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still the twitching; but beyond that
there was no further sign OF emotion
as he went TO the telephone Instantly
me vas through he started toward the
pass road. not by the path TO the steps.
but b. leaping from terrace to terrace
and waving his hand gayly 10 the sol.
diers as he went The officers stared
at the sight OF chief Of stan break
ing away from his communications IN
this unceremonious fashion. They
saw him secure a horse from a group
Of cavalry officers on the road and gal
lop away
Marta having been the object Of
Lanstron's attention now became the
object Of theirs II wac good to see n
woman. a woman OF the Browns. after
their period Of separation from femi.
nine society. She found herself hold
ing an impromptu reception. She
heard some other SELF answering
their polite questions; while a fear.
a new kiaj OF fear. vas taking hold OF
her real self A fear inexplicable. in
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is!" she said fncohercntiy, still look
Ing toward the knoll with glazed eyes
SSe thought she was walking East as
she started for the garden gate. bat
really she WAS going slowly. STUN
blihgly.
Il think you had better stop her IL
you can" said the general TO his aide
The aide overlook her at the gate
I'VE shall know about his excellency
before you can find out for YOURSELF"
he said; and, young himself. he could
put the sympathy Of youth with ro-
nance into his tone. You might miss
the road, even miss him, when he was
without scratch, and be for hours In
ignorance" he explained. I'm a few
minutes we ought to have word"
Marta sank down weakly on the
tongue OF wagon, overturned against
the garden wall in the melee OF the re-
treat. and leaned her shoulder on the
wheel for support.
II the women OF the Grays waited
four weeks" she said with an effort at
stoicism. then l ought to be able to
wait few minutes"
Depend on me. I'll bring news as
soon as there is any" the aid con-
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Guided, and. seeing that she wished to
be alone, he left her
For the first time she had real OBJ
livion from the memory of her deceit
OF Westerling. the oblivion OF drear.
heart-pulling suspense. All the good
times, the sweetly companionable
times. she and Lanny had had to-
gether; all his flashes of courtship,
his outburst in their last interview in
the arbor, when she had told him that
if she found that she wanted to come
to him she would come in n flame,
passed in review under the hard light
Of her petty ironies and sarcasms,
which had the false ring OF coquetry
to her now, genuine as they had been
at the time. Through her varying
moods she had really loved him, and
the thing that had slumbered in her
became the drier fuel for the flame
perhaps too late.
Without him-what then? II seemed
that the fatality that had let him es-
cape miraculously from the aeroplane
accident, made him chief Of staff, and
brought him victory, might well
choose to ring down the curtain of
destiny for him in the charge that
drove the last foot OF the invader off
the soil of the Browns A voice
was calling. She heard II haz-
lily, with sudden access of giddy
fear, before 1t became a cheerful, clar-
ion cry that seemed to be repeating
message that had already been spo-
ken without her understanding it.
Hes safe, safe, safe, Miss Galland'
He was not hit! He is on his way
back and ought to be here very soon!"
She heard herself saying Thank
YOU" But that was not for some time
The aide was already gone. He had
had his thanks I'm the effect OF the
news. which made him think that
chief OF staff should not receive con-
gratulations for victory alone.
Lanny would return through the
garden. She remained leaning against
the wagon body, still faint from hap
piness, waiting for him She was
drawing deeper and longer breaths
that we're veIvety with the glow Of
sunshine a flame, the flame that
Lanny had desired. OF many gentle yet
passionate tongues, leaping hither and
thither I'm glad freedom. was inPpos-
session of her being When his figure
appeared out of the darkness tho
flame swept her to her feet and to-
ward him Though he might reject
her he should know that she loved
him; this glad thing. after all the
shame she had endured. she could
confess triumphantly
But she stopped short under the
whip OF conscience. Where was her
courage? Who're her sense OF duty?
What right had she. who had played
such a horrible part, to think OF self?
There we're other sweethearts with
lovers alive who might be dead on the
morrow n war continued. The flame
sank to a live coal in her secret heart
Another passion possessed her as she
snized Lanstron's hand IN both her
own.
"Lanny. listeni Not the sound Of
shot-for the FIRST time since the
war began! Oh, the blessed silence,
It's peace. peace-isn't It to BE-
peace?" As they ascended the steps
she was pouring out a flood OF bro.
ken, feverish sentences which per.
mltted OF no iaterruDtiop. "You kent
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on lighting today. bur you wou1 60
morrow. will you! II isn't who plead
Its the women. more women than
there are men in the army. who want
you To stop now, Can't you hear
them? Can't you see them?"
In the fervor OF appeal. before she
realized his purpose. they were on
the veranda and at the door OF the
dining-room. where the Brown star
was gathered around the table.
Il still rely on you to help me, Mar
ta!" he whispered az he stood to one
side for her to enter
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noted the Difference Of their siances a.
they covertly looked him over.
Il wanted glimpGe OF the front as
we'll as the rear" Lanstron remarked
in explanation OF his presence to the
general OF brigade as he passed on
toward Marta, who was thinking that
she. at least, was not In awe OF him;
she, at least. saw clearly and truly his
part.
Marta! Marital"
Lanstron's voice was tremulous. as
II he were in awe Of her, while he
drank In the fact that she was there
before him at arms length, safe, alive.
She did not offer her hand In greeting.
She was incapable OF any movement,
such was her emotion; and he, too.
was held in a spell. as the reality Of
her, "fter all that had passed, filled
his eyes. He waited for her to speak,
but she was silent.
"Marta-that bandagel You have
been hurt!' he exclaimed.
It's the fashion to be wounded" she
said. eyebrows lifted and lashes low
cred, with a nervous smile IL played
Florence Nightingale the natural wom-
ans part. l believe. We should never
protest; only nurse the victims of war.
After helping TO send men to death
went under fire myself, and-and that
helped"
Yes, that would help" he agreed.
wincing as from a knife thrust.
Her old taunt: sending men to death
and taking no risk himself, She saw
that he WINGED; she realized that she
had stayed words that were about to
come In a flood. She was marshaling
her thoughts to begin when the brittle
silence was broken by rumbling Of
voices, stirring OF feet, and a cheer.
"Lanstron! Lanstron! Hn-r2h for
Lanstron."
The soldiers in the garden did not
bother with any Your Excellency the
chief of staff" formula when word had
been passed of his presence. Marta
looked around to see their tempestu-
Gus enthusiasm as they tossed their
caps in the air and sent up their spon-
taneous tribute from the depths of
their lungs. Conqueror and hero to
the living, but the dead could not
speak, whispered some fiend in her
heart.
Lanstron uncovered to the demon
stration impulsiyely, when the conven-
tonal military acknowledgment would
have been salute. He always looked
more like the real Lanny to her with
his forehead bare. 1t completed the
ensemble of his sensitive features. She
saw that he was blinking almost boy
ishly at the compliment and noted the
little deprecatory shake of his head,
as much as to say that they were
making a mistake
Thank youi" he called. and the
cheerinees of his voice, she thought,
expressed his real self; the delight OF
victory and the glowing anticipation
Of further victories.
Thank you'll" called the private with
big voice.
Yes, thank you!" repeated some of
the officers in quick appreciation OF a
compliment as real as human courage.
He stood smiling for a moment in
reply to their smiles; then, still smil-
ing. but in a different way. he said to
Marta:
AS you say. that helps!" with a nod
toward the bandage on her forearm.
and hurriedly turned away.
She saw him involuntarily clutch the
wrist above the pocket OF his blouse to
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A Common FaiIlna.

a couple of visitors from a rural dis
tr,ct we're in the strangers gallery iS
tho house OF commons trying to rec
pgnlze their member on the floor Il
can't distinguish him" said one. after
hopeless visual observatica "Ot
course not was the honest reply
He can't even dtstIngu,ah hlmsaE
Tit Rita
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It's all right to put your best foot
forward, but let the other one catch
up with It.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
EXT|NGU|SHERS NOT
YET IN SERVICE
Commissioner jackson Calls At
tention to Necessity of Having
Them Ready

As a result of, finding the fire fight
ing equipment in manufacturing plants
in many parts of the State unfit for
service inspectors of the Department
of Labor and Industry have been di-
rected to pay particular attention to
such appliances and to make every
effort to have them put into proper
condition. One inspector of the de-
partment recently found over 100 fire
eNtinguishers imperative in the estab-
lishments in his district and another
inspector on visiting a plant where
there had been a fire three weeks be-
fore his inspection discovered half
dozen chemical fire eXtinguishers
which had not been recharged.
DR.. John Price Jackson, the State
Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
in statement on the results of these
Inspections, says The inspectors have
found too many establishments where
the fire fighting equipment is unfit for
use. There seems to be q feeling prev
alent that equipment of this kind if
once placed in position will not need
any attention until q fire occurs. For
example, it is not infrequent that hose
connections have been placed through
out plants and inspection has revealed
that much of the hose has been in po-
sition for such long time or has been
so used for other purposes than fire
that it has rotted. Installations of this
kind cost money and should be in
spected at frequent and regular inter
walls. Chemical eXtinguishers should
be examined frequently and recharged
every year, preferably every six
months.
The commissioner has given official
notice that fire fighting equipment
should be regularly inspected so that
it shall be ready for instant use and
trecomme that all fire fighting
equipment be placed in charge of some
capable person and that person be
held rigidly accountable for main
tanning it in condition for immediate
/ use.
The inspectors will closely follow up
the condition of fire fighting appli-
ances in their visits to plants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
GETTING REAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF
LANDSCAPE,

Nearly all hand cameras are fitted
with lenses of such short focus that
the pictures obtained have violent per-
spective and give incorrect impressions
of the grandeur of the scenery por-
trayed. Large bodies of water shrink
to ponds and mountains to mole hills
in the blighting eye of the snapshot
kodak because the. photographer Sc
lects his viewpoint where he can get
the foreground objects to look right
in the finder and let's the big things in
the distance take care of themselves.
A short-focus lens gives a small image
of anything far away, while it is gem
orally possible to get close enough to
the trees, rocks, or buildings to make
them show as large as desired. And
so in the finished picture, skeptical
friends judge a lake to be a puddle
since 1t occupies about a third as much
of the scene as a tent in the fore
ground.
The remedy for such improper per-
spective is a lens of long focus or a
.telephoto attachment. These cost a
good deal of money and have other
disadvantages, but they do produce
beautiful pictures.-March Outing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
CHILDREN HATE
PILLS, CALOMEL
AND CASTOR OIL
If cross, feverish, cOnstipated, give
California Syrup
of Figs"

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on-castor OIL calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling TO the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is we'll
founded. Their tender little 'insides"
are injured by them.
If your childs stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" It's
action Is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given to-day saves a sick child to-mor-
row.
Ask your druggist for a 5O-cent bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs"
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on each bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. See that it is
made by California Fig Syrup Com
pany." Refuse any other kind with
advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
Six Members of Tank
Steamers Crew Die as
Flames Threaten Ship

New York, March 1.-Six members
of the crew Of the Norwegian tank
steamer La Habra, carrying a cargo
of benzine, were lost at sea in an open
boat they had launched in an effort to
escape from flames which threatened
their vessel, according to an unusual
shipwreck story brought to this port
from Horta, Fayal, by the Holland
American freighter Zaandyk
The fire aboard La Habra was caus-
ed by an explosion of benzine while
she was on her way from Talarabay,
Peru, to London, by way of the Pana-
ma Canal. The captain ordered the
crew to take to the boats and stand
by. The chief officers and five men
were in a boat towing astern when
the painter burned off and they drifted
away without oars in a heavy sea, he
said.
The fire was eXtinguished by giant
waves which broke over the ship and
the captain took her safely into Horta
February Z by dead reckoning for his
navigation instruments were burned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
THE MASTER MINDS

The egg is the most universal of
foods and its use dates from the be-
ginning, but what is more mysterious
than an ?--Wlliam Jennings Bryan.
A horse has no troubles of his own.
He does not pour into your ear a sad
tale of woe.-Elbert Hubbard.
War is mans business.-Miss Jane
Adams
OF course, peace must inevitably
follow war.-Andrew Carnegie, LID
Not even Jefferson could make the
Russian peasant emocrat.-Thomas
r. Marshall.
Rough seas prove the good sailor.
Anybody can hold his own in a calm.
Kaufman.
1 have never known a man who was
born without an imagination.-Ger
Stanley Lee.
The millennium is a good way off
yet.-TheodOre Roosevelt, in March
Smart Set
woman thinks of her husband n
month before she married him and
what she thinks of him a year after
ward, and you will have the truth
about him in Il very handy FORM
March Smart Set,
Two's company: three is a story in
the lucent agazines.-March Smart
Set
Do not be deceived by appearances.
The virtue of a man is not to be meas
ured by what he does while his wife
is watching.
Women, as class, have very little
sense of humor. Nevertheless most
OF them have enough for an occa-
sional quiet smoker at their husbands.
To inspire confidence in women it is
only necessary to avoid being sincere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
CAN YOU BEAT THIS.

[From the National Monthlvl
On a dilapidated narrow gauge rail-
road in 81 certain State a traveller was
struck with the general air of hope
lessness of the entire country. Run
down farms, fences falling to pieces
and houses unpainted and dismal, were
seen as mile after mile was reeled off
Finally a countryman got on and the
two fell into conversation.
Country around here looks fearfully
dilapidated," remarked the traveller
"Yaas, but jest wait and yell see
sumpin' wuss,' replied the country
man.
The train stopped. They looked ont
and saw a rail missing ahead. The en-
tire crew clambered out. crowbars in
hand, proceeded leisurely to the rear
of the train and in due time loosened a
rail and carried 1t forward 1t was
spiked into position and the train pro-
ceeded
Somebody stole rail?" asked the
traveller.
''Yaas, about twent" years ago. I
reckon. Evah since they hain't no
body bought a new one. When the
train comes back they've gotter stop
an tear up a rail behind fem Amt
that the dilapidatedest thing ye ever
see stranger?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
In-breeding Blight of
Many School Systems
BY ASSOCIATED Press

Washington, March IA city may
easily have too much home talent
in its teaching force as a result of
preference for graduates of its own
Misunderstanding school, according to
a statement to-day by the Federal Bu-
reau of Education.
mo greater misfortune can come to
any school system than to have a
steady in-breeding of home talent"
the statement declares. The board
of education should insist upon the Sc
lection of at least one-third of the
new teachers each year from outside
the city limits. In-breeding is to-day
the blight of great many school sys-
TENS in this country"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01

Will soon open a branch here to
handle five-and-ten-cent goods entire
ly through the mails.
Cat and Kittens Mailed
All kinds of peculiar things are sent
through the parcel post, and especially
at the start the clerks often had trou-
Bile in handling oddities and articles
Improperly prepared for shipment.
Garden spades, brooms, rolls of blue
prints from architects, small articles
of furniture and packages of butter
in danger of melting, are among the
things mentioned by the men at the
local office.
Last year a cat and five kittens were
received here addressed to an uptown
physician. The clerks were all per-
picked by the strange consignment
which was absolutely against the rules
OF the department, and they appealed
to Postmaster Frank Sites. What did
Mr.. Sites do in this case? Well, he
was never known to have a hard
heart, so he stretched the rules a bit
and allowed the menagerfe to be de-
liVered rather than be strict and starve
the kittens by shipping them back to
the sending office. which was at fault
in permitting such a parcel to be
sent.
Running Smoothly
Although many such blunders were
made at the start of the new system
few are allowed to ocur now, and
the machinery is in fine running order.
IL was simply a matter of educating
the public to properly prepare pack
ages Tor shipment, and to train the
employees to handle the strange as
sortment of things never before
thought of in the mails.
newspapers" said Frank Sites the
Harrisburg postmaster, must be
given credit for their part in the ad-
vancement of the parcel post system.
There is no provision made by the
government for newspaper advertis-
ing, and the only general publicity.
aside from official posters, is in the
news articles printed by the daily
papers"
-Four delivery wagons are used in
Harrisburg for parcel post business
exclusively, and in rush times, as at
Christmas and Easter special clerks
are put on duty to handle the heavy
trafiic In ordinary times the parcels
are handled by the regular force of
l54 employees under Postmaster Sites
in the local Office and branches.
Parcel post insurance and collect
on-delivery service are features of the
system that are growing rapidly in
popularity. Last year in this office the
insured mail increased 500 per cent
and the G. o. d. service 900 per cent
over the previous year.
Parcels may be insured on payment
of fee of 8 cents for value not ex-
ceding $25 and 10 cents for value not
over $50, in addition to the postage
Packages may be sent C. o. d. by pay
ment of fee of 10 cents in addition
to postage.
Detailed information can be OBJ
tanned at local offices from clerks, or
on consultation of circulars given to
the public. Parcel post guides and
maps of rate zones are prepared for
shippers and can be purchased for a
small sum from the Third Assistant
Postmaster General at Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
THE MAGNETIzED PENCIL

A lead pencil is laid upon the right
hand, and. while the left hand makes
passes around it and above It, the pen
ell moves and slowly rises until it
stands erect.
A bent pin is attached to the bottom
of the pencil. as shown in the illustra7
tion. This point is stuck lightly into
the skin at the base of the fingers At
this stage, the fingers are slightly con-
tracted Gradually straighten the
fingers, and. as the skin tightens, the
pencil will rise accordingly. This ac-
ton of the fingers is unnoticeable, and
the pencil can be made to rise and fall
at will
into the pocket and, il requested, an
other pencil of duplicate make removed
and passed for examination.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
q PAPER AND COINS Eh@ CIGAR FROM SNAIL PURSE
PAPER AND COINS

How to extract a coin from a folded
paper.
The paper should be square, moder-
ately stiff, and about four times the
diameter of the coin each way. Place
each side fairly over it, showing at
each stage that the coin is still there.
Two sides having been folded. take the
hand. Fold over the upper end. at the
same time allowing the coin to slide
down into the lower. Fold this latter
over with the coin in it and give the
still contains the COIN but instead of
being, as the spectators suppose, in
the middle, IL is really sin the outer
fold, whence you can let it slide into
your hand at pleasure.
A pretty and effective finish to the
above effect, is to set fire to the packet
and afterwards produce the coin as
your fancy dictates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-01
NEAR RELATIVES

'Who is that lady dressed in black.
mother?" asked Bobby, as he sat with
his mother on ferryboat.
That is Sister of Charity. my boy"
replied his mother.
Bobby prondered deeply for a mo-
ment, and then he said. (which is she
mother, Faith or Hope?" ?"--Bazaar.