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A STORY OF JAPANESE PLOTTERS. LOVE. MYSTERY AND TRAGEDY
< Based on the drama of that name as
flayed by Walker Whiteside.)
By J. W. M’CONAUGHY.
Copyright. 1912, by The New York Even
ing Journal Publishing Company.
"'lt was horrible." he said, faintly. His
•ace was gray beneath the brown skin
rile lips were blue and his breath came
in quivering, uncertain sighs. Lindener
leaned farther over.
"Yes, it was horrible, wasn't it? Why
should he have done it?” You know! Tel)
me!” he pleaded, suddenly.
The Artist’s Revenge.
Tokoramo's jaw dropped and he gasped
out a weak denial.
“Tell me the secret that is lying heavy
passed between them!” Insisted Lindener.
"Tell me the secret that is yllng heavy
on your heart! Tell me—lt will ease your
mind. Are we not brothers in sorrow —
you for him and I for her? Your friend
did not bring her here unknown to you.”
he went on slowly, and read the answer
In Tokoramo's eyes. “You knew hei —
you loved her” his voice rose to a high
strained key—“you loved her in spite of
yourself! She grew into your life—she
came between you and your people! She
left me for you!”
He pointed his finger accusingly and
wet nls dry lips. Tokoramo could not
speak a word, but his eyes told every
thing
"You pitied me—you gave me your
hand, your sketches, your—your cognac,
your friendship—but you loved her! And
you killed her!”
As if the words had been a blow with
an axe, Tokoramo sank into a heap in
the chair, his head bowed on his breast.
'I know It!" cried Lindener. in a bitter
triumph. “I've dragged your secret from
you! I knew I would do it if I could only
keep close enough to you! And now', my
friend!” he cried, his eyes shining wildly
as they fell on the manuscript. "Now.
my friend, you shall expiate your crime!"
He seized the mass of manuscript and
sprang around to the match box.
"You killed her because she came be
tween you and your people! Well, you
and your people shall expiate the crime.
We will offer up a sacrifice to the gods
of Japan! A sacrifice —your work!” He
struck a match and Tokoramo tried in
vain to rise or cry out. But Llndener's
voice carried far and there was a quick
rush of steps In the ante-room.
“Your work - your brain and all Japan
shall sacrifice wilh you!"
And he held the match to the corner
of the paper. As the flames leaped up
Yamoshi's hand seized the manuscript and
thr voice of Joshakawa thundered:
What does this mean? Tokoramo's
work! You are burning it!"
Vamoshi bad crushed out the flame and
announced with relief that there was no
danger. The margin and not the text
itself was alt that was burnt away.
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Lindener quickly regained his self con
trol after the shock of the interruption.
“It was an accident —purely an acci
dent!" he exclaimed, a little shakily, for
the look of the Japanese— the whole com
pany had followed the two leaders in—
were anything but friendly. "I was tak
ing care of Tokoramo."
"That is very kind of you. Herr Lin
icnc-!" said Joshakawa. stiffly. “But
hereafter you will leave Tokoramo to his
countrymen and his physician.”
Lindener laughed bitterly and glanced
at the crumpled thing in the chair that
had once been a man. His momentary
panic was over and physical cowardice
was one of his weaknesses.
“What!” he cried. In bitter derision.
"Leave a human life to you. No —not
even a dog's life! You would inculcate
duty into the poor brute and make him
work himself to death."
"With us the individual does not
count!" said Joshakawa. sternly. "What
we do for one we do for all. Why do
you concern yourself about our friend—
a stranger in your land?"
"He is not a stranger." replied Lin
dener. with a sudden change to pathetic
gentleness. "He Is a fellow-being in
sorrow! We both loved the same wom
an and she loved him. Look at him!
Look what you have done for him You
would not let Ijim live his life with the
woman he loved and —look at him! He
will go down, down, down to the dregs
as I have, until his mind is wrecked, his
heart broken, gone. torn out of him!
Until he becomes a godless, hopeless
wreck —like me!"
And with a shake of his head and an
other bitter laugh he strode out. Josh
tfcawa turned to Tokoramo. Dr. Omayi
was bending over him, his restless fin
gers working under the folds of his ki
mono.
"You have finished your work, Toko
ramo," said the old man, with a kindly
thrill in bis voice. "His excellency will
be overjoyed!”
Dr. Omayi raised his head, straightened
up and thrust his hands Into hit pock
ets.
"Tokoramo Is dead!” he said, quietly.
Ten —fifteen seconds passed In the deep
est silence.
The soft gray light of the coming day
flowed In through the great windows at
the east and touched the bowed heads.
A bird in the garden called sleepily to
its mate. Joshakawa raised his hand.
"Death death is nothing!" he said,
quietly. "Life life and duty! Kobo
hashi. you will find the records in the
safe. Yamoshi, make an inventory of the
papers in the desk. Doctor, notify the
coroner.”
(THE END.)
SWELLS.
T'aveler (at door): “Madam, I have
here a vacuum cleaner. It ”
Mistress (loftily): "Sorry, but we al
ways send our vacuums out to be
cleaned.”
The Making of a Pretty Girl
CULTIVATING beauty is like mak
ing a garden.
You must begin early and keep
at it until the frost of old age makes
work no longer worth while.
The beauty of the girl of eighteen
depends to a great extent on the care
she received at eight or before.
It is about this time that many chil
dren develop the habit of making grim
aces which would seem to be a perfectly
harmless amusement, only it is a habit
which is very difficult tn break and
which destroys the harmony of the
countenance in later years by making
lines even in a baby face.
Children “makes faces" when they
are forced to keep still for any length
of time. It is the only outlet they can
find for their pent-up energies during
the time their bodies are forced int •
unnatural quiet by school or home
training rules.
Expect Too Much.
expects a young animal tn
keep perfectly still, but we do expect
such exemplary conduct of the little
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human animal who controls his unruly
members often at a tremendous ex
pense to his meals.
If you can't get your little girl to keep
quiet for long at a. time, be thankful for
the energy she displays and give this
eneregy some proper outlet —in games
or exercise.
One little girl's life was made a tor
ment because of the continual effort to
keep quiet during school and study
time. Finally she was set to work mak
ing a garden .path for an hour every
afternoon. A reward was promised her
when the task was finished and by
working at this path she let off her
superfluous vitality, the reward stimu
lated her ambition and she learned to
concentrate her energy on that and not
waste it making faces and fidgeting in
school and out of it.
Most healthy children are restless and
it is one of the hardest problems to find
something for them to do which will
interest them and appeal to their intel
ligence as well.
About the age of eight the baby's
features begin to change and the sweet
baby look gives away to the humorous,
toothless expression.
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ALMOST every girl who Is in love
with love, and all girls are. or
I pity them, at some time in
her life begins to store away odd
pieves of lace and embroidery; a pretty
cushion cover, a dolly or two. pretty
and dainty personal articles.
These she keeps sacredlv by them
selves, and occasionally gels them out,
and turns them over with a happy
look in her eyes, and then puts them
back again.
Is she engaged to be married'.’ Not
necessarily. Has she a lover? Per
haps not; it is immaterial
But she has something which rep
resenteth both the engagement ring
and the lover; Dreams.
And having these dreams, she is as
happy as if every day she had picked
up a horseshoe!
This very prosaic world of ours
would be beyond endurance if it were
not for the dream part.
"Life," says an old Arab proverb,
"is composed of two parts—The past
NO. 2—WHEN SHE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
WHEN SHE IS EIGHT YEARS OF AGE.
The first teeth drop out about now
and the beauty of the second teeth de
pends greatly, some doctors say entire
ly, on how the first teeth were cared for.
First teeth are often neglected and
allowed to decay. This is entirely
wrong. If the first teeth are in bad
condition when they fall out. nine
chances out of ten the second teeth wlil
be touched by the same spot of decay
and never get a fair start.
First teeth should be brushed with
care, and Miss Eight-Years-Old can be
taught to brush up and down the teeth,
not horizontally, and on the inside as
well as outside of them She should
have fresh brushes at least once a
month and the brushes should often he
properly sterilized. A little peroxide in
the water or boiling water and soda
poured over is the simplest way to do
this. ,
No child who has adenoids grows
up with a well-shaped nose and mouth.
One or the other feature suffers, and
one can usually tell at a glance if a
child has a bad case of adenoids by the
broad, shapeless nose and open mouth
with thick lips.
If a child keeps its mouth open at
with thick lips.
If a child keeps its mouth open at
» which is a dream, and the future w hich
:• is a wish.”
i It could say mote, and that is that
I the past, or dream part, influences
the future, or wish part; indeed, it ex
tends into the future till one doesn't
know if one is dreaming or wishing.
Youth the Time to Dream.
Youth is the time to dream, and it is
• away of nature that girls dream of
nests of their own while -still fledglings
1 In the nests of the parent birds.
Love is alluring, and nothing looks
so rosy and promising as a home of
one's very own. It is the home-instinct,
and the girl who keeps a Dream-Box
into w hlcb she folds away pretty little
i dainties for her own home some day.
should be encouraged.
It is the origin, the beginning, th
foundation of the instinct that makes
the good house-wife. A girl with a
Dream-Box has no selfish plans for
idleness with a husband in a boarding
house
She is not planning for a nest in
which she will be idle all day. If she
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WHEN SHE IS EIGHTEEN.
night try first bending the head for
ward, if it is lying on its side, and
closing the jaw. Then keep the mouth
closed by a bandage under the chin
and over the head.
If this makes the child feel suffo
cated and nostril breathing is hard
have it snuff up a little white vaseline.
That Is often enough to clean out the
nasal passages and 1= a simple way to
cure the snuffles. If none of these
things help, see the doctor and have
nose atjd throat carefully examined for
unhealthy growths.
Care of the Hair.
The hair should come in for much
more attention now. too. It is often
said that cutting it and keeping it
short will improve the growth. That
is not necessarily true. Cutting the
hair frequently makes it somewhat
coarse, but it does not produce a single
extra hair. However, short hair is
more comfortable for the child and is
easier to keep clean, so that it is ad
visable to keep it short up to the age
of ten or twelve years old.
A child's hair should be kept very
lean. Washing at least every ten days
is not top often. Never use anything
but good soap on the head and rinse
very thoroughly in many waters.
If the scalp shows dandruff or is
scaly rub tn vaseline. Massage the
head very gently and wash the oil out
the next day
Children often catch scalp diseases
as well as parasites from wearing the
caps and hats of their school com
panions. An entire household often
has the same trouble, due to promis
cuous use of the hair brushes by the
entire family. No one should touch
another’s brush and comb.
Where a child complains of itching
scalp wash the hair with one of the
medicated soaps sold for that purpose.
Make a very good thick lather, and
after wetting the hair thoroughly with
warm water rub on the soap until the
scalp Is completely covered. Let it re
main on for some minutes, then wash
out thoroughly and repeat the opera
tion several times before the final
rinsing.
How to Curl It.
A child’s hair should never be
curled with (he irons or done up in
curling papers. The first ruins the
texture of the hair, the other literally
pulls delicate hair out of the roots.
If there is any inclination to a curl
t hat tendency can be encouraged by
twisting the hair between w-et fingers
and curling over the finger with soapy
water. I know of several babies whose
mothers worked so hard over their lit
tle downy heads, stroking the hair
away from the foreheads and making
ringlets that now as grown girls they
have quite curly hair and owe it en
tirely to the early care that was taken
of their baby locks.
By Beatrice Fairfax
i Is like the sweet majority there goes
into that Dream-Box little kitchen
t towels and pretty little kitchen aprons.
They are symbols of labor, and labor
where love is means more to a girl
1 than idleness-without it.
This little collection of articles to
be in readiness when he tomes with a
’ wedding ring and a preacher does not
’ imply discontent with tier own home.
’ Unless it can be discontent that in
spires a fledgling to try its wings. If
’ that be discontent, then it is the right,
kind, for there would be no progress
' without it.
The Natural Instinct.
It Is a natural instinct for develop
ment. for growing, for the next step
ahead.
It is a pretty little hope, a pleasant
little sentiment, that should be encour
aged. It is a part of the most pleasant
dream on<- ever enjoys in this night
mare existence, and so. my- girls, I say
girls should be encouraged to dream
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of these days, George,” said
the Manicure Lady, ”1 am go
ing to forget how much mother
wants me at home, and I’m going to go
out and look for a rooming house.
Goodness knows I can t stand things
at tire house much longer, the way
things is."
"What seems to be the trouble, kid
do?” asked the Head Barber, whose
pale face and shaking hands suggested
plainly enough that he had troubles of
his own. "Ain’t you getting treated
right at home?”
"Mother and the old gent is fine,” re
plied the Manicure Lady. "Os course,
the old gent does get on my nerves a
little, now and then, wtfien he comes
home late from some meeting of them
congenial spirits he is all the time tell
ing about, hut the worst he does is to
make a little too much noise letting hl=
shoes drop and hanging up his coat and
vest on the statues of the poets that
mother got him last Christmas, but he
Is such a dear old sport after all that
me and mother can't find it in our
hearts to chide him.”
"What statues of poets?" asked the
Head Barber. "How do you mean
hanging his coat on statues of poets?"
"Oh. it was some statues mother
bought him. as I told y ou. They looked
like marble busts, only they was some
kind of plaster of paris, I guess, be
cause they broke so easy . There was
six of them in the original set, Mister
Poe. Mister Longfellow. Mister
Whittier. Mister Byron. Mister Shakes
peare and Mister Milton. three Ameri
cans and three English gents.
Put His Derby on Milton.
"Mother stuck them all up .on the
mantel the day she got them for the
old gent, and (hey stood solid enougli
till a, week later. Then father came
home one night with enough grape in
him to make him look like a vineyard,
and when he was trying to put his der
by hat on Mister Milton the great
poet's bust took a Brodie to the floor
and got smashed to pieces. Father said
he didn't care because his derby didn't
get broke and the poet was English,
anyhow.
"About a month later the old gent
had a party of politicians up to the
house and after they had went he
thought Lord Byron's statue was the
marble clock, and when he tried to
wind it up he busted it on the floor the
same way Mister Milton went. That
left only four poets, and one by one
they went the wav of their broken pals.
He broke Whittier when he was show
ing the bust to a y oung lady from New-
England. and Longfellow got smashed
when the old gent stood in front of the
figure one night and kept saying. Re
cite Hiawatha!’ Os course a bust can't
recite, and the old gent got that en
raged that he beaned Mister Longfellow
with an Indian club. Mother says we
can't keep nothing beautiful around the
house as long as father belongs to them
lodges."
"What has all that got to do with
your leaving home?” the Head Barbe:
wanted to know.
Nothing. George. It's Wilfred that
is driving me frantic. The poor boy
has got it so far in His brain that he’s
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a poet, and a good poet, that he won't
keep no good steady job. Father got
him in as shipping clerk's assistant,
down on Broome street, and all Wil
fred did was to yvrite odes on the dry
goods boxes with them paint brushes
they use for writing addresses.
Wilfred the Two-Bitter.
"His other Jobs was all the same. If
he should last a week out at one of
them mother and I would faint. You
see. him being out of work most of the
time means that he is all the tlmo
touching me for change. All he usually
asks for is quarters, but he is a fre
quent asker. and he's two-bitting me
and Sister Mayme to death.”
"Don't leave your parents. child.”
warned the Head Barber. "When your
brother asks for dough, say 'No.' but
stay home. Think of all them pitfalls
and snares, kid. and keep on living with
the folks. There comes a customer for
you."
Do You Know—
Canada does not produce enough eggs
for its own demand and many eggs
from Russia and China are eaten in the
Dominion.
Two prisoners in a New York jail
picked the pocket of a lawyer while he
was consulting them on their defense of
$lO they had given him as a retaining
fee.
A policeman Is declared to have es
tablished the ownership of a stolen
fowl by tying a piece of string to its
log. He followed it, and it went
straight to the prosecutor's farm.
An application for a divorce made by
Mr. Samuel Markowitz in the supreme
court at Brooklyn, because his wife re
pulsed him whenever lie attempted to
kiss her. was refused by the judge, who
described the reason as an absurd one.
Denmark intends to stop the migra
tion of eels from the Baltic to the outer
ocean by placing a unique barrier of
submerged electric lights between the
island of Faroe arid the Fyen coast.
Eels, which migrate in the dark, will
not. it is' believed, cross this barrier.
When an Armenian girl attains the
ago of seventeen and is not engaged to
be married, she has to undergo a
strange punishment for her lack of at
tractions. For three days she has to
fast, and then for 24 hours her food
consists of salt fish, and she is allowed
nothing to quench her thirst.
Fishermen of Cezimbo, Portugal,
have a novel method of catching fish
by the use of a natural phosphorescent
substance. This Is obtained from a ftsh
known as Malocoi ephalus laevls and Is
a. thick yellowish fluid which possesses
a bluish phosphorescence in the dark,
believed to be due to the presence of a
luminous microbe. The fishermen rub
this substance upon a muscular tissue,
such as a piece of cuttlefish, and this
is used as bast. The light appears to
last for a long time, at least for sev
eral hours, and has a brighter glow
when dipped in the sea. Fish are at
tracted to the hait by the light and
are thus caught.