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 MRS. D. A CROCKETT, Editor Telephone 2245
 Mail Items Avenue

1 spendid Write-up yesterday and the society editor is pleased to add some pleasantries in regard to this excellent performance which was presented 10 an immense audience, consisting largely of local fashi nable society.
 The male performers were prOmi- nent business men who had only their evenings 10 practice parts assigned and the practice covered a short pe- riod of two weeks They made a splendid showing under these ndi- i tions.
 The voting ladies who took part are popular members of local society
 Miss Louise Horner received many encOres to her pleasing rendition Of the song, Bring Me Back My Lovin Honey Boy to which she responded with charming graciousness.
 Miss Ellen Anderson had an excel lent opportunity to show the range Cf her strong voice and it was easily noticeable that her voice rang clear above all others in the chorus of her song, Just Say Again That You Love Me when the netire company join red in the singing.
 Miss Mary Jane Finley captiyated the audience with her voice and man. ner whea she sang in that melodious soprano voice of hers the beautiful half pathetic and altogether lovable song, Mother"
 The entire company did we'll Of course, some actors were especially good Among this number we're ki Davies, as a dancer; Charlie Sapp as an actor and singer and Al Reynolds, as a woman comedian.
 Al Reynolds costume and speech as a suffragette were stunning and easily the feature of the local per formers numbers.
 The songs and music of Bren's Harmony Trio" were splendid. The program was thoroughly enjoyed by the large audience.
 The Elks are so generous and char table as an organization that 1t is no wonder people generally enjoy pat ronizng the affairs given by this or der.
 Fortniehtly cluh-Owing to the ia- element weather the Fortniehuy Club did not hold it regular meeting yess terday, the meeting being postponed until next Wednesday, March II. An especially attractive program Is of- fered. The day is set apart in the year book as "ciyics" day and the general trend of the meeting will be civic in character
 However, some George Eliot sup jects. postponed from a previous meet ing, will also be on the program This will lead variety to the program and. perhaps be pleasing to those members who believe with Cowper that Variety ls the spice of lie. | Miss Edith Curl will be leader in
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Christian Endeavor Soeety-The Christian Endeavcr Society of the First Presbyterian church will hold very important business meeting to- night at the church. and it is urgent that every member be present
 Juvenile Missionary soeiety-The Juvenile Missionary Society Of Cen
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Less than 10 per cent of the (
 taxes have been paid to date.
 April 10 positively last day for ( paying without a penalty, Pay (
 your taxes today and avoid the ( final rush and confusion, possi- ( } bly a penalty. ( E. T. HOUSLEY, Collector. . Office Old Court House, Qua chita avenue.
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Eastman lnformal-Last nights mid weekly informal dance in the ball room of the Hotel Eastman was smart ly attended Though anything but pleasant out doors, the evening was just right for dancing The Airing. ton sent down particularly brilliant delegation and the resident smart set had superb representation. Prof. Graham's dance program was ulusu- ally well arranged and his orchestra did every number full justice.
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Arlington Manager Cor rington of the Arlington Hotel cordi- ally invites the guests at the other fashionable hostelries, as well as Hot Springs social colony, to attend to- night s'iafogmal dance The Arling- tons Thursday night hop is a new feature on milady's calendar and will De continued throughout the season Danciag at 9sl5 o'clock
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Epworth League Banquet-The ban quet and entertainment for the Cen tral Church Epworth League will be held Friday evening at the Eddy Ho- tel cafe and parlors, instead of at the Southern Hotel, as formerly an nounced. A splendid program has
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Bingham apron. "Yo' sho' is up early.
but All got yo' brekfus' ready, sub"
'All right, Aunt Daphne. III be
back directly"
He sped down to the lake to plunge
his head into the cool water and there
by sharpen the edge of an appetite
that needed no honing.
He came up the trail again to find
the reading-stand transferred to the
porch and laid with a white cloth on
which IA set a steaming c%offee-pot,
with fresh cream, saltless butter and
crisp hot biscuit; and as he sat down,
with a sigh Of pure delight. in his
dressing-gown - q creepy Japanese
thing redeemed from womanishness
by the bold green bamboo Of its de-
sign-Uncle Jefferson planted before
him a generous platter of bacon, eggs
and potatoes. These he attacked with
a surprising keenness. AS he buttered
his fifth biscuit he looked at the dog,
rolling on his back in morning costa
sy, with a look of humorous surprise.
"Chum," he said, what do you
think of that? All my life a single
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ECZEMA lTCHED AND BURNED

r. F. D. No. 4, Box IS, Holland,
Mich.-"My child's trouble began by
getting red and sore around her neck,
and her face. behind her ears, under
her arms, and different parts Of her
body were affected. The eczema ap-
peared in a rash first. 1t was wet
and looked as II it vas sweaty. 1t
seemed to itch and burn SO that she
could not sleep or rest. It got SO bad
at last that behind her ears was one
crust or sore SO that l had to cut her
hair. There was a hard crust cover
ing her neck. She could not have her
clothes buttoned at all. l could hardly
change her clothes. 1t caused an aw-
full disagreement for the time. She
would cry when I had to wash her.
1--WE had her treated for some time
but without success. I got one cake
Of Cuticura Soap and n box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment and l had not used
more than half of what l bought when
she was all cured" (Signed) Mrs. G.
c. Riemersma, Mar. p, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free with sap. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
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With a final effort, it gained the porch
and crouched down in its orner an
abject, sweated. hunted morsel, at
hopeless bay.
Like a flash, Valiant stopped, caught
the shivering thing by the scruff, and
as its swapping jaws grazed his thumb,
dropped it through the open window
behind him: Sanctuary" quoth he.
and banged the shutter to-.
At the same instant, as the place
overfowed with a pandemonium OF
nosing leaping hounds, he saw the
golden chestnut refined sharply down
among the ragged box-rows, with Z
sham ,faced though brazen knowledge
that the girl who rode it had
She sat moveless, her head high,
one hand on the hunters foam-fecked
neck. and their %glances met like
crossed swords. The look stirred
something vague and deep within him.
For an unforgettable instant their
eyes held each other. in a gaze rigid,
challenging, almost defiant; then 1t
broke and she turned to the rest Of
the party squirting in a g%alloping zig
gag: a genial-faced man of middle age
in khaki who sat his horse like a
cavalryman, a younger n with a
reckless dark face and straight black
hair, and following these a h~alf-dozen
youthful riders Of both sexes, n of
the lads heavily %plastered with mud
from a wet cropper, and the girls
nbiaflu rocrc ord CiOo1oc
The elder OF the two men pulled up
beside the leader, his astonished eyes
sweeping the house-front. with Its
open blinds. the wisp of smoke curling
from the kitchen chimney. He said
something to her, and she nodded,
The younger man, meanwhile. had
flung himself from his horse, a Wild
eyed roam, and with his arm thrust
through it's bride, strobe forward
among the welter of hounds, where
they scurried at fault, hither and
thither, yelping and eager.
What rotten luck!' he exclaimed.
Gone to ground after twelve miles!
After him. Tawny! You mongrels!
Do you imagine he's up a tree? After
him, Bulger! Bring him here!"
He glanced up, and for the first time
saw the figure in tweeds looking on
Valiant was attracted by his face, its
dash and generosity everything it's III
herent profligacy and weakness. Dark
as the girl was light, his features had
the same delicate chiseling. the In
breeding, nobility and indulgence OF
generations. He stared a moment,
and the somewhat supercilious look
travelled over the gaZer. from dusty
boots to waving brown hair.
oh" he said. His view slowly
took in the evidences Of occupation.
THE house is open, l sec Going to
get it fit for occupancy, | presume?'
Yes
The other turned. well, Judge
| Chalmers, what do you think OF that?
The unexpected has happened at last"
He looked at the porch. Who's ia
occupy it,"
The owner"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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efforts. the impatient bird continued
to ring the bell violently until there
appeared at the window Of the tower
the wife Of the gatekeeper, who threw
out q quantity of food to the expectant
waterfowl.
On making inquiries as to the origin
Of this interesting episode. the CORE
spondent vas told that a number Of
years ago a daughter of the bishop Of
Wells, being much interested in the
birds inhabiting the moat, taught the
swans to ring the bell at feeding-time.
at five o'clock in the afternoon. This
practice has been continued by success
sive families Of swans down to the
present day. and 1t would seem, there
fore, as II the birds transmitted TO
their offspring the knowledge that
when the cord was pulled the b1ll
would ring and that food would follow.
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IN NO POSITION TO PREACH
Stranger Lost the Confidence Of Truth
full Fishermen When He Made
His Inquiry.

Representative Frank Clark, Rep
resentative Howard of Georgia, and
Superintendent George w. Hess OF
the botanic gardens, were having a
friendly argument at Washington.
Howard" said Clark, b~anteringly,
Il just want to illustrate to you In
a story how little you know about
this. There is in my district In Flor
ida an attractive village named Cal
lahan.
"One day a stranger walking along
a road in the country near a creek
saw a youth fishing.
Young man. said the ministerial
looking individual. can you tell me
the way to Callahan
YES replied the boy. take the
first road to your right
Instead Of proceeding on his jour-
ney, the stranger gazed intently at
the boy a few moments and said: MY
young friend don't you know you
are wasting your time in a way that
Is dreadful to contemplate? You are
fishing, just fishing, when you ought
to be a-studyin' OF books to prepare
yourself for life's struggle. My boy.
you're sure on the road to perdition.'
Road to perdition,' replied the in.
dignant youth. What in blazes do
you know about roads? You don't
even know the road to Callahan"
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SHOWED INSTINCT OF SWANS
Birds Had Learned the Trick Of Ring
inc . Bell to Get Their Supply
Of Food.

During a recent visit to the cathed-
raj city of Wells, In Somersetshire. q
Scotsman correspondent was witness
Of a curious incident. The Episcopal
palace is surrounded. just as In olden
times, by q wall and a moat, the haunt
Of swans, ducks. and other aquatic
birds. The moat Is crossed at the en-
france to the palace. grounds BY z
drawbridge with q battlemented gate
way with towers. In one Of which is
the gatekeeper's lodge. From =
bracket fixed in the wall OF one OF
these towers overlooking the moat q
bell Is suspended. with . cord At
tached.
One afternoon about i've o'clock,
while watching the movements of the
various birds In the water, the CORE
spondent heard the ringing OF q bell.
and. on looking to see whence tho
sound came. he observed that one Of
the swans was vigorously pulling the
cord evidently to attract attention. Az
- immodiAte notiee 40 taken 6 -
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Worth KnoWlnu.

Suppose a man leaves New York AT
noon on a given date and travels west
ward at such a rate of speed that the
sun will always be directly overhead,
After making a circle Of the globe he
Will reach the starting point in New
York just "a hours after he left It.
The question presenting itself is, at
which one of his different stopping
places while making the circuit OF
the globe in "a hours, carrying noon
with him to every station, was he
first informed that it vas noon Of the
following day. AS he crossed the me.
ridian Of $50 degrees east, or west, OF
Greenwich the day would change. His
first stop after crossing the meridian
would be Yokohama, perhaps; there
he would learn that 1t was the next
day.
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Honest.

Honest.
Dyer-What do you think has been
most influential in shaping your ca;
reer?
Observation-Disclosures.
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CHAPTER x.
The Hunt.

The Hunt.
He awoke to q musical twittering
and %chirping, to ind the sun pouring
into the dusty room in a very glory.
He rolled from the blanket and stood
upright, filling his lungs with a long
deep breath of satisfaction. He felt
singularly light-hearted and alive. The
bulldog came bounding through the
window, dirty from the weeds. and
flung himself upon his master in Z
canine rapture.
Get out!" Quoth the latter, laugh
Ing. stop licking my feet! How the
dickens do you suppose I'm to get into
my clothes with your ridiculous antics
going on? Down. | say! Hark!" He
broke on and listened. who's that
singing?"
The sound drew lugu-
brious chant, with the weirdest minor
reflections, family suggestive Of the
rag-time ditties Of the music-halls. yet
with . plstntive cadence.
Good morning, Uncle Jefferson"
The singer broke on, set down the
twig-broom that he had been welding
and came toward him. "Mawnin'. sub.
Mawnin'." he said. Hopes yo'-all
slep' good. All reck'n dem ar birds
woke yo' up; dey's maxim sch o.
'miration."
Thank you. Never slept better in
my life. Am l laboring under . delu-
sion VIXEN I imagine ! smell coffee?
Just then there came q voice from
the open door Of the kitchen: Calls
yo'se'f or man. yo' triiiin' recon
structed niggah! Wen marstah gwine-
ter st he brekfus' Wild 70 ramshack-
lin eroun' Wild dat dwag all dis
'0awdss-blessid mawnin'? Go fotch
some mo- lakewood dis minute. 70
heah?"
4 turbaned head poked itself
through the door. with = good'natured
leaf-brown face beneath It, which
broadened Into : Vida smile - it,
ownor h0hbe1 1nergeticaiIy q W
lEsnkao eeoottng. MoNlAw1tn ~
&jE@a1R&E~6 &&3&f1M DxasnrM k&&N M#A
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done the work, too, for there's not a
sign OF moth. If I'm not careful, I'll
stumble over the family plate-it
seems to be about the only thing want.
ing"
he thought a moment, then went
quickly into the library and began to
ransack the trunk. At length he found
a small box containing keepsakes of
various kinds. He poured the medley
on to the table-an uncut moonstone,
an amethyst-topped pencil that one of
his tutors had given him as a boy, a
tigers claw. a compass and what-not.
Among them was q mans seal-ring
with a crest cut In 4 %cornelian. He
looked at 1t closely. It was the same
device.
The ring had been his fathers.
Just when or how 1t had come into
his possession he could never remem
Der. 1t had lain among these keep
sakes SO many years that he had al
most forgotten it's existence. He had
never worn a ring. but now, as he
went back to the hall, he slipped 1t
on his finger. The motto below the
crest was worn away, but 1t showed
clear in the marble of the hall-mantle:
l clinge.
His eyes turned from the carven
words and strayed to the pleasant sun
perhaps, yet in the event we'll justi-
fed. Valiants had held that selfsame
slope when the encircling forests had
rang with war-whoop and blazed with
t~orture-fire. They had held on through
Revolution and Civil war. Good and
bad, abiding and lawless, every gener-
alton had cleaved stubbornly to it's
acres. l clinge. His father had chung
through absence that seemed to have
been almost exile, and now he, the last
Valiant, has come to make good the
boast.
His gaze wavered. The tail of his
eye had caught through the window a
squirt of something dashing and vivid,
that grazed the corner Of a far-of
field. He craned his neck, but it had
passed the line of his vision. The
next moment, however, there came
trailing on the satiny stiffness the
h~igh-keyed ululation Of a horn, and an
instant later a long-drawn hallo-o-o!
mixed with a pattering chorus OF
yelps.
He went close, and leaning from the
sill. shaded his eyes with his hand.
The noise swelled and rounded in vol
time; 1t was nearing rapidly. AS he
looked the hunt dashed into full view
between the tree-boles-a galloping
melee of khaki and scarlet, swarming
across the fresh green of a wheat
field. behind a spotted swirl of hounds.
"Confound it," said John Valiant
~be1llgerently; they're on my land!"
They were near enough now for him
to hear the voices Of the men, calling
encouragement to the dogs, and to see
the white ribbons Of foam across the
TANKS of the laboring horses. One
scarlet-coated feminine rider, detached
from the bunch, had spurred in adj
vance and was leading by a clean hun
dred yards, bareheaded, her hat fallen
back to the limit Of it's ribbon knotted
under her chin, and her waving hair
cleaning like furnished gold.
How she rides!" muttered the soil
tary watcher. "Cross-saddle, of course,
the sensible little sport! She'll
never in the world do that wall!-Yes,
by George!" John Valiant's admira.
ton turned to delight. Why" he
said, Its the Lady-of-the-Roses!"
He put his hands on the sill and
vaulted to the porch.
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touch Of firearms. There had been mo

menus III Ills youth WHcn THIS unreal
soning shrinking had filled him with a
blind fury, had driven Him to strange
self-tests Of courage. He had never
been able to overcome it. Analyza-
ton had told him that his peculiar
adherence was no mere outgrowth Of
this. 1t lay far deeper. He had rare
ly, OF recent years, met the test. Now,
as he stood in these unaccustomed
surroundings, with the cold touch Of
the metal the old %shuddering held
him, and the sweat broke in beads
on his forehead. Setting his teeth
hard, he crossed the room, slipped the
box with its pistol between the vol
umes OF the bookcase, and returned to
his seat.
The bulldog, aroused from a nap,
thrust a warm muzzle between his
knees. Its uncanny. Chum!" he said.
az his hand caressed the velvety
head. Why should the touch Of that
fool thing chill my spine and make
my flesh tiptoe over my bones? Why
should / hate a pistol? Do you sup
pose l IA shot in one of my previous
e~AlSleuCoS
For a long while he sat there, his
pipe dead, his eyes on the moor
lighted out-of-doors. The eery feel
ing that had gripped him had gone as
quickly as 1t had come. At last he
rose, stretching himself with a great
boyish yawn, put out all save one Of
the candles and taking a ~bath-robe,
sandals and a huge fuzzy towel from
the steamer-trunk, stripped leisurely.
He donned the bath-robe and sandals
and went out through the window to
the garden and down to where lay the
little lake ruffling s~ilverly under the
MOON. On its brink he stopped, and
tossing back his head, tried to imi-
tate one of the bird-calls but was un-
successful. With a rueful laugh he
threw off the bath-robe and stood an
instant glistening, poised in the noon
light like a marble faun, before he
dove, straight down out Of sight.
Five minutes later he pulled him.
self up over the edge, his flesh tin
Cling with the chill Of the water, and
| threw the robe about his cool white
shoulders. Then he thrust his feet
into his sandals and sped quickly
back. He rubbed himself to a glow,
and blowing out the remaining can
die, stretched himself @luxuriously be
tween the warm blankets on the
couch. The dog shifted inquiringly at
his hand, then leaped up and snug
gled down close to his feet.
John Valiant's thoughts had fed a
thousand miles away, to the tall girl
who all his life. had seemed to stand
out from his world, aloof and nsu
passed-katharine Fargo. He tried to
picture her, a perfect chatelaine, grace
full and gracious as q tall. white. splen.
did lily, in this dead house that
seemed still to throb with living pas
sions. But the picture subtly eluded
him and he stirred uneasily under the
blanket.
After a time his hands stretched out
to the reading-stand and drew the
glass with its vivid blossom nearer,
till, In his nostrils, its musky odor
mingled with the dew-wet scent OF
the h~oneysuckle from the garden. Al
last his eyes closed. Every man car
ries his fate on a riband
about his neck" he muttered drowsily
and then, Roses RED
rneoe
And SO he fell asleep.
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roll and a cup OF coffee have been
the most l could ever negotiate for
breakfast, and then 1t was apt to taste
like chips and whet-stones. And now
look at this plate!" The dog ceased
winnowins his ear with a hind foot
and looked back at his master with
much the same expression. Clearly
his own needs had not been forgot
ten.
.Reck'n All bettah go ter git dat ar
machine thing said Uncle jefferson
behind him. "OI CONAN, heah, she
low ter fix up de kitchen dis mawn-
in en- we begin on de house dis eve
Mn"
"Right-o," said Valiant. Its all up
hill. SO the motor won't run away
with you. Aunt Daphne. can you get
some help with the c~leaning?"
"He'p?' that worthy responded with
fine scorn. mo, sub. Moughty few,
in de town 'cep'n l%ow-down yaller new
issue trash Diet ain wu'f KILN! All
gwineter go TO- dat house mahse'f TO
long. hannah en- tongs, en- git it fix
up"
Splendid! My destiny is in your
hands. You might take the dog with
YOU. Uncle Jefferson; the run will do
, him good"
When the latter had disappeared
| and %truculent sounds from the kitchen
| indicated that the era Of strenuous
| cleaning had begun. he reentered the
1;A.orv o,onOod tho wotnr IN tho rosa.
glass and set it or the edge Of the
shady front porch, where it's Haunting
blossom made a dash Of bright Grim
son against the grayed weather-beaten
brick. This done, he opened the n
large room on the ground-foor that he
had not visited.
It was double the size of the library,
a parlor hung in striped yellow silk
vaguely and tenderly faded, with a
, tall plate mirror set over a marble
topped console at either side. In one
corner stood a grand piano Of Circas-
sian walnut with keys OF tinted
mother-of-pearl and a slender music
rack inlaid with morning-glories in the
same material. From the center Of
the ceiling, above an oval table, de-
pended a great chandelier hung with
| glass prisms. The chairs and sofas
were covered with dusty slip-covers Of
| muslin. He lifted one of these. The
furnished gold furniture was Louis
XIV, the upholstery of yellow brocade
with a pattern OF pink roses. Two
japanese hawthorn vases sat on teak
wood stands and q corner held q glass
cabinet containing a collection OF
small worries and faience.
He went thoughtfully back to tho
great hall, where sat the big chest on
which lay the volume Of Lucille" He
pushed down the antique wrought
iron hasp and threw up the lid. It
was filed to the brim with textures:
heavy portieres OF rose-damask. table
covers OF faded soft-toned tapestry,
window-hangings Of dull green-all
with tobacco-leaves laid, between the
folds and sifted thickly over with the
sparkling white powder. At the bot
tom, rolled In t~arry-smelling paper. he
found : half-doxen thin, Persian pray
er-rugs.
"Phew!" he whistled. II certainly
ought to be grateful to that law firm
that Inspected the place. Think Of
the things lying here all these years!
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