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Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

beside tini. She siippeu >lcI ual.a IL.
his. She was worried. She was al
ways worried when Gerry's thoughts
were far away. The Man" she said
for thus she had christened her baby
boy from the day of his birth, the
Man sleeps lie cried for thee and
thou didst not come. So he slept. for
he is man."
Gerry's thoughts came back TO his
little kingdom. He sighed and then
he smiled smile of content "It Is
lE;e then, my fower?" He put his
arm around her. LET us go to bed
for tomorrow there is work"
Tomorrow there is always work. !"
said Margarita 81 am not afraid of
work, Geree. The end Of work never
comes. 1t is the things that end that
make me afraid" She, too, had felt
the huttering wings of the unattain.
able. Unknowingly she stood beneath
the shadow of the strangers purple
clty's walls.
The next day Kemp tried honestly
to help Gerry with the tilling of the
soil but the effort was still-born. Kemp
had almost forgotten how to walk and
his high-heeled boots fell foul of every
hummock He wandered off to the
house with solemn face When Gerry
came in to the midday meal. he found
him with saddle propped on the
arm Of bench giving the delighted
swaddled heir to Fazenda Flores his
first lesson in equitation.
That night they sat again on the
veranda steps but Kemp was not talk
ative. He whitfield a stick until it dis
appeared in a final curly shaving and
then Immediately started on a fresh
one.
known Lieber long?" asked Gerry
at last.
Coin on two years." replied Kemp.
Does he live off his stOck?"
Kemp looked up. Haven't you ever
ben up to Lieber'sT'
NO" said Gerry, cts two years
since l came here and I've never been
off the place. Lieber's been down here
couple Of times"
Kemp grunted but asked no further
question. "Lieber," ne said. Certainly
don't live often his stock-he plays
with it. Lleber Is the goatskin king.
Ships 'em by the thousand bales. II
you or any other man in these parts
was to sell a goatskin away I'm Lie
ber, you'd be boycotted Lleber on
this range is God-you're fer him or
you're ag'in him an there amt ben
any one ag'in' him for some spell
now"
oh" said Gerry
"As fer knowin him." continued
Kemp, everybody on this roundup
knows Lieber but there amt anybody
knows why he is. Lieber holds ques-
tions and smallpox about alike He
amt thar when they happen"
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
POSTSCRIPTS

The Russian senate has been in OK
istence since 1911.
An average of one ton of solid and
liquid nourishment is consumed every
year by healthy man.
Australia's last census revealed the
presence of 52.951 naturalized British
subjects.
An expedition of Norwegian scien-
lists is studying the natives. flora and
fauna of almost unknown regions of
northern and central Asia.
One of the gueerest requests on rec
ord has been received at San Antonio,
Tex, from DR.. Guy A. K. Marshall OF
the royal bureau CT entomology, Lon
don. 1t is for a certain flea, which
lives in the eye of bat, and San An
tonic, the only town in the world
with municipal bat roost, is about
the proper place to go for it.
Using radioactive phenomena for
the basis of their calculations. two
British scientists believe that the world
is at least I'll, 100000 years old.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
HERE IS A PROPER DIET

into assimilable pabulum, a liberal
modicum of albumin would be twice
Hindhede's protein formula, or fifty
grams. This, remember, for an en-
tire day.
Therefore, a regular egg. five
ounces of beefsteak, and one glass of
milk should supply, for "a hours, all
the protein the system requires. The
balance of the diet should consist of
starches. sugars, fats and plenty of
cellulose or hay. This can best be
found in vegetables such as tomatoes,
carrots, celery, turnips, beets, lettuce,
squash and all that grand group of
horse foods containing much fiber and
little nutriment.
TRY this regimen for a while, and
see if fermentation, headache, in
somnia. rheumatism, nervousness and
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
April 2s. 1915.

Allies rallied at Vpnes and
checked Germans.
Germans took summit Of Hart
mannsweilerkopf from French.
Austrians again defeated Rus
SLAMS in carpathians.
General land and sea attack on
the DardaneIIes.
French cruiser Leon Gambetta
torpedoed by Austrian submarine;
$50 lost.
German cruiser kronprinz VIII
helm interned at Newport News.
Zeppelin dropped large bombs on
Calais.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

voyed by his hurried but never furried
servant.
But Glen stuck to her guns. Real
ly?" she said with glance at the
loaded cab and with arching eyebrows.
Then her smile burst again. You
can't expect me to be surprised, can
you? We seem to have a habit of
meeting when you are on the point of
going away. There. You must be in
hurry. Good-by," and she held out
gl0ved hand
Alan's spirit was ever ready for war
and this, he suddenly perceived, was
war. He braced himself and smiled
too. Twice hardly amounts to hab-
it," he drawled He had never drawled
to Glen before but then Glen had new
er before taken up the social rapier
with him. Besides" he went on,
there's a difference. Last time you
ran after me-"
Clem's smile trembled. steadied it.
self and then fought bravely back.
Yes" she said, yes" And then her
eyes wavered and wandered She
dropped his hand. ''GoOd-by" she
said, the faintest catch in her voice,
and hurried away to seek ]. Y.
Alan stood and watched her. He
felt a sinking within him. For
mess of pottage," he muttered and
then his servant touched his arm anx-
iously and held out his watch, face up,
You'll never make it, Mr.. Wayne"
Alan turned on him but not angrily.
Perhaps not. Swithson, and perhaps
yes. You may go back to the fiat. I'll
get along all right" And with that he
hurled himself at the cab. Double
fare If you make the Battery in ten
minutes" he shouted to the driver and
then settled back in the seat to pom
der.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

He led the way and the pack-traln
splashed along after him The mules
were soon relieved Of their burdens
and turned into the pasture Boni-
facio took the native muleteer away
to his quarters and Gerry and the
stranger passed through the house to
the kitchen.
A patriarchal hospitality came nat
urally to the inmates of Fazenda
Flores. 1t was tradition not only on
that plantation but throughout a vast
hinterland, where life was rude and
death sudden, to be gentle to the
stranger, to feel him and his beast
and to speed him on in the early morn
ing. There was but one rule to the
stranger: He must keep his eyes to
the front. Jake Kemp had evidently
learned the brief code. He ate raven
ousIy, poured down coffee with the
recklessness of man that draws on
a limitless power to sleep, and made
his few remarks to Gerry and to Ger
ry alone.
Gerry was feeling a strange elatiOn
that he strove in vain to account for.
This was an American but beyond that
they had nothing in common. New
York and Texas are connected only by
fiction. Perhaps 1t was just curiosity.
Curiosity invaded him. What was a
Texas cowboy doing on the road past
Fazenda Flores with a e-train of
orchids? AS an opener he declared
himself. "N1y names Gerry Lansing"
he said. I've settled down here"
"So?" said Kemp. as he drew from
his vest pockets the makings of ciga-
rette. Gerry had seen the yellow pa
pers and the little bags Of faxed to-
bacco. They struck convincingly the
note of the West. Reckon you're FIN
the States" drawled Kemp as he ac-
complished the cigarette.
Yes" said Gerry and added. with
an idea to establishing link, like
you"
Reckon you're FIN Moo Yawk," was
Kemp's next deliberate contribution
to the conversation.
With that, talk Jagged. Gerry in
stinctively avoided the question direct
and Kemp vouchsafed nothing more.
Not till Gerry came upon him hitching
up his loads early next morning did
he speak again and then he said with
q CLINT in his eye that was almost a
smile, 81 guess them's the first orchids
that ever Travelled to market un6er a
diamond hitch"
Here was an opening but 1t came
too late. Gerry did not try to follow
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

1t up. Once more in the saddle Kemp
seemed to acquire sudden new ease
of body and mind He hung by one
knee and a stirrup and leaned over
toward Gerry. stranger" he said,
Pm much obliged to ye. It's a long
way FIN the Alamo to Moo Yawk, but
the hull country's under one fence"
He waved his hand and was gone af-
ter his pack-train, lifting his mule with
his goose-necked spurs into a protest
ing canter. Two weeks after his pass
ing. as evening was settling on Fa-
zenda Flores, the echo of a mules
mincing steps on the bridge made Ger
" look up from his work
"HOwdy," said Kemp and paused on
that to measure his welcome He was
satisfied and urged his tired mule on
towards the house. Gerry walked be
side him and learned that the ship
ment of orchids had just caught the
steamer at the coast. Kemp unsaddIed
his mule and tossed the harness and
slicker upon the veranda. As Gerry
was closing the gap into the pasture
Kemp came up and stood beside him.
He cast a knowing eye over the fat
stock. You done a good job for Lie
ber" he remarked.
Gerry nodded little sadly "Yes,"
lie said, "the contracts filed. Lieber's
sending for the stock day after tomOr-
row."
AS they sat on the yeranda that
night smoking endless cigarettes,
Kemp turned to his host. "D'ye mind
If [ stay over day with you? Truth
is, l want to hep drive that stock up
to Liebers. l want to hep whistle
bunch O. steers along once more and
smell the dust an the leakin' udders,
an | shouldn't wonder if 7 lef Out a
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
Divine Rinht of Kinns-

The old idea of monarchy-the so
called divine right Of kings - by
which the ruler was regarded as the
representative within his dominions
of the monarchy of God over all things
was shaken to its foundations" by
the English revolution of 1858 and
shattered" by the French revolution
of 1889, to quote the phrases used by
the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1t has
not been recognized as a political
force in England since the expulsion
of the Stuarts.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
Daily Regimen That Is Guaranteed to
Danish Multitude Of
Diseases.

In the American Magazine DR.. E. F.
Bowers gave diet suited to the av-
erage wealthy person Of indoor occu-
patton:
An ordinary domestic egg equals
about eight grams of protein. This is
approximately the amount contained
in a cubic inch Of steak, or half pint
glass of milk. A generous slice of
bread contains about four grams Of
protein. The quantity of potatoes or
dinarily dispensed at a meal equals
two and one-haf grams.
Allowing for our inability complete
ly to extract all the protein from any
given amount of food. and convert it
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
April 2s, 1915.

Terrible battle at Ypres contin-
ued, with varying fortune.
Heavy fighting continued In
Uzsok pass and Stryj regions.
Allies established line across tip
of GaIlipoIi peninsula.
French cruiser Jeanne dare dis
abled at DardaneIles.
German aeroplane dropped
bombs on American tanker Cush-
ing in North sea.
AViators of all armies made
many raids.
Secretary Bryan answered unfa-
Vorably Germany's note on sinking
of the Frye.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

yell or 50. corralin' 'em at the other
end"
Gerry nodded understandingly
''Why did you leave itY' he ventured
and then regretted and murmured,
Never mind"
But Kemp was not offended. Nav"
he said, II hain't killed my man-not
lately-nor anything like that. left
it" he went on reminiscently. because
couldn't hep it. l got to dreamin
nights of pu'pIe cities"
purple what?" exclaimed Gerry.
Kemp took a cigarette from his
mouth and almost smiled. "Never did
hear of The Purple City, l reckon?'
Gerry shook his head. Kemp drew
a well-worn wallet from the capaciOus
inner pocket of his vest and took out
a ragged clipping. One could read in
the glaring moonlight and Gerry
glanced through the printed lines.
Then he read them through again.
THE PURPLE CITY.
AS I sat munching maugoes,
On the purple city's walls.
heard the catfish calling,
To the crawflsh In the crawis.
saw the paper sunbeams.
Sprouting from the painted sun:
I saw the sun was sullen,
For the day had but begun.
OF dusty desert sky-road,
Ten thousand miles and more
Stretched out before the morning.
And the sun sat in the door.
He sweated seas Of sunshine,
AS he started up the sky,
And he drowned the purple city.
In a tear-drop from his eye.
No more shall purple pansies
Look up at purple pinks.
Nor purple roses rival,
The cheeks of purple mink.
Alas! for purple city,
And Its purple-peopled halls!
Alas! for me and mangoes,
On the purple city's walls!
Gerry looked upon his guest with
new wonder as he handed back the
clipping. Kemp put it away carefully,
rolled a fresh cigarette, and blew a
thick puff Of smoke out into the moon
light. Cant say it's po'try and
can't say it amt. All I know is it
roped me. know that writer feller
never munched no mangOes, cause
mangoes don't MUNICH. know he nev-
er sat on no wall an heerd catfish call
in cause catfish don't call. But he
seen 1t all, stranger, jest the way he
writ it down an ben dreamin' purple
cities ever sence l read his screed."
"Did you start right out to look for
them?" asked Gerry gravely.
Nav" said Kemp. 81 didn't have
nothin' to go on. But one day drum
mer feller thet was stagin' across
the White mountains give me a plant
and it had an article on
commercial orchids with pictures in
colOrs. They was mostly kinder
publish an l reckon it was that what |
got me started. 1t was the foreman
pointin' out my mount to me an l
didn't lose no time. l drapped my rope |
on him an I've been ridin' him ever |
sence."
Found any purple citiesT'
"NOt rightly. l seen 'em-more'n |
once. But I guess purple cities is al
ways yon side the mountain. You
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill.
his home, by his uncle, ]. Y. as a moral
failure. Glen drinks Alans health on his
birthday. Judge Healey defends Alan in
his business with his employers. Alan and
AlIx. Gerry's wife. meet at sea, homeward
bound, and start a Irritation. AT home,
Gerry. as he thinks. sees Alix and Alan
eloping. drops everything. and goes to
Pernambuco. AliX leaves Alan on the
train and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and goes to Piranhas. On a
canoe trip he meets a native girl. The
Judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
to Alix. The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she is mistress of.
Gerry marries her. At Maple house Col
hngeford tells how he met Alan-'Ten
Per Cent Wayne'-building a bridge in
Africa. Collingeford meets Alix and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back to town but does
not go. home. He makes several calls
in the city. Gerry begins to improve Mar
garita's plantation and builds an irrigat-
ing ditch. In Africa Alan reads Clem's
letters and dreams Of home. Gerry pas
lures Lieber's cattle during the drought.
A baby comes to Msrgarita. Collingeford
meets AliX in the city and finds her
changed Alan meets Alix.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
Do Things Worth whiIe-

Spend not your time in that which
profits not; for your labor and your
health, your time and your studies, are
very valuable; and it is a thousand
pitles to see a diligent and hopeful
person speed himself in gathering
cockle-shells and little pebbles, in tell.
ing sands upon the shores. and max
ing garlands of useless daisies.-Jer-
emY TAYLOR.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
April 80, 1915.

French and 5eIgians gained in
Belgium.
German gun shelled Dunkirk
from position % miles away.
Germans repulsed French at lie
Mesnii and Flirey.
Russians checked Germans on
left bank of VistuIa and near Colo
VetZko and Nadvorna.
Turkish troop ship sunk in Oar
daneIIes.
Zeebrugge bombarded from the
sea.
Zeppelin dropped bombs on SUI
folk towns.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

can't jest ride up an put your brand
on 'em. They're born mavericks and
they die mavericks. An | say, good
luck to EN-" Kemp rose, tossed away
his cigarette end and stood leaning
with crooked elbow and knee against
veranda pillar. His keen aquiline
features and deep-set eyes were Lit up
by the moonlight and seemed scarcely
to belong to his great, lOose-jointed
frame. He was loOse-jointed but like
a iail-strong and tough. There's
one thing about the purple cities" he
added, "the daylight always beats you
to 'em jest like in the pom" He
turned and went off to bed.
Gerry sat on in the moonlight seized
by strange sadness-the sadness the
spirit feels under the troubled hover
ing Of the unattainable and the mi
rage. Life had queer turns. Why
should a cowboy start out to look for
purple cities? 1t was grotesque on the
face Of 1t but, beneath the face of it,
ii was not grotesQue.
Margarita stole out to seat herself
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
CHAPTER (:(2
.C0AAAA Ms4

Lieber, accompanied by two hcrders,
came early for his stock He greeted
Kemp warmly. Going my way?' he
asked.
Il ben loafn' around here with that
in mind" drawled Kemp. "I'll take a
hand if you'll allow me a mount"
You can take your pick" said Lie
Der, that is, after Mr. Lansing has
had his"
The three of them walked into the
pasture. Lieber looked at the stock
with kindling eyes. He turned to Ger
ry and held out his hand. Shake" he
said, and Gerry did "What do you
say to the first five Of the horses out
| and the last ten of the cattle for your
share?"
Gerry flushed That's more than
fair" he said. You know the best
of the horses will lead the bunch and
the fattest of the cattle will lag be-
hind. You see, they're all strong
now"
"That's just It," said Lieber.
Kemp had gone off to round up his
mule. He came up from the river
driving it before him. At every jump
he caught the mule a flick with his
rope and the mule kicked and squealed
but came on with long, stiff-legged
strides. 'Hi'yir' yelled Kemp and
snatched off his hat to beat his mount
while he kept the rOpe-end fiickering
over the mule.
Gerry and Lieber laughed. Kemp
was like a mummy come to sudden
life. "DO you know what?" said Ger
ry, II think I'll come along with you"
He led the iron-gray out by his fore
lock and old Bonifacio hurried to help
bride and saddle him. Lieber mount
ed his stallion and turned the horses
as they came out. Kemp suddenly
sObered down to business. When Lie
ber had thrown back the last ten of
the cattle, Kemp came out and closed
the gap behind him.
81 think I'll go ahead with the
horses" said Lieber
'"You go ard take yo' men with you"
said Kemp. II could drive this fat
hand to spell me-"
Gerry had expected a surprise of
some sort when at last he arrived at
Lieber's but the things he saw there.
stranger than anything he could have
imagined, left him calm and unmOved
as though some prescience had pre-
pared him. The house was built on the
usual solid lines of plantation head
quarters. Great, rOugh-hewn beamss
towering rafters, built to carry the |
heavy tiles and to bear their burden |
for generations; unceiled, vast rooms |
with calcimined walls; all these were |
not outside Gerry's experience in the |
new land. The strangeness came with |
the rugs and the linen, the etchings |
and the furniture, and last and most |
significant the shelves and shelves Of |
books and the tables piled with maya
zines in three languages Everything |
bore the stamp of quality, everything
had the distinction of choice.
Gerry did not let his curiosity carry
him beyond a rapid glance around the
great living-rOom where they found
Lieber, bathed and freshly dressed,
the making Of ice In
the latest ingenious contrivance for
The pampering Of the pioneer. "Ice
water in the desert" thought Gerry
and the phrase seemed to him more
than words-it seemed to paint Lie
Der dimly, but as the mind saw him.
Z L. what manner will inhnr
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
April 27, 1915.

Allies repuIsed German attacks
near Ypres and Dixmude and cap
tured several towns.
German attacks at Les Eparges
failed.
Russians began another offensive
around Uzsok pass.
British battIeships Majestic and
Triumph badly damaged in Darda-
neIles attack.
Allied airmen bombarded a dozen
towns.
International Women's Peace
congress opened at The Hague.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
April 2s. 1915.

Germans won victories at Tpres,
in Champagne and along the Meuse.
Germans began an offensive
along entire East Prussian front.
Russians beaten back in carpa-
thians.
Allies landed many more men on
GaIlipoIi, but at Gaba Tepeh were
driven back by Turks, who sank
IL sloops carrying troops.
German aeroplanes bombarded
Belfort and Epernay.
Kurds massacred Christians in
Armenia.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
April Is, 1915.

Germans gained more ground at
Ypres and began terrific drive
near la Bassee.
French repuIsed in the Argonne
and the Meuse hills.
Austro-Germans took by storm
ostry mountain in the Carpathians.
commanding oraVa valley.
Russians rePeIIed Germans in
Prussian Poland.
Russian Black Sea fleet bonn
barded Bosporus forts.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

that tired feeling do not disappear
like snow upon the deserts dusty
face. And when they do, remember
that the chances of later developing
Bright's disease, hardening of arteries
and heart failure have been reduced
to the irreducible minimum.
The eating game is the most impor
tant in life"
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
April 24. 1915.

In furious battle north Of Ypres
allies gained some ground.
French repuIsed attacks at Les
Er.arges and elsewhere.
Germans gained in forest of lie
Pretre.
Finnish and Norwegian vessels
sunk by German submarines.
French aviator bonbarded Smyr-
ma fort.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNlGYSOOM
LESSON

CBy e. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course of the Moody
f7ible Institute ChicagoD
CCOpyright, 1915, Western Newspaper Union.)
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-29

Do you know the home long
ipg that comes to a fellow
stranded halfway round the
earth from his own dooryard?
Gerry and Jake, two forsaken
Americans, meet In these cir
cumstances in the heart Of
South America and exchange
dream-taIk.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-12-31
THREE PRINCIPAL !.
TO BE CONSIDERED
TO BE EXPLAINED BY THE
PEACE ADVOCATES.

WASHINGTON, Dec 30.-The
American government, it became
known authoritatively today. believes
there are three principal points in it's
note to the belligerents and is sur
prised that they have not been more
clearly understood particularly by
the press of the entente allies.
These points, taken in their order
of importance from the administra-
tion viewpoint, are:
The fear that the position of neu
tra1 nations be rendered altogether
intolerable if the war contisues:
The suggestion that arrangements
be made as guarantee against
similar conflicts in the future;
The proposal that means be found
for comparing the concrete peace
terms of both sides
The last point has aroused most
comment, and the first was emDha
sized by Secretary Lsnsings state
ment afterwards modified that the
United States itself might be drawing
near entrance into the war.
The administration. however, it
was learned today, thought the sug-
gestion for an arrangement to pre-
serve peace in the future. would at
! tract more attention among the en-
tente allies than it apparently has,
and furnish a means through which
these nations could enter with per.
| feet propriety into serious peace
/ discussion.
! If such an arrangement could be
made. the administration feels there
would be no ground for the fear that
agreements over terms made between
the belligerents would not be kept
after the present war ends. It was
pointed out today that such a fear
has been one Of the main objections
of the entente allies to entering into
peace discussions.