas, and he sold it for $4,000, the
foundation of his fortune, Mcleod
drank himself to death. Spraggins
tells Tom he represents the conscience
stricken purchaser and returns the sale
price. S%praggins is ignorant Of Toms
affair with Celia.
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to u fathers. Just as Mothers day
is now observed in all sections of
America, so would Mrs. Kirkhride set
apart a day dedicated to fathers.
Carnations are usually worn on Moth
er's day, and it is proposed that every
man wear a rose honoring his father.
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- VdITCTTS THFPF Co9FVESs
Q I went to a doctor.
How long has it been since
you took any alcohol into
your system:' he asked.
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No. :
Feel Your
Pulse"
4 Patients Impression.

Copyright by Doubleday, Page & Co.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-08-29
O. II STORIES
No. 4
A Night In New
Arabia

Copyright by Doubleday. Page & co.
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Cupid's Triumph.

T was paid to me today" Thorn
as was explaining to Celia out
side. 1T came from my grand
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

try. The hrst thing they did was to
try to have some fun out of doors: but
that first time thew did not have very
much fun, not very much.''
Cows" asked Frances.
mo, not half not quarter SO big as
cows Wen. they took hold OF hands"
The girls name was Grace, wasn't
st7" said Frances.
Yes. Well they took hold Of hands
after they went down the front steps
They wandered around the corner OF
the house. and off back there towards
barns and hen-yards and SO forth,
and towards a small pond with big
at-tails growing at the edge, and
ether high things growing, too. II
was very quiat. They did not hear
anything at all. And that Grace and
Jack stood and looked down towards
that pond 80 sttll. and then they
stepped along to rhe edge, II was
lust 80 quiet. Jack said; let's put
our hands in the water. Let's dab
Bile
Very we'll Grace said. she was
so good to Jack, you know. Very
WELL she said. So they went closer yet
10 the water; had TO be careful, be-
cause II was muddy and stony, too,
and slippery. So they went very
CaTSIuilys SLOWLY ana ENeIStA' wac
so still! And. both together, they
stopped to dip their hands into that
pond of water. Splash, whoop! spiosh!
right under their noses, didn't big
frog give a terrible croah and an aw-
full Jump out into the air and over
into the pond-splash--and another
terrible crack when he got where he
wanted 10 goi"
MERCY" saiS Frances.
Mercy yes said Uncle Jack. Il
guess you'd say SO. They had 10 run
right through the mud. you know,
right nAss tho slippery stones.@-
And frogs?" asked Frances.
We'll maybe frogs. too. They
didn't know how many frogs might
be there"
Didn't take them go very long to
get back to the house, did it?" ssked
Frances.
mo. sir: It did not take so very
long. They went as fast an they pos
sibly could. anyway"
Il suppose they didn't talk much
on the way. not much at ALP
They didn't say one word for some
time, I'm pretty sure" said Uncle
Jack. too scared and too muddy"
Yes" said Frances, thinking. Yes.
7 Ike to hear about frogs. though.
But / don't like TO have them pop
at ME out OF pond"
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1.-THE GULL THAT CANE BACK

would perch on my shoulders to eat out !
of my mouth.
at was a pet that one could never
forget I loved 1t only as little girl
without brothers and sisters can love a
beautiful pet. But there was one thing
/ feared, When the gull grew strong
enough to fly, / knew 1t would leave
me. 1t would go back to its compan-
ions and mates, and live with them.
II didn't want 1t to get strong too
fast But each day its wings healed,
and one day 1t tried It's flight. 1t flew
across the yard, and seemed surprised
uhat IL could do II. Then the next
day IT few a little further, and every
day thereafter II made a longer flight.
"One day 1t took farewell OF me.
1t was in the spring, and the sulls
were returning to their breeding
| beach for another season. ! knew
! this. because they had always done
! 20 in the spring. My gull knew II,
| too and that is why il left
TT flew up into the air, circled
around several times, and then few
| straight across the water and diaap-
peared in the direction Of the island
| beach five miles away. / cried good
| deal. and missed my pet more than
| had anything before In my life. /
| never expected TO see it again.
But a few days later ! was sur
| prised to see bird flying across the
bay, and, as it came nearer. knew
! that II was a gull. Even then
didn't expect to find that 1t was my
i pet But imagine my delight when
IT came nearer and nearer. and, after
| circling around few times lighted
on my shoulder. Yes, my gull had
! come backl"
80, mother, and did it stay r. ask
| ed Archie
! Yes, It stayed with Inc long time
afterward. But do you know why 1t
| came back, Archie?"
No" was the quick. eager answer.
Because the gunners had killed
off all Of Its companions. The beach
that had been its home was now de-
serted. Every gull had been killed
or driven away to some distant place.
My pet gull had found the beach
desolate place, and in IFS loneliness
1t had returned TO Tpe. 1t had no
other home"
There was .. long silence. Arches
eyes were wide, and his lips parted
Suddenly he looked UP. and said:
Mother. don't ever want to SOS
you wear brides on your hat. If you
dc, Twill think"-~
Mrs. Lyndon kissed him before the
sentence was finished.
Il can't wear them, dear: for It /
would remind me too much Of ray pet
gull and its dead companions.
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low that we could see their little black
eyes and the pink on their bills.
But that was not all. In the sands
were nests of speckled eggs, and
sometimes little downy baby gulls.
The nest was only a. hole in the sans,
and the little guils would lie there
in the hot sun and watch the parent
zulls flying overhead. ] used TO think
they were longing for the time when
they could get UP and fly, too.
The gulls were very tame. No
body thought OF hurting them. They
We're TOO pretty TO hurt, and every
body liked TO SEQ them. Ii made q
visit to the beach so much more en-
joyable than II there had been no
birds"
Mrs Lyndon stopped and looked
away q moment as If saddened by un-
I pleasant recolIectlons
/ Then, Archie, a great change came
/ 10 the beach. The report went around
that gulls' wings were worth a good
( deal OF money. They looked 80 much
like the wings of doves that milliners
were ready 70 buy them for trimming
ladies hats. At first We didn't think
very much about it. There were so
many 9uJs that a few wouldn't be
missed. \ good many gunners went
out to the beach and shot them every
day. ] WIS a very little girl then, and
didn't understand all that was going
on.
Il remember one day. when I vas
standing near the bay over which the
gulls often flew in great flocks, that
! saw a man in a, boat take up his gun
! and shoot at a. few guils over his head.
/ He killed two right before my eyes
| l saw them drop In the water dead j
was SO sorry for them and so angry
at the gunner thas my little hands
/ cleuohed. aud ! think / called out to
/ him
/ But he vas not interested tn little
girls, Another gull flew near him. and
he raised mis- gun and shot again But
this time he only wounded his bird.
The gull few toward the land with a
loud cry Of pain. But IL was so badly
injured that it could not fly far. p
fell in the tall grass near me, and the
gunner started to row ashore to get
IL
''But he didn't get that gull. Archie.
] ran after 1t and picked IT up in
my arms, and raced for home The
gunner called 70 me. and said some
thing that was not very pleasant. but
paid no heed to him. I would not
let him kill that gull.
We'll, my little gull was crippled
but not mortally wounded l kept 1t in
my room, and nursed 1t back to health
aud strength ] fed II out Of my own
hands, and 1t trusted me 80 that 1t
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Frances and Her Uncle Jack
ar SUSAN r. PECKHAM

don't care much about hammock
Ewings always"
ION. don't you asked Uncle Jack,
What do you like always"
Well don't know, said Fran
ces, because she didn't you sec; she
didn't know what she liked always.
every single time
Uncle Jack said. II haven't any
candy"
Haven't your" asked Frances.
Not bit don't carry candy II
these clothes"
But in your brown pockets, said
Frances, and your blue pockets
dark blue--I know"
You do. do you? Well. what do
you like AZ we'll as candy"
Dolls" said Frances.
"Ho" said Uncle Jack. dolls! Why,
Frances, don't you like your Uncle
Jack as we'll ss dolls? How about
Uncle Jack when he tells stories 10
YOU"
"Oh, yes, said Frances "oh, yes.
You could tell me little story now,
couldn't you A little bit of one,
Uncle Jack 2"
And Uncle Jack said, Maybe I
could You cuddle down here. Well,
now, Fran b., once there was grass
green cat
"A grass-green cat?' said Frances.
but she knew what sort of stories
Uncle Jack told sometimes, so then
she was quiet. Uncle Jack began
again.
"Once. Frances. there was a grass
green cat as / told you, a grass
green cat II lived with little girl
who was bad. bad. She ate grass
green pickles"
ssDiCk eaiJ
She liked them" said Uncle Jack.
she was queer"
was she little?" asked Frances
Little as you, yes said Uncle
Jack. but she was queer, grass
green"
Girl srass-sreen7" said Frances.
and she began to laugh. 20 Uncle
Jack. what made her green ~
Now said Uncle JACK. wr1ggIing
ont OF the hammock. Il must skip. I
must"
oh" said Frances, the story, the
story"
Eyes, but you'n have TO tell the rest
OF 1t to yourself. / must 60"
why. you didn't tell any story ~
all What made that little girl
green?"
why, eating pickles"
OIs SSIQ 4 IduGSS
And suppose the cat ate pickles,
too" said Uncle Jack.
The girl gave them TO her, I sup
pose" said Frances. Large, were
they?"
Large pickles, large as the girl, -
said Uncle Jack.
oh" said Frances
II mean as large as the cat.''
oh" said Frances.
''Oh, yes! Good bye. Frances" said
Uncle Jack, and he ran away. SO
Frances made up the rest of the story
for herself and for Lucy Lou. the doll
she loved best.
Another day Uncle Jack told this
story to Frances. They were sittins
out in the hammock this tirue. too.
Frances said, Now I want YOU to tell
me long story and a good story
good one"
Why. always tell you good
Stories" said Uncle Jack, ''tip-top
stories. Now, you say that do, Fran
ces.''
Well, but they are funny. some
times, and you don't finish some OF
than, Uncle Jack.
But they are just as good If they
are funny and II they aren't finished =
said Uncle Jack.
Il suppose they are" said Frances.
Begin. Uncle Jack. Won't you be-
gin right away"
"A. little girl and a little boy said
Uncle Jack.
Mother and you when you were lit
tle?' asked Frances.
Yes. They went with their mother
to visit in the country. They didn't
know anything at all about the. coun-
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Mother, why don't you wear beau
tful brides on yoir hat? see lots
of them on other ladies' hats, and
they're so lovely
DO you like to see dead birds on
hats"
Archie looked up quickly OF his
mothers question, and finally stdm-
fnered: Moo. Not exactly. TnAt
is, I'd like to see them alive and
not dead
ON hats?" laughed Mrs. Lsndon,
at her little boys perplexity Why
we'd have to chain them there 70
keep them from flying away."
Arches eyes opened wider. lIa'd
never thought Of it IN this @sY, but
suddenly an idea came 10 him. and
his face frightened.
But, when the brides die, then
I'd like to see them on your hats.
Brides do die. don't they, sometimes?"
Yes, sometimes, and there would
be no harm to wear their feathers
and wings then, I suppose. But most
| brides we see on hats are killed for
the purpose.
| Arches eyes looked moist, end his
mother continued. turning the subject
suddenly
But / haven't answered your first
question, I'm going TO do ii by tell
ing you story When little Ttrl
lived near the Great South Beach,
There were thousands Of beautiful
| gulis. or terms. living on the beach.
They nested there every summer. and
! you could find hundreds of their
nests IN the hot sands almost any
F, day In the breeding season.
AS a. littls girl l used to visit the
beach, and 1t was a wonderful sight
for 4 child Overhead the gulls flew
around and around in circles, their
white wings flashing In the sunlight
Sometimes they would fly down 50
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A Jolly Good Fellow

Arthur Russell is Jolly good fellow.
But he broke hts fathers silk urnera!is.
His father only laughed ae any goes
father would do.
Fer he happened TO remember that ne
was = boy once. too.
Ore day when everything was strtl
He climbed upon the old Windmill.
with a. chicken and umbrella made u
parachute.
But he soon found cur that dio not suia
Arthur was determined NOT 60 20
outdons,
SO with a chicken and come paper
He made another one
EVA SAUNDERS.
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The Circle Will Observe
General Lees Birthday

Al, NseS snd NepheFI -re TO +s. YOU 10 name mo
OF the truthful lad and the
Why George Wsshtng
With YOU And then
Of yoH. who thp
noble Robert Lee would reply Why Geners
lie 4
children oud have yer! poor opinion 81
better IMAM 20 be UNDECIDED
However sh has her mind fully made up on
both Washington and Lee
and nephNs should know about
nc birthday, and far
3he dsv IN loyal, faithful TO
4hs no sasyt Ttu celebrate
Sunday
fathers
q fought with II
there Is no talk old
man she and learn
what b VI Then make
q
the will the circle
All contributions
must eaehth 10TH
Of much dreaded
Nancy of short
puzzles published ncen-
They printed today how
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12

Uncle Jack played tennis hard. One
day he came MP to Frances home
ali hot and tired and ne dropped him
self into the hammock. After a while
Frances came along and found him.
Well" said Frances We'll, WE'LL
have YOU been here long. Uncle
Jack? %
NO. ma am said Uncle Jack. He
put out his hands and pulled Frances
up into the hammock; and he said,
Should you like TO have a swing7"
Not very well" said Frances. IT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
wrNIFRpD WILLIAMS.


Dear Aunt NancY,-Please excuse
me for not writing TO you for such ~
long time. I guess you think ! have
forgotten the r. V ]. c.. but have
not. FOR / never fail TO read II every
Monday evening. when II comes Con
gratuiatio to Alma Kemp and to all
the other members who have been
winning prizes was glad TO see my
two stories III r1Te paper. THuta CiauH
brought me "A book called Little
Snowdrop," a doll, little chain to
80 around my neck and a harp. some
nuts and candy. an orange, a bog Of
writing paper and q bottle of Ink.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
251o East Grace street,

I1Ie East l4race street,
Richmond, Va
Dear Aunt Nancy.--We take the
Richmond Virginiap daily and sun
day. and [ would like very much to
join the r. Y. j. c, ! read the Chill
drens PAGE every SUNDAY and enjoy
1t very much ! hope the Old Gray
Goose nili not have many things ~
eat for SO long a time that ne VIII
rtarve 10 death. | hope Santa Claus
was very good TO YOU this year. ! re-
ceived thirtv-fve presents
Happy New Year to the ciuJ.
Your new niece,
DALLAS BURROWS
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A Short Courtsh lp.

'<vyiddsr Jenkins" said an Ohio far"
Yr,er. ar he hustled into her house one
morning. II arm min OF business 4
am worth ten thousand eight hundred
dollars. and want you for my wife. ]
give you three minutes in which 70
answer"
81 90 not want ten seconds, old
man." she replied as she shook out
the dish cloth. Il am woman o.
business, worth sixtesn thousand, dol
lars. and would not marry you II you
were the last man on earth. J give
you a minute and q half TO gjt1
ALMA KEMP.
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Panplin Va.
My Dear Aunt Nancy will try
10 write you few lines for this hap
by new year Aunt Nancy, have been
sick al the Christmas nearly, and
haven't been anywhere hardly. | am
going TO start 10 SCHOOL next Monday
am ten years old, and 7 am In the
fourth grade. Well, ! haven't any
news TO tell you. and l am not We'll
anyway. But when / get well I am
going to write you a long letter and
tell you all the news I can. Now /
must close.
JESSIE JEWEL PONTON.