The Nazareth Item

              Nazareth Item.
Vol. XXVI.
AN  nfDBPBNDBNT  FAMILY  NBWBPAPBR.  DBVOTED  TO   LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE.
NAZARETH. PA.. PRIDAY MORNING, JULY 20.1917
No  33.
SBA SHORS SAND
for Children. The
Trumbower Co.
NAZARETH, PA.
Branch Office No. 18 Belvidere Street.
Telephone Connections.
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Write today for special Summer School Circular.
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Reduction Sale |
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MEN'S SUITS.
Good news for every man who needs Clothinsr, Hundreds of Suits to select from.
PIDGIN ISLAND
By HAROLD NacGRATH
Copyright by Frutk A. MioiMy Co.
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$20 and $22 Suits $16.00 $18 Suits $16.00
$15.00 Suits $12.00 Suits
$12.00 $ 960
$5.00 Raincoats
Special $2.06.
A Remarkable Collection of Thin Clothing. Palm Beach Suits       ....       $7.00. Cool Cloth Suits      -   -     -     $6.00 and $9.00. Flannel and Worsted Suits, special
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on, yes, tue yuuug gentiemun wns a Ilrst class customer; bought numerous Jewels for the ladles of the opera, as their agent, however.
He was a Frenchman.
Immediately Cranford had lost Inter¬ est. But while having tea at tbe Cufe de la Paix, un hour later, he had seen tbe young Frenchman again in conver¬ sation with an American. Tbe Jewel case changed bands.
Still ho had no definite su.splcionis, and the wholo matter i)as.sed from bis mind. Two days later he rau down to Cherbourg to 1)1(1 .some friends bon voyage. Tho American he iiad seen in the Cafe de la I'alx was handing a package to anotlier (.'ompatriot.
The liitler billed.
It was one nt tliose iiicxplic'ililc fan¬ cies, l)ut he surreiidorcd to it; cali!(sl tlie port of .New York to lie on tlic lookout for a portly, sraootli faced iiiiin svltli a patch of wliltc hair in the Imck of bis head; to .search for a necklaoc of sapiihlri's,
.V cliance shot In the dark hit tlic bnliscye. Tho iinknowu upon arrlvlii!.' In Xew York was held iij) iiiiil llic gems confiscated.
And now thoy were after hitn.
Witli the notebook In their posses¬ sion bis days of usefulness would he at an end, a genernl apocalypse.
At 5 o'clock tbe rain ceased. Tbe gale wns by now lirawUng somewhere off the banks.
The river was no lc)ut,vr crested. Boats were flitting t.> and iro, and the sullen big frclKbter.^ > ero i.r;nv:ii,:^ out from the breakwater in tlie basin back of the hotel. A gor';p )U'; suiist-t lln- Isbed the day, wan;i mil promising good weather.
The hotel was ulu:. ; t (cscitcC.
It w-as not ll summer re -oit. Those who sought Its ch iriaa -..-tro ;.::lio«'raen. They sent their wivts c-isc.'..t :'e.
Cninford sat (:.:wii lo ('.i.ii.. r wita four otber meu, t. aii wlioni be knew to bo retired business i ^i who Usbcd
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Men's Thin Coats of Alpaca   -   -
Summer Trousers
[Blue Serges iTan Kakhi
$12.00. $2.00 and up.
$3.60. $1.26.
BOYS' WASHABLE  SUITS
$4.00 Boy's Cassimere SuiU 6 to 17 yrs $2.76.
$1.50 and $2.00 Kakhi. White rep. linen etc 3 to 10 yrs $1.36.
$1.25 Chambray. Linen etc. 3 to 8 yrs       -       96c.
75c and $1.00 Washable Suits 3 to 8 yrs - 66c. Washable Knickers Crash, Linen, Kahki etc 60c to 76c.
Childrens Rompers • • SOc and 60c. $1.50 to $2.00 Straw Hats. Sennits Splits and Porto Ricas
$4.00 to $6.00 Panama Hats, special 50c Boys' Straw Hats $1.00 Outing Caps
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$1.50 and S2.00 Men'a Negligee Shirta loft cuffa, apecial fi.l 5
$1.00 Men'a Negligee Shirta aoft cuffa apecial       •       •       85c
$1.00 and 11.25 Men'a Bport Shirts ...       85c
75c Sport Shirta SOc
Boya Sport Blouaea       -       ^iSc
50c Four in Hand NeclTwear SOo**"   hableTlea
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5f to $1.00 Sample Helta
35c Men'a Suapendera
Men'a Blaek Cotton Half Hoae good value
Hot Weather Underwear Reduced
11.00 Men'a Athletic Union
Suita 75c Men'a and Boya' Union
Suita •        • 50c
Boya' Union Suits 28c
Men'a  Balbrlggan   Shirta and
Urawera SOc
B->Ts'   Balbrlggan   Shirta and
Orawera - SSc
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"112 South Main St.. -        NAZARETH. PA.
Our store closes like aliother Naiarath Stores, every Wednesday at 12 noon during July aad Aagait,
these waters fn
then hied uvi-ay t >
or to tbe I'acitie fop ;ie.lo.viai!s.
Keininlsceiicc.^ ! .issrd back niul forth. Cranford leanic.l tb;;; ,l:a to:, on b.ul beeu exceptional!.- t'od. iiu t^iat out at Soutii bar an.l Cliarity sl»oal« ilu- sport bad been ;l;e wortt lu years.
For some le.isjn o ¦ o'l.'cr tho bv.stn had tU'iicl tboHO |)",.i'i.s i.v>r to tbo bane jf die sportsman, oid Koggie eye. plscutorially known as tbe rocli bass.
Button bay. over tlic river, bad prov¬ ed u Um. One of tbe ^'cutieiiien b;id caught a four iioundcr at Horning dock. Bait bad been lively, and tbero bad been plenty ofif despite tbe usual August blow.
Cranford could not remember when he had passed a more a,!rrci>:i1>ie hour.
The other two Kcntlcincn were froia down the state.
They told how tbey split up a month's vacation Into four weei;3—one In June, one In July, one In .Vugust and one In Septemlier, wliich, if tbe weather beiiaved Itself, was the finest time of tho year to lisb.
Ali agreed uiion this jiolnt. Tbo small fry bad by tlien taiieii tbcrnsclvea off; the biff cliaps bewail to bite, and they fouclit lll<e demons.
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CHAPTER   V. A IVIy8^e''*ou« Motorboat. T    thi'    cleric's    dusk    Cranford found a telegram.
Tlie little morocco notebook bad beeu safely deposited lu hia safety deposit box at tbe bauk. Hu was advised to fish without worry.
He strolled out to tl>«t end of the ToranUa whore the guides foregather¬ ed. Ho knew tiiem all, from tbe clean, ¦elf respecting mun down to the disso¬ lute and Improvident.
Presently he suw Lester coming up the steps.
This yoUng guide never cume to tbe hotel except on business, lie was (]ulet, educated, u born naturalist; bo could "see" bass lu tbe water, as the saying goes.
He was henrtliy envied by tbe ma¬ jority of the guides because he rowed for one man und had done so for seven years, from June 17 to September.
Ho had a sniall boat, easy to bandlo, and, being a natural .iiK'banic. never tinkered wltli his two cylinder engine; traveled eight miles i;ii liour. witb nev¬ er a glance at tbe spark pUitcs, wliiili to date no macbiiio shop could turn out to satisfy L'ncle Hilly.
"Where would you like to lisb, sir, tomorrow ?"
"Wo might to- I'ldgin."
The guide smiled. "They're bltbig fast ot Bell's and around Horseshoe."
"We'll try those In the ul'teruoou."
"Lunch or shore dinner?"
"Itutlier believe I'd llko u whack nt boned buss."
"All rlgbt, sir. I'll be at the dock at 7:30." {.loster touched his hat und went dowit the steps.
Cranford weut up to his room and began to straighten out his tackle. He whistled and bummed at the work- all boy.
Meantime a man arrived on tbe last traiu.
Ho regiatered. ate a late dinner, Idled mtk'imt thm doak andesNlasaly ran over
the names of the guests, llo tnen in¬ quired till! way to the telegrapli olBce.
Later tbe clerk asked hlm if be de¬ sired a guide.
"No, I'm leaving for Kingston In tbe morning. If you will give me my key I'll turn In at once. Tbe boat leaves at 7."
"We'll call you, sir."
"Tlianks, replied tbe stranger, wbo was tall, tlilcks(!t, gray liairc(l, ruddy faced, with an air of prosperity.
Crnnford eyed the two rods affection¬ ately.
Old rods, old tackle, tlio very leader tie bad lislied with tlial last day over at Horsesboe wben tbe big fellow got away just aa Uncle Billy was passing tbe net.
.\ flawed hook had done the trick. In another corner of the room stood $.")0 worth of new tackle, glaringly new. He might not use one of tbem during tbe montb, and again tbey might be called into active service betore tbe week was up.
Tlie sou'wester, the dripping rain¬ coat, tlie cjoziiig sboes, tlie strong wliito teeth burying tliemselves in the cheek of tbe rosy apple. Wynne—Diana Wynne It ought to be—Dinna sluit out forever from tbe Olympian lieiglit.s, made mortal, tlicfeby attainable.
Had be met hor in the liotel parlor sbe would have stirred only a passing admiration, but sbe bad come from tbe heart of tho storm, bringing witb lier a gust of lieady ozone.
"I love it out at I'ldgin. It is wild .-md free (liei-e.    I was liorn at sea."
He liuiglied a little and whipped lho Hid hack and forth to test its pli:ini-y, Ilo must not permit any such nonsense to enter bis head, only—
Tile nexl niorning the lato arrival of tbe night before elKintied llis iihms.
lie told tijc clerk tbnt he would n;- turn at noon to Ogdeiishnrg instead of crossing to Kingston. At hreiiUfast ho watchivl Cranfonl stealthil.\-.
Wben he saw bim shoulder his rods and go whistling dowin toward the tlnelc ho wiuit nn to bis ronm (inietlv opened tbe window and slipped out on to tho vcriinda. Xoncliahuitly be ap¬ proached Cranford .s window und, lind¬ ing It open, stepiitid inside tbe rooui. He paused to listen, tried tbe dooi' gently and found It locked. Ue smiled
Deftly and quickly he searched through the clolbes lu tbe closet, through tho luggage. Nothing escaped his marvelous tiugers, und when be stood up it would have tukeu uu eyo more than mortal to have discovered anything umiss. Aguln he listened.
After a minute or so be went out of the window and walked leisurely around to the nortb side. Ue wus just in time to see Cranford's boat sweep out of the basin, with a twist or two of blue vai)or trailing lu its wake.
What a fair world It was—cloudless, ralu washed, vistued!
Loug Islund stood out against tbe pale sky of early moruiug, crisp, mar¬ velously distinct.
Vou could see tlie cracks in tbe rotting ledges, tlw; snn lances hreaking ugalust tbe sharp angles of rosy gran¬ ite, tbe delicate laciug of plno uud ma¬ ple. As for tbe water, it was flat nnd burnished as Cleoputru's mirror.
Fur, far above bim Cranford espied a motionless speck, an eugle, and hero and there tbe silly gulls rode and bob¬ bed upon tbe river's placid bosom, as unlovely at close view us decoy ducks, but of beauty unutterable when flying lu tbe face of a gale.
Even ilie.mulges, Uoubtless born tbat sunrise, interested bim. Ue settled back in bis comfortable chair seat, pulled bis gray felt bat down over his eyes and drew contentedly at his pipe. He wus very near to happiness, us near us be bad uny right to expect. Old sboes, run down at tbo beel; hope¬ less trousers, a cout which would have shocked tbe rarely sbookublo Wurren and a gray Hannel shirt.
Tho coat be bad left with Uncle Bil¬ ly two yenrs liefore. and be was wear¬ ing It for lucli. Tho comfort of it: Not another silil collar for thirty days, exceptlni,' Sundays, when be intended to loaf -or tako long walks Into the country. Besides, to ski|i :i duy added zest to tho next day's si'ort.
Lester sut ou u little oaken, boxlike cover which protected th.' engine ou windy duys from the \ Igorous on- Blttugbts of the wuves.
Ue held tho tiller roiie in his left hund aud witb his right scientillcally thrust from time to time a liailercu tin dipper Into tbe water and dril>l)le<l tbe contents iuto the bait i>all, a slender rubber tubo thrown over the side serv¬ ing us n druhi.
Crunford bad fished north, oast, south and west; lu virgin r.niutrles where It totik ten days' poruige to reach a ruilroud; but tbero was no place eiiuul lu this.
"I suy, Lester, suppose we tuke u whnck just outside of iiure polutV Bil ly's uut ut ridgin, und 1 don't want to 8wool) down on him b. fore ho gets started." "All right, sir."
Bare point Is ou the Canadian line. Lester put on a fut, lively cluib, nud Cranford uiude a cnpitui cast. -Vt heurt he was as eager and as e.M'iied as lui bad lieen twenty years auo, when his father bad explained tbo Intrlcudes and mysteries of casting u line without huving the reel back druw. "Ha:"
Cranford gnve line, watched the tip of his rod and struck.
llo reeled In two or three feet of line, then tiiriii 1 and looked ut lister, wbo wus grinning I'miubly. "Cun you guess what I've gotT* "Goo-goo-eye!"
"Compliments of the aeason; wel¬ come buck."
Crunford luughed and reeled In, and the despised rock baaa came up exact¬ ly like a tlu pie plate, round and round, wabbly.
"ShaU I put him tn tbe box, alrl" makmA Imatat. aa Im extracted the hook.
It Is 11 superstition upheld by tne ma¬ jority of flsbermen tbat if you throw away the Hrst Usb, whatever breed, you tlirow away your luck. Beware of thirteen, of leaving your watch unilei' tbe pillow, of se<'lng tbe new monn over tbo wrong shoulder (whicbever tbat Is), of idnging before breakfast- nil presages of evil to the fishernifin. But Cranford bad no superstitions. "Lester. If you crack another Joke like tliat I'll skin you. I'll try one more bait" He cast again. ".\nd don't teii Billy."
"I won't tell anybody," replied Les¬ ter as lie took up the oars again.
"You see, I bet Billy n box of cigars that w-e'd 4ieat him out on tho d;i;,''s catch. But bo ought not to take a young woman out to Pidgin this time of the year."
"Is be taking a woman out there? Well, sbe must w;.nt to flsh there then Bill's married: so'ni I, for that matter. Wbon a woman says she wants to go somewhere ehe oughtn't to, hustU; ber to It. She mny cbango-her mind am^ turn back."
This bit of philosophy amused Cran¬ ford. There came n sharp tug and strain.
"Hooked himself!" exclaimed Crnn¬ ford.
He straightened tbe rotl and waited for tho "break." but tbe break did not eome. Tug-tup, nt an angle of forty- flve degrees. .\ minute went by, there was no letup.
Crnnford scowled nnd gnve tbo rod an imfiatlent lift. Crack! went tho tl|i of n ten year rod. It slid down the taut line and disappeared into the w-n tor.    "Kei:"
"I bad my suspicions." said Lester gravely.
.V roek bass, a broken rod nnd nn eel did not promise well for tho dny'ii cuteb.
Cranford dropped tho rod and pulled In tho line by hnnd. Lester reached over nt tho profior moment nnd cut tho leader. A fnt eel wriggled bnck tn his oo7.y environments.
•'Coming over from Horseshoe; cau- oiiied to[i; mile aw.ay, I sbould sny."
Tbo girl's eyes elosed, and sbe sway¬ ed against the outer rail.
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"I'ldgin!"''said Cranford disgustedly. Flshcriuau's luck!
"All right, we'll go to I'ldgiu. Tbey ought to bo there today. No telling. If Liill S'.vs that girl can lisli ho knows. And he never tnkes any great risks."
Tbe girl, witb I'mle Milly, had liind- ed six bass in less than thirty minutes. all under two pounds, tender eating.
"We've got him boat," commented Billy joyfully. "Ilo won't bave no -•ic«i luck flrst day."
"Wbut him?"
"Mr. Cranford. I bet flfty apples t' flfty cigars tbat you'd beat bim on tb' day's catch."
Sho frowned.
And the frown disturbed him. When she brought bi her Urst rock bass bo slummed it viciously to tho bottom of the bont.
"Them goggloeyes—I liuto'em! Look jes' like tb' feller tbnt ow-es mo nioney. Guoss that's Lester comin'."
Cranford swung bis bat boyishly.
"Wbnt luck?" be luquired wiicu Les¬ ter drew within speaking distance.
"Six.    They're biting freely."
Cranford began casting with n single piece   rml.   tbe   mate   to   the   one   he
•There's
power  boat heading for the i Itland."
hnd hroken over at Bare p-'Uit. -Vn hour liassed witb but oue strike to his credit. That was liko I'ldgin. .V do/.en boats miglit drift up and dowu. Gen¬ erally only one made tbe catch.
Noon came.
"We'll have dinner In Sand bay. where it's shady," tbo girl s;iid.
"We'll dine on I'ldgin."
Uueie Billy rubbed bis h;uuls tender- iy.   "It'll be bUi/.in' hot."
"I have di'cided."
"All ri^ht, MI.SS Wynne. Theyil be 'nough driftwood fer lb' stove. We've got seven. .Mr. Crauford's got on'y oue, 's far 's 1 cau see."
"Duly one?"
Ijiuiling wns shortly nmde at Uie doi-k, and Crunford and tho girl visited the lighlhouse.
"Beautiful!" murniiire.l ihe girl.
"But very. Very bot. Vou should have gone over to Sand bay," said Cranford.
Down lii'low- tbey could see tbe two guides puttering about. I'resently tbey BtcpiH'd lo tbe water's edre and begau to clean tbe lish. .Vil this was so dif¬ ferent frum tbe c.imps she bad known.
"There's a power boat beading for the island."
"Where?" she cried, clutching him by the arm.
Crunford found a bluu spot on his arm tbat nlvht
CHAPTER   Vi. Another Dilennnria—Woman. UA.VI'ORD   followed   her   dowu tho n.'irrow, winding staircase. Her  diz-^lness  was  evidently transitory,  for sbe almost (lew down, and be in bis turn grew- dizzy In trying to  keep  ber in view-.     He  was puzzled.
Uot up tbere lr tho light it undoulit- e<lly was, but the real hurt came from the rellected brillrancy of the snn on tbe water, and she had fished closer to It all tbe morning.
There bad been no signs of dizziness tben. Perhaps, after all. slie had not eaten an.vthing for brenkfast. w-oniaii- like, and It was huiiL'er.
It never oe'-iirnil to bim that the sight of tho canopied top bad tbrown lier off her balance. Up here be never suspected iinyb'dy. unless It was thi' man wbo lost a four pounder over at Homing dock and bratrged about it.
Ills mind was ns clear as a tjoy's. Tbe craft "bleh made hlm formidable In bis peeuliar work lay fallow. He was an .'ingli.T. nothing moro. So he deeldeil that her dizziness was due to hnn^'er and went to sec tbnt the ma- fhlni'r.\' wliieh wonld assuage It w-as set going.
Ilo proceeded at onco to tlie stove, patting  in  a  suggestion  here,   a   hint
f  IVl'.
fie opened the olives and anchovies :i!iil split the two cantaloujies. iiacking tbeni neatly with Ice and covering thern with a ntipkln. Tben he set tho table In the shadow of the tower, w-bieb mndo a first class sundial too.
The sh.idow w-oiild last in that spot at least nn hour, and if lunch went beyond tliat time, wblcb he hoped It would, it would be simple to follow tbo shallow.
The pnrk wns sizzling In tho frying pan.  the  green   corn   bubbling  in   thu
pot, o,ud tlio odor of coffee drifted up luvitii'gly.
A niciil flt for (ho gods—better than all the famous hotels put together could ofl'er:
I'resently be looked about for tbe girl and saw- her stuuding at Ibo en.! of the dock. Tbe power boat w-as only u few yurds off.
Suddenly Uncle Billy und Ix'ster set off lieUily-cul toward their bouts, and Cranford jogged along behind tbem. "'Wb;it's up';" he called. "Game wardens!"
Neitlier of tlie guides bad a guilty conscience tbis duy, but it was always well to be on hand when tbe wardens took inventory uf your belongings.
Some people weren't ubovo taking all tho b.-iss they could catch, uotwitli- staudiSg tb:it the Cuiuidian luw- per¬ mitted eight b;iss to tbe rod.
Tbere is all tbo dlllereiice lu tbe world between the .Vmerican and Ca¬ nadian guuio  wardens.
On the .south side of tbe line law-s bristling with aniendmeiils and ranii- ficatiuns and additioiKil clauses were passed aud printed in books and tben put aw-ay on the shelf ba- refere!ice only, since nobody honestly Intemled to obey ibeu...
I'erhaps at odd times the sheriff and tbe wardens wi;u'..l ;-ei tbeir beads to¬ gether und stt'P a baseball game on Sunday or interfere w-llb a bsbiugtnp of u few poor ehaps wbo euuldn't gel away on week duys.
It wiis ull very niueli like w-et flre- crackers. Here und there one fizzled or exploded llatly. I'.ut on tbe nortb side u law wus u hnv seveu duys iu the w-eek, uud tliose living lu tbe radius of Its efl'eet bail tbe decenry to resiiecl aud obey it.    Tbey very well had to.
If yuu lished in C;in;idiaa w-aters witbi.iut a lleiise aud were caut;lit, you paid, whether you were ignoraut of tbo biw- or know-lug.
Lester and Uncle UlUy arrived to Und their bouts being overhauled—tbe Usb boxes, the hollows under siera and bow . Friendly greetings were excbuugcd. Tbo men knew e;iuli olher. It was ull ill a day's w-urk.
"(Jnly  tbe  game  wardens."  suid  tbe girl, smiling at rninford. Only:   Uis puzzlement revived. "Are you hungry?" "Is everytbing  ready'.-  I'm  starved!" Sbe turned and ran up tbe dock toward tbe while patch in tbe shadow- of the ligllthuuse.
Tbe trilling liHiulslilou over the can- opk-1.1 tup put I'lit ;iguin. beading for Sand buy.
"Tbem tlsh'll be burnt!" roaroil Un¬ cle Liii!;.. sliiiiUing aloug the dork. "Sbe won't know nuthin' 'liout turnin' theiy."
\> nen lliey ;uriveu, uowe\ei, lue.* found her daintily turning tbe Usli lu the pan.
Crauford w;is conscious of a little catch iu bis lireutli. The round, brow-n urms, tbe sleeves turned carelessly to tbe elbows, the collar loose ut the throat, the flesh pearl tinted lu the siiJidow of bei' chin, the cheeks red uu der tbe tan—a wmiiaii lithe and strong; and fciirless and be;iutiful, a proper mate for a man.
He did not ineun it so, but there was- something compelling In lils gaze, nnd ber eyes luriied toward bis.
lnstanil,\' ihero w-as a smile, friendly, warm, like a:i lionesi handdusp. ut the sanio time lu bewildering und dazzling us sun glitter ou water. He bad all he could do to keep from drawing bis bund across bis eyes, so strung was tbe Illusion lhat be bad momemarily been bUiided.
Tben tbe smile broke Into sound, subtle and alluring as tbat w hich Ulys¬ ses might have beard as lie struggienl at the u::i>t.
Ue interpreted tlie laughter fur mure readily tiian the smile.
It was niischlevdiis.    The expression ou Ids face iiad been that of a yokel no doubt.     Worldly   wise,  versed  In  fem lululty, he reullxed thut It would never do to elva her thlH advantu.'i'A.
Postal Lawa reqaira tbat snbacriptloaa fee paid ju omptly. A Mae pencil mark ii- iMa d'cle maaaa yoar aafe. ^rlptt <r la dne. aM tve will tliaak yea far a   prompt   rcrmlttaaea.
"Thanks fur the smile. Itut why did you laugli at me?"
"Hus no woman ever smiled at you before?" as sbe turned tin," handle of the frying pan into Uncle Billy's horny palm. "Not rjulte like tbnt" "Mercy!   Was it so dreadful?" "No.    On the contrary. It was na un¬ expected as it was l>enutiful."
She looked strnight into ids eyos as sbe retorted: "Purlor broken. I am greatly di.sappoinled. f'un't you men forget those Insufferaole frostlngs wlien you nre out in the opeu?"
"Buck there." with a nod townrd the soutb, "back there I shouldn't have forgotten to smile."
"Grub:"  came diseuchanlingly  from Uncle Hilly. Tbe girl lauirbed again. And  (.'ranford  laughed,  too,  and  bo knew  th.'it  sho  knew  why.    She  barl won all points in the comedy.
Tbey sat down, be at one end of the table and sbe at the other, and they nte a feust foi; tbe gods, wiiij very well knew bow to eat—the flnest fish in the woiid, tender green corn, uectnroous coffee, crisp potntoes, luscious melons and the sun and the air for seasoning.
"It wns vory kind of you to share tlieso flsh. If you only knew how I have longed for the tnsto of one! 1 v.-onder what It really is that makes food taste so good out of doors?"— curious to loarn what opinion she nii'.'lit advance, for he bad bad but lit- t'l contact v.-ith w-omen free of their 'lliionuble environment and only i.Jigined wliat they might be outside rheir fortress of repression nnd ob- ¦;"rvair-e of ironbound conventionali¬ ties.
".Vttftude of tbe mind." she answer ed •^. s she dug Into tbe arroen rind ol the melon; "the return to tbe simriles. the shedding of complexities; early to bed :ird early ta rise, an 1 all the sordid. ugl;.- things left bebind. Wc wash our bodi's every day. but only wlun ¦^'6 got out like tills do wo wash our souls." Ci'o ce C/GDtlnnnu .
Menin's Bid For Fannie. "It Is barely pu.^.^iliio U.ai bad there been no .Meuin tbere might bave been no world w.ir. for Ii wu-; .it ibe siege of thLs little Belgian city hi ITIM that the Hanoverian uruiy ouiccr, j>charii- borst. won ids ursl discUicUon. Sui>- sciiucntly be wrote u niiiitary puper on the escnpe of the .\ieuiii t'arrison, and tills brouirbt hlra to the attention of stnff otflcers of various (Jerman states, aud be was ofTcrcl sever d commi.s- slous. Ue accepted service under the kiug of Prussia, and from this time dates the begliiulug of activities that eventually residtcd In tbe establish¬ ment of the Prussian military system which was Ibo genesis of the holo¬ caust of nations. It w-us Seharnhorst. the hero of .Meiiiu. who induced his sovereign to put aside tho l'rus.siau professional long service urmy wblch hud beeu sh.ittered at the buttle of .lena und to inaugurate tbe policy of ii'niversal service. This was not order¬ ed, liow-ever. uutil ufter tbe origina¬ tor's death froiii a wound Inflicted at tbe battio of Lutzeu In 1S13.—National GeouTaiibi- Society Bulletin.
Possibilities of Bad Verse. No one bas yet written aay adequate upprciiariou of the possibilities of bad verse-tbe verse. 1 meau. that is com¬ posed ac thl" crises of life, on the mouiitniu lops of exultation uud bi the Joyless valleys, by persons unskilled und ordinarily unpoetlc; tbo verse that is bidi'.eu away bi vases und bu¬ reau drawers, never to be shown aud always prodiued lu some moniput of vaulty. Only a true poet could write U Just appreciation of bad verse aud from his pen the words como too much tabited w-lth tl.e implicaiioii of irony. Tbe, qu.iUty of had verse Is not slriibi- ed. It is written to suit no magazine's policy. It Is rewarded with no check, tt is n brave denying of reality, a prayer thut is Its own answ-er. It Is. to use Maeterlinck's phrase, "a making or invoking: oi wbigs" by creatures that creeii on their bellies.—New Re¬ public
How  Playing Cards Are  Mada.
I)id yi.in kuow iliui nidinary playing cards are uiado of three or four sheets of paper pi, d toiictlier? In malUnpj them the shcei on which Is printed the back of the card is laid dowu ou u tu¬ ble and tbe white side bruslied with puste. .V sheet of cartridge paper Is laid ou tbis and covered with puste rerhaps a secoud sheet of curtrldgo paper Is added. nnally tbe sheet w-hlcli Is to form tho fuce of tbe cara la placed on top.
When tbo woi kiuuu bas a greut str.c-; of these pasted sLeets be puts them lu a strong press and sip.ieezcs out all the wuter from tbe pasto.   Then they are separated und dried, which makes tlipni rough uud wruikled, so thut tbey bav." to be Ironed lietween steel rollers uu'i piX'ssed between smooth sheets of zhr in Iinother press.    After this tbey ai'e brushed witli u mixture of white lead wmer and i:lue.    When this Is dry- thoy are rubbed v ith flannel -.lipped iu soup stone und pollshi»d with u brush to give them u smooth, bright dnish.—Detrolr Free Press.
The Anemone.
Anemone meuns "wind llower" nnd Is so' culled becnuse It Is so delicately poised tbat it sways with the sUgbteat motion of tlie air.
Take thought for tl» roots ot lite, and you will not need to wony abont the flowera and truit.