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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-14

b6fs N ~ Back ana puii down
an he curtains hi the ofnee.
and for the love Of Mike. gentle
men. u you can flx II. In any way.
20 that the newspapers OF this state
cauno, make a dollar; Il you can cut
Oh an the revenue. ~ an means don't
overlook any bets.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-14
BERNARD S. RoDEY

Practices before the higher local
and national courts nnd departments.
Formerly delegate In congress from
y NJ Federal judge of Porto Rico.
4. = Attorney ia Alaska, ana special
prosecutor uudcr the national depart
ment OF Justice.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-14

4 lazy liver leads To chronic dys-
pcusia and constipation--weakens the
whole system. Deans Regulets (sac
per hox) act mildly on the liver and
bowels. Al all drug stores.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-16

Greek word, Iogothetes, meaning a
scrivener who draws up papers. 1t
is the name of a subordinate who
does the work of a secretary and
holds purely minor position.
81 think Roosevelt raked up this
scathing term from some history he
had probably read recently. 1t is by
no means commonly known word
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-16

: Byzantine logothete,' as Col
Roosevelt used it in reference to
President Wilson, is term of pro-
found contempt, explained Prof.
Basil Gildersleeve, retired professor
of Greek at Johns Hopkins univer-
sity and the foremost classical stu
dent in America
= 1T is derived" he says, from a
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hence!" laughed the sister-in-laW.
Not quite full day, o, false
prophecies! AS soon as | call there
tomorrow she'll have feeling that
I'm the man. | felt it in my bones
when | started out that ! was going
to meet the girl who'd change my
whole life over"
With that the subject was dropped.
The sister-in-law regarded it as one
of Fred's impulses, and he had some
planning to do and went out for a
walk.
hour, but nothing was heard of it UNI
til the next morning, when he had or
dered his auto around.
Whittier goeth thou, Fred?" asked
the sister-in-laW,
ITO make the acquaintance of my
future bride"
you don't mean you are going to
Franklin's.'
That's what / mean. I may not
be invited into the parlor, but shall
see Miss Irene"
But how? What excuse will you
make?"
aLeghorn chickens, my dear. Best
excuse in the world. Without the
Leghorns / should be in doubt. With
them / am sure winner"
"But-but-"
"TeIlN you all about it when / get
back. Delays are dangerous in cases
of love. Some other guy may get to
the Leghorns first"
Luck may or may not occasionally
help out a man of cheek but she's a
sure friend of man of nerve.
| She had Fred Hackett roll up to
the Franklin house just as Miss Irene
came out to feed her cherished Leg
horns a late breakfast. He descend
| ed from his auto and entered the
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for your hour of triumphant mine
when you come to claim me.
Alice"
For a brief moment, Berringer held
the yellowed sheet to his lips; then
suddenly thrust it back into the pack
ct with a gesture Of self-contempt..
What right had he-a failure-to
desecrate himas she surely must by
now--she could not despise him as he
did himself.
He frowned as he picked up the
manuscript and snapped the rotten
cord that held it. The seal on the
envelope was still unbroken-after
score OF years.
He smiled cynically in anticipation
OF the polite printed slip of regret
that doubtless reposed between the
sheets just as the editor had placed
it a couple of decades ago.
A strong impulse rushed over him
to toss the whole thing into the IRE.
but an equally potent one OF curiosa-
ty assailed him to look inside once
more-and he broke the seal.
A blur of penscript confronted him.
He gave a little start, lifted the LETT
ter with shaking fingers and read:
my Dear Mr. BerringerYou have
handled this subject in a mastery
manner-nothing short of it. We pre-
dict a big success for your book and
intend to spend a small fortune in ad-
vertising it.
.EIowever, We are somewhat puzzled
"a bit Observation-Disclosures the ending.
1t seems hazy, incomplete. We are
quite certain. that you can readily
remedy this defect and will willingly
do SO under persuasion Of the as
sured sale we foretell for your work
We accordingly return the Ms. fol-
your correction.
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"Oh no. but it might make you un-
happy
ut couldn't make me any unhap-
pier than am now. You deserve ev-
erything good that life can give and
it seems so cruel that you should be
denied anything. A poet has said,
Mans love is Of mans life thing
apart, but it wouldn't be man like
you, MIR. Bob.
"You are forgetting your own hurt
in sympathy for me. That is how a
woman's instructive mother feeling to
comfort helps her bear personal
sorrow better than a man can under
the same circumstances. There is not
a time when / can force myself to
forget"
Does the woman love your"
mo, that is why / have never had
the courage to ask her to marry me. "
You have never told her that you
love herr"
NO, never"
''Why, maybe she loves you, Mr..
Bob. A woman doesn't carry her heart
on her sleeve, you know.
Il knew this woman when she was
a little girl" said the man reminis-
Gently. II watched her grow to wom-
anhood with many men to love and
court her. There was no place for
me. She regarded me as kind,
good-natured old fellow in whom she
could confide. That was ALL Some
day / shall be asked to give in mar
riage." Mr.. Rob's voice was soft and
low and there was the mellow sound
Of music in it.
II shall feel her arm tremble with
in mine as we advanced to meet thf
man she loves. Then when have
given her up to him, my arms viii
drop at my sides, useless and fOrevel
empty because of her. cannot bs
her guardian them"
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~ ~ "a W V'yE " v'yvV Vv.s


ready-w-h-ew!"
"she closes her eyesl" joyousIy ex-
claimed the girl as she danced
around.
"She does. Miss Franklin, and let
me congratulate you on possessing
one Of the very few fl0cks OF pure
Leghorns in America"
Thank you. | shall be prouder
than ever of them now
And now about the feed" said Mr..
Hackett as he put on wise look.
HBut please tell me what you feed
yours?"
"IJm. Uh. ] must look up the writ
ten instructions they gave me in Leg
horn and copy them OF for you"
- shall be so grateful to you'll"
"Well?' queried Mr.. Hackett's Sis
ter-in-law, as he returned with a
grin on his face.
81 told you I'd do it."
"You haven't been to Franklin's!'
II have"
sYou didn't see Irene!"
"Had long talk with her.
Ell can't believe it."
But you must. It was about Leg
horns"
'sBut how one earth do you know
anything about Leghorns?'
HSaw 'em at the chicken show a
few weeks ago. Say, you've got to
help me out.
III you've been lying to that girl
"Rut there was no lying. / mean
there was no such lying as that cor
respondent up in Connecticut sends
In to the daily papers every week or
two. You've got hens here. What do
you feed them on?"
"But they are not LeghOrns," was
protested.
Its all the same thing, whether a
hen came from Lesnorn or Kalama-
zoo. You feed them the leavings oil
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calmly. announcing his defeat and re-
leasing her from all ties.
Afterward, he had set stoically 10
work. straining every nerve and Draln
cell to its capacity in the futile enort
to give the lie TO his own self-knoWl-
edge. The result was inevitable.
His first failure was followed by
repeated others and he had nnaily
thrown down his pen and yleiueu
himself grimiy to the sodden grind OF
. clerical desk in one of the big rail-
road offices.
All ambition was dead within him,
and though the only thing in life ne
really cared for might have Deen
his for the asking, he vowed solemn
" to forswear it until he had proved
himself deserving.
Rerriuger was sitting before his
desk. tracing eccentric designs on the
hlotter-pad and staring into space
! where the events OF his youth lined
themselves.
He Thought with little sigh OF
the letter the girl had sent him In an
swer of his own. Every word STOOD
forth wildly in his suddenly sur
charged imagination.
Imnelled by some incomprehensi-
HE impulse to open the old wound
he took out his keys and fitted one
Of them into the lock of secret draw
er The compartment yielded easily
To his pressure, and after 20 years ne
looked again on the things that nao
heen dear to him in his youth.
There was a packet of letters and
: hnIlyv envelope containing the rem
nants of his one great hope. lie drew
them them out with sort Of tinid reyer-
e s and sat for a moment turning
them over ii his hands, poignant
rats.rn sc the old bitterness making
him In, hesitate momentariiy to 90 fur
49,
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iy asserting his manly rights.
But | have always felt that 4
wouldn't marry him and | didn't
want to have any bitter memories.
A quiet, triumphant light beamed
suddenly in the shrewd gray eyes Of
the lawyer.
81 am glad, Eleanor" he said, that
you are keeping the flower of your
youth white for the right man, when
ever he comes. Why did you ever en-
ter into an engagement with Dick?"
"I am sorry that you asked me
that. | don't like to appear mean and
small in your eyes, but was Hat
tered and pleased with Dicks gener-
Gus wooing and / just allowed my
self to be engaged to show another
man that was desirables in some
body's eyes at least, and" concluded
Eleanor with a rueful little laugh, Il
had all my trouble for nothing for
the other man didn't even notice"
"That sounds as if you had fallen
in love, Eleanor"
Eyes, it sounds that way, she an
swered systematically.
Suppose you let me take you q
the opera tonight! | am not SO ole
that / have forgotten the gailantry
due a pretty woman
Go home with me and let's talk IN
stead, If you are really willing to
give me one of your valuable even
ings!"
Il am glad that you are not going
to marry Dick said Mr.. Bob as they
crossed the snowy pavement to MS
car. 81 thought you loved him and
that was the only reason did not
try to interfere Are you sure, per-
fectly sure, that you don't love Dick
now?"
yes Eleanore replied quickly
sDick has no ability and If he didn't
have money, he couldn't make any
always measure men by you since
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grounds and approached her, cap in
hand.
somebody to see father" she mus
ed.
"Or a book agent"
"Or a windmill man"
mo, he's a--av"
excuse me. madam. but saw your
Legherns and just had to stop for q
moment. They appear to me to be
the true breed"
20, they are" she found herself re-
plying as she received his card and
held it without looking at the name
did you import them?"
mo, but / got them from person
who did"
81 hope he's reliable bought my
flock right in Leghorn, so as to be
sure Of the breed. It's shameful how
some of these alleged fanciers have
imposed on the unwary.'
"But I don't think / have been
swindled."
81 sincerely trust not" said Fred
with a shake of the head to signify
that he had his doubts
but half dozen people have told
me that they were the true Leg
horns
Eyes, they look to be-"
But if you have the true Leghorns
can't you tell?"
20, yes. Do they lay every day."
Eyes, most of them, and the eggs
are so white and clean that / want to
show you one.
She ran off to the kitchen to fetch
an egg, and while she was gone Mr..
Hackett winked at himself and said:
"Not bad for beginning, eh? /
shell bless the Leghorn forever more. "
Miss Irene returned with three very
white and good-sized eggs and held
them out to view with:
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I'm the event that you do not wish
to be guided by your counsel Ia the
above matter we will consider the
matter closed. Otherwise, kindly
communicate with us at your earliest
convenience.
"Hardwick Brothers,
publishers.
"(per @. M.-Ed.l"
Berringer read the letter three
times, laid it down-picked 1t up and
read it again. What q fool he had
been to throw the manuscript aside
without even opening it.
He recalled wildly the day it came
ack, his bitter disappointment, the
! ank future that doomed before him,
the thought of her. Twenty years OF
hepelessness and gloom and some
times despair!
And now it was too late! Was 1T?
He sat up suddenly In his chair. His
heart throbbed heavily with excite
ment.
The publishing house WAS an old
and reliable one. The same editor
was in the chair. Without even leav-
ing his seat he drew up pen and ink
and paper and dashed down hasty
line. inciosed It with the bulk OF
manuscript, sealed and addressed it
to Harwick Brothers, Publishers, New
York
It was a weary month Of waiting
and hoping and fearing that followed; ;
period Of alternate ecstacy and de-
preston.
The long-looked for letter came at
last. Berringer opened 1t dazedly
dreading to look inside. But he pull
ed himself together sharply and IN.
folded the cracking, typewriter
sheet.
The editor remembered the story
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father died. | remember he SAID TO
me one day, Daughter, never marry a
man who can't make a living. Ii he
has money, he may lose it. To tell
you the truth, Mr.. Bob, Dick has been
getting on my nerves. He was always
somewhere around"
"That objection would only have
held until you were married. laugh
ed the lawyer.
81 can't believe that you are Gym
ical at heart. You say things like
that because you want to cover up
your real thoughts and sentiment
from a too curious world"
''Why?"
81 don't know. Nice womanly rea-
son to back up my assertion, isn't
it,.
They had reached the girls home
and after chatting with her mother
for while, they sat down to warm
comfortably before a big open fire In
the library. Mr.. Bob, as Eleanor
called Robert Ogden, had been her
fathers partner in the law firm and
it had been at the older mans re-
quest that he was made Eleanor 9
guardian.
why, ne asked, Watching Eiodnol
narrowly, why do you think that |
am not cynical at hearth"
Because yen have shielded both
mother and me from every bit Of care
since father died"
THAT was my duty. Your father
helped establish me in my profession
when / was a young man.
MANY men forget to feel or to
show gratitude know of poor, sick
little children, that you have taken
to the hospital and cared for at your
expense. No man to whom child
appeals is really cynical"
THAT" he said, is charity, and
charity in a cynic is not an impossi-
BILE or unknown characteristic.
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Eleanor bent forward eagerly, her
face radiant. Are you anybody's
guardian but miner" she asked breath
lessly.
Mr.. Bob was leaning back in his
chair, his eyes closed and his cigar
dead in his fingers. &,
NO." he said, mo Eleanor" F.
"It's my turn" and the happiness
in the girls voice would have arrest
ed any mans attention.
81 love q man who used to come to
my house when / was . little girl and.
bring me dolls and cEn0s --v.
take me up on his knee and tell me
the most beautiful fairy stories in the
world"
There was a little flutter of ashes
as Mr.. Bobs cigar dropped on the
floor.
81 was the happiest thing that drew
breath when he sent me on the day of
my debut party boxes and boxes of
violets and lilies of the valley. They
are my favorite flowers and / thought
II hoped that he cared for me.
HE is big, an intellectual giant,
men say, and just now, ! am wonder
ing how could ever heve expected
him to love me. 1 was engaged to
Dick because / thought that maybe
when he asked me-the man manages
my worldly interests-he would not
give me up to Dick. Now will !
have to ask him to marry met"
Eleanor felt herself lifted TO her
feet and her head tilted 80 that Mr..
Bob could look straight into the
depths of her eyes.
"DO you know what you ara say
ing? Are you TESTING, Eleanor?
love you. Now You have stron
mans secret without having had =,
shear his hair to get It. Who Is thss
man you love, Eleanor"
always Just you," came ths3
] smothered answer.
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the table, of course?" -
Eyes, and ground food and pre-
pared food and peppers"
THAT'S enough to win out on. I'm
to go back In day or two and tel.
her what the Leghorners feed them
on"
"But you were never in Leghorp,
But I'VE been in Fall River, and
it's the same thing"
And you claimed to have a flock
Of chickens yourself, did your"
Had to-"
Suppose the young lady had asked
where You kept them?"
II was already to answer in Cen
trail Park"
Erred Hackett, you'll come down
with a very large bump!" was the
prediction of the sister-in-law, based
on what she thought she knew of her
own sex.
Does one woman know another bet.
ter than man does? No.
Music, poetry, moonlight, babbling'
brooks, setting suns, joy or sorrow,
will create bonds between human be-
ings. Anything else? Nothing but
Leghorn chickens.
At Mr.. HRckett's second call he was,
invited to sit on the veranda and dis
cusE Leghofns.
At his third he was invited to sltE
in the parlOr and discuss Leghorns,
At hts fourth, Leghorns rather took
a back seat, and at his fifth the white
chickens went to roost entirely
At the end Of the three months he
whispered the words engaged" in his
sister-in-law's ear, and as she looked
at him in q puzzled way he exclaimed:
creme Leghorns-- told you so!
We are to be married six weeks
hence! Leghorns-loveluck! Say.
you and Tom are back numbers on
the getting married business"
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distinctly; he was returning 1t under
separate cover with detailed instruc'
lions as to the exact line of correc-
tions he wished made and was more
than ever eager to have the privilege
Of putting out such powerful WORK
OF fiction.
The paper slipped ram Berringers
nerveless fingers. Fof q little while
he felt blinded by the great good news
that had come to him.
Then gradually the chaos Of bis
mind cleared and his thoughts began
to disentangle themselves for coz.
certed action. Alice! The dominsh
thought was Of her, for her
A thousand miles lay between then
and if that were all! But suppose
she had ceased to care, to believe. =
him-to wait, as she had promised
AT least he could write and tell nst
of all his triumphs- and in a WeeA
he would know the worst, or the PES -
Her answer came almost before -, -
had expected it. He had no difflcu,d
in recognizing the delicate rO "re-
characters on the back of the Ger Ger
lope, and his pulses gave an sS aoId
bound as he glimpsed the dainty sstill
monogram on the flap. She Wa'
Alice Rutledgel his
Her gentle words huttered y
heart like doves Of peace.
Dear: bavs
| Through all the years ina, ,.ased
come and gone ! have never hat (
to hope and believe The das
have been waiting for has CON-
/ am waiting now for you.
Il am inexpreEeibly GLAD
victory, but Infinitely glaqoe
will come to me acrCsb ~
faith-kept years
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Bu " III HdRb W hIlOH L41hb
by engagement with Dick last
That was why l was able to
your invitation to dinner at
bort notice. l was to have had
with him and to have gone to
bra afterward."
gave up that ring for a mere
Really, I'm surprised"
Re is something besides the
an engagement, Mr.. Bob"
hted, but it was a pretty ring,
asn't it,
but you see l was going to
b marry Dick!"
'lld that have been such a ca
/ What is it about him that
mt like. Do you mind telling
| always tell you everything
fs, nearly everything" She
across the table at the strong,
|me face of the lawyer, who
lting his dinner with the eager
Re of a healthy, hungry man.
rldnt let Dick kiss me, so he
he'd"
quarreled? 1 thought it took
} quarrel"
when one of them is Dick"
u, such a proceeding would
'een entirely conventional. Dick
Ply thought that he was mere
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admit that you win this case, for you
are right when you declare that | try
to appear cynical to cover up my real
sentiment"
Isis she married." asked Elean-
or in small. weak voice.
mo"
"'We ought to be able to comfort
each other since we both are unfor-
tunately in love- Let's exchange
stories, will you, honestly"
The lawyer looked at the pretty
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an bv his side. 1t must come to you
through unrenitting toll. And it will
come.
Success for its own sake, in bring
ing one fame is no very great thing,
and as such 4 do not crave it for you.
But desire that in a mantle man
lovewhich makes him break down
every barrier to attain it
Some day y0u will come to me
with laureis on your brow. and shall
be waiting even into eternity, dear
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slant over the family inscribed words.
Then he drew a deep breath and de-
voured them with starved eyes:
Dear Boy:
Your letter containing the news OF
your failure has reached me. / am
sorry, you will never know Just how
sorry, Arthur For | know that the
best of you, the whole Of you, went
out in that one supreme effort. And
! belieFe in you, dear,
You are right il Your determine
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AREN'T they just lovely"

They certainly are" was the re-
ply. Those ! get from my Leghorns
could be sold to Rockefeller for a
quarter apiece, but Of course I'm not
in the business for profit. | send a
dozen a day to hospital and eat the
rest. You certainly have beautiful
flock here"
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AL WAYS=-JUST YOU

pensive face in the freight He
reached in his pocket for cigar and
Eleanor put matches and tray con-
veniently near.
Thank you," he said. "An old
bachelor"
you're not very DID," interrupted
the girl.
"Well, you can't get around the
fact that / am bachelor and as !
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Her name is Irene. Her mother is
an invalid. Yes, there are Leghorn
chickens. That's her fad, That's ALL
''But it can't be, sister"
well, Miss Irene has never called
on me. They say she makes no calls.
She is very nice girl, from what /
hear. She has a higher education and
sings and plays. Won't that suffice?'
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"But If they should turn out not to
be true Leghorns!"
II can decide that point in one
minute. Please catch me one. Now,
then, her eyes are wide open. II they
close up when blow in them you
need no longer doubt. It's a test
they told me of in Leghorn. All
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81 am always worsted in an argu-
ment with you, but ! am not always
convinced" laughed Eleanor. Then
seriously, I have often imagined that
you loved somebody who died or went
away from you"
"You needn't put it in the past
tense, for the only woman ever
loved / still love. can't tell her
about It, SO after all I am willing to
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But why hasn't she married." per-
sisted Fred.
There may be half dozen rea-
sons. She has had plenty Of beaux.
but they have come and gone"
II see. She has had an intuition
that her ideal would come along some
day, and here he is. Good girl to
wait for mel"
And she'll be waiting ten years
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started to say, a bachelor does APP
preciate the attention of pretty
young woman"
The cool, impersonal voice sent a
wave Of recruitment over Eleanor.
''You are trying to cover up some
thing now
You are right again. ] was just
thinking that it wouldn't be wise to
tell you my story"
Are you afraid that THAT / will
tell3a