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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03

the park. carrying his nat IN Ms
hand.
A short distance from the pavilion
Emily stopped abruptly. turning a
startled face to her companion.
Some one is there" she said.
Some one is speaking. / forgot that
Uncle Ethan had gone out"
She heard Bailey catch his breath
oddly. Her own pulses began to beat
with heavy irregularity, as a few steps
farther brought the two opposite the
open arcade. There they halted,
frozen.
In the place Emily had left, where
all her feminine toys still lay. Mr..
French was seated as one exhausted
by the force of overmastering emo
ton; his hands clenched on the arms
Of the chair; his face drawn with pas
sion. Opposite him stood Lestrange,
colorless and still as Emily had never
conceived him, listening In absolute
silence to the bitter address pouring
from the others lips with a low-toned
violence indescribable.
Il told you then, never again to
come here" first fell upon Emily's
conscious hearing. 81 supposed you
were at least French enough to take
a dismissal What do you want here,
money? l warned you to live upon
the allowance sent every month to
your bankers, for would pay no more
even to escape the intolerable dis
grace of your presence here. Did you
imagine me so deserted that l would
accept even you as successor?
Wrong; you are not missed. My
nephew Richard takes your place, and
is fit to take it. Go back to Europe
and your low-born wife; there Is no
lack In my household"
The voice broke in an excess of saw
age triumph, and Lestrange took the
pause without movement or gesture.
81 am going, sir, and l shall never
come back" he answered, never more
quietly. II can take dismissal, yes.
If ever 1 have wished peace or hoped
for an accord that never existed be-
tween us, go cured of such folly.
But hear this much, since l am ar
raigned at your bar: l have never
yet disgraced your name or mine un-
less by the boys mischief which sent
me from college. The money you
speak Of. I have never used; ask
Bailey of it, If you will" He hesitat-
ed, and in the empty moment there
came across the mile of June air
the roaring noop whistle of the fac
tory. Involuntarily he turned his head
toward the call, but as instantly re-
covered himself from the self-betray-
al There Is another matter to be
arranged, but there Is no time now.
Nor even in concluding it will ever
come here again, sir"
There was that in his bearing, In
the dignified carefulness Of courtesy
with which he saluted the other before
turning to CO. that checked even Eth
an French. But as Lestrange crossed
the threshold Of the little building,
Emily ran from the thicket to meet
him, her eyes a dark splendor In her
white face, her hands outstretched.
mot like this!" she painted. mot
without seeing me! Oh, might have
guessed"
His vivid color and animation re
turned as he caught her to him, heed
less of witnesses.
You dare? My dear, my dear, not
even a question? There Is no one
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
caddy's Mean Suggestion.

Mrs. R. H. Barlow, the eastern cham
pion, said at the Cape May Golf club,
nodding toward certain man:
Eyes, he is q very poor player. Even
his caddy, for all his liberal tips,
scorns him. So
Zone afternoon he made a wretched
foozle and tore up a sod. Lifting this
sod in his hand-it was about foot
squarehe said to his caddy rue
fully:
What on earth am / to do with
this, John?'
If was YOU the boy answered,
I'd take it up to the hotel to practice
On, sir. New Orleans Daily States.
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CHAPTER vII.-(contInued).

IT thought there was to be no more
trouble" she faltered, distressed.
Lestrange looked down at her stead
fly, his gray eyes darkening to an ex-
preston she had never seen.
Have l no right" was his question.
'Is there no canceling Of claim, is
there no subsequent freedom? Is it
all no use, Emily?"
Vaguely awed and frightened, her
fingers frightened on his arm In a
panic Of surrender.
81 will come to you, I will come!
You know best what is right trust
you to tell me. Forgive me, dear, l
wanted to-"
He silenced her, all the light fash
ing back to his face.
"A promise; hush! Oh, shall win
tonight with that singing in my ears.
l have more to say to you, but not
now. I must see Bailey, somehow, be-
fore CO."
"He is at the house; let me send
him here to you"
IF you come back with him."
They laughed together.
II will Do you know" her color
-deepened rosily, they call you
Darling l have never heard your
own name"
"My name Is David" Lestrange said
quietly, and kissed her for farewell.
The earth danced under Emily's feet
as she ran across the lawns, the sun
glowed warm, the brook tinkled over
the cascades in a very madness OF
mirth. At the head of the veranda
steps she turned to look once more
at the roof of the white pavilion
among the locust trees.
! Uncle will like you when he knows
you" she laughed in her heart. ANY
one must like YOU"
The servant she met in the hall said
that Mr.. Bailey had gone out, and
Mr.. Ffrench, also, but separately, the
former having taken the short route
across toward the factory. That way
Emily went in pursuit, intending to
overtake him with her pony cart.
But upon reaching the stables, past
which the path ran, she found Bailey
himself engaged in an inspection of
the limousine In company with the
chauffeur.
You'll have to look into her differ
entail, Anderson" he was pronounc-
ing. when the young girl came beside
him.
Come. please" she urged breath.
fessly. est-sss~. = -
Gomez repeated Bailey. wheeling,
with his slow. benevolent smile. Sure,
Miss Emily; where?'
She shook her head, not replying un-
til they were safely outside; then:
ITO MI. Lestrange; he is In the pa
vilion. He wants to see you"
ITO Lestrange!" he almost shouted,
hating. Lestrange here?"
Eyes. There is time: he says there
is time. He is going back as soon as
he sees you"
But what's he doing here? What
does he mean by risking his neck
without any practice"
HE came to see me-" she whis.
pered, and stood confessed.
"God!" said Bailey. quite reverently
after a moment Of speeches. stupe
faction. you, and himl"
She lifted confiding eyes to him
moving nearer.
'Tt is secret, but wanted you te
know because you like US both. Dicl
said you loved Mr.. Lestrange"
YES" was the dazed assent.
well. then But come, he II
waiting"
She was sufficiently unlike the usua
Miss French to bewilder any one
Bailey dumbly followed her across
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Wholesale BURNING Of Books

The French should win Edmund
Gosse's commentator for the whole
sale manner in which they have de-
stroyed books. They have even gone
to the extent of coming special
word. "bibliolytie," to donate ia de-
struction volontaire des Iivres." The
greatest date In the annals OF biblio-
lytie Is 1890. when church property
was conflscated by the revolutionary
government. During that year. In
Paris alone. 808.120 volumes taken
from monasteries and converts were
burned and throughout the whole
country the total destroyed Ii said Ia
hare amounted to 4.194. 400.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
English Stump Speech.

A correspondent, "Old Briney,"
sends US the following specimen Of
frenzied stump oratory: "Feller
blokes! Thanks ter tn guv'ment, yer
got yer d'minishin' wage, and yer lit.
tie loaf, an all that. Wotcher got
ter do now is ter go fer devil-ootion
and local anatomy, an go it blind!"
cloud cheers. )-London Globe.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
Had Kent Her BaroaIn.

An ingenious trick was recently
uiayed on some women Of Mauikjanj,
Madras, India. They handed sums Of
money to & woman who said that she
possessed the power Of doubling the
contents. The victims had their
packets returned to them after seven
days. when the silver coins they had
contained were found to have been
changed into copper ones.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
Happiest Home.

But the happiest home is built
when the twain together meet the
trials and catastrophes that come
from the outside world with the good
health, the common sense, the humor,
the patience and courage that will
rout them. It should not be necessary
for these qualities to be used by the
one to combat the faults Of the other.
Barbara Boyd.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
Steel Stays Stopped Bullet.

Steel stays have saved many a WON.
ans life. Not long ago Mary Henessy
was taken to Bellevue hospital with
q flesh wound in the side, and DR..
Drury discovered that had it not been
for a steel stay which DETECTED the
bullet the wound would have been
fatal, for the slug had been travelling
toward q vital orran
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
ASKED TO GIVE s267, 100000
Widow OF the Late Edward II. Har-
riman Gets 5000 Begging Let
tiers in Two Years.

New York.-In 1910 and 1911 Mrs.
Edward HI Hartman received 5000
begging letters She was asked by
persons of whom she had never heard
to give away the sum Of $267, 0Oo. 900
and Invariably she was told that sha
would never miss" sums OF money
which in the aggregate amount "a
something like four times her entire
fnrtnne.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
A a Man Thinks.

Jennie-"He must have a soft spot
in his heart for me-" Wennie- "Why
so?" Jennie-"He says he is always
thinking of me-" Wennie-"But, you
know, man doesn't think with his
heart. The soft place must be in his
head."-London Telegraph
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Accomplishing.

It is very important that the young
man select his life work early and
bend every energy toward accom-.
plishing something. One of the most
common causes of failure in this life
lies In the fact that men do not see
the Importance of being thorough I'm.
til 1t Is too late.-F1orence Vidette.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
CIoaqed Sewing Machine.

When a sewing machine will not
work, stand it near the fire so that
the oil may melt, and then clean with
pure paraff1n, putting it into every
oil hole. Work the machine well. and
then wipe every part with a clean
cloth. When perfectly clean, lubri
cate with machine oil.
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BY lnstalIments.

The experimenting advice" of a
bookmaker to colleague in distress
Is related in Vanity Fair The col
league had been paid G25 on a bet
by a certain captain, who, in a fit of
Observation-Disclosures, paid him the same
amount again next day. what shall
l do about ft?" asked the bookmaker
Of his friend: and prompt came the
answer: "Ask him for It again"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
His Car.

His Car.
And what is that little building
over there?" asked the visitor to
Tompy's place.
That? Oh. my wife calls that the
garage" said Tompy.
"Oh,-What is your carr" asked the
visitor.
@Oh, that's mirage said Tompy.
|-Harpex's Weekly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
Learning by Love Letter.

'eLove letters between young men
and women are an excellent method
OF teaching literature" says DR.. Ar.
thur Holmes. But 1t must be done
tactfully. We have known a young
lady who broke of an engagement
because her f1ance returned her love
letters with the spelling errors neatly
corrected in red ink.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03

No Use for Bows ANY More.

No Use for Boys Amy More.
Somebody has Invented an electric
device that will split kindling wood.
Gradually we are getting 1t SO ar.
ranged that the world will have abb
solutely no use for small boys.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
4 Cures While You Walt.

Aliens FoOt-Eas il a certain cure for hot
sweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet. Sold
substitute. Trial package FREE. AdIp nmy
Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy n Y eS'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03
Wanted Is IIve II History.

Wanted to Live Ii History.
Some mems idea Of fame is GER
tatnly distorted one. A murderer
IN South Carolina pleaded for the
privilege Of being the first man to be
electrocuted; when, that new mode Of
execution was introduced into 1.-The
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03

NOT Inconvenience.
Did the dissolution of your gigantic
corporation cause you Inconvenience"
mot the slightest" replied Mr.. Dustin
stax. Il needed an enlarged and i'm.
proved system OF branch offices, any.
how" ssse.s-ssx ,s-es,.sr.-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Urugg1sts refund money if it fails to cure E. W.
dtsOVES signature is on each box. CSC,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03

Be thrifty on little things like bluing Don't &C.
sept water for bluing. Ask for Red Cross Ball
Blue, the extra good value blue.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-03

Mothers win find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup TT best remedy to use for their children
Turing she teething period.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-26
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
HOW ARTHUR LOST THE POSI-
TON.

''This is the number" said Arthur
Nothberg to himself as he stopped
before large music house on Fifth
avenue, and said in a low tone a
prayer that he would be accepted.
"Good morning, sir" lifting his hat
respectfully to an elderly man who
was arranging music in portfolio.
4 read your advertisement in this
mornings paper, and wish to apply
for the position"
do you know anything about mu-
sic?"
eyes, sir. I have studied music
since l was little boy. I play the
piano, violin, and banjo"
DO you? That is good. Can you
sing?"
eyes, sir, a little" replied Arthur
with a smile.
what do you think of this?" asked
the manager, taking an instrument
out of the large glass.
Arthur took it, looked it over care
fully. Tried the keys, and then, to
the amazement of the other played
''Caro Nome"
"You have seen that instrument be
fore?"
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WHAT MARY GAVE.

She gave an hour of patient care to
her little baby sister, who was cutting
teeth. She gave a string and crook
ed pin and a great deal of advice to
the three-year-old-b who want
ed to play fishing. She gave Ellen,
the maid, precious hour to go and
visit her sick baby at home, for Ellen
was widow, and left her child at it's
grandmother's while she worked to
get bread for both. She could not
have seen them very often, if Mary
had not offered to tend the door while
she went away.
But this was not all that Mary gave.
She dressed herself so neatly and
looked so bright and kind, and oblig-
ing that she gave her mother a thrill
of pleasure whenever she caught sight
of the young, pleasant face. She wrote
a letter to her father, who was alb
sent on business. She gave patient at.
tention to her grandmother's story
and when it was ended, made the old
lady happy by goodnight kiss.
Thus she had given valuable pre-
sents to six people in one day; and
yet she had not a cent in the world
She was as good as gold, and she gave
something of herself to all those who
came into touch with her all the live
long day.
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THOSE UNWRITTEN LETTERS.

Among sins of omission a very I'M
enviable prominence attaches to the
letters which were never written. We
ought to have written; the old friend
had a claim to which reason and affec-
ton alike subscribed-and yet we
failed. We did not mean to fail; we
fully intended to write; and there was
no reason why we should not have
written-and yet-we failed. And now
there is another inmate in Gods acre,
and the letter which we intended to
write will never be penned.
What a world of heartache and
lonesomeness lies back of those un-
written letters; what world of I'M
selfish affection seemingly unrequited;
and what a world of light and JOY
those letters would have ushered into
human lives. 1t does not cost much
to light a candle, but on dreary
night that light may mean vast in
crease of happiness. It does not cost
much to write letter, but to some
lonely and discouraged heart that
letter may be very big candle on a
very dark night
Why should a letter mean so much ?
Ask the father or mother when they
are watching for the letter from the
far-away child. Ask the youth in the
big city who has come to make his
fortune and who does not intend to
fail, but who somehow finds the very
bigness of it all the most lonesome
thing in the world, and whose heart
seems to ever recur to the old farm
home so far away. The letter is the
bridge over which the heart travels
home
1t is a mistake to value a letter at
it's face value. The value of the letter
does not usually lie in the finely
formed letters, the correctly spelled
words and the neatly turned phrases
Sometimes we have known a letter
that had almost every possible fault
from the technical standpoint, but to
the reader it breathed the atmosphere
of heaven itself, for it came from one
whose fingers indeed might blundeI
and whose knowledge might trip, but
WuOS0 u0dII udu AOFSA hhOWA UAo
loyalty and whose love had never
known change. 1t seems a strange
kind of irony that, perhaps, the bulk
of our letters are those which make
but little difference. If they had never
been written the world would be little
the loser, and yet those letters dc
not fail to get written; but the letter
which counts, the one which would
enrich this poor world, is the one
which somehow does not seem to get
written.
Should we not have some time sci
apart for this work, some altar tc
friendship if you will, and regularly
attend to it's sacred duties? Most o
us, perhaps, do not realize just how
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Better than gold is the sweet repose
OF the sons of toll when the labors
close;
Better than gold is the poor mans
sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slum
bers deep.
Bring sleeping draughts to the downy
bed,
Where luxury pillows its aching head,
The toiler simple opiate deems
A shorter route to the land of dreams.
Better than gold is thinking mind,
That in the realms of books can find
A treasure SURPRISING Australian ore,
And live with the great and good of
yore.
The sage's lore and the poets lay,
The glories of empires passed away;
The worlds great dream will thus
unfold
And yield a pleasure better than gold
Better than gold is peaceful home
Where all the fireside characters
come,
The shrine of love, the heaven OF
life,
Hallowed by mother, or sister, Oh
wife.
However humble the home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by Heavens
decree,
The blessings that never were bought
or sold,
And center there, are better than gold
Father RD0n.
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much that letter may mean to ouI
absent friend, but we know it will
mean a good deal May it not be that
we have grown careless, and that our
hearts are not just as true as they
should be to our friends. Montesqieu
tells us that there are two classes of
people who are apt to become hard
hearted, the extremely happy and the
extremely unhappy. May it not be
with many of us that life is so full of
happiness that we have ceased to
care just as much as we used to how
it goes with our friends? Has our
happiness hardened our hearts? If so,
we need swift repentance. Somewhere
in our little world some heart is
waiting YEARLY for our message of
love and cheer; no other pen but ours
can write the words of helpfulness;
no other heart but ours can respond
to this appeal; shall we not heed it
and quickly respond? Write those
unwritten letters!
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No." said Arthur. Il have never
seen anything at all like it."
The manager explained to hin
that it was the invention of an Italian
professor, and was thought to be
somewhat difficult. After a mo
ment's pause, he said: How much sal
airy would you expect, young MANI"
Whatever you consider my serv
ices worth to you, sir" replied Arthur
well, it will take some time for
you to get acquainted with the trade
How would $40 week do to be-
gin with?''
"Thank you, SIR Arthur could
say no more. His heart was too full
of joy. He could picture the happi-
ness of his parents when he told them
of his good fortune. His father had
been out of work for three months,
and their little savings were daily
growing less, so that 500 a week
would be most welcome.
Arthur was aroused from his happy
thoughts by the voice of the manager.
"You have a great future ahead of
you, young man, if you only make
the proper use of your talent, I will
propose your name to a society
where you will meet men of means
who will assist you in ascending the
ladder of musical fame"
''You are surely kind" replied
Arthur, "and I shall try in every way
to ,,ro1,o r,1eoIf 1r,or+hv ~ 1,o,,n 49,,
est. May 1 ask the name of the So
ciety of which you speak?"
"The Masons,' replied the manager
rubbing his hands. ct is the oldest
and most powerful organization in the
world
"The Free Masons?" asked Arthur
drawing back.
Eyes, and why not? Some of the
greatest musicians of the world are
enrolled as members. On it's books
you will find the names of bankers
railroad magnates, mine owners, and
other great financial leaders"
81 will not join it," said Arthur.
"You will not join it," said the
manager with a look of surprise
''Why, boy, you ought to be proud to
have the opportunity.
However that may be, I cannot
and will not join the Masons."
"You are a fool said the man
ager think of the future
81 am a Catholic, and all of the
gold in Wall Street would not tempt
me to become a Free Mason"
BE a Catholic if you like, that will
not hinder your being a Mason"
Arthur smiled as he replied: "No
Catholic worthy of the name will dis
obey the laws of the Church.
"And the laws of the Church for
bids your becoming Mason?"
Eyes, SIR
"Then your Church is tryant.''
''Use whatever name you like, .
said Arthur. "To me she is as a
kind, loving Mother She guides and
directs her children, and urges them
to follow the path which, from long
experience, she judges to be safest;
and if she commands her members to
refrain from becoming free masons
it must be for good reason. At any
rate, her judgment satisfies me-
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LESSONS XVII.
FRUIT.

Fruit are seed vessels of plants.
They contain large amount of water,
cellulose, sugar, acids and salts. They
not only refresh and cool the system,
but stimulate the appetite and act as
blood purifiers.
The cellulose helps to carry off
waste matter, and the acids destroy
disease germs in the body. People
who eat large amount of fruit are
seldom ILL.,
Bananas, dates, figs, prunes and
grapes, owing to their large amount OF
sugar, are the most nutritious.
Melons, oranges, lemons and grapes
contain the largest amount of water.
Apples, lemons and oranges are val
liable for their potash salts, and or
anges and lemons especially valuable
for their citric acid.
Prunes are dried plums. Raisins are
dried grapes.
Eat only sound, ripe fruit. Unripe
fruit or fruit that has been kept a lit
tie too long, may be cooked to make it
safe for eating.
Baked Apples
Wipe, core, put in pan. Fill the
holes with sugar cinnamon may be
added. Pour in enough boiling water
to cover the bottom of the dish. Bake
in a moderate oven until soft or ten.
der. Basic frequently with the syrup
which forms in the pan. If the apples
are pared, they should be baked in 9
covered dish.
Baked Bananas