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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

ton. 1t had been here i'll this depres-
sion, lived, and passed away before he
and the girl were born. He tried to
explain to her what once had been, but
she shrugged her shoulders. She was
not interested; she did not understand.
Together they walked back to the
house Gerry was silent aud thought
full. He saw vision of what Fazenda
Flores had once been, what work could
make it again.
The following day he rooted out two
rusty spades from the debris in the old
mill, fitted new handles to them and
took the old darky, Bonifacio by name.
off with him to the depression. They
began the long task Of digging out the
silt of years. Day after day, week
after week, they chung to the mono
tonous work. The darky worked like
IN automaton. Work in itself to him
was nothing beyond the path to food
and rest at night. Labor made no de-
mands on coura ge-it had no end, no
goal But Gerry's labor was dignified
by conscious effort His eyes were not
in the ditch but on the vision he had
seen of what Fazenda Flores might
be- He had fixed his errant soul on
goal The essence of slavery is older
than any bonds wrought by man. The
white man and the black in the ditch
were its parable. The dignity and the
shame of labor were side by side. para
doxicaliy yoked to the same task.
Margarita and her aunt looked on
and smiled and joy began to settle on
the girl. During Gerry's irst restless
week she had steeIed herself each
night to the thought that she would
wake to find him gone. But now he
was taking root. Ii amused him to
dig Well let him dig. There was no
end to digging.
Gerry occasionally varied the work
of digging with making some knick-
knack for the house. The twisted
limbs of trees became benches to sup
plant the rickety chairs. clumSily
patched and totally inadequate to his
weight. In the same way he made tue
massive frame of bed and Bonifacio
remembered an art and filled in the
frame with plated thongs. Work in
spires emulation. The women got out
their store of cloth. They made clothes
for Gerry and fitted out the new bed.
Pillows and mattress were stuffed with
dry bur-marigolds that family scented
the whole room. With each achieve
ment the somber house seemed to take
a step toward gayety. Ruin and dilap-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

The art of the milliner means more
quite as much, anyway, In producing
hats In which style is the strongest
element. Here are two attractive and
inexpensive hats, made of familiar fab
RIGS, that demonstrate how cleverly
ideas may be interpreted in materials
hats are suited to any season, too
which is a great factor in their favor
The pretty model, with spangied
crown and brim of ruffied nalines
may be made in black or in any of the
colors in which spangled bands are
to be found with malines to match
A crown of nacre or opalescent span
giles used with cream-colored ma1ines
would make beautiful and very
dressy hat The ruffie of malines is
made of four thicknesses, wired for
support and put on in box plaits. A
half wreath of foliage and hat silk
roses is applied at the right side and
back, over the malines. This is one of
those hats that are simple enough in
construction to be made by the home
milliner. She will succeed by making
a faithful copy of it.
The turban of satin presents also
no great difficulties to the ambitious
needlewoman. The frame is in two
pieces, which are covered separately.
The covering of the crown is plain,
except for a fold in the satin which
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

gether new respect for the old captain
No one knew better than Alan that it
took a special brand of courage to
whip him with words but the captain
had not stopped to stuff his own ears
enemy. He had risked all in one
liquid, stinging, Overwhelming yoiley
and he had won.
The captains code was peculiar, to
say the least, and held the passionate
pilgrim in ample regard but, as he
pointed out to Alan, it was code Of
honor. 1t played a game within rules.
He further remarked that the hawk
was bird of evil repute but person
ally he preferred him to the eagle that
fouls its own nest. There were other
pregnant phrases that hung in Alan's
mind for some time and half awak-
ened him to a realization Of where he
stood. Many man, propped up by
the sustaining atmosphere of narrow
world, has passed merciless judgment
on such sins as Alan's-metal, un-
proved, sitting in judgment over the
bar that twists in the flame. But the
captain was not one of the worlds
confident army of the untested. He
had roamed the high seas of pleasure
as well as the ocean wave. Alan would
have struck back at saint but he
took chastisement from the old sinner
with good grace.
Alan left the captain and presented
himself at the downtown offices of J.
Y. Wayne & Co. They Were expect
ing him and he was shown in to his
uncle Immediately, to the exaspera-
ton of several pompous, waiting
clients. 1t was the first time that uncle
and nephew had been face to face
since their memorable interview at
Maple House.
J. Y. Wayne was aging. He had
lived hard and showed it, but there
was no weakness in his age and he
met Alan without compromise. He
nodded toward chair but did not Of
fer his hand. When he spoke his voice
was low and modulated to the tone Of
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

dormant instincts. For the first week
he would not hear. The past loosens
its tendrils slowly. He was listless
and loafed restlessly about the house.
The two darkies worked for his we'll
being. the two white women waited on
him hand and foot. At first it was
lulling; then it was wearying. He be-
gan to wander from the house
But the week had not been alto
gether lost. He had gathered desul-
tory but primitive information. Occa-
sional re-occurring words began to be
more than mere sounds. The girls
name was Margarita. The wrinkled
little woman was her aunt, Dona
Maria. The two darkies were linger-
ing relics of slave days They had
been born here. They had gone with
emancipation, but they had come
back. The name Of the plantation was
Fazenda Flores. To them it was the
world. They had wandered out of it
hand in hand with liberty but they had
come back because freedom was here.
They needed someone to serve. Mar
garita had long been an orphan. The
place was hers and had once been rich.
But before her day water had become
scarce. The place was uncared for
and had fallen into its present ruin.
IT was well, she said for if she had
been rich suitors would have searched
her out long since. She was eighteen.
She had been woman for years.
These things. some of them distinct.
some only half-formed impressions, ran
in Gerry's head as he wandered over
the fazenda. 1t had once been rich,
why. was it not rich now? Fertility
sprang to his view on every side save
one This was the gentle slope away
from the river and behind the house.
Even here he discovered hummocks in
alignment. vague traces of the careful
tilling Of another time. He climbed
the slope till he came to a depression
running parallel to the river. 1t made
a line and beyond that line was desert
untamed. Cactus and thorn dotted its
barren soil. Gerry followed the de-
preston down to its end, then turned
back and followed it up. 1t wandered
among rocks and hillocks to a natural
cleft in the banks of the great river.
He climbed point Of rock and
gazed around him. Far down to the
left cleaned the old plantation house
in the midst of it's waste lands. His
eye followed the long depression and
he began to understand many things.
The ruin was young ruin like him
self. In itself it contained the seeds
of rejuvenescence. 1t had been robbed
of it's talisman and its talisman was
water. Tons of water flowed past it
and left it thirsting for drops. Irriga-
ton is coeva with the birth of civiliza-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

business 81 wanted to see you to
tell you that you have overpaid your
/ account with me. The balance has
been put to your credit. You can see
| the cashier about that. | want to tell
you too, that I have made too much
money myself to admire surprising
capacity in that direction in anyone
else.
Don't think that l don't appreciate
| the significance Of your wiping out a
debt which you incurred unwittingiy.
can see that you had to do 1t be-
| cause a Wayne must carry his head
| high in his own eyes. But and here
J. Y.'s eyes left his nephew's express
| sionless face and looked vaguely into
! the shadows of the room. His voice
| took a lower key with all your sac
rifice to pride you have failed in pride.
You have not been proud in the things
| that count
J. Us voice fell still lower. His
| words hung ana dropped in the silence
| of the room like the far-away throb of
| great bell On still night. "Yester-
day Glenn was crying because you had
not come to the house. | try to think,
| Alan. that it's because Glenn is there
| that you have not come. If | could
| think that" J. Y's eyes came slowly
back to Alans face. A dull red was
| burning there. J. Z went on, Shame
| is Il precious thing to a man. Differ
| ent creeds-different circumstances
| carry us to various lengths. Ethics
are elastic today as never before but,
| as long as shame holds bit of ground
| in mans battlefield, he can win back
| to any height"
| For long minute there was silence.
then ON a common impulse they both
| arose Alan's eyes were wide open
and moist He held out his hand and
| J. Y. gripped it. 1t was their whole
! farewell.
Back in his rooms Alan sat down
and wrote to Clem:
| Dear Glen: We are all two people. I'm
| Gle j. 7. cut his other half off about thir-
| ~ years ago and left it behind. The
| Judge has his other half locked up in a
| closet. He has never let it out at all. AnG
! so or with every one of us. This sounds
! very funny to you now but some day
! when you are grown up you will catch
your self looking at you and then you
will understand what l mean. l am two
| people too. The half OF me that knows
| you and loves you and Red Hill and that
you love has been away longer than the
rest Of me. He only got back twenty
minutes ago, and 1T IS too late for him to
| come and see you because he and the
rest of me are off tomorrow on another
| trip. But he wants you to know that he
| is awfulIy sorry to have missed YOU. Next
F., time I shall bring him with me, I hope,
and Tn send him to you the day we ar
! rive.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
This Picture and That,

The populations of the Boer. or far.
mer republic of South Africa, and OF
Mississippi have not been unlike. ex-
cept in language" says Senator John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi.
Both lead plain lives. both alike
have their strength constantly re-
newed, as was that of Antaeus Of old.
by daily contact with their mother
earth.
Both shoot well, ride well, live an
outdoor life and, as a rule. speak can
didly without diplomatic frills. Both
have their negro race problem and an
overruling race pride molding, color
ing, motiving or modifying nearly
everything-politics religion and So
cial life. Both have combined grim
humor with cool courage"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

Mystery is always more dangerous
than truth; it gives such lead to
ina gination.'
So she told him aud Coilingeford
listened, interested At the end he
said nothing Alix looked, at his
thoughtful face What do you think
Isn't there a chance? Don't you think
he's probably-probably alive?"
The judge was not there to hear the
meek appeal Of faith for comfort. Col
lingeford met Alix' eyes frankly. IF
We're you," he said, II would prob
ably believe as you do. I've met too
many dead men in Piccadilly looking
uncommonly well ever to say that a
man is dead because he's disappeared.
Then there's the other side Of 1t. Bod
sky says a man is never dead while
there's anybody left that loves him" !"
''rne Judge told me about Bodsky.
He's the man that said there had been
lots of murderers he'd like to take to
his club. He must be worth while.
I'd like to talk to him.
II don't suppose" said Collingeford
absentiy, that Bodsky has talked to
woman since he killed his mistress"
Alix started and looked up from her
work Don't you think you had bet
ter come back--and bring the talk
back with you?"
1t was Collingeford's turn to start.
''I beg your pardon he said. You
are right, was in another world. Only
you mustn't get a wrong impression.
Everybody says it was an accident
except Bodsky. He has never said
anything"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
Given Shakespearean Names.

A British paper announces that the
problem of finding names for the sta
tions on the new section of the Ket-
tie Valley railway portion Of the Cana
dian Pacific which runs through the
Hope mountains has been solved in
a distinctly original manner. The
construction of the railway is now
almost completed. and it has been
decided to name the stations after
well-known Shakespearean characters.
One station just north of the Co
quahalla River canyon is called Othel-
10, another Lear. third Jessica, a
fourth Portia, and fifth Iago. Ro,
meo, another station. is eternally sep
arated from Juliet by Coquahalla sum-
nit, which is $500 feet above sea
level, and not likely to be moved by
anything short of an earthquake.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

The pannier drapery and the point
ed bodice, from the coquettish modes
Of long ago, are plainly embodied in
the fascinating frock shown here. But
it follows It's pretty and frivolous fore
runner at a considerable and safe dis
tance and has adapted instead Of
adopting the original that it compli-
ments SO adroitly. The twentieth cen
tury maid consents to the frivolity of
the seventeenth century gown but
stops at its foolishness. She has fol-
lies of her own to deal with. -
The gown pictured has a full under
skirt of georgette crepe on which a
little outline embroidery in gold ap-
pears at the front, and an underbodice
and three-quarter length sleeves of
the crepe The overskirt, of lowered
taffeta, is cut longer than the under
skirt and caught up at two places at
each side. Wherever required it Is
tackled to the underskirt and it hangs
straight and full at the back, covering
the crepe skirt completely.
The crepe underbodice is almost
square at the neck and finished with
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

extends diagonally across the top.
The side crown Is covered with a
bias strip stretched smoothly about 1t.
The lower part of the coronet is also
covered with plain bias strip of satin
AT the top a puff Of satin, or of faille
or moire ribbon, gives the required va
riety and finish A fine wire is in
serted in the lower edge of the puff
where it joins the satin This is not
to be neglected if the hat is copied
it is the touch that betrays the work
of the professional
A narrow novelty band and fat ca.
bochon Of beads, in the same color
as the hat, give it dash of brilliance
and color contrast is managed by ap-
plication of sprays of silk foliage and
rose at each side. These sprays are
bought readymade,
About the most difficult part of the
work, for the amateur, confronts her
after the hat is made and trimmed. It
remains to be lined. Chiffon. taffeta.
or other lightweight silk, is to be
used for this purpose, and the work
may be simplified by pasting in the lin
ing with millinery glue. If it is seWed
in, silk thread matching the hat in
color, and fine needle, make the task
of concealing stitches less tedious.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
Hie Revenge a Run on Bank.

When foreigner presented a
cheek at g nank at Scranton, Pa, that
had re s"mf,iance of forgery he
was refused payment
In retaliation he spread the story
among the foreigners that the bank
was out of money. When they inves-
tigated and found the doors closed
for the half holiday they grew angry,
and when the doors opened in the eve
ming hundreds were clamoring for
their money.
Until long after midnight the off,
GERS were kept busy paying out funds,
and it was not until nearly 100000
aad been PAID out that the demand
gas stempad
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill;
iliE home, by his uncle, J; Y. as a moral
failure. Glenn runs after him in tangie
of short skirts to bid him good-by. Cap
, tain Wayne tells Alan of the failing of the
Waynes. Glenn drinks Alan's health on ms
birthday. Judge Healey defends Alan N
his business with his employers Alan and
AIix meet at sea, homeward bound, and
start a Irritation. At home, Mango Ster-
ling asks Alan to go away from Alix. .AliN
is taken to task by Gerry. her husband
for her conduct with Alan and defies him
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
her home, and shows him the ruined
plantation she is mistress Of Gerry mar
ries her. AT Maple house Collingeford
tells how he met Alan-''Ten Per Cent
Wayne"-building bridge in Africa.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

darkey out. He jumped down on to
the sand d-bank himself and dug small
trench to the water. The river surged
through it gently. Gerry climbed out.
With each pulse of the come-and-go
Il wave rushed through the little
trench, widening it and occasionally
carrying away Il block of the sand
bank into the hole. Gradually. then
in rapid progression. the barrier was
ieveled. The hole filled with water
that rose till it began to trickie down
the long length of the ditch. They
followed the tiny stream. Soon it came
In rushing surges. Hours passed. Boni-
facio slept but Gerry had forgotten
time. The ditch filled. The water
started to flow back into the river
Along all its length the ditch held
CTO BE CONTINuED)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
IN PRIMITIVE RUSSIA
REGION WHICH CIVILIZATION HAS
NOT REACHED.
Inhabited by Nomadic Race, Who Live
as Their Forefathers Lived Through
out the Centuries - Have
Many Peculiar Customs.

Interest is still kept up in Great
Britain in other things besides the
war The other day, for instance, a
Mr.. F. A Holiday, traveller, gave
an address before the Society of Arts
in London on the Uralak, province
in Asian mid d-Russia, northeast Of the
Caspian sea.
Valuable oil fields exist here, and
also deposits of sulphur and other
minerals useful in peace and war.
Mr.. Holiday said that the land was
very fiat. and there was almost an
absence of trees, which caused the
fuel problem to be somewhat acute.
The advent of western civilization fur
nished the inhabitants with certain
amount of firewood In the shape of tel
egraph poles and stakes used to mark
out claims.
>Tne Cossacks, mad, however, taught
them to respect the former, though
not in some cases the latter. The
original inhabitants were the Krghiz,
an essentially nomadic race, who
lived in dome-shaped tents made of
light wooden frame covered with
camel skins
The tents had no furniture, but
sometimes beautiful oriental rugs or
carpets were placed on the floor,
space being left on which a fire was
made.
When the Kirghiz used the tele-
graph poles as firewood, they did not
take the whole pole away, but each
man Clipped off piece until at last
the whole pole gave way.
A prince was man with 100 or
zoo sheep, and prince in winter
generally lived in a house built of
bricks made out of the sand and
baked in the sun.
The houses were sunk in the
ground for warmth In the winter.
They had window frames and doors.
but the firewood question was so acute
that when the people went on trek
in the summer they took the window
frames and doors out and packed them
on the backs Of camels for fear the
people who did not trek would steal
them.
The Ural river was a great source
of wealth to the Cossacks, for it was
well stocked with fish. At one time
a barge crossed the river, but the
Cossacks would not allow it to cross
after dark, as they said that the fish
wanted to sleep as well as anybody
else.
check on the developments Of the
Urafsk and of other oil fields. A
great deal of prospecting and pro-
liminary work was necessarily stopped.
and companies which were already
well established met with fresh diff
culties.
In some places gas holes" around
which there was often a deposit Of
sulphur, were met with. Some OF
these spots were venerated by the
Kirghiz, who prayed round them and
then erected little sticks, to which
they tied little pieces of cloth, as was
the manner of simple peoples.
On one occasion his driver stopped
and prayed by one Of these gas
holes" and threw a few kOpeks on
the ground, which, he said, were for
the religious authorities when they
came along. Asked If there was not
danger of someone stealing them, the
driver replied that if he prayed for
relief from sickness and trouble, and
then someone stole the money. the
thief would get the trouble and sick
ness, SO there was no danger.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
The NnrfnIk Coat.

The Norfolk coat Is always a salts
factory one. A new model shows mil
itary pockets that are new and dis
tinctive It is admirable for all sea-
sons and for a variety of different ma
terials Blue gabardine, white gabar-
dine and. white serge are especially
smart made UP into Norfolk coats.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
Plated Skirts.

Plated skirts are not alone fash
ionable, they are very generally be-
coming. One is so arranged as to give
the effect of plain panel at the front
and one at the back, also 1t is cut off
at shout the hip and finished with o
peplum prettily shaped yoke.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

narrow silk lace with gold threads
outlining the flower pattern. The silk
bodice, instead of being stiff1y boned
and smooth, is softly draped about the
figure, thus departing from the ways
of it's prototype. Instead of a long,
rigid point at the front it has short
point and easy adjustment to the tlg-
ure. 1t is gathered over a cord at the
top and narrows to bands over the
shoulders. 1t is graceful and COM
Portable looking which proves that we
have learned something in the lapse
of over two hundred years-perhaps.
Worth and Premet and other great
names in the world of fashion, sane
ton the revival of the pannier and
the pointed bodice. Each adapts the
mode to his own ideas. 1t is safe to
predict that they will accomplish moth
ing prettier than the model shown
here, which may be made up in any
of the seasons good colors.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03

coats are usually in empire effect,
with tiaring hem and trimmed with
fur. The skirts are generally of mod
crate width, never in the exaggerated
fullness. The dull, soft tones prevail.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-03
ABA ,:Ml

There is no stronger proof OF mans
evolution than his adaptability--his
power Of attainment through the mate
rial at hand, however elementary.
From the very beginning, the necessi-
ties Of his new life called to GerEy's