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EIGHT “Tf?e Story of Waitstill Baxter” # »* //// 1 Copyright. 1013. by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN Kite Dougin Wlggln C® Author of “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” PROLOGUE Strength and interest of qut lives in the New England < three-quarters of a century ag provide the framework of “Th Story of Waitstill Baxter. " The. ie the skeleton. The flesh am blood of human beings, livin: and loving and moving in a wort . of their own that is a miniatur picture of the greater world out eide, are also there. The stoi ie a cross section of life as see • and described by a woman wh . has been well called “America’ greatest living woman novelist. Amid the hills of New Englaru are many men and women lik , Waitstill and Patience Baxtc and their father, Ivory Boyntoi and his afflicted mother am funny Cephas Cole, who woo hopefully, but with small chanc of success. They find their wa; into books but seldom, for i, takes a master hand to desertbt faithfully the doings of rea people. And that is the reasot why “The Story of Watt stilt Baxter" has won highest praisi from critics who know a gooc book wher they see one. (Continued From Yesterday.) In going to the chamber the (laugh ter hnd to pass throuKh the barroom A* ahe nvh* moving quietly through hoping to escape the uotlre of ttie new comer, he turned In Ida clmir and. looking Iter full In the face, suddenly ■aid: "Madam, you needn't touch your vll ver. 1 don't want It. 1 am a (tootle man " WbcreuiHin the bewildered Beta? Beuttled back to her mother and told her the strange guest was Indeed a fortune teller. Of Cochrane's Initial niqtearnnre an r preacher Ivory had told Waltetill It their talk In the churchyard early li tho summer. It wna at a child's fu neral that the new prophet created hi ll rat senaatlon, and there, too, that Aaron and hole Boynton tlrat canu Wider his apell. The whole oouutryshh had been Just then w rought up to n atata of religious excitement by rc riral meetings. and Cocbrniie gallic the benefit of thla definite prepnratloi for hia work, lie claimed that nil hb aaylnga were from divine Inspiration and that thoaa who embraced hla doc trine received direct communication from the Almighty, lie disdained for mal creeds mat all manner of cblircl organisation*, declaring that sectarlai names were marks of tho beast and nl church members to be In Babykon 11< Introduced retuipUem as a a.itnholh cleansing from sectarian atalua, and after some months advanced a pro pool tion that hts flock hold all things In common. Fie put a sudden end to tin solemn "deaconing out" and dronltn of psalm tunes and grafted on to Id form of worship lively singing am marching accompanied by Happing ot hands and whirling In circles, durltn the progress of which the most hy» tarlcal converts or the moat fully "Oochranlxe,! wouM swoon upon tin floor, or. In obeying their leader's in •tractions to “become sa little chll Aran," would sometimes go through the moat extraordinary and unmeaning antics It waa not until lie had converted hundreds to tbe new faith that b* added more •txrtllng revelations to bis gospel. Me waa hi turn l*>ld, mystical eloqoeut, audacious. |>er»ua»lre, auto eraUc, and even wben Ida self styled “rooununk'atione from ttie Almighty controverted all that hla hearers had formerly held to he right, he still mag netlaed or hypnotised them Into an un wilting assent to hla liellefa There waa finally a proclamation to the effect •hat marriage rows were to tie annul lad when advisable and that complete spiritual Hberty waa to follow; a liberty In which a new afflulty might be sought and a spiritual union begun upou earth • union as nearly approximate to God's Standards as faulty human beings could manage to attain. Borne of the faithful fell away ai thla time, being unable to accept the fall doctrine, but retained their faith taa Cochrane's original power to con Tart alnnera gn4 save tbrip from the wrath of God. Storm clouds began to gether In the sky. however, ns the do liialmi spread, month by month, and local everywhere sought to minimize the Influence of the danger otis orator, who rose superior to evert attack and carried himself like some magnificent martyr at will among th. crowds that now criticised him here or there In private and In public. "What a picture of splendid audacity he must have been " wrote Ivory, "when he entered the orthodox meet lng house at a huge gathering where he knew that the speakers were to de nounce his teachings, old ['arson Bur. zell gave out Ills text from the high pulpit, Mark xill. .'l7. And what I su.t unto you I say unto all. watch.' .Inst here Cochrane stepped in at the open doot of the church and heard the warning, meant, he knew, for himself, and seizing the moment of silence fol lowing the reading of the text, he cried In his splendid sonorous voice, without so much ns stirring from his plact within the door frame, ‘llehold. 1 stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice I will come In to him and will sup with him. I come to preach the everlasting goS|iel to every one that heareth, and all that I want here Is my bigness on the floor.' "I cannot find.” continued Ivory on another page, "that my father or moth *r «ver engaged In any of the foolish and childish practices which disgraced the meetings of some of Cochrane's most fanatical followers and converts By my mother's conversations (some of which I have repented to you, but which may he full of errors, because of her confusion of mind) I believe she must have had a difference of opinion with my father on some of these views, but I have no means of know lng this to a certainty, nor do 1 know that the question of ‘choosing spiritual consorts'ever came between or divided them. This part of the delusion nl waya tills me with mich unspeakable disgust that I have never liked to seek additional light from any of the oldei men and women who might revel in giving It That my mother did no! sympathise with ray father’s going out to preach Cochrane's gospel through the country, this I know, and she wa? so truly religious, so burning with zeal that had ahe fully believed In my fn ther'a mission she would bnve spurred him on Instead of endeavoring to de tain lilm. "You know the retribution that ovet took Cochrane at Inst." wrote Ivor again, when he had shown the man' early victories ami hla enormous lnflu •uce. "There begau to be tndlgnun protests agulust hi* doctrines by law ynrs and doctors, as well as by minis ters; not from all sides, however, so remember, In extenuation of my fittli er’a and ray mother’s espousal of tlit strange belief, that mnuy of tbe strong oat and wisest men, ns well ns tin purest and Itnest women lit York coun ty, came under thla man's H(*ell for a time and believed In him Implicitly some of them even unto the end. "Finally there was Cochrane'S arrest and examination, the order for him to api>ear lit the supreme court, hla fall ure to do so. his recapture and trial ami hi* sentence of four years' Imprison meat on son oral counts, In nil of which he waa pni\ is) guilty Cochrane hud all along said that the Anointed of the laird would never Is* allowed to remain In Jail, hut ho wna mistaken, for hi stayed In the state's priaon at Charles town, Maas., for the full duration ot hla sentence Mere (1 am again trying to plead the cause of iny father and mother), here he received much sytnpn thy aml some few visitors, one of whom walked all the way from Kdge wood to Boston, llh mtlea, with n petl tlon for pardon, a petition which wn dellvered and refused at the Boaton atatehouse Cochrane Issued from prls on a broken and humiliated man but. If report says true, la still living far out of sight and knowledge, some where In New Hampshire Me onct aent my father an epitaph of hla owe selection, asking him to have It upon his gravestone should he die ami denly when away from hla Mentis My mother often repents tt. not reall* tug how far from the point tt sounds ft ua who never knew him In hla glory but only In Ida downfall: "He spread hts arms full wide abroad Hla works are ever before tus Uod IBs same on earth shall * s remain Though envious sinners fiet tn vain “W# are certain.** concluded Ivory “that my father preached with Coch ran* lu I.lndngtou. Limerick and l*nt sons field Me also wrote from Ki field and Efflugbnut In New Haul) ahlre After that all la alienee. Vat ous reports place hjui in UtwlML JJ* Kew York, men as tar west as Ohio whether as Cochranite evangelist or what not alas! we can never know. 1 despair of ever tracing his steps. I only hope that he died before he wan dered too widely, either from his l>e lief In God or Ids fidelity to my moth er's long suffering love.” Waitstill rend the letter twice through and replaced It In her dress to read again at night. It seemed the only tangible evidence of Ivory’s love that she had ever received and sin warmed her heart with what she felt that he had put between the lines. “Would that I were free to tell you how I value your friendship!” "My mother’s heart feeds on the sight of you!" “I want you to know something of the circumstances that have made me a prisoner In life instead of a free man.” “Yours is the most undaunted heart In all the world!" These sen fences Waitstill rehearsed again and again and they rang In her ears lik. music, converting all the tasks of hei long day Into a deep and silent Joy. CHAPTER XVII. At the Brick Store. TllEltE were two grand place.- for gossip In the community the old tavern on the Edge wood side of the bridge ami the brick store In Uiverboro. The com pany at the Edgewood tavern would be a trifle different in character, runr. picturesque. Imposing and eclectic la cause of the transient guests that guv. It change and variety. Here might la found a judge or a lawyer on his way to court, a sheriff with a handcuffed prisoner, a farmer or two stopping on the rond to market with a cartful ot produce and an occasional teamster peddler and stage driver. On wiutei nights champion story tellers like Jed Morrill and Ilish Blxby would drop In there and hang their woolen neck com sorters on the pegs along the wall side where there were already hats, top coats and fur mufflers, as well as stacks of whips, canes and oxgonds standing In the corners. They would then enter the room, nibbing theii hands genially and. nodding to Com panlon I’lke, Cephas Cole, l’hil Perry and others, ensconce themselves snugly In the group by tlie great open tire place. The landlord was always glad to see them enter, for their storm though old to him, were new to many of the assembled company and hail a remarkable effect on the consumption ot liquid refreshment. On summer evenings gossip was lan guld in the village, and If any occurred at ail it would be ou the loafers' bench at one or the other side of the bridge When cooler weather came the group of local wits gathered In Rtverboro, either at Unde Ibirt's joiner's shop or at the brick store, according to fancy The latter place was perhaps the fa eorlte for Illverboro talkers. It was a large, two story, square brick build lng, with a big mouthed chimney and an open Are. When every bouse In the two villages had six feet of snow nronnd It roads would alwnys be hr<> ken to the brick store, and a crowd of ten or fifteen men would be gathered there talking, listening, betting, amok lng, chewing, bragging, playing check era, singing and “swapping stories." Rome of the men had been through the war of 1812 and could display wounds received on the field of valor, others were still prouder of scars won in encounters with the Indians and there was one old codger, a revolu tiouury veteran. Bill Dnuham by name who would add bloody tales of his en counters with the “Husshons." "'Tts an awful sin to have on your aoul,” Hill would say from his place In a dark corner, where be would sit with his hat pulled over his eyes tl" the psychological moment came for the "Husshons" to be trotted out. " 'Tls an awful slu to have on your aoul—the extummlnutlon of a race o' men. even If they wa’n't nothin' more'u so many ignorant cockroaches. Them was the great days for tlghtln'! The Husshons was the biggest men I ever seen on the field, moat of 'em ataudln' six feet eight in their stockin'*— but Lord! bow we wallopnl 'em I Once we had a can non nioiinled an’ loaded for 'em that was so large we had to draw the ball Into It with a yoke of oxen!” Bill paimed from force of habit, just as he had paused for the last twenty years. There had been times when roars of Incredulous laughter had greeted thla boast, but moat of this particular group had heard the yarn more than once and let It pass with a smile and a wink, remembering the night that Abel l>ny bad asked old Hill how they got the oxeu out of the can non on that most memorable occasion. “Oh,” said Bill, " that was easy enongh. We Jest unyoked 'em an' turned 'em out o' the primin' hole!” It was only early October, but there had been a killing frost, and Ezra Simms, who kept the brick store, flung some shavings and small wood on the hearth and lighted a blaze, just to In duce a little trade and Mart converse tlon on what threatened to be a dull evening I’eter Morrill, Jed'a |Mdest brother, had lately returned worn a long trip through the state and Into New Hampshire aud his adventures by Held and flood were always worth ll* teulng to. He went about the country mending clock* and so many an old timepiece Mill tears hls name, with the date of repairing written In pencil on the Inatde of the door. There wn* never any lack of suti Jects at the brick store, the Idlosyu <T»»lew of the neighbors being themo«i prolific source of snei-dote *nd com uieut. Whenever all rise failed ther THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. was always .... ....... . Baxter's parsimony. In which tn lage traced the Influence of heredlt,- “He can’t hardly help It. Inheritin' I on both sides.” wns Abel Day's opin lon. “The Baxters was allers snu from time 'memorial, and Foxy's th snuggest ot ’em. When I look at hi ugly mug nn' hear hls snarlin' voice thinks to myself, he's goln' the same way hls father did. When old Lev Baxter was left a wldder man in tha house o' his'n up river he grew was an’ wuss. if you remember, till h wn’n’t hardly human at the Inst, and don't believe Foxy even went up to hi own father's funeral.” " 'Twould 'a' served old Levi right I nobody else had gone.” said Ilish Blx by. “When hls wife died he refused t come Into the house till the last mlu nte. He stnyed to work In the bnrn til all the folks bad assembled and evei the men were all settln' down n: benches In the kitchen. The parse; sent me out for him. and I’m blest i the old skunk didn’t Pome In througl the crowd with Ids sleeves rolled up went to the sink and washed, and the; set down In the room where the colli i was, as cool as a cowcurnber.” "I remember that funeral well." eoi roborated Abel' Day. “An’ Mis' Day heerd Levi say to his daughter, a soon as they'd put |KX>r old Mrs. Bus ter int’ the grave. 'Coine on. Mnrthy there’s no use cryin' over spilt ftillk we’d better go home an' husk out tht rest o' that corn.' Old Foxy could liavi Inherited plenty o' meanness from lib father, that's certain, an' he’s added t, hls Inheritance right along, like tin thrifty man he is. I hate to think o' them two fine girls weurln' their tin gers to the bone for hls benefit." “Oh, well, 'twon't last forever." sab Rlsh Blxby. “They’re tho hnn’somesi couple o' girls or. the river, an' they', get husbands afore many years. l’n tience ’ll have one pretty soon, by tin looks. She never budges nn inch bu Mark Wilson or I’hll Perry are follerin behind, with Cephas Cole watchln' hi ehanee right along too. Waitstill don"; seem to have no beaux; what with (ly in’ around to keep up with the deacon an’ bein’ a mother to Patience, he bands Is full, I guess." “If things was a little jnite dlfreni all round 1 could prognosticate win- Waitstill could keep house for.” was Peter Morrill's opinion. “You mean Ivory Boynton? Well. If the deacon was asked he'd never give hls consent, that’s certain, an' Ivory ain’t In no position to keep a wifi anyways. What was It you heerd ’boat Aaron Boynton up to New Hump shire. Peter?" asked Abel Day. “Consld'able. one way an’ another an' none of It would 'a' been any coni fort to Ivory. I guess Aaron 'n' Jakt Cochrane wns both of 'em more Inter feted in savin' the sisters’ souls than the brothers'. Aaron wns a fine np peerin' man, and so was Jake for that taßtter, 'n' they both Tiad tEe gift o' gab. There’s nothin' like a limber tongue if yon want to please the wo men folks. If report says true. Aaron died of a fever out In Ohio sonic where*. Cortland's the place, I b'lleve. Seems 's if bo hid bis trail all tbe way from New Hampshire somehow, for as a usual thing a man o' book lenrnln’ like him would bo remembered wher ever he went. Wouldn’t you call Aaron Boynton a turrlble I'arned man, Tiino thy?” Timothy Grant, the parish clerk, had Just entered the store on nn errand; but, being directly nddressed and Judg lng that the subject under discussion was a discreet one and that It wns too early In the evening for drinking to begin, he Joined the group by the fire side. He hod preached lu Vermont for several years as an Itinerant Metho dist minister before settling down to fsrmlng In Edgewood. only giving up bis profession beesuse hls quiver was so full of little Grants that a wander lng life was difficult and undesirable. When Uncle Bnrt Cole had remarked that Mis' Grant had a little of every thing In the way of baby stock now— black, red au' ynller haired, dark and light complected, fat an' lean, tall nn’ short, twins an' singles—Jed Morrill had observed dryly, "Yes. Mia' Grant kind o’ reminds me of charity.” "How’s that?” Inquired Uncle Ban. "She beareth all things," chuckled Jed. “Aaron Boyton wa* Indeed a man of most adhealve lamin',” agreed Tim othy, who bad tbe reputation of the largest and most unusual vocabulary In Edgewood, “Next to Jacob Coob rane I should soy Aaron had more graudeloqiieuce as an orator than any man we've ever had lu these parts. It don’t seem ’• If Ivory was goln’ to take after his father that way. Tbe little feller, now, I* smart 'a a whip nn’ eonld talk the tall off a brass monkey.” “Yes. but Rodman ain't no kin to the Boyntons,” Abel reminded him. "He inhalls from the other side o' the bouse." "That'* so. Well. Ivory does for cer tain, an' takes after his mother, right enough, for she Imln't spoken a doz en words in ns many years. I guess Ivory's got a sight o' book knowledge, though, an' they do say he could tnlk Greek an' I<atln both. If we had any of 'em tn the community to converse with I'r* never paid no Intention to the dead languages, bein' #o ookerpled with other studies.” “Why do they call 'em the dead lan rußgea. Tlmr naked Rlsh Blxby. "Because all them that ever s|K>ke 'em tin* |>erlsh<M off the fnce o’ the laud." Timothy answered oracularly. "Dead an' gone they t>e. kick, stock and barrel; yet there was a time when Latins an' Crustacean* an' Hebrews in' Prooshlaus an' Australians an' SI meslaus was clinltertu' away tn tbelr <>wn tongue*, an' so pow'fwl that they ivas wallopin' the whole earth, you might say.” "I I>et yer they never tried to wnllnp these here United States." Interpolated 818 Dunham from tin l dark corner l*y molu-scs hogsheads _ "Is lit, i,. ... ..civ/" Tile uni,, and Rodman Boynton appeared on i. th real)old. "No. sonny. Ivory ain’t been in tlii evenin'," replied Ezra Simms. "I hop there ain’t nothin’ the matter over t your house?” “No, nothing particular," the boy a; swered. "only Aunt Boynton don seem so we.l as common, and I can find Ivory anywhere.” “Come along with me. I'll help ,vo look for him, an' then I'll go as fur a the lane with yer If we don't find him And kindly Rish Blxby took the boy hand and left the store. “Mis' Boynton's had a spell. I giipss! suggested the storekeeper, peerln through the door into the darknes “’Taln’t like Ivory to be out night and leave her to Rod." “She don't have no spells," said Ain Day. “Uncle Bart sees consld'able o Ivory, an' he says his mother is a quiet as a lamb. Couldn't you git tn kind of a certlfcnte of Aaron's deatl out o' that Enfield feller. I’eter? Seem ’a If that poor woman ougbter he stop ped watchln' for a dead mail; tin ker In’ herself all out an' keepln' Ivory an the boy all nerved np." "Uve told Ivory everything I coni' gather up In the way of informstloi and give him the names of the folk- In Ohio that Imd writ back to New Hampshire. I didn't dilate on Aaron's goin’s on in Effingham and Portsmouth ’cause I dassay 'twns nothin' but scan dal. Them as hates the Cochranttes I never allow there's any good in 'em whereas I've met some as is servin the Lord good an’ constant an' lndulg In’ In no kind of foolishness an' devil try whatsoever." "Spenkln' o' Husshons." said Rill Dunham from hls corner, “I reniem ber"— “We wa'n't alludin' to no Husshons.' retorted Timothy Grant. "We was dealin' with the misfortunes of Aaron Boynton, who never fit vnlorously on the field o' battle, but perished out in Ohio of scarlit fever, 1f what they say In Enfield Is true." “’Tis an easy death." remarked Bill argumentatively. “Scnrlit fever don't seem like untilin' to me! Many's tin time I’ve been close enough to fire at the eyeball of a Musshoji an" run tin resk o' bein' blown to smithereens! calm in 1 cool I nllers was too! Searli fever Is an easy death from a warrior p'int o' view!" “Spenkln' of easy death.” continued Timothy, "you know I'm a great on, for words, bein' something of a si ho! ard in my small way. Mobile you no tieed that Elder Boone used n Strang, word in Ills sermon Inst Sunday'. Words air eur'otts things sometimes as I know, hevin' had consld'uhle lels ure time to read when 1 was jog;: in 'bout the country an’ bein' brought Into eontnek with men o' lenrnln'. Th way I worked It out. not wishin’ to ask Parson any more questions. bein' .some thing of a scholnrd myself, is this; The youth In Ashy is a peculiar kind o’ youth, ’n' their religion disposes 'em to lay no kind o' stress on Framing life When anything goes wrong with 'em an’ they get a set hack in war or liusi ness, or affairs with women folks, they want to die right off, so they take ; sword an' stun' it straight up wher ever they happen to lie. in the sh<*(l o; the barn or the henhouse, an’ they p’int the sharp end right to their waist line, where the bowels an' other vital organisms Is loweated, an' then they fall on to it. It runs 'em right throng 1 ' to the tmek ail' kills 'em like a shot, and that's the way I curtate the youth in Ashy dies, if my entomology is correct, as it gen'ally is.” "Don't seem an easy death te me." argued Ezra, “blit 1 ain’t no scholnrd. What college did you attend to. Tim’:" “I don’t hold nodlaploma.” responded Timothy, "though 1 attended the Ware ham academy quite a spell, the same time as your sister was goln’ to Ware ham seminary where eddication is still bein’ disseminated though of an awful poor kind compared to the old times.” “It's live an’ lam." said the store keeper respectfully. "I never thought of a semluary bein' a place of dissemi nation before, but yon can see the two words Is near kin." “You can't allers tell by the sound." said Timothy instructively. "Some times two words ’ll start from the same root an' branch out dlffrent. like ‘crit ter' an' ‘hypocrltter.’ A 'h.vpocrltter' must natcberally start by bein' a !crit ter,' but a critter ain’t obliged to be a ’hypocrltter' ’thont he wants to." “I should hope not.” interpolated Abel Day piously. "Entomology must be an awful interestin' study, though I never thought of observin' words my self. 'cept to avoid vulgar language an' profanity." “Httsshou’s a cttr'ous word for a man." interjected Bill Dunham with a last despairing effort. "I remember seeln' a Ilttsshon once flint"— “Perhaps you ain't one to observe closely, Abel." said Timothy, not tak Ing note of any Interruption, simply using the time to direct a stream of to bacco Juice to an Incredible distance, but landing It neatly lu the exact spot he had Intended. "It's a trade by it self, you might any. observin' Is. an’ there's another slnc’lar corruption! The Whigs in foreign part*, so they say, build stone towers to observe the evil machination* of the Tories, an' so the word ‘oliservatory’ come Into gen eral use! All entomology; nothin’ but entomology." ”1 don’t see where lu thunder you picked up so much lamin'. Timothy!” It was Abel Day’s exclamation, bill every one agreed with him. CHAPTER XVIII. The Red That Blossomed. IVORY BOYNTON hud tHken tbe horse and gone to the village on an errand, a rare tiling for him to do after dark, so Rod was thinking as he sat in the living room learning Ills Sunday school lesson on the same evening that tbe men were gossiping at the brick store. Mis aunt had requited him from the timuiwheu tie ■ ... ."!,, m.l t read ,u it ~i a chapter in <b, Bible e-. • night Beginning with Genesis, lie had reached Leviticus and had made up his mind that the Bible was a much more difficult book than “Scottish Chiefs" notwithstanding the fact that Ivory helped him over most of the hard places. At the present juncture he was vastly Interested in the subject of “rods" a* unfolded in the book of Exodus, which was being studied by his Sunday school class. What added to the excitement was the fact that his uncle’s Christian name. Aaron, kept appearing in the chronicle ns frequently us that of the great law giver Moses himself, and there were many verses about the wonder work ing rods of Moses and Aaron that had a strange effect upon the boy’s ear when he read them aloud, as he loved to do whenever he was left alone for a time. When his aunt was in the room his instinct kept him from doing this, for the mere mention of the name of Aaron, lie feared, might sadden his aunt and provoke in her that danger ous vein of reminiscence that made Ivory so air.ioi! (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) AT THE BIJOU The appearance of Sig. Anthony Novell! in the principal role in George Kleine’s latest photo-drama “For Na poleon and France” cannot fail to im press one with the remarkable versa tility of 'this renowned Italian artist, who bears a remarkable resemblance to one of America’s leading actors, William Faversham. This production in which this accomplished star is again introduced to audiences of this country is historical and romantic, spectacular and dramatic, and will be the attraction at the Bijou Theatre for two days commencing with matinee tomorrow. “For Napoleon and France” has a more potent romantic atmosphere than any other of the Cines photodramas presented in this country by George Kleine. Novelli appears as Capt. Robert I.arive, a hero at the French Court and a favorite of Napoleon be cause of his heroism in fighting fur the glory of France. Though more at home on the field of battle, the gallant officer soon adapts himself to his new court environs, and is feted and paid Scene From “For Napoleon and France” to Be Shown at the Bijou Friday and Saturday, Matinee and Night The Herald 9 s Picture Gallery L' * ,*** SaMlEvt..' “ A bewitching, cunning little con- | testant tn the great race for fame and ! fortune, now being conducted by The Herald, Is thla little man who greets j you today. Here he Is with hi* grandfather; and this is one of the j proudest grandfathers you ever heard , of He I* going to work real hard ; for the baby and is hoping to see him crowned with success at the close o' i the contest June 2flth. This little man Is Master William Lester, son of THURSDAY, MAY 28. homage on all sides. The infectious artificiality of the court soon inocu lates him and he becomes one of the throng of courtiers who laugh at mor ality and court iniquity. Soon he is at the feet of a famous beauty, the toast of France and the world, and through his helpless Infatuation she attempts to use him to serve the ne farious ends of herself and her ac complices. Intervention of his sister prevents this, and the consumation of the plans for vengeance of the fair adventuress places him in the shadow of a disgraceful death from which he is saved by the great Napoleon. Novelli was initially presented to the admiring throngs of photodrama devotees as Vinitius, the young Roman patrician and soldier who became a Christian through his love for Lygia in “Quo Vadis.” Next he was seen in the famous character of Anthony in “Antony and Cleopatra,” and only re cently was introduced as Lieutenant Ross in “Between Savage and Tiger.” Signora Giovanni Gonzales Terrihili, a famous Cines actress, who is still winning favor throughout the nation as Cleopatra, distinguishes herself in “For Napoleon and France” in the role of Madame De Longueville, the famous French adventuress and beauty, who so nearly ruined the life of Capt. Robert Larive. Sig. 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