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SYNOPSIS.
Congressman Stnndlsh nnd tho Woman,
bellelns themselves In lovo, spend a
trial week ns initn ami wife In a liotel
In northern New York untlcr assumed
names The Woman nwnkeni to Hip fnct
that sho docs not love Blandish nntl rails
their pnKaRcment off. Blandish protests
undylnp devotion Wanda K'dly, lcl
phoiie plrl nt Hip Hotel Keswick, Wash
ington, is loved by Tom Blake, son of tlio
political bns of tho house, lie propones
marriage and Id refused. Sim cUes as
one of her reasons her determination to
Kct revenue on Jim Ulako for mining liur
father. Congressman Frank' 13. Kelly.
ConBresiman Htnndlsh, turned Insurgent,
Is flghilnK tho Mulling hill a jnennuro In
tho Interests of tho railroads. The inn
rhlne Is neeklnjt mean to discredit Stand
lsh In tho hope of pushlmr tho- hill
through, Robertson. son-in-law of Jim
Blake, nnd the letter's candidate for
speaker of tho house, tries to win fit nd
lsli over, und fulllnt;, thruntens to ills
Into his past. Jim Hlnke finds out about
the episode of five years back nt the
northern New York hotel He secures nil
the facts except tho name of tho Woman
and proposes to use tho story ns a club
to force Blandish to allow tho Mulllns bill
to paeH. Jim Ulako lays a trap to secure
tho name of the Woman. Ho tells Miss
Kelly that he Is KOlnK to have a tallt with
tHiindlsh nnd thai nt Its conclusion tho
latter will call up a number on tho tele
phone to jvnrn tho Woman. Ho offers
Miss Kelly $100 for that number. At tho
conclusion of tho Intervlow with IJlakn,
Htandlsh pets a New York wire nnd cnlls
Plaza 1001. A few minutes later Bnbcrt
ron tells Miss Kelly to call t'loza 1001 and
Ret his wife or one of the servants on tho
fhone. Miss Kelly refuses to give Jim
Hake the number called by Stnndlsh.
make has a story of tho Stnndlsh episode
prepared ready to h1 "tit oh soon as tho
woman's name Is learned. Blake's daugh
ter Grace arrives with her husband, Gov
ernor Bobcrtson. Miss Kelly calls on
Qraco to warn her that her good name Is
threatened by Impending exposure of
Stnndlsh nnd Is Insulted for her pains.
Grnco appeals to Htandlsh to give lip tho
tight In order to protect .her name llo
refuses, Grace sends far Miss Kellv.
npologlKeri for her rudeness and begs
wanda's assistance. Wanda declares hiio
will never betray tho Woman. Tho ma
chine nttcmnts again to fore Btnndlsh
out of the fight, without success. Blako
calls up tho Associated Press to order tho
publication of tho story, hut Is cut off and
communication Is restored too Into to got
the story Into tho morning capers Rob
ertson attempts to ''forco Miss Kelly to
reveal tho Woman's nnme.
CHAPTER XVIII, Continued.
Robertson did not answor at onco.
Indeed, ho did not ecom to hear. Ho
was turning tho pages of tho law book
before him. Presontly ho found what
he wanted.
"MIbb Kelly," ho said, "an n tclo
phono operator, you must have had
your attention called to Section G41
of tho Penal Code. Have you not?"
"Yes," sho returned defiantly, "I
have."
"Then," resumed Mark In tho man
ner of a maglstrato of tho old school,
"you must realize that by refusing, as
an operator, to transmit our messngo
ovor tho telephone, you broke the
law."
"But I"
"You havo admitted In tho presence
of witnesses that you Interfered In the
transmission of our message. You are
aware, by tho terras of Section 041,
you have thus rondorod yourself liable
to " ho read from tho volume, "a flno
of one thousand dollars or one year's
Imprisonment or both!"
"And," panted Wanda, ' "you'll do
that toa phono gjrl, just because she
tries to' us decent ?"
"We don't want ,to," polltoly evaded
Robertson.
CHAPTER XIX.
Represented by Counsel.
Tho outer door opened with Jack-in-the-box
suddenness and Tom Blako
wae in tho cleared spaco whero Wanda
stood at bay.
"What's tho matter?" ho domandod
of her eagorly. "The clerk Just told
mo they'd sent for you to como up
here. I was afraid It was about that
wretched number. So I came "
"You're a mind reader," sho sneered,
nevertheless looking up at him with a
gratitude vory llko adoration. "They'vo
lost the chance to barm ono woman.
They're taking out tho grudgo on an
other." "So it was about tho number?"
"It was. But it Isn't. It's about my
going to Jail,"
"Whatl"
"For breaking tho connection a
while ago when thoy woro Bonding or
dors over tho wlro about tho Stnndlsh
story. Thpy'vo flashed Snction 641 on
me. Jail or fine. I'm to got both I"
"You'll Eet npjthr," roared Tom.
"Yon'ro a flno lino of uion, all or you,
to bully and browbeat ono poor kid of
a girl. Woll, you've dono nil of It you'ro
going to, I'm hero now. And I'll"
"Oh. Tom." grunted Jim Blake in
tired dlegust, "you'ro worso than n
colllo pup with fleas, Keop out of
this."
"Miss Kelly," formally linked Tom,
"may I act AByQur counsel?"
"You bet you can!" was tho girl's
fervid response.
"Slnco you Insist on interfering,
Tom' said Robertson, "I consent to
recognize you as counsel for Miss
Kelly. You aro a lawyer and you know
OWES MUCH TO HENRY CLAY
i
Kenyon College at Gambler, Ohio, In
directly the Result of His Friend-'
shir) With Englishmen.
In connection with tho Perry cen
tennial, and tho celebration of 100
years poaco botwoen tho United States
aad Great Britain, this summer, It la
Interesting to noto that tho founding
of Konyon colloge, at Gamblor, O., was
indirectly a result of tho meeting of
tho commissioners who signed tho
treaty of Ghent.
Tho signing of this treaty Inaugurat
ed the era of peace between England
and America, In 1814.
Henry Clay, tho lending American
commissioner at tho Ghent confer
ence, and Lord Jnmos Gambler, chair
man of tho British commissioners, be
came twarra friends during tho ses
sions of tho conference
When Philander Chase, first bishop
ef Ohio, went to England In 1823, ho
trrlsd a letter of Introduction from
Heary Clay to Lord Gambler The
wliteBw ef Lord Gambler and his
' irtofid, Lord Kenyon, was of In est! ma-
4 "SSZS-"
OMAN
Terinme,
founded on
GdeMcX Play
Mluslrdted with tmos 7cm me May
3nd Drawing? 5y VL33m?
wo can dp what your falhor has said
wo can. Wo can legally send Miss
Kelly to prison as an , operator who
has violated tho law. Sho has admit
ted her guilt In tho prosenco of wit
nesses "
"Lord! Why didn't I get hero soon
er?" "I havo, technically, a porfoct case.
Now, as her counsel, do you want this
matter settled privatoly, here and
now 7 Or do you prefer a formal
charge and a public trial?"
"You can't forco tho situation llko
this," cried Tom. "It's conspiracy!"
"la It? retorted Mark coolly. "Vory
good. Slnco you chooso to take that
tono, wo will simply call your bluff by
arresting her. Nellgan, go nnd get a
plain-clothes man. Tell the captain
It's for Jim Blake. Bring the man back
with you and havo him within call."
"Wo're kind of up ngalnBt It, aren't
we, Tom?" whispered Wanda ob Nell
gan departed on his mission.
"Miss Kelly," said Robertson, eying
tho girl sharply, "1 havo conducted
many cases, but I confess this puzzles
me. There Is something In It I cannot
understand. Wo offor you tho nltorna
tlvo of prison Mr, Blake has offered
you money. And still you refuse us.
Thoro's Bomo strong personal motlvo
Uiul inuiics you oppono use. Is ?"
"Oh, I'vo got motlvo enough In op
posing tho machine, If It comes to
that!" Interrupted Wanda. "In tho
first place, my fathor was Frank E.
Kelly."
Mark's faco stiffened with surprise.
Gregg nnd Van Dyke glanced nt each
other, half-awed. Jim Blake alono
gave no sign of disturbance Glancing
amusedly at Wanda from between his
slltted eyes, ho drawled:
"Frank E. Kolly, hoy? So you'ro try
ing to got back at mo, young woman?"
"Put It that wny If you llko," re
turned Wnnda fiercely. "But thoro Is
moro than that. I'm against you nnd
all tho dirty machino In every way.
Why? Becauso I'vo got tho bad luck
to bo ono of tho people. I'm "
Tho telephono Jangled Into tho rush
of her talk. Jim Blako picked up tho
Instrument.
"Hello," ho quoricd, "that you,
Burns? Instructions, hoy? I gavo
'em. Keep Wlnthrop talking till he
drops, then get Mulllns recognized and
lot hlrn talk all night If he can; or till
I'm rendy to break In. Dolny that's
tho Idea delay! Hold tho floor and
delay. What? Oh, In a little whllo
now, I guoss, Don't worry."
"Miss Kelly," said Mark, "you etill
refuse to answer my questions?"
"I rofuso ovorythlng," oxultcd Wan
da. "You and tho machine are licked
"You'll Do That to a Phono Girl, Just
Because She Tries to Be Decent."
to a standstill. And I helped to do it.
That's easy worth a good wholo year
in Jail."
"Your motives for working ngalnst
us?" ho inBlstod, "I moan, aro you
sbfoldlng anyone?"
"Of course. I am. I'm shielding the
Woman you'ro after."
'To you know who eho is?"
"No."
"Gregg,' ordered Robortson, turning
to tho hlghly-ontertalned Kansnn, "will
you go nnd got Stnndlsh? Ask him to
como horo."
"All right," ruefully assented Grogg,
uuMlig sndly for tho outer door,
"Don't try to Btick it out, girl," ex
horted Blako. "You can't afford to got
square with mo at this price."
"Can't I? Walt and see."
"Do you know Standlsh, personal
ly?" called Mark.
"No, I don't."
bio valuo to Bishop Chase, and ho
Boon securod a fund of $40,000 to
found his collogo. Lord'Gamblor and
Lord Konyon contributed strongly to
the fund.
Bishop Chaso returned to Amorlcn
and founded his college. Tho Ohio
town In which tho school waB located
waB named after Lord Gambler, nnd
the college after Lord Kenyon.
8ome Talker.
Thoy woro talking about tho conver
sational power of the fair sex at a
rocoptlon In Washington a few weeks
ngo, when Congressman Augustus
Stanley of Kentucky cited a case that
loft no doubt as to mother's ability to
win tlio first prize.
Some time back, according to tho
congressman, a friend of his visited
Nlagnrn falls, taking with him his wife
and his wlfo's slater. Immedlntoly on
arriving and s6curlng hotel quurtors
tho pnrty Bet out to soo tho wonderful
sight, wlfoy and wlfoy's sister talking
ns thoy walked along on a million in
tcrrstlng subjects.
"Say, John," said wlfey, turning to
tho old man after thoy had gone qulto
f fc
,"You want him to win, then, JtiBt for
political rcarone "
"That's it,"
"If any other man than Standlsh
were fighting tho organization, you
would act as you aro now?"
"Yes," said Wanda, thankful to feel
hor feet planted onco moro on BOlId
ground, and breathing tho moro easily
jfor tho snfor turn the questions were
taking.
"And," continued Mark, "if any oth
er woman woro In danger you would
still opposo us In this way?"
"Yes."
"Then,' cried Mark in quick triumph,
"you do know who Bho Is!"
' "I no I didn't say bo!" murmured
Wanda, wholly at a loss.
"You didn't mean to say so," cor
rected Mark; "but you admitted It."
"I didn't! I didn't!" confusedly re
iterated Wanda.
Tho long strain was telling on her.
Her witP, usually so agllo, now moved
with palpablo effort. Tho quick brain
felt llko hot lead. .Yet she rallied her
fagged-out. forces, wearily ropeating:
"I didn't!"
"Miss Kelly," urged Mark, "your
namo won't appear In this. No ono
need know it was you who put us on
tho track."
"I won't tolll"
"Then," Mark ' oxclalmed roughly,
"we can do nothing more. Van Dyke,
telephono down and seo If Oh, hero
you are, Nollgan! Got that plain
clothes man downstairs?"
Nellgan nodded. Meanwhile Tom
was whispering frenztodly to Wanda.
"Tell mo tho namo, dear. I. won't
tell tho others. But it may show mo a
way to help you out. And we're In a
horrible flx."
"I know that But I won't toll!"
Tom whirled about on tho others.
"Dad! Mark!" ho said. "Beforo
you go any further I want you to know
I've asked MIbb Kelly to bo my wife."
"No, no!" cried Wnnda, trying to
throw her open hand across his mouth.
"Don't"
"If Bho conBontB," ruBhed on Tom,
"I'll marry her at onco! whothor in
prison or out. I lovo her. For my
sako won't you ?"
"I'm vory sorry, Tom," replied Mark,
"but she's not your wlfo, yet. And
sho has her release in bur own hands.
Sho has only to speak "
"Dad!" appealed tho boy.
"Not on your worthless life," grow
led Blako. "That's tho vory thing
olio's been working up to ull the tlmo.
I know It and I'vo been waiting for
this. Her prlca Is my consent. Arid
I won't pay It. That's what I meant
whon I said tho prlco was too high."
"If you've any Influence with her,
Tom," remarked his brothor-ln-law,
"you'll use It to innko her tell."
"Ho hasn't any Influence!" retorted
Wanda before Tom could speak. "Ex
cent that his standing by mo against
you all proves to me I'm doing right.
And do you think, Jim Blako, that
I'd marry a son of yours? Not If ho
was John D. Rockefell6r and E. H.
Sothern rolled Into ono. Not till I've
squared my jiccount with you."
you wont marry a son or Jim
Blako's?" echoed Tom. "Well, after
tonight I'm not Jim Blako's son.
Hero's whero I cut loose and "
"Go ns far as you like," vouchsafed
his fathor, outwardly unmoved. "But
tho girl tells us or elso she goes to
Jail."
"I won't toll!"
".Mark, ring for tho oillcer "
"Thoro ho Is at tho door," answered
Robortson as tho buzzer soundod. "Lot
hjm In, Nellgan."
"I won't tell!"
Nellgan opened tho door. Standlsh
stood on the threshold. Tom, who had
leaned forward pugnaciously, drow
back.
"Como in, Mr. Standlsh," Bald Mark.
'l suppose Gregg explained tho situa
tion to you."
"Thnt Is why I am here," curtly an
swered Stnndlsh.
"You know, then," wont on Mark,
"that she Is ready to faco Imprison
ment to shield you?"
"That Is what Mr. Gregg told mo.
I don't understand "
"Nolthor do wo. But wo thought
you might feel llko saving her from
punishment."
"How?"
"By voting with us on the Mulllns
bill."
"No."
"You will accept hor sacrifice,
then?"
"I I havo no alternative."
Then, boforo any of them know of
hor presence, Grnco was in tho room
and had caught hor husband's arm aa
ho lifted tho receiver from tho hook.
"You )inn't do It!" sho was crying.
"You shall not!"
CHAPTER XX.
The Last Card.
Wnnda was first to soo hor, even
before Mark felt the restraining clasp
on his arm.
"Mrs. Robortson!" cried the tole
phnun lrl In torror; Intuition telling
her why Graco was thoro.
"Gracol" called Tom Joyously.
"Holp us! You'll make everything
right. You always do."
"Fathor," said Grace In ongor ap
peal, "you won't go on with this? It
Is nbomlnablo!"
a dlBtanco, "aren't wo getting noar tho
falls?"
"Yob," was tho prompt reply of
John. "If you will stop talking a mln
uto you will hear tho thunder of tho
wator qulto plainly." Philadelphia
Tologram.
Man Wants but Little.
"Please, mum," Bnld a tramp,
"would you bo bo kind ns to lot mo
havo n noodlo and thread?"
"Well, y-o-s," said tho housowlfo, at
tho door. "I can lot you havo that."
"Thankee, mum. Now, you'd oblige
mo very much It you'd lot mo have a
bit of cloth for n patch."
"Yes, hero Ib some."
"Thankee very much, mum. It's a
llttlo different In color from my suit,
I se Perhaps, mum, you could spnro
mo soma, of your husband's old clothes
that this patch will match."
"Well, I declare! You'ro clover, my
man, and I'll glvo you an old suit.
Hero Ib ono."
"Tbnnkeu greatly, mum. I soo It's a
little largo, mum, but If you'll kindly
furnish mo with a square meal, mobby
I can Mil It out"
"I'm sorry, daughter; but wo'vo got
to. I wish you'd clear out. It's no
place "
"But, father, can't you seo? Miss
Kolly Is trotectlng some poor woman
who has dono wrong and who has re
pented. Must she bo punished so?
Must tho Woman's years of repent
ance all count for nothing?"
"That's no concern of ours," said
Mark. "Tho Woman's posslblo repent
anco is botwoen her and her God.
We"
"Then leavo her punishment to Gpd.
It's not fdr you to say how sho shall
suffer You aro striking with tho
blindness of n man; without dreaming
whero tho blow will fall."
"It will fall whero It Is deserved.
I'm enough of a bellover In dlvlno Jus
tlco to know that."
"It will fall on her husband moro
heavily than on her."
"It will do no harm to know the typo
of womnn bo's married."
"It Isn't falrt It Isn't fair! Mark,
your Injustice to this girl here is a
thousandfold worso than your cruelty
to the Womnn. It Is wicked to punish
"Father," Said Grace, "You Won't Go
on With This?"-
Wanda Kelly for her loyalty In trying
to save a friend from disgrace. It's
cowardly unbelievable!"
"Steady, daughter! Steady!" ad
monished Blake, amazed at his usual
ly well-poised child's vehemence.
"You'ro all worked up over this. It
isn't like you to "
"No," agreed Mark, "it isn't. That
Is what has been puzzling me."
Ho was eyeing Graco strangely. Tho
lightning quick and accurate faculty
of deduction that had won his first
success at tho bar was stirring strong;
ly within him.
"Graco," ho commanded, hlB voice
still gentlo, but Svlth a ring of Iron be
hind Its suavity, "look at me!"
Slowly, ns by hard physical effort,
sho raised her panic-widened eyes to
meet his gaze.
"You know this Woman's name," ho
declared.
At tho mastery that vibrated
through his voice and look, she falter
ed, through no conscious volition of
her own:
"Yes."
"You know tho name," pursued
Mark, still gripping his wlfo's brain by
tho magnotism that was almost hyp
notic powor. "Wo still have time to
uso It. Tell It to mo."
"No no!" sho murmured distract
edly. "I I can't. ,1 won't. I"
"Gracol" and now tho Iron glinted
moro openly through tho velvet sheath
ing, "do you mean to say you aro go
ing to lot ub faco ruin when ono word
from you would "
"I tell you, I can't I can't!"
Mark shifted his attack with unex
pected owlftness.
"Mr. Standlsh is willing," said he.
"to soo this girl here terribly punish
ed for protecting the guilty Woman.
Aro you?"
"No, no! But"
"Mrs. Robertson!" broke In Wanda,
first of all to detect the noto of weak
ening In Grace's voice. "Don't tell!
Don't toll! Keep your norvo. It's all
right. Never you mind what they
threaten to do to me. Don't give her
away!"
"Shut up!" roared Nollgan.
Mark's eyes had never for an In
stant left his wife's fac" At tho hor
ror that now deepened In It ho saw
what his next and crowning movo
must bo.
"NoUgnn," he ordered, "take this
phono girl downstairs and turn her
ovor to the oillcer who is waiting. Van
Dyko will bo around at tho station
houBO In a few minutes to make tho
charge. And hc'L Bee that she Is held
In ball too heavy for her friends to
pay."
"Nellgan!" yelled Tom, springing in
In front of tho giant henchman as the
latter moved toward Wanda. "If you
put a finger on hor I'll"
FROGS HAVE "COMMON SENSE"
Experiments Made by British Sci
entist Show Presence of Con
siderable "Gray Matter."
It Is a mattor of dUputo Just to
what extent the actions of animals
aro determined by puro unreasoning
lnbtlnot. It haB been said that a frog
will snap at any small moving object,
rognrdleBB of its character, and re
gardlohs of hunger or safety.
Some oxporlmonts carried out by a
British scientist seem to Indicate that
tho frog Is capable of greater discrimi
nation thnn had been credited to him.
TIiub, for exnmplo, a fiog was offered
hairy catorplllars, which It promptly
solzed, and with cqunl promptness
spit out again. But after about from
four to seven such Injudicious at
tempts tho frog had learned his les
son, and thereafter refused similar
faro.
In another experiment earthworms
were so connected with a sourco of
electricity that the frog received a
shock on touching tho worm. Tho
1 frog duly devoured the proy, and
"No!" walled Oraco In tho same
breath "You shan't arrest her, Mark.
I can't bear It' I"
"You'll tell?" asked Mark, exultant,
at the success of his ruse.
"I yesl"
"Pardon mo, Robertson," Intervened
Standlsh, as ho saw Gi ace's last' bar
rier break down; "but I advise you to
clear tho room beforo you let her
speak. Three people here already
know the name. I advise you to keop
tho number as small as posslblo."
"That Is our affair, not yours," re
torted Mark. "Sho shall tell us all. In
side of a fow hours tho wholo country
Is going to know that namo."
"Murk," begged Grace, "let mo tell
It to you alone!"
"No," refused tho husband. "It's too
Into now to spare any ouo'b feelings.
And witnesses aro necessary in an af
fair llko this. It concerns us all. And
wo must movo quickly."
"Mr. Stnndlsh," ho went on with a
savago Joy that rent away tho last
remnant of tho velvet from tho Iron
beneath. "It's been a long fight. But
you couldn't beat tho organisation.
Yoti'vo been liowllng for a fight to a
finish This is tho finish."
"It is tho finish," ngreed Standlsh,
his deep volco Infinitely sad. "And
I am sorry for It. I don't think you
need me horo any longer, gentlemen.
And I will barely havo tlmo to reach
tho capltol beforo the bill comes to
a vote. Good night."
Ho looked furtively at Graco But
sho was staring blankly ahead of her
with eyes that saw nothlnc.
"Good night," he repeated. "I would
have spared you, Robertson. But you
would havo It."
And ho was gone. His words had
fallen on deaf ears. Tho men were
leaning forward eagerly to catch
Grace's first syllable.
"And now," Mnrk demanded, as his
wife still hesitated, "who is she,
Grace?"
Blake had forestalled her answer.
He crossed tho room to the telophone
"We win!" ho was chuckling. "It's
a way we've got. Holl's full of losers.
And I'm still loss-proof."
"What are you going to do?" queried
Van Dyke, who had dropped back in
his chair a few moments earlier, tak
ing no longer even a passive part in
the scene. n
"I'm going to phone Gregg to let the
house know the wholo story; names,
dates and all. By tho time I get on
the wire Graco will have told."
"Hold on, Jim," objected Van Dyko.
"Not yet."
"Not yet?" What d'ye mean? Why
not? We're almost against the ropes
over there at tho capltol. ThlB is our
last punch and it's going to be a
knockout."
"Wait, Jim!" begged Van Dyke.
"Walt till you hear the name."
"We've got tho name. Grace Is go
ing to tell us."
"You've got It, yes. But you can't
use It, Jim."
Blake, telephono instrument In hand,
pased to glaro down in angry amaze
ment at tho saturnine lawyer who so
calmly opposed him in the hour of
victory.
"Why In blazes can't wo uso it?" he
bluste,red. "Aro you weakening?"
Ho took the receiver from the hook.
But Van Dyke, with a peremptory ges
turo, halted him.
"Walt, I say!" ordered tho lawyer.
"Nellgan, go downstairs and get rid
of that officer. And don't come back."
"Go with him, Tom," whispered
Wnnda. "For my sake. You don't
want to hear tho namo."
"You're right," assented Tom, fol
lowing In Nollgan's wake. "It's none
of my business. Now that you are
safe"
The door closed behind tho two de
parting men.
"Come, Grace," prompted Mark.
"Who Is she?"
Grace's lips paled. But thoy were
dry and cracked. Her tongue would
not stir.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Their Reason.
Miss Elsie Do Wolfe was defending
In New York the actions of tho mili
tant English suffragettes.
"If the men treated us over here,"
said MIbb De Wolfo, "ob they aro treat
ing the suffragettes in England, then
we'd adopt militancy, too."
"But," said a banker, "look at the
English suffragettes' latest move. It's
abominable. They're poisoning dogs.
To poison a dog Is there any rhyme
or reason In that?"
Miss Do Wolfo laughed.
"I suppose tho English BUffrngettes,"
she said, "aro poisoning dogs becauso
tho dog is tho friend of man."
Why He Needed a Clock.
A young man In Washington, who
many months ago hung up his shingle
as "attorney at law," as not yet been
overwhelmed with cllentB. A friend,
entering the office ono day, observed
on tho desk a chenp alarm clock,
"Taking It home, eh?" ho observed.
"Good thing at this tlmo of tho year.
Every ono Is Unblo to oversleep these
mJrnlngB."
Tho lawyer smiled.
"I have not purchased thnt clock for
tho reasons you mentioned. I keop
it horo to wako mo when It's tlmo to
I go homo."
showed no signs of discomfort. How
ever, ho rofused for seven days to
touch another earthworm, while he
freely dovoured other species of
worms,
Similarly, tho frog could bo taught
to avoid worms on which oil of cloves
or calcium chlorldo had beon spread,
although such "doctored" proy was
not spit out, but was digested.
Two Kinds of Macaroni.
Tho now cook was helping her mis
tress to preparo dinner. All wont well
until tho macnronl was brought out.
The cook looked with surprise as sho
boheld tho long white stloks. But
whon they wero carefully placed In
water sho gavo a choking gasp.
"Did you say, missus," sho said In
an awed volco, "that you wero going
to oat that?"
"Yes, Jano," was tho reply; "thnt
Is what I lntondod to do. But you
seem surprised. Havo you never scon
mat ' """ked before?"
"No, m.u, nsworod tho cook, "I
ain't. Tho last placo I was at thoy
always used them things to light tlv
gas with."
WRRAN ME
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The accompanying illustrations
show a house design especially adapt-
ed to the needs or suburban or coun
try building. Tho requirements for
a dwelling houso for such a location
aro different In a good many respects
from those In a city. More attention
should be paid to the matter of mak
ing the house ns nearly fireproof as
possible; for In tho country, as well
as In our smaller towns and suburbs,
thero Is little or no flro protection.
Accordingly, If a building onco takes
fire, nothing, as a usual thing, can
be done oxcept to watch It burn. Of
course, the fire risk from adjoining
buildings Is much greater In thickly
settled communities; but tho firo
fighting apparatus which Is quickly
available more than makes up for this
extra hazard.
Tho only wise nnd logical thing Tor
a man to do when ho plans to invest
a largo amount of money in a subur
ban or country homo, is to build it
fireproof. With tho modern building
materials now available, It is very
easy to do this; and the cost, although
considerably moro than for frame, Is
certainly not excessive when the lire
protection, the enduring character of
tho house, etc., aro taken into consid
eration. For tho accompanying design, a
thoroughly fireproof construction Is
employed. The beauty and home-like
atmosphere of thl3 house make any
expenditure, howover large, seem
worth while that will make It abso
lutely safe and enduring, no matter
where It Is built.
The walls of this houso aro formed
of two by six-Inch studding, well
braced; but they are covered both
Inside and out with expanded metal
lath. The outsldo Ib plastered with
cement plaster applied in three coats;
thus there is fully one Inch of nature's
moBt fire-resistant material cement
on the outside of this house, com
pletely surrounding tho steel reinforc
ing and thus protecting it against
rust. Tho inside surfaco of the walls,
and the surface of all the interior
partitions, are composed of ono coat
of cement plaster on expanded metal
lath, with a finishing coat of hard wall
plaster.
Tho floors of this house are formed
of hollow terra-cotta tile made In nar
row flat panels, between reinforced
concrete beams. Tho concrete beams
First Floor Plan.
aro four inches square, reinforced
with twisted steel rods. On top of
this concrete and terra-cotta floor, a
one-inch coat of cinder concroto Ib
laid on these strips, being nailed down
securely. For the ceiling finish, tho
wall plaster is applied directly to tho
underside of tho concrete beams nnd
tho tiles. ThlB makes n fioor that Is
thoroughly fireproof, very warm, and
not excessively henvy.
Tho roof of this houso may bo con
structed In a number of ways; ytt It
should bo made fireproof, slnco tho
roof Is really tho most vulnerablo part
of tho houBO. Green slate would bo
very appropriate, and would mako a
beautiful contrast with tho cement
walls. Tho roof in this design is
rathor prominent, and, all things con
sidered, slate would probably bo tho
most satisfactory.
Ono of tho nower forms of root con
struction that might be used, consists
of corrugated steel sheets resting on
a light -teel framework. Tho corru
gations are deep enough to prevent
auy bending of tho sheets between
supports. Waterproofed cement pins
ter Is spread over
"tint about ono inch
the sheets In
thick, completely
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filling the corrugations. This method
would certainly mako a fireproof roof,
and tho cement could bo easily col
ored to make an effective contrast
with tho side walls.
Native square stone Is used to very
good purpose In this design, for tho
lnr'go chimney nnd for tho porch piers
and arch. This stonework gives tho
houso an added appearance of stabil
ity. Tho, arrangement of tho houso
leaves llttlo to bo desired. The fioor-
Second Floor Plan.
plans show a large parlor or living
room, dining room, kitchen and recep
tion hall on the first floor Upstairs
there aro four bedrooms and a bath
room, Tho cost of this houso is estimated
at $4,000, using a good grade of ma
terials and most thorough construc
tion. The size of this house, 34 feet
6 Inches wide, by 35 feot C Inches
deep from front to back, makes it
very suitable for the ordinary subur
ban 60-foot lot.
Puritans and Greeks.
Tho reader of tho Scarlet Letter
gets a vivid Idea of tho Puritan con
science; It had Its strength, but that
book principally shows Us narrow
ness and Its cruelty. What a differ
ent thing was the attitude toward life
of the most gifted people in history.
The Greeks in their great period had
nothing of what we call a sense of
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sin. Whey they did anything wrong,
thoy called It "a bad shot" some
thing that was bound to happen from4.
mm! io lima aim wub ubbl jurguitun.
As Livingston puts It, it was useless
to spend thought and remorse on had
shots; It was better to go forward and
Improve the aim for next time. Many
a person of Puritan descent, tortured
needlessly by. remorse, could gain
much by acquiring tho habit of look
ing at any transgression as a defec
tive aim, and making up his mind to
get nearer the bull's eye next time.
Harper's Weekly.
AN IDEAL JOB.
Tho-talk turned to office-seekers ti
the lobby of a Washington hotel tho
other evening, nnd this ono was con
tributed by Senator Sblvoly of Indi
ana: Two men, according to the senator,
were sitting on a park bench ono af
ternoon, listening to tho sparrows
sing, when tho delight of holding pub
lic office was Incidentally mentioned.
"Look hero, Jim," exclaimed ono of
the pair, suddonly looking up, "you aro
not thinking of seeking an office, aro
you?"
"No, I can't say that I am," replied
Jim reflectively, "and yet If I got ono
to my liking I might take It,"
"I see," responded tho other, "what
kind of a government Job would bo to
your tasto?"
"Well," replied Jim, "I wouldn't
mind getting a couple of thousand a
year for filling fountain pons for tho
assistant secretary of tho treasury."
Saturday Evening Post.
What Indian Summer Is.
Indian summer Is a namo used to
descrlbo a short season of pleasant
weather In tho Central and Atlantic
const states. It usually comes either
In October or November. Thero la no
doflnlto tlmo for Indian summer, but
as a rule It comes after the fjrst severe
frost or series of frosts and storms.
It Is tho season that Is welcome be
causo It comos after ovoryono has Bot
tled down to expect real winter, and
Indian summer always holds winter off
for a fow moro weeks. Tho season Is
characterized by almost cloudless
Bkles, calm or light airs, a hazy at
mospbero and mild tomporaturo in the
daytime, but rather cool at night.
In Need.
f virtilnAft vim nnnlnudod thnt nrm.i
a less wonder at tho Btabw last night"
' "Yes, I thought ho deserved a hnnd,
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