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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05
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window and paid himself the dubious
tribute of thorough inspection.
Throughout this cryptic seance his
manner was profoundly impersonal.
but finally he appeared to become pes
simistic. He shook his head solemnly;
then gazed again and shook his head
again, and continued to shake 1t slow.
ly, in complete disapproval.
You certainly are one horrible
sightw he said, aloud.
And at that he was instantly aware
of an observer. Turning quickly. he
was vouchsafed the picture of a charm
ing lady, framed in rustic aperture
Of the summer house" and staring full
into his window-straight into his eyes,
too, for the infinitesimal fraction OF a
second before the fashingly censorious
withdrawal Of her own. Composedly,
she pulled several dead twigs from a
vine, her action conveying a procla-
nation to the effect that she was in
the summer house for the sole purpose
OF suchlike pruning and tending.
Having pulled enough twigs to en-
phasize her nconsciousness-and at
the same time her disapproval-of ev-
erything in the nature of Sheridan
or belonging to Sheridan, she de-
scended the knoll with maintained
composure, and sauntered toward a
side door of the country mansion of
the Vertreeses. An elderly lady, bon
neted and cloaked, opened the door and
| came to meet her.
Are you ready, Mary? I've been
looking for you. What were you do
ing?"
Nothing. Just looking into one OF
| Sheridans' windows" said Mary Yer
trees. II got caught at It"
"MaryT' cried her mother. Just as
we were going to call! Good heavensr'
"We'll go, just the same" the daugh-
| would be glad to have us IL we'd
burned their house to the ground"
But who saw you?" insisted Mrs
Vertrees.
"One of the sons. 1 suppose he was.
| L believe he's insane, or something. AT
| least / hear they keep him In a sani.
| tarium somewhere, and never talk
| about him. He was staring at himself
| In mirror and talking to himself.
Then he looked out and caught me-"
"How did he look?"
Like a ghost in a blue suit" said
| Miss Vertrees, moving toward the
| street and waving a white-gloved hand
] In farewell to her father, who was OBJ
| serving them from the window of his
library. Rather tragic and altogether
impossible. Do come on, mother, and
let's get 1t over!'
And Mrs. Vertrees, with many mis-
givings, set forth with her daughter
for the gracious assault upon the new
house next door.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05
CHAPTER ~.

Mr.. vertrees, having watched their
departure with the air of a man who
had something at hazard upon the ex-
petition, turned from the window
and began to pace the library thought
fully, pending their return. He was
about sixty; small man, withered
and dry and fine, trim little sketch
CT the elderly dandy. His lambre-
quin mustache, like his smooth hair,
was approaching an equally sheer
whiteness; and though his clothes were
old, they had shapeliness and flavor
of mode.
The room was cheerful and hideous.
Under mantel of imitation black
marble a merry little coal fire beamed
forth upon high and narrow "Eastlake"
bookcases with long glass doors, com
Portable, incongruous furniture, half
dozen Landseer engravings which Mr..
and Mrs. Vertrees sometimes men
toned to each other, after thirty years
Of possession, as very fine things"
They had been the first people in town
to possess Landseer engravings, and
there, in art, they had rested, but they
still had feeling that In all such mat
tiers they were in the van.
The growth of the city, which might
easily have made Mr.. Vertrees a mil
lionaire, had ruined him because he
had failed to understand 1t. When
towns begin to grow they have whims,
and the whims of town always ruin
somebody. The dainty little man was
one of the first to fall down and wor-
ship Bigness. He was true prophet
of the prodigious growth, but he had
fatal gift for selling good and buying
bad. He sold his inherited office build
ing and house in town to buy lots;
then he sold his farm. except the house
and the ground about it. to pay taxes
on the lots. But he had to do some
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05

The room to which he conducted his
tagging charge was furnished in every
particular like room in a new hotel;
and Bibbs found it pleasant-though,
indeed, any room with a good bed
would have seemed pleasant to him
after his journey. He stretched him
self nat Immediately, and having re-
piled mot now" to the attendants
offer to unpack the bag, closed his eyes
wearily.
White-jacket, racially sympathetic,
lowered the window shades and made
an exit on tiptoe, encountering the
other white jacket-the harassed over
seer-in the hall without Said the
emerging one:
"He mighty shaky, Mist Jackson.
Drop right down an shet his eyes.
Eyelids all black. Rich folks gotta go
same as anybody else. Anybody asst
me If 1 change 18th at ole boy-No,
sub! Lem keep Is money; L keep my
black skin an keep out the ground!'
Mr.. Jackson expressed the same
preference. "Yessuh, he look tub me
like somebody awready laid out"
He fell silent at a rustling of skirts
in the corridor. 1t was Mrs. Sheridan
hurrying to greet her son.
She was one of those fat, pink people
| who fade and contract with age like
drying fruit; and her outside was n
| true portrait of her. Her husband and
her daughter had long ago absorbed
her. Edith lived all day with her
mother, as daughters do; and Sheridan
so held his wife to her unity with him
| that she had long ago become uncon'
scious of her existence as a thing sep
| arate from his.
Mrs. Sheridan's manner was hurried
| and inconsequent; her clothes rustled
more than other women's clothes; she
seemed to wear too many at time
and to be vaguely troubled by them
and she was patting skirt down over
some unruly internal dlssension at the
moment she opened Bibbs' door.
At sight of the recumbent figure she
began to close the door softly, with.
drawing. but the young man had heard
the turning of the knob and the rus.
Ting of skirts. and he opened his eyes
Don't go, mother" he said. ''I'm
not asleep He swung his long legs
| over the side of the bed to rise, but
she set a hand on his shoulder, re-
straining him; and he lay fiat again.
NO." she said, bending over to kiss
his cheek, 81 just come for minute
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05
CHAPTER Ii-continued.

"Oh, he's friend of the whole fam
fly" she returned, with a petulance
which she made no effor. to disguise.
Roscoe and he got acquainted some
where. and they take him to the the
ater about every night. Sibyl has him
to lunch, too, and keeps" She
broke on with an angry little Jerk Of
the head. 1--WE can see the new house
from the second corner ahead. Roscoe
has built straight across the street
from us, you know. Honestly, Sibyl
makes me think OF snake, sometimes
the way she pulls the wool over
peoples eyes! She honeys up to papa
and gets anything in the world she
wants out of him, and then makes fun
of him behind his back-yes, and to
his face, but he can't see it! She got
him to give her n twelve-thousand-
dollar porch for their house after it
was-"
Good heavensr' said Bibbs, staring
ahead as they reached the corner and
the car swung to the right, following
a bend in the street, us that the new
houser'
Yes. What do you think of it?"
"Werl." he drawled, "Im pretty sure
the sanitnrium's about half a size big
ger; l can't be certain till measure" I"
And a moment later, as they entered
the driveway, he added, seriously:
But It's beautiful9'
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05

but I want to see how you seem. Edith
said"
"Poor Edith" he murmured. "She
couldn't look at me. She"
"Nonsenser' Mrs. Sheridan. having
let in the light at a window, came back
to the bedside. You look a great
deal better than what you did before
you went to this .anitarium, anyway.
It's done you good: a body can see that
right away. You need fatting up, of
course, and you haven't got much
color"
NO. he said, "I haven't much
COLOR
You look a great deal better than
what 1 expected"
Edith must have a great vocabu-
lary! he chuckled.
"She's too sensitive" said Mrs. Sher-
idan, land 1t makes her exaggerate a
little. What about your diet?"
That's all right. They told me to
eat anything"
"That's good,' she said, nodding.
'"They mean for you just to huild up
your strength. That's what they told
me the last time l went to see you at
the sanitarium. You look better than
what you did then, and that's only II
little time ago. How long was it?'
Eight months, I think"
mo, it couldn't be. 1 know it amt
that long, tat maybe 1t was longer \
1 thought And this last mouth or so
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05
The Story
of a Big
Man in a
Big Town

thing to keep himself and his family
up, so in despair he sold the lots
(which went up beautifully the next
year. for Traction stock" that was
paying dividends; and disappeared al
together from the commercial surface
at about the time James Sheridan
came out securely on top.
But there came a day when three
servitors Of Bigness in Philadelphia
took greedy counsel with four fellow
worshipers from New York, and not
long after that there were no more
dividends for Mr.. Vertrees. In fact,
there was nothing for Mr.. Vertrees, be-
cause the Traction stock" henceforth
was no stock at all. and he had mort
gagged his house long ago to help "man-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05
CHAPTER iIt.

1t vas gray stone, with long roofs
of thick green slate. An architect who
loved the milder Gothic motives" had
built what he liked: it was to be seen
at once that he had been left unham-
pered, and he had wrought picture
out Of his head into noble and ex-
ultant reality. At the same time
landscape designer had played so good
a second, with ready-made accessories
of screen, approach and vista, that al
ready whatever look OF newness re-
mafned upon the place was to its ad-
vantage, as showing at least one thing
yet clean under the grimy sky.
Altogether the new house was a sue
cess. 1t was one of those architects
successes which leave the owners
yelled in privacy; 1t revealed nothing
of the people who lived in it save that
they were rich. In our swelling cities
rich families, one after another take
title and occupy such houses as for
tunes rise and fall-they mark the
high tide 1t was impossible to imng-
Inc 4 child's toy wagon left upon
walk or driveway Of the new house,
and yet 1t was-as Bibbs rightly called
it-"beautiful."
What the architect thought Of the
"Golfo di Napoli." which hung in Its
vast gold revel of rococo frame against
the gray wood Of the hall, Is to be con-
Jectured-perhaps he had not seen 1t.
Edith. did you say only eleven
feet7' Bibbs painted staring at 1t, as
the white -jacketed twin of Pullman
porter helped him to get out of his
overcoat.
Eleven without the Frame she ex-
planned. "It's splendid. don't you
think? 1t lightens things up so. The
hail was kind Of gloomy before"
mo gloom nowr' said Bibbs.
This statue in the corner is pretty,
tso," she remarked. Mamma and 1
bought that" And Bibbs turned at
her direction to behold, amid grove
Of tubbed palms, ''life-size," black
bearded Moor. Of plastic composition
painted with unappeasable gloss and
brilllancy. Upon his chocolate head he
wore a gold turban: In his hand he
held a gold-tipped spear; and for the
rest, he was red and yellow and black
and silver.
"Hallelujahw was the sole comment
of the returned wanderer, and Edith,
saying she would find mamma" left
him blinking at the Moor. Presently.
after she had disappeared, he turned
to the colored man who stood waiting.
Bibbs' travelling bag in his hand.
what do you think of tt?" Bibbs
asked. solemnly.
"Gran'?' replied the servitor. "She
mighty hard to dus'. Dus' git in all
'em wrinkles. Yessuh, she mighty hard
70 dus.'
81 expect she must be-" said Bibbs,
his glance returning reflectively to the
black full beard for moment. "Is
there a place anywhere 1 could lie
DOWN.
"Yessuh. We got one mem spare
rooms all h1 up TO- you, sub. Right
up staihs, sub. Nice room.'
He led the way. and Bibbs followed
slowly, stopping at intervals to rest,
and noting a heavy increase in the
stan Of service since the exodus from
the "old" house. Maid and scrub
women were at work Under the pa
tently nominal direction of another
Pullman porter, who was profoundly
enjoying his own affectation Of being
harassed with care.
"Ev'ything got look spick an span
TO- the big doin's tonight" Bibbs'
suide explained, chuckling. ''Yessuh,
- ut hi9 Aean's tsnlght! Big doin'sw
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05
Staring Full Into His Window.

age somehow" according to his concep-
ton OF his position In life'-one of his
own old-fashioned phrases. Mr.. Yer
trees had discovered, too. that there
was no salary for him in all the buzz
zing city-he could do nothing.
1t may be said that he was at the
end of his string. Such times do come
in all their bitterness, finally. to the
man with no trade or craft, II his
feeble clutch on that slippery ghost,
Property, shall fall.
The windows grew black while he
paced the fan-shaped zone Of freight.
But as the mantel clock struck wheez-
lily six there was the rattle of an outer
door. and Mary vertrees came rushing
into the library and threw herself into
deep chair by the hearth, laughing
so uncontrollably that tears were In
her eyes. Mrs. Vertrees followed de-
corously, no mirth about her; on the
contrary, she looked vaguely disturbed.
as If she had eaten something not quite
certain to agree with her, and regret
ted it
Papa! Oh, OH" And Miss Yer
trees was fain to apply handkerchief
upon her eyes. I'm so glad you made
US got l wouldn't have missed it
Mrs. vertrees shook her head. Il
suppose Pm very dull" she said,
gently. II didn't see anything anus
ing. They're most ordinary, and the
house is altogether in bad taste. but We
anticipated that, and"
"Papar' Mary cried, breaking in.
"They asked us to dinner!'
"Whatr
"And I'm golngr' she shouted and
was seized with fresh paroxysms.
Think of it, Never in their house be-
fore; never met any Of them but the
daughter-and just barely met her"
what about your interrupted Mr..
vertrees, turning sharply upon his
wife.
She made little face as IL positive
now that what she had eaten would
not agree with her. II couldn't" she
said. Il"
"Yes. that's just-just the way she
she looked when they asked her!" cried
Mary, choking. "And then she-she
realized lt, ana trleu 10 TURN IL lnto u
cough, and she didn't know how, and 1t
sounded like-like squeal"'
II suppose" said Mrs. vertrees,
much injured. "that Mary will have
an uproarious time at my funeral. She
makes fun Of"
Mary jumped up instantly and kissed
her: then she went to the mantel and,
leaning an elbow upon 1t, gazed
thoughtfully at the buckle of her shoe,
twinkllng in the freight.
"They didn't notice anything" she
said. so far as they were concerned,
mamma, 1t was one Of the finest coughs
you ever coughed.'
"Who were 'they'?" asked her father.
"Whom did you seer
"Only the mother and daughter"
Mary answered. Mrs. Sheridan Is
dumpy and RUSTY; and Miss Sheridan
is pretty and pushing-dresses by the
fashion magazines and talks about
New York people that have theh pic
lures In 'em. She tutors the mother,
but not very successfully-partly b..
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05

One Of the near-trasedles Of
life comes whom the poor young
man or woman is snubbed by
the rich crowd with whom he
or she has played at school In
childhood. II is then that pow
erty stinss, and pride Of family
doesn't help much. The situa-
tion Is quito as interesting,
though reversed, when a rich
and lovabie young man ts
snubbed BY q poor but naughty
aristocrat because he belongs
to the "neSw rich-~
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05
SYNOPSIS.

DheYtdAn's attempt to make a business
man Of his son Blbbs by starting him in
the machine shop ends in Bibbs going to
a SAINT ariuun, a nervous wreck. On his re-
turn Bibbs Is met at the station by his
etkter Edith
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-10-05

tTO BE CoN1TuSURn9
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

for the place of assistant technologist
in oil and gas production, open to men
only, between the ages of 20 and 40
on April at the customs house. This
place in the bureau of mines, depart
ment of the interior, for service in the
field at a salary ranging from $500
to $4,000 year. Applicants must
have had technical school training
and a years work in connection with
the development of oil properties.
An examination for natural gas ex-
aminer at "a salary ranging from
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
Home at. Convenient Terms

All Three Pieces Placed in Your
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

$1,000 to $4,000 will also be given, for
men only, at the customs house on
April 4. Applicants must be between
the case of 81 and 40 and graduated
in mechanical engineering from a
recognized school. The examination
is for work in the field.
The place of petroleum engineer
will be open to competitive examina-
ton on the same date and at the same
place. Men only may be applicants
between the ages of 81 and 40. The
vacancy is for service in the field I'M
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

cur in this place in the bureau of
mines, Washington, d. G.
The same commission announces an
examination for men only for assist
ant biologist in the bureau of bio1ogi-
cal survey. department of agriculture,
Washington, D. c., to be given at the
customs house April 4. Applicants
must be graduated from colleges of
recognized standing and must be be-
tween the ages of rs and S5. The
salary of the office is $4,000 a year.
There will be an examination given
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

der the bureau of mines, department
of the interior, at a salary ranging
from $500 to $4,000 a year. Appli-
cants must be graduated from a
recognized college in mechanical en-
cheering.
On April IL and 3 there will be
another examination given for men
only, between the ages of 20 and 80
for laboratory assistant. The purpose
of this examination is to establish a
register of e1igibles to fill vacancies
they may occur in the bureau of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

quired. The salaries range from
s1.40O to $1,000 a year with travelling
expenses. There is opportunity for
promotion to salary of SIS, Sc, ST a
day, with an allowance instead of So
a day and actual travelling expenses.
Other civil service examination for
laboratory aid, men only, from 1 8 to
rs, at salaries ranging from $500 to
$500 year will be given at the same
place March %. EIigib1es resulting
from this examination will be certi-
fed to fill vacancies they may oc-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
Two Simple Operations are ALI
That are Necessary

To all intents and purposes this Duo
fold Bed Davenport is nothing but a
beautiful Divan. But with two slight
operations this Divan can be quickly
changed into full sized bed. Just as
you see it pictured in the center of the
Divan bed in the illustration
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
The Ideal Living Room Furniture
of Today

We can safely venture to say that there
are more of these living room suites
sold today than any other type of fur
niture for the living room. The reason
is very obvious. Not only is this type
of furniture more comfortable than the
stiff back, spindly variety of former
days, but it is also more practical.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
The Position of the Bed is Different
from the Large Davenport

These Duofold Divan Beds take up less
room than the large Davenports during
the day. But at night they open up into
the same sized bed as the bed Daven-
port except that you lie with your head
to the back of the Divan. See illustra-
ton,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
ANNOUNCE EXAMS.
FOR CUSTOMS JOBS

The United States civil service com
mission will give an examination for
income tax deputy collector, inspector
and agent, for men only, at the local
customs house April A. Applicants
must have reached their 18th but not
their 50th birthday on the date Of the
examination and must be physically
qualified to perform the duties re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

It is our object to prove to the most
skeptical that furniture of high quail
ity can be bought on low credit terms
without paying big profit for the con-
venience. Did you ever, in all your
experience, see a three-piece DuofoId
Outfit of this character selling for less
than this special price for cash?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

Bed Room by Night
Living Room by Day

It's the simplest thing in the world to
convert your living room into bed
room with this Duofold Outfit. Insert
ed in the center Of the Davenport illus
tration you will find picture showing
how this Duofold appears when open
and ready for bed at night. You'll see
that you sleep over a spring construc-
ton bed and not over hard upholster-
ing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

The Bank of England shipped
f36O,0O0 in sovereigns to Spain, $3.50
900 to Uruguay, earmarked $500, 1000
for India. and released 100000 for
miscellaneous purposes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

Motion picture men of New York
state are holding their fourth annus1
convention at AlbanR
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

standards, departments of commerce.
Entrance salaries range from 5000 Z,
$1,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-29
Senate Accepted Conference
Report To-day; House
Did Last Night
ELIMINATES F. rURE
OF DEPEN' $$NTS AID
That Mat : Will Be Taken
Cai ST by Special
Legislation Al

Washington, D. c., June 20.-The Sen.
ate to-day approved and sent to the
White House the conference report on
the Hay resolution, authorizing tho
president to draft into the federal sery-
ice all National Guardsmen taking the
prescribed oaths.
An agreement on the army draft reso-
luton was put through without any pro-
vision for relief OF dependent families IF
guardsmen drafted into federal service.
A conference report eliminating entire-
ly the relief proposal was approved by
the House just before adjournment last
night.
In submitting the conference report to
the House, Chairman Hay of the mill-
tary committee said the House conferees
had consented to sacrifice their 81 l,0o0,-
900 relief proposal only after Secretary
Baker had telephoned to the capitol that
passage of the resolution in
some form was imperative Mr. Hay an
nounced he would introduce the appro-
Drimtion section as a separate bill and
Speaker Clark said he would entertain
notion Monday for passage Of the meas
sure under suspension of rules.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-29
EASEMENT
CONVICTED
The Irish Knight Was Found
Guilty of Treason Against
Great Britain
WAS SENTENCED
TO GO TO DEATH
Historic Trial Came to an
End in London This
Afternoon

London, June 29.---Sir Roger Case
ment was found guilty to-day of trea-
son. The end of the historic trial came
shortly before o'clock this afternoon
when the jury, which had been out less
than an hour returned with verdict
against the Irish knight. To.day's ses-
sion was given up to an hours arguments
by the counsel and the charge to the
jury.
Alexander Sullivan, chief counsel for
Easement, who collapsed yesterday, was
unable to appear to-day and his argu-
ment was taken up by Artemus Jones,
assistant counsel for teh defense. Sir
Frederick Smith summed up the case Tor
the prosecution
Soon after the verdict was returned,
Easement was sentenced TO death.
After Sir Roger had been sentenced,
Daniel J. Bailey, private soldier, held
as an accomplice, was placed in the dock,
and the chief justice directed the jury to
return verdict of not guilty and Bailey
was discharged it being announced later
that the crown had withdrawn the
charge.
Easement received the death sentence
with utmost compose, smiling at his
friends in the court room.