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brows. he poured out come and
handed 1t to her.
She drank IL very slowly, then she
said with 4 curious infection in her
cracked voice. II knew you we're
not as wicked and heartless as they
saba cup Of cold water In His
nance
She swayed toward him. He sup
ported her, wondering why he did
SO. and why he did not summon his
flunkeys and order them 10 throw
her out She looked at him. and
something in the dumb gratitude In
her deep eyes touched chord.
Here. take this" he said. grunly
helping her to a pheasant's wing.
He was annoyed with himself,
that he. Mortimer Sandeleur. the
pitilesg. infexible master OF Old
Court should feel compassion FOR a
poor starved wretch. It was In
credible. unthinkablc.
She pushed the plate away: NO
not meat. thanking you kindly all
the same, sir, It's q fast day. but
sure you know nought OF lasts. only
OF feasts" Her voice was full Of
wonder her eyes regarded him With
an extraordinary expression OF min.
gled pity and perplexity. Sure It's
d bite of whito bread I'll take and
a few praties II It's pleasing to yer
honor"
Take them ALL" lie said. handing
her a richly embossed silver cntree
dish. containing delicately Drowned
potato chips.
She regarded them obviously
They arc praties?" she inquired
He smiled reassuringly
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tenderly Jim was actually looking
al her.
She remembered that after his frs,
glance at herself he had looked at
her no more, but had just settled
down conlentedly TO sleep. She
could not wonder al 1t There could
be no pleasure in studying her plain.
hacgard face. Jim had always been
an admircr OF youth and beauty. and
in Roaamund he had both She
(Sheila) had only refused 10 marry
him because she feared she was not
young and pretty enough; she had
made a fool of herself In coming.
Probably jim had called "Sheila" In
delirinm. and because OF that uncon.
scious cry she had rushed TO him
like Il creature dcmented. How that
other woman must have laughed at
her.
But she could go away quickly
Jim had evidently made tho turn and
would recover. She would go ut
once. None should say that she had
raced three hundred miles at the
word OF hoy.
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She emptied the contents OF the
dish into her iattered apron.
THANK you kindly. sir" sho said.
and now III! be goin'. God bless
you. and may you never know hun
ger. and thirst. and cold. and naked.
ness"
Mortimer Vandeleur lay back in
comfortably padded. richly uphol
stored arm chair. his dark head sup
ported by soft cushions. his legs
stretched TO the warm blaze. his feet
on the brass fender. aagon Of
green Chartreuse and a half-amptied
glass were on table beside him
1t was late. close on midnight Yet
&c did not feel inclined TO 20 To
bed; he preferred 10 smoke a medi
tative pipe III the luxurious library
The library was his tavorite sane
tum: In 1t he spent most OF his time
Indoors
lie was thinking o. the old woman.
Guthrie. the butler, told him that
her name was Catherine Dempsey.
"Fal1. its a WIDOW woman she Is.
and lives alone in a mud howell away
neyant IN the mountains. Her four
sons-tine boys they were. entirely
and her three purity daughters went
OFT. all of them. To America las,
Summer"
Left alone. the manner or Old Court
fell Into a profound rever!e Sud
denly a gust OF cold wind froze the
warm air and chilled him to the
bone; he shivcred. looked TOWARD
the windows; they we're closed, the
tire burned brightly. Yet he tel
the icy blast penetrating to the
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then In a voice OF untcigned sur
prise said. in musing tones: FAX.
II is true-true"-
In the DEVILS name. what's
true?" he asked. rising and going
toward the bell.rope.
She raised OBTAINING hand. and
there was something In her gesture
and In her deep.set eyes that gave
him pause
Il would not have believed It" she
crooned TO herself. They told me
you ate and drank and toasted while
We starved-we-your poor people
we. whom the Lord gave to you
and yours as sacred charge. |
would not believe II OF your mothers
son Sure. she was ever the kind
lady. kind and sweet 10 the
poor
Her voice broke In her throat. she
staggered ana caught at the table
The man regarded her from under
frowning brows. the allucions to his
mother. the only being who had
loved him devotedly and unseldshly.
the one being who had patiently
borne With his ungoyernable tenn.
per. had constantly though generally
Intellectually pleaded with him to
show mercy 10 the weak and suffer
ing-moved him In an unaccount.
able way.
The woman drew deep breath
gasped water" In thin. scarce
audible voice.
Almost unconsciously he handed
her his gass half full OF the orange
tinted wine.
"No--water." she insisted
With slight shrug and raised
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strange race crowned with untidy
hair. the eyes red and heavy. the
cheeks drawn by fatigue out OF al
semblance OF youth She had only
just realized that the face belonged
to her before jim and everything
else raced round. then receded In
white mist and she crumpled ZIP In
Il heap on the floor.
When she reused again she was
lying carefully tucked up on couch
IL strange room. Tho full light o!
day was filtering through tho cur
tains and she had TO think for
while before grasping the fact that
she had tainted. and that her fain,
must have passed into sleep.
How was Jim? Very st'ffly she
got up and moved toward the only
door the room possessed. which was
slightly open.
She looked. then. with tho faint
n 50 .reeping over her again. went
back to her couch For she had
seen Jim lying awake. looking np
into tho blue eyes OF Rosamuad
Lewis. which wcre gazing at him
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Sheila found her knees trembling
so much that she Fat down on the
edge OF the bed.
so lething 's-gone wrong Jim
said. speaking In whisper and with
pauses between the words. Had
lovely dream-just now Thought.
you came In and I--put my head on
your arm and-went to sleep-with
you-looklng down at me- Then Il
woke up and-there was Rosie Lewis
looking at me. Worry me-her
moon eyes do She's demonstrating
with Sis. you know-and Sis-sent
her TO help--nurse me. Nearly gave
me-relapse. Don't gold girl. You
don't know-how I've wanted you.
I've been-awful lonely"
"You must go to sleep now. You're
tired cut" tho nurses gentle voice
said.
But her patient managed to have
one word moro as tear splashed
on his hand
'Tired?" ne whispered.
But it wasn't because she was tired
that Sheila WAS crying.
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\ Y The Top Of the s'alrs che
~ 'ripDe4 and almos, Tell from
sheer WEAKNESS. but jerked
herself upright again There could
b 10 rest toI her yet
i serene faced nurse appeared at
the door.
Are you the lady he calls sheila?"
che asked The other lady arrived
this Afternoon. but he still asks for
sae!la'
SAo nodded. lump in her throat.
The other LADY," SO he had
wanted Rosamund Lewis also. and
she had been able to reach him first
is she slowly followed the nurse.
sac was dimiy conscious Of a golden
head near the foot OF the bed. but
second later she had forgotten II and
had thoughts only for the face on
the pillow. face that seemed al
bone and grea, hollow eyes. lie
knew her.
"Thought--you were-never CON.
ing" he said in feeble whisper
Can go TO sleep non Doctor says
get better il l--can sleep, I'm aw.
ful-.ired"
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THE FAMINE

the Sybarite repast. OF which he
languidiy partook = languidly he.
cause he wished 10 prolong the de.
lights OF the table.
Abstracted in selfish enjoyment.
he did not notice that the butler and
footman had left the room. Sud
denly he became aware that some
one was watching him. watching
him closely. intently. SO intently
that the eyes compelled. He looked
round. and saw an old, apparently
very Old woman standing half
hidden by the heavy velve, window
curtains
AT the same moment rush or
biting air swept through the room
Shut that window" he shouted:
and as the order was not ooeyed
he perceived that the nunkeys we're
10 longer in the apartment
Damnation." ne shouted Where
are those cursed knayes? Ana who
the devil are you?"
She was III dirty, ragged gar
ments. gaunt, haggard creature.
Her lined face had pitlful expreg-
sion OF acute physical pain. her bis
eyes glowed in her hollow checks
like Goals OF red fire. her thin lips
we're cracked and blistesed over
wolhsh teeth.
She was horribly e,naciated. ema.
oiated with the appalling. gruegome
cancellation OF starvation She
looked ninety. bu, as q matter OF
tact she was scarce nily years Of
age.
What the he'll do you here?"
Numbered the master OF Old Court
She shook her head slowly. and
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BY
MAG M'INTYRE

marrow OF his bones. Ho grew
colder. colder. his pulses ceased TO
beat. his heart stood still. with
short gasp. a low cry. he fell
forward-his soul leaving It's earth
ly tenement. 0ew forth-forth into
the outer blackness. upward
upward through myriads of stars
until It gained the Presence.
The brilliant light blinded 1t, It
ehrunk and shivered. an intolerahle
sense OF Its own littleness. its own
blackness overwhelming It.
''He ia mine" said a terrible voice.
a voice that caused the poor trem-
bling soul to culver with horror"
Then another voice spoke. s. sad.
low. ineffabiy sweet voice rs 1t
indeed so. Satan?" 1t asked. and
quick nutterng OF hope stirred in
Mortinier's soul.
His Angel Guardian bent q pity.
ing glance upon him.
Then the scales we're brought, and
upon the left side were heaped all
his sins. his wicked deeds. his ez-
tortlons. his numberless acts OF pitt.
less cruelty. OF sensual indulgence.
or selfish greed. On the right there
vas nought-nought.
Satan laughed. and his demoniacal
laughter made the unfortunate soul
quake with unspeakable terror.
Realizing its own wickedness, It's
abominable deeds. despair gripped
and held It. He'll opened before It's
affrighted vision Satan was on the
point OF dragging 1t downtown
when the Angel Of Light came
forward He placed glass OF colo
water and a heap OF potato chips or
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The various notifications we asso-
ciatc with speech are also there, but
In n partially developed condition.
The anatomical features Of the mouth
indicate that human speech. OF
primitive nature, may have been
presen: In this early form OF man
At last We reach, In the Heidelberg
remains. point in the evolution Of
man where the possibility OF speech
may be called In question.
From the Heidelberg jaw we learn
that the human mechanism ot masti
cation was fully developed nj the be
ginning OF the Plcistocene Period.
Tie canine teeth, which are 80 large
and prominent In all forms Of anthro-
polds, have IN the Heidelberg speci-
men suhsided 10 tho level OF the
neighborlng teeth in the dental series.
We may assume that at one period In
tho evolution of man the CANNES
were prominent and pointed. as in
the anthropoids, for it Is only on
such supposItion that the pecu'
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the right slide OF the scales; the
scales swayed for an instant, tho
balance was even. then the right
side rose-rose-- Il was hungry
and you gave Me 10 eat | was
thirsty and you gave BE TO
drink"-
Tho seraph!c voice rang forth.
thrilling the black soul O! Mortimer
Vandeieur. and IS IT heard It seemed
as though n gentle rain fell. cleans.
ing and purifying. His soul vas no
longer black.
Suddenly something burned. He
is saved yet 20 az BY ire" sang tho
angelic choir In a tr!umphal chant
With cry Mortimer awoke. A
spark OF wood scorched his hand.
lie was bathed in perspirauon from
head TO foot, his hair was damp
with It. his face was vet With tears.
Tho famine lasted for some
months longer, on Into the Spring
OF lS49. but from that morning for
several miles round Ola court
there was no lack OF food or rail-
ment.
Mortimer Vandeleur gave geners
ously. he helped wisely. finding
employment for the able-bod!ed. re-
lieying the helpless, turning his own
stately home into a hospital for tho
sick and inflrm
Sure. told them IL you only
knew how hungry and thirsty and
naked We were. you would give un
food and drink and clothing"
Catherine Dempsey told him on
Christmas morning. smiling brondly
from under an Immediately clean
white cap
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Again she struggled to her feet
the floor felt like the deck Of YES
sci, and the walls were wandering
round aimlessly.
FuInDlingly she tied the motor veil
SO az 10 hide her hair. then turned
TO the door again. She must needs
go through Jim's room. because II
was the only way out
AS she entered the nurse met her.
Dressed" she exclaimed softly.
IL didn't know you were awake"
YES. unsteadily. "Im-I'm going
now"
Going? But don't understand"
YES thought II shall not be
required here any longer
The nurses kindly brown eyes
looked puzzled. then smiled little
as whisper came from the bed.
THAT you. Sheila?"
The nurse pushed her gently across
tho room
You're not to talk" she ordered.
I'm going to mix your medicine. and
when come back there must not be
another word"
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wanted her she had rushed off with
out attending 10 her hair or her
clothes. Oh which SO much OF her
good looks depended. Everything
had been forgotten In her fear for
him The hard journey had made
her hollow-cheeked and redeyed. She
knew she was looking i'll and plain.
though she would never have given
II q thought but for the presence OF
the other woman
Once the silent,footed nurse leant
over Miss Lews's bright head and
whispered something TO which the
lady evidently objected for the nurse
said no more. Once the doctor came
In, watched his patient searchingly
for few minutes. then smiled and
went out again. Sheilas neck and
shoulders and arm ached almost In
tolerab,y yet she would not move.
Jim should have his sleep. But just
as the dawn crept through the win
dows he stirred and she moved hes
numb arm carefully and stood up.
For a second her eyes rested on
the mirror opposite and she saw u
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n n ORTIMER vANDELEUR, OF
MI Old Court, East County. was
u r,i.ilnnr ..,an

n n ORTIMER VANDELEUR, OF
mi Old Court, East County. was
{ hard and pitiless man. A
-a Mike the Scribes and Pharlsees
-"oind:ng heavy and insupporta BILE
burdens. and lay them on mems
shoulders; OH; with finger Of their
OK. they Viii not move them"
he ground down the poor; be had
neither sympathy nor compassion
for the wretched peasants. exacling
from them the uttermos, farthing.
II was the year OF Our Lord lS4s.
ana nearly all the broad cultivated
isnd o. green Erin lay under the
terrible curse OF the potato blight.
that failure in the crops OF the
pr.acipa! food of the people caus.
In a famine that. like the pesti.
leAce o. tile Middle Ages. devastated
the country. ana brought starvation.
disease AMI death into many an
humble homestead.
Mortimer Naadeleur sat at lux.
lr.ously-spread table In his com.
Portable dining room. Big logs
burned brightly on the open hearth.
and from numberless oliver can
dc-alra 4.ax candles dinused .
pieasant-'l!gat' Though the month
"as Decem Der. tie table was dec
Grated with exotic towers, costly
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tanning part OF Jaw have retreaed and left chin
prominent. While the upper part OF the Jaw varies
according to the size OF the teeth the lower borders Of
the jaw which the chin is set varies according to
the size Of the floor OF the mouth.
In order TO allow free movement OF the tongue and
OF other parts concerned in speech movements, the
lower border OF the jaw, which bounds the floor OF the
mouth, has opened out in modern Speech
quires that the floor of the mouth should be opened
out to give free movements to all those parts concerned
In the easy production OF speech.
Now. in shape and size the Heidelberg jaw shows Il
condition intermediate to the anthroPoid and the
modern human forms. The anthropod jaw Is the print
tive one; the jaw Is framed to the purpose of
mastication; the jaw OF modern man Is modified to
serve In speech. In the Heidelberg admit
that the mouth is mainly adapted for mastication.
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Why We Have
Such WretChed
TEETH
Ry DR.. E. p. BEADLES.

s-T-rHE important problem OF Why mankind happens
to have such wretched teeth Is being solved by
\ studying tho skulls OF prehistoric men. 1t seems
that rapidly developing brain is to blame for his
c1umbng teeth.
Somewhere. hundreds OF thousands OF years ago.
before the hunting and fishing" stage of the human
race, man had magnificent set OF teeth. He
able TO crack the toughest and bones his back
teeth, and with his front he could the bark
from rip the biceps from enemy.
The fang-ike pointed teeth known as eye-teeth
CANNES" merely for fighting purposes.
usually supposed Their main function guide
the jaws and prevent them from slipping skiddng
past each other when biting hard substances
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the DAYS When Man Had TUSKS TO
KEEP HIS JAWS FROM SHEDDING

liar form OF human cnspds and position during de-
velopment can be explained.
To understand the retrogression OF the canine
man. 1t Is necessary to understand tho
tfcation In the anthropold tho played this
act by these great teeth. In anthropo apes muscles
or mascnton extremely strong that toug
and most resistibc OF edible things crushed
tween the teeth In exercising great force there Is
tendency for the lower Jaw skid slip sidewise
such movements prevented by the prominent CANNES
coming into contact the jaws close thus preventing
false lateral movement. The CANNES as
gans of defense attack in the anthropod the dog
but their main purpose Is that OF dental guides tho
jaws
or man the side to side and oblique movements or
the lower jaw whereby the food and puver
lied between the upper and lower teeth Such chewing
movements were impossible long the canine teeth
projected beyond the level OF the other teeth
The retrogression of the canine teeth the primitive
human stock and the evolution from tho anthropoid to
the early human mechanism of mascaon must be
sought in the Pliocenc Period, earlier In the
carly Plelsoccnc tho evolution the human dent
ton already completed
A study of the Iicdcbc jaw shows how rough and
tough the precarous dict OF this carly ma must
have been The part of Tho jaw which ascends become
iontcd with the base Of the skull at
tachment OF the muscles OF masticatio OF enormous
size. The Of its outer surface Is almost cxacty
twice that If modern
Even mt this early point human evolution Tho M rns
az the teeth had assumed truly human character in
size and form, but II otherwise with their roots
Their necks almost their crowns and the
roots have become massive, thick TINT they
have grown together. When knowledge amelioraed the
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Science Explains How Teeth Have Degeneraed Since the Da

The bones of the prehistoric Man
OF Sussex" and the Heidelberg Man"
carry us back some two hundred
thousand years. The Heidelberg
Man" tso called because found near
the city of that nancy has massive
jaw. which recalls, both by Its size
and shape. the anthropoid rather
than the modern human bone. In
man Of the present day the chin Is
prominent, projecting In advance OF
the lower front teeth, while In the
Heidelberg jaw, az in the anthropoid,
the opposite Is the case. To the SUI
perticial observer the heidelberg man
would appear chinless. but such is
not really the case. The teeth arc
SO strongly developed that they mask
the lower or chin part
In modern men tho total grinding
surface of the teeth Is two-tif,hs OF
an inch less than in the Heidelberg
man. There has been a reduction
In dental development. with the re-
sllt that the teeth and The tnoth-con.
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of his lower jaw. This was impossi
Bile so long as his CANNES projected
and locked the jaw. So nature al
lowed these eyc-teeth TO shrink to
the height OF the others.
Then and there were sown the first
seeds of human tooth troubles.
Rapid changes In quality OF food
affected the use OF the other teeth,
and mans new-fcunl power Of speech
nodded his jaw In one direction,
while his growing brain distorted
the rest OF his skull
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She Knew Him.

Well" eaid he. anxious to make
up their quarrel OF yesterday. aren't
you curious TO know whuts In this
parcels"
NO, very. replied ala wife. indif
ferently.
Well It's something for the one /
owe best In the world"
All. ] suppose it's those new col
lars YOU said you needed"
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quality OF the
human diet. the
oyrrgroUn condi-
ton In the root,
Of the teeth dis
appeared.
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An Eloquent Answer.
Tommy-Pa, why do people tAlh
about the patience OF JOB?
Hcupeck-Because they don't know
your father my gon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-06-04

Mrs. VIM. DeFord and daughter of
Baltimore, will spend the greater part
OF the summer at Deer Park.
Mrs. Winfield Shaffer and Mrs. d.
l.. Trenton, of Keyser, W. Va, spent
Sunday with Oakland friends.
Charles O'Brien, of near Oakland.
last week purchased splendid Overland
car from the Lawton Garage.
A party of five people motored last
Sunday from Reedsville, w. Va, to
this city and spent the day here.
County Superintendent of Public
Schools, F. E. Rathbun has purchased
Ford auto. That means business.
Miss Isabel Broderick, clerk in the
office of the School Commissions, spent
Sunday with her parenGs at Midland.
Mr.. William Cleveland of Fairmont.
W. Va, spent Sunday in Oakland, the
guest of his mother Mrs James Cleve-
land.
Frank Bolden and family of Myers
dale, Pa motored to this city and spent
the day with his brother, D. E. Bolden
and family.
County Treasurer Beachy andbrother
Ed. A. Beachey, of near Grantsville,
drove up to Oakland and attended court
for few days.
The program for the season of 1914
at Mountain Lake Park will be issued
from The Republican printery the latter
part of this week.
Buz and Robert Helbig, Edward Shat
fer and Andrew Gender took the second
and third degrees in the order of X. of
c., at Cumberland.
If you want to sell or buy a property
consult the Garrett County Realty Co
owner agent, Ravenscrott building
l.. A. Rudisill manager. Advertisement
Ex-County Treasurer Emory, of
Bittinger, had business at the Court
House Friday. and while in town called
on a number of friends.
Carl White, of Uniontown, Pa, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Oakland rel
atiyes. On his return home Miss June
accompanied him in his automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin r. Walker. of
Washington, D. c. were week end
visitors at Oakland. guests of Mrs.
Walkers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hans
Lewis.
ICE-Parties desiring ice for delivery
in any part of the town should leave
their orders at the creamery or with
Harry Helbig. Advertisement.