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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .. A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes won FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1920.
' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN'S MAGAZINE AND FICTION PAGE .
LETTERS OF ELLA WHEELER WILCOX ON LIFEBEYOND THE GRAVE
“Two Lovely Cultured Sist
~ Equipped With Mental Wireless
_Cquipped Vvith Ve reless
~ Produce Unusual Ph ¥
: —Ella W heeler Wilcox.
(Fhe following hitherto unpublished letters from America’s greatest
poetess to her favorite brother, Marews P. Wheecler, Windsor, Wis., a Ciwil
Wer veteram, comstitute a remarkable huwman document. At ome and the
*ame lime they get torth what she helieved her certain knowledge of the
life hereafter. based upon communications from her husband, Robert M.
Wilcor, who died in 1916, and also very intevesting gidelights on the daily
lite and views of this writer, whose name 19 known to every one who redads.
Ulese letters will be printed in daily installments.)
1756 Widtorny Place,
Hollywood, Calif.,
March SL. 1917
Y Dear Marcus: Please deo
M not think that I am trying
in the least to proselyte you
when I send you occult ‘magazines
with the others. [ shouldn’'t
of beginning yqur education
hflnt line so late in life. That
] have to wait until you come
again. Never having had any but
the most superficial reading and
ne experiences in that line, your
views of the matter are quite nag
ural
But baving myself come in touch
with suei great minds, great souls
and great personal experiences, and
baving ‘given more - thought and
study io this ape subject than any
otfer ‘o@®. Tor thirty years. I ot
dourse accept My own views as
truer thdn your own. My Robert
both saw and heard on supernor
mal planes. He was a wonderful
man sane, wholesome, practical.
Yet he certainly had these expe
riences, and so do many of my oth
er friends.
In all my researches, I had last
evening the most interesting expe
risnce £f #hy life. There are two
very lovely cultured sisters here,
30 are mentally equipped with
wireless apparatus which en-~
ables them to see and hedar and
produce most unusual phenomena.
They do this only for themselves
pnd friends, never for money. There
wes no passibility for fake or fraud
ahd what happened, as [ said be
foge, was thajmest satisfying of all
my experiments. " The Theosophical
< 1
Soeiety, which is intent on expos
ing fakes, and sifting the wheat
from the chaff, is going to plan an
evening with these interesting sise
ters before long.
You are mistaken in saying that
Sir Otiver Lodge said he didn't
know, that he only believed. He
has said q{ite otherwise; in beth
of his DPooks, “The Survival of
T":u"’am"
used te bhe quite puzzied over
l the cloches question in apparitions.
Advanced study has made the thing
quite clear to me. Everything in
the universe comes from one souree
-~planets and people, and all that
is in them, and of them, are chem
feal. When they disintegrate they
all go back into ether. Man has
several bodies and each goes to its
chemical place on dissolution’ All
of them can be reformed and ma
terfalized under certain conditions.
In the ratory, the scientists
ke } of iee.and dissoive it
inte s ar. Yapor. Then by
; they fPeeze it baeck
nto i in, Although it has
’-MMU: the vision for a
time, it reappears ar their will. To
the cave man that weuld have
seemed ‘& miracie
The bedy that belongs to each
plane we leave in Its proper ¢hhere
en our Path to the hi?ner place,
where are epitits of light.
for asbn we. evér want to
appear in any of those bßodics we
ea don them temporarily, just as
\'whn t g 9 out to the bungalow [
tind WMy ¢ld hathing suit and put
it on again for a swim. This is
why 30 thany ordered apparitions
are described by those who have
seen. Robert saw a little lady In
& gray Quaker bonnet a 3 aumber
of times while we were in our
Meriden house. Once in our sea-
Shore house in broad daylght in
the early marming a little boy,
which he believed to he ours, came
and stoed by the side of our Ded.
' Business of Homemaking
By Mrs. Christine Frederick.
VENTILATION OF HOME AND
Hie "KITCHEN. ¢
T geems o paradox that pubiie
¢ | buiidings’ and other Institu
tiong are so much Detter
equipped than the homes which
support them. [n muny Points ot
hesting plumbing and flre protec
tion the publie building s much
mare progressive and prutected
than the mdividual house.
This point sovms nowhere truer
than pegarding preper ventilation.
The u.u_&‘;huo& Buildings are
b&ufl alled with. systems
w capey off waste guses near
the top of the room. Improved
office buildings are titted with win
dow ventilutors, which do much to
kewp the Pooms at an even tem
pemnture. sMotei kitchens have their
ranges 8“1 with adequate houods
for off Mitchen odors, but
hou oole. cin suffer with a
inT 1 gghody raises
a finger i - m proved that
" % ‘hesting dystem Works better
"g. thers 3 4 ‘sontinual ade
o amount of fresh aly present
in' the rooms
.« B we can afford it 4t the time
off Bouse conmtruction, there are
b osra! svstoems wWhich casn be per
—
A vgf,mted man here, Carl
Bronson, a musical composer, was
snapped by a common kodak by a
girl in his choir while at a pienie.
When it was developed he was
surrounded by a number of faces
and forms, all but one of those
people who had passed beyond the
veil. He promised me a copy of
the pieture which I am to have
soon. It was reproduced in a news
paper, and made a great sensation,
and he was sternly rebuked by the
eiders of the church—the “Joses,”
who, “apt with plummet and rue,
deem whoever surpassed them eith
er a knave or a fool.” * g
(*Quotation from Harry Kemp's
poem, “Joses, Brother of Jesus.'™)
I had the pleasant surprise of a
call yesterday afterneon from Cous
in Warren and Justine. An old
pupil of his, from Black River Malls,
is spending the winter here, and ‘
he and his wife had our ceusing
out for a drive and bromght them {
here. Everybody rmrked War- |
ren’s resemblance to President l
Wilson, only he is a much hand
somer man. [ thought he was look
w his years for the first time,
however, yesterday. ;I am to spend
the third week end’ in April with
them.
We give up this house on the lst
of May, and Addia and Ethel go
on to Lincoln, Nebr., to visit Rob
ert's Druther-in-law and daughter,
Harry gues up to his ranechs and I
g 0 to Arrowhead Springs o, take
some mineral baths for two weeks.
Wutheznt%ywlm.
Eastepicking up Mrs. Wikox and
Ethel on the way.
Ethel and [ have reached the
last stage of “efficieney” in eques
trienneism. We are now using the
Engiish saddle, which is very much
aymb st pum ‘wms Fnsod B W
like riding with a blanket and stir
raps. If war comes and women |
are called to fill men’'s places at
home, as they are in Europe, Eth- |
el and I will be prepared to aet
as mountad ce. 5
No, I dan’t & ink it is the same
thing to eat an eg? as a chicken.
That which has family lfe and af
fections [ do not like to destroy and {
feed my body on the carcasses.
The hen loves her chickens and
fowls become attached to people
who care for them. The same 1
with animals. It is not so with |
fish, nor with eggs. Though I have '
seldom toached meat for years, I
have until recently eaten chicken.
One day this sumpower, while a
friend went into the market [ saw |
100 fowls crowded into a space not |
lagge - enou; 1 20, walting |
siaughter. [‘!—lfid T was aiding !
and abetting this barbarous cruelty,
and I haven't been able to eat
chicken since. o]
One of the most brilliant and re- |
bust men [ ever met, 37 vears old, |
has never in his life tasted meat, i
sow! or'fish, coffee or alecheol. I |
have dozems of vegetarian friends, |
who are all fine looking, and full |
of vital power. After @ cemtury or |
two meat cating” will Be placed 2
alongside of cannibalism—at least
so [ think. I am trying to find |
out if [ can conveniéntly stop off |
amd see Sarah on my way RFast, |
Don't mention it to her, however.
tilk I am sure gbout it ;
“WFaithfully |
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX |
Copyright. 1980, King Pesture Symdlcate. |
(Cantinued Tamorrow.) |
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rv letters will appear anly
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" manently installed which insure
continuous removal of carbon digx
ide and waste products and con
tinuous renewnl of the oxygen sup- |
plyt, If thik is net gossible, we can |
fit ‘the windows with one of the |
maay types of smmil window ven
tilators manufactured now.
Ore of the new model ventilutors
conmists of an adjustable glass nane
which comes attached to a small |
metal strip. This is fustend on |
both sides of the window and ex- ;
tends about ¥ inches above the will, |
If it is desired to haye only a sgpall |
current of ale, the ma&a i
to the height of the ventilater. and |
the glass pane of the . ventilator |
moved forward one notch. If more
alr s dewirnd, the pane can be
pushed forward farther. The ad- |
vantage of this particular type of |
ventilator over some of the oider |
models s that it permits regulat
ing of the tempernturs and the in
flux of as m@ & supply
of cold a L
For kitahen there is a 4 wide
variety of hoods and ventfiators
possibie in the kitchen flue. An
electric fan ecan also be attached
to the fMue. and in this way re i
move conking odecrs. Thers is no !
ek of means and devices k
(Copyright, 19,0, Whesier Syndicacs, loe)
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little bit simple n sweet—“Kets.” Later I'll show yvou a pair of “Cats”—aristo
. crats—real felines. v, . # 4 —-t Nell Brinkley.
API Faa.Y &3 &
By Cynthia Stockley.
Author of “Blue Alces.” “The Leop
ard,” and many short stories of
unusual charm and cleverness.
66 OU hadsbetter come yp the
Y lands with me this*febm s
ing and plant trees” she
said. That was Clive's cure for ills
the valleys and down the sides of
of the body and soul—to plant trees
that would grow up and benefit
Africa loeng after the planters were
dead and forgotten. No one ever
left Ho-la-le-la without having
had a dose of this medicine, and
many an incipient forest lay along
the calleys and down the sides of
the Qua-Qua. So behold April, an
hour or two later. faring forth
with a pick and a basketful eof
saplings, followed by Clive leading
the Kerry cow, who was sick and
needed exercise.
LUNCH IN THE OPEN.
They lunched in the open, rest
ing from their labers and savoring
the sweetness of food earned by
phvsical labor. Care was stuffed
out of sight; dremms and ghosts
faded in the clear. sun-beaten air,
and again April realized what life
could mean in this wonderful land,
given the right companionship and
a clean heart.
Later they wended their way
back, full es the happy weariness
engendered by homest teil But
nearing home, Clive lifted her nose,
and sniffing the breeze lke 4 wild
ass of the desert sensing unfamil
iar things. scowled Dbitterly.
“Petrol!” she ejaculated. “One of
those stinking motor cars! Why
can't people use heorses like gen
tlemen? What's the matter with a
nice mule, even?®™
As they sioughed warily areund
the house and came in view of the
stoop she emitted & stacento whis
tle of dismay. Tethered out upon
the vagabondish grass was--not
one motor car, bur three! Aa opu
lent thing of blinking brass and
erimson leather arrogated to itseif
the exclusive shade of the lurgest
tree; & long, gray torpedo affuir
of two seats oeccupied the pastnr
age of the Kerry cow, and billster
ing in the sunshine, with several
fowls perched upen it, was an an
aient Ford, wearing the roistering
alr of a sealawag come home for
good.
“That okl boch-ma-keer-le bird
knew something.’ muttersd the
painter. “T don't like the ok of
this.”
They paused to ke counsel of
each other, then presently ad
vanced, Clive approaching der own
front door with the stealthy glide
of a pickpocket, April tip-tosing
behind her. The idew was to get
indoory without being seen, lsten
in the hall te discover whether the
visitors were agreeable ones, and
i? not to takes refugs in the kitchen
until they had departed. Unfor
tunately one of them came out of
the front door to shake his pipe
on the stoop as Clive and April
renched the steps
SARLE ARRIVES,
“Why. it's old Kerry Sarie!"”
eried Clive heartily, and stesith fall
Watch for This Siory
In Moving Pictlures
o AP]JL FOLLY," scon to be seen in leading motion pie
ture theaters, is a Cosmopolitan production, released
through Famous Players-Lasky Corporation as 3 Paramount-
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by Adrian Johnson. _
from her. She beamed with hap
piness and shook his hand unceas
ingly, pouring forth questions like
‘Water. B e
“When did you get back? Why
didn’t you come before? What
did you bring a crowd for? Whe
have you got with you™
“Only Kenna. The crowd does
not belong to me. They've come to
buy pictures or something and are
in your studio. I haven't seen
them. We are in the dining room.”
His speech was disjointed and
halting—his amazed gaze fixed
upon the girl standing thunder
struck at the foot of the steps.
Clive forged on Into the house with
a gloomy eye; she hated to sall
pictares, even when she needed the
Married Strangers
By Frances Duvall
THE ISSUE IS FORCED.
E house party came off ac
cording to schedule in spite of
the signs of discord in the
Bermnett household. Affairs between
Lester and his father had almost
reached an open break under the
econtinued presence at the hotel of
Mlle. Forestier,
Mrs. Bennett was peevish beeause
she realized that the whole beach
resort was gossiping and conjectur.
ing, and Anita was epenly hostile
toward Keitha for befriending the
stranger o
To Keitha's amasement, when the
motor brought the guests from the
station Tom Moore was among
them. Apparently Anita had aeted
on her own (nitiative, despite Leos
ter's emphatic orders.
Keitha foresaw trouble at onece,
cspecinlly as Betty Arnoid searee
'y walted to greet her hostesses he
fore sauntering over to Bennets
with her usually sasy grace.
“How's the boy?' she queried,
wiving him one of her long. steady.
unsmiling glances. “Still riding in
‘he mornings? Has Mry. Benpett
eurned yet?"
“No fenr of Keitha spoiling your
:ou-a-é:u rides with Lester™ pyt
in Ani maliciqusly, “She is too
Busy in the mornings entertaining
Lester's Intest flame. You haven't
seen her vet, but she's a wonder
and straight trom Puris.”
Tom Moore flashed Bennett a
quick glance. The latter laughed,
but he flushed under his tan aad
Betty Armold was plainly discom
fited,
It wasnt a particularly suspictons
heginning for the party and every
one broke up in groups,
Koitha found herseif alone n a
norner of the veranda with Tom
Moore, and for the first time in her
vears of friendship with that young
man was acutely smbarrassed.
‘You should never have sent me
sl jade pendant, Tom,' she began
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money. April and Sarle were left
together, and I # moment he was
down the steps by her side. He
Had Beéen BITHEFTY Rirt, but he loved
and trusted her beyomd ail things
that were. and could net conceal
the happiness in his eyes. But for
the open studio windows and the
round-eyed pickaninnies he would
have gathered her to his heart; as
it wns, he gathersd her hands in
stead, and held them clowe.
“Dariing! Thank Ced [ have
found you”
Kenna had not betrayed her,
then! The blow was still to fall
; She managed to smile a little, but
she had turned very pale and there
was something in her silence chili
-1 ing to his ardent spirit,
“You don't think T traciksd van
at onece. I was horribly embar
rassed and [ had to £ to Lester
about its being a wedding present.
[ hope you got it back safely. I
sent it aimost by return mail”
“I know you did,” returned Moore,
“and it made me awfully sore. 1
wasn't trying to insult you but you
t inoked so darn pretty in that jade
! necklice we saw in San Franciseo
and you had been so good about
heiping me select 3 present for my
Sister.™
He loocket so earnest and so in
jured that Keitha reached over and
putted Ris Rand eomseiingly.
' “Nies old Tom,” she said “1
couldn’'s be cross with you £ 1
tried.”
ly.llmw.:. &nd her hand mgm
tn st at t
ment maqetg‘?qt Betty Afi;
came aroand thie eorner of the ver
| Taking in the little scene, Batty
smiled, wus frankly malicious: but
Bannett gave no sign of having ob
served.
They wen: down on the beach
shortly thereafter. and no one suw
them again until dinner
After cusses had Deen sorved they
disappearsd agnin into the meoniit
Bennett Sr, who had preserved a
moody silence throughout the eve
ning, tosk Keltha away rom Tom
Moors and guided her inte his
study
“Keitha." he sald abeuptly, “if D
were in your shoes I'd tie a ean to
that son of mine. His hebavior is
outrag»ous and inexeusabic, But [
can not heip being fond of my own
biood, [ suppose. [ want to ses him
pull np, and if thers iy anyhody on
God’'s earth that ean do it for him,
it im you. If [ wend him off to Ha
widl on the next boat and get Bim
away from these damn women, will
you go with him™
“Fou,' said Keitha without o
| moment's hesitation.
[eeqmwcm 1920, Wheseiar Syndicate, (Be.)
(To Ba Continued.)
A Briiliant Film Romance with
MARION DAVIES.
- down? We motored out here with
no idea but to see Clive Connal—~"
“Of course not.” She strove to
speak camsually. "1 coulda’t expect
to have a friend' like Clive all to
myself, but [ never dreamed you
k her.”
%a has been my friend for
twelve years or more”
“Yes,” said Kenna's voice from
the stoop, “we are all lika oid
friendw together hers™
He had come out with Belle
Helene and stood smiling upon
them. The old malice was there,
with some new eclement of straln
that made him look meore sardanie,
yvet strangely pathetie, to the girl
whe fearad Wim
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
By Brice Belden, M. D.
NCE again a great epidemie
‘ O wave hag passed over the
' eountry, and Spanish influ
enza flung dewn its challenge to
the public health authorities and
-the medical profession.
Like most of the commen conata
gious and epidemic diseases, Span
ish influenza is without a doubt
conveyed by the secretions of the
nose and throat [f this fact is
borne in mind at all times we
should be able to decresse enor
mously all (pe infectious &1
They are with us more or lesy
the time, and if what we learn in
the way of preventing Influenza s
applied constantly there should be
a vast improvement in the public
health. [t sometimes takes a cu
lamity to teach » general truth.
Spanish influenza is commonly
acquired by close contact with per
sony suffering from the disease in
an aeute or even mild form who
are sneezing or coughing.
To prevent the disease it is nee
sagnry that the patisnt's secretions
should be kept from contaet with
the respiratory mucous membranes
of others, that the resistanes of
those B maintained or enised by
good hygiene and the use of suita
ble vaccines, and that the hands
be washed carefully befure food is
handled. Crowds should be avoid
ed a 8 muah as possible,
What is ealled 8 combined vae
cine gives a measure of protection
against penumonis and against n
fections from the sireptocucus-—q4
germ frequently associated with
the Influsnza organisms which
causes some of the worst compll
entions of the disease.
Keeping the mouth, nose and
Bands clean will go far toward pre
vunting infection. Unafertunately,
it l» usuwnily impossible to segre
gate all the vietims of influenza
during an epldemic, and conse.
quently we must adopt defensive
precantions, for exposure s certain
ta eccur.
The most effectunl nasal disin
fectant i a one per cent soiution
of dichloramine-T-chlorcosane, &
sow drons of which mey be instilled
into the nomtrils twice dadly with
an ordinary medicine dropper.
Thiy (» the powerful germicide de
vined by Dalkin, working in. eoi
mboration with Carrsl, of the Rock -
efallor lnstitute,
Revelations of a Wife
By Adele Garrison. 1
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN bICKY.
BROKE SOME AMAZING NEWS l
TO MADGE. !
STARED at Dicky in horrified
l amazement when he told me
that he thought Mrs. Allis was |
planning ta drug ma I
“Oh, 1 can’t bvtvllqw* that of her, [
Dicky” I protested, although even |
as [ spoke the conviction came to l
me that Dicky's accusation would |
prove a true one,
“It's as simple as falling ass a
30!’."’:”‘!;“ on, stilf muffling |
his velee 80 that there-ghould he
no danger of beigg overheard hy
Mrs. Allis in the roem opposite. |
“That's the reasan for her asking
you to come in and drink tea with
her each night of this week before
going to bed. She figures on your
getting =0 used to tea drinking and
to her that when the time comes l
for her and . aer gang to pull ore
that .*w Wil baan easy
thing for Ner ts slip edsugh, dope
into your tea to keep you quiet for
the night.”
“What an:' awful woman!™ I
ejaculated.
“Yes, pleasant panty, isn’t she?™
Dicky returned; then. thoughtfil
ly: “Lucky you told her the last
trump wouldn't wake me, She'll
not hother about me..aad 11 be
2 enwetelr aut for-hev e spoil
her little scheme when the time
comes,
“Let’'s see, it was the end of the
week she and that chap spoke of
in the woods—that is the time
they had fixed on, wasn't t?
Dieky went on.
“Yes, the end of the week™ [
replied.
“Well, then, you'll he safe In go
ing t 9 L . two
of % You msmiou by put
ting ing over ore the tima.
But mind, now, liftle Miss Sher
lock, when [ say stop going to her
room, you quit. I'm not going to
run any risks, de yeou hear?
I snuggied happily against him.
A little thrill of contentment went
through me at the tender command
of Dicky's tone. Strongminded and
self-reliant, as [ was pieased to
thigk myself yet thers was a dis
tinet satisfaction to me in this
tender, rough, deminance of
“All right” I said, as meekly as
any eu.-m vine of a wife might
speal. then, in whispers so
low that evem Mrs. Allis’ sharp ears
ecould not catch them, we discussed
the bismarre situation in which we
found ourseives inveived—planned
how best we could circumvent the
machinations of the clever, un
scrupuious womaa in the nmext
room.
For three or four days things
went om in their usual routine.
Ricky and [ spent almost every
glorious fiy!xt hour out of doory,
tishéng in turbulent broolk,
tramping the forest pathas, or climb
ing the steep mountain sides.
MR. COSGROVE'S OOOD WARNING
At night I was generally so dead
tired that it was a real effort each
evening to accept Mrs. Allls’ invi-
Good Night Stories
By Blanche Silver.
DOTTY MEETS A NEW FRIEND.
s H, dear!” exclaimed Dotty, as
0 a black-looking bird sailed
over her head. “There goes
that ugly old esow. If | had a gymn
I'd shoot him."”
W::t in the worid would you do
that 7" asked a merry voiee, and
Happy - Gigples, the ettt - from
make-believe lund, hopped up on the
steps beside Deotty. “Why de you
want to shoot him ™
“Becnuse [ know he's going to tell
his friends about grandpa's corn.
Grandpa says the crows are simply
cating his eornfield up” replied
Dm.:%.l “And they've no right to do
® at's grandpa's cernfieid, not
“Walt a second,” langhed the eifin
with a merry twinkle in his gyes.
“Who do you think that was any
way ™
“Why, Billy Crow, of course!™
replied Dotty, watching the biaek
bird sailing circien In the air
“U"rows are about the only thieves
thers are around hera”
“There’s where vou're wrong,” re
plied Happy Glggies, “Did you sver
see 4 crow fly that way” See how
she salls through the air, hardly
flapping his wings, and see the wide
cireles Ne makes, Crows make more
work of their flying than that bird,
It only goew to show how quick
folks are to misjudge. That isn't
Btlly Crow, that Mrs. Raven, Blily
Crow's cousin.”
Taking his magie whistle from
under his belt, Happy Giggles hlew
an it theee times, and Mrs, Raven,
hearing him, turned around and
gracefilly sniled to the ground He
side Dotty and the eifin,
“Dotty thought You had come
to rob her grandpa’s corntield.”
said Happy Giggles, by way of la
truduction,
‘Not me” cawed Mey, Raven. ¥
lewve that kind of work for my
eounin, Billy Crow. I might be
mistaken for him while on the
wing, but [ fuess you can see the
differsnce now, cs"t you
“Oh, yes indeed!™ lmughed Dot
ty. “You're much larger than the
largest crow ["ve ever seen, And
I don't belleve [Pve aver seen a
crow with a fringe of feathery on
his bhreast like you have. [t makos
you more distinguished looking. ™
“Well, T couid tench the crows a
great many things if they'd let
me.” leughed Mrs. Raven, “Not
only nestness in their dress, but (n
thew homes By the way, [ bet
tation to drink ted with her im her
room. Not willing to arouse the
woman's suspicion by refusing her
urgent invitations, I religiously held
to my nightly visit, although it was
all T could do to keep awake. zv(/
Tharsday morning, however, ¢
days before the “last of the week™
which we had heard Mrs. Allfs
specify in her surreptitious inter
view with her accomplice, an inei
dent occurred which put out of my
mind for the time being all thoughts
of both the wopkan and the plot to
steal the pictufes in the farmßouse
partor 4 "
We had come down early to
breakfast, Dicky and I, as was our
daily custom, arrayed for fishing.
There was no oné in the dining
room save Mr. Cosgrove, and I saw
him glance at our costumes. Then
he spoke cautiously, cryptically, to
Dicky. e
‘Better keep your eyes peeled to
day. Heard there was a fox skulk- -
ing aroundi®sl !t of Jouw b
To my sturprise, Dicky glanced
at me uneasily before he answered. &
Evidently he understood the elder
man’s refersnce. o
“All right, thanks” he replied
faeonicaily. But I saw that Be was
thoughtfu! during the rest of the
brealkfast and as scon as the meal
was over he took Mr. Cosgrove
aside, and T heard the two men
talking batmedtly fogsther. ¥
When their confétence was ended
he beckoned me to come upstaips
again. I followed him, bewildered,
but certain that Dieky had been
concealing something from me. He
is not an accomplished prevarica
tor, and his manner was exaetly
like that of a schoolboy furtively
trying ‘o throw his teacher off the
track of his misdeeds.
instead o&% he _propesed
noncha : saw that he was
watrhing me warily as he spoke.
“Why? I asked. “We tramped
vesterday and [ had so counted om
fishing today. What has happened
te change your mind ™
“Oh, nothing at all.” Dicky ase
sured me hastily. “But I den’t feel
like tishing today, and I'm not go
ing to do "
There was a sulky, arbitrary note
in his voice which [ resented. With
:n:)m of my head L threw open the
. )
“'m going treuting,” I sid spir
itedly, “if I have to go alone.™
Dicky rushed afer me, took me
by the shoulder and swung me
back into the room.
“You little idiot!™ he said sawv
agely. “I suppose [ must téll yoa.
would have done it before only I
knew y«m‘: h::ie one of your
splurges of conscignee.
“Teil me what? [ demanded.
“Why, simply that we have been
Breaking: fish and game laws™
Dicky flushing awlk
wardly—' season closed Ag
gust 31, But the wardens can’'t De
everywhere at onece, and there's &
sort of grapevine understanding
among the farmers—they're dg
tipoed off when he’'s around. :
on the job just now, so therels
nothing deing.” ;
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youw've never geen a ri¥en’s nest
have you™*
Doty shoeok her head. So Mre
Raven invited them to return Booee
vith her, and away they flew
the topmost branch of the highest
evergreen tpee on . the cliff,
There rested o Dig nest of sticks
nea ned with grasses and fioe
of wool fromy the sheen: In R's
soft depths nestled a queer lttle
hirdling with lack and white
narkings all over ts feathersd
wek. He opened a great, big. red
mouth, and withaut a word swab
owsd what his namma poked into
t with Rer BN
W aughed Mappy Glggles
you cerminly have him traiged
beautit He nefer even asked
whit it was you were giving him."
“Thats' another thing [ pride sy
tels on," repiled Mre. Raven. “From
the very start | tench my children
to eat anything [ give them, wheth
rit grubs worms, grain, feld
mice or anything eise. Mra. Crow's
children squawk |f the don't lke
what she brings them. Mine know
better” and Mrs. Raven proudly
stroked her offsuring
Doutty was sorry when Happy
rggles sadd it was time for them
o be going, but ke mast palite
ttle girle she shook Mrs. Raven's
anw and thanked her for her pleas
-Int me And promising never to
nistalke her for a crow again. she
Had or good-Bve shd salled BAER
to her own yard with Happy Gige
gles i ®
s & naatect "