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a Greek castle on 1t in the Aegean.
Little colored memories for me to
bring away to dream over. But al
ways | come back here to Damory
Court For this is-home!"
They walked beneath the pergola
to the lake, where Shirley gave a cry
of delight at sight of its feathered
population. Where did get them
FROM" she asked.
Washington. In crates"
That explains it." she exclaimed.
one day last week the little darkies
In the village all insisted a circus was
coming. They must have seen these
being hauled here. They watched the
whole afternoon for the elephants"
Poor youngsters" he said. TITS
II shame to fool them. But I've had
all the circus ! want getting the live
stock installed"
They won't suffer" said the major
Hickey Snyderll get them up a three.
ringed show at the drop of n hat and
drop 1t herself. Besides. there's tourn.
ament day coming, and they can live
on that | see you've dredEed out
some Of the lilies"
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CHAPTER XXI.


The noon sun Of tournament day
shone brilliantly over the village,
drowsy no longer. for many vehicles
were hitched at the curb, or moved
leisurely- along the leafy street: big.
canvas-topped country wagons drawn
by shaggy-hoofed horses and set with
chairs that bumped and jostled, their
holiday loads from outlying tobacco
plantation and stud-farm; sober. black
covered buggies. long narrow, spring
less buckboards. frivolous side-bar run
abouts and antique shays resurrected
from the primeval depths Of cob
webbed stables, relics of furnished
grandeur and faded fortune.
At midday vehicles resolved them.
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FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1887
Year That Many Banks Failed and
Specie Payments Were Practical
ly Entirely Suspended.

Political rancor was at its height
when Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill
renewing the charter of the United
States bank and removed the treasury
deposits, under which opposition the
bank collapsed and a vast number of
state banks competed for the bust
ness, which included the issue of bank
notes. In 1887 there were 634 banks.
with an aggregate capital of s29l.-
00O, 900.
In the history of banking the year
of 1887 is prominent for one of the
worst panics that was ever known in
America, which resulted in the failure
of many banks and a universal suspen-
sion of specie payments throughout
the country, which were not renewed
until over a ear and a half later, says
the National Magazine. During this
trying period, when banking opera
tons were practically wiped out of
existence, all the banks but three con.
tinued doing business in Boston. There
were temporary suspensions of specie
payments in 1857, known as the panic
of 81; also In 81, when Boston fol.
lowed the lead of New York, since
it was evident that further attempt
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to tide the popular panic would mean
ruin to all the interests involved
There are men still living today who
remember with a shudder the trying
times of 81, when the merchants met
in the Boston merchants exchange
day after day, insisting that the banks
u be sustained; until finally Amasa
Walker rose up and said: Gentle
men, the banks must suspend specie
payments. There is no other course
to be followed" There were muir
murs of discomfort and they we're al
o ready to lynch the ex-governor
or h commonwealth for the bold DO
sition he had taken, but he faced
them courageously. and next came the
news of the suspension of the New
York banks.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
The Gardeners.


He saw them coming through the
gate on the Red Road-the major and
Shirley in a lilac muslin by his side
and strobe to meet them. Behind
them Ranston propelled a hand.cart
filled with paper bundles from each of
which protruded a bunch OF towering
stems. There was n flush In Shirley's
cheek as her hand lay In Valiant's.
As for him. his eyes, like a wilful
d~runkards, returned again anu again,
between the majors compliments. to
her face.
You have accomplished wonders,
sab! | had no idea 30 much could be
done in such a limited time. You
have certainly primped the old place
up. | could almost think | was look
ing at Damory Court in the sixties.
sah!'
That's quite the incest thing o.
could have said, Major" responded
Valiant But it needs the flowers"
Ne looked at Shirley with sparkling
eyes How splendid of you to bring
them! | feel like a robber."
With u bushels OF them? We
uhall never miss them at all. Have
you set out the others?"
u have, indeed. Every one has
IS'trd. too -og Lhall see them" He
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difference,

Said a Russian dancer to a Phils
delphia reporter:
We a learn much from the dano
ing OF animals. but why did we 90.
OF all things, to the turkey? There is
something a little too vulgar I'm the
turkeys dancing, and they who imi.
tate it get talked about"
She shrugged her slender shoulders
volt do for women" she re-.
sumed. TO say, 'E~yerybodv 10 taie
ing ABOUT hlm-that is an eulogy. But
70 say everybody is talking about
her-that's an s'egy." '
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From 1910 to 1918 Michigan spent
V,2bO.O00 on highways.
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OF all good roads advocates concerned
to hold a joint congress during the
exposition.
Both organizations are requested
by two members on the executive
committee, the fifth member having
been elected by the other four. The
selection Of Governor Gates as the fifth
member is felt to be peculiarly fortu-
nate, not only on account of his Off
cial position and his ability and fair
ness, but because of the fact that he,
for ten years or more, was the state
highway commissioner of Vermont,
and 1t was due to his record in this
ONCE that he was elected governor
by n OF the largest majorities ever
given a governor in that state.
This election to the governorship
Is one of the highest tributes aver
paid to a road builder, and 80 far as
Known is the first instance on record
Of such recognition.
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y -"
II sat down o. a messed boulder.
GREATNESS, his eyes sparkling. He had
thought himself almost a beggar, and
here in his hand was a small fortune!
Talk about engagement rings!" he
muttered. why, a dozen Of these
ought TO buy a whole tiara"
At length he rose and climbed on,
presently turning at a right-angle to
bisect the strip to Its boundary before
ne paused to rest. "Tm no timber
cruiser" he said to himself as he
wiped his brow, but / calculate there
are all OF three hundred trees big
enough to cut. Why, suppose they are
worth on an average only a hundred
apiece. That would make-Good
lord!" he muttered. and I've been
incoming about poverty"
The growth was smaller and sparser
nov and before long he came, on the
hills very crest. to the edge of a
ragged clearing. It held a squalid set
Element, perhaps a score of ~dirt-daubed
cabins little better than novels. some
of them mere mud-walled lean-tos,
with sod roofs and window-panes of
fiour-sacking. Fences and %outhouses
there was none. Uttered paths ram
bled aimlessly hither and thither from
chip-strewn yards to starved patches
of corn, under-cultivated and blighted.
Over the whole place hung an indie
scribable atmosphere of disconsolate
filth, of unredeemed ~squalor and vile
ness.
With one hand on the dogs collar.
hushing him to silence. Valiant. IN
seen, looked at the wretched place
with a SILVER. He had glimpsed many
wretched purlieus in the slums of
great cities, but this. in the open sun
light. with the clean woods about it
and the sweet clear blue above. stood
out with an unrelieved boldness and
contrast hat was doubly sinister and
forbidding. He knew instantly that
the tawdry corner was the community
known as Hell's .Half-Acre, the place
to which Shirley mad made her night
ride to rescue Hickey Snyder.
A quick glad realization of her cour-
age rushed through him. On its heels
came a feeling of shame that a spot
iihS 1hlS Soulu eAlSl, d lOul DlOt OH
such a landscape. II was on his own
land! Its denizens held place by
squatter sovereignty. but he was.
nevertheless. their landlord. The
thought bred a new sense of RESPONSE
bility, Something should be done for
them, too.
As he gazed. an uproar In a cabin
reached a climax. A red-bearded fig
IRE In nondescript garments shot from
the door and collapsed in a heap in
the dirt. He got up with a dreadful
oath-a jug thrown at him grazing
his temple as he did so-and shaking
his fist behind him. staggered into a
nearby lean-to.
Valiant turned away with a feeling
almost OF nausea, and plunged back
down the forest hillside.
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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
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor car. a
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
mensely. Shirley's mother, Mrs. Dand-
ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem
inircences during which IT is revealed
that the major. Valiant's father, and a
man named Sasson were rivals for the
hand Of Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
Sasson and Valiant g a duel on her
account In which the former was killed.
Valiant nnds Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and the build
ingB in a very much neglected condition:
He decides to rehabilitate the place and
make the land produce a living for him.
Valiant saves Shirley from the bite of a
snake. which bites him. Knowing the
deadliness OF the bite, Shirley sucks the
poison from the wound and saves his life.
Shirley tells her mother Of the incident
and the latter Is strangely moved at
hearing that a Valiant is again living at
Dsmory court. Valiant learns for the
first time that his father left Virginia on
account of a duel in which Doctor
Southall n Major Bristow acted as his
father's seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. cambridge
faints when she first meets ALA
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THGH@
TO HOLD CONGRESS AT FAIR
The Leading Good Roads Associations
Of the United States to Meet at
Panama-Pacific Exposition.

Preliminary plans have been com
pleted for what promises to be the
largest gathering of good roads advo-
Gates ever held. This meeting will be
held at the Panama-Paciic interna-
tional exposition and will be known as
the Pan-American road congress. 1t
will be under the joint auspices OF
the American Road Builders a~ssocia-
ton and the American Highway asso-
citation. The tentative date selected
is that of the week of September g.
The plans for the congress will be
handled by an executive committee
OF FIVE. This committee is made up
of Gov. Charles w. Gates of Vermont,
chairman; w. w. Crosby. former state
highway engineer of Maryland, and E.
l. Powers, editor Of Good Roads, rep
%resenting the American Road Build
ers' association, and James H. Mac
Donald, former state highway commits
sioner of Connecticut, and J.. E.. Pen
nybacker. chief of division of econom-
les, United States office of public roads,
representing the American Highway
association.
At the meeting held in Montpelier,
VT, on March 18, Governor Gates was
elected the fifth member and chair
man of the committee. In order to
facilitate its work the committee has
appointed the same among foul sub
committees, as follows: Finance,
James Il. Macdonald; program, w.
w. Crosby; publicity, e. L. Powers,
and arrangements, ]. E. Pennybacker.
1t is expected that this meeting will
bring together not only official rep
resentatives from every state but also
from the Canadian provinces and
many Of the South American coun-
tries. Official invitations will soon be
issued to the governors of the several
states to appoint delegates.
The members of the committee have
been working for some months in
making preparations for this meet
ing, and great interest has beer shown
in the work by those identified with
highway improvement. The co-opera-
ton of other good roads organizations,
the railroads and others, is promised,
with the result that it is expected
that the meeting will mark a mile
stone in the propaganda for good
roads.
The organization under whose aus
pices the joint congress will be held
are known as the two leading good
roads associations of the United
States. Both associations during the
last few years have held successful
congresses independently, but this
year it was felt. in view of the Pana-
ma-Paciic International exposition,
that It would best serve the interests
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slowed away beneath the seats, dis
closing all manner of picnic edibles-
the courthouse yard was an array OF
grass-spread t~able-cloths. and an air
Of plenty reigned. 20
Within Mrs. Merryweather Mason's
brown house hospitality sat enthroned
and the generous dining-room wal
held by a regiment OF feminine out-of-
town acquaintance.
The yard, an hour later. was an &C
tive encampment of rocking chairs.
and a din of conversation f1oated out
over the pink oleanders whose tubs
a achieved a fresh coat of bright
green paint for the occasion. Mrs.
Poly Giford-a guest of the day
here shone resplendent.
The young folks are counting
nightly on the dance tonight" OBJ
served Mrs. Livy Stowe of Seven Oaks
Even b BUckner girls have got new
ball dresses"
"Improvident. I call it," said Mrs.
Clifford. They can't afford such
things. with Park Hill mortgaged up
to the roof the way 1t u.s."
Mrs. Mason's soft apologize alto
interposed. They're sweet girls,
and we're lever young but once. |
think 1t vas 80 fine of MI. Valiant
to offer to give the ball. l heal he's
motored to Charlottesville three or
four times for fixings. though | under
stand he's poor enough since he gave
up his money as he did. What a
princely act that vast"
"Y-e-e-es." agreed Mrs. Clifford, "but
a little-what shall / call it?-pre-
cipitous! II l were married to a man
like that / should always be In terror
of his adopting an orphan asylum or
turning Republican or something
equally impossible"
The doctor shut his office door with
a vicious slam and from the vantage
of the wire window-screen looked sour
ly across the beds of marigold and
nasturtium.
II reckon II Mrs. Poly Clifford shut
her mouth more than ten minutes
handwriting" he said inadvertently,
1.-The top Of her head'd fly from here
to Charlottesville"
The major, ensconced with a cigar
in the easy chair behind him. -four
ished his palm-leaf fan and smote an
errant fly.
Speaking of Damory Court" he
said in his big voice. THE dance idea
was a happy thought of young Va
liant's. I'll be surprised If he doesn't
do it to the queens taste"
The doctor nodded. This place
can't teach him much about such fol-
derolings. l reckon. He's led more
cotillions than I've got hairs on my
head"
I'D hardly limit 1t to that" said
the major. chortling at the easy thrust.
And after all. even folderolings have
their USE"
Who said they hadn't? II people
choose to make whirling dervishes Of
themselves. they at least can reflect
that it's better for their lives than
cane-bottom chairs. Though that's
about all you can say in favor of
the modern ball."
"Pshaw!" said the major. 81 re-
member a time when you used to rig
out in a claw-hammer and
e" Dance all night till broad daylight
And go home with the gyrls in the morn
Ing
with the bravest of us. Used to like
ii. too"
tTo BE CoNTINUEDJ
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ran through hell bareheaded. I'm
Meanwhile the two figures above
had pushed through the tangle into
a circular sunny space where stood a
short round pillar of red onyx. It was
a sun-dial. its vine-clad disk cut OF
gray polished stone in which its metal
tongue was socketed. Round the outer
edge OF the disk ran an Inscription
in archaic lettering. Valiant pulled
away the clustering ivy leaves and
read: Il count no hours but the hap
py ones"
IF that had only been truel" he
said.
1T is true. See how the vines hid
the gun from it. It ceased to mark
the time after the Court was de-
serted"
I'll put moopf1owers at its base and
where you are standing, Madonna
lilies. The outer part of the circle
shall have bridal-wreath and white
irises. and they shall shade out into
pastel colors-mauves and grays and
he~liotropes. oh, l shall owe this spoti
perhaps sometime the best of ALL"
Which do you love the most now? p
He leaned slightly toward her, one
hand on the dial's time-notched rim.
Don't you known" he said in a lower
voice. Gould any other spot mean to
me what that acre under the hemlocks
means?"
Her face was turned from him, her
fingers pulling at the drifting vine, and
a splinter of sunlight tangled in her
hair like a lace of frefiies.
Il could never forget It," he con-
tinued. The thing that spoiled my
fathers life happened there. yet there
we two first talked. and there you"
DON'T" she said. facing him.
'Don'tl"
"Ah, let me speak! l want to tell
you that ] shall carry the memory of
that afternoon, and of your brave kind
ness. always. always! If were never
to see you again in this life, l should
always treasure it. If l died of thirst
in some Sahara. it would be the last
thing l should remember-your face
would be the last thing l should see!
II L"
In the silence there was the sound
of a slow football on the gravel walk,
and at the same moment he saw a
magical change. Shirley drew back.
The soft gentian blue of her eyes
darkened. The lips that an instant
before had been tremulous, parted in
a low delicious laugh. She swept him
a deep curtsey.
Il am beholden to you. SIR" she
said gaily, for a most knightly COM
pliment. There's the major. Come
and let us show him where we've
planted the ramblers."
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stood before the porch.
Cad" chuckled the major. "Whc
would think It had been unoccupiec
for three decades? At this rate. you'll
loon be giving dances, sab"
"Ah," said Valiant. That's the very
thing ! want to suggest. The tourna-
ment comes OF next week. l under
stand. and it's been the custom to
have a ball hat night. The tourney
ground is on this estate. and Damory
Court is handler than the Country
Club. Why wouldn't 1t be appropriate
to hold the dance here? The ground
floor rooms are in order. and II the
young people would put up with II, 1t
would be a great pleasure to me. I as
sure you"
"oh!" breathed Shirley. That
would be too wonderful"
The major seized his hand and
shook 1t heartily. Il can answer for
the committee" he said. They'll
jump at 1t. Why, sab. the new gener-
alton has never set eyes inside the
house. It's a golden legend to them"
Then I'll go ahead with arrange
ments."
He led them around the house and
down the terraces of the formal gar
den. and here the majors encomiums
broke forth again. You are going to
take us old folks back, sah," he said
with real feeling. This garden in
its original lines was unique. 1t had d
piquancy and a picturesqueness that,
thank God. are to be restored One
can understand the owner of an es-
tate like this having no desire to
spend his life philandering abroad. We
all hope, sab, that you will recur to
the habit of your ancestors and count
Damory Court home"
Valiant smiled slowly. 81 don't
dream of anything else." he said. My
life. as | map It out. seems to begin
here. The rest doesn't count-only
the years when | was little and had
my father"
The major carefully adjusted his
eyeglasses. His head was turned
away. "Ah. yes" he said.
THE last twenty years." continued
the other, from my present view
point, are valuable mainly for con
trast."
las a consistent regimen of pate
de foie gras." said Shirley quizzically.
makes one value bread and butter?"
He shook his head at her. las star
walton makes one appreciate plenty.
The next twenty years are to be here.
But they hold side-trips, too. Now
and then there's a jaunt back to the
city"
Contrast again." she asked inter
estedly.
Yes and no. Yes, because no one
who has ever known that blazing
changing life can really understand the
peace n blessedness of a place like
this. No, because there are something's
which are to be found only there.
There are the galleries and the opera.
| need a breath of them both"
And semi-occasional longer flights.
too" the major reflected. "A look-see
abroad once in a blue moon. Why
not?"
Yes. For mental photographs-im-
pressions n can't get from between
.book-covers There's an old cloister
garden ! know In Italy and a particu-
lar river.bank in Japan in the cherry
blossom season. and a tiny island with
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Bad Roads Ipterfere.

There is not any question about bad
roads interfering with placing the
crops on the market al the proper
time.
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AnurIna Country Road.

There is nothing more alluring than
d good country road stretching on
over the hills and leading to some IN
discovered country.
The Coconino sun., 1915-11-05
Bonfire Party

Perhaps one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season was the bonfire party at Fort Valley on last Tues day evening with Mir. and Mrs. G. A. Pierson as host and hostess.
 Twenty machines conveyed the guests to the Pierson home which proved an ideal spot for just this form of entertainment.
 Seated about the huge fire the guests grew merry over the conun- drums offered for guessing and the marsh mallow toast was distinctly pleasing to the ladies.
 Later the guests were called to the dining room where they were served a most filling lunch. Mrs. Warren Perkins presided at the coffee urn and Mrs. R. R. Hill also assisted. At a late hour the guests returned to town to recall with pleasure the enjoyable occasion:
The Coconino sun., 1915-11-05
Cattle and More Than Two Million
 Dollars

Illinois has been a plague spot for foot and mouth disease which has pre- vailed in that State for some time. At one time it was thought to have been entirely wiped out, and the quar- antine was removed after the killing of million and half dollars worth of stock. The disease was soon re- ported again, however, and now an- other million dollars worth of stock has been destroyed. All this money must be paid by the taxpayers. The most valuable herds seem to be the ones most certain of attack, and some of the owners resist the action of the authorities. One lady who owns a most valuable dairy herd procured an injunction to prevent the killing of her stock and it is intimated that the inspectors are accused of spreading the disease. It is serious matter at best. A herd of deer that was kept near Chicago has been slaughtered.
The Coconino sun., 1915-11-05
INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE LOCAL SOCIAL WORLD
 By MRS. FRANK N NOBLE
By MRS. FRANK ~. NOBLE

Miss Pearl looked charming in white while Miss Bozeman and Miss Doyle were quite facinating in their colonial costumes. Miss Kennedy wore love- ly frock of the early eighties as did also the Misses Mary and Louise Greenlaw Miss Phelan, the Misses Barbara and Louise Rickel were very quaint in their old fashioned gowns.
 Miss Lind was dainty in white and Miss Bonison was captivating little Indian maid. The gentlemen came too in old fashioned dress and in- cluded the following-Albert Smith, Adolph Bader, John Kennedy, Gaston Aubineau, Alfred Root, Tyler Adkins, Fred Metz, John Snowberger, Elmer Jaskson, Merville Mills and a myste- rious unknown masked parsonage, Mrs. Black.
 The usual as well as the unusual games were played with great success and a witch who told the fortunes of the guests added to the entertain ment.
The Coconino sun., 1915-11-05
San Diego Day at Fair

San Diego has been kept busy en- tertaining this year on account of it's exposition and now all of San Diego is getting ready for a big holiday. This will be November r when San Diego Day will be celebrated at the exposition. Days for the cities in which expositions have been held have always produced the record-brealling crowds and so on San Diego Day at tendance records at the exposition here are expected to be shattered. Already enthusiasm has been aroused to the degree where estimates that the attendance will be more than 5O,- 900 are being made.
 The day will be an official holiday throughout the city. The proclama- tion of San Diego's mayor declares it such at all stores, business houses and schools will be closed. Large blocks of tickets have been taken by the business interests to be distributed amoung their employees while those who hold annual tickets and passes have signified their intention of not using them for the day. A special ticket for the day will be sold and the first 100 of these will be signed by President c. A. Davidson and auc- toned off. Already bid of $500 has been received from local banker for ticket No. 1.