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The state herald., 1914-08-21
Bird Man Has Arrived

On tho day after Christmas n Rus.
sian aviator at st. Petersburg new a
new machine OF his own making for
hours. carrying ton passengers In add.
ton TO n heavy load OF ballast This
establishes tho acroplane m sure
adjunct OF modern transportation. In.
cluding passengers and freight A
fcw days before this oven wc heard
OF tho successful use OF the flying mn.
chine by tho French army operating
In Morocco. which puts this now mode
OF warfare among the arms OF military
operations OF our day. and hereafter
when We use tho expression all
arms" we shall have In inslude tho
dying machine.
The state herald., 1914-08-21
THEPAR7Y
Harmony Movement Spreading
Among Republicans.
Healthful Signs Are General Through
out the country-Results VIII Be
Seen In the Next Preslden-
tlal Election.

The Republicans and the Progressives
have formally united In Nebraska in
the support of the same ticket. They
will work for the same congressional
candidates and they expect to carry
all but one or two districts. II not
every one in the state. Nebraska
is especially out OF tune with the pol
icy Of the Wilson administration In
respect to the sugar tariff and the du-
ties on farm products. and the, tide
10 running strongly against Bryan's
party In his own state.
The harmony movement goes on
naturally and convincingly In many
states. 1t is general throughout
the country. There is every reason
for predicting its complete success
in more than enough districts TO give
the Republicans control Of the next
house OF representatives. 1t will work
out decisive results in more than the
number of states required to elect the
next president.
1t is not the fruit trading and dick
ering by party leaders OF managers.
but the outgrowth of a natural. spon-
taneous desire swaying many millions
OF voters. They are making union
fact. not for the sake of any party.
primarily. but for the benefit and well
fare OF the country and OF their own
interests as American citizens.
The state herald., 1914-08-21
CHAPTER xxvIIl.-contInued.

Young mars feel way up in de
clouds dis day." he said to Aunt
Daphne. "He wake up ez glad ez
Of he done fessed ligion las night
Well. all de folkses cert'n'y joyed
deyselves. or Mistah Fargo done eat
bout forty uh dem jumbles. All heah
him talkin' ter Mars John. 'Reck'n yo'
mus hab er crackahjack cook down
heah.' he say. Hyuh, hyuh!"
"G'way wild yo' blackyardin'l-"
shifted Aunt Daphne. delighted. Don
need ter come eroun' honey-caffuddlin'
mel"
Oats whut he say" insisted Uncle
Jefferson: he did TO er fac'l"
She drew her hands from the suds
and looked at him anxiously. "Jef'eon.
yo' reck'n Mars John gwineter fotch
dat Yankee ooman heah ter Danny
Co'ot, ter be ouah mistis?"
"Humph," scoffed her spouse. Dat
highfalutin' gal whut done swaller de
ramrod? No suh.ree- bob-tail! De
oldah yo' gifts. de mo- foolishah yo'
citations is, DON yo' tex no mo-
trouble on yo' back den yo' kin keek
off'n yo' heels! She ain gwineter run
dis place. er OIL Devil.John tuhn ovah
In he gravel"
, Sunset found Valiant sitting in the
music-room before the old square pi.
ano. In the shadowy chamber the
keys of mother-of.pearl cleaned with
dull colors under his fingers. He
struck at first only broken chords. that
became finally the haunting barcarole
Of Tales OF Hoffmann." II was the
air that had drifted across the garden
when he had stood with Shirley by
the sun-dial. In the moment OF their
nrst kiss. over and over he played
II, improyising dreamy variations. I'LL
the tender melody seemed the dear
ghost OF that embrace. At length he
The state herald., 1914-08-21
SYNOPSIS.

suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor,
poration. which his father founded and
which was the principal source s,, OF MS MS
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car. a
white white bull dog and % Damory e9pr'' ,S wav nes 70
Damory court no meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an auburn-haired beauty. and de-
cides that he Is going to like Virginia I'M
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem.
iniscences during which 1t is revealed
that the major. Valiants father. and
man named Sassoon were rivals Tor the
hand OF Mrs Dandridge in her, youth
6assoon and Valiant fought duel on her
account In which the former was killed,
Valiant finds Damory court oVerstown
with weeds and creepers and , decides es,so to
Shirley from the bito OF a snake. which
bites him. Knowing the deadliness OF the
bite. Shirley sucks the poison from the
for the first time that his father left Vir-
gtnia on account of duel in which Doc
tor Southall and Major Bristow acted as
his fathers seconds. Valiant ana shlriey
faints when she meets Valiant for the
0rst time. Valiant discovers that he mas
fortune In old walnut trees The yearly
tournament. n survival of the )oustlns OF
feudal times. is held nj Damory court. At
the last moment Valiant takes the place
OF one of the knights. who is sick. and
enters the lists. He wins and chooses
Shirley cambridge as queen OF beauty TO
the dismay of Katherine Fargo. a former
sweetheart who Is visiting In Virginia.
The tournament ball at Damory court
draws the elite OF tho countryside. Shir.
ley is crowned by Valiant as queen OF
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley OF his love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo. determining net TO give up Nal-
ANT without a struggle. points out to Shir~
ley how terrible II would be for the wom-
an who caused the duel TO meet valiant
N Tnnka much like his father.
The state herald., 1914-08-21
Something More Needed

II used to be- n standard Donocrat.
io joke to predict that eventually the
Republicans would claim credit for tho
pig crops. Aud that In lust what
tho Democrats are now doing them.
selves. They nrc proudly calling Mt.
,cnt'on to reports OF prosperity com.
ing from the wcrt. nearly all OF them
based ON the bountlful haryeatA. No
doubt the agricultural products viii
ewell our export receipts. but way
Is yet to be devised TO make them
swell the rtomachu OF the idle factory
hands
The state herald., 1914-08-21

vent into tho library and In the Grim.
soning light sat down at tho desk,
and began 10 write
Dear Biu~bird OF Nine
II can't walt any longer TO talk to
you. Less than n day has passed
since we were together. but II might
have been cons. II ono measured time
By heartbea,s. What have you been
doing and thinking. I wondcrf I have
spent those cons In tho garden. Just
wandering about. dreaming over those
wonderful. wonderful moments BY the
sun'dial. All. dear little wild heart
born OF the flowers. with tho soul Of
bird yet you arc woman. tooD that
cid disk ia marking happy hourv now
FOR mol
How have l deserved this thing
that has come to mo'-sad bunrler
that have beeni Sometimes Il seems
mo clad and rweet, and attn suddenly
ssrperaioly afraid shall wake TO f,nd
nyrelf facing another dull morning
b that old. useless. empty iifo OF mine.
! am rsry humble. dear. before your
~
The state herald., 1914-08-21
EDWARD sAssooN.
"Forgivo us our trespasscs." I"

The silence seemed to crash to earth
like a great looking-glass and shiver
into million pieces. The wax dropped
from his fingers and In the supervcn.
ing darkness numb fright gripped
him by the throat. Shirley had laid
these there. on the grave OF the man
his father had killed-the cape jessa-
mines she had wanted that day. for
her motherl He understood.
II came to him at last that there
was chill mist cropping among the
trees and that he was very cold.
He went back along the Red Road
stumblingly. Was this to be the end
OF the dream. which he had fancicd
would last forever? Could II be that
she was not for him. Was It no hoary
lie that the sins OF the fathers we're
visited upon the third and fourth gen.
Grafton?
When he re-entered the library the
candle was guttering in the burned
wings OF = nightmoth. The place
looked all Mt once saunt and desolate
and dcspoiled. What could Virginia.
what could Damory Court. be to him
without herr The wrinkled note lay
on the desk and he bent suddenly with
u sharp catching breath and kissed Il.
There welled over him wave OF
rebeillous longing. The candle spread
to n hazy yellow blur The walls fell
away. He stood under the moonlight.
with his arms about her. his lips on
hers and his heart beating TO the
sound OF the yiollns behind them.
lie laughcd-a harsh wild laugh tina,
rang through the gloomy room. Then
he threw himself on the eouolf and
buried his face In his hands. lie was
s,ili lying there when the misty rain
wet dawn came through the shutters
The state herald., 1914-08-21

nghtcr. Later tho sword was sent 10
Robert Morris.
According TO Mr.. Hart Mr.. Morris
later presented tho sword to Com.
modoro John Barry. senior officer OF
tho American navy In 1875. but that
tho presentation was only life
legacy. and that II should have been
handed down to Barrys successor M
senior oif'eer. eventually reaching thu
possession OF Admiral Dewey.-Phiin.
delphia Presn.
The state herald., 1914-08-21

semhobscurity from within an iron
railing. He bent over. suddenly noting
the scent: 1t was cape jessamine.
With the curious sensation OF almost
prescience plucking at him. he took
box of vestas from his pocket and
struck one. 1t fiared up Illuminating
a fiat granite slab In which was cut
a name and Inscription:
The state herald., 1914-08-21
Fear The November Election,

Democrats In congress who have
been deaf to the voice OF their constit-
nentr and alive TO the voice OF tho
White House are now trembling over
the outcome OF the November elcc-
tons. There Ia pail OF gloom over
the entire party. and the oompaign
begins with the Democratic party apol-
oge,ic. explaining and defensive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-28
TYPEWRITTEN
LOVE LETTERS
Byo
Sensible Girl

written my daily letter to you. II seen.s
to me that the only argument you hats
against such a procedure is the fact THAI
IL Is unsentlnental I don't agree With
you; after all, thought ls 4 thoutht.
whether It Is typed or written.
"The typewrittan letter sent ynu.
Jim. went on. contained Just as nifnv
tender thoughts as n the sentences had
been written by hand. Moreover you n6t
more Of them, because can type quictsf
than can write. And because the letter
was typewritten II does not follow thai I
did not mean what wrote"
But" he interrupted. what l ohieot
to"
"oh," 1 said. "I know exactly what
you object to. You object to typewritt4n
love letters But, my dear boy, you are
going to receive them; every time now
they will be typed"
talked to Jim until he came round
to my way OF thinking. He wea long
time before he would alter his Views, but
finally he did, although even now have
an idea that In his heart Of hearts ne
thinks a tinEo Of romance has been taken
from our engagement because lnutnt
upon tipping the letters. However, DO
II, and shall continue to do 90 until the
end of the chapter. Many q sentimental
miss will find fault with my views. We'll.
may be wrong. But who shall say that.
because my love letters are typed, they
are any the less sentirnentai7
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the stool and shout out: Why arc you
all alavtng here, you fellows, when thsra
y beautiful world outside these prisoa
walls7"
"oh. Jim. dearl" said his mother
plteously. ''One can't do exactly what
one likes. Look here" and she held up
the stocking she was darnink.
Yes, mother; 1 know what you mean
/ hate to see you doing II, but say
and he took the sock from her hana
you've made Jolly good Job Of il
almost like embroidery" ~
Mrs. Travers laughed. II expect you
could make something as good, she said; /;
out OF that once work, I mean
and what's at the end OF It, mother7
Nothing-a few more pounds year. ana
one dies quite unltnowh, with nothins
Except life of honest work, Jim
Yes, to put money in ether mems
pockets-ahareholder people one doesn't
even know. Now, when you mend that
sock you do me > kindness. do no one
hndnsss. just work and work and
work. I'd rather be q brIcklaysr There,
a. any rata. one can see seme result
One can point 70 4 house and say, ! built
part OF IT, and when one is dead the
house win remain-the work Of ones
hands"
"Jim. old boy. perhaps one OF these
days We shall have money, and then you
can do what work you liks. Your piano
that is An amusement, you can't earn
your living by playing the plano"
"of course not--if 1 don't practice.
How can practice ave, six. ssgsE hears
day7 But II IL my Ilfs-all live for
that and, OF course, you. dear old
mother"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Copyright 1914. By the Associated RtWspapars,
Llrnitsd.
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How Sweethearts Part

They know so many different kinds Of
parting, these lovers. There 10 the part
ing in anger; the parting In grief and
anguish. and the temporary separating
which poets call such sweet sorrow, ,,
and which the uninspIred and unroniantic
world considers merely ''sood-nigf4P'
OF the first two. nothing need here be
said. Tho hrst should never occur, II
lovers are wise and tsctful and loyal:
and the second depends upon circunf-
stance and unldndly fate, and Is not to
be arranged for beforehand
But the third and everyday parting.
that is different. Vastly amuaine to Ina
outside world. but a delicious business 10
those concerned. How they lIngor over
1t. 30 that its duration 10 prolonged 70 AZ
many minutes as would make a Roodby
half hour or more! A draughty passaas
or frosty garden has no terrors Tor
them.
Stili, IL is all part of the pretty love
game. and so we smile with kindness and
tolerance. After all, one is young but
once, and the prose Of everyday NE
will come fast enough. So the IlneeY-
Ing and most unbusinesslike farewell ls
natural and right enough. and love pro-
serves his clients from the risks that We
uninteresting and ordinary mortals nun
OF cold or fatigue.
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Let Us Start the
New Year Right
By MRS. cnR1srrNE FREDER1oK

N-@NNANa
Author Of ''Ihs New Housskeepint."
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick
maker-who gets the money! II we are
experiencing the high cost OF living. just
what item Of the family expense is fore
ing the money mercury up to summer
heat7 There is great deal of talk about
better. more economical, more co-opera-
tive, more everything buying But how
about better, more economical. more busi-
nesslike methods Of keeping track of what
we spend7
Even II we save cents on a piece OF
chuck. save 10 cents by dividing the bRs-
ket Of apples with our neiEhbor, or Is
cents by sending to manufacturer direct
for q certain product, where do the 8. the
10 and the g cents apply on other items Of
family expense7 Do we actually save IT,,
or does It go into the gulf Of the Great
Unoounted7
The family who wishes to start tho
new year right will have to do so by de-
Gliding to follow a budget plan and keep
track OF family expenses. Out of 50 club
women before me at a lecture recently, IL,
or one-thlrd. said that they kept some
account Here were 20 progressive, in
telligent women admitting that they did
not know accurately where the money
that they received was expended. Can any
one imagine % equally progressive and In
telli6ent business men admitting the
same thing? What would happen TO a
Arm which did not know what were It's
costs, It's overhead charges. It's employees
salaries, it's cost for raw materials, etc,
etc? Or whether It closed 1914 with
credit or loss7
In the frst place, kesplns accounts Is
easy. But even II It were not, Il cer-
tAinly IL an imperative part Of home
MANAGEMENT. II is not the saving OF the
pohny here or a penny there that counts
Is much as does the apportionment Of the
entire income In definite way. Just
because many families do not 80 appor-
tion their incomes In advance IL the rea-
son we md hundreds OF families living
beyond their income. borrowing and drift
ing aimlessly from year to year.
A small. ruled, family account book,
with 20 columns for each separate item
Of expense-meat. groceries. clothing. etc,
can be arranged and grouped after the
budget plan OF such a per cent for shell
ter. 80 much for clothing, for operating
expense OF fuel. light. service. etc, and
so much for higher life or Advancement.
and savings.
Or system OF cards can be used; one
card for each divihlon. These can be
slipped into the handbag when shopping
and purchases noted directly. sales slips
should be retained and entsrei also en-
try made OF money paid by check and all
other items OF payment. AZ the end OF
each week. or monthly. the cards or book
can easily be balanced" This should
show these things;
First. What sum was spAnt for each
tam.
second. Which items were out of pro-
TSirS. Where leaks and e1travasaaoss
Fourth. Where economy Is possible.
The hoasohold account book IL the
aousewifsis armoF against the high cost
q Twins. Unless she makes herself armor- |
.root. she viii live In perpetual fear OF |
ne rxpsHss MonEtsr.
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! IVES, I do consider myself sensipie
| il girl, and hope ! shall always re-
main one. For that very reason refuse
to give into the whinis OF the man 10
whom / am engaged-aithough, as a mat
ter OF fact, am exceedIniy fond Of Jim.
Jim is my flAnce, and a perfect dear--in
most things. Not In all, however, Stii'
always make allowances for hin--he, 2
only a man, after all, and they're ail
alike. We girls shouldn't humor them too
far. all the same. No, I don't spoil Jim.
I'm training him up in the way he should
60 so that one day he may prove an ex-
cellent husband. Some girls spoil their
fiances before marriage, and then nag
them after marriagel I do think that's
absurd, and the girls only have them
selves to blame.
! suppose there ere crowds of people
who will call me frigntfully unscntimen-
tai when say that fsee no reason why
should not type my letters to Jim. He
does so object to my typing the letters
send him.
You see, work in an office In the city.
Twice a week Jim comes to see me at
my home and once a week I visit him.
That leaves four days every week on
which we do not see one another. On
the days we do not meet we write-an
arrangement we made when we flrst be-
came engaged, and one, from which we
have never departed.
Well, as say, work in the city, and
by the time get homo in the evening
feel quite tired out. and not little bit
like letter writing. However, for years l
most faithfully sat down every evening
and composed my love-letter. But, really.
/ got awfully tired OF II. When l say
that do not want you to misunderstand
me. I did not really tire OF writing to
Jim, IL was merely the actual labor OF
holding and driving the pen which
palled on me after a time.
One day, during the luncheon hour Il
always have my lunch in the office-sand-
wiches and such-like dainties) It occurred
to me that I might as well type my usual
epistle to Jim. So sat down and typed
him an awfully nice letter.
The next evening Jim met me outside
the office. He looked awfully glum-nay
away In the hope that he would forget his
ill-humor. Not a bit Of II. believe me.
might as we'll have tried to charm
marble statue. + simply could not get
him into a decent frame Of mind. So
finally | somewhat petulantiy asked him
II there was anything seriously wrong
Need you ask?" he snapped. I've
never heard Of such thing In my life"
such thing as what?'' asked.
why, n typewriter love-letter, OF
course" was his reply.
But, my dear boy started.
mo endearments, please" he snapped
back "a girl who can In cold blood sit
down and type love-letter to her sweet
heart can have no sentiment in her ma
ture, and II she has no sentiment she
should refrain from using terms Of en-
When he had gone on In this strain for
some time. gently stopped him.
Now, young man." said. '1f you
will listen to me for a while. we win
thrash this matter out. What you COM
plain about is the fact that have type
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at the clock on the manteIplecs and re.
sumed her work again
| She seemed hardly part of the picture
as she sat there darning socks in the
firelight. She was so beautiful, SO ex.
quisitely dressed. that any one who had
met her, either at Monksilver or her
brothers house. could hardly have Inn
agined her engaged In so domestic an
occupation amid such humble surround
ings. She would have been more in
place In some great salon, idling her time
away with a book or the centre of q
crowd OF admirers. She could have taken
her place as hostess in any of the great
houses Of England. She was fond Of
gaiety and luxury and beautiful things
and the admiration OF men. But she was
woman who did everything we'll The
darning on the heel OF the sock was done
most perfectly, and II she had been set
to scrub hoor one may be quite sure
that she would have scrubbed II most
wonderfully clean.
The clock on the mantelpiece struck
seven, and a minute later Mrs. Travers
heard the closing OF the hall door. She
smiled, and the tender light of love came
into her eyes. Her boy had returned from
the days worll-her boy, the only parson
she loved In all the world. Two minutes
elapsed, and then there was the sound OF
slow footsteps on the stairs. The door
opeuSus ana young man entered inc
room. He was slim and we'll built, OF
medium height. with a pale. clean-shaven
face, dark hair, and large, dreamy. brown
eyes. He was extraordinarily handsome,
as one might have expected Of the son OF
80 beautiful woman. And he had an air
OF distinction and breeding that would
have marked him out at once as different
from the 80 other clerks In his once.
well. Jim, old chap7'' said Mrs.
Tnavers. Rather wet. isn't it7"
He came forward and kissed his mother
without word. Then he knelt down on
the hearthrug and held out his hands 10
the nre
Il hope you haven't got wet. Jim, dear
and you've changed your boots"
Yes, that's all right, mother" he said
rather wearily.
She laid her hand on his hair and
You're tired, Jim. boy" she said after
a pause.
"Yes. mother; awfully tired"
You5you don't like your work any
His eyes flashed and he elsnchsd one
of his hands.
Il lOathe IT," he said passionatsly.
Every day loathe Il more. sornetimes
As l sit there with ledger before me
feel inclined to jump W ana stand on