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EVEN FLOWERS MUST LABOR
Nature Demands Its Toll From Every
Living Thing, and Accepts
No Excuses.

However fine and dainty flower
may look, it is pressed to do great
service and its colors and forms are
all suited to its work 1t must bring
forth the fruit, or the continuity of
plant life will be broken and the
earth will be turned into desert ere
long
The color and the smell of the flow
er are all for some purpose, therefore
no sooner is it fertilized by the bee,
no sooner does the time of its fruition
arrive, than it sheds its exquisite pet
ais and a cruel economy compels Il
to give up its sweetest perfume 1t
has no time to faunt its finery. for it
is busy beyond measure
Viewed from without, necessity
seems to be the only factor in Ma
ture. for which everything works and
moves. There the bud develops into
the flower, the flower into the fruit.
the fruit into the seed, the seed into a
new plant again. and so forth. the
chain of activity running ON unhroken-
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SANlNAININllNAlNlIilllAlSAINAISlNININAllN

Should there crop up any disturbance
or impeachment, no excuse would be ac-
cepted and the unfortunate thing so
choked in it's movement would at
once be labeled as rejected, and be
bound to die and disappear post haste.
In the great Office of Nature there
are innumerabIe departments with
endless work going on, and the fine
flower that you behold there, gaudily
attired and scented like a dandy. is
by no means what it appears to be.
but rather is like a laborer toiling in
the sun and shower, who has to sub
nit a clear account of his work, and
has no breathing space to enjoy him
self in playful frolic--Rabindrana
Tagore, in the Atlantic Monthly
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Murder -

fearful George, has been kiad enough
to bring me here in his blackboard,
which has complaining wheels, a
creaky body, and such a wheezy horse
He, fearful George, 1 mean, contract
ed for seventy-five dollars to bring me
to paradise and back; but as we
creaked our passage> through that
weird black forest / feared my guide
had taken the pathway which leads to
the other place 1 confess. the upper
forest frightened me, and now, hav-
ing come to paradise, / dent want to
go back" He sighed George he
added. lis making camp up yonder
Mrs. Smith, will you laugh at me very
much if 1 tell you a fairy tale2 It's
quite nice one
oh, do" / begged
Wel.' he began. -you know where
the three birch trees are all using a
single pool as their mirror
OF course these We're the Three
Graces- Mrs. O'Flynn and had
known for months past that the spot
was haunted
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CASE OF MANS lNGRATITUDE
Woman Certainly Had Poor Reward
for Her Act of Generous
Seif-Sacrifice.

George B. Mcclellan, former mayor
of New York, was talking about
Thanksgiving
The day." he said. ''is. good one
for a HOLIDAY good one, for a visit
to the seashore-
Il was once walking the Board
walk in the brilliant sunshine of an
Atlantic City Thanksgiving day after
noon, when saw an overdressed
couple come forth from a cafe.
They were quarreling. Their voices
grew louder and iercer. Finally the
man gave the woman push that act
ually knocked her down.
"As she struggled to her feet the
woman shook her fist at the man, and
shrieked:
And this is what l get, is it, for
pawnin' the fly screens to give you a
day OFF,"
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with Jesse Smith re-
lating the story of his birth. early life in
Labrador and of the death of his father
Jesse becomes a sailor His mother mar
ties the master of the ship and both are
lost in the wreck of the vessel Jesse
escomes a cowboy in Texas. He narrieS
Polly. q singer of questionable morals.
who later is reported to have committed
suicide Jesse becomes rancher and
moves to British Columbia Kate Trevor
takes up the narrative UnhaDpily mar
ried she contemplateS suicide. but changes
her mind after meeting Jesse. Jesse res
cues Kate from her drink-maddened hus-
band who attempts to kill her: Trevor
offers of grand opera managers to return
TO the stage and marries Jesse. Their
married life starts out happily. Kate sue
cumbs to the pleadings of composer TO
return to the stage and runs away with
him She rescues Widow O'Flynn from
her burning house. is badly burned her-
self and returns home. where Jesse re-
ceives her with open arms Cattle thieves
appear in the neighborhood- Jesse asks
Kate to go to place of safety. To his
Joy she refuses Jesse resumes the mar
rative. He calls neighbors and plans
to capture the robbers. Kate is rescued
from the hands of the bandits. The rob
bers captured. but later make their
ESCAPE. Jesse is captured by the robbers;
but by clever ruse makes prisoners or
the robbers. They are turned over to
United States marshal. who has arrived
with extradition papers. Jesse taxes
charge of the outlaw chiefs SON.. Billy
O'Flynn, having promised the ch1er TO
keep him out of his fathers profession
He takes Billy to Vancouver
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CHAPTER XIII.
Nativity.

Kcfe's Narrative
Jesse allowed that the upper forest
does look sort of wolfy" He would
post relays of ponies along the out
ward trail. SO that he and MCGEE
could ride the so miles back in a sin
gle march. II the doctor survived that,
he would be here in 4S hours, perhaps
In time.
made Jesse take his revolver, yes,
loaded it myself. and he promised a
signal shot from the rim-rock to give
me the earliest news of his return He
put out the light, kissed me good by.
and was gone
From the inner edge of the bed 1
could see through the window, and
watched Orion rising behind the
cliffs- The night turned pale, then for
q long time the great gaunt precipice
revealed in tender primrose light and
amber shade / heard our riders sad
die mount and canter away for the
days work. The two Cinnamon went
on also on some domestic errand. The
sunrise caught the pines upon the rim
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rock into points of flame 1 heard a
distant shot, and fell asleep
The widow had stumped about near
ly all night, weary to the tip of her
wooden leg, poor soul, SO when woke
again and crept to the lean-to door,
it was a relief to find that she had
gone to sleep. She had left me a
saucepan full of bread and milk.
which I warmed, and it warmed me
nicely.
! Mrs O'F1ynn asleep is like peace
after war. Dressing in stealth, l
prayed for peace in our time, then
with a sweet enjoyment of fresh guilt.
stole out into the sunshine.
1 reached the grove. at this cool
hour so like a green lagoon where
coral piers branch up to some ribbed
vault. The waves of incense, the riv-
er's organ throb, the glory in the
windows, gave me peace, but the
choir of the winds had gone away, and
for once in that sweet solitude l was
lonely. My sitting is at the root of the
governess tree, and Jesse's under the
great father pine If he were only
there, how it would ease the pain. l
needed him so badly as 1 sat there,
trying to make him present in my
squirrel who lives in the widow tree
had taken even his match ends. Only
the cigar stubs were left, which would.
of course, be bad for the squirrels S
children. I wasn't we'll enough to
call, but 1 left my nut
Close by is the terrific verge of the
inner canyon and sitting at the very
edge of death l saw into the mists.
frightened of death, such a coward in
bearing pain? And yet 1 had better
confess the truth, that presently l ran
away screaming, my skirt torn by
brambles, by feet caught in the roots
Only when 1 passed the place where
by anemones live, and beyond the
east door of the grove came out into
full sunlight, 1 could go no farther but
fell to the ground exhausted. Yes, it
was very silly, and that blind panic
shamed me as l looked up at the cres-
cent of silvery birch trees who hold
court at the foot of the upper cliff.
Something small and black was com
ing toward me. a clergyman, too, and
nervous, because he twiddled his little
hat.
Are you in pain?'' he asked.
are you Idlry answered., WOH-
dering. 1 couldn't think of anything
else at the moment, for our lost ranch
is SO far from everywhere.
mo, madam" he said quite gravely.
I'm only a curate. May 1 sit down.
My heart went out to him, for he
was so little, so old, English like me,
but with the manner of the great
world When he sat down he took
care not to hurt one of my flowers.
81 fear I'm trespassing," he said, ''in
your royal gardens. May I introduce
myself? My name is Nisted-Jared
Nisted, once an army chaplain, now a
| tourist
Are you sure.' 1 ventured. that
you're not "a
Fairy? Believe me, dear lady, I'm
a very commonplace little person
"A humble admirer of yours, one
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CHAPTER XIV.


ne ESCNCd 1ouSC
Jesse's Memoir
The book of our adventures which
We began together, was to go on
through all our years We we're too
young to think how it must some time
finish at our parting that one of us
two was to be left with only the bro
ken end, the pity of Christ and every
word a stabbing memory.
Since I lost Kate is four years to-
night, and in all that time now, never
dared to enter the house wnere once
she lived with me. her poor fool Jesse.
Today unlocked the door The sun
light, glinting through chinks in the
boarded windows. fell in long dust
st-eaks on rat-eaten furniture. gray
cobweb. scattered ashes There was
the puppy piano. green with mold. her
work basket. half eaten. her writing
table Uttered with rat-gnawed paper.
Western Kansas world., 1913-12-27
CHAPTER xII.-continued.


''Why, Billy daresn't say good morn
ing to my pinto colt. He was buck
ing plentiful today, and me splitting
blood before 1 got him conquered.
Now just you leave me to tame colts
and cowboys"
Take him away, Jesse, dear"
He bin making love to you. Kate?'
My heart stood still, and to my
Jealous husband silence means con-
sent. Then the hypocrite in me
sighed, and Jesse. f1inging away his
cigar stub, said with an oath that Billy
should be on his way to Vancouver
by daybreak-
Yes, Jesse is hard to manage, but
presently he remembered about the
check, which made him for the first
time in his life feel rich. He's too
rough when I let him love me. In
deed / had to do up my hair in the
dark, though the fireflies offered the
dearest little lamps. Besides a little
jealousy is good for Jesse. should not
like to see his love go hungry.
Last night Jesse came home from
Vancouver, and it being Sunday eve
ming, he read and expounded the
Scriptures to the amazement of the
three new ranch hands.
Afterward, the night being cold,
Jesse had his cigar beside the stove,
while 1 sat on the low stool so that
the fumes might rise above my un-
worthy head
The widow believes 1 said, that
her boy will get rich in the city
'I got Billy job"
Jesse's face looked very grave.
"At grocery" he added.
l sighed for the romantic lad, con-
demned to an apron behind the coun-
ter.
! And the young hawk few off,
I'm gladi'
'@Ye see it's this way, Kate. He's
shying heaps at Ashcroft. the first
town he ever seen, where there's a
bit of sidewalk. electric lights, and
mattresses. 1 had to kiss the fluffy
one to show him they don't bite
Hes willing to start to work as g
millionaire. but don't feel no holy vo
cation for groceries So in the end he
runs away, out of that frying pan into
the-walI. the rest amt clearly known
although the police has a clue. Il
seems my wolf cub leads some limo
cent yearling astray down by the har
Dor, eaid victim being the crimp from
sailors boarding house To prove
he's fierce, Billy has skinful of mixed
drinks. and this stranger is kline
enough to take him to see a beautiful
English bark which is turning loose
for Cape Horn. Seems the ship takes
notion to Billy, and the captain po
Iitely axes him to work. He's beer
shanghaied."
"Oh. it's awful
wall. maybe I'm a fool. Kate. bu
seems to be that this young person
had to be weaned from running after
woman. before he'd any chance te
ba a man
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Kate's Ndrrdtipe.

Kdte'S NdrTdtiUe.
1 was waiting for Jesse until the low
sun shone into the cave. All that let
ter, which had been a blur of horror,
cleared now before my mind, but
Father Jared held me by the hands,
drawing the pain away. He had given
me tea, he had made me a very throne
of comfort in front of his camp fire.
David slept in my lap, and now while
the dear saint held my hands, and 1
looked through the smoke out toward
the setting sun, he spoke of quaint
sweet doings in his hermitage He
spoke as a worldly anchorite with a
portable bath, of his clumsy attempts
to patch worn-out cassock, and how
the squirrels tried to superintend his
prayers at even-song. Then the sun
caught the walls of the cave and the
roof to glowing beryl and ethereal
ruby, the smoke was a rose-hued
thread of light, and the deep canyon at
our feet filled with a shadowy sea of
flooding amethyst.
The sun had set, and the first star
just shone out, as Jesse came, stand
ing at the mouth of the cave, dark
against the glory. 1 could not see his
face.
fTO RE CoNTTNTrFD
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Begging Off.

Can you direct me to the best ho-
tel in this town." asked the stranger
who. after sadly watching the train
depart, had set his satcheI upon the
station platform
Il can. replied the man. who was
waiting for a train going the other
way. but hate to do it,
-Why?"
because you win think after you've
seen It that I'm q lar"
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Jesse's NdrrdtiUe
1 found my lady seated on her stool.
that letter in her hands. while Pete.
uneasy, clicked his spurs in the door
way. 1 asked if he'd take message.
Burning the trail," he said.
Say, If she comes, I'll kill her"
Not that my lady whispered, SO
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Handsome Is as Handsome Does.
~Sanford-So you don't believe in
judging a man by his clothes?
Crabshaw-No, indeed That's the
way we judge woman, and look how
we get fooledi-Judge.
Western Kansas world., 1913-12-27

Two days had passed since my dear
Jesse left, then through the long day 1
waited in the house, and the blue
gloom of night swept up the glowing
cliff 1t was then 1 heard the signal
shot from the rim-rock, and told my
baby David that his father was coming
home.
Western Kansas world., 1913-12-27
Proof.

Freddie has a fortune in politics.
He knows the ropes" declared the
admiring friend.
Yes; I judged that from the cam
paign cigar he gave me-.
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knelt down Dy ner. ana sAe -sfoked
my forehead.
Z didn't catch your words said
Pete.
Promise my lady whispered.
there must be no murder"
Tell her, Pete" said 1, .'there11 be
no murder / can't let her off with
that-give her fair warning
Pete rode away slow.
Wife, whispered--we spoke in
whispers, because it was the end of
the world to us two-'-you trust me?"
She kissed my forehead
Tell me-" she said. "one thing
Polly was not dead?"
'-She slammed dead. She's alive.
Kate She's coming here. Take Da-
vid away Take him 10 South Cave.
to Father Jared's camp"
What will you do?''
Lock the house befoye it's defifed-"
And then, dear?"
When she's gone. III come to the
cave. too"
Kate took David, letting me kiss
him, letting me kiss her, sven knowing
everything, let ME take her into my
arms She was very white. very quiet.
She even remembered to take her ser
want, and the two Cinnamon, making
some excuse to get them away. 1
locked the house and the old cabin
Then made the long call to Ephrata,
and went to the Apex Rock, calling un-
til he answered from among the dog
tooth violets. He climbed straight up
the steep rocks, whimpering, because
I'd scarcely called him once in four
teen months. He rubbed against me.
forgetting he hefted eleven hundred
pounds, and 1 had TO scratch his neck
before we started UP to the house.
then to the left along the wagon track
just past Cathedral Grove.
The wagon was swinging round the
end of the grove at a canter, asd when
I let out a yell for the last warning
the woman only snatched at the dri-
ver's whip to fog the team faster.
Then 1 turned loose my bear, he rear
ing up nine feet or so to inspect that
outfit.
The horses SHE'D into the air, then
off at a gallop straight for the edge of
the cliffs. The woman, was shot out
as the wagon overturned, the driver
caught for moment while his wagon
went to match-wood He lay in the
wreckage stunned, but the horses
went blind crazy, taking that twelve
hundred feet leap into the Fraser rap
ids. So had aimed, and as I'd prom
ised my lady to do no murder, I kept
my bear beside me.
The driver was awake and stagger-
ing to his feet. He would have
talked, only my bear was with me,
hard to hold by the roach hair. The
man needed no telling. and after he
escaped from my ranch I did not see
him there in the years which fol-
lowed.
The woman, standing in the wreck
age of her trunks, wanted to talk We
herded her, Eph and I, to the foot of
the pack trail, which leads up by steep
jags to the rim-rock of the upper
cliffs, then on through the black pines
to Hundred Mile We herded up the
pack trail, my bear and 1, and pointed
her on her way, alone, afoot- If she
lived through that eighty miles, she
would remember the way, the way
which is barred.
Western Kansas world., 1913-12-27

Propose to a girl in canoe and
you'll have two chances of being
thrown over.
Western Kansas world., 1913-12-27

Mrs-Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton allays pain, cures wind collie, ,25c bottleaay
Western Kansas world., 1913-12-27

The pages are yellow. the ink Is rusty
brown. but the past is alive In every
line, the living past. the sunny warm
scented land of memory. all full of
love and glory and delight, and agony
which cannot be taken from me.
How wonderful it is to think that a
great lady. and this ig-orant callous
brute shown up in the rotted manu-
script, should ever have been man and
wife together, When 1 think of what
was-illiterate. slovenly, lazy, selfish.
brutal, meanly jealous, ignorantly
cruel, see how it was right that she
should leave me- It has taken me
bitter lonely years to realize that
was unworthy to be her servant while
she tanned me. So much the greater
mystery is the love which made
amends for my shortcomings, made
her think me better than was, a
something for which she sacrificed her
self. and in self sacrifice became like
the great angels which she saw in
dreams.
Then came the letter from Polly her
self, which sent me crazy, so that my
lady read every word of it, without
being warned.
Opium. Jesse, an overdose of opium
look like a corpse, and blood from the
butchers shop poured over my face as
1 laid there. You was no husband for
such as me with Brooke around, the
man I'd kept. Shucks, did ye think I'd
be such ruke as to set, with yer
dead-line round me, screaming if men
came near, with all Abilene grinning,
and you drunk as Noah? That was no
way to treat LADY That was no
cinch for me as could buy cowboys, all
I'd mind to. Pshaw, it makes me
sick at the stummick to think 1 mar
ried you l only done it for joke.
But you jest mark my words on the
dead thieving. no foreign woman from
London. England, shall have you
while you're mine. heerd of this Mrs.
Trevor daring to call you her husband
Shes not your wife, she's not Mrs
Jesse Smith. she's not married wom-
an, but poor thing, and her child,
what's he? I've had my revenge on
her. and you, and I'm coming to rub it
in I'm at Ashcroft, l am, coming on
the same coach as this letter, coming
to live in your home. If 1 don't love
you, no other woman shall. It's Fancy
Brooke, the man you calls Bull Dur
ham, what give you dead away, he, and
the news he got by mail, since you let
him get off alive, you fool. That
ought to splash yer.
And if l didn't love, dye reckon
that I'd care?
Your deserted true wife,
POLLY SMITH.
''P. S.-I'll be to your ranch Mon
day
Western Kansas world., 1913-12-27
KGte's NdrrdtiUe.

KGte's NdrrdtiUe
My husband was still ct dinner when
we heard a horseman come laundering
in, the old cargador, Pete Mathson,
squirting a weary horse across the
yard Jesse took the letter, and while
he read, / had a strange awful i'm
preston of days, months, years pass
ing, a whirlwind of time. My man
was growing old before my eyes, and
it is true that within a few hours his
hair was fecked with silver. When
the letter fell from his hands he
walked away, making no sound at all
1 sat on my little stool and took the
letter. The paper felt like something
very offensive, so that l had to force
myself to read, and even then without
understanding one word, / went and
washed my hands and face, why I
don't know. except that it was better
not to make a scene I came back to
my stool
Gus about his hat, as though he tried
to hide it away. 1 remember telling
him quite gravely that 1 like to see a
hat.
Cap Taylor, ma'am," he was saying.
told me to get here by the horse trail,
so 1 rode hellfor-leather. They'll be
another hour comm by road
Another hour?"
"A strangers driving Mebbe more'n
an hour
Then Jesse came back. -
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That light is all around you, and
must go. This very ground is holy
Fare you WE'LL
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CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-29

while available for certain amount
of work as infantry. are primarily
trained for service with the big guns,
and cannot we'll be assigned to other
work without jeopardizing the eff
cheney of the work for which they are
maintained; so that. as stated above,
in case of land attack II will be nee
essary to assign considerable bodies
of mobile troops to defend these
works.
with view to correcting this def
lett 1.-THE liability to successful at
tack, lines of land defense works
have been laid out. and necessary In
structions prepared for their prompt
construction in time Of threatened
waf In future construction it is be-
.lieved that much more attention will
be devoted to making each individual
group of works reasonably secure
against land attack. even though un-
supported by troops other than its
own garrison. Certainly the construc-
ton should be of srch type as to en-
able a defense sufficiently long to
permit arrival of assistance from
coast guard troops.
Use Of Forts Restricted
But, after all. this whole question
brings up very forcibly the folly OF
depending upon fortresses alone.
Their usefulness is very much re-
stricted unless there is an adequate
mobile army. The real purpose of sea
coast defenses is to prevent hostile
fleets bombarding cities behind them.
occupying the harbors whose en-
trance they are designed to close or
bombarding fleets taking refuge in
these harbors. Their guns are of a
heavy type necessarily, too heavy in
most instances for work against
troops.
The department is now considering
the installation of guns up to 6-inch
ealiber with all-round fire, with a
view to helping out in the defense OF
the works from land attack, and it
has paid much more attention than
heretofore 10 the construction of bat
teries which have well-thought-out
and prepared system of defense
against land attack"