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to which she drew her fathers atten-

to which she drew her fathers atten-
/ ton:
"Half-past' nine! How fashionable
we are! And when are you going to
get US up to Antelope, Mr.. Mcveighr
McVeigh studied the clock ponder
ingly as he felt in his breast pocket
for his toothpick.
WELL" he said, III we leave here
at ten and make good time the hull
way-it's up hill pretty much with
out break-Ill get you there about
midnight"
She made little grimace.
And 1t will be much colder. won't
it?"
Colder n colder You'll be goin'
higher with every step. Antelope's
on the slope Of the Sierra, and you
can't expect to be warm up there in
the end Of January"
IF you hadn't wanted to come"
said her father. you'd have been
just about getting ready for Mrs. Ry-
ans ball. Isn't this about the magic
hour when you begin to lay on the
first layer of war-paint?"
The girl looked at the clock, nod
ding with faint, reminiscent smile.
Just about" she said. I'D have
been probably looking at my dress
laid out on the bed and saying to my
self, Now l wonder IL it's worth while
getting into that thing and having
all the bother Of going to this ball.
On tho xuh n11f
| there's always a stage when that hap
pens"
McVeigh, with his toothpick in full
, operation, looked at her, admiring and
half comprehending, for the first time
feeling himself an outsider. She
! caught his eye, read it's meaning, and
| with the quick tact of delicate ma
ture, said:
TITS Mrs. Cornelius Ryan in San
Francisco. She has a ball tonight
and l was going, but l came up here
with papa instead. l don't care for
balls.''
Sort of late to be primping up for
a ball." said McVeigh, restoring the
toothpick to his pocket and pushing
back his chair. "I'll go and have a
look at the horses. And, Governor,
if you'll be ready in fifteen minutes
I'll be round at the porch waiting"
Cannon nodded, and, as the driver
dumped off over the board floor, said
to his daughter:
II wonder if DOminick Ryanm be
there-at the ball, l mean. His moth
er's made up her mind not to recog-
nize the woman he's married, and to
freeze her out, but wonder if she'll
have the nerve not to ask her to-
night"
81 don't see how she could do that, %
said the girl. "This is one of the
largest balls ever given in San Fran
cisco. She can't leave her son out,
and she couldn't ask him without his
wife"
Couldn't she?" said the old man,
with a narrowing Of his eyes and a
knowing wag Of his head. "You don't
know Della Ryan. l do. I've known
her forty years, ever since she was
first married and did washing on the
back porch of her shanty in Virginia
City. She was good deal Of wom-
an then, a strong, brainy woman, and
she's the same to-day, but hard as
nails. I'll bet hat she hasn't asked
Dominick's wife to that ball."
What do you suppose he'll do?"
asked the daughter, somewhat aghast
at this glimpse at the Ryan family
skeleton.
Don't ask. me such conundrums
I'm glad I'm not in it, that's all l
know. When two women lock horns
I'm ready to step quietly down and
out. l never to my knowledge saw
Dominick's wife, but I've heard about
her, and take it she's pretty hard
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That made him laugh, too, but he
turned back to his horses, saying with
quick consideration:
II guess you are. Come, boys" to
the horses, we've got to get move
on. We can't let this young lady
catch cold"
The horses quickened their pace
and there was no more talk. An hour
later the first broken lights of Ante
lope sparkled along the road. The
old mining camp, in hollow between
two buttresses of the Sierra, lay shut
tered and dreaming under the star
light A lamp-lit window, here and
there, showed the course of it's strag-
Cling main street, and where the ho-
tel stood, welcoming rays winked be-
tween the boughs of leafless trees.
AS the thud OF the approaching
hoof-beats woke the echoes sudden
violent barking of dogs broke out.
Antelope was evidently not as sound
asleep as it looked. At the hotel. es-
pecially, there was life and move
ment The bar disgorged throng of
men, and Perley, the proprietor, had
to push his way through them to well
come his midnight guests. Antelope,
though remote, was in Geographic
communication with the world, and
the operator at Rocky Bar had wired
Perley to be ready for the distin-
guished arrivals-news that in half
hour was known throughout the
town and had brought most Of the
unattached male population into the
hotel.
Jake Mcveigh was pulling the lug
gage from under the seats and Can
non was interchanging the first greet
ings with his landlord. when the girl
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CHAPTER u.
A Young Man Married.


That same evening, at the hour
when Bill Cannon and his daughter
We're setting out from Rocky Bar,
Dominick Ryan was walking up Van
Ness Avenue toward his mothers
house.
Dominick did not know at what
hours balls of the kind Mrs. Ryan
was giving that evening were sup
posed to begin. 1t was nearly three
years cince he had been a participant
in such festal gatherings. He had
not been at dance. or dinner, or
a theater party since his marriage.
He had heard that these functions"
as people now called them, began lat
er than they did in his day. Stop
ping by lamp he drew out his watch
ten o'clock. 1t was later than he
expected. In truth, as he had seen
the house looming massively from its
less imposing neighbors, his foot had
er and slower. 1t was his mothers
home, once his own, and as he drew
nearer to it his reluctance to enter
grew stronger, more overpoweringly
oppressive.
The stimulating unquiet of festival
was in the air. Round the mouth of
the canvas tunnel that stretched from
the door dingy crowd was assem-
bled, staring in at nothing more in
spring than the blank visage of the
closed portal. At every passing foot
step each face turned to the street,
hopefully expectant of the first guest
The whining of catgut strings, swept
by tentative bows, struck on Domi.
hicks ear as he pushed his way
through the throng and passed up the
tunnel Before he touched the bell
the door swung back and a man-ser.
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gerly deciphered through dimness and
distance, had the attraction of the
semi-seen, and imagination, thus CIV
en- an encouraging flip, invested Bill
Cannon's girl with a haunting beauty.
1t was remarked that she bore no re-
semblance to her father in coloring,
features, or build. In talking it over
later, Rocky Bar decided that she
must favor her mother, who, as all
California knew, had been a waitress
in the Yuba Hotel at Marysville. when
Bill Cannon, then a miner in the
Freeze Out, had wooed and won her.
1t was toward the end Of the meal,
that, looking at the opposite wall, her
glance was caught by a large clock
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married the boy for money and posi-
ton, and hasn't got either. Della,
who has the money, hasn't given them
cent since the marriage; made up
her mind, people say, to force Mrs
Dominick out. She doesn't seem to
have done it, and 1 guess it's been
sort of aggravating to her. Just the
same I'd like to know IL she's had
the nerve not to send the woman an
invitation to the ball. That would be
pretty tough"
I've never seen either Dominick or
his wife," said the girl. ct seems odd
when know Mrs. Ryan and Cornelia
SO well. But he married the year I
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Z CTo BE coNTINUED.)
What to Do When In Doubt.

Dear me-" sighed the June bride,
Il wish knew what to get for Harry,s
supper tonight"
Don't your" asked Mrs. Longtimer.
i've thought, and thought, and can't
think of anything he'd like this hot
weather."
III tell you, then. When in doubt
serve him cold boiled ham. That's
what I always do"
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Practical Maid,

She-Of course, I'm much honored
by your proposal, but l must have q
few days to think it over.
Re-Well, when may come for my
answer?
She-Let's see. Monday, there's the
washing; Tuesday l must put up clean
curtains and Wednesday l must make
some jam. Come on Thursday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28

How did yo all get yo' nose bust
ed"
Il done slipped down an plumb Lit
on my back"
But, name O. goodness. sah!-yo'
nose isn't located on yo' back"
mo, sab; an needer was Brudder
Jones'"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28
Conditions Changed.

Peck isn't happy. His wife is con-
tinually saying sharp and snappy
things to him"
why, he told me before he mar
ried her that was what he admired
most about her"
YES, but he considered it wit
then."-Boston Transcript
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Mistake.

Bobby was saying his prayers in a
very low voice.
Il can't hear you, DEAR" his mother
whispered.
81 wasn't talking to you," replied
Bobby, firmly -Harper's Magazine
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
THE SCHOOL CHILD AND THE
MUDHOLE.

Why should the State Department
Of Public instruction and the Co
perative Education Association urge
every public school in Virginia to have
a good roads meeting this month >
What have good roads to do witt
schools; Let a simple narrative OF
common experience from the Charlotte
Gazette suffice as answer According
to the last issue Of that newspaper,
the public road leading from the
Courthouse to Bailcy's store l. in
such "deplorable' condition shat II
the bad places are not soon remedied
the highway VIII become impossible.
One Of the largest school wagons run
ming TO the high school IN the town has
20 go over the road. carrying daily
about twenty-three children II the
road gets much worse than ar present.
-his wagon Will not make the trip.
The Gazette asserts. adding shat the
county authorities have spent about
So ON this road III some three years
time. and now thc whole road does not
need entire rcworkiug but some places
must receive attention. and that soon. or
somebody is going 10 hear wall that
IL pitiful indeed
II is easy TO discern tic wrong thai
is done by poor roads that prevent
school children from getting to school
in wagons. but think OF tho thousands
who have no such conveyance. and who
often have TO stay at home because
tho roads are 20 bad. Better roads
mean better conditions for school
children. and every man who favors
good schools should favor good roads
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
+ UNSATISFACTORY FEE
SYSTEM.
FEE,
THE

The bill OF Representative Tegethofi.
of Clayton. abolishing the fees of all
St Louis County officials, deals with
one of the most important subjects TO
come before the Legislature. in the
opinion of the ST. Louis Post Dispatch
which favors the substitution of fixed
salaries for fees. The same plan
should be extended as rapidly as pos
sible TO all officials in all counties our
contemporary asserts especially should
the State see to 1t that the salary of
none Of its own appointees and en-
ployes is based on the antiquated fee
system Public Offices should be put
on sound basis in respect 20 salary
not only in Missouri. but in Virginia
The payment of public servants in
fees endangers the existence of popular
government.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
WHAT PREVENTION MEANS.

According 10 the statisticiau OF the
recently created Chiidrens Bureau.
600 o00 babies under the age OF one year
annually die in this country.
II conservation Of the race Il 20 be
elective o. must. of course begin with
the children Every baby saved counts
Cor a stronger nation. The young
women who were sent out INTO The rural
districts throughout the nation 10
start the campaign on behalf # the
tsbi,s arc 90 End out for ;he Children :
Bureau just what kills them Of IN such
fearful numbers.
The bureau seeks 90 obtain its IN
formation through personal investiea-
ton in The aeld All classes of people
ere ts bc visited The pTobcrs cannot
compel answers go their inquiries. but
they VIII appeal 20 tho mother instinct
to help them ~ this campaign. They
are to gather az inc Information they
can regarding the health q che parents.
milk supply manner q feeding the
babies. their care and the economic
situation 81 tine family.
a fahufation Of such information
snd "a comparative study ~ 10 will
help 90 show what are Thc conditions
that cause our distressing rate Of infant
mortality in This country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
VIEWS OF THE
VIRGINIA EDITORS
Politics In Cumberland.

The people III my county have great
confidence in Woodrow Wilson said
Judge William NJ Smith. OF CumDer-
land County. 10 a reporter for the
Progress in the Carroll Hotel lobby
late Yesterday afternoon.
Yes" continued the Judge. they
have great confidence IN him. Some Of
them 20 so far as 20 claim that the
President elect was born IN Cumber-
land. al q little place called High Hill
Il; j. said that his mother left
stanton for visit 20 High hil which
: near Farmviile. and while on TINS
visit little Woodrow was born
Judge Smith chuckled when the re-
porter reminded hlm that the claim
sounded a. II II came from North
Carolina.
Nell remarked the Judge. some
of the Cum berland people claim y 20
be true though the present Mrs wilson
Judge Smith spoke very favorably
Of Congressman II -. Flood whose
district extends into Cumberland
Mir Floyd Is strong over there.
ne said though he J. not a. strong
"a he was before Wilson was nominated
He had no opposition AZ tne as
elac,iou continued the attorney, but
I dare saw II there had been one Of
his own party running against him, ne
would have felt something OF a crimp
in his strength
Judge Smith said he would return
70 his home IN cum Deriand to-day -
rvnchburg Progress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
CAN THE GOVERNMENT GET
YOUR GOAT?

The War Department wants 20 get
your goat and is willing 70 pay a good
price for il When the hollow horned
ruminant with the chin beard has
been obtained. Colonel jefferson Kean.
the army medical officer who drove
yellow fever out of Cuba, Will use him
az Fort Washington. on the Potomac
River. 20 free the place from flies and
mosquitoes.
This animal" says Dr.. Harrington.
OF the Federal Department Of Agricul-
ture. IN reply 10 a request for an expert
opinion. can subsist on poison ivy and
even ON laurel. Il VIII undoubtedly
clear Off brush and underground and
convert an unhealthful spot into one
perfectly ht for habitation.
Your goat is an agent Of sanitation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20

thusiasm at a concert by the New York
Musical Settlement for Colored People
over the compositions of VIII Marion
Cook called Swing Along" and The
Rain Song Since. as Mi Walton
suggests. we are ignorant of these
real negro numbers we give at some
length the appreciation by Kurt
SCHNEIDER. a New York critic.
The second part OF the program
brought another composition OF VIII
Marion Cook. The Rain Song. To
this delightfully."- quaint and naive dla-
iecf poem the composer has FOUND "a
melody well-nieh perfect in it's lido
matte charm and In it's close adapta-
ton to the vocal infections of the col
ored dialect. The musical form given
10 10 calling for SIX solo singers 10 rise
from the middle of the orchestra and
say their little verse IN turn, with the
fun chorus responding was a. happy
in its effect az IL was natural and
appropriate This il music very close
to nature. indeed. in its resources.
Alr. Cooks work at its best means
no less than finding the proper musical
coTrelative 20 the negro idiOm, and
thus winning new territory TO music.
This H. as encouraging as Is the state
ment that the negroes still reverence the
old folk-songs and that a society called
The Frogs" is industrously at work
collecting them We add To these
hopeful signs the fact that John Pow
ell. OF Richmond. pianist and composer
Of note has used negro themes in one
movement of his violin concerto. played
recently IN New York for the first time
by Efrem Zimbalist. The South IS
keenly aware of the musical value Of
such original motifs. II seems not an
likely that the native genius of the
negro for melody will be reflected by
composers of both races in their on
deavors 10 reflect the manifold spirit
of America Negro and Indian sur
vivals are all we have Of what may be
called original music The Times
Dispatch does love the old songs. but
u also believes they may be nodded
into richer and more striking esthetic
forms that VIII answer 10 the hopes ex-
pressed bv the Age in this paragraph
Negro music IL not Gead--far from
it-and n Is Yet TO enjoy the patronage
of the public The intentions of The
Times Dispatch are of the best. but II.
with Other Southern papers. has the
fault of ldcaliZing tho negro OF slavery
DAYS as well as all things relative
thereto. We who believe in race
progress. while thinking kindly. and
some of us affectionately. OF what has
been find greater inspiration, interest
and hope in the things Of to-day and
O-mOrrow-things more material and
which have a more conspicuous bearing
on our we'll being.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
WHAT GOOD WOULD THE FEDE-
RAIINCoME TAN DO VIRGINIA?

II j.. safe 10 predict that ln TINS coun-
NV "a tax i- to no levied on incomes
Public sentiment favors an income
AK as far and equitable and that SEN
,in,ent VIII weave itself INTO law, even
though Constitution has TO be amend p
ed 20 erect the end.
The only question is shall the state
o. the nation levy tins income tax As
% general proposition. n ls quite certain
hat IL one imposes the tax, he other
viii not The people will hardly toll
crate double payment OF income taxes
TO both the State and the nation.
Does Virginia desire 20 retain the
income tax for herself. or is she Wiling
to surrender the subject 20 the Federal
Governments An income taN IL "a most
effective revenue producer That Is
proved beyond all doubt by the opera
ton of the state income tax ia Wiscon-
sin. which has brought an immense sum
in new revenue 10 the state.
Most OF the States are In need OF the
money that would be collected by such
a tax The Federal government does
not need the return from such a tax as
much a. do the States. Most State
treasures are empty. while The Federal
treasury has vast resources The money
90 bc raised by an income tax would
be Of immcasufable benent 20 the
States. What would be collected IN
Virginia would be taken out Of the
state 20 be expended in the payment
Of the army of Federal ofticeholders.
I'm pensions. in the erection Of costly
Federal buildings ia other states. and
IN the building OF battleships.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports
chat prominent Alaba milan suggests
that the Legislature OF that State should
rescind its approval of the Federal IN
come tax. with view to esta bllshing a
State income tax. and that the Legisla-
ture should seek 20 induce she Legisla-
lures of other States to take similar
action. While such course would be
commendab BILE. it Is questionable whether
the assent of St.'e. once given 20 "a
change in the fundamental law of the
nation. can be withdrawn.
The states Y hose ratification of the
proposed amendment is required for
its passage-and Virginia is one of
them-ought to consider well before
they surrender for themselves and for
their sister States 30 valuable an asset
as the right TO collect income taxes
The result of the state income tax IN
Wisconsin has been that in its first
collection more than slcOo 900 was
raised Does Virginia desire 20 deprive
herself Of so profitable field OF revenue?
What good would Federal income
tax do Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
Merchant Marine.

Why are most trading vessels that
come to America OF foreign build ,
Are he laws in this country unfa vora bic
- the merchant marine Is there any
iaw iu Virginia 20 regulate the speed
Of passenger trains X
The merchant marine Of some foreign
countries NOTABLY England has been
built up through years By laws which
fostered this interest. We have no
laws which can be said to be unfayor-
able 10 "a merchant service flying the
American flag. but We have little or
no legislative effort 20 improve and
increase The amount of American bot
tomry. There Is no law in Virginia.
nor so far as we can learn. in any
state. TO regulate the speed Of passenger
trains Several Of the great roads have
of their own motion increased the time
OF service between important points.
seeing that greater safety was secured
Dy the slower schedule
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20

Please give solution OF the follow
ing
Fiftv-two men york on the top floor
of an office building. -Four of them
are named John. four are named James,
four are named William. four Thomas
ono Of those named John. leaves for
lunch As soon a. he ~ safely gone al
the rest rush for the elevator The e!e-
vatOr i small. and carries only two
passengers al q trip They therefore
come down iu the elevator by twos,
except the last trip. when one comes
down alone. Hon often each day. ac-
cording TO probs bllity. will two men
of the same name come down on the
same trip OF tho elevator,
OFFICE BUILDING
l. Is likely that the omitted names
arc four aces four kings. four queens.
etc When the facetious boss. who
might be called the Joker has gone
down there are hfty-one persons LEFT
The number Of groups of two each
which may be made OF tfty-oue things
divided ny the product % the numbers
from r down 20 I This is 81 times 80 divided
by times 2. OF rs possible groups IN
the sane way. the four JameseS can be
made into q number Of pairs shown by
Tho formula s. bovc 20 be times divided
bv times J. OF .. and. ss there are y Of
these scfs % four each. the Egln Der 81
pairs will be y times 8. or 2 There are
three Johns and they. By the same rule.
~Firf make 3 fimcz 2 divided By 2 times
1 or 8 pairs. and This added 20 the 2
will give = possible pairs OF persons
with & he same names nus. the proc
abiifsv that the elevator VIII carry tWo
pcrsons Of tho same name 80 one load
will be 5 In ] rs. or IN ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20
A Pearly Thought.

The new year y upon us. ann ~e -
81 cod raDer must weave a little
differen+ design. for no two years have
s5c sane motive J wish that through
the Influence Of this paper our vas'
49, Of women readers. and men. 700.
Cc,,td rcaifze how gracious speech ara
horest loving kindness enharce me
beaufv Of each lifc's design. LET "a
weave beautiful designs MADE ~ 2, P.tte
s,oidcr' ,breade OF sympathy. the icwclcd
s.rarde Of self-sscriace al held N pissce
~, thc sfikcn rnrenee OF love mai % ioI
every living creature tiaHe SP't"A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-20

fr nssrd thr isttcrs declare th~-
fhr roIorra -.n hat ha- come 20 s'sy,
cad ftr. .fr rnu oacrlg soft hats if.
f.rfr c.'n.. -.a~ioue shade. 90 brown.
green gf. r.rle ard prsnc blue
Cor r1amfI.- and fhe rarige o. coiors
is ronfir.aIe Hroadsuing English
sartoriaI al'nolfos predict tLat those
who wear oo.ore8 hsfs v.n soon de-
rrara Cosored clothes fo match 80 that
fter WI walk re afre~'s "a in car
mine. ora1se. purple vioist. smDcr
and ne o.ter colors