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“7 he Story of Waitstill Baxter”
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Copyriuht, ion. by ->£v KATE DOUGLAS WIGGiN
Kate Uouiln Wiggln P*
Author of “Rebecca of Sunny brook Farm**
PROLOGUE.
Strength and interest of quiv
lives in the New England of
three- quartern of a century ag<
provide the framework of “Thi
Story of Waitstill Baxter. " Thu
is the skeleton. The flesh and
blood of human beings, livin'
and loving and moving in a world
of their own that is a minia/uri
picture of the greater world nit
side, are also there. The stor\
is a cross section of life as set
and described by a woman wh.
has been well called "America’'
greatest living woman novelist.'
Amid the hills of New England
are many men and women lik>
Waitstill and Patienoe Baxter
and their father, Ivory Boynton
and his afflicted mother am.
funny Cephas Cole, who wonr
hopefully, but with small chaitc
of success. They find their wa\
into books but seldom, for i
takes a master hand to describe
faithfully the doings of rcu
people. And that is the reasoi
why "The Story of Waitsh’i
Baxter" has won highest praisi
from critics who know a good
book when they see one.
(Continued from Yesterday )
"I can only hope* so. That thought
brings sadness with it. ax one retuem
hors hie disappointment mill failure,
but if ho lit nlivo ho la n traitor."
Tliero wm a hint pause, and they
oould ho«* In tlio illstuinc Humphrey
Barker with lilh clarionet mid I’llny
Waterhouse with Ills buss viol driving
up to the < hureliynrd fence to hllrli
tbolr horses The sun was dipping Inv
and red behind the Town Mouse hill on
the other aide of the river
“What makes my father dislike th<
very mention of yours " asked Wall
still. "1 know wliat they say that ll
la because the two men hud high worth
ones In a Cochrane meeting. when la
ther tried to Interfere with some of tin
exercises anti was put out of doors li
doesn't seem ss If that grievance. sex
enteen or eighteen years ago. would
Influence his opinion of your motbei
or of you."
“It lsu't likely that a tnnu of your fa
liter's aort would forget or forgive
iwhat heconsldert*d an Injury, and In re
fusing to have anything to d<> with th
aon of a disgraced man and a deranged
woman he Is well within Ills rights."
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“Do you think you ehall like that dull
red right close to the yellow f“
Ivory’# cheeka tairned red under the
tan. and his hand trembled a little us
he plucked bits of clover from the
gras.- and pulled them to phsen absent
mindedly. "How are you getting on at
home these days. WaltstltlT" he asked,
at If to turn his own mind and hers
from a too painful subject
“You have troubles enough of your
own without bearing mine. Ivory, and
anyway they are not big aflhetlon-
Kkkvr aorrowa. like those you have tv
bear. Mint: art* jnat petty. Magging,
sordid, cheap little miseries, like Kiial
bites so petty and so sordid that I can
hardly talk to God about them, much
less to a Ixiiiixit friend. L’atty Is my
only outlet aml I need others, yet I
find It almost impossible to escape frou
the narrowness of my life and he of
use to any one else.” The itlrl’s voice
quivered and a single teardrop on her
cheek showed that she was speaking
from a full heart. "This afternoon's
talk has determined me on one lliing,”
she went on. "I am going to sis* your
mother now and then. I shall have to
do It secretly, for your sake, for here
and for my own. lint If I am found out
then I will go openly. There uniat be
times when one can break the lower
law and yet keep the higher. Father’s
law In (his case Is the lower and 1 pro
pose to break It."
“I can't have you getting Into trou
ble, Waitstill," Ivory objected. “You’re
the only woman 1 can think of who
might help my mother. All the same,
I would not make your life harder,
not for world I”
It was almost Impossible for Ivory
to hold his peace ilien, so full of grutl
tude was his soul and so greal Ids
longing to pour out. the feeling that
flooded It. He pulled himself together
and led the way out of the churchyard.
CHAPTER IX.
A June Sunday.
IT was Sunday In June, mid almost
the whole population of hirer
Isiro anti Kdgewood was walking
or driving In tin* direction of the
meeting house on Tory hill.
(Jhurcli lollelh. you may well Is*
Hove, were tlllllt tilt of uttalnini*ut b.‘
1 leacon Baxter's daughters, as the.'
had been hy tits respective helpmal
In years gone by. When WaitsliT
mother first asked her hustiand to Ini,
her a new drees, and that was Ivvu
years after marriage, lie simply said
"You look well enough. Wliat do yo i
want to waste money an Unery for
these hard times'' If other folks are
extravagant Hull ain’t any reason yo
should lie You ain’t obliged to tab
your neighbors for an example, tub
’em for a warnin’!"
"Itlit, Fox w ell, my Sunday dress Is
worn completely to tlnvade," urged th
second Mrs. Baxter.
"That's what women always say
They’re all alike, no more idea o’ s.n
In' anything than a skunk bluckhird!
I can't spare any money for gewgaws,
amt you might us well understand it
first us lasi, tin up attic and open the
hair trunk hy the winder, you'll liud
plenty there to last you for years to
come."
The second Mrs. Baxter visited the
nttle as commanded, and In turning
over the clothes in the old trunk knew
by Instinct that they had belonged to
her predr >r In olltee. Some of tin*
dresses were neat, though terribly worn
and faded, but all were fortunately
far too short and small for a person
of her flue proportions. Besides, hei
very soul sUruuk from wearing them,
and her spit It revolted both from Hie
insult to herself and to the poor dead
woman she had succeedixl. so she came
downstHir to darn amt mend auil
patch ugalii her shabby wardrobe.
Wultstill hud gone through the same
experience as her mother before her.
but In despair when she was seventeen
she began to cut over the old garments
for herself iiml Patty. Mercifully there
were very few of them, and they had
long since been discarded At eighteen
she had learned to dye yarns with yel
low oak or maple luirk and to make
purples from elder and sumac berries;
*ho eould spin and knit as well ns any
old "aunt" of the village and cut stnl
shape a garment as deftly as the Edge
wood tatloroHx, but the task of making
bricks without straw was a hard one
Indeed
She wore a white cotton frock on
this particular Sunday. It was starch
ed and Ironed with a beautiful gloss,
while a touch us distinction was glveu
to her costume by a little black sleeve
less "roundabout" made out of the cov
ering of an old silk umbrella. Her
flat hat had a single wreath of eosrse
daisies around the crown, and her
mltta were darned in many place*
Nevertheless you could not entirely
spoil her. Bod had used a liberal hand
In rnaklug her. and her father's (sirsl
uiony was a aort of tsHimerang that
flew back chiefly upon himself
As for Patty, her style of tieauty, like
Cephas Cole's el! had to Is* toned down
rather thau up to is- effective, but clr
cutuatances had Is-en cruelly uurelent
tug In this prove* of lute. Beacon
Baxter had given the girls three cu
four shopworn pieces of faded yellow
calico that had been repudiated by the
village housewives as not fast enough
In color to tienr the test of, roper wash
Ing This had made frocks, aprons,
petticoats and even underclothes for
two full yeurs, and Tatty's weekly ob
jurgations w hen she removed her ever
lasting yellow dress from the nail
where It hung were not such as should
have fallen from the lips of a dea
con's daughter. Waitstill had taken n
piece of the same yellow material,
starched and Ironed It. cut a curving,
circular brim from it, aewed In a plait
ed crown, and. In, a hat for Patty!
What Inspired Patty to put on a waist
ribbon of deepest wine color, with a
little band of the same on the pale yel
low hat, no one could say.
"Do you think you shall like that
Hull red right close to the yellow, Pat
ty’/” anxiously.
"It looks all right on the columbines
In the Indian cellar," replied Patty,
turning and twisting the hat on her
head. “If we can't get a peejr at the
Boston fashions we must Just find our
Btyles where we can."
The various roads to Tory hill were
alive with vehicles on this bright Hun
day morning. Uncle Bert and Abel
Day, with their respective wives on
the back sent of the Cole's double
wagon, were passed by Deacon Baiter
and his daughters. Waitstill being due
at meeting earlier than others by reu
son of her singing in the choir. The
deacon's one horse, two wheeled
“shay" could hold three persons with
comfort on Its broad seat, and the
twenty-year old mare, although she
was always as hollow us a gourd, could
generally do the mile, uphill all the
way, lu half an hour If urged contin
ually, and the deacon, be It said, if not
good at feeding was unsurpassed at
urging.
Aunt Ahby Cole could get only a
passing glimpse of Patty In the depths
of the "sha.v." but a glimpse was al
ways enough tor her. us her opinion of
the girl’s charms was considerably af
fected by the forlorn condition of her
son, Cephas, whom she suspected of
being hopelessly In love with the
young person aforesaid, to whom she
commonly alluded us "that red headed
baggage."
“Patience Baxter's got the kind of
looks that might do well enough at a
taveru dance or a husking, but they’re
entirely unsuited to the Sabbath day
or the meet In' house." so Aunt Abby
remarked to Mrs. Day In the way of
back seat confidence. "It's unfortu
nate that a demon's daughter should
be afflicted with that bold style of
beauty. Her hair's all but red. In
fact, you might as well call it red
when the sun shines on It. But If
she'd ever smack it down with bear's
greaso she might darken It some, or
anyhow she'd make It lay slicker. But
it's the kind of hair that Just matches
that kind of a girl sort of up an' com
in' Then her skin’s so white anil her
checks so pink and her eyes so snappy
that she'd attract attention without
half tryln', though I guess she ain't
above milkin' an effort."
"She's innocent us a kitten.” ob
■ervdT Mrs Day Impartially.
“Oh. yes. she's Innocent enough an'
! hope she'll keep so Waitstill s a
sight han'somer, If the truth was told,
but sties the sort of girl that's made
for one man and the rest of 'em never
look at her. The other one's ent out
for tin' crowd, the more the merrier
bhe's it kin I of nmntrap. that girl is!
Do urge the horse a little mite. Bar
tholomew! It makes me klud o' hot
to be passed by Deacon Baxter. It's
missionary Sunday, too. when he
geu'ully has rheumatism too bud to
come out."
"I wonder if he ever puts anything
Into the plate?" said Mrs. Day. "No
one ever saw him that 1 know of."
"The deacon keeps the Thou Shalt
Not commandments pretty well," was
Auut Abby s tenor response "1 guess
be don't put nothin' Into the plate, but
1 s'pose wed ought to be thankful he
don't take nothin' out. The Baptists
are getttu' ahead faster than they'd
ought to up to the Mills. Our minis
ter ain't no kind of n proaelyter. Seems
as If he didn't care how folks got to
heaven so long ns they got there. The
other church Is havin' a service this
afternoon side o' the river, an' I'd kind
o' like to go, except It would please
'em too much to have a crowd there
to see the Immersion. They tell me.
but 1 don't know bow true, that that
Til I son wUbler woman that come here
from sotnewheres In Vermont wanted
to tie taiptlscd today, but the other
converts declared they wouldn't tie If
she was."
"Jed Morrill said they'd have to hold
her under water quite a spell to do
any good." buckled Uncle Mart from
be front seat.
"Well. I wouldn't repent It, Bartholo
mew. on tlie Sabbath day, not if be
did say It Jed Morrill's responsible
for more blasphemloua Jokes than any
man In Edge wood I don't approve of
tuskin' light of anybody's religious ob
servanocs if they're ever so foolish,'
said Auat Vbliy. somewhat enlgniatl
rally, "Our minister keeps remind In
us that the Baptists and Methodists
are our brethren, but I wish he’d be
at more anxious to have our a'clety
l ee, I a he: d Of hers."
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Jukv (timidly)—l wl»h I knowed
*hat voii 't do If I should Rtoal a klsa.
Mi** l.lnda"
Ml** Lind;, (coyly)—'Twouldn't take
nr uhiltf f find out, Jake—
Punch*
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
OIL PIPE LINE
FOR THE NAVY
Commission Leaves to Report
on Feasibility. 100,000,000
Gallons Needed This Year.
Washington. D. C.—The proposition
of providing an adequate Bupply of
fuel oil for the navy Is to be in
quired into by the government com
mission consisting of Indian Commis
sioner Sells and Lieutenant Richard
son of the navy, who left here today
for an extended trip in the West. The
cd'mmlsslon will report to congress on
the feasibility of the government con
structing and operating a pipe line for
the transportation of oil from the mid
continent field of Oklahoma to the gulf
In order to supply the navy with it 3
oil fuel.
The commission already has held
extended hearings on the subject in
Washington.
The necessity of making provision
for an adequate fuel oil supply was
emphasized by Secretary Daniels re
cently. He explained that the navy
last year consumed 30,000.000 gallons
of oil and this year the amount was
certain to exceed 100,000,000.
ID TOO LITTLE
COD ALMIGHTY'
Vice Pres’t Marshall Speaks of
One of America’s Ills as Con
nected With Churches.
Washington.—Vice-President Mar
shall’s declaration that one of Ameri
ca's ills today "is that there is too
much science In the so-called educa
tlonal system and too little God Al
mighty," occasioned comment in
Washington today. The statement
was made at a church gathering here
last night.
“There is this thing wrong in many
of the churches,” said the vtce-presl
dcnt, "that because church and state
are separate and the state makes the
schools the church feels itself absolv
ed front any duty in the direction of
education of youth.”
The vioe-president also let It be
known that some day he would for
get all of the other political parties
and join the Socialist, but,” he added.
"I shall never do this until it becomes
a friend of the church; never while
it. flaunts on the streets a red banner
in the race of faith In God and the
marriage service. The Socialism In
which I believe and to which I hope
some day to adhere is not that which
concerns Itself with consideration of
lower and property but that It the
spirit”
CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.
FOR RURAL CARRIERS
Will be Held at Augusta Post
office on Saturday, June 13,
1014, for Richmond County.
The following announcement is
made by President ,lno. a Mcllhen
ny of the Unit's! States Civil Service
Commission:
Tim United Slates Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petitive examination on Saturday,
.turn* IS, 1914, at Augusta, Ga., Rich
mond County, as a result of which it
is expected to niuke certification to
fill a vacancy In the position of rural
carrier at Hephzlbah, Ha., (two
routes), and other vacancies as they
may occur on rural routes at post
offices in the above named county,
unless it is found to bo in the interest
of the service to fill any vacancy by
reinstatement, transfer, or promotion
The compensation of a rural carrier
is bused upon tin* length of the route.
Salaries range from $484 to $l,lOO
per year.
Age, is to 55, on the date of the
examination. The maximum age is
waived In cases of persons honorably
discharged from the United States
military or naval service.
An applicant must have his actual
domicile in t' e territory supplied by
a post office in the county for which
the examination is announced.
The examination is open to all male
citizens of the United States wiio can
comply with the requirements
Application Korin 134 i, and full in
formation concerning the require
ments of the examination, can be se
cured from the secretary of the local
examining hoard. J. J. Edwards. Post
office Building. Augusta, Ha., or the
postmaster at the examination point
named above, or front the United
States Civil Service Commission,
Washington. D. C.
Applications snould be properly exe
cuted and filed with the commission
at Washington As examination pa
pers are shipped direct from the com
mission to the places of examination,
It Is necessary that applications he
received in ample time to arrange for
the examination desired at the place
indicated by the applicant The com
mission will therefore arrange to
examine snv applicant whose applica
tion Is received In time to permit the
shipment of the necessary papers
An eligible register for the position
of rural carrier sot each county will
he maintained A person must be
examined In the county in which the
post office that supplies his home Is
situated. As a result of such exam
ination he may become eligible to ap
pointment as rural carrier at any post
office In such county. A rural car
rier after one year's satisfactory ser
vice may he transferred to the post
tion of clerk or carrier In & first or
second class post office to the posi
tion of railway mail clerk, or to other
positions in the classified service,
subject to such examination a* may
he required by the clvtl service rules.
Bill—He says cigars are Ita best
friends.
Jill—Well, he's true to them.
"How ao?”
"He never gives any of hit friends
away."—Y onkers Statesman.
WARD COMMITTEE FOR ROND
ELECTION BE APPOINTED THIS
WEEK; RONDS MUST WIN JUNE t
Two Thirds of the Registered Vote Required for Them to
Pass. Co-operation of All Employers Will Be Asked for
and Expected. Itemized St atement Receipts and Dis
bursements River & Canal Commission to be Published.
During this week a committee from
each ward in the city will be appoint
ed to take charge of the bond elec
tion in that ward. On these commit
tees will be earnest, hardworking cit
izens who realize the great necessity
of carrying the bond election so as to
provide funds with which to complete
the levee.
The ward committees will have
meetings between now and June Ist,
the day when Augusta Is to decide the
fate of the $750,000 bond issue, and
enthusiasm will be instilled into the
voters of the city.
During this week there will be pub
lished a financial statement by the
River and Canal Commission showing
where every dollar of the money se
cured from the sale of the 1912 bonds
has gone. The money haß been ex
pended with caution and conservat
ism and contracts for the work were
let only after bids had been advertis
ed for all over the country.
It Is not believed that there Is oppo
sition to the bonds of any conse
quence in any quarter. Every one
should realize the necessity of the
election being won, hut it will not
be like other elections, since two
thirds of those registered must vote
for them in order for the bonds to
win.
There will be a bill introduced in
the Georgia, legislature at the next
session providing for bond elections
to be carried by two-thirds of the vote
cast. Unhappily, this Is not now the
law in this state and it will be up to
the voters of this city to get 2,009
voters to the polls on June Ist to
favor the bonds, otherwise they do
not carry.
The material progress and prosperi
ty of the city for many years to come
is dependent largely upon the result
KIMBALL CASE
IS JTJ END
Judge Sheppard Directs Ver
dict in Sum of $1,500. Same
Amount Defendant Had Of
fered to Settle the Case for.
The end of the Kimball case eame
in the United States court this morn
ing when Judge Sheppard directed a
verdict for $1,500 for the plaintiff.
This Is said to have been the amount
originally offered by the firm of Cal
laway, Howard & West, attorneys for
the Atlantic States Life Insurance
company, which Kimball was suing.
The suit originally was for $130,-
000, but the plaintiff during the past
week reduced It to $50,000. Messrs.
C. S. Shanks and Walter S. MrEl
reath, of Seattle, Wash,, and Atlanta,
Ga., respectively, represented Kim
ball and it was alleged by the plain
tiff that the Atlantic States was due
him $3,500 ns eommlsions on the con
tract, and commissions on $10,000,000
of insurance which he agreed to write.
The defendant's attorneys clnlmed
(hat the contract was materially
changed by Kimball in a surreptitious
manner and that therefore it was void.
The court ruled with Callaway, How
ard & West In the contention that the
contract had been materially changed.
Coffee Finds Its Place
The Literary Digest, of March 28, 1914, quoting the New York
WoHd, says:
“Cocaln and its allied intoxicants appear to be about
the cheapest things in the market. They are seemingly
cheaper than beer, cheaper In proportion to effects than
tea or coffee.”
The best teaching of today is distinctly against the use of coffee,
tea and other drugs, and drug-bearing beverages—especially among the
young. It is well established that headache, nervousness,indigestion, sleep
lessness, and other aches and pains are commonly caused by coffee drink
ing.
People are becoming alive to this fact and thousands have quit
coffee and now use
POSTUM
A pure foed-drink.
Made of whole wheat and a small per cent of molasses, Postum is
a rich, flavoury beverage much resembling high-grade Java in taste, hut is
absolutely free from the coffee-drug, caffeine, or any other harmful sub*
stance.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum—must be well boiled—lsc and 25c packages.
Instant Postum—a soluble form—requires no boiling—3oc and
50c tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same.
“There’s a Reason” for POSTUM
sold by Grocers everywhere.
of the bond election, so many citizens
believe, and Augusta must shake off
her apathy and vote to complete a
project which, if left incomplete, will
mean the throwing away of $1,000,000
worth of work and which would leave
the city in the same position that it
has been for many years—at the mer
cy of every high river.
Much Work Required.
To carry the bonds issue there will
have to be an enormous amount of
conscientious, untiring work. The
ward committees must perfect such
an organization that on the day of the
election they will know where every
voter can be located and if he can’t
come to the polls himself he must be
sent for.
Many automobiles will be needed
on that day and it is expected that
they will he generously donated in as
large quantity as desired by the auto
mobile owners of the city. There will
be need of hearty co-operation on the
part of the merchants, the manufac
turers and every other employer be
cause it must be seen" to that every
man will be given time to vote.
The only danger to the bond issue
is that not enough people will take
time to go to the polls. Augusta is
practically a unit for it, yet there
lacks the personal feature to this
election which causes voters to
swarm to the polls without any urg
ing them when man opposes man for
office. However, this bond election
is much more important to the city
of Augusta than almost any office or
combination of offices, for the city
must rise to a period of industrial
development without a parallel in her
history or fall back to a state of
lethargy. Inertia and carelessness of
her future prosperity, by the bond
election of June Ist. The bond Issue
must not fail.
THEY WHO HESITATE.
, “Isn't the music wonderful?" he
asked, gazing into her blue eyes.
There was a slight pause, during
which they hesitated four times
around the floor.
“Yes,” she replied thoughtfully,
“and the floor —is»t the floor di
vine?” She thought she had never
seen cuter brown eyes.
There was another intellectual
pause.
“Perfect,” he agreed. "The floor
and the music are both splendid."
“Yes. both," she breathed.
Again he plumbed the depths of her
blue eyes.
Again he let his plumb.
"You know,” he whispered, "some
times the music is perfect and the
floor is terrible, and then again—”
"Th 9 floor is perfect and the music
is terrible,” she took him up quickly
and pertly. “I know!”
And in her eyes he saw that she
did.
He spent the rest of the evening
telling people how fiendishly clever
she was, while she explained tire
lessly what a brilliant conversational
ist he was—Detroit Free Press.
ONLY AMERICAN PILOTS.
Washington, D. C—American citi
zens only are to he trusted to pilot
vessels through the Panama Canal
under rules just laid down by Col.
Goethals to govern appointments of
pilots. Applicants must, In addition
to American nationality, he under 45
years of age and hold master's li
censes for the great lakes or ocean
going vessels. Already a large eligi
ble list has been secured.
MONDAY. MAY 18.
Jf > <\ ■K§Epj!iir<
I • . S]
Resinol clears
away pimples
PIMPLES and blackheads dis
appear, unsightly complex
ions become clean, clear, and
velvety, and hair health and
beauty are promoted by the reg
ular use of Resinol Soap and an
occasional application of Resinol
Ointment. These soothing, heal
ing preparations do their work
easily, quickly and at little cost,
when even the most expensive
cosmetics and complicated
“beauty treatments” fail.
Every druggist sells Resinol
Retinol Soap and Ointment heal ecsemaand
other tkin eruptions, stop itching instantly, and
are moat valuable for dandruff, tores, burnt,
boils, piles, etc. For trial tits, free, write to
Retinol. Dept. 10-S, Baltimore. Md.
HIGH TRIBUTE
LHTEJNSUL
Death of John L. Griffiths
Cast Gloom Over American
Colony in London.
London.—Gloom has been cast over
the American colony in London by the
death yesterday of American Consul
General John L. Griffiths, who suc
cumbed to heart disease. He is deep
ly mourned not only in the English
capital but throughout the country,
where he was as well known on ac
count of his brilliant after dinner
speeches.
The late Mr. Griffiths was one of
the most popular American officials
who has ever held office in England.
The reputation he won during his oc
cupancy of the American consulate in
Liverpool for his close attention to the
duties of his office as well as for his
good fellowship were fully maintain
ed by him while he was in London.
He was the most sought after speaker
in London and he certainly delivered
more speeches and addresses after his
arrival here in 1909 than any other
man during the same period of time.
The British press pays the highest
tributes today to the late consul gen
eral's abilities as an official while the
newspapers refer to him as a popular
figure and praise his efforts on behalf
of good relations between the United
States and Great Britain.
ONE OF THE ANTIQUES.
A tourist, “doing” one of the many
old inns of England, had ordered tea
and a sandwich. The waiter was
boring her with his tiresome descrip
tions of the historic connections of
each piece of furniture, and the leg
ends surrounding every article in the
house.
“So everything in the house has a
legend connected with it," she re
marked when he paused. ‘"Well, do
tell me about this quaint old ham
sandwich."—Everybody’s.