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THE HOUSE THAT STOOD BACK

drugged glass. He stood beside the bench
and raised It high.
Drink" he cried exultantly. Drink, my
friend! Drink with me. To Science. the
pale goddess Of my worship. In whose honor
It L. permitted that you die!"
ITO Science!" echoed Barraclough.
He drained the glass. And the doctors
glass was drained Would he suspect-would
He put the glass down gently. He put
the other glass down gently. He walked
the length Of the room and came back. He
sat down. with his kindly. benignant smile.
waiting. Minutes passed With every
muscle of his bound body tense, Barraclough
watched under lowered lids. There lay the
knife. II, before the drug got him-How
long would the drug be! The doc.
tors head was dropping. He raised it.
looked about him. passed 4 hand over his
forehead His eyes were glazing,
closing. He started up. moved
pace. staggered down into the chair again.
His body relaxed inertly: his head
fell back. The drug held and conquered him;
he moved no more.
And the girl. peerinE. waiting. ran and
caught up the knife. In = minute or two
Barraclough. free. got on his feet To drop
back helplessly. overcome with q horrible
faintness and nausea He mastered the
qualm. and she spoke her hrst word
He Is mad. monsieur" she said in break
ing. shaking voice. quito mad?"
quite mad. my child" He waited How
was It that you camel"
It was the card, monsieur. I wished to
see your name, and between the two little
was a mistake. no-I understood. But how.
II kept It, could hope to repay % much7
ran after you. I was almost near enough
to call when saw you stop. It was very
dark caught my foot and fell-in the
moment that I did not see you were gone.
ran on. ran past, ran back--I was puzzled.
In q moment all the windows were lighted
saw the door was open And lying before
It the red flower from your coat. I was
afraid to 60 in. afraid to 60 away-it was 20
strange. and I was surs you were here. But
presently ventured and iistened-I could
hear nothing. The door Of the next room
was open-1 erept In There were sounds
behind the curtains-i looked through-hs
was binding youl think the good God did
not let me screami what could DO. alone,
% little, % wsal7 And WHARF you had left
me thsrs were many people. went back to
the door. II was shut, noasisur.-
An the terror with which she had made
the discovery was in her facs and eyss.
"Monnsur. II w.s shut There v no lock.
no handls-nothins. Ard ths nghts wsnt
out--sverywhsrs but hsrs., I Rspt ba1k AMI
LOOKED sssss. he hsA snisAss sed sss watch
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wish met She shook her head with .
puzzled laugh. IL do not understand. But.
mol am not 90 young. II 10 because ] am
sc uttle-so uttIeNthat you think IT. Today
1T Is strange-you think 90. too?-is also
my birthday. am nineteen"
Nineteen? So much? The question is
answered" said Barraclough. He took the
childish hands and kissed them. kissed the
slender wrist and the bangle from which the
little silver heart hung. For the p.esent.
nademoiselle. / am content 10 reflect With
much satisfaction that In two years-no
more-you will be twenty-one."
Farrant. seated at breakfast. turned his
head At sound OF the opening door.
WELL" he Erowied with q grurnesS that
masked extreme relief. 50 shan't have TO
bail you out. It seems! Better luck than
looked for. All the same. you blessed 4ss,
you have lodged the boobies suppog ge tss
painting"
And stopped because the ngure that paused
before him was 20 glaringly. irdut:Cably,
absolutely sober.
The town." saId BsrrsclouEh Ersvely,
remains OF its normal tint TIere are, do
you know, some remarkably nne colo. efects
to be got about dsybresk-never observed
them before. No-your services a. bsres
are not required Nevertheless, have made
a night Of It. Also he shuddsred and
laughed unsteadfy--I have looked upon the
wine when It was red"
"Humph! So long as you didn't erink-s
began Farrant
90, drank" corrected Barraclcugh- De
cidedly drank! To the Iees-thcre were no
heel taps" he turned to the wall. All.
the calendar! said something last night !
think. about this being my wedding day. A
naistake-it 10 put on"
"Eh?" Farrant calculated.
Postponed" explained BarTacIougn stin
gravely. Thanks have had one oreak-
fast, but ! don't mind another cup Of tea-
The Lady Superior. by the way. drinks China
Not quite 20 much sugar. And le. me advise
you never to 20 in for . phonograph o. have
purple blinds to your windows. Presently
I'll tall you story that viii make that last
old yarn of yours read like-dke LAtus
Elsies School DsyL'-
Farrant, staring, puzzled, poured out and
passed the tea
II shall be married" concluded Barn,
elough, this day two years-time enough.
with perseverance. to kick myself into decent
shap& Before the event shall unquestiou-
ably say my prayersl BY the way. hope
shortly to introduce her to Marsaret-they
should know each other. Which 10 a. nigh
a compliment a. could be paid To either The
data. it happens. win also be her tventy-nrst
sirthday.-
tccpyr1sht: 1871: n rss chio.Se rrilDsl
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posite- wall. taksn out = glass and put II
down on a little stand with . marble top.
was. from q carefully stoppered phial. pour
ing some tny tablets into his hand. The
drug. he explained. was easily dissolved
in wine. was cOIorIsss. odorIess. tasteless.
He dropped the tablets into the glass and
turned back To the cabinet Between the
parted curtain Barraclough met the girls
syes She gave . look wildly earnest and
eager. at the unconscious figure. made .
gesture towards the stand. the glass. another
gestur-The gesture Of drinking3 OF rails
ing q glass and drtnking7 The doctor
was filing the glass. Barraclough watched
the red shine Of the wtne-his brain groped.
wondering struggling-Ths doctor was put
ting down the bottle
You will drink with me. doctor!" asked
RarracIough. dry-lipped
with you? You wish 1T Request TT
Then. most certainly" said DR.. La Rue very
courteously. smiling.
He brought out . second glass. He nIled
the second glass. The two stood At opposite
ends Of the stand. He took up the drugged
glass. BarracIough made . movement with
his free hand.
MY namei" he cried MY name that ID
10 be remembered. to Be immortal with yours,
You do not know it,
1T Is true-I had forgotten. 4 thousand
pardonsl II you win give It to ne"
mo. I will write It. I can do 20 easiiy
Il you win bring pen and paper hold them
In the future It may have some value"
value? You are too modest II win Be
a treasure. . treasure to postertty! In .
moment" said the doctor.
He put down the drugsed glass. In the
same spot7 Carefully In the same spot.
He approached the bench He drew out .
pocket-book. q stylo pen. Between the inch
parted curtains Barraclough caught O swift
little nod And q smile-yes. . smile! He
had interpreted her arisht-had understood
With . step forward. an extended hand, she
could reach the stand, could shift, reverse
the glasses- :.
Barracloush took the offered styio. The
doctor opened the pocket.book. stopped. held
1t, steadied f. Over his shoulder Bar
racloush's eyes were on the curtains. On the
Eirfs faee. the girls handi II Il trembisd,
blundered. that little fraii handi It moved
steadily: the glasses were reversed; the cur
tatns fell together. Barracioush wrote his
name The doctor bent his white head in
courteous acknowledgment ana hid the
book down He crossed to the stand By the
curtaina He took up ths undrugssd siaR-
He brought II over. The undruggsd glass
s.s b sasr.e'oush's hand. a. took u. Ii.
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you walk to the cornerf We shall be out
Of sight Of the horrible place"
They walked to the corner and waited until
the taxi came. Barraclough helped her IN.
gave, direction. and got in beside her. Her
eyes turned to him questioningly as 1t started
I'VE are going. monsieur-f" she in.
terrogated.
"A little way into the country. To lady
who was once . school friend Of my mother
She Is good enough to say that she regards
me as q son. May know who shall pre-.
sent to herr Your name-f"
1T is Yvonne Dusarre. monsieur"
~ think. Mademoiselle Yvonne. that We
are neither of US At to talk any more" said
Barraclough.
So there had been silence when. as the sun
rose they reached q large gray house stand.
ing In staid old gardens among the Surrey
orchards. Into the room where they waited
there presently came hurrying q stately.
black robed lady whose handsome. benign
face was crowned by . nuns white colt and
veil. to whom, with all formality. he pre-
sented Mademoiselle Yvonne Dugarre- Then
there followed q eolloquy apart In q great
window. from which the lady. turning agi-
tated and fearful. took the girl in her arms
and kissed her before she went out Barra-
clough met the question In the violent green
eyes.
This Is q convent a school," he explained.
There are twenty pupils. young girls like
yourself. It Is arranged that you are supplied
with all that you wish for or need. ss they
are-that you share their studies and theif
lives as one Of them: are made, L hope. a.
happy. You accept-and will remain, my
child7"
Accept To live heref To Learnt To Be
safe? Oh" she cried, flushing paling. trem-
bling; but It Is too wonderful. too good to be
rear For me. who am alone have only my
hands to work! How shall thank your But
but fear" She broke Of. hesitatiny
"You are. perhaps. very rich. monsieur
she hazarded timidly.
"very rich7" He read the meaning that
was so plain in her lifted eyes "No; but II
were very much poorer should still ask
leave to do 90 small . service--the debt. the
gratitude are mine. With your courage. your
marvellous courage. you have saved my life,
which this morning I hnd a. precious as .
sane man should. Though last night, whsn
We met" He stopped.
-Yssf Last night" She wsitsd-
@r> II was ready to Ming II away. o. do worse.
as only . fool would. rou wondsrF Today
was to have been my wedding day"
roday?" she cried. oh. but how strsnEsI
1. IL also" In her quick srsAko6. in hsr
gesture towards him Of little. impuiavs
hands, thsrs wss the swsstsst eompassoa.
was b have beenf An. but indeed under
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ing you--I waited-I did not know At all what
I should do. Once he took up the knife and
tried its edge with his finger. ! thought II he
went near you then would scream-I had
heard him laugh, you understand. and knew
that he was mad. When he sat down
with his back to the curtains let you see me
so that you should know you were not alone.
1t was only when he put the drugged glass SO
near that saw I might save you II you said
he must drink too. kept his attention while I
changed the glasses. II you would but un.
is ALL"
-Ani" Barraclough echoed. And stopped
because many words were beyond him. and
few! "You were by the curtains. Then
when he started the phonograph-"
Monsieur. his sleeve touched me- almost
died with fear! Oh. II you can stand. let US
60! He may recover"
"No. no, he il safe. Did-did you under
stand" began Barraclough involuntariy.
A violent shudder shook her.
He is. think. French. monsieur. While
he watched you he talked to himself in
French. understood.
Forget 1t. Remember only that he Is quite
mad. Come" said Barraclough.
He rose on unsteady feet In the doorway
they looked back At the unconscious figure
upon which the light was bright-the picture
Of sleeping saint might have shown such a
the heavy purple portiere that fell behind
them . thick wire appeared. running along
the wall. vanishing by the Intel Of the lock.
less, handleless door. Barraclough pulled at
this. Slowly. velvet noiseless, It giided open
and stood wide. They passed out. On the
uneven nags the faded red flower was lying
It showed vivid as q stain Of blood. All the
gray street lay hushed in the colorless chill
paIlof Of dawn. but pale strsaks Of green ami
sanpbn in the eastern sky spoke Of coming
day. A constable passing on the opposite
pavement paused and stared At the two sway.
Ing figures. staggering. holding to each other.
Barraclough. a. they reached the curb. heard
his name In . tone Of loud sstonishment
found himself confronting q face he knew.
He pointed with shaking hand.
"ovsr thsrel he said and laughed weakly
The house with the purple blindsl The
house that stands back" And then stumbled
through q few disjointsd sentences which.
altar his hasty whistle for comrads, who
was a. hastily dispatched for taxi. SAINT tbs
man huzry1ns scros to tho open door. The
girl spoke faintiy. She was winter than the
dawn.
He VIII be taksn away" she sah- and
shuddsrsd1 VIII Be kept sats. monsssur:
"Hs VIII be kept quite ssss,- said Barrs.
sisush gently. and rsprssssd bis Own sfud-
Der. 'rry not 70 think of n, my chf,d. Can
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Americas viewpoint oficially and then try to
build an agreement around that?
The United States is held in greater respect
abroad. it seems. than by many Of those who
claim to be ardent Americans. Those who see
America being duped on every side ought to
secure a little of the confidence in their own
government that is shown by Great Britain and
others.
The United States, to-day, is one of the
greatest powers in the world and can safely
enter into close relationship with any other
power or powers, and hold her own in every
respect.
That there is a decided tendency in Great
Britain to establish good will between the two
great English speaking nations and to defer
to the United States in matters of foreign policy
so as not to offend us. there is no doubt. 1t is
gratifying to know that America, in spite of
some differences that have not yet been
Strengthened out. is showing the same tendency.
The peace of the world may safely be left in
the hands of England and America working
together herenceforth for the advancement Of
civilization.
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RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason


"
In China. great and happy land,
the doctors only in demand when
folks are feeling fine; he's paid to
keep his patients hale; if they fall
Sick he draws no kale, and must
take In his sign. And so we see
him on the Jump.-to cuye the measle
or the mump, or other fell disease;
it doesn't pay to have men sick. so
he %prescribes his powdered brick,
his pills and healing tea. And if
the patient cashes in, the heirs kick
up a frightful din that indicates
their ire: they camp upon the doc
tors trail, and ride that learned mon
on a rail. and set his house af1re.
And in our land. where culture
reigns. when we fall sick. with pea
green pains, we call the nearest
doc; when we are we'll we care no
whoou for all the potions in his
coop, for all the pills in stock. The
doctor knows we have a wad, a
bundle opulent and broad, he knows
we'll pay his bills; and he would
more than human be if he were not
inclined to see how long we'll take
his pills. We put temptation in his
way why should he heal us in a
day, or even in a year? Why should
he show his moothest curve. and
toll and strain his every nerve to
put our wor1s in gear? The Chi
nese plan is much the best. in fact,
the peoples of thes West might
learn much from Cathay; her meth
DDS often are so sane they make
our finest schemes look vain, like
pipe dreams gon e astray.
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GOING SLOW
By DR.. w. e. BARTON

can review books at the rate Of
three an hour. and, without pre-.
tending to have read them, can
have an intelligent opinion Of each
of them. Nor is such work neces.
sarily superficial: it can be done
with some degree of justice, and
with necessary rapidly.
Living Slowly May Kill
The man who learns to read q
parge in half a minute can often tell
more about what is on that page
than the man who reads it with
wandering mind and spells out ev.
cry word.
Rapid work is not necessarily bad
work. Rapid living is not necessarily
wasteful living. Living slowly may
kill a man more rapidly than some
form of living rapidly.
I do not remember ever to have
known a man who worked himself
to death.
l. have known many who have
worried themselves to death and
others who died because they had
nothing left to live for.
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OVER-STUDY

Princeton University reports that only one OF
its students has died from over-study in forty
years. And he didn't die because he exercised
his brain too much, but because. while applying
himself to study, he exercised the rest Of his
body not at all.
We quote Ben Franklin: Il fear not too much
labor of the mind. but I fear for the body that
doth not exert itself in due proportion to the
mind"
This is good counsel for all who work in Off
ces. II you haven't time for any other kind OF
exercise, try walking.
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A friend Of mine who drives a car
spoke recently to be Of that intol-
cradle nuisance upon the public
highway, the l~aw-abiding citizen"
/ understood him to NEAR that
the speed-limit which the law is
compelled to set must be adjusted
to average conditions. and that
when the road Is evidently clear.
any limit which tha statute a JUS
tify itself in setting becomes un-
reasonably slow.
Without discussing 1t in it's legal
bearings, or saying to what extent
obedience to the law should be a
matter Of precise definition and
when it becomes a matter Of rea-
sonable Interpretation, I think I
know what my friend had in mind.
Not long ago DR.. Woods Hutchin-
son asserted that ''the slower you
live, the faster you die" He meant
that nothing wears men out so sure
ly as having no object in life to
kindle the enthusiasm and speed up
effort. The active life is the long
life as we'll as the productive life.
Not Work That Kills
It is not hard work that kills men.
nor it is working rapidly.
A man a learn to work rapidly
read rapidly, think rapidly, and be
all the better for 1t in body and
mind.
A man can yawn through the
reading Of a book, and toke a month
to it, and know nothing about 1t
when it is done. while another man
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LEGISLATIVE
G.
BY Frederic J. Hnskin.

WASHINGTON, July "a definite program
Of legislation designed to help the farmers, with
an organized agricultural bloc or party IN each
House Of congress backing it, and a million Or
ganized farmers clamoring for its passage, Is
one of the most unusual features of the present
congress.
up into small groups In congress, each repre-
senting some definite economic interest, has
been described in a previous Haskin Letter. me
old parties are tending to lose their meaning.
You may know that a man was elected on the
Democratic ticket without having a clear idea
where he stands on ANYTHING. But II a man
of union labor, or of the manufactures, you
know at once where he stands.
So far, the farmers seem to have made most
progress in this open, organized method. They
have made known clearly their views on taxa
ton, the tariff. immigration. and other major
measures, and have in addition procured the IN
PRODUCTION of a long list of bills designed espe-
cially to favor farmers. The following partial
summary of the measures the farmers are sup
norting in congress was obtained from the Office
of the American Farm Bureau Federation'
which claims to represent over a mlilion tar-
mers.
A resolution has been passed appointing. a
committee to investigate agriculture and to IN
quire into the cause of its present status. Ac..
|cording to Congressman Sydney Anderson OF
Minnesota, the chairman of the committee. the
whole scope of the inquiry can be compressed
into the question:: What is the matter with
the economic system of the country. If any
thing, with special reference to the service
which. it does and ought to AFFORD to agricui-
ture?'
About twenty-five senators and an equal num-
her of representatives have Joined together in
separate blocs to discuss agricultural legislation
and to try to promote the advancement of va
rious bills which have been drafted to relieve
the ecohomic pressure on agriculture. These
members of congress have the viewpoint that
agriculture is and that 1t must pc
made prosperous If the wheels OF industry are
to turn freely. These blocs meet separately and
usually in executive session, when plans are laid
for action.
Road Bills.
The American Farm Bureau Federation IS
working very closely with both blocs and 1t 10
confident a number Of other bills will become
laws before the closing of this session.
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@. What United States postage
stamp has a picture of an airplane
on IT'D. D.
A. A six-cent stamp has been
printed which bears a reproduction
Of an airplane.
@. Who introduced the sugar in
dustry into the Philippines?-F. j.
w. =.
A.. Sugar cane has been grown in
the Philippine Islands since time i'm
memorial. but it is considered prob
able that the sugar industry was in
troduced by the Chinese. since many
of the early implements used came
from China.
@. Where did the New Orleans
"Tirnes-Picayune" get the name
"Picayune PIX. G.. F.
A. This name resulted from the
consolidation of two papers, The
Times-Democrat, and The Daily Pic
ayune. When The Picayune was
established in 1897 there was in cir
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culation in New Orleans, a small sill.
yer coin of the value of 6A cents
1t was commonly called a picayune,
the word meaning Small" In those
days, all the newspapers in New Or
leans sold for 10 cents a copy. The
Picayune In it's first editorial an
nounced that its selling price would
be 6A cents, as it's name implied.
@. How many crops of alfalfa are
raised in a year in the Salt River
Valley TT S.
A. Alfalfa is cut from six to eight
times a year in this Arizona valley.
@. Will you kindly publish the
pronunciation of Sim Fein Pc. D.
nounced Shin Fame.
@. What are the Ave highest cit
les in the United States?-S. c. T.
A. Leadville. Col; Cripple Creek.
Col; Laramie, Wyo.: Santa Fe. N.
NJ, and Cheyenne. Wyo., are the
highest cities in the United States.
ranking in the order given.
@. How many negro Registers
Of the Treasury have there been?-
A. This office has been held by
four negroes: Blanche X. Bruce, in
1SS1-18S5, and 1~S97-1S98; Judson
w. Lyons, 1~89S-1906: VIM. T. YER
non, 19%06-1911; James c. Napier.
1911-1g13.
@. Please tell me what is meant
by pieces of eight" when used in
speaking Of pirates Of olden times?"
w. M. S.
A. The expression "pieces of
eight" has reference to the Spanish
dollar, the peso duro. whose value
was 8 reals. It val so-called be-
cause of the figure (8) engraved on
it.
@. Why aren't clouds frozen
when In an atmosphere below 80
degrees?-H. E. K.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
clouds in an atmosphere, whose tenn
perature Is below 80 degrees gener-
ally consist of particles of snow.
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Road. Bills.

The American Farm Bureau Federation IS
working very closely with both blocs and 1t 10
confident a number Of other bills will become
laws before the closing of this session.
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MORALE

The government, in establishing a welfare de-
partment for postal employees. is applying a les
son learned In the war.
1t was then demonstrated clearly that morale
plays an extreme important part in fighting and
IN business. The spirit considered essential to
the winning of battles will win business con-
tests.
Yet how many employers have neglected to
profit by this lessen Of the war!
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