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THE QEOBGIAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE “The Gates of Silence” By Meta Stmmtns, Author of “Hushed Up” TODAY’S INSTALLMENT. "I'm afraid, ma'am, that Master Phil has worse than a cold,” she said, as she his mistress’ coat over the back of *\-hair. "He” Her voice choked, ghe gulped down the lump in her throat wit h difficulty. "It's pneumonia, ma'am, nd he’s not strong in the chest, you know. But, please God, the worst will be pver today, and they've got a very clever doctor The master.” she added, with an obvious effort, “is distracted. Oh, ma'am. If anything happened to the little mas ter?" Words failed her. She flung out her hands with an awkward gesture which vet strangely expressive. "Pneumonia,” repeated Edith, dully. Then the man, her husband’s spy, had been lying—kindly, she supposed, yet ly ing "Pneumonia! If any“,mg Happened to the little master!" She gave a sudden choking cry and. cov ered her face with her hands, pressing them against her burning eyes, as though to try to shut out the hideous vision they called up. There was silence in the library, a sil ence broken rudely by the sudden flinging open of the door. Edith looked up. smitten with a sense of outrage, then started to her feet. In the doorway stood Anthony Barrington. "Tony!” At. the sight of the man she loved everything was forgotten—the wom an watching her, the sick child, the man’s anger. She knew only the intensity of her desire for him as she went forward quickly, her hands outstretched. The look with which he met her eyes was terrible. "You have come at last?” he said. “Woman, my child cries for you; only for that —” ’ He broke off, mastering himself with an effort, and the housekeeper, terrified by his appearance, dreading the scene which seemed Inevitable, stepped past them out of the room. Outer Darkness. Barrington's contemptuous words, the hatred with which they were uttered, lashed his wife's pride to her aid. "Unless you are mad, please try to con trol the violence of your words, at least before our servants. Do you wish a pub lic rupture to take place? I presume not, since you have sent for me.” "I sent for you because my child cried for his mother; and as for the rupture— that depends on the illness or health of the child. He is the shield between you and your shame. I made that bargain with myself the day you left me—that so long as the child lived, so long you might pursue your course unchecked. You wouldn't have starved—l’d have seen to that. All I cared was to be rid of the sight of you.” He checked the angry torrent of his words, for his wife had moved towards the door in silence. He followed her. "Are you going upstairs?" "I am going to my son," she replied, and passed quickly up the staircase out of his sight. She did not go immediately to the nur sery. As she passed the door she lis tened for one agonizing moment, and heard the continuous wall of the child’s querulous little voice. Then she fled as fast as her feet would carry her along the corridor to her room. To her surprise Vlctorine was waiting for her. "Milady got the telegram?" she asked, after giving her greeting. "Yes—yes. A white gown, Vlctorine. I can not go to him like this —to Master Phil, who’s calling for me.” “L® pauvre petit!” said the sympathetic Vlctorine. "Monsieur is distracted.” As she spoke her fingers were already deftly busy with Mrs. Barrington's hair, and in an Incredibly short time the Frenchwoman ‘ had transformed her mis tress from the shabby, pallid, terror stricken-looking lodger of Tachbrook street, to her own beautiful, gracious self, a lovely figure in one of the white gowns that Tony loved, delightfully soft and clinging, delicately perfumed—a sight to bring joy and comfort to the little suf ferer. Edith opened the door of the night nur sery softly, and, paying no attention to the frowning surprise of the white-capped hospital nurse who sat there placidly knitting, glided to the "hide of the cot. A Keen Alarm, The child was asleep. He lay breath ing In short, labored gasps, one small, fat hand crumpled under his neck, on which still rested a tear. Edith’s heart leapt. Why had they tried to torture her? The child did not look ill, or only very slightly out of health, she told her self: yet, in spite of herself, she felt keen alarm gnaw at her heart. She stood like a woman of stone look ing down at her child—the nurse forgot ten- the world to which she had clung so desperately very far away. Just an hour .' '-'- J -,<?’'■• '*' Vacation Days are here. Plan now where to go’and let us help you. The mountain and lake resorts in the North and West are attractive. The clear invigorating air will do much to upbuild you physically. We have on sale daily round trip tickets at low •ares and with long return limits and will be glad to give you full infor mation. * Following are the round trip fares from Atlanta to some of the principal resorts: CHAUTAUQUA LAKE PTS.--.,534.30 NIAGARA FALLS DENVER 47.30 PUT IN BAY 28.00 DETROIT 30.00 PETOSKEY 36.55 DULUTH 48.00 SALT LAKE CITY 60.30 MACKINAC ISLAND 38.65 TORONTO 38.20 MAMMOTH CAVE ....... 17.40 WAUKESHA 33.70 THE ATTRACTIVE WAY NORTH CITY TICKET OFFICE SSSMsSsI 4 Peachtree Street phones since she had told herself she had noth ing to lose. Now she knew that she had to lose the dearest thing in the world flesh of her flesh, her own child—and, in losing him, all hope of ever regaining her husband’s love. Ah—it couldn’t be true! It was only a cold; the child was fretful with a feverish chill. Her thoughts raced madly, and ever beating out among them, like a burden or the refrain of a song, her hus band’s words: "He is the shield between you and your shame.” The repetition maddened her. It was not of herself she desired to think—not of herself and her feelings. It wasn't decent—it was not seemly. Her thought should be all of the child and his sufferings and—the end of everything! She bent closer and scrutinized the child with anxious eyes. Wherein lay his magic—that magic which bound Tony to him with such passionate love and devo tion, when she, the mother who had borne him, was repudiated—hated—de spised? A pang of jealous anger against het own child contracted the wretched wom an's heart. Ashamed and terrified, she turned away with a stifled sigh. Slight as the sound was, it woke the child. He moved un easily and uttered a fretful, wailing cry. The cry went to Edith's heart, until that moment the heart of a Jealous wife rather than of the loving mother. She went swiftly to the cot and bent over the child. He stared up, his fever-bright eyes still held by sleep, then with a glad cry of “Muzzy!” held out his hands to her. “Sweetheart." She bent over him with soft, crooning words, and would have taken him in her arms but the nurse for bade her with a horrified exclamation. "May I not—why?" Edith’s voice was hot with indignation. "Where is his own nurse—where as Nanna?” “Nanna” was Nanna Galbraith, the old woman who had been her own nurse, who had taken the child from birth. “Resting," said the nurse, shortly. "You musn’t take him up, Mrs. Barrington. No, darling. Lie down.” She settled the clothes over the little body and kept up a running volley of tender baby talk, which amazed Edith. How did this woman, who was not a mother, know just what to say and how to say it, while she, whose child this was, stood by tongue-bound before the love and desire that stared at her out of the baby eyes? Her jealously was ridiculous and unnecessary, for the child struggled feebly and kept up an incessant cry of "Muzzy- Muzzy." Edith slipped on her knees by the cot. "Phil, be good, my lamb. Mother can’t take you up—let her hold your hand.” She spoke as she might have spoken to some grown-up child, instead of the morsel of humanity that moved so rest lessly on the hot pillows, and the nurse contrasted her in her mind with the big man Who, all through the long night, had kept the child quiet and wonderfully con tented. This dressed-up doll, his wife —■ this baby’s mother! Then, at a glance at Mrs. Barrington's face, her thoughts changed. The eyes that looked out of the white face under the exquisitely dressed hair ware the eyes of a woman who has looked into the very heart of pain. Edith, crouching on the floor, felt the baby fingers tighten round her own, and the touch unlocked the flood-gates of her heart. A great wave of tenderness swept over her, carrying with it all bitterness, all thought of self. With a cry, regard less of the nurse’s remonstrance, she caught the child up and gathered him close against her hungrj- breast. The child nestled there content and it was in that refuge he spent, the weary hours That followed, refusing even to look at his beloved Nanna hovering near in an agony of distress. The nurse was power less, and when the doctor came he decided that the child must not be moved. The day wore on. Anthony Barrington, during his visits to the nursery, forced to a certain intimacy with the woman he be lieved to have so cruelly injured him, felt his wounds throb anew at the sight of her, felt a feeling of hatred surge up within him. The child noticed him, it was true, but it was to Edith he turned; it was on his mother that his eyes rested adoringly. Each time Barrington turned away filled with a sense of resentful injustice. Was this the reward of his love —his devotion — to be ignored for the mother who had proved herself so unworthy of the sacred name? The doctor, when he made his afternoon visit, pronounced the child better and complimented Mrs. Barrington on the suc cess of her nursing—a compliment that fell like vitrol on two jealous hearts in that room—Anthony Barrington's and that of Nanna, the nurse, sitting neglected over the fire, seeing the child she had brought up from the day of his birth taken from her at this crisis. To Be Continued in Next Issue. : : : What Dame Fashion Is Offering : : : Two Sri king Novelties for Cooler Days n " ... j / i o I ( I WftSS' y I I Be j*/ I IH • II b I lax > I Mil l -1 I I F Mr f If MB/ Wil mHi B I 4 ' gi k a lyaHM mm >Jf K ■ ta 2> A WRAP AND CAP FOR MOTORING. Comfort and charm are here very deftly combined. Tlie all-enveloping coat comes closely to the throat, thus keeping out all draughts and dust, while smartness is achieved by the collar, large rever, and cuffs being formed of the sa;me woolen material in a sharply-contrasting .shade. :: :: When Pleasing Is a Task :: ::: By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. T a y° naan of twentyrone ; and in love with a girl of eight een. We love each other dearly, but her parents object to her going out with me. How can I make it up with her parents?” So writes William D., who is finding, perhaps for the first time in his life, what it means to overcome dislike. 9 He may be an exemplary young man. with every intention honorable. He may have a good income, come of a good family, and possess every quality that would be desired in a son-in-law. But he wants to take Daughter away from het* home forever. He wants to rob the household of its greatest treas ure. If he had all the virtues of the an gels, and sought to do this, very few parents could look upon his • scheme for stealing their daughter as a wise nature’s old-fashioned plan, and wel come him. No father who finds his greatest joy in the daughter of his house will re member that some twenty years or more previous he did the same thing. “That,” he will say, when reminded he once called at a home for the pur pose of winning the daughters love and taking her away, "is different.” Now He Is “The Robbed.’’ The "difference” is that in those days he was tlie robber and in these days he is the man who is robbed. Because of this very natural parental WHEN THE DANDRUFF BEGINS TO FALL You’ll know there is something wrong. No one with a healthy scalp has Dandruff —it is not natural. Healthy, strong hair cannot grow under these conditions and what’s far more dis turbing, the hair that you have will soon turn grey and fall out. Then comes ‘‘PREMATURE GREY HAIR” and that Has Been Look ” about them. HEED THE WARNING-UX£- HAY’S HAIR HEALTH SI.OO and 50c at Drag Stores or direct upon re* ceipt of price and dealer’s name. Send 10c for trial bottle.—Philo Hay Spec. Co.. Newark, N. J. FOR SALE AND RECOMMENDED BY JACOBS’ PHARMACY. objection to all young men in general, and to Daughter’s favorites In par ticular, William D. will find his path up-hill, though he have all the virtues of an angel. He must know that the opposition is not against him as an individual. It is that whjch all mothers and fathers feel against the established order of creation. An order that gives them children to bear in agony and to raise in toil and pain, and takes those children from them Just when they have reached an age when recompense seems in sight! It is true they have had all the joy of their children In this way, but anxiety, uncertainty, fear, toll, sick ness, and sometimes privation, at tended. The children are grown. They have passed successfully through the phys ical ills of childhood, aftd the greater perils as a more mature age. Father takes a longer rest than be fore. He is dreaming of the son al most old enough to help him. Mother finds time to fold her hands, for her daughters have reached an age when they lighten her tasks. Then son falls in love and begins to devote his time and labor and talents to building a nest of his own. Then some young man comes to woo daugh ter, and the mother and father are left to face a lonely, helpless old age. A Lesson All Must Leain. My dear William D., you are learn ing a lesson that every young man has had to learn. And the lesson teaches you understanding, patience, tenderness and the value of the girl you want for your wife. For this is always true—the more valuable a girl in her own home the more valuable she will be in the new. When there is a feeling of relief when a girl marries and departs, it doesn’t mean peace and happiness in the home to which she is going. There is nothing that VVilliam D. can do but wait. A period that must be conducted as honorably and carefully as if he were in line for some splendid business opportunity and knew that the eyes of those in position to award it were upon him. He must consider the likes and dis likes of the girl’s mother and father. If they object to late hours (and let us hope they do), he must have their Do You Know— Immigrants to Canada during the past fiscal year totaled over 350,000. Among the Hungarians a reigning queen is officially termed a king. So far back as 1566 a dictionary of slang was published. London is the healthiest capital in Europe. FOR COUNTRY WEAR. A very suitable turnout for a cool day. The white cloth coat and skirt are cut on severe lines; the coat fastens with five pearl buttons. A narrow black band edges- the upturned brim of the straw hat and is car ried down to form a V. daughter home at an early hour. If they object to certain of his habits, it will be a good schooling and of ben efit to him in many other ways for him to overcome those habits. He must show that he Is no trifler*. He must prove that he is not a drinking man, nor a spendthrift. He must carry a clean slate,'a slate that shows no past misdeeds. He must be a son of whom his own parents are proud before he can expect the parents of the girl he loves to be proud to admit him into'their, family. All of which is not hard to do and to become, if a man sincerely loves. SEVEN YEARS OF MISERY How Mrs. Bethune was Re stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta ble Compound. Sikeston, Mo. “For seven years I suffered everything. I was in bed for f° ur or 11 ve d a y s at a Stime every month, and so weak I could hardly walk. I had cramps, backache and headache, and was so nervous and weak that I dreaded to see anyone or have anydne move in the room. The doc tors gave me medi cine to ease me at those times, and said that I ought to have an operation. I would not listen to that, and when a friend of my husband’s told him about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg etable Compound and what it had done for his wife, I was willing to take it. Now I look the picture of health and feel like it, too. I can do all my own house work, work in the garden and entertain company and enjoy them, and can walk as far as any ordinary woman, any day in the week. I wish I could talk to every suffering woman and girl, and tell them what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has done for me.”—Mrs. Dema Bethune, Sikeston, Mo. Remember, the remedy which did this was Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It has helped thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irreg ularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing down feeling, indigestion, and nervous prostration, after all other means have failed. Why don’t you try it? Daysey May me and Her Folks Ry Frances L. Garside THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. Mrs. lysander john apple ton believes everything she reads in the women’s maga zines. At least, she did until very re cently. Three weeks ago carrots were the only vegetable served at dinner. Ly sander John said nothing, being a pa tient man. The next morning fried carrots ap peared for-breakfast. The next evening carrots again for dinner. He looked a little hurt, but made no complaint. Carrots twice again the next day, and Lysander John grumbled. His wife looked a little bit puzzled, but said nothing, and served carrots again next day. Carrots the next meal, and Lysander John kicked over his chair. Carrots again next day and he left the house. Carrots the next day, and he went to his room to pack his trunk. He opened his wife’s writing desk to write her a V ’ll > wv Strengthening Food For Summer Days You need nourishing food these hot days—- food that gives strength and stamina—but you must not overtax the digestive organs with heavy meats. The ideal summer meal is a dish of delicious hFAUSTd =1 SPAGHETTI lE~ It is a delightful dish that appeals to the lagging appetite of summer time. Tender and tasty, easily digested and so full of whole some nourishment. Serve Faust Spaghetti to your meat-weary family and save doctors’ . t bills. It is easily prepared and most econom ical. Write for free book of recipes. All grocers sell Faust Spaghetti—sc and 10c a package. MAULL BROS., St. Louis Mo. GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY? THE SOUTHS MOST SPLENDIDLY EQUIPPED PREP SCHOOL ' College Park, Eight Milee From Atlanta, Georgia Fills every hour of a boy’s life with wholesome mental development, body building, moral and social training, and preparation for a man’s part in the world’s work. A thoroughly disciplined, modernly appointed, attractive school for boys and young men- a gentleman’s school, limited to about 125 boarding pupils, so grouped, as to give every teacher about 12 Cadets for tutoring andovw sight at night. Delightful home life—a big happy family of successful, cultured teachers and pupils. Every sanitary conyenience. Electric lights, steam heat, artesian water. Elevation nearly 1,200 feet, no malaria, perfect health. Beet Table Fare.and Prettiest School Campus in the South. Three regular Courses— Classical, Engineering, Commercial. Member Southern Association of Colleges and PreparatorFSchooh. Active U. S. Officer in Charge of Military Department. Classed A by tl. S. War Department. Parents «r<ed to riilt «od compare the School with the boat in America. 001. J. C. WOODWARD, L M., PIU. WESLEYAN COLLEGE MACON, GEORGIA Orte of the Greatest Schools for Women in the South Wesleyan College is the oldest real college for women in the world; has a preat body of alumnae, and students from the choice homes of the South. It is situated in the most beautiful residential section of Macon, the second , a ~' le St city in tne world. Its buildings are large and well equipped, its fac e u o tra ’ ne d men and women. Its Conservatory is the greatest in tne South. Schools of Art and Expression the best, and a magnificent new uymnasium has just been completed. Wesleyan is characterized by an atmos phere of religion and refinement. The utmost care is taken of the students. For catalogue write to REV . C . R. JENKINS, President. L—... . . WASHINGTON SEMINARY ATLANTA, GA- ??S^Y.J“PC!ATTON —1374 Peachtree road, juat beyond Ansley Park. GROI NDS AND BUILDINGS; private park; beautifully sliaded and landscaped, affording privacy of the country. BUILDINGS—Boarding department (limited), one of the most beautiful homes m the entire city. New Academic building a model of school construction in lighting, ventilation, heating, with open-air class rooms, gymnasiums, audito rium, etc. Tennis courts.and other outdoor games. DEPARTMENTS—Kindergarten, primary, academic, college preparatory, domea ’.'S selence ' Physical culture, piano, pipe organ, voice, violin, art, expression. MEI lit IDS--Small classes; last year 235 pupils and 18 teachers, allowing one teacher for every 13 pupils. ACCESSIBILITY—Three car lines, Peachtree, West Peachtree and Buckhead lines; 20 minutes from centar of city. PROTECTION—SpeciaI police officer at 2:30 and 1:30 to protect students get ting on and oft ears. CATALOGUE and views on request; thirty-fifth year begins September It LLEWELLYN D. AND EMMA B. SCO'’"" Principals. ’ Phone Ivy 647. ♦ - > 1 ’ ...er good-bye letter, when his eyes fell upon a half-finished letter she Jiad written to her favorite women’s maga zine. "I wish,” she had written, “for in formation concerning a statement In a recent number of your valuable publi cation. "You stated in the issue of May L In an article on the ‘lnfluence of Vege tables,’ that carrots had a soothing ef fect on the temper; that a diet of them would produce an even disposition, ants. change the most tempestuous belnie into the mildest, “I decided to try it. and three weeks ago began serving carrots to my hus band. I noticed very little change the first week, but the seventeenth consec utive time carrots appeared, he swore. "The nineteenth time he kicked over his chair, his disposition growing worse with each appearance of carrots until on the twenty-eighth time he left the house. "Does this indicate that his case is an aggravated one? And shall I con tinue the carrot treatment?”