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| lum, Most of the negroes are more
OR less spoiled. as you'll find, I'm
afraid" She turned the conversation
bluntly. Had you seen Damory
Court before?"
mo, never"
10 you like the general plan of the
placer"
10 like it," cried John Valiant.
DO like iti''
A quick pleasure glanced across her
face. Its nice of you to say 1t that
way. We ask that question so often
It's become mechanical You see. it's
our great show-place"
AT that moment a patter of foot
steps and shrill shrieks came dying
over the last-year's leaves beyond the
lilac bushes. It's Hickey Snyder" she
said peering out smilingly as two
children. pursued and pursuer, burst
into view 'Hush!" she whispered:
Il wonder what they are up to-"
The pair came in a whirl through
the bushes. The foremost was a
seven-year-old negro girl. in q single
short cottonade garment, wizened,
barelegged and bareheaded, her black
wool parted in little angular patches
and tightly wrapped with bits of cord.
The other was white and as freckled
as a. turkeys egg, with hair cropped
like a boys. She held a carving
knife cut from Single, whose edge
had been deeply ensanguined by poke
berry juice. The pursued one STUN
bled over root and came to earth in
heap, While the other pounced upon
her like a wildcat
Hold still, you limb of Satan" she
scolded. How can do it when you
won't stay still?"
'Oh, lawd," moaned the PROSTATE
one. in simulated terror "oh, Doctah,
good Doctah Snydah. has All gotter
hab dat operation? Is yo' sho' gwine-
ter twitter aroun' nah insides wild
dem knives en- saws en- things?"
1T won't hurt" reassured the would
be operator; mo more than it did Mis-
Poly Clifford. And I'll put your liver
right back again"
"Nvait er minute. All jes' remern-
bahs All fo'got ter make nah will. All
leabs-"
"Nonsense!" objected the other irri-
tably. You made 1t yesterday. They
always do it beforehand"
mo, sub; All done clean forgot ct.
All leabs NAH thimble ter de Mefodis'
church, en- nah black en- wife kitten
ter Kicker Snyder, en-"
A twig snapped under Valiant's foot.
Both scrambled to their feet, the black
girl to look at them with wide self
conscious grin. Hickey, tossing her
short hair back from her freckled
face, came toward them.
MY goodness. Miss Shirley" she
said. I'VE didn't see you at ALL" She
looked at Valiant Are you the man
that's going to fix UP Damory Court ?"
she inquired. without any tedious for
malities.
YES" said Valiant.
Well" she said critically, you've
got your job cut out for you. But l
should say you're the kind to do it."
"Rickey!" Shirley's voice tried to
be stern, but there was a hint Of
laughter in it.
What did l say now?" inquired
Hickey. I'm sure meant it to be
complimentary"
1T was" said Valiant. 81 shall try
to deserve your good opinion"
"But what a CHASTITY play!" ex-
claimed Shirley, Where did you
learn it,"
I'VE were playing Mis- Poly Clifford
in the hospital" Hickey answered.
"Shes got whole lot of little peb-
bles what they cut out"
"Oh, Rickey!" expostulated Shirley
with shudder.
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They did. She keeps them in a
little pasteboard box like wedding cake.
with blue ribbon around it. She was
showing i TO Miss Matte Sue ysster-
day. She was telling her all about t.
She said all the women there showed
each other their cuts and Dragged
about how long they were"
You certainty have a highly ,ievel-
oped taste for the dramatic" said
Shirley. Il wonder what your next
effort will be-
It's tomorrow" Hickey informed
her. We're going to have the duel
between Valiant and Sassoon."
The smile was stricken from John
Valiant's face. A duel--the duel-be-
tween Valiant and Sassocn! He felt
his blood beat quickly. Had there
been such thing in his fathers life!
Was that what had blighted It?
only not here where IT really hap
pened, but in the Meredith orchard.
Greenie's going to be-"
"Ah ainl" contradicted GREENE.
"Ah ain gwineter be dat Valiant. mo-
howl"
you are. too" insisted Hickey,
wrathfuily. "Yea needn't be SO pickety
and choosety- after she kills ssas-
soon, we put the bloodn0ssnds on her
trail"
GREENE Uttered. ''Dey ain no dsTg
aroun heah'd tech me-" she said. zen
sides"
but, Hickey" Shirley interposed,
that wasn't murder. That was a
duel between gentlemen. They don't
Il know it," assented Hickey cheer
fully. But it makes it more exciting.
Will you come, Miss Shirley, deed and
double? l won't charge you any ad
mission
Il can't promise" said Shirley. by
the way, isn't it about time Miss Mat,
tie Sue had her tea?"
st certainly is, Miss Stlirleyi' said
Hickey, with penitent emphasis Il
clean forgot it, and she'is row me up
the glImp-stump! Come in. Greene"
and she started off through the
bushes.
Shirley looked at Valiant with a
deepening of her dimple. Hickey
isn't an aristocrat," she said; shes
what we call here poor-whlte, but she's
got heart of gold. She's an orphan,
and the neighoorhood in general, and
Miss Matte Sue Mabry In particular
have adopted her."
He hardly heard her words for the
painful wonder that was holding him.
His father had taken O mans life.
Was it this thought-whatever the
provocation, However justified by the
customs of the tine and section
that had driven him to self-exile? He
recalled himself with an effort, for
she was speaking again.
you've found Lovers Leap, no
doubt?"
mo. This is the first tirle I've
been so far from the house. Is it near
here?"
"I'll show it to you" She held out
her hand for the bunch Of jessamine
and laid it on the broad roots of q
tree that were notified with lichen.
Look there" she said suddenly
isn't that a beauty?'
She was pointing to a jimson weed
on which had settled. with CLASSY
wings vibrating, a long. unginly.
needlelike insect with an odd sword
like beak. What is that?" he asked.
"a snake-doctor. If UTc' Jefferson
were here he'd say, 'Bettah watch
out! Dah's er snek roun' erbout heah.
shot He'll I'LL your full of darby
superstitions."
Suddenly the slim path between this
trees took quick turn, and fell away
at their feet. There" she said "This
is the finest view at Damory Court"
CTO BE sCONTINJTED)
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ing recollection of a rose, which from
her horse that morning at Damory
Court, she ha,. glimpsed in its glass on
the porch.
Both laughed a little. He imagined
that he could smell that wonderful
hair, subtle fragrance like that OF
sun-dried seaweed or the elusive scent
that clings to a tuft of long-plucked
Spanish moss. "Chum stands abb
solved, then" he said. bending to
sweep together the scattered jessa-
mine. do you--dO you run like that
when you're not frightened?"
When I'm caught red-handed.
Don't your"
He looked puzzled
She pointed to the flowers. II had
stolen them, and l was trying to
scape off wild EN- as the negroes
say. Shocking. isn't It? But you see.
nobody has lived here since long be-
fore was born. and I suppose the
flower-thieving habit has become In
grown"
But" he interrupted, there's acres
OF them going to waste. Why ON earth
shouldn't you have them?"
"Of course l know better today, but
there was IA special reason. We
have none and this is the nearest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23
Value Of Music.

Richard Strauss, the composer, not
only conducts the orchestra at the
Royal opera, but goes about Berlin
like any ordinary mortal. He prefers
beer gardens, but sometimes attends
tea dances. 1t was al such gath
ering not long ago that he found him
self seated near particularly pretty
girl who hadn't the least idea who he
was. He asked her II che thought she
could teach him to dance the maxixe
Just one question lirst," said the
girl, because it makes such lot OF
difference in learning. Are you must
cal at all?
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CHAPTER xII-contlnued.


TIL the sun was high John Valiant
lay on his back in the fragrant grass,
meditatively watching bucaneering
chicken-hawk draw widening circles
against the blue and listening to the
vibrant tattoo of "pecker-wood" on
a far-away tree, and the timorous wet
whistle OF a bob-white. The whole
place was very quiet now For just
one thrilling moment 1t had burgeoned
into sound and movement: when the
sweaty horses had stood snorting and
stamping in the yard with the hounds
scampering between their legs and the
riding-coats winking like rubies in the
early sunshine!
Had she recognized him as the
smudgeG tinkerer of the stalled car?
''She saw me drop that wretched brute
through the window" he chuckled. Il
could take oath to that But she didn't
give me away, true little sport that
she was And she won't. can't
think OF any reason, but know. Was
she angry? l Wonderi"
At length he rose and went back
d
he had found he went to the stables,
after some difficulty gained access,
and propped the crazy doors and win
dows open to the sun. The building
was airy and well-lighted and con-
tanned dozen roomy box-stalls, a
spacious loft and carriage-house.
The straw bedding had been unre-
moved. mice-gnawed sacking and
rotted hay lay in the managers, and the
warped harness, hanging on its pegs,
was a smelly mass of mildew and
decay. He found a stick, moved away
the festooning cobwebs, and moved
the debris piece-meal
"There!" he said with satisfaction.
There's place for the motor-if
Uncle Jefferson ever gets it here"
1t was noon when he returned after
wash-up in the lake, to the meal
with which Aunt Daphne, in a costume
dimly suggestive of a bran-meal poul-
tice with a Bingham apron on. RECALLED
him. Fried chicken. corn-bread so
soft and fluffy that it had to be lifted
from the pan with a spoon, Drowned
potatoes, and to his surprise, fresh
milk "Ah done druy ouah OF COW
ovah, sub" explained Aunt Daphne
Case she gotter be MIXED. er she
run dry ez de Red Sea 70 de chillon
OBJ lzril"
Aunt Daphne" inquired Valiant
with his mouth full. what do you call
this green thing?"
Dat? OATS ies' turnip-tops. sub,
wild er hunk er bacon in de pot Laws
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Bishop Eoyd Carpenter, as report
ed 10 the London Times:
Instead of saying to the children.
You shah not do this or that they
should say, You should keep the
whole of that great organism which
God has put into your care, with its
delicate forces. physical moral. AMI
intellectual. in such state Of health
full activity that they shall he coin
bined In your own individuality in
such sort as to be real powers for
good through the whole length OF yoar
days"
Harold continuing TO pull the cats
taiD --'''What did you say. nother2'
CSha says it again. Pinch
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ERNIE, ct cer'n'y do me good ter see
yo' git after it dat way, sub. Reck'n
20 got er appertite! Hyuh, Hyuh!"
II have. l never guessed it before.
and its magnificent discovery. How,
ever. it suggests unwelcome refiec-
tions. Aunt Daphne. how long do you
estimate a man can dine like this on
well. say on hundred doIlars?"
"Er hun'ed dollahs, sub? OATS er
right smart heap O. money. deed ct is!
Well sub. pens on whut yo' raises.
Eff 20 raises yo' own gyarden-sass en-
chick'ns en- aigs. All reck'n yo' kin
live longah dan dat ar Methoosalum.
en- still haf mos of it in de oil stock
In"
"Ahl / can grow all those things
myself. you think?"
"Yo' cert'n'y kim" said Aunt Daphne.
"Ev'ybody do. De chick'ns done peck
70 deyselves en- de yuddah things-yo'
o'ny gotter courage EN- en- dey jes'
grows"
Valiant ate his dessert with a
thoughtful smile wrinkling his brow.
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SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source Of his
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corpo ration. His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car.
white bull dog and Damory court. a neg
lected estate in Virginia. On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an authenticated beauty. and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia i'm
melssiy. Shirley's mother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem
iniscences during which 1t is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand of Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
Sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account in which the former was killed.
Valiant finds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and the build
ings in very much neglected condition
Valiant explores his ancestral home He
is surprised by fox hunting party which
tnvades his estate. He recognizes Shirley
at the head OF the party. He gives sane
tuary to the cornered fox. GoSsips dis
cuss the advent OF the new owner and re-
call the tragedy in which the elder Val
liant took part.
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place where they grow. My mother
wanted some for this particular day"
Good heavens!F he cried You
don't think you can't go right on TAX
ing them? Why, you can scape Off
with the whole garden any time!"
A droll little CLEAN of azure mis-
chief darted at him suddenly out of
her eyes and Their lodged back again.
Aren't you just little rash with
other peoples property"
Other people's?'
What will the owner say?'-
He bent back one of the long jessa-
mine stems and wound it around the
others. Il can answer for him. Be
sides, owe you something, you know.
robbed you this morning-of your
brush"
She looked at him, abruptly serious,
why did you do that?"
Sanctuary His two beady eyes
begged so hard for it. Twenty raven
Gus hounds, they said, ~and a dozen
galloping horses. And look what a
poor shivering little red Thrown NOR
sci | ami"
For just an instant the bronze-gold
head gave quick imperious toss. like
a high-mettled pony under the flick
of the whip. But as suddenly the
shadow of resentment passed; the
mobile face under the bent hat-brim
turned thoughtful. She looked again
at him do you think it's wrong to
kill things?" she asked gravely.
"Oh, dear, no. he smiled. 81
haven't a single ism. I'm not even a
vegetarian"
But you would be if you had to kill
your own meat?"
Perhaps. So many Of us would.
AS a matter of fact. don't hunt my
self, but I'm no reformer."
why don't you hunt?"
81 don't enjoy it." He flushed
slightly. 81 hate firearms" he said. a
trile difoaitly Il always have.
dort know why. Idiosyncrasy, sup
pose. But / shouldn't care for hunt
ing, even with bows and arrows.
would kill a tiger or a poisonous rep
tile, or anything else, in case Of neces-
sity. But even then l should hardly
enjoy it. know some animals are
pests and have to be killed. Some
men do, too. But don't like to do 1t
myself"
Wouldn't that theory lead to a
wholesale evasion of responsibility? p
Perhaps. I'm no philosopher But
a blackbird or a red fox is SO pretty,
even when he is thieving. that I'd let
him have the corn. I'm like the
Lord High Executioner In The Mi
kado' who was so tender-hearted that
he couldn't execute anybody and
planned to begin with guinea-pigs and
work up Only I'm afraid couldn't
even manage the guinea-pigs."
She laughed. You wouldn't find
many to practice on here. Do you
raise guinea-p pigs up North?"
"Ah," he said ruefally, you tag me,
too Have by chance large letter
N tattooed upon my manly brow? But
| suppose it's the accent Uncle JEFF
ferson catalogued me in five minutes.
He said he didn'g know why | was
from de Norf.' but he knowed' it.
I've annexed him and his wife, by the
way"
You're lucky to have them. Unc'
Jefferson and Aunt Daph might have
slipped out of plantation of the last
century. They're absolutely ante-bel-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23
Gunnowder as Fertilizer.

Brown gunpowder, manufactured for
the purpose of destruction, is being
turned into food. An experimenter has
found that it makes ar excellent fer
tilizer for garden vegetables, as it
contains about eighty per cent Of
potassium nitrate. Large quantities Of
the powder, made for navy use, have
been displaced by the newer smoke
less powder, and the government au-
thorities sought way Of utilizing the
discarded explosive. In its new EN-
ployment of adding to the countrys
food supply it is thoroughly wet and
worked into the soil.
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Rlala Law enforcement,

In the United States performing AMI
mails run risks. Some years ago
cniInpanzee visited South Bend, Ind.
Among other tricks he smoked
cigarette. AS soon as he lii gD a
policeman stepped forward and asked
for the znimal's name, in order that
summons might be issued against him
for infringing a Jaw of the Indiana
legislature prohibiting cigarette sniok-
ing. In court the following day 1t was
pleaded that the chimpanzee could
hardly be expected to knew the extent
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ence of the treasure is corrohorated by
fact. Anna Romano is in possession
If document written In the sixteenth
century in which It is related that a
wealthy woman of Sassari. fearing a
French invasion. hid all the money.
jewels and plate she owned in q Sc
cluded place.
This woman was subsequently muir
dered and her body was buried In the
courtyard OF her house A ft.ithful
servant knew that her mistress wore
around her neck a locket containing
the document with the description of
the place where the treasure had been
hidden.
When Anna Romano was arrested
she had just discovered the corpse of
the murdered woman and the lt,cket
With the secret document. The police
found the locket but not the document.
New YORK Sun.
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Geology and riumor.

Biologists who know rocks are not
Ignorant Of human nature" and they
can even blur" and "exaggerate," but
won't. and !. is unfair to say that
when net In conclaye they will read
as many as six or eight papers with
out producing a single flash of wit
At any rate, that is the grave conten-
ton OF DR.. ]. A. Udden In an article
discussing Science in Newspapers,
In the Popular Science Monthly We
gladly give publicity to his statement
that a geologist can crack joke.
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"a Modern lnu.ntIon.y

A New Yorker was spending night
at a hotel In Southern town, and
when going to his room for the night,
he tod the colored porter that be
wanted to be called In the morning
The porter replied:
Say, boss. reckon 70 amt fanil-
lar with these heah modern inven-
tons. When yc wants to be calico
in de mawnin', all 20 has to do In
Test to press de button at de head OF
70 bed. Den We comes up and calls
yo'."-Youth's Companion.
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Where Sentiment s.ors.

Mary Johnston in her book. 'Ha-
gar" has Mrs. Green. one of the char
acters. reply to the heroine's wish that
she could make money by saying: 1T
ANT so easy for women TO make
money. There's raore ways they can't
than they san. It's what they call
Sentiment fights them. Sentiment
don't mind their being industrious. but
it draws the Line at their getting
money for It."
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LauraJeanLibbeu'S
Talks on
Heart Topics
Coryrsht 1914. By the Mcclure New.p.per Sy,nseasel
THE CONSCIENCE OF MEN.

Consider all thy actions and take heed
On stolen bread, tho 1t is sweet to feed
Sin. like a bee unto thy hive may bring
A little honey, but expect the sting.
Tho;: naayst conceal thy deeds by cunning
art,
But conscience sits a witness III thy
heart.
The most honorable men are often
the lax in morals when it comes 70
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Abstruse ouestlon.

asked TIE man who pays attention to
grammar.
Il don't know" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, but in my recent personal ex
perience it seems distinctly singular,
owing to a conspicuous lack of plu.
rality."
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Something Had Happened.

Grace Gage six)-"Mamma, cud a
little girl as little as me be arrested
for playing suffragette and breaking
a window"
Her Mother-"No, dear; certainly
not! Why do you ask?"
Grace (relieved and leefuD-"oh.
/ shud worry!"
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prey on Gins, Moth.

A dozen Or more different specitn
Of insects which are known to be the
enemies Of the gypsy moth, have been
introduced into the mOth-infested ter
ritory OF Massachusetts. and the out
look is decidedly hopeful for the e.
sermipation OF the pest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23
To the Point.

A lawyer residing in Washington,
and noted for his laconic style of ex-
preston. sent the following teibe and
witty note to refractory client who
would not comply with his reiterated
demands for the payment of his bill:
Sir: If you pay the inclosed. you will
oblige me. II you do not shall oblige
you'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23

an attempt was made to regain pos
session of fugitive slave ii was de-
cided that no man in Great Britain
could be held as a slave. An act for
the abolition OF slavery throughout the
British colonies was passed BY the
British parliament. chiefly through the
on August /. 1884. nearly 5000 slaves
became free. Their owners were COM
pensated by the British government to
the extent of .s20.000.0o0 sterling,
Slavery was abolished in the East
Indies. then under the control of the
East India company, in 1885. Great
britain had nothing to DO with slavery
in South America OF the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23

love affairs, It
never occurs to
them they arr to
blame In seeking
the society OF fair
women, enjoying
t b e | r company,
knowing; full well
that matrimony is
out of the ques-
ton al. present.
They cannot help
but note, il they
would, that the
woman is growing
fonder of them,
pinning her faith
to pleasant antici-
pations of the flu
ture. When they
are called away.
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errat aritaln and SLAVERY

Serfdom in England was finally abol-
ished in 1860. For century after
wards colonists and others on q visit
to England were allowed to bring their
slaves with them. but BY judgment
of the queens bench In 17T2, when
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official came up and said so. end the
prince replied, quite pleasantly, that
he was just going. The official rtstorted,
rather rudely, that the club rules must
be observed, no matter who the mem.
Der was. and the prince. without an
other word, left the club, and with
drew his name next day. The MARI
borough owes its existence to that lii
tie lapse or lack of tact on the part
OF one Of Whites people.
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The Combination.

my dear, l saw your husband this
morning when he was putting the baby
to sleep in the cradle, with bottle
by his side"
La, ma, that's only case of rock
and rye"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23

cApcStcu W nave W
undergo an opera-
ton, but Ehe FIRST
b o title 1 took of
Lydia =. Pinkham's
v e table Com
pound relieved meof
the pains in my side
and | continued its
use until l became
re gular and free
from pains. / had
ask ad savaroi doc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23

of his guilt; but the magistrate ruled
that ignorance was no excuse for Law
breaking. and fined tle defendant The
sum of S.. which was paid BY hls
trainer
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In EnaIand.

GRANDMOTHER elective doctor?
Physician-A girl.
Grandmother-elect Ito servant)-
Mary, hang Votes for Women" card
at the window.
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Near-Greatness.

He-Will you have some pate de
fois gras? Have you ever had any?
She-No, but I've been where 1t
was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23
HOW WOMEN
AVOID
OPERATIONS
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Cleveland, Ohio -" My left side
panied me so for several years that
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him hither and thither ard sets the
pace for the dancing shouldn't be sur
prised at the hold Il. gets on him in
fascinating him.