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THE GEORGIAN'S MAGAZINE PAGE
“The Gates of Silence”
| Hy Meta Stmniins, Author of “Hushed Up"
TODAY S INSTALLMENT.
voice cracked a little. Suddenly
Rimington found himself wishing that
she had not come. She brought an ele
ment of discord and unrest into this
place, whose iron discipline had become
almost an anodyne to the unrest in his
own heart. His aunt's words empha
sized her belief in his guilt, which, though
unspoken, he had always known to exist.
It was monstrous of her to come there
with her tongue dripping gall.
A Narrow Man.
Somehow, since he had come to Bll
mouth he had ceased to find the consola
tion in religion he had experienced dur
ing his previous incarceration. The chap
lain had taken a dislike to him. or so
Rimirgton believed. He was a narrow
minded man. a formalist of a very petty
creed, and instead of using the power
he had to render his charges' lives more
tolerable, he had put a premium on hy
pocrisy by interesting himself only *n
those who professed a whole-hearted al
legiance to his own views. He was ill.
Rimington had heard, and was about to
be transferred to another and lighter
charge. Jack thought of him as he
witched his aunt- he would have been
a man after Deborah Rimington's own
heart.
Then, when his aunt spoke again, her
fords made him ashamed for his un
spoken thought.
“Jack. I haven't many minutes to say
all I have to say." she said. “And there
is much. First. Betty. Her love. dear.
All her love, all her thoughts, all her
hopes. You understand?”
I fid he understand? It was a flood of
sunshine let unexpectedly into a darkened
room. He felt blinded for the moment,
conscious only of the glorious glow and
warmth. He hardly heard what his vis
itor was saying.
*“And for myself. Jack; I want you to
know that is true of me. too. While your
unde lived, my dear, my duty was to him
I was but what every dutiful wife
should be. his shadow, his other self.
And now that he's gone 1 am free to live
my own life—so far as any of God’s crea
tures may live for themselves. And now’
my life is going to be’for you, my boy.
It is true I never loved you as I loved
your brother—one can't control one's
heart. Even among the disciples there
was John more loved than the others.
But I love you, too, and from hence
forth my life will be yours. There are
others working for you out in the world
—you know' that, I suppose. Well, that
Is not my wax. It is the future I am
thinking of all that is mine will be
yours, and it may be more than you think.
Things are changing. But first, and P>r
the present, Jack, it will comfort you to
know that I have come to Bilmouth
come to live here within the very sight
of this house of shame. I will be al
ways with you--every day at the throne
of grace—come with me there. Ah: Jack,
while it’s yet day. before the nightfall and
the end of mercy.”
"Aunt—aunt! It’s ridiculous.” Rim
ington hardly knew’ how to stem the tor
rent of her words. He had never heard
her speak like this. That she had been
religious, and deeply so. he had always
understood, but she had been reticent
and restrained, the last woman in the
world, so he conceived, to have shown
her heart to any one. far less to speak- so
to him in the presence of a third person.
"You must not think of coming here -it
is not fit for you; it would add to my
pain to think of you amid such distress
ing 'surroundings.”
“flush! I am here. I have taken my
hottie: in a few- weeks it will be fur
nished. Then, lack, 1 mean to live as
you live—to rise w ith you, to sleep and
eat with you, to tread every step of your
agony with you. Is that too much to do
to save a soul a soul for whom He
<iie<|? '
Sheer Madness.
Her voice rose shrill and strained and
her eyes blazed. To both men the pris
oner and the warder -she seemed like
one carried out of herself.
The twenty minutes were running out
rapidly Rimington, marshaling his argu
ments, controlling his faltering tongue,
found himself able to make no headway
against the extraordinary determination
of this wofhan, who, in her own quiet
way, had loved the simple good things of
life -quiet'and ease and the absence of
the actively unpleasant that constitutes
the ideal of happiness for so many to
plunge herself volurrtarJly into a life of
penance, leading outside the prison the
life flo far as she could, of this relative
who was inside it.
It was madness - that was all he could
think hut a madness of which she would
soon tire rising at 5:30 in the bleak win
ter mornings, going to bed at X in the
chill of a stone and iron cell. What could
sjie know of his life, save the mere ex
ternals? and thank God for it.
“Aunt Deb, you mean to be kind
I
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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
fares and with long return limits and will be glad to give you full infor
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of the principal resorts:
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DETROIT 30.00 PETOSKEY 36.55
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you’re an angel—l love you for it; but
it’s the maddest, most mistaken kindness;
it is making an addition to my punish
ment not a mitigation of It,” he said.
“Boy, I owe it to you for the years 1
neglected you.” she said, solemnly. “It
is expiation for all the prayers I have
left unsaid; it is bowing voluntarily. a« the
Book says, under the almighty hand of
God. We have sore need of that- I. sinful
woman that I am. far more than you in
your heedless youth
Once* again Rimington winced. During
his trial, during the weeks he had lain
waiting for death, he had found it possi
ble t<» bear with fortitude the disbelief
in his innocence of those who had known
him; now it seemed mure than he could
bear that this woman, who had known
him since he was a tiny child, should
comp here and speak to him of resigna
tion and humility!
‘.lack" she had come as near to him
as the bars permitted; he could see het
face very clearly now, framed in the vol
uminous folds of the crepe vjeil—the face
of a woman who for hours had been on
the rack of pain: the great eyes were
surrounded by shadows and full of tears;
as he looked they overflowed ami began
to run down her cheeks: she seemed un
conscious of everything. “Jack, my dear,
dear child: it breaks my heart to see yotG
here behind the bars, like a beast of prey.
Ob! be patient yet a little longer re
lease must .come. Pray for us all that
we max have courage. Jack, don't lose
your faith in us ail in the girl that loves
you ami waits for*you.”
“I Am Happy.’’
“Tell her nothing.” cried Rimington,
hoarsely. “Tell her nothing of this.” He
ran his hands quickly over his motley
dress, “Tell her lam full of hope—that
that I an] happy and. well, and that
it is not half a bad life when you are
used to it. Tell her 1 love her!”
His working face, that was like some
grim travesty of the face she had known;
his broken, unfamiliar voice, his outflung,
roughened hands with* their hideous,
broken nails —these were the picture Mrs.
Rimington carried with her out into the
world. A gray world, damp and rank
with the creeping mist from the sea.
through which were stealing figures of
shame, men in gangs who might have
; been chained together, so closely were
> their ranks set; men who moved to the
word of command more briskly than any
regiment of soldiers, slaves quick to re
spond to the goad of fear—that knowledge
I lay locked away in the breast of every
one of them of the punishment that
waited unfalteringly for every fault—of
, the cocked rifle for the runaway, of the
various manacles in the “jewel room,”
where the punishment fetters were kept
( as exquisitely as a society beauty’s jew
els; of. in the last and most desperate
, resoit, the cap and the triangle, or the
! degrading birch.
“The discipline of fear"—she had never
until today realized what that was. The
power that behind a single man enabled
him to keep twenty desperate ruffians in
subjection as easily as a firm mistress
can manage a school class.
I This visit of his aunt, so strange, so
[ unexpected, involving as it must have
. done greai trouble to her tn procure,
like the change from Wormwood Scrubs
, to Bilmouth, was a turning point in Rim
, ington’s prison life Just as the change
( I from the one prison to the other had
brought an interest into his life that sayed
his mentality, so this visit of a woman
and that one who had always stood in
his mind for the embodiment of domestic
beauty and purity and daintiness- saved
his self respect, an- sled that deteriora
tion of personal habit of wfiicb he was
. beginning himself to be aware.
Will power and strength of, mind in
. themselves are hardly enough to stand
, ‘ up against the immense forces arrayed
, i against the man who knows that, for all
(the years he can see stretch before him,
he will always be a prisoner; who real
izes that the brand of the broad arrow
for a man in his rank of life is like the
, chrism of some priesthood of shame,
marking him as an outcast forever; only
some exterior force like the knowledge of
a trusting and waiting woman can aid
him. And to Rimington had come the
knowledge of two women who avowed
( their life work to be a preparation for
his release.
A Pet Theory.
Sitting there in the ice chill of his cell.
, , with the dim gas-jet burning outside the
j I’corridor w indow. Rimington thought
r steadily of Mrs. Rimington's visit, and as
, he thought the singularity of.it, which
, had at first loomed so large in his mind,
I began to diminish, and the beauty ami
I mercy and charity of it to increase. He
i remembered now that Toby ami he had
I often laughed at a pet theory of hers.
which xxus that widows should be “wifi
• ows indeed." devoting their lives after the
I death of the beloved to works of charity
iand deeds of mercy, cutting themselves
i off from the world.
To Be Continued in Next Issue
* Some Suggestions For Summer Days v
From the Latest Paris Designs
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Up-to-Date Jokes
"Let us go to Mr, Simpson's wedding,
my dear." said a newly married w ife to
her husband.
' "Oil. no; let us stay at home. It will
be a dreadful bore.”
"But. my deal', you must remember
Mr. Simpson attended your wedding."
"So he did (grimly >. 1 had forgotten
that < revengefully l. 1 shall be 'there.”
■ It was in a country village, and he
1 was making preparation for "flitting”—
' the fourth removal in about twelve
mpnths. The vicar happened to be
, passing, and remarked:
. "What, removing again, John?”
, "Yts. si-.” replied Joliri.
1 "You are taking your poultry, too. 1
see. I think they will be getting tired
’ lof being moved about."
[l "Getting tired"" said John. "Why,
i (bless you. sir. they are quite used to it
, now. Every time they see a furniture
van they run into the yard and lay on
i their backs with their legs in the air
waiting to have them tied."
A young lady, who was by no means
beautiful, was introduced to a gentle
man w iio was endowed w ith good looks,
I but no. manners. During the course o'
their conversation the gentleman
as ked:
"Are there many more young ladies
like you in lite Potteries?"
The young lady replied: "Oh, yes:
. we are all good-looking there. You
| see, we make our ow n mugs.”
"Os course I ant wrong! I am always
in tile wrong, ant I not?" exclaimed an
irate husband during an altercation
with his wife.
"No. dear." was the irritatingly
sweet answer; "not always."
"Not aiw ty s!" echoed her husband.
"Why. whenever did you allow* that I
was right ""
week, dear, when you admitted
you w. rw wrong. I said you were right
I then in confessing it."
A noted professor of musiiy a Ger
’ ; rnan, was supervising tlie work of an
I orchestra at rehearsal, and he became
, much anoyed with the conductor for
I his erratic u-e of the baton. Stopping
, the band, he said to the culprit:
"Mistaire Jones, you would make a
beautiful conductor— for zee omnibus;
you vas alvays behind."
Eartner Jones was on a visit to his
nephew in New York, and the two
went to a cate in Broadway for dinner.
They had given their order and were
waiting for it to be brought when the
younger man. who had been glancing at
a m. nu card that lay on the table, said:
"By the way, uncle, did you ever have
cere bro-spin al meningitis?”
"No." replied Uncle Jones, after a
few moments mental struggle with the
question; "and I don t want any. "I’d
rather have fried liver and bacon any
day."
For Sweethearts and Wives
(Aunt Ruth in Household Helps i
. 'll the e.v clashes tu t* short and thin,
plain p.\ r. \iii should l.c applied to lash
loots with thumb Mini forefinger to mak»-
I ll.etu grow thick and beaut ifull.v long
Thin eyebrows improve with dailv appli
es i ions <>t p.v roxin
"Meli admire glossy. well kepi hair,
i Any girl <an keep her hair light, Huffy
i ami beautifully lustrous by dry shampoo i
, Itig every week or so. I’m four ounce*
ot powdered orris root in a fruit Jar. add
an original package of therox and mix
’'•jreiber Sprinkle a little on the head
and brir-m through th* hair. Therox re
moves dust, oil and dandruff
"Now conies the time when dainty
complexions look shiny from perspiration.
A complexion beaut itier that will not rub
off or show like powder is made easily by
dissolving ari original package of maya
tone in a half pint of witch hazel Gently
massage fate, neck and arms with this
solution daily, and the skin will he soft,
|nve|y. smooth and satin'
Km bar raising wild hairs can be made
io vanish uuickiy from face or forearms!
by using delatone name. made by mixing I
powdered delnmne with water Cover th*- I
hairy surface with this paste for two ~r .
three minutes, then remove, wash the
skin, and the hairs will be gone.’’ |
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S | sHt; skirt of the div. i'rjjck S
» shown on the left, is slightly J
draped at the left-hand side s
5 and decorated with six square J
( buttons. J
s The walking costume is tarried j
S out in cbarrneuse. The long lines t
J of this model give a most elegant j
I appearance especially becoming to (
tall figures. The skirt opens (
slightly, revealing an underskirt J
of ninon over brocade. The wide <
belt and the bow at the throat are t
velvet. <
Tlie chief feature of the pannier (
I costume is the deep pannier. The (
kimono bodice lias sleeves to the <
wrists, finished with lace ruffles. '
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
YOU OWE HIM AN APOLOGY.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am eighteen and have been
keeping company with a young
man two years my senior for the
past six months. About six weeks
ago we went to a place of amuse
ment and, after coining home, had
a little quarrel. but made an ap
pointment for a few days later
which I deliberately failed to keep,
being still angry from the previous
evening. I have seen him many
times since, but he never speaks
to me. M. it.
You were rude to him and owe him
an apology. Having made the appoint,
ment, you should have kept it. You
made your first mistake in making it
while still resentful and mad.
LOVE IN A TANGLE.
Dear Miss Fairfax
I have been keeping company
with a young lady one year my
junior. Last week we had a dis
agreement and since then she has
been angry with me. although I
have written her a note of apology.
1 have told her I love her and I
feel sure she loves me. G. A. V.
If she loves you. and you love her. |
your little tiff will not last longer I
than a summer shower. You have eat
l eit your humble pie Give In r time, I
and I am sure that site will be genet
ous enough to ask fm Iter -bare. Then
all will be Well, and the skies will again
be blue.
APPEARS TO BE INDIFFERENT.
Dear Mis.- Fairfax:
I bate been keeping company
with a young man for the past year
The other day I wrote to him ask
ing him to come to a dance which
was al one of my friend's houses,
ami he did not come. I again wrote
asking him to come and se. me,*
and he did not come.
anxious.
If a man plainly shows a girl he
doesn't care for her society, she owes
it to herself not to care. You have
asked him twice, and he has refused.
Don't ask him again. A third invita
tion from you will look Ilk, pursuit,
and nothing so cheapens a girl as that
attitude.
A Panmer Design.
Do You Know—
Baron Marshall Vonßieberstein. the
new German ambassador, is said to
have a novel method of avoiding any
possible indiscretions on the part of his
blotting pad. He uses a typewriter
specially constructed for him. whose
secrets are known to himself alone.
This machine marks cryptographic
signs understood only by the baton and
his correspondents. It is kept locked
tip in the ambassador's desk, and is
brought out only when he has a con
fidential letter to write.
An American agricultural journal
prints on its front page the novel an
nouncement that, as farmers are so
busy with the cultivation of their fields,
and have no leisure for leading, the
news of the day will be briefly printed
on the first page of the paper, and the
oilier page will be soaked with a "death
to flies" preparation. Thus the paper
will serve two purpose-: it will supply
important news ami will serve to ex
terminate flies.
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, holder of
the world's long-distance riding record,
has made a new record by outdistam -
ing two army officers in a Hmt-mile line
from Washington to her summer home.
She was the only one of the five start
ers to complete the trip.
. it is estimated that the total produc
tion of automobiles for 1912 will ap
proximate a quarter of a million. There
are between 350 and 400 automobile
factories in the country, and they turn
out an annual product worth nearly
half a billion dollat s.
WOMEN SHOULD
BE PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical Op
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.
Sikeston, Mo. —“For seven years Isuf
fered everything. I was in bed for fout
[ ' 71 or five days at a time
i ' ; ' every month, and sc
• % weak 1 could hardly
I ' v 5 A walk. 1 cramped and
i had backache and
i..77u *.-> Jc 7 headache, and was
f Iso nervous and weak
■ ■ ■ ■ i hat I dreaded to see
anyone or have any-
* A'\ ‘ >nemove in the room.
The doctors gave rm ■
I Wl /y/r" yVI medicine to ease me
at those times, and said that 1 ought to
j have an operation. I would not listen to
that, and when a friend of my husband
i told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg-
I etable Compound and what it had dune
! for his wife, 1 was willing to take it.
Now I look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. 1 can do my own housework,
boe my garden, and milk a cow. 1 can
entertain company' and «-nj‘-v th -m. 1
can vi.-it when 1 choose, and wall; :.s fur
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. 1 wish J could talk to every
suffering woman and girl.”—Mrs. De'.lA
Bethune, Sikeston, Mo.
Murrayville, Ill.—“1 have taken Ly
dia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
for a very bad case of female trouble
and it made me a well woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said I must have an operation, and I was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreaded it
so that 1 began taking your Compound.
I got along so wcil that J gave tip the
doctors and was saved from the opera
tion.’’—Mrs. Charles Moore, U.K.
No. 3, Murrayville, 111. I
Daysey May me and Her Folks
fiy Frances L. Garside
ANOTHER WALK-OUT.
I Y THEN sh- di.l Ivr hair in ru’l
I VV pnpeis she couldn't sleep at
night because of the bumps all
over her head, each bump being a curl
in embryo.
When she woie shoes in which her
feet looked pretty her toes were pinched
and her corns grew .
When she rubbed on the cold eieum
she expel ienced the .greasiness of a
fried oyster and when she put red on
her cheeks she felt like the flag of an
■auctioneer.
All these Daysey Maynio Appletofi
did. and more, that she plight prove
attractive to some man.
And what do the men give up for
US'.’" she asked.
“We are always discontented with
our looks, and he is entirely satisfied
with his.
"We go to moil, torturing pains to
win the admi'ation of a moon-faced
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Yon 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
SPAGHETTI Lh=
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’
bills. It is easily prepared and most econom
ical. Write for free book of recipes. All
grocers sell Faust Spaghetti —5c and l()c a
package.
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butcher boy than he undergoes to win
the love of an heiress.
"And what do we get for it? An ice
(■ream soda, and a partner for the next
waltz!
’lt is time to strike! We must walk
out together, and throw rouge bottles
at the head/of every man on the way.
"We must —”
But Daysey Mayme came to sudden
pause in the proclamation she was pre
paring io issue to c ata-creamed and
straight-fronted sisters.
She had caught a glimpse of a splen
did young man. who gets nine dollars A
wei k, and is just too generous for any
thing. lie was turning the corner. He
was coming to call!
In lier haste to get on her special
i nei y and powder her nose and tint
lier cheeks she upset the ink over her
proclamation, ami two minutes later
was demanding assistance from her
mother in getting into a corset two
sizes too small.
The walk-out had been postponed!
