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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913.
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THE EVENING
TEN
STORY
DOLLARS
.(Copyright, 1913. by W. Werner.)
Last week was one that offered the
visitor, .as well as resident of Atlanta,
almost anything: lie, or she, wanted to
se«* And it was hard to decide wheth
er to devote a day to each thine or try
to crowd as much as possible into one
day and continue to hold on to the usual
routine the other days. 1 phoned to
The Semi-Weekly Journal office that
I would spend Tuesday • at the poultry
show and 1 hoped that 1 would meet
some of The Journal readers there. But
if any did go that day 1 failed to meet
them. The display was excellent, and
it seemed such a pity to me that thers
were not hundreds of people wo live
near enough to come in and spend the
day and take in such an exhibit. Ten
cents is all that the admission ever
costs one and it matters not what sort
of chicken, turkey on duck you arc
raising there is a decided advantage in
knowing whether it’s worth whie or not.
Just now eggs are 50 cents a dozen
and the scrubs you have fed all summer
are not yet finding the time to leave
off eating and begin laying. Many of
these fine hens went right on laying
In their little two by three pens. And
jt’s a good thing to see the owners of
such fine birds and get ideas on how
they manage their poultry and eggs. One
big dealer told me that half the farm
ers’ wives who sent eggs to town put
in clean and soiled, fresh and stale and
the mixture kept them from getting a
good price for the good ones. Had she
used the soiled looking ones, and gath
ered the eggs daily, those sent to mar
ket would have commanded more.
I saw Quality King, the $1,001) Orp
ington. and ‘you can't tell me that all
chickens look alike. His were as pretty
as the feathers one buys in the hat
shops. The' were white, fluffy and as
fine as silk. “But looks don’t, count,”
you say? \
Not entirely, but when looks, size and
qualitv are combined value rises. Catch
me putting $5 into a chicken, much less
$1,000.” was said with the toss of the
head by one woman.”
Well, I’ll venture to say that Qual
ity King’s pullets have paid for him
already, to say nothing of his sons.
1 saw some, of those pullets and was
told that the eggs from the eight hens
that will 'be in the pen with him, when
he returns home will sell for $2 each.
That’s a nice little income isn’t it? My
hens laid eighty eggs, each from Janu
ary to July, and y.ou can see what they
paid at . an average of .3 cents each as
table eggs. There are some fine pouh
try plantij in Georgia T am glad to say,
seme that brought back all sorts of
prizes from ..New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Tennessee. So there is
not much us,e in looking afar off when
you get ready to try some fine stock.
And I believe that eggs and young
chicks bought in the state will grow off
better. I have eleven Reds that are a
month old that are beauties. There were
only eleven hatched and they are now
comparatively out of danger though the
old hen looks after them as carefully
now as she did the day they were
hatched. They came from a $5 setting
of eggs ' and I am entirely satisfied
with them. -■ ■ ♦
The second place- I visited this week
was the child welfare exhibit. Not that
it took a lower place in my thoughts,
4 but it was not ready for me as soon
as the chickens were.
Ten cent's was also the price of ad
mission ‘there and its worth cannot be
put in dollars and cents.
The first room was devoted to baby’s
earliest days.
There was a plea for the child’s birth
to be registered. Did you ever think
about it? Ours is the § only civilized
country that does not register births.
Your fine horse, dog, hog or cow most
probably has a pedigree, but how about
your son or -daughter’s registry? There
would be property- of value coming to
many of. .us, probably, if we had the
power to go. to the registry office and
could prove ourselves the descendants
of families that came to this country a
hundred years ago and ceased to keep
in touch with their kindred.
Children would be protected in the
child labor fights if they could show
their certificates, and in the event of
compulsory education they could claim
their rights for the same reason.
There was a star in one corner of the
room that paled and shone at short in
tervals, and under It was the statement
that a baby died just as often as that
star paled. That star was fascinating,
no matter where I was it . seemed to me
that just in front of me was the star
that brightened and paled, brightened
and paled, and told of the death of the
ittle babies. There was another pic-
.ure that taught a lesson every mother
aught to know. The enemies of baby
icod, I can't begin to name them here,
•>iit the pitiful string of little children
going: to their death from filth, impure
milk, the wrong sort of food, bad air,
neglect, starvation, impure water and
the various diseases they bring on, was
appalling. There were other pictures,
too, and a trained nurse show frig how to
dress a baby, what sort of cl^bes, bed
ding and food to use, the sanitary and
insanitary equipment for preparing
milk and feeding a. baby. They also
had devices for keeping baby out of
mischief and entertained while its
mother was employed. There were
rooms given over to the kindergarten,
to the Home for the Friendless and
Children’s Home society. There was a
splendid display of books for just such
needs, sont by Carnegie library. The
National Playground association had
pictures of the boy on the streets and
the same boy given a place to play, ru-
la! school grounds and 'the recreations
suitable, and how to change a “gang”
ct little ruffians into something worth
while. T am sorry that the display is
not permanent, then visitors to Atlanta,
parents and teachers, could get help
from it. Some of these days maybe
there will be such a place in this big
city.
Twice I .went to see the exhibit and
was sorry that 1 could not devote a
day to each section. I looked over the
crowds that thronged it and failed to
sec many young mothers. There were
plenty of women whose children are in
school, and the teachers had throngs of
girls there, high school girls learning
hygiene and home treatment and pre
ventives. There were books and charts
on consumption, typhoid fever, hook
worm and measles. These should be in
every home and, as long as the supply
given me lasts, I will be pleased to send
them to all who send me a two-cent
stamp for postage. State plainly which
disease and write your address care
fully.
1 haven’t mentioned the canning clubs
p.or corn show. Space forbids. Suf
fice it to say that they are both a credit
to the state. The. members'have some
thing to show for time that so many
of their companions wasted, and have
formed habits, learned methods and
made a success that the years ahead
will magnify.
We have a variety of good letters this
week and I hope the questions this
mother asl>s will be answered.
- Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE; O. THOMAS.
HOW WE COOKED THE ’POSSUM
Dear Miss Thomas: 1 hare read so many
nice letters today that the Household wrote on
Thanksgiving (hat I want to write you all
about one thing 1 had for Thanksgiving dinner.
Some time ago daddy caught a ’possum. He
said. “I want to fatten him for Thanksgiving.”
So lie penned him and’ gave him scraps from
the table and persimmons until be was really
fat. We called In an old colored man to do
the butchering, and it was well done. He
put him in salt water, said that was the way
to prepare them. As 1 bad never cooked nor
seen one cooked, I called In one of my neigh
bors to assist in the undertaking. We par
boiled him, then gave him a good coat of pep
per and baked him a light brown. Now, this,
in connection with the other good things we
gathered off of the old farm, afforded us an
enjoyable Thanksgiving dinner. I do tbink it
was noble of the ruler or our nation to set
apart such a day. While we know there arc
many who do not observe it as Intended. Some
do, and surely these will cause others to stop
and think of (he blessing they are receiving
daily that they had never thought of. Then
they can’t help but thank God for His many
blessings.
As a nation we ought to be thankful that we
arc in peace with each other, and with other
countries; have plenty of food and raiment
and to spare.
It Is awful that Mexico can’t say this. If
she could only see hefself as others see. her
wrongs, surely war would cease. I’ve heard
and read so much of war until 1 fully realize
It is a terrible thing.
Often 1 feel despondent and wish for things
I have not; but when I begin to think of
the many good things I am surrounded with it
causes me to know that I should be more con
tent. As it Is not all of life to live nor all
of death to die, we should not study too much
of worldly things.
I enjoy very much reading the letters of the
Household and Mrs. FeltoD. She gives such,
good advice to young girls that it makes me
dearly love to read her writing.
If I conld write letters like 1 read it would
be a pleasure to me to write oftener.
Well, Christmas will soon be here again. I
"ib close by wishing Miss Thomas and our
Household a merrv Christmas. SARAH.
SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS.
Dear' Household: By referring to The Semi-
Weekly Journal of March you will find a let
ter from our Texas brother entitled “Is (he
Young Man Safe?” At this date I wish .to
congratulate him upon his sane, sound advice
to us as parents and to the boys at large for
the lesson he has clearly explained to us.
Now a word to the mothers. Can you in
all your ways acknowledge Jesus Christ as your
Savior and at the same time allow your girls
to accompany just any young man to parties
aim entertainments? Can you allow your jjirls
to be set up as* a snare for the agencies or the
evil one to be lempted of the world, *the flesh
and the devil? Can you allow all of the curves
of style and fashion to decoy your young girls’
minds away from the important subject that we
have? Can we follow Jesus and allow Our
dear ones to go in paths that lead to misery
and woe? Mothers! allow your girls to grow
up In the very clasp of dancing halls and all
Ports of amusemnts, allow them the actress
style of dress and hats, ft matters not how
much it may disfigure the wearer, just so it
“style.” I am sorry to say it but I am afraid
that the little word style is a moral stumbling
block to many a mother. Can you allow such,
mothers? and say at the same- time that the
Joshua and the people of Israel were
flushed with wivtory after the capture
of Jericho, and it came vqry nearly
proving: fatal to them, as in many oth
er instances. The City of Ai was before
them; it obstructed their march, and it
had tp be captured before they could
advance, because it guarded one of the
passes through the mountains to west
ern Palestine.
Like a wise general, Joshua sent
spies to see what fortifications the city
had, and how best to plan his attack,
young lady Is safe? God bless the girls of
our land and country. May they organize
against any young man’s company that may
have the taint of strong drink upon his lips,
shake your head when he says let’s take an
evening ride. Mothers, carry your girls to
clean places of amusement, go yourself to the
parties they go to and purify them of all that’s
debasing. Also go to cburch. to Sunday school
and keep in close touch wltb them; then our
boys will have to come truly up to the scratch.
Staod firm, ask yourself the one important
question, “Is the girl safe?” Are we all going
to be ready when we have finished our jour
ney here on earth? In all thy ways acknowl
edge him .md he shall direct thy paths. May
God bless our Household. Sincerely.
HOMER MASON.
Gilmer, Tex.
AN OLD FAVORITE RETURNS.
Dear Household: I have beeu reading Our
Household letters and have decided to write
once more, and tell you sisters aod Miss Thomas
about my flowers. I have been putting some
stale 'manure around them to help them to
stand the cold weather. 1 have not very many,
but they have done so well this year. I don’t
have good luck rotting them, they often rot.
This spring after I had put in fresh dirt I put
some snuff around them, and in a few weeks
I put some more, aud they have bloomed all
th summer, and are still blooming.
I have some geraniums and five different
cactus, there is only one of the cactus old
enough to bloom, as I hhear that it usually
takes (hern three years to bloom. One of them
a pink one. ! bloomed in May, and is now
blooming again now, and this is the 21 of No
vember.
I hope some of the "flower cranks” will come
on and tell me haw to root geraniums without
rotting. Write what kind you have, it maybe
we -sisters could exchange cuttings. I have four
different kinds of ferns and two kinds of be
gonias, the maple and the rank. I have no pit.
but keep my flowers on a table by a soutn win
dow in the living room. They stay green and
bloom some, through the winter, and are so
pretty. The hardy kinds, such as hydrangea
and honeysuckle I keep iu the hall and dining
room.
1 think a school teacher has a good chance to
do a lit of good. They are with so many dif
ferent children, and the unmarried woman
put her mind to her teaching, but the poor,
harrassed mother, has so much to do that they
really have not much mind to put anywhere.
They have so many things to do they harrdly
know what is right or wrong. They want to do
right, but with a half a dozen children calling
on her, one for one thing and another calling
for something else, and If she has also a
cross man to try to please, what can she know
or dare to decide?
If the mother of a big family had really to
get on her knees every time she prayed, I fear
she and her God would never get very well ac
quainted. As to Mrs. Wiggins, I guess she
acted about right. Her husband ought to have
to do all of his work for the rest of his life,
and the children turned over to somebody else.
I pltty the poor stepmothers, they genrally have
their hearts full aud their hands full, too,, even
when they have good husbands.
T hope all the writers will get their pens and
write us a letter aDd mare the Household page
what it used to be. With love to all, HEN
RIETTA. Toccoa. Ga.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION.
Dear Miss Thomas: It must be true that we
never miss the sunshine till the shadows come.
And the shadows were pretty close and thick
when Mrs. Wiggins left off teaching other peo
ple’s children to assume the care of a home.
That widower certainly met her when she
felt about liked Evelyn Dan did the day she
wrote her honest confession. 1 am forced to
conclude that it was strictly a business with
one and the vanity of the other was touched
instead of her usual good judgment. Judging
from the letter, Mrs. -Wiggins is a woman of
culture anil was raised in a refined atmos
phere. (but cynical and hardened by disap
pointment). I believe that she went out of that
sphere into a lower one, with the almost in
evitable result, incompatibility of temperament.
Had she married for companionship instead of
for a home, he of her own sphere, would have
given her a palace, a home, one that she could
have made a type of heavenly bliss. As -it
was, she went out of the surroundings in wlileb
she was reared and she paid the price, and
in her misguided judgment puts us all In the
same class. Forgetting that the “potter has
power over the clay.” etc. 1 atn free to admit
that we are all made of clay, but he uses dif
ferent grades. Evidently she got a poor grade.
In conclusion, it is not with cynical indiffer
ence, but with unfeigned regret that I t read the
letters of disappointed old maid school teachers.
They have only themselves to blame. If they
would use judgment .and discretion they need
have no hesitancy In taking up tbe work where
the other women left off. Marry your social
and intellectual equal, be a mother instead of a
boss of his children, a companion instead of a
drudge for him, and when cruel time puts
wrinkles on your cheeks they will just be
prettv dimples to him.
ONE OF THE BOYS.
WHO WILL ANSWER THIS {
Dear Miss Thomas: I have for some time
been an interested reader of our Household.
I feel that it would be a great help to me
aud all young mothers who read this page if
the older mothers and those who have had ex
perience with small children would give us some
advice on training children. I am the mother
of three small children and need all the good
advice I can get. My daily prayer and greatest
desire is that I may raise my children to be
useful Christians.
I will ask a few questious: How should a
one-year-old child be taught to obey? When
you tell it to let anything alone and take
it away and it goes right back, what should
be done? How old should a child be before it
is punished? Or should they be punished at all?
Any advice on this subject will be gratefully
received by an ANXIOUS MOTHER.
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and their report showed how confident
they had become since their victory
over Jericho. “Oh! it* is a small mat
ter,” they said. “Don’t both about send
ing all the people up there. Just send
two or three thousand. They will have
no trouble taking it, for the city is
small and the people are very few.”
No doubt, the men whom Joshua had
select^! for this errand were trusted
warriors; so without hesitation he ac
cepted their statement of the case, but
so as to be on the safe side, took 3,000
men and sent them attack the city.
Much to their surprise, and his, they
were utterly routed. The inhabitants
of Ai resisted their attack, took the of
fensive, and chased them from the gate
of the city down to the quarries. Thirty-
six of the Israelites were slain before
they could get beyond the pursuit of
their enemies.
JOSHUAS PRAYER.
The returning Israelites came like a
bomb into the camp. Nobody was more
surprised than Joshua, and he was more
than surprised; for he was deeply griev
ed; The news of the defeat spread
through the camp like wild-fire, and in
stead of arousing the people to renew
the attack with greater vigor, it had
just the opposite effect. They were ter
rified. The Biblical expression is, very
expressive. “The heart of the people
melted and became as water.” Instead of
being solid and firm like ice, they were
ar yielding as water is to pressure from
any direction. This was most disas
trous as far as any further campaign
ing was concerned.
No one realized this more fully than
did Joshua. He had had years of mil
itary experience. No one knew better
than the weakened effect of discour
agement. He contemplated the situa
tion. Here they were bottled up, so to
speak. They were In the Plain of Jeri
cho, but behind them was the River Jor
don, and in front of them were the
mountains, the only pass through which
being guarded by the city which had
defeated his invading army. But worse
than all, his army was wholly discour
aged and afraid. He knew that the news
of this defeat would spread to other
places in Canaan, and that it would not
be long before the people from the hills
and mountains, and passes, and plains,
would be surrounding him, and the
camp; and that no man, woman, or
child would live to tell the tale. For
discouraged as his army was, they
would riot be able to resist any attack
that was made upon them.
Joshua and the elders of Israel, there
fore, rent their clothes, put ashes on
their head, and, after the Oriental man
ner, mourned all day long in greatest
distress. Then Joshua prayed. His
prayer was one of the most curious
mixtures of complaint against God, and
desire for self-presejr^ation, fear, and a
desire for the glory of God. that one
can imagine. It was mostly selfishness.
"Why did you bring us across this
Jordon?” he said. "Oh! that we had
stayed on the other side! What shall
I say when the people turn their backs?
The Amorites will surround us and wipe
our names off the 4arth, and then what
will become*of your name?” Joshua
seems to have lost sight of God en
tirely. When we read that prayer, we
can easily see why it was necessary
for God to urge him so many times, as
He did when He appointed him to the
leadership of Israel, to be strong and of
a good courage; to be brave, and very
courageous;, fear not, be of a good cour
age. God knew Joshua;, He knew just
where his weak points were. He knew
that Joshua needed just this sort of
admonition.
GOD’S ANSWER.
When Joshua had. finished praying,
God answered him; but it was not the
kind of answer that Joshua had been
expecting, I think. Here is what God
said; “Get up, what are you doing lying
there? This is no time to pray. You
might have known there was sin in
the camp. Find the sin. and cleanse
I want, you to notice that God gav„
no direction whatever for taking the
city of Ai. He did not mention that at
all. The thing that, was most important
was for the sin to be found, and re
moved. "util that was done, they could
not ach i one step.
Well, next day, according to di
rections, Joshua gathered the people to
gether. and consulting the Udim and
Thummin, they cast lots, and the lot
fell upon Juda^h. A Jewish tradition
says that the jewel in the Urim and
Thummin, which represented Judah, lost
its luster. Then the families of Judan
were taken, and the lot fell upon Zerah;
and then on his household, the lot fell
upon Zabdi, and of his families, the lot
fell upon Varmi; then man by man was
taken, and the lot fell upon Achan.
I want you to notice how tender
Joshua was. He turned to Achan when
he was the one singled out from all
the 3,000,000 people who were in the
camp, and said, "My son, what have
you done? Tell me the whole thins-.
Make a full confession, and give glory
to God.”
I think Joshua’s tenderness had some
thing to do with the full confession that
Achan made. Had he been brutal and
rough, Achan would most likely have
denied everything; but his gentleness
drew the best out of Achan and he made
a full confession. He said. “I have
sinned gainst God, and against Israel ”
Notice the steps in Achan’s fall as in-
dlcarted by his confession. I say, I cov
eted, I took, I hid. These are the steps
in every man’s sin, or every woman’s
sm. Would God that we may realize
that, so that we would catch ourselves
seeing, or coveting, We may stop then
and there. Then we shall live the life of
victory.
Joshua sent to Achan’s tent and found
the Babylonish garment, and the silver
and the gold, just as he had said. They
were brought into the midst of the camp.
Then Achan and his household, and his
goods, with the stolen articles, were car
ried into the nearby valley; and there,
Achan was stoned until he died. The
Babylonish garments and the silver and
gold were also stoned, and a great pile
of rocks was built up over him to ex
press the contempt of the people for one
who had dealt so foully with God and
himself.
Achan alone suffered punishment. The
text is a little confusing; but when we
realize that the law of the Jews did not
let the man’s family suffer for his sin,
and when we appreciate the significance
of the singulars, which are here used, I
think we may safely conclude that
Achan alone was killed. While he paid
tho penalty of his sin, he was saved, for
he made a full confession of his sin
against God. It was an awful loss and
a great shame to his family, which must
have been a sore trial to them to endure.
Achan is not alone in his sin. There are
others, if we could but know their whole
history. Silk and silver have been the
cause of many a man’s and woman’s
downfall, and when their final records
are written, this will be what shall be
said of them: ‘They saw, they coveted,
they took, they fled.” Until Achan’s sin
is removed from your life, you 'cannot
only have no power to overcome your
enemies, but others will be made to suf
fer, as Achan’s family did on account of
his sin.
lvathrine had put the $10 bill in the j
small inside pocket of her blue serge j
coat. She was sure of that. There was
a walk of four lonely blocks between the
“L” station and her rooming house, and
she carried just the loose change in her
purse and with a stout pin fastened
the inner flap of the pockfct over the
bill. And then two days later she de
liberately left the coat in the cleaner’s
shop, and left the bill in it. It made
“Empty! Are you sure?” he asked.
her heartsick. She had been two long
months saving the $10. Eight dollars
a week left small margin for saving
alter room rent, ear fare and meals had
been accounted for, apd it had vexed her
to break into it to pay for cleaning the
coat. She would never again sit beside
Myrtle in a cafeteria. Myrtle was at
the notions counter, which adjoined the
hosiery, where Kathrinc was stationed,
find Myrtle always spilled something at
lunch. Once it was her coffee; but that
time she only damaged her own clothes.
Mostly it was bread or cookies, which
are not injurious. This time it had been
tomato soup. She had turned suddenly
to look at Clara’s new style of coiffure,
and swept the bowl of red, greasy com
pound straight at Kathrine. It splat
tered the entire front of her coat. Myr
tle cried and offered to pay for the
cleaning, but Kathrine knew Myrtle’s
finances too well ^ to dream of allowing
her.
If Kathrine hadn’t been so upset over
it she would have remembered about the
bill. But she didn’t remember until she
was taking off her shoes that night for
bed, and then it was too late. And
when she went to work in the morning
the cleaning shop was not open. Kath-
rine couldn’t risk being late by waiting.
She reflected wrathfully that a cleaning
shop wasn’t much of a place to keep
its doors closed till 8:30, and she waited
oil customers that day in an absent-
minded fashion that was twice report-*
eci to a floorwalker.
That night she hurried from the car
t< the shop and almost breathlessly de
manded of the tall, thin, dark eyed
young fellow to whom she remembered
giving the coat. “Did you find that $10
in the pocket?”
“I never looked in the pocket,” he said
courteously, “but I will now.” And
went swiftly to the back room, separated
from the front by, a partition of glazed
glass. He came out a moment later
with the coat. She saw by his face
that he had not found it. Mechanically
she ran her fingers into the deep but
narrow pocket. Empty! “Are you sure?”
he asked, a bit doubtfully.
“Absolutely,” she cried, so loudly that
a small gray haired man sitting at a
desk at the side of the store looked up
curiously. *
The young fellow cast a queer glance
over his shoulder at him, and lowered
his voice. “I’ll make inquiries,” he said,
hastily. “Only two or three people have
touched the coat since it was brought
in. If you left it there, I am sure it
will be found.”
And then Kathrine, rather to her sur
prise, found herself bowed out the door
into the street. There she had a notion
to go back. He had been too curt about
ending the affair. She went to the room
ing house that had been her only home
since the death of an aunt. Her parents
had died long before. The $10 was to
have been devoted to a new suit. Now
she would have to save again. She shua
dered with dismay at the many weeks
that she had already been saving. She
was tired saving, scrimping, planning,
Presently she forgot her personal affairs
in another angle of the affair. She re
membered the quick, suspicious glance
from the old man, whd was evidently
the proprietor. And the young fellow
had acted queerly. Why, he didn’t seem
to want the old man to hear her or him
self. ^Why hadn't she complained to the
old man? What a. simpleton she had
been! Kathrine could hardly wait till
the next evening.
Her co&t was cleaned when she got
there and boxed for her. But no $10
bill had been found. “And I am sure,”
said the young man anxiously, “that it
must have been lost before it came into
our possession.”
Kathrine looked at him searchingly.
“Edwards,” called the old man harshly,
“I wish you’d come here a minute.”
“Presently,” impatiently. “I’m sure, *
he began again hesitatingly. But he did
not look at her, and he seemed em
barrassed. Kathrine’s lips pressed tight
ly together. If he didn’t appear guilty,
then she never saw a guilty person. She
opened her mouth to speak and then
closed it, for there was something ap
pealing in his glance. She couldn’t just
analyze it. But he looked at her as
though he wanted to ask her something.
To her surprise she felt more hurt ana
sad than angry. Of course he had stolen
it. Her indignation swelled! He ought ,
to be arrested. She took a step toward j
the desk where the gray haired man
sat, then stepped back- He didn’t look,
like a bad fellow! Perhaps he needed |
the money.
“But if you’ll give me your address,’ j
he said abruptly, as though the words
came out against his will, ‘TH let you
know if it should turn up.”
Katherine told him in a law, tired
voice. Vmd he wrote it down. Then
she took the cardboard box and went
out. Maybe he would reepnt and send
it to her—maybe— At this point
Katherine laughed scornfully at her
foolish imaginings and berated her
self for not telling that, .young swin
dler what she thought, of him. And
she turned to go back. But she didn't.
Instead she decided sorrowfully that
if lie cared enough for $10 to steal it
he might have- it. Only .she wished
that he hadn’t been quite so nice
looking.
And the next gvening the landlady
called her down to the goomilji fur-
ished parlor, and he had brought it
back. "All our fault.” he said easily.
“One of the boys who attends to de
tail work had found it and given it
to the kookkeeper. The boy has been
homesick ever since, and I supposed
that he had gone home a day sooner.
So I never thought of questioning
him, although I asked all the others.
And I am very sorry—”
“Oh, it’s all right,” said Katherine,
taking the money and Jooking specu
latively at it. She was glad to get
it back, but she wished with a queer
aching of her heart that lie had never
found it necessary to take it in the
first place. And when he'had gone she
sat in a chair and thought much more
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A Different Sort of a Christmas Present
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of the temptations that must assail a
young man than of the dress that she
could now begin to plan for.
At 1 o’clock she yawne-d and began
to undress. Life was very stale. Just
working and eating and undressing
and then dressing and eating and
working again. And it didn’t promise
to ever hold anything else. Katherine
sighed disconsolately. What was the
use of having blue eyes and a decent
nose, even if your hair was rather
short and none too thick? No one
ever noticed you unless you were
slit skirt and had flaming cheeks.
She wound her watch and laid it on
the dresser, brushed her hair; brushed
her skirt, then her shoes. And then
she remembered. She put her hand
inside the lining of one small patent
leather. The night before she took
the coat over she had been al'raid to
carry it longer in that easily accessi
ble pocket and had transferred it to
her shoe; and then had forgotten.
“I am an absolute simpleton,” she
gasped at her horror stricken image in
the mirror. And silently she stared at
the two $10 bills. He had not told the
truth- Why had he come with that
string of falsehoods? Kathrine’s cheeks
burned. And it had been on the tip of
her tongue to accuse him! Her eyes
had accused him if her tongue had not.
Kathrine went to bed with red cheeks.
She got up in the morning with red
cheeks. And that night she went, crim
son faced, into the cleaning shop and
handed back the $10 bill. “I—I found
it, after all,” she said miserably. “You
knew that it wasn't mine! Why did
you?”
She was surprised to see his face red
den. Before he could speak the gray-
haired man came forward and asked if
he would be needed that evening. “No,”
said the young man, “only don’t forget
to mail those letters.” There was an
authoritative ring to the young Voice
that told of ownership. And the old
man answered in a manner that told
that he was the employe, not employer.
Kathrine repeated, “Why did you?”
as accusingly as she might have asked
previously when she thought that it
was taken.
He evaded her eyes, reddened again,
finally murmured, in embarrassed tone,
“I—I wanted to get to know you—and
I thought maybe that would be a good
way. I’m—I beg your pardon.” He
acted as guilty as a man might if he
had stolen it.
Kathrine laughed nervously. “It was
rather an expensive way, I think.”
“Not too expensive,” he said boldly.*
Myrtle a week later watched Kath
rine in surprise. “Why, I thought you
were going to get a dark dress. You
can’t wear that light silk to work.”
“I don’t want to,” said Kathrine.
There was a decided glad note to her
voice. “I guess there’s other places to
go, besides work.”
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REPRESENTATIVE BERRY
DIES AT DALTON HOME
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
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Catoosa counties.
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W A T 0
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