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and apologize for leaving you
so suddenly this afternoon? 1t
was impolite. Afterward I was
ashamed. But I was excited,
M'sieu David. /"
A Lucky Man
"Of course" he hurried to ;n-
terrupt her. "I understand. ST.
Pierre is a lucky man. I con-
graduate you-as we'll as him.
He is splendid, a man in whom
you can place great faith and
confidence"
He scolded me for lunning
away from you as I did, M'sieu
David. He said / should have
shown better courtesy than to
leave like that one who was q
guest in our-home. So I have
returned, like a good child, to
make amends"
ut was not necessary"
"But you were lonesome and in
darknessr
He nodded. eyes"
"And BESIDES" she added. so
quietly and calmly that he was
amazed, you know my sleeping
apartment is also on the bateau.
And ST. Pierre made me promise
to say good night to you"
ut is an imposition" cried Da-
vid, the blood rushing to his face.
"You have given up all this to
mel Why not let me go into that
little room forward, or sleep on
the raft and you and st.
Pierre"
est. Pierre would not leave the
raft" replied Marianne. turning
from him toward the table on
which were the books and maya
zines and her work-basket. And
like my little room forward"
"St. Pierre"
He stopped himself. He could
sec a sudden color deepening in
the cheek of st. Pierre's wife as
she made pretense of looking for
something in her basket. He felt
that if he went on he would blum
der, if he had not already blum
dered. He was uncomfortable. for
he believed he had guessed the
truth. 1t was not quite reasona-
BILE to expect that MarieAnne
would come to him like this on
homecoming.
Something had happend over in
the little cabin on the raft. he
told himself. Perhaps there had
been a quarrel-at least ironical
implications on st. Pierre's part.
And his sympathy was with st.
Pierre.
He caught suddenly a little
tremble at the corner of Marie
Anne's mouth as her face was
turned partly from him. and he
stepped to the opposite side of
the table so he could look at
her fairly. If there had been
unpleasantness in the cabin on
the raft, ST. Pierre's wife in no
way gave evidence of it. The
color had deepened to almost a
blush in her cheeks. but it was
not on account Of embarrass-
ment, for one who is embarrassed
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is not usually amused. and as
she looked up at him her eyes
were filled with the flash OF
laughter which he had caught
her lips struggling to restrain.
Then. finding a. bit of lace
work with the needles meshed in
it, she seated herself. and again
he was looking down on the
droop of her long lashes and
the seductive glow of her lustrous
hair.
Yesterday. in a moment of rire-
sistible impulse. he had told her
how lovely it was as she had
dressed it, a bewitchinZ crown of
interviewer coils. not drawn tight
ly, but crumpled and soft. as II
the mass of tresses were openly
rebelling at closer confinement.
She had told him the effect was
entirely accidental. largely due to
carelessness and haste in dress
ing it. Accidental or otherwise.
it was the same tonight, and
in the heart of it were the droop-
ing red petals of a flower she
had gathered with him early that
afternoon.
Did He Care?
"St. Pierre brought me over"
she said in a calmly matter-of-
fact voice, as though she had ex-
pected David to know that from
the beginning. HE is ashore
talking over important matters
with Bateese. I am sure he will
drop in and say good night be-
fore he returns to the raft. He
asked me to wait for him-here."
She raised her eyes, so clear
and untroubled, so quietly unem-
barrassed under his gaze, that he
would have staked his life she
had no suspicion Of the confess
sions which st. Pierre had re-
vealed to him.
do you care? Would you rather
put out the lights and go to
bed?"
He shook his head. mo.
am glad. was beastly lone.
some. I had an idea"
He was on the point OF blum
dering again when he caught him
self. The effect of her 50 near
him was more than ever disturb
ing, in spite OF st. Pierre. Her
eyes, clear and steady, yet soft
as velvet when they looked at
him, made his tongue and his
thoughts dangerously uncertain.
"You had an idea, M'sieu
David?"
THAT you would have no de.
sire to see me again after my
talk with st. Pierre" he said.
Did he tell you about it?"
HE said you were very fine,
M'sieu David-and that he liked
you"
And he told you 1t Is deter
mined that 1 shall fight Bateese
In the morning.?
Yes"
The one word was spoken with
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a quiet lack of excitement, even
of interest-it seemed to belle
some of the things st. Pierre had
told him. and he could scarcely
believe, looking at her now, that
she had entreated her husband to
prevent the encounter, or that
she had betrayed any unusual
emotion in the matter at all.
Il was afraid you would object
he could not keep from saying.
at does not seem nice to pull
off such a thing as that, when
there is a lady about"
"Or ladies'" She caught him
up quickly, and he saw a sudden
little tightening Of her pretty
mouth as she turned her eyes to
the bit OF lacework again. But
l do not object, because what st.
Pierre says is right-must be
right"
And the softness, he thought,
went altogether out Of the curve
of her lips for an instant. In a
flash their momentary betrayal
Of vexation was gone. and ST.
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that thrilling adventure into the
forest, which had ended 18th
his carrying her in his arms. she
had gone to te piano and had
played for him. Now her fingers
touched softly the same notes.
A little humning trill came in
her throat. and it seemed to David
that she was deliberately recall
ing his thoughts to the things
that had happened before the
coming of st. Pierre.
He had not lighted the lamp
over the piano, and for flash
her dark eyes smiled at him OUT
of the half shadow. After mo
ment she began to sing.
Her voice was low and without
effort, unframed, and subdued
as if conscious and afraid Of its
limitations, yet so exquisitely
sweet that to David H. was a new
and still more wonderful revela-
ton OF st. PiePre's wife. He
drew nearer, until he stood close
at her side. the dark luster Of
her hair almost touching his
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arm, her partly upturned face
a bewitching profile in the
shadows.
Marrie-Anne's voice grew lower.
almost a whisper in it's melody,
as If meant for Carrigan alone.
Many times he had heard the
Canadian Boat song, but never as
it's word came now from the lips
of Marie-Anne Boulain.
Family as tolls the evening
chime,
Our voices keep tune, and our
oars keep time.
Soon as the woods on shore look
dim,
Wen sing at st. AIMS our part
ing hymn;
Row, brothers, row, the stream
runs fast,
The rapids are near. and the day.
lights past"
She paused. And David, star
ing down at her shining head, did
not speak. Her fingers trembled
over the keys, he could see dinly
the shadow of her long lashes,
and the spirit-like scent of crush
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By Lucy Lowell

EGHOW shall 1 keep my little
H daughter amused?" q
young mother writes. "She is
three years old and into every
thing. She has plenty of picture
books, puzzles and dolls, but sehe
tires Of all of them in no time at
all. She tries to initiate my work
when / am sewing or doing bead
work.
"Is this likely to be educational
to her? She Is a restless little
thing"
According to experts on child
rearing, 1t Is best to give a child
only one plaything at a time
and to put 1t away the moment
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A Few Simple Educational Toys

small glass beads being danger
Gus in many ways, especially as
they put great strain upon the
sight.
A little girl Of three who is
restless and Into everything"
would enjoy nature study. She
may be taught to scatter crumbs
about the door for the sparrows,
and when she has become accus-
toned to them she will be ready
to learn the names and some
thing of the story of other birds
which she may see on an expedi-
ton to the woods or through the
park.
1 knew a little girl once whose
most beloved plaything was a col
lection of dried seeds-beans. corn,
wheat. peas-all the different
things that come to the table in
some form.
Her mother had told her the
history of each from the time 1t
is planted in the ground until 1t
is made into bread or some other
food. In this manner both OBJ
servation and imagination were
developed and the child never
lacked amusement.
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"Drat Them!"

THIS term Is a corruption Of
l. the expression. "'Od rot
them!' or more properly, God rot
them" There are many similar
phrases such as "'Od's blood"
which means Gods blood, and
"'Od POUNDS" meaning Gods
wounds. These sayings were once
used colloquially and can be found
in common usage among the old
playwrights. From God rot
them" came the phrase, God rot
en-" and finally, in the tendency
towards economy in speech
evolved the condensed form
"Drat emu
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Pierre's wife had replaced the
work.basket on the table and was
on her feet, smiling at him. There
was something Of wild daring in
her eyes, something that made
him think Of the glory OF ad-
venture he had seen flaming in
her face the night they had run
the rapids of the Holy Ghost.
Her Forecast
Tomorrow will be very un-
pleasant, M'sieu David" she cried
softly. "Bateese will beat you
terribly. Tonight we must think
of things more agreeable.
He had never seen her more
radiant than when she turned
toward the piano. What the
deuce did 1t mean? Had st.
Pierre been making a fool OF
him. She actually appeared I'm
able to restrain her elation at the
thought that Bateese would sure.
ly beat him up! He stood with
out moving and made no effort
to answer her.
Just before thew had started on
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ed violets rose to him from the
soft lace about her throat and
her hair.
at. is your music" he whis-
pered. 'I have never heard the
Boat Song like that!'
A Big Effort
He tried to drag his eyes from
her face and hair. sensing that he
was a near-criminal, fighting .
mighty impulse. The notes I'M
der her fingers changed, and
again-by chance or design-she
was stabbing at him, bringing
him face to face with the weak
mes OF his flesh, the iniquity OF
his desire to reach out his arms
and crumple her in them. Yet
she did not look up. she did not
see him, as she began to sing
ave Maria"
ave, Maria, hear my cry!
o guide my path where no harm,
no harm is nigh"
AS she went on, he knew she
had forgotten to think OF him.
With the reverence of a prayer
the holy words came from her
lips, slowly, softly. trembling with
a pathos and sweetness that told
David they came not alone from
the lips, but from the very soul
of st. Pierre's wife.
And then
"Oh, Mother, hear me where thou
art,
And guard and guide my aching
heart, my aching hearth
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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are selfish, for of all the faults
they may have that one is not
so!
The love and generosity that
children with sisters and brothers
lavish upon each other, the only
child lavishes upon the world.
When 1 was a kid my mother
used to have to hide my play
things because / would give them
away to any strange child that
would come into my life for an
hour Of play! We were poor,
consequently we lived In poor
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NOW Continue

EoR a long time Carrigan sat in
n this darkness. And then there
came to him a sound that was diff
ferent than the other sounds
q low monotone of voices, the
dipping of a paddle-and canoe
passed close under his windows
and up the shore. He paid small
attention to it until, a little later.
the canoe returned, and It's &C.
cupants boarded the bateau. 1t
would have reused little interest
IN him then had he not heard
a voice that was thrillingly like
the voice of a, woman.
He drew his hunched shoulders
erect and stared through the
darkness toward the door. A
moment more and there was no
aoubt. 1t was almost shock that
sent the blood leaping sudden
" through his veins. The in
conceivable had happened. 1t
was Marie-Anne out there, talk
ing in a low voice to Bateese!
Then there came heavy knock
Mt his door, and he heard the
door open. Through it he saw the
graver gloom of the outside night
partly shut out a heavy shadow.
"M'sieuw called the voice of
Bateese.
ct am here" said David.
"You have not gone to bed,
m'sieu?"
mo"
The heavy shadow seemed to
fade away. and yet there still
remained a shadow there. Da-
vid's heart thumped as he noted
the slenderness of it. For a
space there was silence. And then,
''WIll you light the lamps,
M'sieu David?" a soft voice came
TO him. II want to come in.
and / am afraid of this ter
rible darkness
He rose to his feet, fumbling
In his pocket for matches.
He did not turn toward Marie
Anne when he had lighted the
first Of the great brass lamps at
the side of the bateau. He went
to the second, and struck another
match, and flooded the cabin
with light.
She still stood silhoueted
against the darkness beyond the
cabin door when he faced her.
She was watching him, her eyes
intent. her face a little pale. he
thought. Then he smiled and
nodded. He could not see great
change in her since this after.
noon, except that there seemed
10 be a little more fire in the
glow of her eyes.
They were looking at him
steadily as she smiled and Nodded,
wide, beautiful eyes in which
there was surely no revelation of
shame or regret, and no very
clear evidence of unhappiness.
David stared, and his ongue
Glove to the roof of his mouth.
why is it that you sit in
darkness?" she asked, stepping
within and closing The door.
''Did you expect me to return
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was my sister, and my grand
mother was our mother. This
worked for a little while, but /
could not call my mother by her
first name so it leaked out
sooner or later and was in dis
grace again.
Finally I hit upon a. new plan.
I fibbed that had a sister-my
own age-we were twins. And
would run into the house and
change my dotted apron for my
checked apron and come out and
pretend l was my sister-but the
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ter to me as she is mother. /
often think back to the dear days
when she sat and drew paper dolls
for me. She had q great talent
for drawing, and what ] know in
that line I learne- from her!
I have met more "only children"
since I have been grown up than
I ever met when was small. In
fact 1 seemed to be the only one
in the world at that time.
But / loved all children more
because I had none near and dear
to me to love the most!
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children were. still too smart for
me! They insisted that we come
out ogether-which was impos-
sible, of course!
I always said II married
would only marry a man who had
dozens of sisters and brothers who
in turn were married to some one
who had dozens of sisters and
brothers. so that would have at
last all the sisters and brothers-in-
law that I always craved in life.
But there is a law Of compensa-
ton! My mother is as much a SIS
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neighborhoods where large fam
lilies were on every side. We
moved from city to city and
was always meeting new play
mates for a brief time and it
was always great unhappiness
to me to have no sisters and
brothers to brag about!
My mother was young. My
darling grandmother, who died
just three years ago, had hardly
a white hair even then, so it
was easy for me to fib a bit.
I would tell children my mother
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yarn when they begin TO show in.
terest in sewing.
Bead-stringing. however, wearies
the active child, and the rather
dull child should have something
to do more stimulating to the
imagination. The only sort of
beads that should be given chill
dren are large, wooden ones. the
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-20
BERATES SEX
EQUALITY

66TNHE unwarranted pretension
l. of women to do everything
that a man can do-and a little
more" is attacked by John Macy.
well-known author, who declares
that woman's equality with man
is a myth.
THE only things that a woman
can do that a man cannot do" he
points out, ARE sing soprano
(some freak males can do that.
keep a smooth face without shaw
ing some women cannot do that.
and bear children (some unfor-
tunate women cannot or will not
do tha)."
To the contrary. Mr.. Macy says
in his Challenge to feminism" in
the November Harpers Magazine,
woman should face the fact that
in the arts and sciences she is
second-rate-"
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Salient Facts

The king of the Bahima tribe,
in East Africa. reckons his gr at
ness entirely by the number OF
cattle he possesses.
The belief that the seedless
banana came from Asia, rather
than from America, has been ex-
pressed by a British botanist
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interest in it begins to lag. When
it Is brought out again it is quite
new to the youngster. and there
fore interesting.
An authority on child psychol-
ogy advises mothers to give their
little girls a piece of soft cloth
with q darning needle and wool
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BY Fay King

I have never interviewed any.
one from a colonel to a crook
but one of the first questions I
put to them was whether they
had any sisters or brothers!
To me it is still the most im@
portant question concerning any
one I meet. It is a hangover
from a hungry-hearted childhood!
I am an only child!
1t always grieves me to hear
people say that 'only" children
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EurOpe'S First Houses

TORKMEN excavang Lake Zurich have unearthed the
w dwellings which date back to the Stone Age
Stone and domestic ute
sis among the objects found.
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An EngrOssing Narrative of the Great
North Woods and the Primitive
People Who Live There
The StOry Thus Far

Northwest Mounted Police sent ut
bring back dead alive Black Roger accused S MANI
He looks to dark eyed girl bending over him then slips
dark hair and With light hair When he comes TO- ne finds ms
Jeanne Marie Anne Bouan With the help Of ateese habreed
Kin him and carries him to cabin large battea9 While there
why attempted to kin him and then peted and what collation.
ST. Pierre BOuan She tells him he st PieTres wife
ask: him why he wishes be her friend when she tried XIII him
tell him where
him. He hears voice calling "as Black Roger
Aud
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A floating dry dock that has been
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the greatest ship afloat.
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A Minnesota scientist has devel
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ing fingerprints invisible to the
eve On leather, cloth and paper.
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Worlds Wettest Spot

sSAM midas most eaery province has the wettest climate
the world with rainfall Of 4S9 inches This has
been registered Cherapu where much 80 inches OF ram
have fallen within % hours.
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ANOTHER PEACE
PROPOSAL FOR
LEAGUE REFUSED
Belgium and Sweden Offer
to Make Way for
Poland.

Bp United Press
GENEVA. March 13.-The League
Of Nations council convened secretly
today to seek new solution for
the problem of the council men,
berships which has kept the League
of Nations in furious disagreement
since Monday.
II appears that the other council
members do not wish either Bel
gium or Sweden 10 retire from nom
permanent council membership, at
which they offered to do today in
order to provide a place for Poland,
which seems to be a prerequisite to
any settlement.
Just before the council convened
Foreign Minister Stresemann Of
Germany met NJ. GUAM. the Uru.
guayan council member, giving rise
to reports that Uruguay. instead Of
Sweden or Belgium. would be asked
to make room for Poland.
The embarrassing impasse which
threatens to wreck the regulations
of all the statesmen engaged in an
effort to overcome 1t, appeared TO
be less hopeless. however when r.
was announced that the League OF
Nations council would not be con.
voked today for a final vote on Ger
many's entry into the council.