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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-07-14
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Gerry had always been quiet but
during the long drive from the station
to The FRS. his silence amounted to a
penetrating stiffness. Alix felt it but
1t did not depress her; she knew her.
self to be in the presence of a COM
munion. Gerry was devoting the hour
Of his return to the scenes of his boy
hood to q Silent conservation. These
cool valleys and hollow&; the Low
road, with its purling accompaniment
of hidden waters; the empowered still
nave of Long lane, were as the ances-
trail halls of the Lansings. 1t was right
that he should do homage to the men,
cries they evoked.
To his mother Gerry made no expla-
nations. He knew that to her it was
enough that her boy had come back.
When Mrs. Lansing released him, Alix
caught his hand and led him up to the
nursery. Together they looked down
upon their sleeping child.
Gerry, Jr., was fat to the verge of
split. His curly tow head was
tousled and on his brow a slight per-
spiration testified to the labor of sound
sleep. His arms were outstretched.
His legs had kinks at the knees, they
were so chubby. His petulant little
mouth was half open, disclosing tiny
teeth.
Isn't he beauty?" asked Alix lit
tie loudly, wishing he would awaken.
Gerry nodded With his eyes still
on the child he put his arm around
Alix and drew her to him. What Mar
garita had done for him, Alix had done.
As he felt her frail body quivering in
his embrace, as he looked back and
measured the sacrifice by what the
awful night of the coming Of the Man
had taught him, he was overwhelmed
by a new humility. He turned Alix's
face up to his. His lips moved in an
effort TO thank her but words failed
him. AJix understood. She lifted her
arms around his neck and drew his
head down. He held her body very
close as he kissed her, softly, ador-
ingiy. Alix hid her face against his
shoulder for moment and then threw
back her head and shook the tears
from her eyelashes. She smiled through
wet eyes. II am afraid he's not quite
perfect-inside. Such temper, Gerry.
I'm afraid he'll grow up into man
about town and awfully wild" She
turned grave eyes on Gerry. Jr.. and
her brows puckered. "what do you
Think"
Gerry smiled. "From the looks OF
him l predict he gets his letter In
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One Of the easiest ways for a man
to get married is TO tell a young Wild
ow that he intends 10 remain bache-
lor.
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Knew Extremes o. Fortune.

Few careers have covered wider e1-
tremes of fortune than did that of
John OF Cappadocia. He was Roman
officer of very high rank under En-
peror Justinian, in the sixth CEN
fury. He was very able man, and
under his direction the finances OF the
government fiourished wonderfully.
incidentally he amassed a great for
tune for himself But he was very
corrupt, and the revenues were raised
ION the deaths of thousands. the pow
erty of millions, the ruins of cities. and
the desolation of provinces" He lived
most extravagantly, and INDUCED In
all sorts of wicked practices. But his
life OF ostentatious profiigacy was sud
denly changed into one OF abiect pow
erty. Though guilty OF many crimes.
he was accused OF one Of which he
seems TO have been innocent, and was
condemned to be scourged like the
lowest of criminals. Nothing of his
vast fortune was left him but one old
ragged cloak. and il is said that for
seven years he begged bread in the
streets OF cities that once had trem-
bled at his name.
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Jokes THAT ARE HISTORIC
Shop Witticisms Inflicted on Every
Newcomer That Joins the Ranks
of the Real Workers.

You have no doubt all heard Of the
'left-hand monkey wrench which ey-
cry Lew apprentice in wagon works
is sent after, and Of the 'italic thin
space" which the printers devil usual
~ is sent to get, but William S. Coy.
county superintendent Of schools, BIT
hard on one not quite so well known
when he assumed his duties as book
keeper in a plumbing shop during one
Of the vacations Of his high school
days.
There was grulnbling among the
hands because of something that Il
neighboring plumber had borrowed
and which he had failed to return.
The bookkeeper finally decided 10 help
out and offered to go TO the borrower
and secure the needed article. His
offer was quickly accepted
What is it," he inquired.
I'VE want our pipe stretcher," an
swered one Of the hands.
The bookkeeper went TO the other
shop and TO several others looking for
this particular article before it &c.
CURED to him that it would be Pc
culiar kind of a tool, indeed, that
could stretch an iron pipe.-Columbus
Dispatch.
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as though they were ashamed to be
caught in their ragged clothes under a
blue sky. Downy-topped masses of
cumulus poked drovsy heads over the
horizon and watched them run. Out
of the dome of heaven filtered single
trill of song.
The Hill was very still but presently
from far away on the West Lake
road came the whinny of horse; a
little later little nearer, a peal of
laughter; then the sound OF wheels and
chattering voices. A wagonette, two
spring wagons and a pony cart burst
from Long lane and wheeled right and
left They were full Of grown-ups
turned young for a day and youths
that thought they would be young for
ever.
The wagonette, swinging down the
road toward Maple house, suddenly
swerved and plowed through the tall
grass. Alan and Glen on the end seats
were almost thrown out. Alan looked
back at the road and stared. A fat
donkey had claimed the right OF way
and held it. Several lengths of legs
stuck out from her bullying sides. Be
hind her hurried a painting nurse.
| Alan turned to Glen. do donkeys
never die7"
"oh! 1 hope not" said Glen grave
". You change them. We changed
ours while you were away"
$50 she has been changed" said
Alan. well. that's something"
silly" said Glenn, you've been see
ing that donkey every day for weeks. "
NO" said Alan. this is the first
time I've really seen her"
The sun took a last long look at Red
Hill and dropped out Of sight. Then.
as though he would come back and
look again, he sent up a broad after
glow that climbed and climbed till the
tip of the very clouds that peeped over
East mountain were tinged with the
rosy light
From an open upstairs window came
! Clem's soft voice. Yes, dears. pink
night-caps. Those big sleepy clouds are
putting them on because they are just
glad to go to bed"
Il wanta pink night-cap."
"why, darling. night-caps are only
for white-hea6ed people and white
headed clouds. Just wait until you're
white-headed. Now climb into bed and
/ I'll tell"
Beyond the mountain-ash thicket a
love-sick Bob White kept. saying
Goodnight" to his mate. She an
swered sleepily.
/ From Maple house, The Firs, and far
down the road, from Elm house warm
lights flashed out and settled down
into a steady glow. A burst OF young
voices swept into the night and died
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away, followed into the silence by soft
last angry wall of the fat young god,
choked of in midnight by the soft
hand Of sleep. Them the scurrying OF
many feet along the dusty road. silence,
and last Of all. the trailing whistle Of
a boy signaling good-night--sound say
ing good-by to happy day.
Hours passed before the moon
popped into the sky, hurrying just at
first as though she knew she were
forty minutes late again. One by one
lights went out Other lights cleaned
from upper windows; then they, in
turn, went out Red Hill had gone to
bed.
From Maple house Alan slipped ont
to smoke a last cigar. He hesitated a
moment and then strobe through the
long grass laden with seed and Just
decking itself with dewy jewels for the
night. He crossed to the old church.
The door was open. He entered and
climbed the crumbling stairs to the
belfry. He jumped into one of the
| arches and sat down, his legs dangling.
His eyes wandered slowly over the
familiar scene. From behind their
trees Maple house, The Firs and Elm
house blinked up at him dreamily. Be
fore them ran the ribbon of road,
white under moonlight, dipping at each
end into the wide world. Up and down
4 the road before The Firs, paced two
/ figures-Gerry and Alix. Gerry's arm
4 was around her. Long black shad
ows, all pointing to the west, like
! fallen silhouettes cut the moonlight
Above them. the autumn-painted trees
gave out a golden echo of light.
Alan drew great, quivering breath
my boy. you have been far. faI
away" ]. Y. had said and he had an
swered, .yes. but l have come back.
But it was only now. tonight, that b
had really come back.
Alan's wandering eyes settled o.
Maple house Even as a hen gather
eth her chickens under her wings" b
whispered.
And then the peace Of home descend
ed upon him. On his SCARED spirit
felt the touch of the healing hands {
home. Its sweetness and its power, il
love everlasting demanding love 70
ever, knocked at his waking heart an
Il found the door open. Far, far had
wandered in the world of mind an
the world of men, but in the end
had come back like a Wayne to Il
eternal mother Of the Waynes. T
night he knew that his drifting SO
4 had dropped anchor at last.
(THE ENDJ
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stopped down, picked her up tenderlyI
and laid her on the great leathernl
couch. He knelt beside her. On onel
arm he pillowed her head, with the3
other hand he sought hers. please.
Alix," he begged. please don't cry"
'I'm not crying" sobbed Alix, "I'mI
laughing"
Gerry smiled and waited. Soon Alix5
became quiet. Her eyes closed. She
drew long, quivering breath and
then she opened her eyes again and
her lips broke into the old dear smile
the smile Of an opening flower. 81 an
tired-tired," she said, "but believe
/ I'm almost hungrier than / am tired"
"I'm glad you said it first" replied
Gerry, giving serious thought to tho
| fact that he was faint with hunged
| himself. Ever since some funny
Johnny wrote, Feed the brute wd
men have been shy about echoing ou3
stomachs. It's four o'clock. Hour7
after lunch time"
"ReallyT" said Alix, nesting dowII
closer to his arm and letting her smilI
ing eyes wander over him. How well
this suit fits you. There's something
about it 1t isn't, is it?''
Gerry nodded. "Same old suit. By
the way, when | came in John said you
told him to telephone TO the club and
say you wished to see me. What made
you think would go to the club first?''
Alix looked puzzled. 81 didn't.
didn't tell John to telephone" She
paused, still puzzling, then her face
cleared. "Why-poor old John-he's
getting very old. you know, Gerry
That was three years ago told him tc
telephone-the day you never came
back. 1t must have been the suit. He
saw you standing there in the same
suit and three years became as one
day to the old fellow"
Gerry sighed. "Alix, do you wan
those three years to become as a day
to u.s."
Alix shook her head slowly from
side to side. "No, dear, don't. The!
have given me-given US both-fa
more than they took away" She pu
her bare arms around his neck, drew
him down and kissed him. You d.
not know yet all that they have givel
you. You think you have come bacl
and found me, frittering butterfly il
great empty house. But you've foun,
only my abandoned cocoon. I'm no
here at all. I've packed myself int
the dearest little bundle of pink fat
yellow curls and chubby legs, and lef
! the bundle on Red HILL"
Gerry nodded but he was grave an
silent. Not in day nor month coul
he altogether forget the Man.
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ing gown. To Gerry she looked very
sold. Before you go" she said,
''there is just one thing. ! wish you
would kiss me-once."
Gerry's body Strengthened and stiff
fened. He stared at her grave face
with wondering eyes. Then he felt a
strange tingling ripple through his
blood and before he knew what he did
he had swept her from her feet,
crushed her TO him, brushed the crown
of hair back from her brow and kissed
her eyes, her mouth, her throat He
was rough with her. He was bruising
ner body, her lips. but Alix chung to
him and laughed. Then suddenly all
her slim body relaxed and slipped
Arough his arms to little white heap
- the door. she began to sob. Gerry
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CHAPTER xxxIv.-continued.


A hard light came into Alix' eyes.
Gerry felt himself suddenly alone. He
went doggedly on. He told Of the
chase and the capture, of how he and
the girl had seen the canoe drift out
into the clutch of the eddy and swirl
out into the river and away. He told
her Of how they laughed and Alix
shrank. Gerry paused, his brow puck
cred. He wished he could tell In words
the battle of his spirit, the utter ruin
of his downfall. He could not and In
stead he sighed.
There was something In that sigh so
eloquent of defeated expression that it
succeeded where words might have
failed. 1t called to Alix with the
strong call of helpless things. 1t drew
back her mind to Gerry. With him
and the girl she threaded the path to
Fazenda Flores. It's ruin sprang upon
her through his eyes. With him she
discovered the traces of an ancient
ditch, with him and the old darky she
dug along that line through long, hot
months. She grew to know Lieber as
the tale went on and finally to love
him because of all things Lieber
seemed to need love - somebody
else'S love-most. She amused herself
with Kemp and his drawl. She tried
to keep her thoughts away from Mar
garita and at the coming of Marga
rita's boy, she WINGED.
AS he finished telling of the coming
of the Man, Gerry stopped short The
thought came to him with tremendous
force that Alix too had gone through
that for him. The impulse to get VI
and throw himself before her and OF
his knees to thank her almost tore hin
from his seat but he fought it down
He hurried on with his story. He told
of the coming of Alan and of the reve
lation he had brought. And then in {
choked voice and only because he hat
set himself to tell the whole truth b.
pictured the food, the death of True
Blue, and the overwhelming by thu
waters before his very eyes of Mar
garita and the Man. Then he aros,
and with hands braced on the tabl
leaned towards Alix. 81 have told yol
this so that perhaps you may under
stand what am going to tell you now
IL the flood had not come-if Margarit'
and the Man had lived-I would no
have come back"
Alix sat very still and studies
Gerry's face. He had finished the tasl
he had set himself to do and he wa
suddenly very tired. His eyes droppe'
as though from their own weight ant
then he raised them again to her in
scrutable face.
ssWell?' he asked after long pause
'Well?' replied Alix.
Gerry's stalwart figure dropped. Il
is quite just" he said, "after all that
that you should not want me. I hav
spent the last weeks making mysel
ready for that. You waited for me
didn't wait for you. If you do no
want me. / will go away"
Alix rose slowly to her feet. Sh
looked very slim and tall in her cling
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= - LlF - a 'IE
what you're goin' to do when yo' unite
yo'seff."
"Well,' said Gerry, i've thought
that out too. For a while it used to
break my heart TO think about Fa-
zenda Flores but it came to me the
other day that what there is of me that
amounts to anything is just Fazenda
Flores.
when a man learns to eat work
just like he does food because he's
hungry for it, there's bound TO be
place for him anywhere. 1t has struck
me there are lot of fields around
here, some of them mine, that are
about ready for resurrection, and res
direction is my job.
Il don't know exactly how I'm go
ing to start but it may be planting po-
tatoes. You can begin a resurrection
with any one of number Of simple
things. 1t doesn't matter much which
one you pick on as long as you start
right down at the bottom and spread
yourself in the subsoil of things.
Everything that grows starts down
deep except your orchids and they are
| parasites"
Easy on orchids" interjected Kemp.
"Sorry, Kemp Orchids are ornamen-
tai but excepting your favorites they're
not even beautiful. Look at Cypri-
pedium Yexillarium-"
Hybrid" grunted Kemp.
"A man in his D. It's couldn't beat
it for gorgeous horror" finished Gerry.
But that's neither here nor there.
What I'm driving at is this. II I had
never been tossed over the home fence
would have lived and died an oTna-
mental citizen with the girth of beer
barrel. But now my eyes are bit
open and can see that the simple
things of life are the big things.
Growth from the roots is the strength
of man and OF his people. I've
come home in more senses than one.
I'm going to send down my roots right
here"
Kemp had been whiting. When
Gerry had finished he pocketed his
knife and gazed thoughtfully down
the valley. 1T seems to me. Mr.. Lam
sing. that you nd me have been tray-
elm diff'rent trails but come together
at the same gap. You remember The
Purple City'?n
| Gerry nodded.
oval, seems to me tibet 'ceptin' in a
] mans own mind the amt no purple
| cities. What a mans got to find amt
purple cities but the power TO see one
when he's got it. You had yourn right
here in this valley an yon side on Red
Hill. You growed up in 1t but you
never seen it-not till you learned
how. What you been sayin' about the
simple things of life-the things tibet
is at the bottom-has he'ped my seem
parts a powerful lot l knowed before
1 come to Red Hill that l was goin'
out West TO stay but | didn't rightly
know why Now eff you ask me what
/ know l can tell you | know con-
sid'able.
''Out in Moo Mexico they's a ranch
in the fork OF Big and Little creek
that's the greenest patch in the shadow
OF White mountain. Its mine and it's
got a three-room shack on it that could
grow IL need was. know a girl that's
been holdin' a four-flush against an
orchids weak pair till she's jest about
sick of the game. but she's drawed and
filed on the last hand though she hain't
had a chanst TO look at her cards yet.
For some while the's been pu'ple
light hangin' over Big and Little creek
an reckon I'll be able to see 1t plain
err an palmer the higher get to 1t an
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Infringing.

One morning little Mary hung about
the kitchen continually. bothering the
busy cook to death. The cook lost pa
thence finally.
Clear out O. here. We sassy little
brat." she shouted. humping the Ia
BILE with rolling pin.
The little girl gave the cook q
naughty look.
Il never allow anyone out my moth.
er to speak to me like that she said.
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Son Wanted 70 Prove II.

Father sat in his study one after
noon writing out a speech, when lis
son called shrilly from the garden:
Dad! Lock out of the window )"
.'NNhat nuisance children are at
times - grumbled the parent as he
put down his pen and advanced 70 the
window. With a half smile he raised
the sash and stuck forth his head.
well, Harry. what is itT' be asked.
The boy, from a group Of young
sters, called out, Dad, Tommy Per
kins didn't believe that you had no
hair on the top of your head
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Several Of the Siberian rivers flow
over beds of solid ice.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-06-16

the work bench. This bench makes
the garage very useful as q general
repair shop.
The rooms are attractively arranged
for a family house. A space across
the front of the house can be utilized
If desirable. The front of the house
for a depth Of 10 feet is occupied by
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The two rooms are separated by double
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completely shut of from the rest of
the house If a quiet place is desired.
In the opposite end of the living
room from the door to the den is q
large fireplace which can be built in
any style that will be in keeping with
the rest Of the furnishings that are
selected for this room.
Plenty Of light is necessary to bring
out the best results with a bungalow
design. both for the interior and the
exterior appearances. The bright and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-06-16
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Eight Room Bungalow of a Type
That Is Constantly Growing
in Popularity.
MANY PLEASING FEATURES
designers Have Here Shown POSSIBLE.
tiles Of Bungalow Designs In
Houses Of More Than One
Story - Interior Attrac-
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BY WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

W.
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This Is a type of bungalow that is
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