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with her father; natural that Albert
should side with his. So they. too. quar-
relied. and there was an end of romance.
For years they lived side by side with,
out speaking. Albert's parents died ana
he gave up his farm. Her parents had
died and now she had given up her
farm. Albert was gone out of her way
forever. and she was here planting seeds
under the west windows of the OLD
! Hough house.
Too much retrospection too much teins;
alone was not good for Malvina. She be
gan to feel a homes:ckness and a sadness
! creeping over her Il believe need 70
have company or so visiting. she
thought Il know; I'll go to see Elvira
Sumner.
Elvira Sumner lived at Aries. She was
of Malvina's own age but she had mar,
ried at twenty and had children ana
grandchildren. The two women had al
Ways written back and forth. but they
had not seen each other in long time;
Elvira was too busy to leave home. ana
Malvina felt too timid to make journey
Now however. necessity lent courage,
She packed her bag. put on her beSl
clothes and went. Before she was half
way to Aries she began to feel the bene
fit of the change.
r.lvira was not expecting her. but her
welcome was genuine. although her Smali
house was overtiowing With company \
daughter had come heme to visit Win
her three children. two nosN ooss anu
a sirl who initiated her brothers in every
thing Mavina did not understand chli-
dren. Besides. she had an old maidish
love of order and quiet Before she ha''
been in Elvira's house two hours she
began to think longingly OF home
But Elyira was obdurate "Nhatd you
come for if you're going to turn right
round and go back?' she said. can
that a waste of car fare Now you 1us'
bark your noise, Malvina. I've got you
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and I'm going to keep you. As for tne
kids-you'll get used to them in no time;
Why l never hear them You see' l
reared seven of my own
Elvira was solid and rosy and careless;
She wore a dressing sacque all day ana
liked to rock But she seemed 70 ENJOY
life. When. as she said, it got too
thick downstairs she took Malvlna up
to her room at the back of the house
There she made Malvina occupy the one
chair while she sat on the bed. and they
talked and talked In course of time
they got to Albert Dyer.
"He writes to my husband once in
while" Elvira said You know they
used to be real thick as boys when We
all lived up mountain way togetneI.
I alvavs was partial to Albert. Tom s
got his last letter somewhere. ana II
/ can find it I'll show it to you
Next day she found II IN an olo coa.
of her husbands. and she put 1t IN
MaIvina's hands. who colored as she
held her old lovers letter and saw
again that good black script IN wnich
he had long ago penned her love notes.
You see" Elvira said, he speaks
of coming back here to live. He wants
to give his girl eastern schooling Her
mothers dead. and l shouldn't wonder
IL he felt pretty lonesome.
Malvina had turned white didn I
know that he mad ever marrieu' she
said.
He married right after he left here
You didn't expect him to stay single on
your account forever. did you?
Malvina's stay heightened into ten
days. Elvira would not let Ter go. She
got used to the children. as Elvira had
said she would. and made friends with
them. She wondered why she had
never liked children before. Then, too.
the memory of Albert Dyer came teas
ingly. What fools they had been to
quarrel because their fathers had.
Malvina returned home on warm.
bright June afternoon A cab took her
from the station to her own door. AS
she got out before the house she saw
that change had come to it during
her absence The east side was in
habited. There were curtains at the
windows and a screen door had been
hung. She felt a sense of apprehen-
sion She never had such close neigh
bors as these. She wondered what
kind Of people they were, and If there
were children. Good heavens! There
was child right now in her flower
bed. And cat!
Malvina sped forward. Here. here"
she cried. What are you doing to my
howers?"
The girl looked up. She was perhaps
eight years old. Her brown hair was
tied with fresh blue ribbon, and she
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her old. precious things and filled the
window Lodges with potted plants. And
then all at once it was full spring.
Under the west windows of the old
house Malvina made a flower bed and
planted therein seeds of hollyhock. poppy
and baby breath. which she had brought
from the old farm.
Malvina had been very charming in
her girlhood and even now, at forty-six,
was sweet to see. She had kept her hair
and her color and her slim shape She
had kept too. in her heart deep, abid-
ing, romantic interest in life. AS she
delved in the earth of a May morning
her thoughts went back along the way
of her life. She remembered all the
quiet, lovely times of her girlhood. the
frocks she had worn and the beaus who
had alighted from sprightly horses at
her fathers gate. She had liked them
all so much, but no one just well
enough to marry. And so Year after year
had gone without her settling upon
anybody One by one tney had tired of
waiting and gone away. or married some
other girl-all save Albert Dyer. He
was right there at the doorstone. as it
We're. She was always in his sight.
1t seemed her fate to marry Albert,
and she had begun to contemplate il
pleasantly when their fathers had the
memorable quarrel over the line fence.
1t was natural that she should side
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THEEvEN|NCSTORY.
THE OTHER HALF.
Copyright. 1914. by W. werner)

Her third long, lonely winter on the
farm had convinced Malvina Marsh
that she could never endure a fourth.
1t was difficult to get help and she
had to sell off all her stock save the
ambling old horse which drew her
when she made infrequent journeys
to town. And horse is not mucl:
company for any woman who has
known better. That third winter had
reduced Malvina to state Of des-
peration.
one by one the other farms among
the hills had been abandoned o. sold
to persons who did not care to live
upon them, until at last there wac
only one inhabited farmhouse besides
Malvina':; in all that region This was
on the Dyer farm, or what had been
the Dyer farm. Tie Dyers. like the
Marshes, We're either dead or scat
tered to the four winds Albert the
last owner of the farm. had turned 1t
over to tenants and had gone west, it
was said Malvina had nothing to do
with these new people, and SO she had
no neighbors at all.
Departure from the old homestead
where she had lived for so many yeara
wrenched Malvina's very soul She
was not much of a business woman
To sell the useless. to select the need
ful, to hold an auction and turn over
the place to tenants, to have papers
drawn and signed-all these things
taxed her limited capabilities. BY the
time everything was sealed and
settled Malvina was wreck. And she
had still to find habitation for her
self.
Day after day she walked about West
more looking for house. 1t was spring.
and hordes of house hunters were
abroad. There was one house she really
liked and would have taken, but while
she was considering the matter some
body else paid months rent in ad-
vance and took it. So it chanced that
after long waiting and many adventures,
Malvina moved into the old Hough house
or rather into one-half of the old
Hough house.
1t stood on Locust street. which had
been named after the locust trees that
formerly had woven a notable Gordon
about the stately premises. But the To-
Gusts had gone the way of all the earth.
the land had been cut up into lots and
sold and the old house itself had passed
into alien hands A partition had been
plastered up straight through the mid
die. and it had become a cheap two
family dwelling.
The east side of the house was empty
when Malvina went there She moved in
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WHAT is IT PETER? DO TELL ME-
QUICK. HAVE YOU HAD ANOTH-
Err NARROW ESCAPE?"

Something has happened. l just
know something has happened" she
walled.
Oh Peter Peter. Peter. Rabbit,
Why will you be so needless?
Why will YOU take such dreadful risks
So foolish and SO needless?
Don't worry Peter is smart enough
to take care of himself, cried one OF
the Merry Little Breezes who happened
along just in time to overhear her
He'll be home pretty soon. In fact,
think see him coming now.
Mrs. Peter looked in the direction
that the Merry Little Breeze was look
ing, and sure enough there was Peter
He was heading straight for the dear
Old Briar Patch. and he was running
as if he were trying to show how fast
he could run. Mrs. Peters heart gave
a frightened thump. TT must be tina,
Reddy or Granny Fox or Old Mar
Coyote is right at his heels" thought
she, but look as hard as she would she
could see nothing to make Peter run so
In a few minutes he reached her side
His eyes were very wide and it was
plain to see that he was bursting with
important news.
What is it. Peter? Do tell me quick
Have you had another narrow escape%'
gasped little Mrs. Peter.
Peter nodded while he painted for
breath There's another stranger ir
the Green Forest-a terrible looking
fellow without legs or head or tail
and he almost caught me" painted
Peter.
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had a wide. merry smile. I'm weedin,
she piped. She snatched up the vel.
low kitten and rose. I've watered
EN-. too. every night and mornin'
since I've been here"
Malvina began to smile. Il guess
you're pretty nice little girl. DO
you live in the other half?"
The blue ribbon bow danced as the
whole week. This is my kitten.
call him Colby Don't you want TO
poor him?' She smoothed his shin
ing back
..ohr' said Malv.na. laughing. "You
better come in my house with me while
take off my things. I've got some
maple sugar in my satchel Maybe YOU'D
like a cake. And I'll tell you about the
The child followed her. Malvna threw
off her things and selected a cake OF
sugar and gave it TO the child. who re-
ceiysd it without enthusiasm.
What is it,? she asked.
why. it's maple sugar" explained
Malvina astonished
II never saw any before the chio
said. She nibbled the, edge. Al the firs'
taste her eyes sparkeled WHY. it''
Where did you come from that yot
don't know the taste of maple sugar.
inquired Malvina. wonderingly.
II came from Wyoming. You know
where that is? Dad and | came together
with trunk And We're going TO stay
dad says.
Your names Dwyer?" Malvina gasped
The blue bow bobbed I'm Alice Nal
vina Dwyer was named after my
mother and somebody dad knew year:
| and years ago
You were named after me. MY name
is Malvina" Malvina said. Her hear
throbbed strangely. She went over ant
knelt beside the child and put her arm
around her. Look at me. Alice. DE-
you like to be named after me?"
The child studied her impartially. Ther
she leaned close and touched her sugar
| eueet mouth 70 Malyina'S cheek ~
think you're Just grand. she said
There was a sound at the open dool
and both started and turned to look. 4
big brown man stood there gazing a
them
"Dadr' Alice cried. She rushed to
ward him. waving her sugar cake. Bu
he looked past her to the woman who
was waiting. 'Malvina!" he said.
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The Freedom of Travel.
From the ST. Joseph News-Press.

from Inc 81 JOSepu -NeWs-IiSss
Any man who makes a study of the
newspaper personal columns during the
summer must feel that the American
people are doing an enormous amount OF
travelling 1t is not merely that the mil
lionaires are on the go, but even the lit
tie country town shows that simple
hearted people of very moderate means
are visiting here and there and taking
long journeys. The type of person who
used to stick closely at home year after
year has almost disappeared. A genera
ton ago it was common to see old-timers
who boasted that they had not slept out.
side their own houses for ten, twenty OF
thirty years. The inertia that settled
over them was appalling. 1t seemed an
unsettling and revolutionary effort for
them to pack a little grip and go over to
the next town to spend week end with
relative. OF all the modern ways OF
spending money on things not strictly
necessities. travelling probably brings the
largest returns Of intelligence.
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The most truly distinguishing feature
of the new banking organization is the
regional idea. 1t is American. In adopt
ing the regional system Congress de-
parted from banking precedent and ere
ated something as nearly suited to the
spirit of a democracy as a successful
centralized direction would allow. Our
new banking system is as peculiar to our
national existence as is our Constitution.
The countries of the world will watch
the operation of this independent Ameri-
can venture with the same close atten-
tfon with which they followed our origi-
nal venture in a new type of govern
ment
In no sense was the regional system Il
response 70 popular demand What the
business men and bankers wanted was a
central bank organized along lines SINH
lar to those OF the great central banks
of Europe. Others were asking for Ma
tioual Reserve Association. such as
would have been provided by the AldriCa
bill which in reality called for cen
trail hanF of the most democratic possible
sort The establishment of an un.l's-
gused central bank, however. was rep
resented by far the greatest number of
advocates. ... ..
a considerable number of persons in
this country have been ready on all oc-
casions to press the claims Of central
bank Soon after the establishment of
the government we had experience with
such institutions in the First Bank of the
United States. from 1871 to ISL. and
the Second Pank of the United States
from 1915 TO 1876 This experience. ac-
cording 10 some, was of such a nature
as to discourage all repetition while
there are plenty of others who contend
that these banks were not given half
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And When Money Talks.

From the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
Sound travels at the rate Of 400 yards
per second.
Exceptions this rule:
Scandal: 1000 yards.
Flattery 500 yards.
Truth Two and a half yards.
Alarm clock: -?
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chance. and at that. performed their
functions we'll.

chance. and. at that. performed their
functions we'll.
Whatever may be the merits of the
case. it was not long after the lapse of
the charter of
Banking Once the S e n d
in Anarchial State. 15nI,sa Bans q sta.es ,es
that the country fell into complete
banking anarchy Banking became d
speculation of the casual adventure. r.
Each state regulated the business OF
dealing in money and credit within lts
boundaries as it saw fit, while, accoru-
ing to an setinate of Jay Cookies, tne
people suffered loss of $5o.oo0,ooo
year in the process of exchanging one
states money with another.
This experiment led to bewildering
situation At one time. there were
about 1900 banks of Issue throughout
the country. grinding out 10000 differ
ent kind; Of bank notes for the people $
use Many of these institutions issued
bills UP to ten anG "enty times IN
excess of their capital one observer :
of the day noted that the amount OF
issue generally held itself in inve' Sc
ratio to tine solvency of the bank. the
weak nanks scattering their worthless
nal er in ma.nincant quantities bread
cast over the country. In that day OF
free and equal American hanklnS IT
was a wise citizen Yho knew what pa
per money to take and what to let
alone.
The confusing variety Of bank nctsj
made America the paradise of count ar
felt ars They fiourished in the same
inpudent independence as their wild
cat" hank competitors. An enormous
number OF counterfeit bills We're in
The boast was made at
that time that the United States could
beat the world in its national speciality
of counterfeiting. Besides the impress,
sive number of counterfeit bills in cir-
culation. there was any quantity of
bills issued by banks which had 'hust-
ed without lingering over TIE bust
ness of redeemng their precious notes.
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Ouch
From the Roston Transcript.

From the Foston Transcrlpt.
She-I don't see why l ever married
you.
He--oh, you We're glad enough to get
anybody. l guess. You We're no young
bird when I married YOU.
she-No but considering what l got l
was an early bird.
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Fire Of incendiary origin completely de-
stroyed the Mcconnell cooperage fac
tory at Wheeling, W. Va. yesterday. and
for q time threatened an entire block.
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Not So Far.
From the Houston Post

From the Houston Post.
We do not believe that Secretary
Daniels will go SO far as to recon-
mend that deserters from the navy r
:''S-c3 on .he pension rolls.
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Easy to Confne 81.
Financial Trouble.

system 1t will be easier to confine any
financial trouble within the district
where il arises. Difficulties in New York
will no longer affect the banks in the
west or in the south as formerly. because
these banks will no longer be dependent
upon New York. but upon regional bank
located In their own territory.
Still another argument to be urged in
favor Of the solution finally adopted by
Congress is to be found in the vast ex-
tent Of our country. 1t Is true that a
single central institution has been found
satisfactory In England. France and Ger
many. but for purposes of more equal COM
parisop it might be questioned whether
a single central bank would be the most
efficient means of caring for the reserves
of all Europe Yet in adopting, for ex-
ample, the German Reichsbank as our
model. we would be signifying our con-
viction that this institution by success
full administration Of German finances
had demonstrated its ability TO care for
the reserves, the note issues and gen.
eral central institutions business for all
Europe.
The United States has an area of 2973, :
$50 square miles. a territory greater
in extent than all Europe. excluding Rus
sia. Europe has an area of !, ,93632O square
miles. while the United Kingdom with
III ,391 square miles, Germany with 2O9,-
OCO square miles. and France with POI, ,220
square miles. give a still more startling
comparison of the difference in the prob
lens to be met in their territories and
in the United States
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There are number Of other arguments
for the regional system as compared with
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1t was therefore natural that there
should have been long agitation for
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So complex was the paper money situ-
aticn after d few short years of this
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Paper Money
Situation Complex.

banking satur-
Paper Money MALTA that it
Situation Complex. an own peeu-
liar literature. Counterfeit de ectors'
were published in serials in all OF our
principal cities to aid such citizens as
had the time for arduous study IN
avoiding worthless paper. More than
10000 different kinds of bank notes
We're listed in the counterfeit detec-
tors. To make the acquaintance of all
varieties of quasilegitimate notes was
a monumental study, and. moreover.
these notes generally took on different
value in every state. One of the edi-
torial writer's just before the war
spoke of the banks and their issues as
debt factories flooding the country
with Heterogeneous rags
In comparison with the wild banking
between the closing of the doors of the
Second Bank and the passage of the ma
tional bank act as a war measure in
1853. the evils of central bank appear
mild. Many have considered such an in
stitution to be the sole solution of our
banking difficulties. Furthermore.
large central bank, acting as the fiscal
agent of the government and as bank
for bankers. is found in nearly every
leading nation of the world. Such banks
exist in England. France. Germany,
Austria. Italy and Japan. where they
have proved their efficiency. The Bank
of England. the Bank OF France and
the German Reichsbank were conspicu-
Gus illustrations of what might be done
in this country for the proper admins
tration of reserves. note issue, the gold
supply and for the general conserva-
tive regulation of the banking business.
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Central Bank
Demand Natural.

the present law was pending In Con-
gress a conference of bankers at Chi
cago. called by the. American Bankers
A Association, considered the bill as then
drafted. and one of the recommenda-
ton which they made unanimous was
that there should be established but a
single federal reserve bank. They dis
approved of the regional system. They
did not believe that the regional banks
would be as successful in establishing
a more uniform discount rate through
out the country, or in effecting the
transfer of reserves to- points where
cash was most sorely needed, or in con-
trolling the movements of gold into and
out of the country. as would central
bank.
One Of the bankers to appear before
the Senate committee on banking and
currency, Mr.. Wexler put the case in
favor of central bank as follows:
IF we got all thes. reserves in one
spot. we will have a bank with the larg-
est gold reserve of any country In the
world, and we will have SO strong a com
mercial and financial center that France
and England and Germany will be in
significant to us in Importance in the
commerce Of the world. But If We scat
te- these In twelve institutions, owned py
twe.ve different states, You are bound TO
nave competition between them"
With central bank. NJ. exler told
the committee We should dominate the
business Of the world. He contended that
if we had such bank We would be able
to retain much of the businesss which
we now send to Paris. London and Ber-
lin, and that with growing industry and
good crops we would practically accu-
mulate the gold of the world.
However Congress felt little desire to
cause the Capitalization of financial
power in this country. Probably, too,
such Capitalization would have been re-
pugnant to the people generally. Lon
don is England 1t is the financial. po-
litical, religious and artistic center of the
country In the same way Paris is
France, and Berlin is fast becoming Ger
many On the other hand. neither New
York nor Chicago is the United States
and 1t is not likely that the people would
look on with satisfaction were either OF
these cities to be made the sole seat OF
dominant financial power. 1t was argued
by one banker who appeared before the
committee that the regional system pre-
sented a concentration of power without
the obnoxious anti-American feature OF
Capitalization