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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-04-03

Murcheil looked out OF the window
into the square thoughtfully. 1t was
warm. liStless day There was moth
Ing In the peaceful indolent scene tc
tell him that the serene waters upon
which he had sailed to power were to
become u Seething. passion dashed fury
whose subsistence he would never see
sad example Of the inGratitude OF re,
publcS, the people OF Benton county.
were stirring restlessly. asking ques.
ton aud criticising answers. But that
would pass. Ms such ebullitions had al
ways passed
He pointed TO the sleepy square You
won't want to sit here looking out at
that all your life. II you're the man |
take you for. You'll want TO go out
and make your plaCe-a big place-in
the life of men II you do you can't
stop 10 hit every ugly head that pops
up In your path And you've got to
make use ~ the materials yon find
Leave the things that don't look right
alone They'll work themselves out in
the end They always have Aud be
impersOnal Make use OF enemies and
friends alike
Counsel to Laertes from an expert
In life
Even your friendship" John inter-
rupted quickly. smiling.
YOU'D be fool II you didn't" Po-
lonius replied consistently
I'm afraid" John sighed-"I'm
afraid I'm that kind OF fool. sup
pose" he went on. I'm going to take
the nomination. do want TO make a
place for myself In the big life OF men.
But ! want TO earn II. not seize II be-
cause ! am strong enough or have II
given to me by some other who is
strong" He hesitated. then contin-
used ut sounds absurd, know, but
something seems calling, compelling
me into this And Pm-Pm afraid.
have the feeling that am facing
something to which perhaps may not
be equal. Senator Murchell, ask
you to tell me truly. is there any rea-
son why a man who wants TO come
through clean should not go into poll
tics7"
Absolutely none." the senator an.
swered promptly. And he added sin
cerely, with a pertinence the scope OF
which he did not comprehend. III
there were more clean men In politics
there would be less room for the ras.
Gals"
30 William Murchell. as he thought,
bound his young friend, John Dun
meade, to the wheels of his organize.
ton.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-04-03
Read of This Stirring Battle Against Civic
Evils That Are, and For the Honor and
Justice That Should Everywhere Prevail

John returned to Ms chair Murchell
looked around at the dingy Office Over
the desk hung n calendar and another
faded, old fashioned print of Daniel
Webster. Save for this adornment
the walls were given over to calf and
sheep bound books-rows and rows set
upon plain pine shelves. The old ma
hogany furniture doubtless splendid
In its day. had been battered and
scratched by many careless hands and
feet.
"You keep the old Office Just the
same, see. remember when your
grandfather built and furnished it."
Eyes; ] don't like to disturb things,
though Aunt Roberta thinks it's fear
full mess Three generations OF Dun.
meades have used this office Just as
II is"
81 used to come here to borrow books
from your grandfather and talk poll
tics. He was a mighty smart man.
He would have been governor during
the war II he hadn't died. He gave
me my start"
"Yes." John said idly. SENATOR
he leaned forward abruptly-"what do
you think OF Sheehan? Why don't you,
with all your power, put men like shee-
han out Of politicsi"
young man." Murchell answered
dryly, 'tf | were strong enough to put
all the rascals out Of politics I'd make
to take the nomination.
II hate to be under obligations TO
sheehan."
"You won't be under obligations-to
Sheehan"
II don't want to be under obliga.
uons"-John hesitated a moment-"to
you. Something might come up that
would make me seem ungrateful"
'I'll risk it."
But I'm not sure I'm the kind of
man you want"
"I'll risk it," Murchell repeated
"But ! don't think you understand
John persisted rive been-bothered
a little lately about some things That
trust company affair. for instance-it
doesn't look right. And then sheehan-
can't quite stomach his power.
don't like TO seem to criticise. senator.
but II looks TO me as though the sys-
TEN that allowed that trust company
affair must he wrong somewhere"
Tut. tut young manr' the senator
answered. tribe testify. Don't go
flying OF al tangent with harebrain.
ed theories about perfect systems"
John shook his head In troubled fash.
ION. 1--WE got to figure that out 10 my
own way. senator"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-04-03

you still In love with herr And am y
cat to talk 10 about herr And has she
had many successors|
mo 20 ali three questions. She gave
me bad three months. though"
I'm glad " H." she declared vcncc-
fully "Didnt you know ! was terribly
In love with your That's what made
me such pesky little nuisance. oh.
you needn't look so shocked since "
was only calf love and have quite re
covered Qulte!"
SO while the golden afternoon waned
they exchanged pleasant nonsense. His
spirits rose unaccountably. lie was
very boyish. very gay. Sometimes they
rose 20 half serious discussion that
skipped lightly aud iudaclously about
from peak TO peak II human knowl-
edge. She had Travelled much with her
father, who, II appeared, had really
learned how to travel" having to make
the most OF his limited leisure. Sh,
knew places not starred In Baedekcr
quaint. obscure corners ~ the earth.
full Of color John helped ont this part
OF the talk with questions more or less
intelligent She was pleased TO com
mend his interest
"Oue could almost believe you had
been there You would enjoy these
places. know. Not every one does.
I'd love to visit. not de-. them with you
sometime"
I'D like to very much But" he an.
swcrcd simply. I'm afraid Il will he n
long. long time before can AFFORD a.
She turned and surveyed him thought 4
fully Now. like that way you
said H. | mean You speak Of u in
such u matter ~ fact way. as though
the lack ar possession ~ money were
really ~ no great Importance 10 you"
1T slipped out" he confessed. II
don't like to seem to pose I make
enough for my immediate needs. Of
course and some day expect To have
more though not wealth ~ YOU prob
ably measure a.
"l'm not sure whether u Is really
important To me. | do not like the
things Il buys Hut even more like
"a think ~ the power II represents
LIS that and the game ~ getting II
..Idt makes men want money In large
quantities Don't YOU think sou
H. remembered certain rumors b.
1nd heard concerning Stephen Hamp-
lens rise To wealth aud he put a guard
upon his lips
Il don't know much about II, l fear"
which was entirely true. After col
lege ] went TO law school, then settled
here. The family name and fathers
bclng a judge helped me To quick
start. ! suppose since then have
done about as well as the average
young lawyer in small town. That
= all. II Is very commonplace
That doesn't explain why you are
wanted by a whole county. It's your
,hance To escape the commonplace.
snt IL? Popularity means power and
power IL splendid always-Tm print
I've, you see. would use u. revel
In II. make II lift me into the high
places. Dad says every one believes
you have big future Which IL good
evidence that you have big future.
snt H."
''The wisdom Of twenty three" he
laughed
"Oh. you won't take me seriously,
Dad says ! have the most lntrusively
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pulling chestnuts out of the Goals for
Pussy Murchell? You better keep out
OF politics. John There'll be trouble.
| feel il In my bones"
Roberta" chided the Judge, lit
doesn't lie In Dunmeade's mouth to
speak disparagingy OF one who has
placed our family under such obliga-
lions as has William Murchell."
Meaning your Judgeship, sup
pose"
The Judge stifrened visibly. II trust
my own character and ability had
something TO do with that"
Are you depending on them to make
you a Justicef" II was an open Sc
eret in the Dunmeade family that the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-04-03

home.
will you wait. siri'
"No." And John turned away. lie
walked out into the country across the
bridge AT the confluence OF North
Branch and South Branch. where rises
Grants Knob. lie followed the path
that leads. corkscrew fashion. TO the
crest OF the knob. and there. In the
thick OF the shade Of a big walnut.
leaning against an old bowlder that
had crowned the knob longer than John
could remember. sat the object OF his
quest.
He had an instant TO look at her be
fore she observed him, aud smilingly
he avniled himself OF a. And very
charming very alluring she was 20 his
eyes In her light summary gown and
the big. soft leghorn hat with It's flow.
ers and leaves dancing In the breeze
An open book lay In her lap. hut she
was not reading Through half closed
eyes she was gazing dreamily nj the
hills that marched away into the blue
distance
heard him aud looked up.
Hello he said
"Good afternoon Her salutation
was very cool indeed.
"Of course II you don't want me TO
stay
at isn't my hill"
He laughed outright Her tactics
never wary. II seems" he remarked
EFFECTIVE. though. Queer. isn't II.
how attractive girl becomes when
she puts on that fr;gid, speak to me II
you dare mannerf'
"You were very stupid not to know
me the other day"
"But | remembered you
"You mean you forgot all about me-"
-"as an impudent. long legged, free
killed. tomboy with red hair while you
He paused deliberately.
"My hair was never red" she replied
coldly.
Suddenly the clouds broke away. She
returned to him with a laugh. "Oh. !
can't keep II up. But where did You
get your courage? You weren't nearly
so brave the other morning. I've been
here six days. Why haven't you come
20 see me?'' she demanded.
"well. you see" he began lamely TO
explain. I've had good many impor-
tant things TO think about and
"And was neither important nor in
tercsting. You need practice, see"
"But you are"
"You really find me interesting?
You know. I've worked hard. very
hard. TO earn the Involuntary, generous
compliment | am about 10 receive"
81 do-surprisingly So" he responded
promptly.
"You needn't he 80 surprised" she re-
torted II was always rather present
able In spite Of the freckles, only you
wouldn't condescend TO notice IL. You
didn't like me-"
"But you were such pesky little
nuisance. you know. Let me see he
added refectively, that was-yes, it's
been ten years since ! last saw you.
Not counting the other morning. OF
course
"No. eight" she corrected him. You
saw me after the big game. the time
you saved the day You walked right
by me. looking straight into my eyes,
and never recognized me You were
too anxious 10 reach Adele Whiting
ton aud be made a hero OF by her. She
was as proud as-as I'd have been II
I'd had the chance-to exhibit you"
How IL Adeler'
"Oh. she's dreading thirty. Is fighting
down tendency to fat, has begun to
paint and often asks about YOU. Are
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executive mind he ever met He IL
very nice about II. lie often asks me
what think OF things and men
And then forms his own opinionsY'
That" she sighed. lis the disaps
pointing fact"
Did you plan thatT lie pointed To
grove Of trees on the crest OF East
ridge. through which cleaned the
white stucco walls of that palatial resi-
1ence so frequently mentioned In the
Globe.
Yes. DO you like III"
II haven't seen II except at dis
lance. But why In New Chelsea p
why notT' she argued, with spirit
Aren't our hills as beautiful as the
Berkshires and the air as fnei Why
shouldn't we enjoy the place the money
comes fromY Dad says a lot OF money
Is to come from this valley In the next
Few. years"
IHAA.in.aa Aaxs ..,aals \
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CONTINUED next week.
A Profitable DINorca.

France now consumes more thas
seven times as much absinthe as Il
aid In 1901. A separation from alb
sinthe might have been better. after
all. for the French than the separation
Of church and state.-Louisville Her.
aid.
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News travels swiftly and by myS''
rious avenues in New Chelsea That
evening at supper Judge DunmeaGe
congratulated his son
IL am glad" he said ponderously
that you have entered the service ~
your party"
Miss Roberta, the judges sister
shifted disGainfully Does th3r mean
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CHAPTER ~.
Sunset.

BUTLER answered Johns
ring and on inquiry Informed
him that the ladies' OF the
Hampden family were not at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
BY Frances L. Garytde

met by the demand that it show its
tongue or take physic.
I'VE are gathered" said Presfder+
Chauncey Devere, looking sternlv at his
hearers, ito discuss Mother Love. Will
our mothers are gathered at Mothers
Meetings discussing us, we must dis
cuss them, a far more important tonic
While their duty to us is preceptive
our"-with deep sigh-"to them is
corrective"
Il am three" said Harrington Jones
standing on the seat of his chair. that
he might be seen as we'll as heard. "anI
when any one says To my mother
That's fine boy you have it reminds
her to wipe my nose"
MY mother took me to a matinee trA
other day." said Lillian Harebell. aged
six, and showed her love for me in
such various ways that 1 never saw tha
play. She pulled up my stockings and
down my skirts eleven times. united
and retted my hair and ribbons five
times, smoothed back my hair four
times, asked me if / liked the nlav
nineteen times, wiped my nose four
times and suggested six times that
sit farther back in the seat"
In the course Of a three blocks
walk" reported Susie Sniffins, I'VE met
nine of my mothers friends, and every
one said, What nice little girl and
| every time it was said my mother smiled
proudly and wiped my nose"
"On recent street car ride with NV
mother said James Junior. aged two
my mother said, rs the seat comfort
able| 'Unbutton your coat Don't hold
your hat that way twenty-four times
in succession, leaning forward after
every remark to smooth my hair, give
| twist to my hosiery and wipe my nose"
Mother Love-" said President APPLE
ton when all the delegates had spoken
is wonderful thing. It's manifesto
| lions give US such a sympathetic un-
derstanding Of what our fathers have 10
bear"
Then resolutions, which had been
drawn up by an Only Child whose nose
had been wiped so much it hung on his
face like a string bean, were read and
adopted.
The delegates were pledged to secre-
cy as to their nature, but this much
may be revealed: That every child
| signing them will make studied effort
when in public hereafter to avoid sit
| ting or walking with its mother.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
CHAPTER ".
In kayton's office.

Contrary to the copybook wisdom on
the subject, swift action is not a habit.
Persons who habitually hurry are merely
fussy They seldom accomplish much be-
yond an appearance of activity which is
deceiving to the IMMERSED, and they also
succeed in getting real workmen nervous
and firritatcd, Such people are worse
than useless in a crisis. II is the even
tempered man who cOnserves his energy
and never hurries until it is absolutely
nece ssary VINO delivers the swift thun-
derbolts Of action that dazzle the world.
For tie sake of the conventions, |
would like to record that Kayton sat
down in his study that night after leav-
ing the Argyle house and with a pipe or
cigar, gave himself UP to profound medi-
taton and built up. step by step, from
his geanires of the day, a tiawless chain
of logic that led straight to the heart
Of the mystery. Ii would be SO much
easier to make a hero of him
But the facts prohibit. He went to his
office, dictated a few letters. looked over
the schedule Of men assigned to the trail
ing of Hurley, telephoned to Pittsburg,
ordered Manning to meet him at his ho-
tel for dinner and left his office for the
day.
He went to his hotel and dressed for
dinner with all the care and luxury and
enjoyment of man who is doing some
thing he likes to do when he has not
really the time to do It. He entertained
Manning royalty, and the Argyle case was
never mentioned. After dinner-oh, anti
climaX!-he went to a musical comedy
and laughed at a blackface comedian I'M
til he attracted attention
On His Way 10 Plttsburq.
He told Manning good bye at the door
Of the theater and leaped into a taxicab
At half past II he was fast asleep under
blankets of remarkable rigidity and his
lullaby was the clickety- click of the
Pullman wheels. as the Pittsburg express
whirled him into the night.
The exercise of the logical faculty is
one Of the most fascinating of intellec-
tual occupations. Here man shows al
once his divinity and his absurdity his
remarkable forest ghtedness and his ri
diculous shortsightedness. He builds or
rock and says that the structure was
easy Of accomplishment. He builds or
sand and then damns all laws of con
struction because his house tumbles
And when that on which he must builC
is the very uncertain sand Of human
emotions and human motives, il is only
the master builder who succeeds
A great genius named Poe-whom, in
our school days the New England mer
who wrote the school books taught us t.
look upon with aversion because he occa.
sionally drank more than was good fol
hm-once pointed out that the poet Is
a greater logician than the mathemati.
clan. For the reasoning of the mathe.
matician follows certain fixed rules called
"aXioms" and there are no fixed rules
by which TO measure the depths of IN,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
What Do You Think of 1t? For Whom Do Women
Dress? Asks Gaby Deslys

to please me. Now she dresses to please
others, not other men, but other wom-
en-. By her clothes she shows all her
friends that she has not picked a matri-
monial lemon, and this adds to her i'm
portance in her woman's world. But
it's rough on the man who foots the
bills "DISGUSTED."
That is certainly a difficult situation
and one that no outside person can adj
wise on. AS l have said, no French
woman would be careless enough to let
her husband notice that she no longer
dresses entirely to please him. She
would have too much vanity to let any
man see her when she was not looking
her best
II she wore her good frocks only
when she went out the average French
husband would become suspicious, but
of that there is never a question in this
land of women's clubs, women's lunch
cons and women's teas, where men are
never seen. 1t is an entirely new sit
uation and one which can not be meas
ured by foreign standards of propriety.
Some Slam, This.
Here is another letter, and a hit at
me.
Dear Madam-Women, as a rule
want anything that they see another
woman wearing. When actresses like
yourself come from Paris, the land of
beautiful clothes, and parade in gor-
geous costumes, it makes the feminine
nc RI Of hn ,1I hor khar
can get their husbands or fathers to
buy things like that. They want to sat
isfy their own vanity first and then get
all the admiration they can from both
men and women. All this adds to the
cost of high living, and almost every
girl wants to dress above her station
in life.
81 think that the stage is to blame
Women don't dress either for men or
women-they dress for their own pleas
ure and to crafty their own vanity
HUSBAND AND FATHER"
Do you know, l think that this man,
who evidently has a very expensive
family on his hands, is right Women
generally dress to please themselves.
| Ioul SUN, IL II were llidl dlOIlt, NOulu
they wear tight shoes, tight corsets =?
| Would they make themselves absolute
ly uncomfortable? No, probably not,
for no one ever heard of a woman who
does not slip off all these fashionable
torments the moment she can shut her
self up in her own room So you see
we have not yet solved the question.
| For whom do u-oroap ipd,Iloa in tho Io+
est fashions? To please themselves,
their husbands, or to excite the envy
of other women?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
BREAKING 1T GENTLY.

1t was evident that something of
more moment than usual was weighing
on Michael O'Grady's mind
Three times he passed the door of
Mrs Murphy's house before he mus
tered sufficient courage to enter.
You'll be remembering the skates
the 'squire's son loaned to Patrick this
morning, Mrs. Murphy?' he said.
"Ay course, Misther O'Grady," re
piled that lady.
It's moighty sorry Oi am. thin. to
tell yez, but they're at the bottom av
the dapest part iv the park lake."
"Och home. Phwat will the squire
say at all% at all. and me after owing
him two years rint?" moaned Mrs. NJ.
where's Pat, the careless villain? It's
mesilfu hey the worrud wild him whin
he comes I'M"
"Arrah. bad cess to the loilles ov me.
Mrs Murphy: OF clane forgot to tell
yez that Pat has the skates on"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
Do You Know

The donkey is the longest lived of
domestic animals
Russian does not become of age
until he is 26.
Elephants have only eight teeth-two
below and two above on each side. All
baby elephants teeth fall out when the
animals are about fourteen years old,
and new set grows.
A man with a gold plate in his head.
steel Orders between his ribs, steel ell
bows, and a steel bar supporting his
spine-fxed after he fell 200 feet into
the river at Quebec-is looking for
work in Canada. There are AZ pounds
of metal in his body.
Claiming to be 116 years of age, Mich
ael Smith has died in Dunshauglin
work house, County Meath. He was
neither teetotaller nor a non-smoker,
and had slept in the open even during
old age in all kinds of weather. Sew
enty years elapsed between his first
and second marriages.
Charles Desvaux, a Paris notary's
clerk. has received an official commu-
nication stating that on his furnishing
proof of identity and other documents
necessitating an outlay of at least IS,
he will have the right to claim prop
erty left by his son in Morocco, amount
ing in value to two cents.
An order has been issued from the
army headquarters at Budapest for
bidding an officer from walking in the
streets arm in-arm with a lady, even
though the latter be his wife or moth
err AN officer who is so feeble" the
order runs, las to require the support
of woman is unfit for service and
should be superannuated"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
? Household Suggestions

the yolks of eggs, then the flour, then
the whites of the eggs, and finally the
aavoring or spice.
The following makes tasty dish:
Take a stale sponge cake, half a
small tin of pears, half a small tin of
apricots. Cut the cake in blocks. place
in glass dish, and pour over any kind
of wine preferred just to soak It; then
lay half of the pears cut in quarters.
Make a custard with one gill of milk
and two eggs, whisking the eggs In a
jug; add a tablespoonful Of sugar and
the milk, and set in a pan of boiling
water until stiff enough. When cool
pour half the Custard over, then lay on
the top half of the apricots, and then
the other half of the custard; pile the
two halves of fruit that are left on the
custard again, and let it stand till set
and cool; pile whipped cream over.
sprinkle with chopped almonds and
some crystallized cherries
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-31
A Tale of Love, Mystery and Ad-
venture.
Written from the play of the same name
now being produced by Robert Hill
lard at the Criterion theater,
New York city.
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT

Copyright, 1912, by Journal American
Examiner.
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and the hundred and one other things
that are called accessories in order that
she may impress her women friends or
inspire envy in the casual woman who
passes her In the street. This is proved
by the fact that a woman wears her
best clothes when she goes out of hen
home and reserves old and soiled gar
ments for use when she is with her
husband and family.
Il provide my wife with everything
that she can wear. She has good
clothes, but she only puts them on when
she goes out, and ! get the benefit of
old wrappers in the morning and shape
less sacks at noon. ana dresses that
have seen their best day in the even
ing, unless we go out somewhere.
Before we We're married she dressed