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Conducted By R W McAdam
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Miss 'Rutherford’s Literature
,ISB MILDKKD LEWIS
RUTHERFORD. the well-
known teacher of litera
ture of Luoy Cobb Insti
tute, Athens, has supple
mented her admirable text
book. "American Au
thors,” with two more
similar publications, one on
“English Authors'’ and tlia
‘bi - on ' “French Au-
ki' Her first book vai
an invaluable treatise on
American literature, a sub
ject on which the last word has not yet
\ ' bc-on said, by any means.
Encouraged by her deserved success
" with the difficult subject of American
authorship. Mass Rutherford has issued
he two other textbooks mentioned, and
from the. favorable press notlcep she Is
vecefUin*. it Is evident that her work has
found , a largo and appreciative reading
public, tiler last book, “French Authors,”
to qutite from the preface, neither pur
ports to be an analytical nor a purely
i critical, review of French literature, but
k • simply an outline study of Its history,
dealing with the most prominent literary
men and women In Francs, and giving
, short sketches concerntg their hom e life.
The book has been compiled from lecture
", notes, and is published for a fourfold
* purpose:
1. To aid students who are not familiar
- with French, and who therefore fail to
- become acquainted with many writers of
France, whom they know by name only.
2. To aid mothers and teachers in de
ciding what French authors should be
l-e.-i'l by the young people of the day.
Finding the sketch of the author’s life,
ancT learning something of the charac
ter of his works, those who have not
time', to read the book for themselves
may i Judge whether a work by this or
that author can be read without injury.
While many may differ as to individual
' merit or demerit, none will deny the
harmful influence of most French
novels.
i \ 3. To aid those who are students of the
t \French language in sclaools and colleges
\ to obBain a knowledge of the home life
of the, author whose woilc they are trans-
i ^ latlng .and criticizing.
4. To .aid all libraries, private and pub
lic, for • the collected Information con
cerning 'tlurse literary men and women
i ^ It Is hoped will be found of real encyclo
pedic value, as no published work as yet
contains the' sketches of some of the liv-
‘ lug writers of France.
'• These three 'n.>o»ks were printed toy the
Franklin Printing Company, of Atlanta,
and^aell for SI.50 each.
v ' Mr. Bryan as an Antbor.
TtVis Unit generally known that William
Jennlng;-- Bryan Is a prodigiously literary
worker. even,whll e on his travels. He Is
returning to America with the manu
scripts of at least two works about regdy
■„ for publication. (He expects to Issue In a
tingle volume the description of hls
travels,-yvlth comments on what he saw.
To other jvork will b e Issued In ten vol
umes, and will be an extensive compila
tion of “The World’s Greatest Orations,”
from the ancient times to the present.
Mr. Bryan aims in this latter work to
cover pracfHcaily the field of oratory
much more satisfactorily than It has
been presented heretofore by any author,
devoting one volume to the leading Gre
cian orators, one volume to the Roman,
two volume®' to the orators of continen
tal Europe, i two volumes to the English,
one volume*to the Irish and three to the
American. Some of the orations will be
. somewhat tabrldged and, when necessary,
annotated.
It i6 the’purpose of Mr. Bryan to give
an Introduction to the "orations” of each
country, elaborating IiIb views as to the
characteristics, etc., of the oratory of
each nation. Jlr. Bryan's well-marked
oratorical temperament peculiarly fits
him for tills editorial work. Francis W.
Halsey, .Hie fbunder and for six years the
editor of‘the "Saturday Book Review” of
i The New Work Times, Is associated with
Mr. Bryan in this work on the “Ora
tions,” and. is now with him in Europe.
It Is proponed Jo publish a popular edi
tion of the work to sell at as low a price 1
at $10 per set. The Funk & Wagnalls
Company, Mr. Bryan’s publishers, expect
to have this work ready for delivery tills
full or earlylwinter.
Washington’s Familiar Letters.
Doubted ay. Page & Co. have Issued a
*ong ptomisedrvolume of the '’Letters and
Recollections of George 'Washington,”
and It proves to be a moat interesting
(presentation of the fattier of his country
at home und In familiar correspondence.
The lioou includes ninety-one letters from
Washington to Tobias I .ear. hls confi
dential secretary and intimate friend.
■Practically all of them were written from
\ 'Mount Vernon and deal with domestic
matters. They show the great execu
tive ability as well as shrewd business
sense of the foremost American. These
letters hawe had a most eventful history.
After the death of Mr. Lear's third wife
they passed out of the hands of hls de
scendants and have been widely scatter
ed. Fortunately, however, copies of them
were made at the time by Tobias Lear’s
son. Some of them passed into the pos
session of John FIske. the eminent his
torian, who married a descendant of
I .ear. The most direct descendant .’s
Mrs Louise Lear Eyre, his granddaugh
ter, at Westchester, N. Y., wiho collected
the epistles and wrote the Introduction
for the present volume. The whole cor
respondence with Lear shows that Lear
had. In a quiet way, much Influence over
Washington.
Pipes of Pan.
The publication of Bliss Carman’s
“Pipes of Pan” In a single volume, by L.
C. Page & Co., Is good news to lovers
fo poetry. Carman is the most lyrical of
American poets today. No other singer
equals him in the feeling for nature and
none surpasses him in the power of
melody. Years ago, when he and Richard
Hovey gave us their “Songs from Vagg-
bonlda,” readers of poetry realized that
here were two true poets. There was
perhaps an echo of Veraline in those
verses, and a fresh breeze from Steven
son, yet they were individual, vigorous.
Inspired. Hovey died, after some am
bitious and worthy experiments in dra
matic poetry; and Carman has been cul
tivating his gifts of song ever since. He
has cony; very close to Greek joyousness
and simplicity, as we find them in the
best of Hellenic lyrists from Sapplio to
Theocritus, andl In few moderns except
perhaps Goethe and Matthew Arnold.
Tho “Pipes of Pan” series was first is
sued In five single volumes, whose titles
breathed their spirit—"From the Book of
Myths.” "From th e Green Book of the
Bards.” “Songs of the Sea Children,"
“Songs from a Northern Garden,” "From
the Book of Valentines.’ That all these
have been collected In one volume Is
cause for rejoicing. That volume con
tains some of th e best lyrics written In
America since Sidney Lanier and Mau
rice Thompson died.
From Poverty to Power.
The best brief representation of James
Allen’s book, “From Poverty to rower,"
published by the Science Press, Chicago,
ip to be found in Mr. Allen’s “fore
word.”
”1 looked around upon the world and
saw that it was shadowed by sorrow
and scorched by the fierce fires of suf
fering. And I looked for the cause. I
looked around but could not find it! I
looked in books, but could not find it:
I looked within, and found there both
the cause and the self-made nature of
that cause. I looked again, and deeper,
and found the remedy. I found one
law, the law of love; one truth, the
truth of a conquered mind and a quiet
an<j obedient heart. And I dreamod of
writing a book which should help men
and women, whether rich or poor, learn
ed or unlearned, worldly or unworldly,
to find within themselves the source of
success, all happiness, all accomplish
ments, all truth. And the dream remain
ed with me, and at last became substan
tial; and now I send It forth Into the
world on its mission of healing and hies-,
eednessj, knowing that it cannot fail to
reach the homes and hearts of those
who are wailing anil ready to receive it.”
The book represents the ’’advanced
thought’ ’ now attracting so much atten
tion. Mr. Allen is one of the most con
spicuous of English representatives of
the “advanced thought.” Price, post
paid, S1.
Publication Notes.
The Harpers have just Issued a new edi
tion ortho novels of Sir Walter Scott, to
be known as the Heart hdr Edition. The
set is complete in thirty octavo volumes.
Illustrated, bound In cloth, with deco
rated title pages In color. The volumes
may, however, be purchased singly.
Helen Nicolay's "The Boys’ Life of ILin
coln,” largely based upon the standard
life of Lincoln written toy John G. Nico-
lay and John Hay, will be among the im
portant. Issues for young people this fall.
Captain Harold Hammond’s “Further
Fortunes of Pinkey Perkins” and Ralph
Henry Barbour's "The Crimson Sweater”
are also to appear in book form this fall.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's series
of fairy tales now appearing in St. Nich
olas are to be published in book form,
one to a 'book, each little volume with a
number of Illustrations in color. "The
Troubles of Queen Silver bell” and "How
Winnie Hatched (the Kooks” will be the
first to be Issued.
In Molly Elliot Seawall's new novel,
“The Victory,” which D. Appleton &
Co. announce for autumn publication, an
Intimate picture of life on a great Vir
ginia plantation during the days of the
civil war Is given with little of the fa
miliar stock in trade of such stories. The
novel is said to toe unusual in its denote
ment of tthe baleful effect of the war
upon social life, and. though tine book
ends happily with love and marriage.
Miss Seawell lias unfolded with something
of a tragic rclentlessness the domestic
panorama of loss and sul'ST'lng.
Georg? Moore’s new book, '’Memoirs of
My Dead Life.” which D. Appleton & Co.
■bring out In the autumn, Is said to be one
of the most remarkable books yet writiten
by this remarkable writer. Apart from
the fundamental interest of the subject,
Mr. Moore's masterly English style has
never been shown to greater advantage
than in the present hook.
One of the most attractive books of
the fall season will be Lloyd Osbourne's
automobile story, ’Three Speeds For
ward, ’ to be published by the Apple-
tons. Tho hook Is unusually well Illus
trated, with decorative designs. Mr.
Osbourne has almost preempted the au
tomobile for purposes of fiction.
H. F. Provost Battersby, an English
author, gives through D. Appleton &
Co. hls first books to the American pub
lic. "The Avening Hour” is said to be
primal emotions and their attendant re
sults in the complex social life of this
day. The story is English in its set
ting.
Albert Abendschein, in hs forthcoming
book. "The Secrets of the Old Mas
ters’* (D. Appleton & Co.), wll make a
very real contrbutlon to the literature
of the great art of the world. Those
artists and critics who have already
seen the book proclam It of unque in
terest and value.
The new two-volume edtion of W. B.
Yeats, to be issued this fall by The Me
Millan Company, will, it is promised,
contain the entire works in verse of the
Irish poet. The first volume will be de
voted to lyrics and mlscelaneous poems,
while the second voluirt; will contain
those remarkable dramas In verso, “The
Countess Cathlcen,” “The Land of
DENTISTRY
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Heart's Desire,” “The King's Thresh
old,” “On Baile’s Strand” and “The
Shadowy Waters.”
Tho United States Is now growing
old enough to have well defined tradi
tions in its literature, art and drama.
The last named—the life of the stage—
has perhaps never received general at
tention because of an arly prejudice
against actor folk. But Montrose J.
Moses, a New York critic. Is brtnlgng
out a book on '‘Famous Actor Families
in America.’ which, it is predicted, will
go far toward according this profession
the high standard It lias deserved and
won. The book Is to be published by
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Mr. Gustav Kobtie has written a boc*
entitled "How To Appreciate Music.”
which Moffat, Yard & Co. will publish in
September. The need of a book which
will really intenpret this subject to the
millions who are newly showing living
Interest in good music Is a pressing one,
and Mr. Kobbe Is specially fitted for
the task. In this volume he not only
informs the reader, but helps him to dis
criminate. While recognizing that no art,
last of all music, can be “explained,”
that discrimination is not a matter of
rules, and that 'here Is no “royal road”
to the understanding of music, hls book
is remarkably successful In clearing the
way of such an understanding. Ho is
consistently unteohnical.
A poet who in this day can write an
epic and have It published serially in a
magazine of high standing may well seem
entitled to ret'rement on hls laurels.
There is. 'however, no sign that Alfred
Noyes. the man who has actually ac
complished this feat, contemplates retir
ing. On the contrary, he is evidently on
tho threshold of a career. His "Drako: -
An Epic,” which has been appearing se
rially In Blackwood’s Magazine, is the
more remarkaide as the performance of
a man who is only 25, and whose first
published work date* hack no more than
four years. Within this period Noyes has
published two or three volumes of verse
in England, but his first appearance tn
this country will be In a volume of
"Poems” which the Macmillan Company
will bring out this autumn.
Broadway Publishing Company. 835
Broadway, New York, announce the pub
lication about October I of this year of
"Astyanax: An Eipic. Romance of Illon,
Atlantis and America.’’ by Hon. Joseph
Brown, of Atlanta. Ga. Mr. Brown, who
i s a member of the railroad commission
of Georgia, has been engaged on this
work for many years—it 'has almost been
to him (as his history was to Maonuley)
"the business and pleasure qf big life ”
It will remain for the critics to pass upon
t'he literary merits of “Astyanax.” but
those who have read the manuscript con
cede that in plan and scope no work more
daringly and brilliantly original has ever
appeared in American literature.
i
Literary Driftwood.
Oorky and Bishop.
Bishop McFaul, of Trenton, NT.
speaks harshly of Maxim Gorky, calling
him “that vllllan and scoundrel and pol
luter of womanhood.” He doesn’t like his
"coming to America to ask us to turn on
Russia.” We guess tho bishop Is somewhat
too fervent In tills matter. Gorky may
have serious defects of discretion, and
he may be unsulted to the errand that
brought him here, but the bishop's no
tion that he Is a vllllan. a scoundrel. ; and
a polluter of womanhood does not at all
match such Information about him ns has
come to our notice. Awaiting further In
formation, our notion of Gorky la that
be Is essentially a good man. As to "‘liv
ing with a woman who cannot be recog
nized aw his wife,” Bishop McFlatil was
bound officially to disapprove of that, but
it is possible that he would disapprove
less vehemently if he had fuller knowl
edge of the facts about Gorky's domes
tic concerns. Gorky seem® to be a good
deal more married to the lady who came
here with him than ever was George
Eliot to Tyotves. A great many lies wore
pvintod about him In our ne*w*pape «
and Bishop McFaul seems to have read
them, an<j not to have read the denials
and explanations which followed them.—
Harper's Weekly.
Booth Tarkington *s Litle Joke.
Booth Tarkington, the author of “The
Conquest of Canaan," and other popular
novels, is known among bis friends tr*
somewhat of a practical loker. A good
story of hls Princeton days is related In
this month’® Bookman. Tie managing
editor of the Nassau Llterrry Magazine
at that time was a person ’.-ho took him
self and hls literary responsibilities with
portentous seriousness. Le was wont to
deplore the lack of suitable material at
his disposal, and to speak In accents of
emphatic scorn of tho quality of the sub
mitted contributions from which he was
supposed to make a periodical worthy of
tlito senior class. One day he found in his
letter box a poeiti which moved him to
more than usual disgust.
“See here,” he snorted, contemptuously,
to a group of which Tarkington was one;
“this is what some fool freshman sends
In and calls poetry. How am I going to
make a magazine out of stuff like this!
How am I, I ask?”
"Oh, that!’’ spoke up Tarkington. “Yes,
I sent that in myselC"
”So you wrote it, did you?” growned
the managing editor.
“No.” said Tarkington. sweetly, "I
didn’t write it, I only copied It. It was
written by Tennyson.'*
Sales of French Novels.
(From September Bookman.)
And yet In France, as in the United
States and England, the successful cir
culation of works of fiction Is not only
an art, but a metier—a trade in which
author and publisher are the manufac
turers of the commodities sold, and the
names of the authors the trade-mak’rs
th e wares bear when placed on the mar
ket and secure their sale. Let us note a
few of the more popular of these at the
present moment—In short, the French
“best sellers.”
At the head of the list must be placed
Georges Ohnct, who. despite Is industry,
his vigor, hls graphic descriptions of the
“Battles of Life,” lias not yet written
himself within the charmed circle of the>
“Forty Immortals,” or even won the
esteem of the literary critics. Any 'book
by Ohnet will sell to the extent of 200,-
000 copies, while several of hls more
popular works, such as “Serge Panine,”
“Comtesso Sarah,” “Lise Fleuron” and
others, have exceeded thfs figure. Only
one of them, however, his “Maltre de
Forges,” came near doubling It. th e lat
ter having been printed to the extent of
380.0000 copies. The “Maltre de Forges,”
moreover, has had a vast circulation out
side of France itself.
Only on e other French author can be
ranked wi*h Ohnet In the manner of
sales. Edmond Rostand's “Cyrano de
Bergerac” has been bought to the extent
of 280,COO copies, and of hls "L'Alglon’*
250.000 copies have been printed. When
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It Is considered how often these two
dramas have been acted In France and
elsewhere on the continent, to say noth
ing of England and America, these
figures are certainly extraordinary.
The success of Ohnet and Kustand has
not been equaled by any other French
writer of fiction now living.
Magazine Melange.
The September Century will present the
first f-fil authorlta.Mve and scientific dis
cussion yet pulilfihed of the difference
(between the white man’s brain and the
negro’s. The paper Is the work of Rob
ert Bennett Bean, M. D., instructor In
anatomy at the University of Michigan,
and hls scientific research into the limi
tations of the negro’s industrial develop
ment, based on the size and structure of
the brain, throws valuable light upon a
subject of vital Importance in our coun
try today. Dr. Bean's text will be illus-
tiated with a number of interesting dia
grams.
The September number of The Open
Court is very fully illustrated. Professor.
Edgar L. Larkin, of Lowe observatory.
Echo Mountain, California, contributes a
timely article on the vast geological and
alluvial changes which have been taking
place in the southwest. Ho describes
“The New Salton Sea” that has arisen In
a few weeks where formerly it had takeu
ages to accomplish so great a change.
Professor Larkin describes the appear
ance of the affected region from hls per
sonal observation on June 4, and again
on July 5, and hls article is illustrated
by photographs taken at Mexicali awl
Calexico at different periods. A relief
map of the seoflon, made for the recla
mation service of the United States geo
logical survey, has been reproduced, with
lines showing the present direction of the
Colorado river. The utmost that engi
neering science can do Is being done to
restrain the floods and control their di
rection. If these efforts do not succeed
the Salton sink will be filled to the ocean
level and climatic changes would con
tribute to the formation of a new sea. If
the dam which is to be made fo fill up
the great put Is a success, the water will
evaporate, leaving a deep layer of silt
over the layer of salt.
The September Indoors and Out pic
tures the care-free days of vacation time.
Ralph Bergengren describes, with the aid
of many 'beautiful illustrations, “The
■Hermit Ledge SeTtlement,’ 'a summer
community of artists and professional
people at Annisquam, Mass. A series of
articles devrted to the various materials
for building country houses is continue!
this monrt’b by a discussion of half tim
ber work. An illustrated article on “Lawn
Bowls" deserrb ss that charming and ven
erable game, which Is so popular on the
other side of the water and is coming
Into favor here.
Abundance and a variety characterize
the contents of The Home Magazine for
September. There is a delightful diversity
of topics, and each Is nicely handled,
concisely and completely, while the pic
torial features continue to be of high
standard. The magazine opens with a
serial by Zona Gale, appropriately called
“Romance Island.”
Nestled In the embrace of I-a lies Su
perior, Michigan and Huron lies the gem
of the north seas. Mackinac island. It
Is a famous summer resort and abounds
in historic and legendary lore. The cover
of the September Pilgrim shows a sunset
at this enchanted spot. It is truly a
striking thing and is the most beautiful
cover The Pilgrim has ever shown—which
Is saying a great deal. The Pilgrim seems
to see and print vital articles—take “The
Work of the Juvenile Court,” by Judge
Murphy, In this latest issue. What can
touch more vitally the youth life of our
great cities? Then there is the finely
illustrated article "On the Fast Mail. ’
giving the facts regarding our railway
moil service in which 14,000 highly train
ed men give their lives to hustling ah ng
the correspondence of the nation. “The
Call of College” is pertinent to the month
when thousands upon thousands are mak
ing ready for college—also generously
Illustrated. "Real Southern Hospitality”
Is another engaging theme told in beauti
ful pictures and realistic story.
SLIP-KNOTS.
Continued from Third Page.
done for them, and not unhopeful of the
future.
I stopped! the nl^ht with Mackay and
he gave me the latest news of our
friends. "The two older brothers are
shaping fine,” he said, as we drove out
next day. "They will get on. Pete and
hls pretty wife somehow don't- seem to
settle down so well.’*
"She’s homesick. I expect. I saw it In
her eyes when they went on the ship. ’
Wo reached the Treskar place just in
time for the midday meal, and so got all
the family at home. They gave us a
hearty welcome, and after dinner James
and John, with little Pete and Kitty a9
advance scouts, insisted on taking us all
over the place.
“It's a fine place you’ve got here, Mrs
Treskar,” I said, when we got back to
the house. “I am delighted to see it all,
und to find you all so well and happy."
“It's a fine place.” she said quietly.
The rest were al lontside and we were
alone in the kitchen. "Have you heard
anything of Dave. Mr. John? Is he
well?”
It was the first question she had asked
concerning old country matters, and her
eyes had the same pathetic look in them
that had haunted me before.
“TTe was very well tho last time I
heard. lie’s at Portland now.” and I
saw the sad eyes fill with tears, and
her bosom heave with sobs.
In the next twelve months I saw them
three times. The firm looked like flour
ishing exceedingly. They had taken up
more land; they had horses, cuttle and
much wheat, and were on the high road
to prosperity.
pete and hls wife alone seemed not to
fall in quite comfortably with their sur
roundings. They seemed, however, grow
ing by degrees more accustomed to them,
or to the state of 'mind in which they
accepted them.
My fourth visit to the Tresltar’s place
I am not likely to forget. I was on my
way bac kito England. As we drove
along. Hector Mackay, who has the eye
of an eagle, said suddenly:
“Why, here’s one of our friends com
ing to meet us, and in a deuce of a hur
ry, too. Doctor! I'll bet you.
It was James Treskar in a two-horse
buggy, going at high pressure. We
drew up as we met, and in his haste he
quite forgot to give me hls usual hearty
welcome.
“Anything wrong?” asked Mackay.
"Ay; Pete's done for, I'm afraid. Bay
stallion kicked him badly In stomach
this morning, and he’s putting up a deal
of blood. He wants doctor and a mag
istrate. Who'll I get?”
“I'm a magistrate," said Mackay.
•Get Dr. Henderson. Well go on.”
Pete’s injuries were evidently serious.
It needed no doctor’s eye to see that he
was going. The dying man was in full
possession of his senses and his face ha!
lighted up almost cheerfully at sight of
Mackay and myself.
He looked up at his -wife, and said:
“Kitty! kiss me, dear; then go,” and
she fell on her knees by the sofa and
kissed him in a frenzy, and his face was
W'et with her tears when they took her
out of the room.
“Listen!” he said huskily, between
chokes of bicod, as Jim came back and
closed the door, and we stood by the
couch. “Write as I speak.”
Jim had pa.per and pen ready. He
knew all that was coming. Mackay
took the writing things and waited. Pete
went on slowly;
“I am going. . . I want set things
right before I go: . . . Davfi Travil
did not kill Martin, the keeper. . . .
. . He said it to get me off for Kitty’s
sake. ... I killed him with my own
hand with hls own gun. . . .He said
things about my wife. . . . The others
tried to keep us apart. ... I struck
him on head. ... I was mad and
ready to kill him, too. . . . Then I
got hold Martin’s gun . . . hit him on
bead. The others were there . . . did
best stop me . . . They tried take it
on selves for Kitty and children. . .
. . I swear it by Almighty God. Let
me sign. . . .You all sign. . . .*’
Mackey read over what he had writ
said
FOLLOW
THE
FLAG.
CHEAP COLONIST RATES
To OREGON. WASHINGTON.
MONTANA.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
NEVADA. UTAH,
WYOMING. NEW MEXICO,
ARIZONA. COLORADO
And CALIFORNIA POINTS.
Round THp HOME-SEE KER3 EXCUR
SION to many points West.
Drop postal card for particulars. ,
F. W. GREEN. D. P. A..
Wabash R. R. Louisville. Kjr.
ten, slowly and distinctly, and In a voice
that I had never heard him use before.
“Right!” said Pete, and clawed feebly
for the pen. He scrawled his name, and
watched Mackay write in the usual at
testation clause, and us all sign our
names. Then lie lay back satisfied. He
looked at me, and I bent over him.
“Sorry!” he whispered. “Dave thought
make her happy. . . . Hasn’t. . . .
Better dead. . . . P'r’aps, Dave—” and
then he lapsed into silence and never
opened his lips again.
"Is that all true,” said Jim. "We did
our best to stop him, tout he'd gone mad
for the moment. When we were let
out. and heard that Dave had taken it
on himself, we were too amazed to know
what to do, and we were here before we
caine rightly to ourselves. . . . And
then you see there were Kitty and the
children.”
"And that time you and John took it
on yourselves?” I asked, for I was keen
to understand the whole, strange matter
now.
"Well—” began Jim, and stopped, and
John took up the word.
“It was just that same thing.” We said.
“It didn't matter much about us, but
Pete and Kitty and the children, and if
some one had to pay it was no use their
paying.”
“You might have been hanged.”1 said.
"I suppose so,” he said quietly, “but it
were better for us to be hanged than
Pete—with Kitty and the children.”
“And did his wife know?’’ I asked.
"Yes,” said Jim, quietly, "she knew,
poor tiling—but not at first!”
•■Ay!” said John; “and she’s never
stopped thinking of it."
“What an extraordinary story!” said
Mackay, as we three drove home in the
evening. "I'm Inclined to think it's best
for him to have gone. You'll get the
other man out, of course.
“Yes,” I said. “This explains a great
deal that I never could understand. A\ :at
a time those two poor things have had.
Pete ami Kitty: Never a moment's peace
of mind since they came. I'd come to
think Pete was jealous of David Travil.
lie is Mrs. Kitty’s cousin, you know
They were brought up together arv
everybody supposed they would marry.
"And I bet you they will yet, **
Hector Macka.
Within a month David ‘lravll was on
the water 'bound for Alberta. He said
very little, tout the depth of his gratitude
for his recovered life was apparent in
his verv silence. His sole thought had
been for Kitty, and the belief that he
had made an end of all her troubles by
the simple sacrifice of himself had made
evervthing else easy to bear.
I would dearly have lik«>d to be present
at thal meeting between Dave Travil and
John and James and Kitty Treskar. But
that could not be. I was there, however,
a month ago. and finer specimens of prize
Canadian farmers Lhan those three men
it would be difficult to find. The Treskars
'had, of course, taken Dave into partner
ship on the farm.
Kitty was almost like her own old self,
and yet somehow she was different Her
dark beauty seemed to shine the brighter
for the veil through which It glowed. I
saw new hopes growing in her. Her
great content and happtnes were visible.
I saw that in due time Hector Mackay's
wish for the proper rounding off of tfie
story would be realized.
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