Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-15

i Living the ZIG OF woman on q
country estate" she replied. "Since
you made . rule that no Cray officers
should cross the frontier we have been
. little lonelier. having only the Brown
omcers to tea Did you really find 1t
80 bad for discipline in your own
,case7" she concluded with playful
solemnity.
"Ons cannot consider individual
cases in general ORDER" he explained.
And. remember, the Browns made tho
ruling hrst. You see, every year
means ughtening-yes. tightening,
~ arms and armies grow more compli-
Gated and the maintaining Of stan
secrets more important. And you have
been all the time at La Tir, truly?s he
asked. changing the subject. He was
convinced that she had acquired some
thing that could not be gained ON the
outskirts Of . provincial town.
'No. have travelled. have been
quite around the world"
you have!" This explained much.
"How envy you! That is privilege
shall not know until l am superannu-
a4ed" While no should remain chief
Of star he must be literally prisoner
In his own country.
"Yes. should say It was splendid!
Splendid-yes, indeed!" snappy little
mods OF the head being unequal to ex.
pressing the Joy Of the memories that
her exclamation evoked. she clasped
her hands over her knees and swung
back and forth In the ecstasy of seven
teen. Splendid! I should say sol"
She nestled the curling tip Of her
tongue against her teeth. as II the
recollection must also be tasted.
Splendid. enchanting, enlightening.
stupendous and wickedly expensive!
Another girl and I did It all on our
own"
"O-oh!" he exclaimed.
"Oh. oh, obi" she repeated after him.
"Oh. what. pleaseT
"Oh. nothing!" he said. It was quite
comprehensive to him how well
equipped she VS. to take care Of her
self on such an adventure.
Precisely. when you come to think
It over!" she concluded.
What interested you most1 What
was the big lesson Of all your journey
mgr he asked. ready to play the lis
tener.
Being born and bred on q frontier,
OF an ancestry that was born and bred
on frontier. why. frontiers interested
me most" she said. Il collected i'm
pressions Of frontiers a. some people
collect pictures. found them all alike
stupid. just stupid! Oh. so stupid!"
Her frown grew, with the repetition Of
the word: her fingers closed in on her
palm in vexation. He recollected that
he had seen her like this two or three
times at La Tir, when he had found
the outbursts most entertaining. He
imagined that the small fist pressed
against the table edge could deliver .
stinging blow. CAS- stupid as it is for
neighbors to quarrel! 1t put me at
war With all frontiers"
Apparently" he said.
She withdrew her fist from the table.
dropped the opened hand over the
other on her knee. her body relaxing.
her wrath passing into Z kind Of
shamefacedness and then into soft.
prolonged laugh.
Il laugh 1t myself. ct my own incon-
sistency," she said. II was wariike
against war. At al events, II there is
anything to make . teacher Of peace
lose her temper it is the folly Of
6ontiers.''
Eyes" he exclaimed. Eyes? Go
ONT" And he thought: I'm really
having = very good time"
"You see, came home from my tour
with an idea-an idea for life occu-
patton Just a. engrossing as yours"
she went on, and opposed to yours.
saw there was no use Of working with
the grown-up folks. They must be lett
TO The Hague conferences and the
peace societies. But children are quite
alike the world over. You can plant
thoughts in the young that will take
root and grow - they grow
Patriotism, for instance" he OBJ
served narrowly.
mo. the follies of martial patriot.
Ism! Tho wickedness Of war. which
y tho product Of martial patriotism!'
Tho folliss Of patriotism! This was
the red nag q anarchy to him. He
started to speak. Aushing angrily. bat
held his tongue and only emitted .
"whswi" in soodAumored wonder.
II go you are not very frightened
b. my opposition" she re3oined In .
lash q amusement not wholly untemr
persd b. sxaspsratisn-
We GOT he appropriation for an ID
ditionA army corps this year." he ex-
planned contsatedly. his repose con-
pastely ragainsd.
thus Increasing tho ODDS against
-. But perhaps not; Tor ~ afs 6sal-
Ing With the children not Win ~
osuies, 81 I said. We call ourselves
tAo teooheEs q peeca. organised the
Arse Glass In La Ti. ! have the chill
lren come together every Sunday
morning aud tell them about the chill.
drsn tha4 live In other countries. !
toll them that child . thousand miles
away 10 Just - much nelghbor -
the ono across tho street. At hrSt
feared that they would and Il uninter>
sstins. But II you know how to talk
to them they DON'T
Naturally they don't. whom you talk