Newspaper Page Text
THE GEO I^QUAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE
“The Gates of Silence”
7?t Meta Simmtns, Author of “Hushed Up"
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
With a little sound that was almost
animal in its satisfaction. Rimlngton had
gone over to the tire that roared up the
great open chimnej a fragrant tire of
peat-stacks and driftwood. The play of
Its blue and violet flames fascinated him.
as though he were a child He held out
his dead hands to their glow, and felt
his eyelids smart with the moisture the
pain of their returning life brought to his
•yes
Only One Thought.
It almost seemed as though the sight
of the fire- the glow of warmth that
wrapped about him in the air of the * om
fortable kitchen had banished for the
Instant all other thoughts from his mind
He hardly seemed aware of the girl as
she moved swiftly about the kitchen, set
ting out meat and a loaf all the food
that the larder could afford on the table
behind him As for her. it was plain that
she kept her eyes averted from the figure
of shame at the fire As she went about
her task her lips were forming words. It
Isn’t possible It isn't possible: ’ The
tears ran down her cheeks and she was
not aware of them
“Betty!” She turned to see the man
beside her looking at her with thoae eyes
so familiar and yet so strange eyes that
held an odd. half - furtive, half-ashamed
look a look that seemed to pierce through
the stupor that for the last few seconds
had held her. for. with a broken cry. she
put out her hands
“Oh. my dear, my dear’ Oh. my bitter
ly wronged .lack! I never knew or guessed
what the truth was with a self-con
temptuous gesture that comprehended all
of the cozy kitchen, with the glory of fire
light playing on copper and crockery, the
coarse, white-covered table, and the
rough, plentiful food "And I came here
with your aunt —to live your life, .lack; to
walk step by step with you in your
agony. Oh, the irony of It!”
Rlmlngton made a movement as though
to take her in his arms, then shrinking)'
drew back It was a movement that
spoke more eloquently than words, and
the girl answered it by another Tn a
moment she was against his breast, her
face upturned to his. her lips seeking his
The fire-glow on her face showed the '
man the love-light in her eyes that he
had often dreamed of. and never, even ip i
dreams, had hoped to see. Then, as- I
quickly, she drew away from him.
“Selfish woman that I am to satisfy
my own hunger first when you are starv
ing’
She drew* him to the big. old fashioned
settee beside the fire, waiting on him as
she w<»uld have waited upon a child, cut
ting up fond, choosing dainty portions. I
mindful of the danger of the long, cruel I
fast hat he was breaking, talking to him I
all the while in a low voice as she might
have spoken to a child, wrapping him
about with the glow of her love, so that
to this man, who for months past had
not heard the sound of a woman's voice,
this low-ceilinged kitchen was trans
formed into the threshold of paradise
He refused to drink, though she urged
him to take a little spirits and water
for its medicinal sake
“No; I shall need all the few wits that i
are left me. darling.” he told her “For :
I am only the veriest bird of passage here .
Has the cottage been searched yet?”
“No.” The girl looked at him with
troubled eyes “I don’t understand. We !
had not even heard that you had es
caped.”
Her frightened senses leaped to the
thought of a trap, and she read a con
firmation of her fears in the man's eyes
“That means they’ve been waiting for
me to make for the cottage.” Rlmlngton
said. In his roughened voice, that seemed
to have grown rusty through long dis
service. "I mustn't stay a minute. Nd,
no, darßng—for your own sake, as well as
mine Wherever I am taken and it
seems inevitable that I will be taken
ft must not be here Where is my
aunt?”
“She Is In her room. Jack.” Betty said.
•’No. if you must go, best not wake her
She is a little strange a little worried
She ought never to have come But about
your clothes, .lack If I had only thought
of it. If I had only guessed, we ought to
have had a change for you here ”
“Rut how could you guess’”
For a moment he took her in his arms,
laid his face against her cheek Then,
with a little cry. she started apart from
him
“What's that?” she said, in a sharp
whisper.
Rlmlngton stood rigid. listening To
him the silence seemed unbroken save
for the loud ticking of a white-faced
clock on the mantelpiece. It brought back
tn him ugly memories of another mo
ment of tension when he had stood wait
ing while about him the air vibrated with
the voices of many clocks, and once again
he had a feeling of silence Itself ts a
tangible thing that, like himself, watched
and malted
The girl tip-toed to the door and bent
her head against It The long, sough
ing breath of the wind through Its ill
hung hinges, was the only sound she
II ■' —MM*——————————Ml
. mm!? jn nst
-e ~k' - < ■ '..■ i '.. - . ...■ _
Get the Original-Genuine
Pure full-cream milk and the ex- *E
x«r;c_*<j<1 otract of selected malted grain, |
reduced to powder form.
Delicious, Invigorating |
i Nourishing |
Best Food-drink for all ages.
1 u P er, ' or to coffee, oocoa. £
K . W*» X Ask tor Horlick's at all Fountains. X
» < A quick lunch digested by the weakest
v / stomach; prepared in a moment by S
AND ThAV'Uf briskly stirring the powder in hot or cold
b water. Keep at home or when traveling. 2
. Ask for HORLICK’S I
Ek Others Are Imitations |
— -z •mniiiiiiimiiiHimiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir;
heard, and yet before she could almost
have sworn she had heard the peculiar
crush of the cinder path about the house
as under a cautious, light-stepping foot. J
“If I had a coat/' he said, anything
’hat would hide this ” And as he spoke,
quietly and unexpectedly the door of the
inner room opened and Mrs Rlmlngton
came In.
She gave no outcry at th** sight of Jack, ;
only her white face flushed faintly, a
flush that died, leaving it deathlv pale.
On the Scent.
“It’s you!” she said, under her breath.
"It came to me as Hslept that you would J
come tonight ’”
To Rlmlngton in the old days she had
always seemed strange and unearthly,
this woman Tonight there was that In (
her look and manner that seemed to lift ]
her altogether above the plane of ordi
nary things Her eyes regarded Riming- 1
ton with a fanatical Igiht. He did not '
wonder now that Betty had tailed her
strange.
“I’m just going, he said “Betty will <
explain—they are probably only waiting (
to run me to earth here I can’t wait ”
“Nor can you go in those clothes,” Mrs ,
Rimlngton said, quietly. “Go into my
roorn. there are clothes there your tin
ch- s clothes ”
“Oh, quick, Jack, quick'” Betty said,
seeing that he hesitated. “I’m frightened. *
Fear lies In yvalt behind every boulder *
on the moor tonight.”
She pushed him Into the Inner room,
and almost immediately Mrs Rlmlngton
came out and closed the door
The women looked at each other in si
lence Then Mrs. Rlmlngton withdrew
her gave to the firer
The wind was rising or was it the
wind’’ It seemed to the waiting girl
that the air was full of whispering voices.
Outside a tendril of the creeper, loosened
by the wind, tapped at the pane; the in
termittent noise came sullenly to them
through the intervening shutter.
“Betty!" The door of the Inner room
had opened, and Rimlngton came out.
The women, turning, saw that he was
still in Ids convict garb He silence*]
their surprise by a lifted hand "Betty,
itls too late. I hear them. They must
have tracked me here. They’re sur
rounding the hhuse ”
lie could say no more He caught
her in Ids arms and drew her toward him.
| holding her dose in a long, silent em-
• brace.
"Jack \ou mustn't go there's a hiding i
place here They dare not ”
He silenced her b\ a passionate kiss on i
the lips
<>n the bolted door came the sound of I
a heavy knock
".luck Jaciy"
Belly Lumsden's face was white and I
her lips trembled; only her eyes wore
j bright and steadfast, the eyes of one
| whose courage knows no surrender
After that moment of passionate strain
ing of her to himself, Rimlngton strove
to put the girl' from him. but she clung
to him with a desperation that gave her
strange strength, her body a dead weight
against his own
“Dear, yon must let me go. Betty,
we’ve got to face this, and resistance
will make things worse. I*et me go.” he ,
whispered, almost roughly. Her clinging |
i arms about him seemed to intensify hor- I
■ ribly the trapped sensation that envelope*] 1
: him They were like the clinging llga
j ments of the weeds that drag the fool-
• hardy swimmer dwon and down into the
! treacherous pool
| “No. no. You mustn’t let yourself be
I seen. There is a hiding place in my
room ”
Now he hardly heard her whispered
words His ears were strained to catch
the sounds from without. For a moment
silence Then the knocking continued,
lie could hear the tramping of feet and
angry hands at work on the casement
window The door shook Rtoutly-built
and barred as it was. going back to the
days when Bllmouth Jail and its inhabi
tants were a menace to the moor dwell
ers yet It was not to be thought that
it could offer many minutes' opposition to
the determined men without Rimlngton
experienced a shrinking cowardice bred
of those long months in prison, from the
thought of those men who. when the door
gave, would rush in, their blood heated
by resistance
The knocking at the door continued
“Open In the name of the law! We are
in search of John Rlmlngton, a convict
escaped from Bilmouth Jail, and have
reason to know that he Is here!’’
Against his will, Rimlngton felt him
self driven back against the door of the
inner room It was all the matter of a
breathing space: before the loud voice of
the besieging officer had died on the wait
ing silence of the room he found himself
in the bare little < ell-like room that was
Betty's bed chamber, and heard her
frenzied whisper telling him of the hid
ing place her wit had remembered
Then he was alone, and he heard her
clear voice In the kitchen answering the
inquiries without, speaking reasoningly to
Mrs. Rimlngton. who all this time had
uttered no sound, made no movement,
but tood like a figure carved out of
black stone, 100 l Ing down Into the heart
of the fire with bright, enigmatic eyes
To Be Continued in Next Issue.
The Making of a Pretty Girl *
Hou- to Prevent and Fight Wrinkles
By Margaret Hubbard Ayer '
EVERY woman gets worried when
the first wrinkle makes its ap
pearance. She may be quite he
roic about it. and say that she likes
lines In the face because they give so j
much character to the appearance, and
ail that. Rut you and 1 know that she
has had an awful tight with herself be
fore she comes out with that beautiful
fairy tale about character. It's the
same fight that will be repeated again
when a little tuft of gray hairs can no
longer be covered up from view.
I here are all kinds of wrinkle*, some
of them really do denote character, and
they often appear on the face of the
girl of twenty just between her brows
as n sign of thoughtful concentration.
That kind of a girl never knows she
has them for years to come, for she Is
not the kind of girl who looks very
closely at the mirror.
F'very wrinkle in the face is formed
from muscular contraction and is an
indication of temperament and the
habitual expression of the individual.
Every' wrinkle tells its special story
and there are many of them that speak
of fine and beautiful attributes
The girl with the norizontal lines
across her forehead tries hard to do
right and is over-conscientious. Short
lines at the corners of ihe mouth run
ning upward appear in the face of the
woman who has borne her sorrows
cheerfully and who has been helped by
faith and a resigned spirit.
I.ines around the eyes, when they
point upward, tell the story of a mirth
ful, happy disposition, just as those
that droop the other way tell of concen
trated effort w hen accompanied by' deep
lines in the brow.
You can easily tell the woman who
loves to gossip by the drooping lines of
the mouth, and If she is a great talker
there will be lines near the lower cheek
w'hlch run down under the chin.
A forehead that Is criss-crossed by
many little lines in the middle of the
brow show s that small frets'and w or
ries take up much of that person's time.
What No Woman Likes.
No matter what the lines indicate, no
I woman likes to see a wrinkle In her
| face, and I have heard tell that men are
j not exactly crazy about them, either.
Probably y pti have noticed that the
average man's face doesn't wrinkle as
quickly as a woman's does: that is be
cause the man who shaves gives his
face a daily massage treatment,
which stimulates the circulation and
keeps wrinkles away, while tjje woman
does nothing but bathe her face in a
half-hearted way. or treat it witheream
when she happens to tliink about it.
Friction will keep the face free of
j wrinkles better than anything else, and
j will eradicate Ihe first hairline wrln-
I kies when they come.
The woman who knows she has a
tendency to frown all the time may
possibly need eyeglasses, for eye strain
of any kind is bound to create wrin
kles around the eyes. If the eyes are
not strained, she should make a deter
mined effort to break her habit of
frowning, and she will aid In the work
by wearing a little piece of court plas
ter over her brow whenever she can
conveniently do so.
Get the stiff kind of court plaster.
@ Beyond All Explaining ©
Py Beatrice Fairfax
“A woman's heart is a very queer
thing; on the whole. It falls in love
in the most unaccountable wav with
the most unaccountable man.”—J.
G. Holland.
JACK writes the following letter:
"I am eighteen and am keeping
company with a girl the same age. 1
don't care much about her, but she
loves me. I am keeping company with
other girls but as she cares so much
for me 1 feel sorry for her and don’t
know what to do."
Her heart seems to have fallen in
love in the most unaccountable way
with the most unaccountable man. If
she were asked to give an explanation
of that love she couldn't give it.
He says he doesn't care much for her.
In the same breath he says he is keep
ing company with her
The element of gratitude enters into
the love of women in a greater degree
than any woman will admit. In her
deep humility she Is pleased that any
lord of creation should deign to look
upon her. a humility that is greatlj en
couraged by the lord of creation.
She gets an exalted idea of a young
man's intelligence, his ability and su
pei iority.
In tike proportion she exaggerates her
ow n unworthiness Naturally, to make
a great idol of him, she must make a
more insignificant worshiper of herself.
If he put her on the pedestal in the
first days A hen he was attracted by
het, she soon climbs down tn the hu
mility of her love and puts him there.
He thinks it is his rightful place
Ho has no qualms about his rights to
the perch to which her love has ex
alted him
He gets so iccustomed to ihe incensx
she burns at his shrine that it no
longer has any existence in his
thoughts, and ht begins to sniff a lord
-I.x nose to get whiffs from the incense
' other girls are burning
Gives Him Pedestal
Having mad humility het first blun
det she adds the second one of show-
, ng him t hut she C A RES
With jealous ex e she notes that lord
ly nose of bls m ex Idem enjoyment of
I flu scent arising fioin incense burned
<>x i>tliv> women Then. Instead of rix
|" g tiom hri km e- and walking scorn
—A I
r .---"*** \\
JI
/ . >\
1 /
Ik /
' ! /
■
A pretty face shows no disfiguring wrinkles.
and if this is not possible sew a small
piece of court plaster or stick it on to a
piece of cardboard, gluing the cardboard
to the back of the plaster, not to the
sticky side. Stretch thes kin over the
wrinkle with the fingers so that it is
perfectly smooth, paste on your plas
ter, which should hold the skin stretch
ed. This treatment is only a reminder
to stop frowning. It can also be used
at the side of the eyes to keep crows
feet away. .
Where there are many wrinkles on
the brow stretch the skin smooth and
paste adhesive plaster over it. and keep
it on all night if possible. Adhesive
plaster may also be used over the
wrinkles from nose to mouth. Before
taking the plaster off wet it thoroughly
with very warm water, or steam it, and
It will come off easily.
The Treatment.
Where there are many very fine lines,
a good thlnpr to do is to treat wrinkles
in thef oilowing: manner:
fully away, she bows her head to the
ground at his feet and wails.
“She cares so much for me.” writes
•lack, "that I am sorry for her.”
If she were a wise little maid, she
would have kept .lack guessing that she
cared for him at all. and then he would
• have been sorry for himself.
1 She would have kept him on his
■ knees, an attitude that is good for the
i soul and salvation of any man.
She would have remained on her ped
estal. taking care that her eyes always
looked over her lover s head, as if seek
ing a greater man than he can ever
1 hope to be.
Should Have Kept Him There.
By refusing to confess her own Jove
1 she would have retained his.
But now that she has lost his love I
question if she has lost as valuable a
possession a« ".lack" thinks.
A tickle and half-hearted lover means
1 a more tickle husband who is heartless.
Old-fashioned women have away of
giving comfort to a girl in such an un
happy plight that is not without a sane
• foundation. They tell her it Is better to
find out a man during the courtship
than to make that discovery after mar-
: riage.
If "Jack" will tell this girl what he
has told me: That though he has been
going with her steadily, and thereby
' fostering her love for him, he cares
1 nothing for her.
If he xx ill tell her this. I am sure she
' will be glad she has been given such a
’ fortunate escape.
Love like "Jack's" love isn't worth a
. sigh
Up-to-Date Jokes
11—
■J >ou re rather a young man to he
left in charge of tin apothecary's shop,"
said the fussy old gentleman Have
I you any diploma""
" by—er—no. air," replied the shop.
I man. but we have a preparation of
our own that's just as good."
Mrs N'oopop <’harlie. what do vou
I think Dad a Just sent us a »100 check
for our nrxx baby ' Wasn't that good
i of him"
Mr N'oopop—l should say so' 111
write ~n. e and thank hint for his
I contribution to the fr.eh heir fund.
First. bathe the face very thoroughly,
then cover it with cream and massage
quickly, using the tapping movement—
that is to say. slap your face in very
gentle, quick taps. Rub the cream al!
off with a damp cloth, dry the face and
apply a mixture made of equal parts
xvhite of egg and cologne spirits. Put
it on the face quite thick and let it
remain on for half an hour; then wash
off with warm water, massage again
quickly and finish off with a bath of
very cold water.
Many lines are formed in the face
simply because it is allowed to droop;
that is because the spirit behind it is
not buoyant, brave and cheerful. And
many wrinkles can never be taken out
at all, even with the most heroic treat
ment, unless the spirit changes, and the |
individual resolves that life is not as
doleful and miserable an experience as
she appears to think it.
The mouth that droops, for instance,
will droop right on. though the most
expensive wrinkle eradicator is used
upon It. But without resorting to any
treatment at all, you can make the cor
ners of your mouth turn up by willing
them to do so, and by taking a more
cheerful and optimistic point of view.
Very frequently wrinkles are the re-
• suit of ill health and a run-down con
dition of the system and anaemia. This
s is especially so of girls between IS and
25. who should not have any wrinkles
■ at all under ordinary circumstances. It
■ is useless to apply wrinkle foods unless
I you are going to build up the body,
give It good food, exercise and plenty
< of fresh air.
“ The skin of the woman who does not
get plenty of good air wrinkles quickly
and at an early age. Women who sleep
• in badly ventilated rooms shoxx’ the ef
fect in a dead, lusterless skin, of in
flexible quality, which lines very easily.
Many unpleasant wrinkles are due
simply to tricks and mannerisms, for
grown-ups make faces just as children
do. Headaches also cause wrinkles, and
; naturally the cause of these wrinkles
must oe removed before anything is
done to the skin itself.
FRECKLES
I
I
Don’t Hide Them With a.Veil; Remove
Them With the New Drug.
' An eminent skin specialist recently
discovered a new drug, othine —double
1 strength—which is so uniformly suc
cessful in removing freckles and giv
ing a cleai. beautiful complexion that
it is sold by Jacobs’ Pharmacy under
an absolute guarantee to refund the
money if it fails.
i Don't hide your freckles under a veil,
get an ounce of othine and remove
them. Even the first night's use will
' shoxx a wonderful Improvement, some
of the lighter freckles vanishing en
tirely, It is absolutely harmless, and
can not injure the most tender skin
Be sure to ask Jacobs' Pharmacy for
the double strength othine. It is this i
; that is sold on the money back guaran. i
j tee.
TETTERINE CURES ECZEMA
Haynesville. Ala . April 26, ISOS.
; J T Shuptrlne. Savannah. Ga.
Pear Sir: Please send me another box
of your I'etterine. I got a box about
three weeks ago for mv wife's arm. She
has eczema from wrist to elbow and that
I box I got has nearly cured it. and she
I thinks one box more will cure her arm
well 1 haxe tried everything I could get
I hoki of and nothing did anx- good
Yours truly, r ItYALS
i Soc alt druggists or by mall from marv.i-
I faeturer The Shuptrlne Company Sa
i vannali, Ga •••
The Manicure Lady s
By William F. Kirk
fellow that just went out
was a swell fellow." said the
Manicure Lady. "Did you no
tice him. George?”
"Not particularly," said the Head
Barber, “except that he was big and
husky enough to look like a white hope.
Why?"
”1 want to tell you about that chap,"
sard the Manicure Lady. "He is the
first real gentleman that has been In
here this week, and about the third or
I fourth gentleman I have met since
goodness knows when.
"I w'ish there was more men like him
in the world, George. H"e told me all
about himself in a quiet sort of way
w’hen he sat down. I seen from the
bashful way l.e acted that he wasn’t
used to having his nails did. It seems
he is a iron w orker, and has saved up a
thousand dollars. He is going to be
married today, and he told me that he
had never had his hands fixed up by
anybody except himself and some soap
and hot water. He said that the girl
he Is going to marry has the most soft
and beautiful w'hlte hands he ever saw,
and he explained to me the best he
could that he wanted to have his hands
look at least half way good when the
preacher was doing his duty.
“I guess I am a good deal of a demo
crat, George, but I certainly liked the
way that man sat there, with his big
strong paws full of little scars from
the kind of work he did. I have held a
I lot of hands since I broke into this
| profession, and the most of them
I weren’t kind of hands I w ould like to
' hold courting on a sofa. This chap's
' hands could have broken mine in two
I with a single twist, but he was as
gentle as a kid, and he never said a
word to me that he wouldn’t have said
to his sister. If there was more men
like that getting their nails did. the
manicure girls would be more happy.”
"Did he tip you?" asked the cynical
Head Barber.
"He certainly did, George," said the
Manicure Lady, "and he was a perfect
dear, too. the way he went about it.
| When I was all through he asked me
how much, and I told him 50 cents, and
he gave me a dollar note. Then he
Nadine Face Powder
(In Green Boxes Only. )
Makes the Complexion Beautiful
ant * Yelvety
r \ * s f >ure ’
\ Harmless
AZ I Mom- Rack if A’ol
i Entirely Pleated, i
I
i The solt ’ velvety
-mW' ) appearance re-
I > ■ / mains until pow-
\ / der is washed off.
Purified by a new
process. Prevents
sunburn and return of discolorations.
The increasing popularity is wonderful.
White, Flesh, Pink, Brunette. By
! toilet counters or mail. Price 50 cents.
NATIONAL TOILET COMPANY Parit. Tern*
I
Avail yourself of
f° rts in traveling by using
the
I Jfcy NewYork&ntral Lines
,t F° u ' — e Water-Level Route”
New York, Boston
“-yW N’ a # ara Falls, Buffalo, Rochester,
n Syracuse,Utica, Albany,Worcester
and other points East
■ I Five fast through trains daily,
■“ I includin S the
L'T | 20th Century Limited
lit ■
' Eg Leaves Arrives Arrives
W Cincinnati New York Boston
3:00 p.m. 9:25a.m. 11:50a.m.
Other Good Trains
Urfflilllflllllllk «||l|l|lmmiillNHk _ Leave Arrive Arrive
■ Cincinnati New York Boston
ii its
II Trains from the South make
good connections in same
• depot with these trains.
Ask US for a copy ° ur “ Guide to
r' ■ New 1; ork City." It contains valuable
r I HgOif and interesting information about the
I : Metropolis -sent free on request
Ifo'Tfll Full particulars regarding thin
■KralS service and any assistance in _
planning your trip will he
JBrarejffi; gladlv tarnished on applied
Esmith
Atlanta,
— IT i C-T
D(1, WQOLLErs samarium
fiftS OPIUM and WHISKY
~. “w ar, nr»hi. »ho«i the,, dlfc
MT relation -.uiOdaXl,; A booir’on , ri' t ’ 11 xu th * lr >am —■ Coa "
I woou.rr a eSt i/aIAUu *
said, 'J hope you won’t be offended if
I ask you to keep the change. This is
my wedding day ano I'm celebrating.'
Can you beat that, George, for New
York? He tipped me and hoped I
wouldn’t be offended!"
“He looked like a regular guy all
right,” said the Head Barber. "Them
iron workers is mostly pretty tough cit
izens in a fight, but that kind of men is
always good to women.”
“I know it,” replied the Manicure
Lady:. "It must take a aw'ful brave
man to stand two hundred feet up in
the air balanced on a steel beam.”
"You bet." said the Hear Barber, "but
if he is going to be married he will be
farther up in the air than he ever was
in his working .hours”
Do You Know—
v-
More than a million tiny globules of
fat are contained in a drop of milk.
Today the population of San Fran
cisco is half a million; in 1858 it was
40,000.
Billingsgate Market. London, has In
one year received nearly 200.000 tons of
fish, about one-third of which arrived
by water.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Low Summer
Excursion Rates
CINCINNATI, $19,50
LOUISVILLE, SIB.OO
CHICAGO, - $30.00
KNOXVILLE - $7,90
Tickets on Sale Daily, Good
to October 31st, Returning
City Ticket Office,4 Peachtree