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covered the 'renccs; nad, indeed, with
what agonies of Stacking lime and add
Ing blueing, whitewashed the fence it.
self!
"Shc's capable" Aunt Harriet had
grumblingly admitted, watching from
her sewing machine Sidney's strong
young arms at this humble spring task.
"She's wonderful! ' her mother had
said, as she bent over her handwork.
She was not strong enough to run the
sewing machine.
SO Joe Drummond stood ON the pave
ment and saw his dream of taking
Sidney in his arms fade into an indeti-
mite futurity.
I'm not going to give you up" he
said doggcdly. "When you come back,
I'll be waiting.'
The shock being over, and things
only postponed, he dramatized his grief
a trifle, thrust his hands savagely into
his pockets and scowled down the
street. Sidney smiled up ut him.
"Good night, joe"
"Good night. I say, Sidney, it's
more than half an engagement. Won't
you kiss me gOod-night?"
She hesitated, flushed and palpitat-
ing. Perhaps, after all, her first kiss
would have gone without her heart
gone out of sheer pity. But a tall fig
ure doomed out of the shadows and
approached with quick strides.
HFEho ronroor1O orio1 Ci1pov o-l
backed away.
'D-n the rOOmer!"
The roomer advanced steadily.
When he reached the doorstep, Sidney
was demurelY seated and nnite alone
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-11-25

windows. BY smrtlng his position, the
ilan was able to see the girls face.
Very lovely it was, he thought. Very
cure, almost rad;aut-and young.
from the middle age of his almost
thirty years, she was a child. There
nad been Il boy in the shadows when
he came up The Street. OF course there
would be Il boy-a nice, clear-eycd
chap
Sidney WAS looking at the moon.
With that dreamer's part of her that
she had inherited froln her dead and
zone father. she was quietly Worship
ing the night. But her busy brain
was working, too--the practical brain
side.
What about your wuShing?" she in
luired unexpectedly. II suppose you've
been sending things to the laundry,
nnd-what do you do about your stock
lngs?"
Buy cheap ones and throw 'em away
when they're Worn out" There seemed
to be no reserves with this surprising
young person.
"And buttonsY'
"Use safety pins. When they're
closed one can button over them as
well as"
Il think" said Sidney, "that it is
quite time someone took Il little care
Of you. If you will give Katie, our
maid, twenty-five cents week, she'll
do your washing and not tear your
things to ribbons. And I'll mend
Them"
Sheer stupefaction was X. LIE
Moyne's. After moment:
you're really rather wonderful, Miss
Page. Here am 1, lodged, fed, washed,
lroned and mended for seven dollars
and seventy-five cents /: week!"
II hope" said Sidney severely, that
you'll put what you save in the bank"
He was still somewhat daZed when
be went up the narrow staircase to
his swept and garnished room. Never,
In all Of life that had been active
until recently-had he been so con-
scious of friendliness and kindly inter-
est. He expanded under it. Some of
the tired lines left his face.
"New underwear for yours tomor-
row, X. LIE Moyne," he said to himself,
as he unknotted his cravat. "New un-
ierwear, and something besides X. for
first name."
He pondered over that for n time,
taking off his shoes slowly and think
Ing hard. "Kenneth, King, Kerr"
None of them appealed to him. And,
after all, what did it matter? The
old heavineSS came over him.
Sidney did not sleep much that night.
She lay awake, gazing into the scented
darkness, her arms under her head.
Love had come into her life at last. A
man-only Joe, of course, but it was
not the boy himself, but what he stood
for, that thrilled her-had asked her
to be his wife.
The desire to be loved! There was
coming to Sidney time when love
would mean, not receiving but giving
the divine fire instead of the pale flame
Of youth. At last she slept.
A night breeze came through the win
dows aud spread GOODNESS through the
little house. The ailanthus tree
waved in the moonlight and sent
sprnwling shadows over the wall of
X. lie MOyne's bedroom. In the yard
the leaves Of the morning glory vines
quivered as if under the touch of q
friendly hand.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-11-25

not approve Of roomers. 1T will help
with the rent. It's my doing, really.
Mother is scandalized."
Joe was sitting bolt upright now, q
little white.
us he young?"
"He's good bit older than you, but
that's not saying he's DID,"
Joe was twenty-one, and sensitive Of
his youth.
Hell be crazy about you in two
days."
She broke into delightful laughter.
"Tll not fall in love with him-you
can be certain of that. He is tall and
very solemn. His hair is quite gray
over his ears
"What's his name7"
*. LIE Moyne."
interest in the roomer died away.
The boy fell into the ecstasy of content
that always came with Sidney's pres.
ence. His inarticulate young soul was
swelling with thoughts that he did not
know how to put into words. It was
easy enough to plan conversations with
Sidney when he was away from her.
But, at her feet, with her soft skirts
touching him as she moved, her eager
face turned to him, he was miserably
speechless.
Unexpectedly, Sidney yawned. BE
was outraged.
IF you're sleepy"
"Don't be silly. I love having you.
sat up late last night. reading.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-11-25

an older woman. But it's life. child
life in the raw. 1t seems such an un-
necessary sacrifice"
Don't you Think" said Sidney brave
iy, that you are Il poor person to talk
Of sacrifice? Haven't you always, all
your life
Doctor Ed cOlOred to the roots of
his Straw-colored hair.
"Certninly not" he said almost irri-
tably. "Max had genius; l hn,l-nbil-
ity. That's different. One real sue
cess is better than two halves. Not
he smiled down at hcr-"nOt that ]
minimize my usefulness. Somebody
has to do the hnck-work, and. if l do
say 1t myself, I'm a pretty good hack"
Every WE'LL" said Sidney. "'Thcn
shall be Il hack, too. OF course had
thought of other things--my father
wanted me to go to collrgr-but I'm
strong and willing. And one thing l
must make Zip my mind to, Doctor Ed
l shall have to support my mother
Harriet passed the door on her way
In t" a beInted supper. The man in
the pnrlor had momentnry glimpse
OF her slender, Sagging shoulders, her
thin face, her undiSg,IiScd middle age.
"Ycs," he said, when she WAS out of
hearing. ''lt's hard, but dare say
It's right enough, too. Your aunt ought
to have her chance. ONLY wish
1t didn't have to be-"
Sidney, left alone, stood in the little
pnrlor beside the roses. She touched
them tcnderly, nbSently. Life, which
the day before had called her with the
beckOning finger of dreams, now
renched out grim, inslstent hands.
Life-in the raw.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-11-25
CHAPTER III,

X. lie Moyne had wakencd early that
irst morning in his new quarters. Be
cause he was young and very strong
he wnkened to certain lightness OF
spirit. But he grew depressed as he
prepared for the Office. He told him.
self snvngcly, as he put on his shabby
clothing, that, having sought for peace
and now found 1t, he was an ass fol
rcsenting It. The trouble was, OF
course, that he came of fighting
stOck-sOldiers and explorers, even q
gentleman ndventurer or two, had been
his forefathers. He loathcd peace with
u deadly lOathing.
Having given up everything else, X.
lie MOyne had also given up the love
Of woman. That, of course, is figura-
tive. He had been too busy for WON:
en-, and now he was too idle. A small
part of his brain added figures in the
office of II gas company daily, for the
sum Of two dollars and fifty cents per
eight-hOur working day. But the real
X. Lie MOyne, that had dreamed dreams,
had nothing to do with the figures, but
sat somewhere in his head and Knocked
him as he worked at his task.
He brcakfasted mt Mrs. McKee's.
The food was rather good, certainly
plentiful; and even his squeamish
morning appetite could find no fault
with the self-respecting tidiness of the
place. Some Of the "mealers"-the
Streets name for them-ventured on
various small familiarities of speech
with Tillie. X. lie Moyne himself was
scrupulously polite but reserved. He
was determined not to let the Street
encroach on his wretchedness. Because
he had come to live there was no rea-
Son why 1t should adopt him. But he
was very polite. When the deaf-and-
dumb book agent wrote something on q
pencil pad and pushed it toward him,
he replied In kind.
1--WE are very glad to welcome you to
the Mckee family" was what was
written on the pad.
'Very happy, indeed, to be with you,"
wrote back lie Moyne-and realized
with sort of shock that he meant it.
The kindly greeting had touched him.
The greeting and the breakfast cheered
him also, he had evidently made some
Roadway with Title.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1916-11-25


a ship for the highways of the sea,
ever experienced more guilty and de-
lightful excitement.
The afternoon dragged away. Doc
tor Ed was tout on case" and might
not be in until evening. Sidney sat in the
darkened room and waved fan over
her mothers rigid form. At half past
five Johnny Rosenfeld, from the alley,
who worked for a florist after school,
brought a box Of roses, and departed
grinnfng impishly. He knew Joe, had
seen him in the store. Soon the alley
knew that Sidney had received a dozen
Killarney roses at three dollars and q
half, and was probably engaged to Joe
Drummond.
doctor 3D." said Sidney, as he fol-
lowed her down the stairs, lean you
spare the time to talk to me a little
while7'
Perhaps the elder Wilson had q
quick vision of the crowded office
waiting across the Street; but his re-
ply was prompt:
"Any amount Of time."
Sidney led the way into the small
parlor, where Joe's roses, refused by
the petulant invalid upstairs, bloomed
alone.
"First Of ALL" said Sidney, did you
mean what you said upstairs?'
Doctor Ed thought quickly.
"Of course; but what?'
"You said was born nurse"
The Street was very fond of Doctor
Ed. 1t did not always approve of
him. 1t said-which was perfectly
true-that he had sacrificed himself to
his brothers career-that for the sake
Of that brilliant young surgeon. Doc
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04
NJ s.


War" says Emerson. passes the
power Of all chemical solvents. break
ing up the old adhesions and allowing
the atoms Of society 10 take a new
order" That this was pre-eminently
true Of our own war Is the opinion
Of Professor Fred Lewis Pattee IA his
History Of American Literature Since
1870" "The change wrought by the
war" he says, ''was far more than d
rise Of new activities and a shifting Of
population. A totally new America
grew from the ashes of the great con-
fiict In 1850 north and south alike
were provincial and self conscious.
New York city was an enormously
overgrown village. and Boston. Phila-
delphia and Charleston were almost
as individual and as unlike each other
as they had been in the days Of the
Revolution. There had been nothing
to fuse the sections together aud to
bring them to common vision. gntil
1850 there had been no passion fierce
enough to stir to the very center Of
their lives all Of the people. to mele
them into homogeneous mass and to
pour them forth into the mold OF q
new individual soul among the ma
ti0ns"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04
Tn. wsv Of N. World.

A professor from Indiana university
was attending a teachers convention
He desired to stay at certain hotel
but when he arrived at the hotel he
found a crowd II teachers bcmomine
the flct that all the rooms were taken
'It won't do sou any good to ash the
clerk, the professor was assured
"Just watch me, answered the pro
fessor lie tilted his derby to one sl,lt
of his head aAd stuck Il cigar in his
mouth as be approached the clerk,
"What the deuce is going on here
anyway he asked. "a sunday scho.
conyentiony lie added as be glanced
disdalnfully at the crowd Of teachers
in the hotel corridor. As the hotel CLERK
smiled and volunteered the informa
tion that it was a school teachers con
yention. the professor grunted out Tic
fact that he wanted a room.
And he got It. The hotel clerk was
scratching his head, trying to remeui
Der what tirm the new arrival Travelled
for, while the teachers who had been
turned down" were wondering whai
magic the professor used to get IL,
privilege TO sign the eglster-Indian
apolis News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04


Some years ago the Oldham anna
tours were producing one of Handlers
oratorios. under the personal tuition
and conduetorship of the late Sir
Charles Halle. Among the orchestra
was the famous and gigantic bassoon
player, George Seel of Ashton under
Lyme. At the first rehearsal Hahs
went to George and, Indicating several
bars for the bassoon. told him not to
play them on the night of the per-
formance. George was inwardIy boil
ing with Indignation. but said Rothing.
On the night Of the performance
George played the banned music.
When the AFFAIR was over Halle went
up to Seel in great rage and pointing
to the notes. said. II told you to leave
them out, didn't IT.
aye, you did" said George. but
Handel towd me to put them in. an hs
were a better judge than you."-Lon-
don Answers
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04

The nearest star to the earth is. %
fer as known at present. Alpha Ce
tauri. IN the southern hemisphere. ;
Is double star. consisting Of two sun
each about as massive as our sun ali
slightly brighter, revolving around eae'
other in period somewhat more th.
eighty years at mean distance apar
Of about 1000 million miles.
But the orbit is so eccentric that
one point In the revolution the tv
suns are not farther apart than L
distance between Jupiter and our ST
while at the opposite point they al
nearly as far apart as the distance
Uranus from the sun. Thus the tv
suns in Alpha Centauri rush arous'
heir common center Of gravity no
weeping nearer to each other and no
farther apart, all their eyolutions b.
Ing performed within s1rcult muc
smaller than that OF the solar system,
New York journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04


Mount Vernon, historically the most
interesting Of all American. man
sions, was erected in 1743 for Law
renee Washington. the half brother OF
George, and 80 named in honor Of Ad-
miral Edward Vernon. n. n, undee
whose command Lawrence Washing.
ton had served during the British ex-
pedition against Cartagena in l741.
The property passed into the hands Of
George after the death of Lawrence
in 1852, and the house was later I'm
proved and enlarged. When Mrs.
Washington died IN 1902 Mount Yer
non became, in accordance with WASH
ington's will, the property Of his neph-
ew, Bushrod Washington. who in turn
bequeathed 1t to his nephew, John Au-
gustine Washington, from WHOM it
passed to son Of the same name,
and in 1858 1t was purchased from him
by the Mount Vernon Ladies' associa-
tion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04

A tablet believed to be 1900 or 5000
years old and to autednte the book OF
Genesis by 1000 years sets forth. ac-
cordmg to the translation Of Or.
Steven Langdon OF oxford university.
England, that 1t was Noah and not
Adam and Eve who brought about the
fall OF man. Noah was commanded
not to eat Of the cassia. tree IN the gar.
den Of paradise, the translation has II.
and when he dlsobeyed the curse OF III
health and an early death instead Of
a life span of $1,000 years like that OF
his ancestors, fell on him. According
to Babylonlan and Sumerian accounts.
the flood occurred about $4,000 yenrs
before Christ, and the period between
that catastrophe and creation $4,000
years-was filed in by Ten kings. so
that each must have ruled something
like 1920 years. The comparatively
short reigns Of later kings is explained
as being the result of Noah's sin in cat
ing of the cassla tree.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04

Some time ago Brown said to Smith
Il envy you. You come IN conta
with all kinds Of men You actual,
know and talk to burglars and othe
criminals. All l know about them /,
what read or imagine about them
Now, the next time you meet goo,
burglar l want you to send him to me
Give him n card to me aud tell him
will pay his carfare and expenses.
want to talk to him and see how Grim
inals differ from other men"
Smith promised to send along tn,
next good specimen Of a burglar that
came his way and forgot all about til,
matter until some weeks later he re
ceived this letter from Brown:
''Your friend came, but had not ex
pected him professionally. If you will
tell him to bring back the family plate
and Mrs. Browns Jewels you and
VIII resume social relations."-Nev
York Globe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04
ANIMAL SWIMMERS.


The Best Of All, Though Not the Swift
est, Ia the Polar Bear.
Nearly all animals are better swim
mers than man and take to the watel
naturally, while lie has to learn to pro
Eel himself The rhinocer0s and hip
pOpotamus are wonderful swimmer
and divers. willie the Indian elephant
crosses great rivers with heavy loads
The elk and the reindeer are tirsl cias
swimmers. The elk keeps his heaa
above water and crosses directly from
bank to bank TO avoid turning. rh,
reindeer, on the other hand, turns Gs
often as he likes, keeping his head
only a little above the surface.
But Of All swimmers Of all cli1nes tn
best, though not the swiftest. is the
polar bear, who passes half his time
in the water swimming and diving
His swimming power Is nothing shor,
Of miraculous IL it be remembered tina
the water In the regions he frequenti
is invariably cold and that cold is nor
mally prohioitiye to good swimming
There are bears tnat can swim from
forty to fifty kilometers without great
effort.
One Of the swiftest swimming ami
mails is the squirrel A sportsman Oh
one occasion. having at hand squirrel
born In captivity. which had neves
seen water. wanted to see if it could
swim and took it with him in row
boat to the center Of a lake Tho
squirrel turned toward the bank. head
and paws above the water. back and
tail underneath 1t, and began TO swim
so rapidly that it was with the great.
est difficulty that the man recovered
it when It reached tie shallow water
near the land 1t is said thar even
many nonaquatic birds will swim Hike
ducks II an attempt be made to drown
them.-Pearson' Weekly
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04
BATTLE FIELD TACTICS.


Operations Involved In Consolidating a
Position.
In military reports and accounts OF
battles one often comes across the
phrase consolidating position with
out knowing Just what it MEANS
Consolidating position means to
so prepare it that 1t will oHer the
maximum resistance to an attack Oil
the part Of the enemy and the maxi
mum protection to the troops hold
ing It.
Where trenches have been captured
the first thing 10 be done is to make
them face the opposite way from that
in which they have faced This Is
done by building loopholes and over
head covers on the side exposed to the
enemy, which, of course, prior to the
capture was the rear Of the trench.
When trenches have been partially
destroyed by shell fire or mine explo
sions and then captured they have to
he rebuilt facing the enemy. As nc
communicating trenches exist leading
from the captured trench to the one
the attackers came from. they have
to be built connecting with this main
position in such way as to prevent
the enemy from taking It in the flank.
All this work and any other which
may be done to strengthen the cap
tors hold Is meant when report
speaks Of consolidating a position
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04

An idle person CHANGED to see a
wagon rolling slowly along Fulton
street. Bad luck pursued it. At Broad
way the driver sleepily tried to cross In
disregard of the traffic policemcn's am
pie and warning hand His number
was Jotted down in the book Of that
recording angel and summons was
handed up. a few yards beyond anl
the horse, turning to avoid a hot chest
nut peddler, went down IN heap. The
pavement was slippery, and he must
needs be Embarrassed In the shafts be-
Ore he could rise. Another block, and
somebody was digging a hole IN the
street to put IN some Kind Of a maln
for somebody else. The OF wheels uf
the. wagon rolled too near, and tile We
hicle careened aud slid into the exca-
walton. 1t had to be unloaded labori-
ously by hand before 1t could be lacked
up level again
The wagon carried load Of 3.OO0
eastOff horseshoes.-N York Post.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04

The devils Bible Is in the Royal Pal
ace library of Stockholm, Sweden. II
is huge copy Of the Scriptures. writ
ten upon 600 prepared asses skins
One tradition declares that 1t took 50(
years, or from the eighth to the thir
teenth century, to make the copy
which Is so large that It has table
to itself. Another tradition affirm
that the =. .--.c done e.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04

An amusing story of how he won the
title Of being the champion cocoanui
shier among the clergy Is told by the
bishop Of Chelmsford.
He Informed gathering Of clergy
NOV, COWS tbc ,,.Iop Gf.f
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-02-04

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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-01-06
LUCE LINE INTO PROMINENCE

That the operations of the Luce
Electric Line at Minneapolis have
gained stable proportions is indicated
by an editorial which appeared in last
Thursdays Minneapolis Journal. The
editorial is of interest to South Da-
kota and to B~rookings especially as a
large number Of stockholders in the
extended line through here reside in
this county. The Journal article fol
lows:
The progress of the Electric Short
Line enterprises is sufficiently indicat-
ed by the payment of a first dividend
on the Terminal company's stock and
the promise of an early dividend on
the railway stock.
The soundness of judgment which
led to the acquisition of the terminal
property so close to the business cen
ter of Minneapolis, and to the push
ing of the rails to Hutchinson, and be
yond, is by way of receiving early
vindication. 1t also appears that the
project has thus far been financed on
better lines than is frequently the case
with Enterprises of this kind.
The Terminal Company is well with
in the bounds of probability, when it
predicts that the terminal will event
ually accommodate several thousand
miles of road, where 10Y it serves
only the Electric Short Line and the
Dan Patch mileage. Affording as it
does, about the only remaining practi-
cal entrance to the heart of Mime
apolis it is obviously a valuable piece
of property.
AS for the Short Line it penetrates a
rich territory which thus obtains di'
rect and frequent acces to Mime
apolis. The new relations thus facili-
tated are bound to prove fruitful to
all concerned, as indeed they have al
ready begun to do.