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CHAPTER II
Before Alecs nrrlvul on the scone I
grieve to say that besides being one of
the grot test Ounces In the school I
was also so tlit muster paid the most
troublesome young scapegrace he over
linil the misfortune to eane He told
my father that he could not conscien
tiously take any hlaine to himself for
my deplorable Ignorance and deprav
ity as he would wnrrant that there
was scarcely a square Inch of my un
gainly carcass that his ferule or birch
broom hnd not scored I was Innately
wicked he declared and my poor fa
ther groaned and said he feared the
Bchoolmnster was right
There was really some Justification
for this belief of my fathers for all
my ten brothers I was the youngest of
11 were either doing well or giving
promise of It and I was the only one
who had ever given my worthy par
ents the least trouble The others
were mostly parsons or on the way to
become parsons so as my father too
was In the church there was plenty of
piety in the family but I am very
much afraid that the collective good
ness of all my relatives was mote than
balanced by my Individual depravity
1 have heard my mother say and It
has never o eurred to mo to doubt It
that the first use I made of my legs
after 1 learned the art of locomotion
was to walk straight Into a scrape It
Is a habit I have not dropped with In
crease of years
Now however I had for the first
time a companion who like myself ap
peared to be happiest when in trouble
and for the next two years Alec and I
continued to live In a state of Intermit
tent rebellion with those In authority
We both hankered after excitement
and the pursuit of it continually led us
Into hot water Now It would be a
scuttle with liis lordships men for snar
ing his lordships grouse now a brawl
in a tavern and now again a threat of
severe punishment for scaring half the
town with a turnip lantern on a dark
winters night Once we went off for
a whole week and lived like conies
among the hills and on another occa
sion we hid ourselves in a ships hold
and sailed down to Scarboro in her
anil then tramped the whole way back
over the moors on foot
Adventures like these cemented our
friendship and taught us to be quick
and ready in emergencies but they did
not tend to Increase our popularity
with those In authority and to such an
extent did our ill repute spread that
when anything went wrong or any evil
was committed of which the perpetra
tors were not at once discovered every
finger pointed to Alexander Ireland
and John Topp as the culprits And
truth to tell these Judicial digits did
not often point askew
Alec indeed pursued his studies
with some amount of diligence but an
for me the perpetual war which 1
waged with the schoolmaster was far
too bitter to admit of my profiting by
his efforts to Instruct me I Increased
therefore h very little except stature
but in that I bid fair to be pre eminent
In Whitby
My eventual sudden departure from
the town was caused by the unexpect
ed boiling over of a pan of water and
this Is how it came about
I had gone to see my sweetheart
Inez nnd Alec had as usual accom
panied me He still took great pleas
ure In the sea songs she used to sing
to us and besides his presence was a
help to our lovemaklng as he was al
ways wlllin to converse with Dame
Gurrat and so divert her attention
from Inez to me when we happened to
wish to speak of anything of an espe
cially private nature We had a pre
arranged system of signals by which I
could always let him know when I
wanted him to talk louder than usual
and to tell the truth our knowledge of
the code was in no danger of growing
rusty from want of use
On this particular night however
the conversation had been of other
times nnd places than our own We
had been discussing the marvelous
wealth of the new world and Alec an I
I had fought a wordy battle about tl e
relative merits of glory and gold 1 t
was all for glory and I was for gold
flrBt and glory only as an afterthought
when the gold was safe below
Jack said Iuez to mo when Alec
and I had In our despair of converting
one another come to a controversial
deadlock there nro other wnys ot
innklng gold than by fighting for It
Yes sweetheart I know there are
I answered but you would not have
me to become a smug faced merchant V
No but there are other ways still
IlowV
Uy alchemy
Tho devils work I cried
My fathers work Jack replied
Inez gravely
Yes sweetheart nnd I wIfIi It wero
not 1 begun when Alec Interrupted
me
Jack my boy youre a fool now
can the dovil have anything to do with
It V Tho trades respectable enough
though It doesnt seem to bo very prof
itable to Its professors- a suro sign by
the way that Its an honest one
Jack said Inez will you sec for
yourself
Visit Don Miguel nt his work
Yes
Not II I 60ldt with a shudder JI
should expect to be enchanted
Alec however chalTed me for my
suiwrstltlouH fears and said that noth
ing would please him better than to
see how the work was done Now to
be called a coward In the hearing of
my sweetheart was naturally mote
than I could stand so 1 told Alec I
would go with him
Inez said there was a window In the
pantry from which we could see Don
Miguels laboratory without his know
ing that any one was watching him so
we stationed ourselves there Alec was
all curiosity to see what was going on
but though I tried to conceal my rears
I was horribly afraid Hint some unholy
sight would meet my eyes From my
cradle I have been taught that It Is al
ways safest to shun the devil and his
works and I believe It to be a thor
oughly good rule
Don Miguels laboratory was a fear
some place There were rows upon
rows of retorts and flasks of various
plaint shapes shelves with big dusty
learned looking bonks on them cases
or bottles containing tinctures of vari
ous colors both dull and bright char
coal furnaces and steaming vats of I
bubbling liquids The Hour was mark
ed out into arcs circles triangles and
every sort of uncanny geometrical fig
ure and one corner of the room was
entirely filled by a large blast furnace
over which Don Miguel was leaning
Intently wa ehing some substance that
was hissing and gurgling in an earth
enware crucible
There was no light In the room ex
cept that which the glow of the fur
nace gave and as at each blast it burn
ed up brightly and shone for a moment
on the pale eager face of the alchemist
and then died away In a gloom again
which by contrast was almost dark
ness 1 thought I hail never gazed upon
such an unholy scene
As we watched we saw that a crit
ical point in the process had evidently
been readied The Spaniard was trem
bling and muttering as he peered into
the crucible whenever the dragons
breath of the furnace gave him light
and though we could not hear what lie
said It was perfectly clear that he was
wildly excited unless perhaps It was
the working of madness that we saw
By and by he seemed to see the sign
fbr which lie was looking With a low
cry of delight more like the yapping of
a dog than anything else he stopped
the furnace blast and lit a rushlight
candle Then he took the crucible
from the lames and poured the con
tents Into nnother vessel
For four or live minutes he held It
up to the light and during all that
time as ho watched the silent work
ings of his hell broth In the vessel I
never once saw his eyelids blink Then
he gave a wild unearthly yell of de
light which made my very marrow
run cold ns though a tub of water had
been thrown over me nnd as his ex
cited utterance became louder we could
now hear what he said
It turns It turns The color the
lovely blood red color See how 1
rises red showing through the green
Success has come to me nt last and to
morrow I shall have gold Ha ha ha
ha ha Cold gold gold
At tills moment one of the tlasks
that liiid been gurgling and spluttering
in another corner suddenly boiled over
and the liquid fell hissing on to the
charcoal embers A cloud of steam
rose into the air and at the sight my
overstrained nerves could bear the ten
sion no longer and I uttered a sharp
cry The Spaniard heard It and it
made him start luvoluntarlly Some of
the decoction in the vessel he was hold
ing splashed over and burned his hand
With a yell of pain he let the vessel
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY NOVKMKKK 80 MKK
i lie angry Spanhud eh I said with THE TOWN MLCTING MODEHATOH
a sneer
Yes Jack the angry Spaniard
Then which or us Is the cowatd Id
lfhe to know you or 1 I run from
the devil and Im not ashamed to own
It you run from a man because hes
fittiflV fiml litiu ii uuiiril In lilu loiiul
A SERENADE OF WOLVES
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One Wiih Sturteil In die
llniinl im at Wnsliliittlmi
In The Century Krnest
who used to be known as Wolf
I Thompson from his familiarity wills
this particular form of wild animal
tells how he started a wolf serenade at
the National zoo In Washington
While making these notes nnioug thfc
nninials of the Washington zoo 1 used
to go at all hours to see them hate
one evening I sat down With some
friends by the wolf cages In the light
of u full moon I said Let us seo
whether they have forgotten the music
of the west I put up my hands to
my mouth and howled the hunting
song of the pack The first to respond
was a coyote from the plains lie re
membered the wild music that used to
mean pickings for him He put up his
muzzle and yap yapped and howled
Next an old wolf from Colorado came
running out looked and listened ear
nestly and raising her snout to the
proper angle she took up the wild
strain Then all the others came run
ning out and joined in each according
to his voice but all singing that wild
wolf hunting song howling and yell
ing rolling and swelling high and low
In the cadence of the hills
They saw me their eons tlic west the west
TI1 V net all my feelings alow
They atirrcd up my heart with their artkaa art
And their tons of the long ago
Again and again they raised tho cry
and sang in chorus till the whole moon
lit wood around was ringing with tho
grim refrnlnuntll the Inhahltnns In
tho near city must have thought all
the beasts broken loose But at lencth
Wlunp whanc whang I
lie m util nssli nml Imtl lnnR
At the old mnliiil tahle mi the Imvii lining ftape
Ami p toot flic ilut wnulii riw
While llifiuiKli It kr lit i Mo
1Ofllri Jral alioiil at Mnr in a mini m ahle
We rrr tint a inMlrratnr up to miiiIT like Mm
i ii ii i
and apiareitly you are not iiHlicmnl to r m mui J r
iWll that Hut whin he ulatmiieil the tultr with lilu old
That was not my reason said Alec llAll
No Then what was It Surely a Ufi lt1mv pw l111 J
very cunning one for 1 quite tall to 1lrlr iw CVh jio im Kit up
see It It was my turn now I thought i u nml lum
Hes your sweethearts rather re 1 Wl lfl1 I1IJ l0 in
plied Alec Simply IrIL
Ami It yoM li him lie mi1l Rlllr on
I stopped dead Alec 1 said 1 nil inj
give jou leave to hit me as hard as you t i l IciMni ilomtruk ml die ta
like straight from the shoulder liere llll
Ttirlr wn Piaitm tin Iatlrmiiii mil Unite Uni
on my blundering stupid mouth- a ion
straight left builder llllinl And 1 TlirreM nirr lum itinlrtiiti wlm rnulil MTtn to
promise you I wont return the blow ir
- 1 i ii i i ii nt Hie MlMir Mmlinitnr Hut Im Irllln jr ulimil
t iMiuus lepueu Aire Mini j au iiKktl sUnde UMe In
laugh tioiii i
1 wish you would I answered pen-
i Itently 1 deserve It for venturing
I to spealc of cowardice and Alec Ireland
In the Mime breath Can you forgive
me
Of course 1 do Mild Alec with an
other laugh and he wouldnt let u
say another word about It I saw
though that he was hurt and no won
der When n man Is acting from mo
tives of pure chivalry It Is hard that
his own sworn shipmate should accuse
him of cowardice 1 was thoroughly
ashamed of myself and even now the
only excuse I can make for my disloyal
suspicions Is 1 1 in t the fearsome scene
we had witnessed in the alchemists
laboratory hud so scared me that I did
not rigidly know what I was saying
Its a thin oxcuse though at the best
To lioCiiitinunl Nnxl Weok
AimI 1 aint not wtinli In till to e tlic awful way
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I am a woiklug woman and accus 1
tomed to being out at all hours I am
accustomed also to all people and all
tilings and nothing filglitens or as
tonishes me
When therefore 1 sat one nigh In
the lVnnsjhitnln railroad depot
hey City side 1 was aroused to no In 1
teiest at all by the appearance of a
tall slender elderly woman of elegant
bearing with a young baby The wo
man came in sat down beside me then
got up hesitated placed the baby in
the seat and came back
Taking particular notice of her for
the first time 1 saw that she was of
graceful even dignified carriage with
refinement of face and figure a lady
from boots to bonnet She seciiicd In
such uncertainty that 1 spoke to her
Can I be of assistance to you 1
nsked i
Yes and no said she hesitatingly
I have lost my railroad ticket Could
you would you let me leave my bag
gage here one minute by the side of
you
Certainly I said j
At tills she deposited her satchel um
brella shawl and baby In the seat by I
my side and walked over to tlio ticket
office I
The baby a little thing tiot over a
year old leaned agaliint me
lily and I chatted to It as a woman
will When I turned to look at the
ticket office the woman was not there
and leaning forward In the scat I
glanced down through the door to the
ferry entrance beyond without seeing
A minute later the gong of my ferry 1
their clamor died away and the wolves 1 0it WiH hinging but I could not
returned slunk bin k t limit- iimc Ei leave for the woman had not returned
lently sadly I thought as thouch thev t0 lHk lltr l mako story
realized that they could indeed loin In short I sat there until 1 ic ferryboat
the hunting song as of old hut their
hunting days were forever done
He Wm Admitted
Fortunately when red tape comes In
I contact with common sense It Is red
tape which kocs to the wall A rnod
had gone many limes nnd until many
new sets of passengers had come nnd
gone from the ferryhotise but my wo
man returned not
Then taking the baby I stepped over
to the ticket office Did a woman
with a baby I mean without a baby
j sfory is told of a military official who ly u here a tall gray haired
devised n system which compelled 1 0111
ery one who went on business to Gen- TllL cltrlc k d at me
eral Hanks to procure a ticket from n l lt recognize any one from
member of the stuff the presentation tlnt descrpMon lie said
of which nt the door gained his I Tllls ly JS 1ft w1
slon One day a burly colonel came to
the door of the private office nt head
quarters and requested that his name
be given to the general
Have you a ticket he was asked
A ticket echoed the colonel with
scorn No sir 1 havent
You cant enter here without one
ran ami tne precious essence was spill- j wns the reply
cd on the floor over which It ran In an Sir said the colonel when Gen
oily stream burning with a blue sul
phurous flame He looked up at the
window saw our white scared faces
peering nt him and with nnother yell
of rage this time he snatched up a
sword that was lying on n table and
made a rush for the door
Fly Jack tly Hell murder you
cried Inez ns she pushed me away
from the window
I snatched a hurried kiss from her
and lied nnd Alec with me
Down the lane we ran with all the
speed that fear gave us nnd Don Mi
guel hard on our heels We gained on
him slightly nnd taking advantage of
the darkness doubled nnd crouched
down under the side of a haystack He
did not see our maneuver nnd we
breathed more freely as the sound of
his footsteps grew fainter in the dis
tance
A near shave that I said as we
made over roine fields to avoid meeting
the Spaniard us he returned
Yes replied Alec but why did
you run
For tho amo reason as you did I
suppose 1 answered somewhat eur
Illy
Afraid
Yes afraid What of It
It Isnt Pke John Topp
John Topp fears no man I snld
sharply but the devil I wont tackle
Jack your superstition Is childish
said Alec ginvely An angry Spaniard
was the only devil I could see
Then for the matter of that why
did you run
Partly because you did
Thanks And the other reason
eral Hanks becomes a puppet show
and I have 2r cents to spare Ill buy a
ticket to sec him not before Lie wui
admitted
me an hour
ago I said and I am looking for the
woman
You had better go over to the New
York side said he Your woman
probably crossed an hour ago Take
this boat and probably you will over
take her
So with the baby the hand satchel
the shawl and the umbrella I crossed
the Jersey ferry and landed nt Cort
luinlt street New York Hut here I
could not get any satisfaction for no
one had seen my woman nnd no one
would take the baby At the sugges
tion of a policeman I took a cab and
The Foiiir Me in Embryo I drove to Hcllevue hospital only to be
A little child has given us a peep Into to1 tlint HlackwelPa Island was tho
the process by which the oolite He la Illco rn wair
developed Mamma was talking to
Efile about the absence of Edith from
the childrens party
You are sorry said mamma thnt
Edith could not come
Oh I dont mind much
To which mamma rejoined Rut
Edith is 111 That Is why she couldnt
come You must be sorry Efile con
sidered Yes of course Im sorry
she said but It doesnt hurt me In
side London Chronicle
Hut HlnekwcUs Island Is ncross the
river I said and I am here
Then take It to the police station
suggested the Bellevue official
I took the baby which by this time
Efile replied having enjoyed herself lin1 slumbered comfortably In my arms
A Difference
Did you go to the girls college ben
efit supper major
Yes little girl
They say it was n circus major
No It wasnt little girl If It had
10 tne police station nut tne official
could do nothing for me
The baby was not found In our pro
duct said he and I must refer you 1
elsewhere I think he added thnt
ns It was found on the Jersey City side
you will have to find a place for It In
tho public Institutions of New Jersey
Better tnke It homo tonight and start
out again In the morning j
As It was now midnight I took his
advice 1 carried the baby home and
mere witn tne noip or my oiti care
taker we fixed a little bed for It on
only been a circus I could have bought the sofa and made It comfortable My
a nag 01 ram m peanuts ror a nicuei caretaker dear old woman after she
Instead of paying CO cents for a burned had recovered from her surprise warm-
mm vi popcorn -News Pi u uttlc food for the child and sooth-
Does the man who worries about
himself ever think that he Is worrying
nbout a thing of which the world
makes little note St Louis Star
Whenever a mothers attention la
called to her chlldien she makes a
dive at Ihem and wipes their noses
Atchlou Globe
J
ed It to sleep us best she could
The next morning bright and early I
started out on my quest for a home for
the baby but not until I had amused
myself with It for an hour admiring
Its pretty ways and wondering how I
my one could have the heart to forsake
it and particularly how such a refined
woman could do so cruel a deed
As I said I am a busy worker I
tun a newspaper woman nnd befoic
going on my private mission I called
upon my chief ami told lilin of my find
Thai would make an excellent news
paper slorv said lie
Yes said I and you can publish
II Ilil he childs picture III Hie paper
bill leae out my name Majbe we
can race the woman quietly
Hut we could nut I nice the woman
neither could I find a place Tor the
chllil iiliiitiiliined In a ferrylioitse It
was as though she had been born In
tuldoceiiu a child without a town or
n habitation Sn in a rv weeks part
ly b fate and partly because I had be
come attiu hcil to the child I round
myself a newspaper woman In pus
session of ii baby about a year old
The little gill was pirttji and I liked
her She was beginning to talk and
to wall and before I had had her a
week we began to be afraid that some
one would claim her Hut no one ever
did
My chief knew of the acquisition to
my household but said nothing lie Is
n wise man mid allows his subordi
nates to do as they will provided their
loyalty to his newspaper
Is
lug
One day the 1st of Juno the chief
sent for me and said I want you to
go to New purl for the season Lady
Hlaclbiini and her daughter are to be
there They have Just come over frotn
Europe ami are to be the lions or New
port society Her ladyship Is an Amer
ican you know but her daughter was
bora abriiad She Is to be introduced
Into society this summer and It In ex
ited ed that she will make a brilliant
match before the season Is out
Who Is Lady Itlackburn
1 do not know exactly lie mild I
cabled over to Herlln to find out some
thing about her as 1 understand she
was then- some lime ago All I could
ascertain from our correspondent there
was Unit a certain Lady Hhickburn
and daughter wore part of the Ameri
can colony at Herlln last season They
were very quiet The daughter had
uindt uiilorittnate match or some
thing or that kind and did not go out
They suddenly dlsappeaied
Wheie did she get her title
From the dead Itlackburn His nn
cestor was knighted three generations
ago Tor a service The title died with
him but In this generation the widow
an ambitious Molilalia woman has
taken It up and as she has money she
Is going to make the most or It
You want me to go to Newport
Yes go there and give her ladyship
a flue write up
As I started away Hie chh r called
out Dont take the baby with you
Shes too young to enter society
I went to Newport to the Hock
House without the baby I found Hi
entire hotel in a state or anticipation
for her ladyship was expected any
day and a retinue of her servants liai
arrived ahead of her
lUii I heard great stories of Lade
Hhickburn such as I hail never heard
before and I soon learned that she hnd
gone to Europe In her you It had mar
ried abroad and had recently Inherited
money from her father In Molilalia
She was about to return to this coun
try wltli her daughter to become the
queen of American society
The daughter the Honorable Con
stance was beautiful and lit enough
to reign over any belle in Newport
The entire second floor in the Hock
House was engaged for Lady Hhick
burn and the Honorable Constance and
three of the best carriage houses were
put In commission for her ladyships
blooded horses
The day of her arrival at Newport I
wrote a roll account to my newspaper
nt home and had the satisfaction of
knowing that we had scored a beat
for no other newspaper had such a full
account of the coming of the distin
guished woman to Newport
I had a glimpse of her ladyship on
the day of her arrhal as she was com
ing up the stops She was a tall slen
der gray haired woman with a dis
tinguished bearing and by her sine
smaller though with scarcely less dis
tinction walked the Honorable Con
stance Later I saw the young wom
ans face It was sweet though Inex
pressibly sad ami I with my oxper1
elite of the world said to myself The
Honoiabie Constance looks like a wom
an with a past
In a few days all Newport was alive
with the arrival of the Hlackburns
Cards and carriages arrived at the
Hock House at all hours of the day
and the name of the Honorable Con
stance the beautiful heiress was on
every lip
It had been decided that Constance
would make her debut In society ut the
home of Airs Senator Gray who Is
one of the most elegant women In New
port society Then she and her mother
having met all Newport could enter
tain at a grand presentation ball nt
the Hock House
I must say this much for her lady
ship that never In the course of my
editorial career have I been treated
with more consideration Though I
had never met her I received each
day from her pen a very nice pro
gramme of the days doings
On her nrrlval I had sent her my
card with the nnme of the paper I
represented engraved upon It and her
ladyship hnd informed me In a very
elegantly worded note thnt was writ
ten on very elegantly engraved note
paper thtt she would be pleased nt
any time to render me any assistance j
In her power lu the way of gathering
society news
So every morning 1 received from
the pen of her secretary a full account I
which greatly facilitated my work
The Honorable Constance like all
girls of l0 who are not yet In society I
was passive In this but I thought she
was sadder than she ought to be con
sidering her clcgim t coming debut uud
when I saw her as I often did walk-
lug toward the ocean In company with
only a maid I wondered that she was
so depressed 4
One evening seeing her and her
mother seated 011 the public balcony
arter bidding rniewell to their guests
I thought I would veiituie consider
ing their hludticvs to appioaeh them
uud pay my iepects As I stepped
up in hind them 1 saw that they wete
engaged hi 11 deep conversalloii and
round that I was in earshot without
Intending It
U we mild only fiml II manimn
IT we could only find It Lady Con
stance was Mivlng
It was stolen I tell you stolen 1
seaiched the papers and olleied te
winds though you weio loo prostrated
wllh grief to icalle It but It was nev
er round Why can jou not give It up
for lost or do you waul to spoil every
thing Yon nie only nuil why cant
jou ghe It up
They must have lost a valuable
Jewel I said to myself hut somehow
1 had 11 feellug that It was not a Jewel
thet meant
The day or Lady Hlaekbiirns ball
was the busiest day Newport has ever
seen Never will I forget It All the
morning caterers and decorators were
coining to the house to mid to the ele
gant prcpniatlous made by the host of
the finest hotel lu the world
All the afternoon carriages were ar
riving beating Immense bundles of
bouquets ami baskets of orchids Tho
lion Constance Hlackbiirn was to bo
launched Into society under the aus
pices second to no oilier ilchtitiiuto
that eer stepped out ut Newport
My plan for reporting tho ball wiih
this
Dining the inorulng I had will ten n
complete account or the preparations
lu the iirteruoou I obtained the list of
the Invited guests and toward evening
I made a mile of lie bouquets uud
those who had sent tlieni All these I
telegraphed to my chief in New York
At II oclock I would visit the ball
room and having noted the coslumeu
of the ladles I would wire them to my
chlcr to be added beloie the paper went
to press
At 0 oclock I determined for fenr of
being left out at some Impoiiunl detail
to visit Lady Hhickburn and pay my
respects to her I thought this would
be a good time to thank her for her
klnducHS and to nsk for additional de
tails regarding the ball Ip to this
time I had never met her ladyship
I was ushered Into the Hluckhimi
suit or rooms and there lu the most
luxurious corner or the summer parlor
1 sank to rest amid elegant cushions
to await the arrival of Lady Hlack
biirn to whom I had sent my card
It was only a inlniile before I heard
the rustle of her gown She was not
yd dresr ed for the hall She had her
anus full 01 limns ami on each sldo
of her weie iiiiuiscn ants also carrying
flowers They stopped at a small ta
ble at my side
You can lay the favors there
Jniiies said her ladyship And you
John place yours over 011 Hie table
It was plain that Lady Itlackburn
did not know she had a guest
Now said she I will leave these
here and I will come hack for them
In Just a minute
Something lu Hie sound of her volco
brought me lo my feet ami she laid
her bin den by my side and stepped
back 1 turned and looked at her For
one minute we two women stood face
to race
I took the midnight train for New
York flint wry night I had something
I wanted to tell my chief
It Is a good story he said but
we could in ver print It Lady Hlack
biirn Is a leader lu society and the
Honorable Constance Is engaged to be
married to the wealthiest catch of
Newport The announcement came
over the wlr tonight It was mnde at
the ball It seems the Honorable Con
stance only met him at Newport but
money youth and beauty fixed tho
match I guess we had better let It
drop
Yes I said perhaps so especially
for my own rainilv Exchange
Sum nn a InlilUluT
One filing that Is mounting up rapid
ly Is the ollicial literature of the gov
ernment Most citizens complain If
the presidents message fills more than
one page of the average newspaper
but they fall to remember that behind
that message are thousands of reports
and tons of documents Indeed If the
average man were to attempt to read
everything the government publishes
In one year he would have to tlevoto
about a half a century to the task tak
ing eight hours a day for the work of
reading Hundreds of these volumes
ure beautifully prepared with plates
and maps that are works of art Al
though the government printing otllco
and the government engraving plant
are the largest In the world yet u
grent deal of work Is done by private
firms Simply n resume of the reports
would fill a very large book Suturday
Evening Iost
The filKKeut Drpnrtinent
The largest department of the gov
ernment Is that about which thern
seems to be the least public Interest-
It Is the department of the Interior
and each of Its eight divisions pat
ents pensions general lauds Indian
affairs education railroads geological
surveys and census- hits ten times as
much work as any cabinet office hntl
100 years ago At the head of each of
these divisions there must lie u man of
broad experience and active mind In
addition to his other duties the secre
tary of the interior has charge of tn
national parks and the supervision of
hospitals and eleemosynary Institu
tions Saturday livening Iost
Ieunl Advice
Lawyer Why didnt you come to
me I could huve given you some good
advice
Mr Kraft I dont believe it Any
atlvlco youtl give would bo necessarily
poor or youd sell It and the kind yoq
bell la too dear Philadelphia Itess
