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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-08

Il understand. dear" She answered
softly. II can't toll whether or not
1t is the safe way. but know II is
the gallant way"
1T IL tn" only way" he responded
steadily. III / aiu ever to make any
thing ~ my lifc. ths lis the test.
see that I've got TO meet IT, 1
shall probably have to meet II every
day "r my lir"-hut. by Jovc. I'll
meet 1t, Patty isn't just Patty TO
ma" Sh" ~ strength aud courage.
She * TIA" risk "f the future.
SuppOs" shv Is tia" pioneer In my
blood. "r my mind. can't help
what She came FROM. nor can she
I've got 10 TAX. ,hn; az | take every
thing "ls" with the belief that II is
worth ALI the cost. 'rh. thing ! feel
now IS that She has given III" back
myself She has given me a free
outlook on III:
II. stopped abruptly. for there was
ia" sound OF footsteps IN tn" house.
and after minui. or two. ratty and
Gideon E.tch came ont on III. porch.
The gin looked. except for the red
Of her mouth. "a II the blood had
been drawn from her yiens. and her
eyes were Tx" dark panSI.s All
the l!pht had faded from them.
changing even their cOlpr
patty" said stephen. and ne mad"
"A step toward her. w.th mis- hands
"uts,rctchrd as 1, he would gather
her To him Then he stopped aud
( fell back. for ~" girl was shrinking
! away from him with a look OF fear
II can't talk now" sh. answered
smiling with hard lips Il an tired.
! can't talk now Running ahead
she went down the steps. through
4 the gate. and into vetch's car which
wac standing b"GiG" tn" curLs;nne.
! shes worn out" explained V"'ch.
. I'm take her home, ana you'd better
. try 10 get som. sleep. Mrs. Page.
/ You look az tired as Patty"
/ Let me- 20 with YOU" returned
Z c"rinna- Your car H. closed and
pa:t" and | ar. hoth hsr"headed -
/ For a moment she turned hack "a
\ put her hand on Stephens arm
/ II must sleep" she said Il sha'n't
! 30 10 the shop to-day"
I N.tch was waiting al til. door OF
: the car and when She stumbled over
/ her train. sh" :cN slightly agains;
/ him How exhausted YOU are he
/ observed s-ntly. and what rock
YOU are 10 lean on"
She looked at him With smil.
Those ar. tho very words I've used
about you"
~. laughed and redeemed and She
saw the glow az pleasure klndie IN
MS unclnud"d blue eyes Even
rocks crumoI. whcn -" rut too
much weight ou them" b. re.
-pond"d, hut sine" yuu have don.
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One Man in His Time:
NY ELLEN GLASGOW.
Continued from yesterday 10

Continued from yesterday
so no isn't her father"
so. he isn't her father. ITe had
over seen her mother. ho did not
van know her name. for no me,
~ woman by accident when she
as arrested In tho circus. Patty
IA over two years old thcn-about
30 and n half. think. Gideon
e'ch took tho child because OF an
npulso-a very human impulse OF
1ity-but no knew nothing OF hYS
arentago. He knows nothing noN1
OF even hcr real name. IL Is much
l'orso than We ever imagined. Try
- understand It. Try to take it in
iearly before you act rashiy. There
siiil tlme TO weigh thinRs--to stop
nj reflect. Nothing whatever is
nown OF Pattys birth, except that
or father. 10 the woman said. died
II the hrst ycur or their marriage.
eforo tho child was born, and less
In 'wo years later the mother was
lent 10 prison for killing another
1ian--''
1 She broke on hurricdly. wiping her
ps as IL tho mere recital OF the
prdid facts had stained them with
food. II all sounded so horribl" as
no repeated !t-so Incredibly evil!
! iDh. my dear boy. try 70 take II In
Owcv"E much IL may hmr: you"
ic pleaded. turning a coward not
H. her account, not even on his. but
I The SAX" az somcthin. deeper and
orc sacred which belonged to them
ptli and 10 the tradition for which
icy stood. y passionate longing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-08

so much for us. perhaps you may he
able 70 convince Patty that nothing
can make any difference between her
and me. Won't you try to see that.
daughtcrY'
"Oh. father" exclaimed FATTY
with a sob. 81; makes all the diff
ference in the world
There i, is" said vc,ch with anx-
ious w"arir"ss. That is all can
get on, Of her
She is SO tired" replied coriuul
Let her rest" Though her piH"
vas on the street. she saw SIN "a"
dusk beyond the aiIautus tree ana
Tho old woman. with tn, crooked
back. pressing down the cycliGs over.
those staring eyes
They did not speak again through
the short drive. and when th.y.
reached the house ana entered the
hail. fattH turned for the FIRST time
TO cprinna. '' 'rau nry"r t.iI YOU"
She began. Il can ucycr toll ynu----''
Then. with straugl"d 500. she
broke away and ran - the stair
Gus" beyond tho library.
let her rest said cor!nna, az
N.ich came win her on IA. porch.
Leave her To herself she needs
sleep. but sh" Is very younE-aud
FOR youth there ~ ur despair that
does not pass"
You are as tired a. she is" he
I returned.
She nodded Il am going home 90
/ sleep. bu; the looa OF that child
/ worries me.
/ Il kept /; from her for sixteen
+ years" he said slowly and she
/ found !, on, by an accident"
/ II never suspected. or | might
/ have prevented ~"
so. | trusted too much TO charc.
[ hav" always trusted 10 chance
. Il think" she said that you have
/ trusted most 10 your good instincts"
/ He smiled. aud she saw that NJ.
/ was deeply touched Wei. Pm
1 trusting to them now" he responded
1 They have led me between two OK
trem"s. and 1t looks as II they had
! led ME into a ncs; OF hornets ~.
20, them all against me. but /, isn't
/ over yet. by Jove' /, j. long road
! That has no turning"
Th"y had descended tn. steps to :
reth"r. and waiking ltttlc way be-
Sond the drive they stood In tn.
bright green grass looking up a,
. the clear gold NJ tho sunris.
There j. a meeting Tonight" she
said
"of the sirikcrs-ycs. may win
them can generally win people II
they L.; me- talk -but the troubl.
ro"S deeper than shat II isn't tina;
! can't carry them with me FOR an
hour. 1t is simply that | can't make
any Of them soc where ". arc going
1t IS question not OF loyalty. but of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-08

have said. Give me what / have never
had Max" uc what | have never
been" But she did not speak it:
~" SCREEN" fri"udliu.ss Of her look
did not alter; aud tho impulse van
ish-d - SwiIftlN ~ tn" shadow "f "A
bird ia flight.
Il ;hauN YOU" he answered IN .
low tuic-. II shall remember that
IN" m"m"ut hail passed. and III"
held out beg haud with Il smile. II
shall CONF - stay with Patty Will"
YOU az" at tin" meeting Tonight
sh" said ana then. AZ sh. turned
away I" the ear. hc waited hcsii"
her ~ Sil.u""
little later. when SEr looked
back from tho gate. SIN" saw him
standing I'm tn" bright grass with
the sunrise nOov" his head.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-08
ELEVEN

stands in tho way can't MAKE GU.
what shc means"
Lot me- talk 70 her" responded
Comma reassuriugly. is the GOV.
ernor here"
NO. he has gone 20 the strikers
meeting. They must reach some de-
cision tonight it appears. hav,
talked with him, and I bclieve hs
wiil stand firm whatever happens.
Il m"aHs. think. tbat his career -
over"
1T IS TOO late for him to win over
the conservative forces"
1T was always too late. In a hat
'ls Of extremes tho mos, dangerous
position is the centre"
ITO be continued.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01

more striking type than Mrs, Apper-
thwaite, bc,der type one might put
it--though she might have been q
great deal holder than Mrs. Apper-
thwai.e without being bold. Certainly
she was handsome enough to make 1t
difficult for young fellow to keep
from staring at her. She had an
abundance Of very soft, dark hair,
worn almost austerely, as II its pro-
fusion necessitated repression; and ]
am compelled to admit that her fine
eyes expressed a distant contempla-
tion--obviously OF habit not Of mood
so pronounced that one of her enemies
(if she had ANY, might have described
them as dreamy"
Only one other Of my own sex was
present at the lunch table, Mr.. Dow
den, an elderly lawyer and politician
Of whom l had heard, and to whom
Mrs. ApperthwaIte, coming In after
the rest of us We're seated, introduced
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01

there was no cat; there was nothing
beneath the window except thick,
close-cropped grass.
A light shone in the hallway behind
the broad front door; one of these was
opened, and revealed in silhouette the
tall, thin figure Of man in q long,
old-fashioned dressingsgown.
"Simpledoria," he said, addressing
the night air with considerable sever
ity, II don't know what to make Of
you. You might have caught your
death Of cold, rowing out at such an
hour. But there" he continued, more
indulgently; wipe your feet on the
mat and come In. You're safe now J"
He closed the door, and heard him
call to some one upstairs, as he ar
ranged the fastenings:
"Simpledoria is all rlght--only q
little chilled. I'll bring him up to
your fire."
I went on my way in condition Of
establishment that engendered, almost,
a doubt of my eyes; for If my sight
was unimpalred and myself not sub
ject to optical or mental delus!on, nei-
ther boy nor dog nor bird nor cat, nor
any other object of this visible world.
had entered that opened door. Was
my finest" house, then, place of call
for wandering ghosts, who came home
to roost at four in the morning?
1t was only a step to Mrs. Apper-
thwalte's; let myself in with the key
that good lady had given me, stole up
to my room, went to my window, and
stared across the yard ut the house
next door. The front window In the
second story, decided, necessarily
belonged to that room In which the
lamp had been lighted; but all was
dark there now. went TO he'd, and
dreamed that I was out at sea In n
fog, having embarked on a transpar-
ent vessel whose preposterous name
inscribed upon glass life-belts, depend
ing here and there from an Invisible
rail, was "Simpledoria."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01

lowed Dy slight, rusty groan In the
same voice. ugh Don't you laugh.
Bill Hammersleyi haven't jumped
as much as ! ought to, these last
twenty years; ! reckon I've kind OF
| lost the hang Of IT. Aha" There were
indications that Mr.. Beasley was pick
| ing himself up, and brushing his trout
gers with hls hands. Now, it's your
turn, Bill. What sayf' Silence again,
| followed by, Eyes, I'll make Simple
doria get ont Of the way. Come here,
Simpledorla. Now. Bill, put your heels
together on the edge Of the walk.
| That's right. All rCady2 Now then!
| One for the mOney--two for. the show
three to make ready-and four for
to COR Another silence. by lingo,
Bnl .Hammersley, you've beat mel
Ha, ha! That was jump What
| say?" Silence once more. you say
YOU can do even better than that?
Now, Bill, don't brng. Oh! you say
that was up In Scotland, where you
had spring-bonrd? Ohio! All right;
let's see how far you can jump when
Won really try. Therel Heels on the
walk again. That's right; swing your
| arms. One--two-threel There YOU
| 20" Another silence. "Zingl Won,
sir. I'll be e-tarnaIly SWITCHED 'o IN
ders If yon didn't do II that time ill
Hammersleyl I see ] never lily
saw any jumping before In all my arn
days. It's eleven feet IL it's an ch.
What? You say YOU"
I heard no more, for Miss hU0er-
thwaitc, her face flushed and hor ewes
shining. bcckoned me impersonal]r to
follow her md departed so hurr.gdly
that Il might be said she ran.
81 don't know" said l. keeping at
her elbow, whether it's more like
Alice or the interlOcutor's CONVERSE
ton at a minstrel show"
flush |" she warned me, though we
were already at a safe distance, and
did not speak again until we had
reached the front walk. There she
paused, and noted that she was
trcmblng-and no doubt correctly,
judged her emotion TO be that of con-
StcnatiOn.
"Thcrc was no enc thercI" she OK
claimed. "IIe was all by himself! 1t
was just the same as what you saw
last night p
"Ey:dcntly."
Ibid it sound 10 yOu'-there was a
little awed trcm0r IN her voice that
found very nppcnling-"did it sound
TO you like person who'd lost his
mind?'
~ don't know" | said, II don't
know at all what TO make Of it,"
"IIe couldn't have bccn'-hcr eyes
grew very witlq-"ntoNicatedH
mo. I'm sure il wasn't that"
"Thcn / don't know what to make
Of IT, either. Al that wild talk about
Gin HammcrslcS' ana 'Siuplodoria'
and sprlng-bcards in Scotland and"
And an eleycn-foot jump" l sug-
gested.
"Why, there's no more a ELI HAM
mcrslcy,'" she m)eG, with a gesture Of
excited emphasis, than there IS Il
'SimplrdorIa' T.
$50 It appears" agreed.
"IIe's lived there all alone" she
said, soleInnIy, in That big house, 50
long, just sitting there evening after
evening. all by himself, never going
out, never reading anything, not even
thinking; but Just sitting and sitting
and sitting Well" she broke OF,
suddenly. shook tlIc frown frGm her
: forehead, and made me the offer of a
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01

h
lated in detail the singular performs.
ance Of which had been witness In
the late moonlight before that morn
ng's dawn. AS / talked, we half I'M
consciously moved across the lawn to-
gether, finally seating ourselves upon
bench beyond the rosebeds and near
the high fence. The interest my COM
panion exhibited in the narration
might have surprised me had my noe
turnal experience itself been less sur
prislng. She interrupted me now and
then with little, hnlf-checked ejacula-
tons of acute wonder, but sat for the
most part with her elbow on her knee
and her chin In her hand, her face
turned eagerly to mine and her lips
parted In half-breathless attention,
There was nothing "far away" about
her eyes now; they were widely ana
Intently alert.
When finished, she shook her head
slowly, as IL quite dumfounded, and
altered her position, leaning against
the back of the bench and gazing
straight before her without speaking
1t was plain that her neighbours ex-
traordInary behavior had revealed a
phase of his character novel enough
to be startling.
"One explanation might he just
barely possible" l said "If 1t is, 1t II
the most remarkable case Of somnam-
bulism on record. Did you ever hear
of Mr.. Beasley's walking in his"
She touched me lightly but peremp-
tOrlly on the arm in warning, and
stopped On the other side of the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01
Mrs. Apperthwalte Was the Kind of
Woman Whom You Would Expect
to Have Beautiful Daughter, and
Miss Apperthwaite More Than Full
filled Her Mothers Promise.

me. She made the preservation gem
eral; and I had the cXpero' Of re-
ccfv'ng q uul pDt' , SLOW t10gc .H
which Dhero wHs ~ Of r. 49, ai-
mating lrnan"e, ,nm tx a"hial
lady opposite me.
II MIGHT have been better rmnnrred
for me TO address myself to MI. Dow
den, or one Of the very nice elderly
women. who were my feliow-EueSts,
than to open a conversation with Miss
ApperthWaite; but I did not stop to
think OF that.
"You have n splendid old house next
door to you here, Miss Appcrhwaite."
1 said. ITS a privilege to find it in
view from my window"
There was faint stir as of some
CONSERVATION in the little comps
The elderly ladies stopped talking
ruptly and exchanged glanccs, though
this was not of my observation at the
moment, | think, but required to my
consciousness later, when l had per-
ceived my blunder.
1
sued.
Miss Apperthwaite allowed her no
ticcable lashes TO cover her eyes for
an instant, then looked up again.
az Mr.. DCasley," she said.
"Not the Honorable David Beasley I"
I exclaimed.
''Yes," she returned with certain
gravity which l afterward wished had
checked me. do you know HING
-"Not in person." explained. "You
| see, I've written good deal about
him. l was with the Spencervlle
Journal until few days ago, and
even in the country we know who's
who in politics over the state. Beas-
leys the man that went to Congress
and never made a speech-neyer made
even a motion to adjourn--but got ev.
erything his district wanted. There's
talk of him for governor"
''Indecd?"
"And so it's the Honorable David
Beasley who lives in that splendid
place. How curious that Isl"
"Why" asked Miss Appcrthwaite.
at seems too big for one man."
answered; land I've always had the
impression Mr.. Beasley was bach
elor,"
"Yes" she said, rather slowly, "he
is"
"But of course he doesn't live there
all alone" l supposed, aloud, prob
ably he has
"No. There's no one else-except
couple of colored servants"
"What q crlme!" / exclaimed. 81
there ever was house meant for &
large family, that one Is. Can't yor
almost hear 1t crying out for heap!
and heaps OF romping child:en7
should think"
I was interrupted by loud cougi
from Mr.. Dowden, so abrupt and arti
fetal that his intention to check thu
flow Of my Innocent prattle was EN-
barrassingly obvious-even to me!
"Can you tell me-" he said, leanlnl
forward and following up the inter
ruption as hastily as possible, "wha
the farmers were getting for thei
wheat WHEN you left Spencervllle?"
zone twenty-five" answered, am
felt my ears growing red with north
cation. Too late, I remembered tha
the newcomer in community shoult
guard his tongue among the native
until he has unraveled the skein o
their relationships, alliances, feud
and private wars--a precept not I'm
like the classic Injunction:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01

/ c4rrn,I
board fence a door opened creak!ly.
and there sounded lead and cheerful
voice--that Of The gentleman in the
dressing-gonn.
"IIere we comet" II said; me and
big Eul Hanimrrsley. want TO show
Bill can jump anyways three times
as far as he can! Come ua, Rill,"
ais thar Mr.. Epo4icys yo!cc?' l
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01
H..

Mrs. opportunities was n commo-
dlous old house, the greater part OF 1t
Of about the same age, | judged, as Its
neighbor; but the late Mr.. Apper-
thwaite had caught the Mansard fever
Of the late Seventies, and the building
disease, once fastened upon him, had
never known convalescence, but,
rather, Il series of relapscs, the tokens
of which, in the nature Of cupola and
n couple of frame turrets, We're terri
fyinely apparent. These romantic mis-
placements seemed to me not lnhar-
monious with the library, cheerful
and pleasantly shabby apartment
downstairs, where l found Cover n
substratum Of history, encyclopedia,
and family Bible) some worn old vol
umes of "Godey's Iady's Book an
early edition of Coopcr's works; Scott,
Bulwer Macaulay, Byron, and Tenny-
son, complete; some old volumes of
Victor Hugo, of the elder Dumas of
Flaubert, Of Gautier, and of Balzac +;
"Clarissa," I.alla Roolih," 1.-THE Al
hambra." "Heulah," "Uarda," Lucille"
"Unclc TOMS Cabin" "Bcn-llur,"
"Trilby," "She," little Lord Faunt-
leroy" and of a later decade, there
were novels about those dcIicately tan
gled emotions experienced by the SUI
preme few; and stories of adventurous
ROYALTY; tales of "clean-lmbed young
American manhood" and some thin
volumes of rather precious verse.
Twas anHd these romantic scenes
that awaited the sound Of the lunch
bell (Which for me was the announce
ment of brealIfast), when arose from
my first nights slumbers under Mrs.
Apperthwalte's roof; and l wondered
If the books were fair mirror of Miss
opportunities mind q had been told
that Mrs. Apperthwaite had daugh'
teri. Mrs. Apperthwaite herself. In
her youth, might have sat to an illus
traitor of Scott or Bulwer. Even now
YOU could see she had come MS neal
being romantlcally beautiful as was
consistently proper for such tlmid
gentle little gentlewonan as she was
Reduced, by her husbands Insolvency
(coincldent with his demlse) TO keep
ing boarders," she did it gracefully, al
If the urgency thereto were only
spirit of quiet hospitality 1t SHOULD
be added In haste that she set an ex
cellent table.
Moreover, the guests who gatheret
at her board were Of very attractive
description, as decided the instant
my eye fell upon the lady who sat op
posite me at lunch. | knew at once
that she was Miss Apperthwnite, sh'
event So" as they say, with he
mother; nothing could have been NOR
suitable. Mrs. Apperthwaite was thu
kind of woman whom you would ex
pect to have a beautiful daughter, ant
Miss Apperthwaite more than fulfilled
her mothers promise.
guessed her to be more than Julie
Capulet's age, indeed, yet still be
tween that and the perfect age Q
woman. SHE was Of larger, fuller
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-01
(continuesl next week,)

A number Of iron mail boxes have
been is.stalied the past week, by the
postal department, in Different parts
Of the city. These boxes will be Of IN
.stinlable tenef. to ali citizens.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-03-31
Farm Flocks Are
Objects of Plan.

A great many farmers who own
small tlocks of sheep have difficulty in
getting the sheep sheared, as the shear
ers DO not like to bother with the small
farm flocks. 1t seems quite possible
that through the farm bureau arrange
ments can be made whereby this sheep
shearing work may be done collect
ively, that is, the requirement of a
community can be listed with the COM
munity chairman, the sheep punched
IN cases OF very small flocks and a
shearer secured who can 60 into the
community and do the work quickly
at a reasonable charge Owners of
small bands of sheep who desire as
slstance in this manner should COM
mulcate with the farm bureau COM
munity chairman in their respective
communities at once, or else get in
touch with the farm bureau office. If
there is sufficient demand for assist
ance along this line, the farm bureau
will endeavor to make the necessary
arrangements.
Some communities have organized
with sheep project leader and in such
cases this matter shoald be taken I'D
with the project leader selected rath-
Ter than with the community chairman.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-03-31
j. P. MAGAZINE
REC0UNTS PAST
Railroad publication tells
of Pioneer Days and
Exploits.

The March issue of the Union Paci-
nc Magazine, out recently, contains in
teresting accounts of the pioneer days
along the U. P. Trail. Many of the
men who ran trains, built bridges and
otherwise did their bit in opening up
the western country, are still living
and have been interviewed and photo
graphed especially for this issue.
Ed. kiernan, a section foreman,
came to the road in '78 as laborer, in
tending to stay two weeks until he
earned money enough to move on"
but his fortnight heightened into a.
years during which time not a man in
his employ met with an accident.
John E. Lonergan and Tom
|OBrien, veteran engineer and fireman
who ran the old Coils P. Hunting
ton, the first locomotive on the Cen
trail Pacific, so years ago, will again
man the old engine in May at the
Sacramento Days of 49,"
| J. E. Haynes writes of Yellowstone
Parks Golden Anniversary. Pageants
personifying the spirit of II will be
part of the festival celebrating the
fiftieth mile stone.
An editorial on railway officers sal
aries says, If all general officers
worked for nothing, railway rates and
fares could not be reduced as much
as one per cent"
Abraham Lincoln and his congress
were responsible for the present gauge
between railroad tracks of 4 feet 81
inches. How and why this width was
selected is Interestingly told by Sen
ator Dunbar.
The Union Pacific system is en-
couraging its employees to own their