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SYNOPSIS.
At the expense of a soiled hat Robert
Orn?e s&ves from arrest a girl in a black
touring car who has caused a traffic jam
on State street. He buys a new hat and
2s given in change a five dollar bill with
"Remember the person you pay this to."
written on it. A second time he helps the
lady in the black car, and learns that in
Tom and Bessie Wallingham they have
mutual friends, but gains no further hint
®f her Identity.
Senor Poritol of South America and
'Senor Alcatrante. minister from the same
country, and some Japs try to get pos
session of the bill. Two of the latter over
power Orme and effect a forcible ex
change nf the marked bill for another
Orme finds the girl of the black car
waiting for him. She also wants the bill.
Orme tells his story. She recognizes one
©f the Japs as her father’s butler. Maku
A second Inscription on the bill is the
Icey to the hiding place of Important pa
pers stolen from ■> her father. Orm?
and the "Girl” start out in the black car
In quest of the papers. In the univers.rv
grounds in Evanston'the hiding place h
located. Maku and another Jap are there.
Orme fells Maku and the other J j-P !
capes. Orme finds in Maku’s pocket »• :
folded slip of paper. He takes the glr
Whose name is still unknown to hn: !«•
the home of a’friend in Evanston Re ,
turning to tne university grounds Oy
frets in conversation with a guard at tu
life-saving station. They hear a motor
'boat in trouble in the darkness on rr>e
lake. They find the crippled boat. In 1
«re the Jap with the papers end ’
She jumps into Orme's boat: but. th-**. J;’J
eludes pursuit. Orme finds on tne, paper ;
he took from Maku the address. *‘34. > •
Parker street." He goes there and aws 1
Arlma, teacher of jiu-jitsu. Is on the tnuu ,
floor. He calls on Alia, clairvoyant, on ,
the fourth floor, descends by Itire- 1
escape arrd conceals himself under a ta.ne .
tn Arlma’s room. Alcatrante. Po
the Jap minister enter. Orme finds tn-,
papers In a drawer, under th'- a Jl a I
substitutes mining prospectus-?- for them. .
Hp learns that the papers are of nt * rT l a ' .
tlonal importance with a thpe .in'.it for .
•Igratures of that night midnight the
substitution is discovered. The girl ap- |
pears and leaves again after being tota .
tha - : the American has the papers Orme
fttt»-mpts to get away, is discovered ano
set upon by Arima and Maku. He eludes
them and is hidden In a clQ.set by the
clairvoyant, Orme escapes during a
•cance given by Alia. On the sidewalk
he encounters Alcatrante. Orme goes to
find Tom Wallingham. Alcatrante hangs
or< and tries to get the papers. During
the excitement caused by one of Alca
trante’s tricks to delay Orme, the latter 1
eees the girl and follows her back to ,
Wallingham’s office. He and the girl are
locked In a giant specimen refrigerator I
by Alcatrante.
They confess their love and when they
had almost abandoned hope of escape
Orme breaks the thermometer coils and
attracts the attention of a late-going
clerk. They are liberated.
Alcatrante is on watch They get away
9n a hired motor car to Evanston. The ■
•chauffeur turns out to be Maku He runs I
-them to a quiet spot where they meet ,
another motor. Orme pretends to conceal •
the papers under the seat, but drops ’’hem
■tr? the road. Orme fights Arima, Maku |
and two other Japs.
A policeman intervenes The girl drives :
away In one ear with what Orme deceives .
"her Int* thinking are the real papers.
Arima finds the real papers, eludes the 1
policeman and drives away In another j
car. Orme, unnoticed, climbs in behind
throttles the Jan. recovers the stolen !
papers and goes to Arradale. Bessie Wai-
Bingham introduces him to the club mem- ;
%era and the Japanese minister
CHAPTER XVl!.—Continued.
"He thought himself safe,” contin
ced Orme, “but my friend had caught
the back of the motor car just as it
started. He climbed silently into the
tonneau, and throwing his arm around
Ww d “k e thief, ’ ' I
"The’cS v ls /dn t \, 9d an l my friend
and the thief were bu brown out. ’
My friend was not hurt. The thief,
however, had bls leg broken '
‘ What happened then?" Inquired j
the minister; for Orme had paused
“Oh, my friend took the proxies <
from the thief’s pocket and walked I
away. He stopped at the nearest
farmhouse and sent help back."
"Even in America,” commented the
minister, "the frien’s of the Injured ;
man might see that his hurt was
avenge. The man who caused the ac
. cident should be made to suffer."
“Oh. no," said Orme. "If the matter
were pressed at all, the correct thing
to do would be to arrest the man
with the broken leg. He had stolen
-the papers in the first place. Harm
came to him, when he tried to escape
with the papers after stealing them.
But as a matter of fact, the average
American would consider the affair at
an end.”
Your story and mine are dissim
ilar," remarked the minister.
“Perhaps. But they involve a simi
lar question: Whether a man should
yield passively to a power that ap
pears to be stronger than his own. in
America we do not yield passively
unlegs we understand all the bearings
of the case, and see that it is right
to yield."
At this moment a motor car came
up the drive. "There’s our car, Bob,”
■said Bessie. "Wait a moment, while
1 get my wraps. 1 km w that you are
impatient to go.
“I know that you are a good friend.”
he whispered, as she arose.
He did not care to remain with the
group in Bessie's absence. With a
bow, he turned to stroll by himself
down the veranda. But the minister
jumped to his feet and called:
‘Mr. Orme!”
Orme looked back "Please be so
good as to return,” continued the min
ister.
With mere politeness, Orme halted,
and took a step back toward his chair.
An air of startled expectancy was
manifest in the position taken by the
different members of the group. The
minister's voice had sounded sharp
and authoritative, and be now stepped
forward a pace or two, stopping at a
point where the light from one of the
clubhouse windows fell full on his
face. Clearly he was laboring under
great excitement.
"You have something to say to me?"
Inquired Orme. He foresaw an effort
to detain him.
“I am compelled to ask the ladies
to leave us for a few minutes,” said
•he minister, seriously. "There Is
t matter of utmos' importance."
He bowed. The women, hesitating
In their embarrassment, rose and
walked away, leaving the half-dozen
men standing in a circle.
"I find myself in an awkward po
sition,” began the minister, slowly. “I
am a guest of your club, and I should
never dream of saying what 1 mus'
say, were my own personal affairs
alone Involved. Let me urge that
no one leave until I have done.”
For a tense moment he was silent.
Then he went on:
“Gentlemen, while we were talking
together here, I had in my pocket
certain papers of great importance
to my country. In the last few min
utes they have disappeared. I regret
to say it —but, gentlemen, some one |
has taken them."
There was a gasp of astonishment.
"I mus' even open myself to the
charge of abusing your hospitality
rather than let the matter pass. If I
could only make you understand how j
grave it is"—he was brilliantly impres- I
sive. Just the right shade of re- ,
luctance colored his earnestness.
“I have every reason to think." he !
continued, "that the possession of i
those papers would be of Immense per- I
sonal advantage to the man who has •
been sitting at my right—Mr. Orme.” I
“This is a serious charge, excel- I
lency,” exclaimed one of he men.
”1 am aware of that But I am
obliged to ask you not , dismiss It
hastily. My position and pt: ling are
known to you. When Ite ou that
these papers are of imports etomy !
country, you can only In pa realize !
bow great that importance Gen
tlemen, I mus' ask Mr. Orm. hether
lie has the papers."
Orme saw that the ministt s bold j
stroke was having its effect. He de- |
elded quickly to meet it witl • ink
ness. “The papers to which .s ex- i .
cellency refers,” he said quiet ‘are
In my pocket.”
Several of the men exclaim?
“But,” Orme went on, “I ;.d not j .
lake them from his excellen On ;
the contrary, his agents have so: some j
time been using every device : : .:al j
them from me. They have fail and | '
now he Is making a last attempt by
trying to persuade you that t: be
long to him."
"I submit that this smart ar .ver -
does not satisfy my charge,” crie the i
minister.
“Do you really wish to go further?"
demanded Orme. “Would you Ilk me ’
to explain to these men what ose ! 1
papers really mean?"
"If you do that, you betray my >un-
| try’s secrets."
Orme turned to the others. His |
| excellency and I are both guests hire.'
ihe said. “Leaving his official postion j
out of the question, my word mus. go ;
as far as his I assure you that 'he !
has no claim at all upon the papers
in my pocket.”
“That is not true!”
The minister’s words exploded in :
i sharp staccato.
I “In this country,” said Orme, calm
’ ly, “we knock men down for words j
like that. In Japan, perhaps, the He |
can be passed with nnpuntty."
“Gentlemen, I ask that Mr Orme i
be detained," exclaimed the minister ;
furiously. '■
“1 will not be detained,” said Orr n K .
"T«« oH < of i
. among themselves, and at last, one , I
; them stepped forward as spokesmen ,
\ "This is a serious matter for the' (
j club," he said. ' I suggest, Mr. Orme, »
I that we go to the library”—he glanced
j significantly at the other groups on
the veranda—“where no one can over-
I hear us, and talk the matter over '
' quietly.”
“But that will exactly fit in with his
I scheme, exclaimed Orme, heatedly
i “He knows that, in the interests of
, our own country”—he hazarded this—
; I must be at a certain place before :
I midnight. He will use every means
I to delay me- -even to charging me
I with theft.”
| “What is that?” Bessie Walling
i ham's voice broke in upon them. “Is !
I any one daring to accuse Bob Orme?" j
In her long, gray silk motor cloak,
3 with the filmy chiffon veil bound
! about her hat. she startled them, like
I an apparition
The spokesman explained. "His ex-
I cellency says that Mr. Orme has
i stolen some papers from him.”
“Then his excellency is at fault,”
said Bessie, promptly. “I vouch for
Mr Orme. He is Tom’s best friend,
' and Tom is one of the governors of
i the club. Come, Bob."
She turned away decisively, and
: Orme recognized the advantage she
, had given him. and strode after her.
Trom noises behin# him he gathered
; that the men were holding the min
j ister back by main force.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Goal,
The chauffeur was opening the do r
!of the waiting car. It was a black c r
I—a car with strangely familiar lines.
! Orme started. “Where did that ccm«
from?" he demanded.
Bessie smiled at him. “That is my
surprise for you. My very dear friend,
whom you so much desire to see, t !e
--phoned me here this evening and
asked me to spend the night with >er
instead of returning to Chicago. ! he
promised to send her car fy me. It
was long enough coming, good: ss
knows, but if it had appeared soon I
should have gone before you arrived.”
Orme understood. The girl bad
telephoned to ‘Bessie while he waited
there on La Salle street. She bad
planned a meeting that would satisfy
him with full knowledge of her name
I and place. And the lateness of the
car In reaching Arradale was unques
tionably owing to the fact that it had
not set out on its errand until after
the girl reached home and gave her
chauffeur the order. Orme welcomed
this evidence that got home
safely.
Bessie jumped lightly into the ton
neau, and .Orme followea. The car
glided from the grounds. Eastward
it went, through the pleasant, rolling
farming country, that was wrapped In
the beauty of the starry night. They
crossed a bridge over a narrow creek.
“You would hardly think," said Bes
sie, "that, this Is so-called north branch
of the Chicago river.”
“I would believe anything about that
river,” he replied.
She laughed nervously. He knew
that she was suppressing her natural
Interest in the scene she had wit-
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“What Happened Then?"
nessed on the veranda; yet, of course,
she was expecting some explanation.
"Bessie,” he said, "1 am sorry to
have got into such a muss there at
the club. The Japanese minister was
the last man I wanted to see.”
She did not answer.
“Perhaps your friend —whom we are
row going to visit. —will explain things
a little," he went on. "I can tell you
only that I had in my pocket certain
papers which the Jap would have
gl ven much to get hold of. He tried it
by accusing me of stealing them from
him. It was very awkwarff.”
“I understand better than you
think,” she said, suddenly. "Don't you
see, you big stupid, that I know where
we are going? That tells me some
thing. I can put two and two to
gether.”
Then I needn't try to do any more
explaining of things I can't explain.” •
"Os course- not. You are forgiven
all. Just think, Bob, it's nearly a year
since you stood up with Tern and
me.”
"That's so!”
“How time does go! See” —as the
car turned at a crossing—"we are go
ing northward. We are bound for
:te village of Winnetka. Does that
Itell you anything?"
| Nothing at all,” said Orme, striving
ainly to give the Indian name a place
I b his mind.
-In they sped. Orme looked at his
i,
i ‘-/e must be nearly there,” he said,
k j{ ey gpuig 1 eastward again,
! a narrow dirt road. Sud
<!eiyk' the chauffeur threw the brakes
D /hard Orme and Bessie, thrown
f /rward by the sudden stopping,
< itched the sides of the car There
• as a crash, and they found them-
i ’>elves in the bottom of the tonneau.
i Orme was unharmed. "Are you all
right, Bessie?" he asked.
"All right.” Her voice was cheery.
»Ie leaped to the road. The chauf
f> had descended and was hurrying
| to front of the car.
cat was it?” asked Orme.
‘ n.c one pushed a wheelbarrow
ir- road Just as we were com
ing."
"A Ibarrow!"
| "Y • ir There it is."
Oi looked at the wheelbarrow.
It w edged ider the front of the
car peered off into the field at
the : Dimly he could see a run
ning nd he hastily climbed the
rail ! and started in pursuit.
It a sprjnt. The running
mar. fast on his feet, but his
I speed long serve him, for he
stumb. fell. He did not rise,
and O .Ming up, for the moment
suppo :.ii to :■> stunned.
Berni r, he discovered that
the p ! ate -an was panting hard,
and d' ? his hands into the turf.
“Get ' commanded Orme. '
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An Old Man, Coatless and Slippered, Opend the Door.
Inquired the Minister.
The njap g J to hjs knees and, turn- |
Ing, hands.
"Poritol!” ‘xclaimed Orme.
“On, Mr. ( me, spare me. It was
an accident.' His face worked con
vulsively. “J-I—” Something like a
sob escaped him, and Orme again
found himsel divided between con
tempt and pit
“What wer you doing with that
wheelbarrow?
Poritol kept his frightened eyes on
Orme’s face, lit he said nothing.
“Well, I Wij explain it. You fol
lowed the earthen it started for Ar
radale. You halted here, found a
wheelbarrow, knd tried to wreck us.
It is further lidence of your comic
equipment thi you should use a
wheelbarrow.” 1
Poritol got io his feet. “You are
mistaken, deal Vlr. Orme. I —I—”
Orme smilci grimly. “Stop,” he
said. “Don't xplain. Now I want
you to stay riijlt here in this field for
a half hour. o>n’t budge. If I catch
you outside, T1 take you to the near
est jail.” >
Poritol drar himself up. “As ah
attache I am exempt." he said, with
a pitiful attenpt at dignity.
"You are nc exempt from the con
sequences of ; crime like this. Now,
get on your '*Tes '
Whimpering Poritol kneeled.
“Stay in the, position.”
“Oh, sir —oh my very dear sir. I —”
“Stay there" thundered Orme.
Poritol was -till, but his lips moved,
interla id fingers worked con-
As Orn e walked away, he stopped
now and t hen to look bat-k- Poritol
did not hove,' find Orme ) on S carried
the picture of khat kneel n K figure.
"Who yag it?" asked Bessie Wal
lingham, a , hekllmbed jack over the
fence.
“A puppy wih sharp teeth," he re
plied, thinking of what the girl had
said. "We migit as well forget him.”
She studied him in silence, then
pointed to tie rhauffeur, who was
down at the s d of the’ car.
“Anything daiaiged?" Orme quer
ied.
“Yes, sir."
“Much?"
“Two hours' wjrk. sir."
“Pshaw!" Oin:f shut his teeth down
hard; Poritol, !iaß he known it, might
have felt thaiAfpl that he was not
near at hand. 4e turned to Bessie.
“How much fitter is it?”
"The chauftur answered. “About
three miles, sv.'
Three miles iver dark country roads
—and it was fearly 11 o'clock. He
glanced ahead! In the distance a
light-twinkled.
“Bessie," he sid, -come with me to
that farmhouse.; We must go on. Or,
if you prefer tolvait here—”
“I'll go with tou, of course.”
They walk, dkilong the road to the
‘ farm gate. dir yelped at their feet
j as they apprvafiied the house, and an
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old man, coatleua and slippered, opened i
the door, holding an on lamp high i
above bls head. "Down, Rover! What <
do you want?" he shouted.
“We've got to have a rig to take us I
to Winnetka,” said Orme. "Our cor 1
broke down.”
The old man reflected. "Can't do 1
it,” he said, at last. “All shet up ter : '
the night. Can't leave the missus '
alone.” I ’
A head protruded from a dark upper I
window. "Yes, you can, Simeon," :
growled a woman’s guttural voice. ;
“Wall—l don't know —”
"Yes, you can." She turned to ;
Orme. "He’ll take ye fer five dollars
cash. Ye can pay me."
Orme turned to Bessie. "Have you 1
any money?” he whispered.
“Heavens! I left my hand bag in
my locker at the clubhouse. How stu- 1
Pid!" ’
“Never mind.” Orme saw that ha
must lose the marked bill after all. ’
Regretfully he took it from his pocket.
The woman had disappeared from the ‘
window, and now she came to ‘.he j
door and stood behind her husband.
Wrapped in an old blanket, she made
a gaunt figure, not unlike a squaw. ,
Orme walked up the two or three
stops, she stretched her hand over her ,
husband’s shoulder and snatched the ,
bill, examining it closely by the lamp- _
light.
"What's this wrftln’ on It?” sh« de- (
manded, fiercely i
"Oh, that's just somebody's joke. It ,
doesn’t hurt anything.” ,
“Well, I don’t knew." She looked at .
it doubtfully, then crumpled it tight (
in her fist. “I guess it'll pass. Git ,
a move on you, Simeon.
The old man departed, grumbling, j
to the barn, and the woman drew back t
into the house, shutting the door care
fully. Orme and Bessie heard the (
bolts click as she shot them home. (
"Hospitable!” exclaimed Bessie, ,
seating herself on the doorstep.
After a wait that seemed interml- (
nable, the old man came driving around (
the house. To a ramshackle buggy
he had hitched a decrepit horse. They ,
wedged in as best they could, the old
man between them, and at a shuffling ,
amble the nag proceeded through the (
gate and turned eastward. j
in the course of 20 mlnvtes they
crossed railroad tracks and entered ■
the shady streets of the village, Bessie ;
directing the old man where to drive.
Presently they came to the entrance ,
of what appeared to be ar extensive
estate. Back among the trees glim- ,
mered th?y lights of a hcuse. "Turn
in,” said Bessie.
A thought struck Orme. If Poritol,
why not the Japanese? Maku and his
friends might easily have got back to
tVen able to telephone to his allies
from Arradale, they would be expect
ing him.
"Stop!” he whispered. “Let me out.
You drive on to the door and wait
there for me.”
Bessie nodded. She did not com
prehend, but she accepted the situa
tion unhesitatingly.
Orme noted, by the light of the lamp
at the gate, the shimmer of the veil
that was wound around her ha.
"Give me your veil," he said
She withdrew the pins and unvound
the piece of gossamer. He took 1 and
WAS ONLY ONE OF ITS' KIND
“There’s Lots of Horses, But There
Is Only One Judge Kinne,'
Says Judge.
During the second Cleveland cam
paign, Col John P. Irish, the golden
tongued orator, and Judge Kinne o!
Waterloo, la., the man with lungs oi
brass, were stumping lowa in behalf
of the Democratic candidate.
They were driving in a buggy on
the road to Sidney, a young city in the
southwestern part of the state, when |
they came to a fork of the road where
there was no sign board. Which turn
to take was a question, as they bad |
barely time to make the town any
way.
"There’s a farmhouse over there a
bit. You sit still and I'll go over and :
ask questions,” said Irish, and clfmo- |
ing out he started for the desired i’s- !
formation. He got it, and on his r+ j.
turn saw the horse, evidently fright
ened at something, tearing down ths
i road at runaway speed. Instead c? I
I trying to stop the horse, Judge Kinne I
I dropped the reins, climbed over the
' seat and dropped off the back of the
buggy into the road.
When Irish caught up to him, the
judge was busily dusting himself off
after his roll In the roadway, not In
the least disfigured by his acrobatic
stunt.
“You’re on the right fork of the
road, all right, judge, but why didn’t
you hang on to the horse?” asked
Irish, laughing heartily.
“Why didn’t I hang on to him?”
rumbled Kinne in his deep sub-cellar
voice. “I'll tell you why I didn’t, my
Christian friend. There’s lots of
horses in this world, but there is but
one Judge Kinne."
An Exploded Theory.
"Children,” said the Sunday school
teacher, "there is one thing that I
wish to especially impress upon your
minds. Always be kind to your
parents. Make it as pleasant for them
as you can. Remember that none of
you can ever have another mother
after the one you posses is gone. You
can never —”
“Oh. yes, we can,” interrupted a lit
tle boy who had lost most of his but
tons. “I lost mine last week and pa
brought me a new one home the same
day be got back from the court
house.” _
Note Your Exceptions.
x One of the philosophers says that
everything is sweetened by risk, but
we must except bank deposits.—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
And how about matrimony?
stepped to the ground, concealing hire
self among- the trees that lined the
drive.
The buggy proceeded slowly. Orme
followed afoot, on a parallel course,
keeping'well back among the trees.
At a certain point, after the buggy
passed, a Cguie stepped out into the
drive, and etood looking after it. From
his build and the peculiar agility of
hla motions, he was recognized as
Maku. Orme busted about till he
found a bush from, which he could
quietly break a wamj about six feet
long. Stripping it of leaves, he
fastened the veil to one end of it and
tiptoed toward the drlvg.
The Japanese was still looking aft- '
er the buggy, which had drswn up be
fore the house.
Suddenly, out of the darkness a
sinuous gray form came flogtlng to
ward him. It wavered, advanced,
halted, then seemed to rush. The
seance of the afternoon was fresh in
the mind of the Japanese. With
screams of terror, he turned
down the drive, while Orme, removing
the veil from the stick, moved on to
ward the house. Madam Alla’s game
certainly was effective In dealing with
Orientals.
A moment later Orme and Bessie
had crossed the roomy veranda and
were at the door, while the old man,
still grumbling, swing around the cir
cle of the drlv»*and rattled away.
Orme’s heart wae> pounding. When the
servant answered the bell, he drew
back and he did not hear the words
which Bessie spoke in a low voice.
They were ushered into a wide re
ception hall, and the servant went' to
announce them.
“You wish to see her alone," said
Bessie. “Go in there and I will ar
range it”
He went as she directed, into a lit
tle reception room, and there he wait"
ed while subdued feminine greeting*
were exchanged in the hall without
Then, at last, through the doorway
came the gracious, lovely figure of ths
girl.
“Oh," she whispered, “I knew you
would come, dear—l knew.”
He took her hands and drew her
to him. But with a glance at the
doorway she held herself away from
him.
In his delight at seeing her he had
almost forgotten his mission. But now
he remembered.
"I have the papers,” he said, taking
them from his pocket.
"I was sure you had them. I was
sure that you would come.”
He laid them in her hands. “For- .
give me, Girl, for fooling you with
that blank contract.”
She laughed happily. “I didn't look !
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But when I thought it over, I under
stood. Oh, my dear, I believed in you
so strongly that even then I went to
my father and told him that the pa
pers were on. the way—that they
would be here in time. I just simply
knew you would come.”
Regardless of the open doorway he
clasped her closely, and she buried
her face in his coat with a little laugh
that was almost a sob. Then, sudden
ly. she left him standing there and,
holding the papers tight, went from
the room.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Well Worth the Effort.
The rind is bitter, but the core le
sweet. The memorizing of Latin
grammar and the thumbing of a Latin
dictionary are the rind. The riches of
a great literature are the core. The
irksome tasks of the school boy and
the collegian are the small price he
pays for something that can be the
recreation of his mature years, the
constant companion and solace of old
age, says a writer in the Chicago
Tribune. But the price does not seem
| small wliile it is being paid. The stu
ent who knows only English, an al
most grammarless tongue which has
freed itself from the trammels of con
jugations, declensions and genders, is
appalled by the Intricacies and com
plexities of a highly inflected lan
guage. The enthusiasm with which
: he may have begun its study is likely
to be converted into dlsguust. But
; there could be no greater mistake
than lor one who has got nearly
• through the drudgery to lose the re
ward by letting all that he has la
i borlously learned slip away from him
vhen he_ becomes his own master.
Up In ths Air.
Glenn H. Curtiss was describing in
I NSw York bis flight down the Hud
son.
“The intelligent interest of the pub
lic in my aeroplane and its operation,"
h( said, “shows very plainly that peo
ple nowadays have a good general
knowledge of aeronautics. It wasn’t
j always so. When I- think of the stupid
and useless questions about my ma
chine that used to exasperate me to
tie point of rudeness, I am reminded
of Smith.
; “Smith, meeting Jones one day, ex
claimed: '
“‘Hallo, Jones! Y'ou wearing glass
es? What’s that for?’
"Jones, annoyed at the foolishness
of the question, answered Irritably:
Corns!’ ”
Weary of Boating.
“Oh, what a lovely, quiet spot this
; is!” she exclaimed when they had
; reached the summer resort. “I’m so
: glad we came here Instead of going
Ito the seashore. How peaceful the
’ lake is, and what a cute little island
! that is over there! Get a boat, dear,
i and let’s row over.”
“Oh,” he replied as he tipped b’s
chair back and bit off the end of a
cigar, “1 don’t feel like rowing jist
now.”
: “You used to be crazy to get m> to
; go out in boats with you.”
“Crazy is hardly a "strong ercugh
word fcr it. We were in a boa 1 when
you told me you’d be mine.”
IMPROVED FARM METHODS
Central of Georgia Railway Desiret
Better Corn Yield Along
Its Lines.
A better corn yield and 'prove?
methods of cultivation genera alonjj
the line of the Central of Georg. Rail
way are very much desired . its
management.
Mr. W. A. Winburn, Vice-President
in an interview, states that: ”Th«
Central of Georgia Railway is deeply
interested in the adoption of improv
ed farming methods along its line
and wishes to display its interest it’
some substantial way. We beleive
that splendid results will be obtained
through the organization of Boys
Corn Clubs in the various counties it
Georgia and Alabama by the United
States Department of Agriculture
through the Extension Department oi
the State Agricultural Colleges, and
in order to encourage this work, wt
have decided to offer a cash prize o:
$25.00 to the boy in each of the cotiH
ties traversed by our line who secure
the best results from the cultivation
of an acre of corn under the rulps ol
competition fixed by the organizations
named above.
"The Central runs through fifty
seven counties in Georgia and twenty
one counties in Alabama, which wii)
have the effect of enabling a large
number of boys to benefit by the com
petition and should arouse very gen.
eral interest in this very important
educational work.
“In addition to these county prizes,
the Central of Georgia Railway also
■ffers two State prizes, one in Geor.
gia one j n Alabama, to ->e awar,
ded tu bov competing in ’” ie ' oril *
Clubs of the naversed by
its line of road, who obtains the besj
results under the rules prescribed for
the county prizes. We have decide:)
to offer as State prizes the best mull
that can be purchased for 250.09.
“While every boy winning a cash
county prize is at liberty to uie th«
money according.to his own best judg
mem. we beleive that no better ust
could be made of it than by taking
advantage of the educational advan
tages that are offered by the State
Colleges of Agriculture. This amount
generally speaking, will more thaij
pay the expense that will be incurred
in taking the farmers’ short course
either at Athens, Ga., or at Auburn,
Ala., and we hope that the winner,
will make this use of it."
■•lt is not our expectation in offer
ing these prizes that the increase in
the production of corn in these
states will make that an important
item of freight tonnage in the near
future, but we do beleive that mor,
homegrown corn means more live
stock, and that more live stock will
serve to enrich the soil, which must
inevitably benefit _ the farmer and
everybody else, including the rail
roads.”
BRAZILS COTTON IMPORTS
South American Country Offers Ex
cellent Field For Cotton
Goods Trade.
by the Southern Railway co'mpgh)
from the United States Bureau ol
Manufactures, shows that during th,
six months ended June 30, 1910, th«
total imports into Brazil of nianufac.
tures of cotton amounted to $8,196,-
415, while the imports from the Unit,
fed States into Brazil of the same arti
cles amounted to only $245,265 or only
2.9 per cent of the of the total. While
the imports from the United States in
to Brazil of manufactures of cotton
for the period named increased $41,-
639 or 20.4 per cent over the sama
period of the previous year, $245,265,
seems very small in comparison witli
the total imports of these goods inti
Brazil.
It will thus be seen that Brazil of
fers a splendid field for a healthy ex
pension of the export cotton good,
trade and the favorable geographical
location of the Southern mills with re
ference to the Brazilian market would
seem to give them special advantage
j In this connection, it may not bd
! generally known that the United
States is the best customer Brazil has.
The total imports into the United
States from that country average
about $100,000,000 per year, while th«
exports from the United States to Bra
zil average less than $30,000,000 pel
year.
HERE AND THERE.
Hot water should be poured into a
thin glass in preference to a thick
one. For the inside of the latter ex. ,
pands before the heat has time to
reach the outer surface .and a break
age occurs.
Let the children wear their stock
ings wrong side out, as the ends of
the threads and knots are on- tills
side in thee foot of the stocking, and
by doing this you will save them -
from growing corns, etc. Y’he ribbed
stockings children wear are woven
the same on both sides and have no 1
seams, sb no one can tell the dif
ference.
A shoestring will never become
untied of itself if in tying it one of
the bow ends is carried over the
central knot and then tucked baek
through it again to its natural po
sition before drawing both of the bow
ends tight. This knot may be untied
as readily as any other by pulling the
end,-
To clean curtain hooks place them
in water in- which a little ammonia
ba been poured and let soak for a
k’hile.
- When next making rice pudding,
flavor with lemon and cinnamon. It
( will be found exceedingly tasty.
’Pillow, cases will have their use
fulness prolonged if, when they a.
beginning to show signs of veai
they are unstitched at the hotter
and before, being seamed up aga..
are folded that the seam at the side
now goes down the middle. In th:,
way one secures the whole case, gel
ting an ecpial amount of wear.
When passing the sneet through the
wringer begin at the selvidge edge
instead of the hem and it will
found perfectly straight and smfiolt
when ironed without any effort.
To sit and count our woes is
way of adding to them.