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“The Gates of Silence”
Rv Si eta Stmmins, Author of "Hushed Up”
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
Stripped of the formality necessitated
by prison discipline, his request, as he
finally made it. was very much the same
In form and substance as it would have
been had they been two men sitting over
the fire in a college study, and amounted
to this:
*T am engaged to a woman 1 fear to he
in trouble—it is uncommonly rldlcfiloua
to believe in dreams but this has be
come an obsession with me It is not pos
sible for me to write tn her, and I know
that even if nothing fresh has happened,
her heart must be full nf anxiety on my
behalf Would it be possible for you. as
a favor—•'•' amazing favor to a very sick
man—to write to her’
The chaplain interrupted him with a
shake of the bead
“1 am most awfully sorry, my dear
chap.” he said, and there was genuine
regret in his voice, ’ but it isn’t possible.
It is against the rules "
Rimington made an impatient movement
of his hand
‘•Yes, yes. 1 know.” he said. 'But is it
Imperative that you should adhere to the
rules au pied de la iettre Ido not want
you to write for me couldn’t you. your
self” —
The chaplain sat down on the edge <>i
the bed
••Jjook here, my dear chap.” h? said,
earnestly, “if I could I would Bui don’t
you understand--you--surely bettor than
many of us here that I, not of the whole
body of the prison, am most bound to
keep the rules? If I break them how on
earth can 1 expect any one ♦•lse to keep
them 0 ” He looked at Rimington with
clouded eyes “If there was anything on
earth I could do to help you. I would. J
believe in you. you know I don’t know
whether that matter* in the least. But
there is only one thing I can do to help
you- and that I do.”
Rimington. who had looked at him ea
gerly, with a lightening face, sank back
on the bed with a faint sound of disgust.
’’Pray, you mean. 1 auppoae?” he said
Anri as the other nodded bitterness welled
up tn his heart. "Isn’t it rather a waste
of time?” he said, turning away. ”1 am
afraid Bllmouth does not foster any be
lief in the efficacy of prayer Here
crawling coop’t we live and die;’ it jolly
well seems to me not muoh good to lift
vain hands to It for help”
”1 suppose you know 1 could report you
for a bad mark, A 44?” the chaplain said,
rising A change had come over his
pleasant face that made It like a mn.sk
There was.nothing now but a displeased
severity in his blue eyes I shall not
do so. of course,” he said, "nor report
the appeal you made to me. Good da \
He turned and was gone, leaving the
bleak Infirmary ward the bleaker for his
going Rimington turned <>n his side and
groaned. What an mhk he had been
what a vulgar fool to insult the only man
who in that grim place of silence had
Spoken to him as though he saw nothing
of the convict’s dress heeded nothing of
the convict's record, but saw straight
through to the soul of the man below!
The convict In the adjacent bed, who
had, judging from Ids breathing, been
sleeping during the interview, sniggered
faintly
"Ria i» temper nicely, didn't you?" he
said appreciatively; " Im and ’is pray
ers.”
Raising his head. Rimington swore at
his companion comprehensively, in a man
ner that surprised himself Then, turn
ing In his bed. he burled his head under
the coarse clothes and presently wept
tears of sheet weakness, weariness and
chagrin
His Conscience.
Far away from the desolate prison ward
the prison chaplain, in his uncomfortable
sitting room, stood with his hand on
the mantedpiece, looking down into the
fire which here in Bllmouth seemed in
Home strange wa\ to be less glowing,
less comforting looking than the ordinary
run of fires In his heart there was rag
ing a conflict which might have sur
prised some of his fellows among the
prison officials, te whom discipline was a
fetish
Had he done right in refusing the re
quest of a man in whose eyes there had
been a hunger of appeal ns had looked
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out of tire gaunt face of A44? he asked
himself
His fingers trembled on his breast and
his lips moved In all his life he Ita.J
never felt such heart-sickness as he felt
now. when he thought of the manner of
bls parting from the miserable convict
who had cast his fugitive tag of Omar
Khat yam at him In a moment of chagrin.
What on earth had made him lose his
temper; lie whose watchword was
‘‘Blessed are the merciful?"
A Dash for Freedom.
The fortnight he had been forced to
spend lu the prison infirmary had bedn
a godsend to Rimington. the relaxation
of discipline, the Improved food anti en
forced rest, made almost a new man of
him More than once the thought oc
curred to him that he owed his deten
tion more to a kindly Impulse on the part
of the doctor than to the actual state of
his health; the tnan, after his kind, was
rough tongued and more than inclined to
cynicism, but Rimington had a feeling
that his disposition toward him was not
unfavorable.
Whether or not that feeling was true
mattered little enough to Rimington. lie
felt a warm gratitude toward the doctor,
and when, on the morning of his dis
charge from the infirmary, he certified
him as fit for work with the outdoor
gang, his eyes lighted up with a flash that
drew a shrewd glance from the medical
officer.
‘"That suits your book, eh?”
As the doctor put the question, Rim
ington felt a quiver run over him. Could
it l»e possible that tills man suspected
that thought which had never been spoken
did his secret cry aloud from Ills eyes?
He felt a mask drop over his features,
every muscle stiffened.
"Yes, sir More healthy than the In
door work, sir," he said, and could have
imagined that the doctor winked
"Belter than the tailor’s shop and The
Bllmouth Bulletin? what!” and Rim
ington drew a breath of relief The doc
tor attributed his anxiety to get back to
the harder outdoor labor to his dislike
to the close assocaltlon of the workshops
and the ugly talk that circulated there.
"Yes. sir," he said again, in a stolid
and noncommittal manner, and with an
other sharp look at him the doctor went
out He was not quite sure in his own
mind regarding A 44. There were times
when he believed him to be entirely In
nocent of the charge brought against him
and others whatr his belief wavered. To
day was one of them for the first time,
it seemed tojilm, there was a shifty look
in the man's eyes Thon, since be was
an eminently just man, this prison doc
tor, he gave the prisoner the benefit of
the doubt and dismissed him f-om his
mind. Life at Bllmouth and I . , in-
stitutions did not lend to fosti i '.i.glit
forwardness, and he hud only 1. keen h
conception of how near to the animal a
man can descend during a long term of
imprisonment.
Making Plans,
The snow had disappeared and the
earth was sopping with the moisture of
a thaw, following a week's frost, on this
first day with the gang, all the natural
conditions ware favorable to an attempt
to escape, Rimington thought, as lie
worked. He would be the better able to
sustain the exposure and hunger that
would ba Inevitable. Every day as he
went out he examined the ground and
Ids surroundings eagerly, surveying them
with the care of a general, testing their
strategic possibilities, and every night as
he lay In his bed in the darkness and felt
the chill of the prison wrap about him
like a shroud. Rimington calculated the
chances of escape, narrowed them down
and weighed them, and every night and
every morning, with something of the di
rect simplicity of a child, he prayed for
the crowning mercy of a fog
There was something of madness in his
brooding. ’ice surely sane reflection
must have shown him the hopeless folly
of the thing he meditated With friends
and accomplices at hand to provide money
and change of raiment, even then the!
chances of permanent escape were almost '
fantastically problematical; but playing a
lone hand, as he did without money,
without a goal what earthly chance did
he stand?
To Be Continued in Next Issue.
By MARGARET HUBBARD
AYER.
■ 1 T V ,s fln a, hletic girl,” said
j\,/| the proud mother of one-year
x old Nannette Tarbox Beals. To
i show what she could do. (he baby swung
i valiantly, supporting her own weight
while holding to her mother’s fingers.
The daughter of this well known
business woman, Mrs. Jessie Tarbox
Beals, began her athletic development
when she was about two months old.
for there is no age limit for the ath
letic girl.
You can begin w henever you want to,
and you can go on as long as you like,
or Jake up athletics when you are well
advanced in middle life. The grand
mother of some friends of mine still
goes swimming at 80, and she attrib
uted hei superb health to the practice
<»f outdoor exercise.
Every girl should have some sort of
outdoor fad something that combines
exercise and amusement —some sort of
athletics.
When you talk of athletics many a
girl thinks at once of golf or tennis,
polo, riding, or some sport which ne
cessitates an expenditure of money ei
thelr for habits or costumes or for the
implements used. Riding, for instance,
Is quite beyond the pale for those of
moderate income who live in the city,
and the girl who Ilves Inland can’t en
jox the delights of swimming as can
the girl who Is In New York, for in
stance* or in the lake cities.
Not Expensive.
It is this Idea of expense that keeps
so many Kiris from joining some ath
letic club or ici.gue. But there are al
ways ways of avoiding the more ex
pensive forms of sport, just as there is,
always time for the girl who wants to
take It to develop herself physically and
to gain health and good spirits in regu
lar out-of-door exercise.
If J had my way, the girls whq want
to be pretty and of course that in
cludes all girls, should belong to small
groups or clubs who would pursue the
culture of beauty out of doors In some
form of athletics. The girl with the
athletic fad has no time for foolish wool |
gathering, and if she Is bent on making
herself physically strong and well, she
will not be the one to dress in some of
the ridiculous fashions of the day or to
paint and powder her face and make
herself conspicuous in other ways.
The girl who wants to go In for the
simplest, ns well as the most healthful,
lorm of athletics can join a walking
club or get one up consisting of friends
and, if possible, one older person, as
ehapeion and instructor.
Very Popular.
These walking clubs are quite popu
lar In England, and there is no cost
attached to such nn organization. The
chaperon or Instructor should be a per
son of moderate leisure who has time
to study up the points of historic inter
est In the neighborhood. No matter
how new the city or town, there is al
ways some place not far away where
some Interesting event in history oc
curred. (let books on tile subject at
the librar\
The walks should be taken to these
points of interest and the Instructor
A Man Pleased With Himself
Ry Frances L. Garside
i
"And In truth this was Richard s
way; whether glad or sorry, he
must play with his teelin«r« and
dress them up tn fine words and
dandle and make a show of them.*’
-Tabs from Sh’ake«|»-arf
til “ ’
I ' ith a man of twenty-seven.**
writes M. A H He calls on me
and takes me out on an average of
three times a week He is a perfect
gentleman, and does everything in hi
power to make me love him
"Lately he has told me that I am too I
young-looking for him to ever marry
He said that I would be a full-blown
rose w hen he would be a faded one.
He has broken my heart, and 1 don't
know how to act toward him. My love I
is growing stronger and stronger all
the time He still visits with me three 1
times a week, and should he do that if I i
am too young for him? Should he con
tinue his attentions and make me love
him more and more, when he is of the
opinion that I will be a full-blown rose
when he is a faded one. and that there,
fore we should not marry?”
After leading the above letter. It is
hard to believe the writer Is nineteen.
Her absolute faitli in the man, her im
plicit belief that he means what he
says, would indicate an extremely ten
der bud of ten or twelve years.
My dear child, the man is like Rich
ard the Second—he likes to play with
his feelings and dress them up in fine
words, and dandle them, and make a
show of them.
Down in his heart he hasn’t the re
motest notion that he will he a faded
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Exercises.
should know enough to call the atten
tion of the members of the club to bad
carriage, awkward walk or other de
fects. The club should meet once a
week at least for a long walk, and dur
ing the course of the season one or two
tours to distant points should be
planned and carried out on foot, of
-us- when you are full blown. On the
, >W;t-arv -<• = gs sure of the reverse
«>> h«- s r<- f your little heart right
now
Ano tha’ :<■ i ri<- save such foolish
” rr- Heer;- - -menting you. That
the supreme one
' * h-a- -a i • ' > B g a re j oya he
can't •
I am n»rn -ou love him He may
v>e j.,. , . gentleman, but
i even >w-. uper-exoellence will not
■' p tor a • ■ e with a man who
. think* -tu- and much: who has
’' ” ' - notion that knowledge
arc , r . -e.«| on f n verbose
and flower;. .• —< Undoubtedly he
. a! *' - and the practical
-lCe o’ life . ■ ■ hs> ue.oHtly,. SOUI.
My dear irtr every woman In the
world w. •• a- e < the man who wrote
i sonnets to .>» evebro-s fad to support
him jl-.-.a- . j of hanging your
head ike >■ ■„ ■ ■*;,.„,] roa ,. a „ you art .
doing .o. >- . -j. your little head
high Tace - at his word!
It wo.j ; be tragic," you must say t<,
him to find rr . »<-if a full blow n rose
in wars to • om<- w. -iderj to a man who
has become a faded one. I win have no
more of you Mi future mission Is to
find a tender young bud of a man who
will burst into full bloom at the sa me
time I do. Then we tan hang, side by
side, fading and drooping away In hap
py unison, and shedding our petals into
one funereal pile on the green gras
beneath us.”
I am sure that such a reception of
his soulful emotions will cause him t<.
lift his drooping head and decide that ht
Is none too old nor a shade too faded,
to be your mate.
Meet fire with fire. Show this selfish
dreamer that you also have selfish
dreams. He thinks his eight years’ se
niority makes him too old for you; ac
cept his decision and he will at once
j .begin to argue that he is not a day toe
I old.
But whatever you do, my dear, don't
| pine. Youth Is spent largely in wasting
| man) emotions and exaggerating many
others. This man who is content tc
monopolize your best years and seeks to
evade marriage behind a rose-trimmed
hedge of selfishness is not worth one
pang H« is unworthy of a single re
gret.
An Exercise for Broadening the Chest
and Expanding the Lungs.
‘course. These clubs are very popular
in Germany as well as in England,
where a group of young women with a
chaperon, and sometimes a guide for
longer trips, will go on walking tours
lasting from two to six weeks.
Walking clubs should train their
members to the longer feats of endur
ance by slow degrees. On rainy days,
when the members can not take their
outing, they should meet at the home of
the member who has the largest rooms,
ond go through systematic exercises to
strengthen themselves in lungs and
limbs —deep breathing exercises, which
I have frequently given, and foot ex
ercises, of which this is one of the
best:
Stand erect, wearing soft slippers, or,
better still, in stocking feet, raise the
arms above the head, lift the body,
stretching upward, inhale deeply and
raise the body on the toes, keep it rigid,
retain the breath for several seconds,
exhale slowly, lowering the body and
arms. An exercise for broadening the
chest and expanding the lungs: Stand
erect, extend the arms forward, hands
together, throw the chest out, and at
the same time swing the arms back
ward, clapping the arms behind.
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FORGET THE GIRL.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 25 years old, and have a
- country business. I am madly in
love with a girl who is 23. and she
says she loves me better tha’n any
one else, but she will not consent to
marry me and move to the country.
Would you advise me to sell out
and go to the city or try to forget
‘ this dear girl? ANXIOUS.
If she loved you as a woman should
love the man she marries, she would
be willing to go to the ends of the earth
with you.
If you give up a good business chance
to please her now. how do you know
you would not have to make further
material sacrifices to satisfy other
whims?
Tell her the sacrifice it would mean
to you. If she refuses to marry you.
devote yourself to that business. Time
will bring you a sweetheart more sen
sible.
YOU ARE MOST CONCERNED.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am in love with a young man
and he professes to be in love with
me. Several people have remarked
that he Is not in my class and I
should not go out with him. How
ever, I have always found him a
perfect gentleman, and do not think
that I should give him up.
M. U. T.
That is a question for the girl to
decide for herself. Friends are some
times prejudiced against a girl's lover,
and as often they take his part with as
little reason. They are such an uncer
tain and unstable factor that it is im
possible to advise one to heed or ignore
them, unless one knows the full cir
cumstances. Whatever you do, do with
deliberation. And remember always
that if these objectors are your friends
they are concerned for your interests.
THE DANGER OF DRIFTING.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a girl now past nineteen and
am slightly inclined to matrimony.
I have had a number of young men
call upon me, but it seems to me
I seem too shy to accept any one
of them, although they all seem to
be very nice and manly young men.
I am going out with one of the
young men for companionship only.
1 am getting of the opinion that
he thinks I am really in earnest,
but I wish to state that I am not
for him, as he thinks, and I don't
like to tell him to stay awav.
ANNA.
My dear, don’t you realize that if
your present attitude of indecision eon-
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By Beatrice Fairfax
tlnues you will drift into an engage
ment with a man you don't love?
You need not tell him to stay away.
Refuse an invitation or two; be absent
when he calls, or plead a previous en
gagement. There are a. score of ways
in which a girl can let a man know she
doesn't care for him seriously, and it is
only just to him to let him know before
it is too late.
PLAINLY SHE IS FICKLE.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young man of twenty and
have kept company with a girl one
year my junior for two years. I
was engaged to marry her and I
loved her dearly, and she told me
that she loved me just as piueh.
We went out one night. The next
time we mot she did not notice me,
and has not since. I see her often
and have written for an explana
tion, but she has never answered
me. W. J. O.
If fcer action is based on rumors to
your discredit, she is not treating you
fairly by not giving you a chance to
explain.
If her coldness means she is tired
of you. you only add to her displeasure
by persisting in your attentions. Don't
write: don't call. If she cares for you,
she will take the next step. You have
done all you can do until she explains.
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