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hear what Marion had been trying 10
say for the last half hour.
There you go. BILL said Lucy.
abusing me again. OF course, ]
want 10 hear what Marion has to say
just as much as you do. Every one
wants TO hear what Marion has to
say. That's one of the advantages
of being silent-when you do speak,
every one attends to yoll--as if you
were an oracle. But. as we're very
late already. my suggestion is that
she tell it to Us in The motor on the
way down."
so they rose from table and, by the
time they had put on the wraps and
were in the car, every one had for.
gotten all about Marions sentence,
including Marion.
Bill and Marion. who were neither
of them very fond of music, sat in
attentive silence at the opera, but
Lucy whispered increasingly to How
ard, who was a real music lover And
SO the Wynnes left rather early.
They did not then. or at any future
time. refer to the scene of the after.
noon, only Howard said, as they got
into their taXicab:
II feel like a salmon that has been
trying all evening TO leap up a
waterfall"
The Alisons. relieved of the pres
ence Of their guests. hastily followed
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The Month of Maia

THE fifth month was called Nav
u after Maia, the Roman Goddess of
the Plains. Maia was the personifica-
ton of Spring and was thought to have
every blossoming wild flower and
shrub under her special care and pro-
lection. The Romans engaged in
elaborate floral games during the first
week of the month. Large parties
from all classes of society went into
the fields at an early hour in the
morAnG to gather wild flowers, which
were carried to the temples. The first
day of May was the time for individual
floral offerings to the goddess, accom-
panied by impressive religious cere-
monies.
Maia was the eldest of the Pleiades.
the seven daughters of Atlas and
, Plsione. Because of the deep sadness
in the lives of the seven sisters they
were transformed into doves and, fly
ing high up into the sky, in order to
escape the great hunter Orion, We're
changed into the seven stars which
form the constellation known as the
Pleiades, visible from May to Sep.
tember. The seven daughters of Atlas,
whose duty 1t was to carry the world
on his shoulders. were called the
cause of their great affection and deep
sorrow for their father, since in liter
ature and poetry the dove has always
been the emblem of innocence. gentle
ness and affection.
One of the interesting experiences
of Atlas was obtaining for the great
Hercules the golden apples of the Hes
perides. In search for the coveted
apples, Hercules came to Atlas to in
quire where he might find them, and
in order that Atlas be free to get the
apples it was necessary for Hercules
to assume his burden. 1t is one of
the comic scenes of mythology when
Atlas brings the apples, showing them
to the hero, proposes that he himself
carry them to Eurystheus, while Her
cules stiu carries the heavens on his
shoulders. To outwit him is difficult
Hercules assents to the proposition,
however, provided only Atlas take the
load while he get himself a cushion
Once free from his burden. Hercules
picks up the apples without further
ado and delivers them to Athena, who
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of the bars was natural in the home.
He had been cross the afternoon be.
fore, too.
Marion had just sent an affirmative
answer 10 Johnsons message when
her husband came home the day be.
fore, and she saw by the set expires.
sion of his face and the way his
eyes darted about, as If looking for
something to find fault with. that il
would be better not to tell him about
the invitation at that moment.
AS a matter of fact, she had never
told him about it at all.
So that now. when he came in and
sinking into chair. said: Thank
Heaven, we're not going anywhere TO.
night, are We?-it was really terrible
Marion, however was not a coward
She said simply: Yes, my dear. ] said
we would dine with Bill and Lucy
and go TO the opera"
The storm then broke lie said he
would not go--he said this indiscrim.
mate accepting of all invitations
everywhere must stop. He said he
did not feel bound by engagements
he had not been consulted about.
And then, finally, because, when you
are tired and cross and have had nc
lunch, it is more satisfying to attack
some one YOU love on the general
eternal faults of her character than
on one incident which might be recti
tied-then he said:
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| congressman alike. started down in
Bandara County as a "printers
| devil When about 1G years of age,
he heard of the new FL Dorado in
| Crockett County which had just been
| organized, with Ozona as county seat.
| He straddled his pony, strapped a
small hand press to the horn of his
| saddle and was off on the trackleSs
way to high endeavOr and achieve
ment' A couple of hundred miles in
| the saddle made little difference in
! his young life-but that ride made a
tremendous difference in his future
and in the history of his State. for
| Hudspeth has always exercised
/ strong influence among his fellow
| men.
! When he landed in Ozona he an
| nounced to the natives that he had
come to give them a sure enough
newspaper, and at once established
| the Ozona Kicker. which he ran fer
several years. He occupied the posi-
tions of editor. devil. typesetter and
generalissimo of the whole outfit
and. surprisingly. he made money.
But about this time his physician
informed him that he had tubercu.
losis. Hudspeth was naturally alarmed
and counseied with his friend, John
Young. who put new heart into the
youth by telling him that he himself
had come to the Devils River country
with tuberculosis, but that he had
gone out into the open and STAYED
there until he got Well Being in
the open air all the time meant being
cowboy. Claude Hudspeth started
on his new life that very day. trading
in cattle, and was successful from
the start. Later he and Young went
into partnership in a ranch on the
Pecos River. staying there until Henry
Green and his brand-burners got the
country in a turmoil. Then the
Hudspeth-Young combination moved
back to the Devils River.
Just about that time, while roping
a steer. Claude Hudspeths horse fell
on him, breaking an ankle and MAX
ing him cripple for life. But he
hung on 10 the cattle business In
the meantime west Texas was sadly
in need of representative in the
State Legislature who knew the
needs of that Western cattle section.
While Claude was hobbling about on
crutches, not able TO do any COW
work. they elected him TO the LegiS.
iature. When he first entered the
legislative chamber on crltches hs
was cheered to the echo as .the Grip
pie cowboy from the plains of west
Texas"
Somehow he just naturally seemed
to tit into legislative work. He
studied the job and his duties. learned
nrst-hand what the people wanted and
was elected to the State Senate and
later promoted to Congress. But
Whiie playing the game of politics
iiudspetn has never failed to watch
recent big cattle drive, which he per.
sonally directed, doing his full SHARE
OF work in the saddle, is proof posi-
tive that he isn't such a cripple after
all. Because he has never admitted
that he was licked by disease or by
the accidents Of his trade and calling
he is hero among the cowboys.
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ON entering the Alison drawing
room, Marion assumed a Vivacious
manner and made her eyes sparkle.
She inquired after her aunt. said how
nice it was that they had thought of
them. as she and Howard were so
fond of the opera
Lucy assumed Il calm immobile ex-
preston, moved her head about very
slowly--like a swaziland did not an
swer at all. 1t was so peculiar that
Marion asked;
is there anything wrong, Lucy?"
Lucy looked up. like a person listen
ing to distanct church bells, and in
wardly counted ffve-five was the
number she had decided to count be-
fore she answered--and then said.
Wrong, dear? No"
Marion made another demonstra-
ton. She turned over the books on
the table.
You always have such interesting
books on your table. Do tell me what
you have been reading. | was saying
to Howard only this afternoon that
YOU always know the interesting new
books"
She leaned her head forward and
shook ii a little to give emphasis to
her words. Lucy looked at her, again
counted five, and then allowed "A faint
smile to curve, without unclosing, her
lips.
These demonstrations affected the
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! restores them to the place where they
| belong in the garden of the nymphs.
| Shortly after Atlas assumed his bur.
| den the great hero Perseus. after slay-
| ing the Gorgon MeduSa, passed him
on his way home. Atlas. worn out by
| his terrible load persuaded Perseus to
show him the face of the Gorgon.
which turned to stone all who looked
on it. Atlas. eagerly turning his gaze
on the face of the Gorgon, was in an
instant changed to the mountains
which bear his name in northwest
Africa.
The story of Maia would not be
complete without mention of her son,
Mercury, the messenger of the gods.
In order that he might perform his
duties as messenger more swiftly.
Mercury was given by Jupiter wings
for his feet and winged cap for his
head lie is said to have invented
| the harp and to have given it to the
sun god Apollo, who in return pre-
| sented him with a magic wand called
! Caduceus, which had the power of
making enemies become friends. Mer-
curry, deSirous of testing its power
put it between two fighting snakes
and they at once wound themselves
around it. Mercury ordered them to
stay on the wand, and in statues and
pictures of the god he is always hold
ing in his hand the magic wand with
the snakes twisted around it. Mercury
was not only the messenger of the
gods but was also the God of Com
merce, and the word merchant comes
from the same root as that from which
Mercury is formed.
The temple of Mercury was near the
Circus Maximus. There a merchants
guild, established by the state. pre-.
sided over the worship of the god.
He who was making venture in trade
sought the blessing of Mercury by
prayer and incense, while those en-
gagged in doubtful practices were here
cIeansed from the taint of evil on be.
ing sprinkled with a laurel branch
dipped in holy water.
Because of Mercurys devotion TO
Maia he occupied a place of equal inn
portance in the lives of the people, and
every year I'm Rome, during the month
Of May. festivities were held in his
honor az Veil as her own.
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THE truth is, Marion, YOU are natu-
rally secretive-you like to make mys-
teries of small things. It's the darn
dest thing; l can't understand you.
Only last week went to the dentists s,
and he asked me how you had been
since he pulled your tooth. / didn't
even know you had had a tooth
pulled. ! felt like a fool
Il didn't think it was particularly
interesting. "Ssaid Marion.
And didn't YOU think it would in.
terest me that l am obliged to go
and dine with that girl your cousin
has married, who exhaustS my vitality
what little I have left after a day
in court? Poor fellow. | don't see
how he stands it. Didn't you think
that would interest me? All. no, my
dear, you must find better excuse
than that
Marion. who made the mistake of
supposing she was doing her husba nd
favor by keeping her temper kept
it, although she did not relish being
told that she offered false excuses,
and could easily have proved to him
that what she had said applied to
the tooth and not to the dinner.
Put her conscience was not quite
clear-she had regarded her own
wishes rather than his in this mat
ter. and she let him go on;
NO, I believe it's sort of inertia. a
mental laziness, Speech is an effort
you simply don't care to make.
notice it in the world. Marion. The
night before last at dinner Really, [
felt concerned for you-you did not
speak to the men who sat next to
YOU
They We're dull men" said Marion.
She had talked a good deal to them. as
matter of fact. but she thought it
best not to argue.
Begging your pardon, they were
nothing of the kind" said Wynnc.
"One of them has made a great for
tune in the stock market. IL you call
that dull, and the other has the best
collection of early American glass in
the world. / really can't believe, my
dear, that an intelligent woman like
yourself could not have abstracted
something interesting from them, If
you had tried
Here his wife sighed, which gave
him pleasure. and he went on: But
you won't try. You won't stoop to
those small banal eivilities that grease
the wheels of conversation. It's be-
that i don't like you in public to ap-
WORCESTERSHIRE =
He had wounded her deeply and be-
gan to feel lot better.
Il suppose am a dull companion"
she said.
Dull? No, / should not say that"
answered Wynne. and his tone inn
piled that he wouldn't say it only be.
cause he was of such kindly nature
But ! must confess, my dear. l
think you might make little more
effort"
Marion rose. Every WELL" she
said, II shall begin to chatter. You
will hardly be able to tell me from
Lucy Alison. / shall say: Have you
been to the theater, and how is your
dear mother. and do tell me what you
have been reading, you who are so
clever
Well. you might do worse" said
her husband, and felt quite good-tem-
pered again.
a LII the time Marion was dress.
ing she was thinking of silly
phrases to say---to reel off one after
the other as quickly as possible, in
order to show Howard how wrong he
had been about her
And all the time Lucy was dressing
she was thinking of wonderful ways
of being silent. ways of letting her
husband down, converSationally speak
ing, SO that he would long once more
for her former talkatiVeness.
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hill work. They drove through can
yons and over mountains that were
sometimes 1000 feet high. Sometimes
the cattle were strung out for couple
of miles. They didn't see dozen peo-
pie on the route.
That's the record of a very arduous
cattle drive-probably the last i'm
portant cattle drive in that part of the
CO try.
REPRESENTATIVE Hudspeth intends to
use the new ranch in Brewster County
exclusively for his registered Here.
ford cattle. He is one of the most
successful cowmen in the United
States. as well as one of the most sue
cessful members of Congress- His
other ranches are in Val Verde,
Crockett and Terrill counties
"Claude" as he is Familiarity and
affectionately called by cowboys and
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Once it rained and sIeeted all night,
and the cattle ran all night. There
were icicles more than foot long
on the horses names. The cattle were
covered with sleet up TO the following
evening.
They We're on the road for 21 days
and took turns in riding guard on the
cattle at night. so that each man was
in the saddle an average of IS hours
a day. Once a horse of one of the
cowboys fell and the riders shoulder
was broken. He went into town and
had it patched up and was back in
the drive that evening, with a loss of
only six hours. That shows the forti.
tude and spirit of Hudspeth's cow
boys.
They drove from an altitude of
about 1000 feet up to an altitude of
about 5000 feet, so it was mostly up.
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Matrimonial Conversations
By Alice Duer Miller and Franklin p Adams
Certain Flaws in Her Nature

ton of your marrying her.?
I'm my mind"
You asked her?"
NO"
ooh. Bill! / can't understand You
deceiving me, about it,"
Alison protested that he had not de
ceived her-there had been only {
/ moment while he was still in colleg'
his mothers disapproval of thu
marriage of first cousins had takel
him abroad and there he had met
She shook her head. why did vol
not tell me about it a once? In
sure | told you about Ernest anC
| Clement"
Don't leave out Donald
no, and about Donald. too. VIII,
We're you not equally frank will
me?
lie was a little cruel: he said:
Il listen to you. Lucy"
Lucy gave a low moan. You can
mean / don't listen to you. Oh, Bill!
You listen. if l tell you first that
have something important TO say, but
my dear Lucy. you never invite con
fidence by
THAT is the most unjust thing
ever heard" cried Mrs. Alison
Every day when YOU come home
before ! say word about my ow1
affairs. l ask you, Tell me what
you have been doing, Bill
Il have TO be pretty snappy about
il, Lucy"
There was a long silence and ther
Lucy remarked, in low voice;
II shall practically never speak
again. From now / shall so through
the world like a dumb woman. but
before / go into the silence. | should
like to tell you, Bia, Alison. that that
is about the poorest excuse | ever
heard. You could have told me any
thing you wanted to tell me-
But, my dear girl. | didn't par
ticularly want 10 tell YOU. / tried
twice. Once when we were sitting
on the beach at Etretat, and we had
YOU may remember-been talking
about love as distinguished from
early fancies, and / had actually be-
gun a sentence, about Marion, when
the tide came up--"
And was that my fault. cried his
wife. will you hold me responsible
for the channel tides? Was l Queen
Canute. or something? Couldn't you
have told me when we settled down
again?..'
when we settled down again, you
told me about Ernest"
THAT shows how much more cam
did | am. Has there been no other
moment in the last two years when
you could have told me?"
Yes" answered her husband,
there was another, not very long
ago, when / felt an impulse to tell
you. That time Johnson came in
with tea, and you noticed that the
cream pitcher did not match, and
you and he had long chat about
the silver"
There was that rare thing in the
Alison househ old-a complete silence.
Then Lucy rose, with slow dignity.
and rang the bell. After that she
burst into speech.
Every one will say" she observed,
that I'm not happy-that you are
not kind to me. Where is Lucy's
vivacity? Where are her lovely
spirits gone? She is almost as
corpslike as Marion Wynne'-that's
what viii be said. Johnson. call up
Mrs. Wynne's house and ask If she
and Mr.. Wynne will dine here tomor-
row night and go to the opera
THE next afternoon Howard Wynne
came home tired. and he was one
of those men in whom to be tired
and to be cross are interchangeab ble
terms.
For two days he had been arguing a
case before a browbeating judge, and,
as he was obliged to keep his temper
with the bench, certain letting down
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She's like suet pudding after long
dinner. But thank you for those
words, Bill Good gracious, that
traffic cop saw me kiss you-but what
of it? I don't suppose it's anything
in his life. | suppose q traffic po-
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liceman whose beat is on Broadway
or anywhere else for that matter
sees about as much of life
What do you suppose would shock
him Bill? Or do you suppose that, in
private life. he's quite a puritan. and
insists that his wife and daughters .
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suit, and, as soon as they were in
their car, Bill said:
Tim devoted TO Marion, but she is
little heavy from the social point of
view
Heavy" cried Mrs. Alison shrilly.
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not that ne looked old enough to
have daughters, but still for the sake
of argument"
The car turned into the park at
Fifty ninth street and drove on
and on.
fCony,icht I0oT
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Augustus. In the document attached
TO his will. mentioned that he had ex-
hibited 5000 gladiators and 3.5I0 wild
beasts.
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Old-Time Cattle Drive on Large Scale
Is Made by Representative Hudspeth
By WILL r. KENNEDY.

b1 WILL Il. hEN NED1.
TIME days of the great open
spaces" where men are men, 4"
and where cowboys in chaps
i and sombreros hit the trail
with thousands of CATTLE strung
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-11
Massena Ranked High
as Fighting General

Andre Massena, duke of Rivoli, is
recognized by military authorities as
the greatest of all Napoleon's mar
shals. In peaceful era, he probably
never would have achieved renown,
for peace brought out his worst quail
ities-indolence, envy and greed. In
war time he was another man.
He was not Napoleon, fol he could
not plan whole campaign, arrange
retreats or anticipate every march
of foe. But in actual battle, Mas
sena ranks hardly below Napolean
himself. Once in actual contact with
the enemy, he became On tHspiftG
man. His laziness and envy feif
away. He was a battle maker ex-
traordinary.
Massena was forty years old when
he became one of Napoleon's generals.
In that startling Italian campaign,
Massena's genius in battle proved OF
inestimable Importance to the Corsi-
can who was winning his first great
laurels. In battle after battle, Mas
sena was trusted implicitly by Ma
poleon.-Kansas City Star.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-11
Cautious Character

A Newton man came in and said he
had an item for the automobile page.
He said he went for a drive to sew
eral towns with friend and in the
course Of the journey had to cross
several railroads. "At every cross
ing" the Newton man declared, "that
fellow would slow up, look both ways
up and down the track, and If there
was train coming anywhere in sight
he would stop the car and wait for
the train to pass. l asked him why
he was so careful, and he looked sur
prised and said he always did that.
He said he saw an automobile try to
butt a train off the track once and
was convinced that 1t could not be
done. Besides that, he said his wife
promised to have strawberry short
cake for supper that night and he did
not want to die before supper" New
ton Kansan.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-11
ANCIENT TEMPLES
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Excavators in Palestine Make
Rich Find.

Alexandria, Egypt.-Further impor-
tant discoveries have been made by
the Palestine expedition of the Uni
versity museum of Philadelphia under
Alan Rowe which Is eXcavating at
Beisan, the Bethshan of the Bible
Two new Canaanite temples of 1900
B. G. have been unearthed.
In one of them among the other OBJ
jects of value and interest there have
been found bronze tigurine, covered
with goldfoil, representing god seat
ed, with his right arm raised and a
beautiful lapislazuli scarab with
cartOuche of sesostris.
On level previously identified
with Rameses II, a door jamb has
been discovered showing for the first
time the actual figure of the builder
of the Temple Of Dagon, mentioned In
the first book of Chronicles, together
with an inscription supplying missing
titles.
Here also have been found scarabs
of Rameses II, and Thotmes ~, and
curious stone, having at the top the
head of deity with figure holding
captive whose legs are kicking the
air and below stand with four hui
man-shaped legs. The identity of this
deity and the significance of the stone
are unknown.
Other discoveries include fine
Egyptian faience finger ring, bearing
the sacred eye.
influences in this area 5000 years ago
is revealed in the shape of the handle
of pottery vessel with two groups
of linear signs, similar in part to
Cretan linear writing and in part to
the Cypriot Archaic alphabet.
There also have been unearthed a
finely made figure of bull, chlld's
rattle of pottery with couple of small
stones inside it, very unusual pot
with strainer spout and movable
disk-like strainer fitting its mouth, a
beautifully made bronze aXhead and
two buckles of isis.
The expedition has been working at
Tell-El- Hosn, which means mounds of
fortress-where eight levels have been
identified as existing from before the
time of Amenophis III to that of the
crusades, covering SO centuries. Most
of the treasures, whereof those men
toned are only part were, except
where otherwise stated, made ut the
earliest levels. The expedition Is now
engaged on the lowest level which
promises to yield rich deposits.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-11-11
Sacred Cat Keeps Eye
Open for Four Months

Boston.-Dr. John A. O'Connell,
Dorchester veterinarian, has rajah's
sacred cat which none of the doc
tors family has seen lie down or
close an eye in the four months the
animal has been domiciled with the
doctor. 1t Is called Meesick and a
naval officer brought it from the in
terror of Siam.
The cat is friendly, and DR.. O'Con-
nell says it's constant restessness and
apparent watchfulness are due to de-
sire to communicate with persons.
The cats fame has been constantly
growing and one offer of $500 was
made and was promptly refused.
Meesick has yeowl which Is I'M
canny and his purr Is like that Of
tiger.