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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

then cleared as he asked: "How about
the Christmas vacation?"
Lovely" said Margaret.
Then it's go. Come on, Sis" Jack
threw his oil skins over his arm and to-
gether they started off down the shore
1t was fresh, clear day in early Oc-
tober, and the brisk east wind was max
ing little white, caps on the blue waves.
Margaret stood on the wharf watching
the Marietta starting out, her brother
waving back to her from its deck. The
boat was almost to the point before the
girl turned her steps toward school.
The sun was slowly dropping in the
western sky and casting long, slanting
rays across the waters when the Mari
eta entered the harbor the next after
noon. They had made a good catch,
and had taken the fish to Boston.
Wont Margie be pleased" thought
Jack glancing over the harbor to where
their little home nestled on the wa
ter's edge. mot such bad trip" he
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
By Abner Anthony

went, the brook followed her. 1t flowed
through her life steadily, constantly.
Some day shall go back to it," she
said to herself Some day shall kneel
down beside it and plunge my hands and
face into it and find the sweetest sat
isfaction and rest"
But she could never tell her dignifed
husband, or any one else, for that mat
ter, of what she thought. She dare not
He would smile at her i'll that lofty way
of his, half pityingly, half amusedy.
For how could he who had lived apart
from real things all his life understand
how one little brown brook could call
through years and vast, changcful at
fairs to its old playmate?
There. came day when she stood
among Italian roses alone. There was a
wonderful light in the Campagna as she
looked from the garden of her villa
But she saw only a little stream waiting
for her, in land where there were then
no roses, only the frosts of lingering
spring
And it came to pass that one day she
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

most advantages of the rich and cul-
tured. But Helena nevc.- forgot the
past. Sometimes when the dance music
played sweetest she seemed to hear the
murmur of the brook Her heart went
back to it even in the gayest scenes. She
dreamed of it at night, or, if she lay
awake, she thought OF it-slipping by, a
plastic, brown thing, with thousand
sclntillations upon it. She missed it al
ways, and sometimes she grew SO home
sick for it that it seemed to her she
must run away to it and fling herself
into its soothing current
She married in her second season a
brilliant elderly diplomat of her auntis
choosing. They went abroad to live,
and tor very many years she never came
back to America She was considered
very lovely, with superior taste in
dress. She stood in the inner sircle Of
courts and was smiled upon by royalty.
And her fame as the charming Mrs
Calvert came back to adorn her native
land
But whatever she did, wherever she
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

Mrs. Lindell raised naughty eye
brow. "My dear child this old house
is little better than useless. 1t is I'M
fortunate that my poor brother had moth
ing more to leave YOU AS it is it shall
remain closed until you are of age.
Then you can sell it, if you choose"
Il shall never sell it," Helena cried
why, it was their first homeland
mine. | shall keep it as long as l live"
ooh, very well" replied Mrs. Lindell,
with tolerant smile.
Mrs. Lindell had no children. This
fact had prompted her to care for her
brothers daughter Perhaps also she
had regret that she had allowed cir
cumstances to part her from her nearest
kin for SO many years. But she had
married a rich man, who had looked
down on her family. and the tide of
fashionable life had borne her too swift
ly along.
She was a widow now, and Helena
softcncd her loneliness. She gave the
girl everything she could--the best
teachers, the lovliest clothes, the ut
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
By Elsie Endicott

while the captains motorboat sped to
the rescue.
Jack was laid tenderly on the cot pre-
pared for him. Everything possible
had been done for him, but as yet he
showed no Signs of returning vigor.
Margaret watched by the bedside
with heavy heart. During the long
weary hours of the night she never left
him. Gray strcaks were beginning to
show in the eastern sky when Jack
opened his eyes and looked slowly
around
Reaching out his hand, he asked
family, rs that you, Sisl"
20, Jackw she cried, falling on her
knees by the bedside. In smothcring
embrace, she sobbcd out all the sorrow
of her little heart.
The boy smiled, and laying his hand
tcndcrly on the soft, curly hair, he said:
Never mind, dear; ! guess we'll have
our trip to Maine, and the fur coat.
too"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

and pulled hard for the boys. He was
almost to them when one boy reached
out for the broken mast, and upset the
dory. Jack called to them to hold tight
to the boat till he reached them.
1t was blowing pretty hard, and the
waves were quite choppy. AS the two
boys grasped the side of his boat, a
sudden jolt threw Jack into the water
He succeeded in getting the two boys
into the boat, and was attempting to
turn the dory up, when he was seized
with a cramp
The boys tried to help him, but the
wind was hard against them. He dis
appeared below the surface, reappcar-
ing almost Immediately. They did their
best but could not reach him before he
went down again.
What could they do! They were al
most in despair when he came to the
surface again. and this time, cost what
it would, they must save him One boy
grasped his arm, and they held him fast,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

soliloquized, Ninety dollars will be a
good help toward our trip to Maine, and
| don't know but l might get her the
coat too
Hi! Jackie" called a boyish voice,
and Jack saw a small dory carrying two
little boys. 1t was fitted up with home
made sail and mast, and was headed for
the point.
Hello, boys returned Jack, that's
some sailboat you've got, but you better
be careful. Don't go out too far" But
this warning was lost on the boys as the
dory sped over the waves. Jack looked
after them and thought of his own
younger brother who had been drowned
three years before
The Marietta had just stopped at the
mooring when Jack noticed that the
mast of the dory had broken and the
boys, having no oars, were drifting
helplessly out to sea.
He jumped into a nearby row boat
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
A Little Vacation and Fur Coat

when I'm out"
His thoughts went back over the last
few years. After the death of his ia
Their, four years ago, his mother had
struggled bravely TO make living for
herself and her little family. Having
finished the grammar school course,
Jack, unlike most Of the young people
of the little fishing town, was sent to
high school, that he might be better
fitted for the world he had to face.
But after two years the strain be-
gan to show on the delicate mother
Her health broke down and she soon
passed away, leaving her two children in
the care of an elderly cousin, whom they
had always called Aunt Jennie.
Aunt Jennie's husband was captain
of small fishing vessel named the
Marietta. After Jacks mother died he
took the boy out on fishing trips with
him and paid him share of the profits.
Margaret was now IS, four years
younger than Jack, and was in the sec
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

went back to the brook and the old
house where she had been born, and she
found contentment awaited her and
peace and perfect quiet
They say of her that she has done the
strangest thing that ever was known
To give up an Italian villa and a city
brownstone front, to give up society and
all the opportunities of wealth and sui
ture for the sake of negotiating in a
plain, small town like Blakemorel She
is not an old woman. 1t is true her hair
is white, but her sweet face still has
youthful contour which speaks of a
fresh heart, OF course, the old house
is quite charming now since she had
added to it and rearranged and filled it
with her treasures. But it must be
lonely with only Carlotta, the brown
faced peasant woman from Tuscany, to
companion her
She has built vinc-cad arbor be-
side the brook and on pleasant summer
afternoons she sits there reading or
musing She is quietly happy
And the brook flows on.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

ond year of the town high school. She
was deeply devoted to her brother, and
he possessed a strong affection for her
Their fathers sister, who had beau
tiful home in one of the large cities of
Maine had visited them during the
summer, and had repeatedly asked Mar
garct to go and stay with her.
1T must be lonely for you, child" she
used to say, with Jack away all day"
well, it is sometimes" the girl
would answer slowly, "but like to be
here when Jack comes home; and then
there's Aunt Jennie, you know" So
she quietly declined the invitation.
"I'll tell you, Sis" the boy said sud-
denly, IF l make good on this trip what
do you say if VIC both spend week at
Aunt Alice's in Maine?"
ooh, Jack, that would be great" ex-
claimed the girl turning to her brother
joyfully. But" she continued, Il can't
very we'll leave school now"
The boys face cloudcd for a moment
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

derfully short score. Finally, being in
terested in her own game, she forgot
about John Crozier altogether.
At number FIVE She teed her ball, got
her direction down the wide fairway
and let swing 1t was beauty, a full
two hundred yards-but she had sliced
a little, the ball swerved to the right and
landed just on the edge of the woods.
But just what else it did Priscilla did
not see, as the bushes and underbrush
were very thick there She slid her
driver into her bag, slung it over her
shoulder and proceeded to the next
shot.
Then-shc saw! A man lay prone on
the ground where her ball had come
down. His cap had fallen off and lay
to one side. 1t was the cap she rccog-
nizcd first. She had rather laughed at
it all day. 1t had seemed SO frivolous
for John Crozicr.
But she didn't laugh now. If it was
John Crozicr's cap, it was John Gro
zicr himself, and he was hurt, most
likely, and her ball had done it! Per
haps-her heart contracted! Oh, no
She couldn't think it. He couldn't be
dead.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

for weeks it was thin, gentle current,
barely strong enough to bear away a
twig. Again it was full bosomed,
strong, resolutc, going toward the river
as if it were on its way to goal. And
still again it was mad, rcd, lcaping,
roaring monster that hurled itself over
its banks and threatened destruction to
every adjacent thing.
She had thousand memories of it.
Once she had dropped her doll into it
and it had carried the doll out of her
sight forever. She had padded in il
with her bare feet on the warm, wet
stones. At those times it was friendly
and pleasant. But there was another
time when she found that it had downcd
her iris and poppics over night and
buried them under shiny brown dirt
The house in which she lived beside
the brook with her father and mother
was plain and old, yet solid and COM
Portable. They were poor people, but
they had knack of making the most
of what they had And they were singu-
larly happy. She grew tall and strong
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

good for any number of problems in
long or short division.
Invariably the Bulldog" growlcd and
made for the door, much to Priscilla's
amusement at first, then to her indigna-
ton, and finally to her hurt. And in
June the grand finale had arrived when
supplies had come and the principal,
overworked, ovcrhcated and tried be-
You'd endurance, had called the crayons
and paints d useless stuff" in
Priscilla's hearing.
Then for the first time she put in a
defense, and stiff one "Mr. Crozier,
if all the world were deprived of the
softening effect Of art" she said, at
would be no more an attractive place
to live in tlan--than if we all had the
same kind Of dispositions r.
And so completely dumbfoundcd was
he by this rcbukc from pretty, quiet
Priscilla that he was for the first time
in his life without proper reply.
So now Priscilla was thinking again
of that day Out on the links in the
bright, October sun it came back more
wildly than it had done for weeks,
most probably because John Crozicr
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
Back to the Land of the Brook

Her mother said she was like the brook
itself. There was the same brown in
her hair, the same sparkle in her eyes,
the same tinkle of music in her laughter.
1t was a fancy, but her mother was full
of fancies and Helena loved them.
She was Is when her mother died on
a June night when the brook was sing
ing its softest. Something woke in her
then-a latent womanhood. She put her
arms about her father and promised to
be to him all that daughter could.
A year later she was alone The doc
tor said that heart disease caused her
fathers death, but she knew that he
had grieved his life away.
From somewhere came a woman, her
fathers magnificent sister, hitherto sci
dom mentioned a being apart from their
humble lives. She filled the small house
with her ample, elegant presence. With
a finger under Helena's chin she studied
the young, sad face I'm going to take
you home with me-" she said.
Helena struggled little. But the
house." she murmurcd.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
By Joella Johnson

She ran quickly and lnelt beside him.
He was very pale and his eyes were
closed. A couple of feet away lay the
ball. Priscilla suddenly turned white.
1t was then that she knew. She under
stood now why she had been so kecnly
hurt at his disapproval-why all SUM
mer she had been thinking, thinking, of
him. Was it all to end SO drcadfully
then. by her killing him9
One glance around told her there was
no help near She laid one hand tender
ly on his forehead, and with the other
felt carefully for his pulse. "You can't
be dcad!" she kept repeating over and
over. And once she said, ooh, no. dear,
you can't be dead"
Then suddenly the blood surged into
her face and she sighed with relief. A
full throb had answered her touch on
his wrst-and another, and another.
THANK Heaven! He's just tainted /
didn't think at that distance it could do
so much damage I'll have to get some
water, somewhere, though.
She calculated the distance to tho
spring. There was nothing else for it.
she would have to leave him for min
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

ute. But suddenly as she rose to go. she
felt the hand she held turn and clasp
her fingers warmly and her other hand
imprisoned also John Crozier sat up.
did |, or did l not, hear someone
call me 'dear?'" he asked, queer,
teasing light in his eyes. "Or was it
just fantasy born of my bump"
"Why II don't believe you were
hurt at all" said Priscilla, Indignantly
struggling TO go.
well, if | wasn't I never want to be.
The back Of my head feels likc-but
that's not the question" He swaycd to
his feet keeping light hold of Priscilla'.s
hands. didn't somebody call me,
'dear?'" Priscilla Redeemed more cruelty
still and turned away.
Dear little Priscilla, can You ever
forgive mc7 I've been wrctchcd for
months. 1t just needed jolt like this
to bring me to my stupid senses. think
| knew / was falling in love with you
and that's why / was mean. didn't
want to fall in love with anybody. But
/ couldn't help it, dearest girl. | adore
you'll Now did you call me, 'dcar?
YES admitted Priscilla, turning her
eyes to him and smiling tcndcrly.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
The Forgiveness That Finally Came

about 50 per cent" he stormed. Sing
ing, and daubing in washy colors, and
wasting flour and butter is all nom
sense. But of course, l suppose it
doesn't hurt the youngsters to sing once
in a while, and as for the cooking, |
suppose a few of them may learn
enough to keep from starving, but as
for art" Mr.. Crozcr shook his head
emplatically.
ITS all nonsense" And having is
sued an ultimatum, bulldog-like, he
hung on. Mr.. Crozier was never known
to change his mind.
Now, what Priscilla had to do with
all this was considerable, for she was
the art teacher, the ono responsible for
the "daubbing in washy colors,' the
sponsor for certain violent landscapes
and horrifc sunsets of flowers the
botanies did not boast, and of animals,
species undiscovered. True her own
examples on the blackboard were al
ways a delight to the eye, but when Mr.
Crozicr happened into a room where the
art lesson was in progress, it was not
these delightful examples that he seem
cd to see, but little, struggling, dirty
fingers tracing their awfulness OH paper
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

dollar and-cents basis, show large
percentage over the cost of the lighting
that would be required to eliminate them.
As judgment is dependent upon per-
ception, and perception upon the sight.
then the laborer, to be efficient, must be
able to see fine details and small objects
at close range with sharpness and dis
tinction, to distinguish objects at dis
lance with accuracy, and to have clear
perception of all objects in the intcrme-
date space.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
By A. Scientist

A little device has been recently made
to perform his task.
A chuck" is provided to hold the
needle, and one end is secured to a
bracket somewhat elevated to hold the
needle at the proper angle as it is being
rubbed over the surface of an abrasive
material.
In this way needle may be sharpened
repeatedly until it grows too short for
use.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

himself was at the club playing and she
had, caught a glimpse of him as he
drove off number three 1t was the
first she had seen him since June. be-
cause he had been away all summer and
since school began she had managed TO
get supplies when he was out, and in
turn he had evidently avoided meet
ing, not forgetting the reference to dis
positions that had evidently gone home.
Mr.. Crozier rather pridcd himself on
his golf. Priscilla felt it rather than
knew it. He never talked to his teach
crs about his proves, nor about any
thing personal, for that matter; but il
he didn't want it known, why did he
keep three large silver trophies in
stately array across the top of his desk
in the office?
This was the first time Priscilla had
seen him playing, and she was interest
cd. His drive off number three had
been a beauty.
Then something happened Priscilla
had lost sight of the enemy, the woods
and rise in the ground intervening.
She played steadily on, making long,
straight shots that tailed into Won
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09
ClOthespin OF Metal.

Clothcspins not SO long ago were so
cheap that it.was hardly worth while to
pick them up when they fell to the
ground.
But things are different now and the
wood from which the little things are
made is so valuable that generous sun
ply of clothespins is valuable posses
sion.
Metal has been called upon to take the
place of the wood. The advantage of
those made-o metal is that they are
practically everlasting.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

put you must have new overcoat and
nit for the winter. OF course I'd love
p have fur coat like Heen's, but |
Ion't see how we can afford it this year.
lou know you haven't made much on
be last two trips, and"
"Oh, cheer up, Sis" interrupted her
brother pleasantly; Il guess we won't
Starvc."
The girl sighed but said no more. Her
brother, having finished his breakfast,
bose and stood watching her moment.
Poor Sis" he thought "t's not the
kst time she's given up some pleasure
me, and it must be lonesome for her
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

across the Connecticut river, over which
the Turner's Falls Power & Electric
Company is to supply energy to the rail
way system.
A special feature of this tower is
the freproo6ng of the legs to a hori-
zontal cross-section of II inches by 10
inches. The tower legs are of structural
steel and are each incased with concrete
TO height of about 40 feet above the
ground, thus clearing the maximum YER
teal range likely under any circum-
stances to be reached by flames or cleo
trio arcs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

600 tons of nitrogen; at the same time
100000 tons of sulphate of ammonia
$4,000 tons of nitrogen) and 100000
tons of calcium nitrate $4,000 tons of
nitrogen) was expected to be produced,
the total containing $4,000 tons of nj
trogcn. which exceeds by 100000 tons
the entire consumption of nitrogen IN
Germany in 1918.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

finally eliminated in John Crozier
ing his temper and saying awful
ings.
4 really began with the school board
year before when they had introduced
art course into the regular cur
culum, which heretofore had consisted
sonly bone dry material such as males
Rppfovc. But two women got them
lives elected to the dictatorship and
nodified this diet of solids by music, art
I'd touch of domestic science.
N Now, John Crozicr, the principal of
Ne largest school in town and known
kfcctionately to the children by the
Fender title of "The Bulldog" had
parked Enthusiastically at this change
inform
Just as soon as women take hand
b affairs they let down in standard
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-09

Two pieces of metal are pivoted to-
gethcr with a spring which holds the two
ends comprising the jaws in closed po-
sition. Pressure of the fingers opens
those jaws, and when released after be-
ing in position will hold the garments
to the line while drying.