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Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
GIANT OF THE MOUNTAIN.

Did you ever hear Of the giant who
lived on the top of great high mcun-
tain? He slept all day, and at night he
would go into the valley and walk over
houses. He could step over a house
easily. Sometimes he would strike ii
with his club and make It rock, and
the people would say, How hard the
wind blows" Then he would strike
the rocks and make sparks fly, and
they would call 1t lightning. His laugh
was like thunder, and when he sneezed
or whistled they called It tornado
Sometimes he would drink all the
water in the wells, and the people
would say, What terrible drought
And when he carried OFF a cow-and
he could easily take one under his
armand once in while barn with
everything in it, then they knew the
giant had been there.
One morning Farmer Burton awoke
to find all his winter supplies gone
and his old horse Nancy, which his
little boys, Hans and Oscar, loved
very much.
what shall we do?" cried Mother
Burton. "We shall starve, and poor
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
He Could Step over a House Easily.

Nancy, we never shall see her again"
After breakfast Hans and Oscar
talked it over themselves and de-
cided to try to find Nancy. They told
their mother they were going to hunt
for Nancy, and they wanted some
lunch, as they might not be back that
night. Mother Burton told them It
was useless to hunt anywhere but on
the mountain where the giant lived,
and they could not go there, and If
they ever did reach the top the giant
might keep them, but as they never
had heard Of the giant taking chill
dren, they started for the mountain.
They climbed all the morning, and
at noon sat down to eat their lunch
con under a tree. A little old man
came along, and they gave him some
of their food and told him what their
errand was. He told them that he
knew about the wickedness of the
giant, and would help them little. He
had staff in his hand, which he gave
to Oscar and Hans and told them 1t
would help them up the mountain. He
also told them that If they could get
the big belt which the giant wore he
would lose his power and become as
small as an ordinary man, and do no
more harm. The boys thanked him
and started on their journey.
Hans had the staff, and soon he
was we'll up the mountain, and poor
Oscar was far behind, so Hans waited
for his brother to come up to him;
then Oscar took the STAFF, and in a few
minutes he was far ahead. He waited
for Hans, and they decided it must
be the staff, so they both took hold
OF 1t, and sure enough they moved up
the mountain at a rapid rate, for the
little old man had given them magic
staff.
Soon they were on the top of the
mountain, and they could see the
giants feet sticking out of a cave.
"Shall we go closer?" asked Hans.
"Of course" said Oscar. What
did we come for? There is old Nancy
over by that tree"
Nancy saw them and neighed and
called to them in horse language. They
had Just reacned ner WneH tne gam
awoke. He stood up and took one
step, which brought him beside the
| boys.
what are you doing here, you lit
tie scamps?" he roared.
'If you would sit down, we could
tell you; you are SO tall we cannot
see your face, and we want to talh
to you."
"Oh, you do?" said the giant, What
do you want to say? You are so small
/ could pick you up with my thuml
and finger and drop you on the noun
tain"
"But that would not do you any
good" said Oscar, "and it would xii
me. win you please come down near
er the ground?"
The giant walked around and mad'
roaring noise, but the boys stoo'
still, although their hearts were beat
ing fast The giant pulled up a tre'
and threw It on the ground, and seateI
himself upon It.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
FIIms In London.

London is declared to be at present
the film city of the world. Every
week there is passing through the city
1,250,O0O feet of film. or about 10000
900 feet a year, of which 6O.000,0OO
feet is coming from America. For
this 6O,0OO,OOO feet 1t is estimated that
British picture theater audiences are
paying round 00O,000-s s5,0OO,OOO
Ia year to the Americans, of which
G 100000 goes in salaries and wages
to producers, players and others actu-
ally connected with the making OF pic
lures. But the sum total of British
distress is not that all this money
goes to the Americans. Discovery has
been made that big share of the
control of American picture produc-
tion is in the hands Of German-Ameri-
cans. More than this, It is said. that
there Is no difficulty in getting films
made In Germany to America and
that these films are many of them ex-
hibited in Great Britain.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
Like south See IaIanders.

Cursing and swearing need be put
neither among sins nor among the vir-
tues. They may be a vice Of lam
guage; they are scarcely vice of the
heart.
They are merely survival of differ
ent days, like caudal appendage or
the flash of black tape that falls down
the back of a Welsh soldier.
Cursing has sunk into form OF
words, and in ninety-nine cases out
of hundred has hardly more meaning
than italics.
The Germans, so far as one knows,
are the only European people during
the present war who are attempting to
curse after the old serious fashion.
The Germans seem to say, God pun
ish England" with the same savage
literalness as the South Sea islander
says, MAY fire blast the eyes of the
person who has stolen my bananas!"
New York Telegraph.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

Now what do you want?" he asked.
Oscar did the talking, so he told
the giant that he had their horse
Nancy and they had come for her.
"You cannot have her." said the
giant. 'I am going to eat her."
"She will not be very tender" re-
piled Oscar, "for she is very old" He
was almost crying at the thought Of
poor Nancy's fate.
"Oh, that will not bother me-" said
the giant; ''loOk at my teeth" He
opened his mouth, and the boys moved
away, for IL was large enough to swal-
low them whole, and his teeth looked
like big stones.
He laughed when he saw the boys
were frightened, and IL shook the
mountains; the boys were glad when
he became serious again. But he would
not let Nancy go, and told them he
thought he should keep them also;
they were so small he liked to look at
them, and it made him seem so very
large. The boys were quite fright
ened, and Hans, who had remained
silent till then, said, "If you don't let
us go home in few days we will stay
and work for you"
What can you do?" said the giant.
eve can try to do anything you
ask u.s." replied Hans.
We'll, amuse me, then. Can you
dancer"
mot very well, but we can sing"
said Hans, who had been struck with
happy thought.
"Well, sing then" said the giant.
The boys sang funny song, and the
old giant laughed SO hard that he
rolled OF the tree onto the ground.
Then the boys began singing soft, low
songs. The giant pulled big stone
under his head and listened. Soon his
eyes began to close, and after while
he was fast asleep.
Hans stopped singing, but told his
brother to keep on while he crept
over to the giant and very gently un-
fastened the belt he wore. Then he
brought Nancy to where Oscar was
still singing, and they both mounted.
Hans told Oscar to hold the staff in
DOLu uduuS Wull6 ne nSlu Lu0 D0lC.
Nancy trotted away with the boys, but
soon she seemed to be flying so fast
did they go, and almost before they
knew it they were at the foot of the
mountain, and there the little old man
was waiting for them. They returned
his staff, and thanked him very much
for lending it to them. He told them
to bury the belt in the ground when
they reached home.
The sun was just setting when they
rode into the yard, but they told their
father and mother about the belt, and
Father Burton said they must bury it
at once, which they did and in the
morning they went to the mountain
and recovered all the supplies which
had been lost.
That night, after Oscar and Hans
were in bed, Oscar said: II should
like very much to have seen the old
| giant when he awoke and found he
was only as large as an. ordinary man" !"
eyes," said Hans. But / am glad
I am at home"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
CHAPTER XII.
ould pro Quo.


II was his blessing that had done
It; up to then she had controlled her
feelings in a fashion worthy of the
title just bestowed upon her. If only
he had stopped at that, and kept his
blessing to himselfl 1t sounded so
very much more like a knell that
Blanche had begun first to laugh, and
then to make such fool of herself
(as she herself reiterated) that she
was Obliged to run away in the worst
possible order.
But that was not the end of those
four superfluous words of final bene-
dlction; before the night was out they
had solved, to Blanche's satisfaction,
the hitherto impenetrable mystery of
Cazalet's conduct.
He had done something in Austria
liza, something that fixed a gulf be-
tween him and her. Blanche did not
mean something wrong, much less a
crime, least of all any sort Of com.
plicity in the great crime which had
been committed while he was on his
way home. But she believed the
worst he had done was to emulate
his friend, Mr. Potts, and to get en-,
gagged or perhaps actually married to
somebody in the bush,
There was no reason why he should
not; there never had been any sort
or kind of understanding between her
self and him; 1t was only as lifelong
friends that they had written to each
other, and that only once year. Life
long friendships are traditionally fatal
to romance. They had both beer
free as air; and If he was free nc
longer, she had absolutely no cause
for complaint. even If she was foo
enough to feel It.
/ All this she saw quite clearly IL hel
very honest heart. And yet, he nigh
have told her; he need not have fiowl
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
CHAPTER xI-cOntInusd.


The trusty, sisterly, sensible voice.
half banterlng but altogether kind.
genuinely interested II the least bit
anquisItiVe, too. would have gone to a
harder or more hardened heart than
beat on BIanche's balcony that night.
Yet as Cazalet lighted his pipe he
Hooked old enough to be her father.
"I'll tell you some time" he puffed.
IT'S only case OF two heads" said
Blanche. Il know you're bothered,
and should like to help. that's all"
you couldn't"
How do you know? believe you're
going to devote yourself to this poor
man-if you can get him OFF, mean,
when you do"
"Well?" he said.
Surely | could help you there!
Especially IL he's ILL.," cried Blanche,
encouraged by his silence. I'm not
half a bad nurse. Teallyl"
I'm certain you're not"
Does he look very ill?"
She had been trying to avoid the
direct question as far as possible, but
this one seemed so harmless Yet 1t
was received in a stony silence unlike
any that had gone before. 1t was as
though Cazalet neither moved nor
breathed. whereas he had been all
asighs and fidgets just before. His pipe
was out already-that was the one
merit of bush tobacco, 1t required
constant attention-and he did not
look like lighting it again.
Until tonight they had not men
toned scruton since the motoring be-
gan. That had been a tacit rule of the
road. of wayside talk and indoor orgy.
But Blanche had always assumed that
sCazalet had been to see him in the
prison; and now he told her that he
never had.
Il can't face him." he cried under
his breath, "and that's the truth! Let
Ine get him out of this hole, and I'm
his man forever; but until do, while
there's a chance OF falling, | simply
cant face the fellow. 1t isn't as If
he'd asked to see me- Why should I
force myself upon him?"
EA0 hoSh deheu " See yOu peCduSe
he doesn't know what you're doing for
him!" Blanche leaned forward as ca
,gerly as she was speaking, all her re-
pressed feelings coming to their own
lin her for Just a moment. "He doesn't
know because do believe you
wouldn't have him told that you'd ar,
trIved. lest he should suspect! You
n WI iIxyn
He was too much of one to sit still
under the name. He sprang up, beat
ing his hands. "Why shouldn't be
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

to see her, the instant he landed, or
seemed SO overioyed. and such a boy
again, or made so much OF her aad
their common memoriesl He need not
have begun begging her, in a minute,
to go out to Australia, and then never
have mentioned 1t again; he might
Just as we'll have told her II he had or
hoped to have a wife to welcome her!
OF course he saw It afterward, him.
self; that was why the whole subject
Of Australia had been dropped 80 sud
denly and for good. Most likely he
had married beneath him; II so, she
was very sorry, but he might have said
that he was married.
Curiously enough, II was over Mar
tina that she felt least able to forgive
him. Martha would say nothing, but
her unspoken denunciations of GAIA
let would be only less intolerable than
her unspoken sympathy with Blanche.
Martha had been perfectly awful about
the whole thing. And Martha had com.
mitted the final outrage Of being per-
fectly right, from her idiotic point Of
view.
Now among all these meditations Of
long night, and Of still longer day,
in which nobody even troubled to send
her word OF the case at Kingston, 1t
would be too much to say that no
thought of Hilton Toye ever entered
the mind of Blanche. She could not
help liking him; he amused her i'm
mensely; and he had proposed to her
twice, and warned her he would again.
She felt the force of his warning, be-
cause she felt his force Of character
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

and will. She literally felt these
forces, as actual emanations from the
strongest personality that had ever
impinged upon her own.
In the day of reaction, such consid-
erations were bound to steal In as
single spies, each with certain con-
ISOLATION, not altogether innocent OF
comparisons. But the battalion Of
Toye's virtues only marched on
Blanche when Martha came to her, on
the little green rug of lawn behind
the house, to say that Mr. Toye him.
self had called and was in the draw
ing-room.
Blanche stole up past the door, and
quickly made herself smarter than she
had ever done by day for Walter Caza-
let; at least she put on a "dressy"
blouse, her calling skirt (which al
ways looked new). and did what she
could to her hair. All this was only
because Mr.. Toye always came down
as If 1t were Mayfair, and 1t was rotten
to make people feel awkward II you
could help it. So in sailed Blanche,
in her very best for the light Of day,
to be followed as soon as possible by
the silver teapot, though she had just
had tea herself. And there stood Hill
ton Toye, chin blue and collar black,
his trousers all knees and creases, ex-
actly as he had jumped out of the boat
train.
81 guess I'm not fit to speak to you, I"
he said, "but that's just what I've
come to do-for the third time!"
"Oh, Mr.. Toye!" cried Blanche,
really frightened by the face that
made his meaning clear. 1t relaxed
a little as she shrank involuntarily,
but the compassion in his eyes and
mouth did not lessen their steady de-
termination.
81 didn't have time to make myself
presentable," he explained. Il thought
you wouldn't have me waste a moment
il you understood the situation.
want you to promise to marry me
right now!"
Blanche began to breathe again
Evidently he was on the eve Of yet an
other of his journeys, probably bach
to America, and he wanted to go over
engaged; at first she had thought he
had bad news to break to her, but this
was no worse than she had heard be
fore. Only 1t was more difficult tC
cope with him; everything was differ
ent and he so much more pressing
and precipitate. She had never me
this Hilton Toye before. Yes; sh'
was distinctly frightened by him. Blu
in a minute she had ceased to b'
J frightened Of herself; she knew he
own mind once more, and spoke !
much as he had spoken his, quite com
passionately, but just as tersely Y
the point.
"One moment" he interrupted. :
said nothing about my feelings, be
cause they're kind of stale propose
: ton by this time; but for forms SAX
: l may state there's no change there
4 except In the only direction / guess
: persons feelings are liable to chang
l toward you, Miss Blanchei I'm a wors
a case than ever. If that makes any di
0 ference"
Q Blanche shook her yellow heat
i Nothing can," she said. There mus
be no possible mistake about II thi
r time, because / want you to be yer
{ good aud never ask me again.
D GRO BE coNTINUED)
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
Kindness 20 sisters.

A schoolmaster in the country de,
livered an address to the scholars, Of
which the following passage is an ex-
ample:
you boys ought to be kind to your
little sisters. / once knew bad boy
who struck his little sister a blow
over the eye. Although she didn't fade
and die in the early summer time,
when the June roses were blooming,
with the sweet words of forgiveness
on her pallid lips, she rose and hit
him over the head with rolling pin,
so that he couldn't go to school for
more than a month, on account OF not
being able to put his hat on"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04


rupt.
'No-no-but II he had!"
You'd still stand by him?"
I've told you so before. meant
to take him back to Australia with me
Il never told you that-but l meant
to take him. and not a soul out there
to know who he was" He sighed aloud
over the tragic stopper on that plan.
"And would you still?" she asked.
IF could get him on"
Guilty or not guilty?"
"Rather!"
There was neither shame, pose, nor
hesitation about that. Blanche went
through into the room without a word,
but her eyes shone finely in the lamp
light. Then she returned with a book,
and stood half in the balcony, framed
as in panel, looking for a place.
You remind me of The Thousandth
Man," she told him as she found it.
Who was her"
He's every man who does q thou.
sandth part of what you're doing!"
said Blanche with confidence. And
then she read, rather shyly and not
too well:
"One man In a thousand" Solomon says,
"Will stick more close than a brother.
And it's worth while seeking him half
your days
II you find him before the other.
| Nine hundred and ninety-nine depend
On what the world sees in you,
| But the Thousandth Man will stand your
friend
With the whole round world agin you"
Il should hope he would" said Caza-
let, "if he's a man at ALL"
But this is the bit for you," said
Blanche:
His wrongs your wrong. and his rights
your right,
In season or out of season.
| Stand up and back it in all mems sight
With that for your only reason!
Nine hundred and ninety-nine can't bide
The shame or mocking or laughter,
But the Thousandth Man will stand by
your side
To the gallows- -foot-and after"
The last words were italics in
Blanche's voice, and 1t trembled, but
so did Cazalets as he cried out in his
formula:
That's the finest thing ever heard
in all my life! But it's true, and so
1t should be. l don't take any credit
for it."
'Then you're all the more the thou.
sandth mani"
He caught her suddenly by the
shoulders. His rough hands trembled /;
his Jaw worked. Look here, Blanche! 4!
II you had a friend. wouldn't you do
the same?"
Eyes, If I'd such a friend as all
that" she faltered.
You'd stand by his side to the gal.
lows-foot'-if he was swine enough to
let you?"
'T dare say might
However bad a thing 1t was-nur
der, If you like-and however much
he was mixed up in it-not like poor
Scruton?"
"rd try to stick to him." she said
simply.
"Then you're the thousandth WON
an" said Cazalet. God bless you
Blanchie!"
He turned on his heel in the bal
cony, and a minute later found the
room behind him empty. He entered
stood thinking, and suddenly begaI
looking all over for the photograph o.
himself, with a beard, which he hat
seen there week before.
|
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04

do him-to a poor devil who's been
through all he's been through? Ten
years! Just think of it; no. it's un-
rfhinkable to you or me. And 1t all
started In our office; we were to blame
Gor not keeping our eyes open; things
couldn't have come to such a pass II
we'd done our part, my poor old father
for One-I can't help saying it-and
myself for another. Talk about con-
rtributory negligence! We were neg
Igent, as well as blind. We didn't
know a villain when we saw one. and
Me let him make another villain un,
der our noses; and the second one
was the only one we could see in his
true colors. even then Do you think
we owe him nothing now? Don't you
think I owe him something. as the
only man left to pay?'
But Blanche made no attempt tc
answer his passionate questions. He
had let himself go at last; it relieved
her also In a way. for It was the natu
raj man back again on her balcony
But he had set Blanche OF thinking OF
other lines than he intended.
+Tm thinking OF what he must have
felt he owed Mr.. Craven and-anC
Ethei!" she owned.
Il don't bother my head over eithe
of chem" returned Cazalet harshly
NE was never a white man in hi
lifetime. and she was every inch hi
daughter, scruton's the one | pity
because I'VE suffered so much fron
that man myself"
-But you don't think he did it'
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
Curious Illusion.

will be seen cleaning on the plate,
and second piece will be seen swim
ming on the surface of the water. 1t
is refraction of the rays Of light which
causes this curious illusion, for, the
moment the glass is restored to its
original position and the water ceases
to move, the second piece of money
disappears.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
prownlna season Is on.

This is the drowning season-the
time of year when the boys and girls
who don't know how to swim go un-
der in the streams and lakes and
never come up again. Every boy,
and girl, for that matter, ought to be
taught how to swim.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-11-04
ouehI

Mrs. Nexdore-Can you lend me
cup OF sugar, an egg, and piece OF
butter and "a
Mrs. Naybor-Certainly! Wouldn't
you like to take home some of our gas
to cook it with?-Boston Evening
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