SERIAL
STORY
G)hen
a JfCan.
Jftarries
MARY ROBERTS RJNEHART
Jluihor of Th Circular Siatrecu,
Th CKon In Leictt
Ttn, Etc.
Crorr1M IK, br thtfobU-lUrrlll 0.
SYNOP8I8.
2S
. James vWllnnn or Jimmy ns ho In called
y hln friend, wnn rotund and look
ed shorter than he really was, Hi
Smbltlon In Ufa waa to bo tnkon seriously,
lit rinnnln ulnailllv rflfimod to do 10. his
)oop!e steadily refused to do so, his
nrt la connldsrod a huge Joke, oxccpt to
lilmneir. If hn imkisl nnotilo to dinner eV'
rryone exported a frolic. Jimmy mnrrlc
Holla Knowlen; tliey live together a year
hml sre divorced. Jimmy's friends nr
rance to celebrnto the first anniversary
or hla divorce, The parly Is In full swing
whon Jimmy receives a tnlcirrnm from his
Aunt Sollna, who will arrive In four hours
to visit him and his wife. He nnlct. to
tell her of his divorce. Jimmy takes Kit
Into his confidence. Ho suggests that Kit
plAV the hostess for one nlRht, ho Mrs.
Wilson pro tern. Aunt Bnllna arrives and
the deception works out as plnnned.
Jim's Jap servant Is taken 111. Holla,
Jimmy's divorced wife, enfers the houso
rind asks Kit who Is bolnjr taken away In
the ambulance T Delia Insists It Is Jim.
Kit tells her Jim Is well and Is In the
houso. Harbison steps out on the porch
and discovers a man tacking a card on
the door. He demands an explanation,
Tlio man points to the placard and Har
bison seos th word "Smallpox" printed
on It He tslts him the guests cannot
leave the house until the quarantine Is
Mftod. After tho lifting- of the quarantine
Meveral letters are found In the mall box
undelivered, one Is addressed to Henry
Llewellyn, Iqulque, Chile, which won
written by Harbison, Ho describes mi
nutely of their Incarceration, also of his
Infatuation for- Mrs, Wilson. Aunt flellna
Is taken 111 with la grlppo. Hetty aots us
nurse. Harbison finds Kit sulking, on the
roof. Bho tells him that Jim has been
treating her outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs, when suddenly she Is grasped
In the arms of a man who kisses her sov
cral times. Bho believes that Harbison
did It and Is humiliated. Aunt flellna tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles of Jewelry have been stolen.
Hhe accuses Hetty of tho theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt ftellna all about the strange
happenings, but she persists In suspecting
Itetty; of the theft of her valuables.
Harbison demands, an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him, she
Sells him of the Incident on tho roof, he
Hoes not deny nor confirm her accusation.
vMint Sellrm Is awakened during tho
fcVti1 Bho nnd" J,n making lovo to
(Uellaj she demands an explanation
from Jim. Holla reveals the whole
blot to Aunt Bellna. She forgives both
bf them, but calls Kit a Jesebel. Hhe
ls Jim t reveal tho true situation to
Jlarblson. 'Jimmy Is token lilt Unlla tolls
Rhe .guests, that spots have broken out
vii ins uauy. rney are rdnvinrcii
that
J
'the
salt
'mi nan uiu iirnauaa ameojiH
Ilelln tells
guests that Jim Is delirious, she
he saw a man critwl out from under
Us bed.
He said the house was haunted.
CHAPTER XXI. (Continued.)
Aunt Sellnn put her clothes In a tub
ln the laundry and proceeded to dress
them like a vegetable. She throw In
la handful of salt, some karosono oil
land a little ammonia. Th. rnsnlt wnn
ivtUatnous, but after she tinted It or
lanufied Itshe said It needed a bar
jot aeap out up to give It atrongth or
flavor and I went Into thi, storo-room
iror It.
Tho laundry soap was In a box. I
Hook In a silver fork, fn t tmtiwt tn
'touch the stuff, and Jabbotf a bar one-
3earully In the soml-darkMoss. Then
d carried It back to tbo laundry nnd
propped It on tho tnblo. Aunt Sollna
(looked at the fork with disgust, thon
toe both looked at tho soap Ono aldo
'or it waa covered with round holos
that curved around on each other llkp
a collod anako.
I ran bank tn thn t
there, a little bit sticky nnd smelling
terribly of rosin, luy Anno's pearl
ueoKiacoi
I waa so oxclteo. that I aolzod Aunt
Sollna by the .huids and danced her
il over the pltce. Thon I left her,
rtrylug to find hor hatrnlna on tho floor.
iand ran up to tell tha others.' I mot
petty in tne hall, and waved the
IpearlB at hev. But she did not notice
n Ueoi,
"1b Mr. Harbison down there?" nho
asked breathlessly. "I Joft him on tho
roof and went down to my room for
ray Bcarr, ana whon I went back he
ma flisappoarod. Ho ho doesn'
'seem to uo in tho houso." She trlod
,lo uugn, but hor volco was shaky
couldn't havo got down without
, 'pksoing mo, anyhow," alio supplement
"I auppoao I'm silly, but so many
queer tnings navo hnpponod. Kit."
"I wouldn't worry, Hetty," I Boothod
'her. "Ho Is big enough to tnko caro
lor himself. And with tho boat Inton
Hons In the world, you can't havo him
an tho time, you know."
Sho waa too much startled to ho In
'aigaani. me roiiowod mo Into tho
(library, where tho eight of tho pearls
proaucoa a tremondoiw oxcltemont
and thon overy ono had to go down
to the storo-room. and soo whom tim
'necklace had beon hlddou, nnd Max
lexaralnod all Jthe bars of soap for
'thumb print. ,
Mr, Harbison did not appoar. Max
'commented on tho fact caustically,
; )ut Dal hushed htm up.
,l I waa almoat ready, for bod whon
'Jim tapped at my door, I had beon
very cool to him slnco tho night In
the library when I was publicly staked
,and martyred, and ho was almost
cringing whon I oponod the door.
"What Is It now?" I asked cruolly.
I"Hm Bella tired of It already, or has
jMaaebody eke a , rash?"
"Don't bi a shrew, Kit," be said. "1
don't want you to do anything. I
only when did you, oo Harbison
last?"
"If you rnean Mast,' " I rotortod, "I'm
afraid I haven't soen the laat of him
yot." Then I saw that ho was really
worried. "Betty was leading him to
tho roof," 1 added. "Why? la ho
missing?"
"Ho Isn't nnywhoro In tho houso,
Dal and I have been over overy Inch
of It." Max had como up, In a dress
ing gown, and waa watching mo in
solontly.
"I think wo hnvo seon tho Inst of
him," ho said. "I'm sorry, Kit, to nip
tho little romance In tho bud. Tho
fellow was crazy about you thoro'a
no doubt of It. Hut I'vo boon wntch
Ing him from .tho beginning, and I
think I'm uphold. Whether ho wont
down tho watcr-spout, or across a
board to the next houso "
"I I dlsllko him Intensely," I said
angrily, 'but you would not dnro to
say that' to hla faco, Ho could strati
glo you with ono hand."
Max laughed disagreeably.
VWoll, I only hopo ho Is gono," ho
throw at mo over his shoulder, "I
wouldn't want to bo respohtflblo to
your father If ho had stayed." 1 wbb
speochloBB with wrath.
Thoy wont away then, nnd I could
hear thorn going over tho houso. At
ono o'clock Jim went up ,to bed, thn
last, and Mr. Harbison had not been
found. I did not boo how they could
go to bed at all. If ho had escaped,
then Mnx waa right and tho wholo
thing" was lioart-brenklng. And If ho
had not, then ho might bo lying
1 got up nnd drosaed,
Tho early part of tho night had
been cloudy, but when I got to tho
roof It was clear starlight. Tho wind
blow through tho electric wires strung
across and set them singing. Tho oc
casional bleat of a belated automobllo
on tho drlvo bolow camo up to mo
raucously.
And thoro In tho stnrltght, I Went
ovor tho wholo sorlo-comeay, ana I
lonthod my part In It. Ho had been
perfectly right to bo angry with mo
and with all of ua. And I had been
hypocrlto and a Pharlsoo, and had
thanked Qod that I was not aa
other poople, whon the fact was that
I was worse than tho worn. And
although It wasn't dignified to think
of him going down tho drain pipe
still no ono could blatno him for
wanting to got away from us, and ho
waa qulto muscular enough to do It.
I was In tho deptha of solf-abaso-
mont whon I heard n sound behind
mo. It wan a long broatn, quito auui
bio, that ended In a groan. I grlppod
Just Then Dallas Had to Open the
Door and Stop Into the Room.
tho parnpot and Ilstonod, whilo my
heart pounded, and In u mlnuto It
camo again.
I was torrlbly frightened, Then I
don't know how I did It, but 'I wna
ncroBB tho roof, knoollng bosldo tho
tont, whoro It stood ogalnat tho clilin
noy. And thoro, lying proho among
tho flowor-potfl, and nlmost entirely
bidden, lny tho man wo had boon look
ing for.
Ills bond was toward mo, nnd I
roachod out shaklngly and touched hla
faco, It was cold, and my hnnd, whon
drow It buck, was covored with
blood.
CHAPTER XXII.
It Was Dollrlum.
T was sure ho waa dead. Ho did
not niovo, and when I caught his
hands and called him frantically, he
did not hear me. And so, with tho
horror over mo, I half foil down tho
stairs and roused Jim In tho studio,
Thoy all camo with lights and blan
kets, nnd they Carried him Into tho
tont and put him on tho couch and
tried to put whisky in his mouth. But
ho could not swallow. And tho si
loncu bocamo moro nnd moro omlnoua
until finally Anno got hystorlcat an.il
crio(r, uo is ueaai uoaai" nna col
lapsed on the roof.
But ho wan not. Just ns the lights
In tho tont began to havo rod rings
around them and Jim's voice camo
from away ncroBs tho rlvor, somo
body said, "Thoro, ho Bwallowod
that," and noon after, ho oponod his
oyes. Ho muttered something that
Bounded llko "Andean plnnaclo" and
lapsed Into unconsciousness again.
But ho waa not dead! Ho waa not
dead
When tho doctor camo thoy mado a
stretcher out of one of Jim's six-foot
canvases it had a plcturo on It, and
Jim was angry enough the next day'
und'took him down to tho studio. Wo
mado It as much llko a Blck room as
wo could, and wo trlod to make htm
comfortable But ho lay without open
Ing his eyes, nnd at dawn tho doctor
brought a consultant and a trnlnod
nurse.
Tho nurBo was an offensively cap
able porsou. Sho put us all out, nnd
scolded Anno for lighting Japauoso in
couso In tho room.
The consultant enmo, stayed nn
hour, and left. Aunt Sellna, who
proved horsolfa trump In that trying
time, waylatd htm In tho hall, aud ha
said It might he a fractured skull, al
though It was possibly only concus
sion. The men spent moat of tho morn
ing together.
Max camo down from tho roof
alone, and I cornored him In tho up
per hall.
"I'm going crazy, Max," I Bald.
"Nobody will tell mo anything, and I
can't stand it. How was' ho hurt?
Who hurt him?" '
Max looked at mo quite a long tlmo.
"I'm darnod If I understand you,
Kit," he said gravely. "You said you
disliked Harbison."
"So I do I did," I supplemented.
"But whether I llko him or not has
nothing to do with It. He has been
Injurod perhaps murdered" I chok
ed n llttlo. "Which which of you
did It?"
Mnx took my hand and held It, look
Ing down nt mo'.
"I wish you could hnve cared for mo
llko that," ho said gently, "Dear lit
tlo girl, we don't know who hurt him.
I didn't, It that's what you mean. Per
haps a flowor-pot "
I began to cry then, rind ho drow
mo to him and lot me cry on his arm.
Ho atood very quietly, patting my
head In a brotherly way and bohavlng
very well, save that onco he said:
"Don't cry too long, Kit: I can stand
only a certain amount."
And just then tho nurso opened tho
door to tho studio, nnd with Max's
arms still around mo, I raised my
head and looked in,
-Mr, Harbison was conscious. His
dyes woro open, and ho was staring at
us both as wo stood frnmod by the
doorway.
Ho lay back at onco and closed his
eyes, and the nurso shut tho door.
Thoro was no uso, even if I had boon
allowed In, 'in trying to oxplaln to
him. To attompt such a thing would
havo beon to presumo that ho was in
terested In an explanation, I thought
blttorly to mysolf as I brought tho
nurso cracked lco and struggled to
make beof tea In tho kitchen, that
lives had boon wrecked on less.
Dal was allowed ton minutes In tho
sick room during tho nftornoon, and'
ho enmo out looking puzzled and ex
cited. Ho refused to tell' us what ho
had learnod, however, and tho rest of,
tho afternoon ho and Jim spent In tho
collar.
Tho day dragged on. Downstairs
pcoplo nto and read and wroto letters,
and outoldo newspapor men talked to
gother and gazed ovor at the houso
und photographed tho doctors coming
In and tho doctors going out. As for
mo, in tho intervals of bringing
things, I sat in Bella's chair In tho
upper hall, and listened to tho cracklo
of tho nurso's starched skirts.
At midnight that night tho doctors
mado a thorough examination. Whon
thoy camo out they were smiling.
"Ho Isydolng vory well," tho young
er ono said ho was hairy and dark,
but he waa beautiful to me. ".Hoila
entlroly qonsclous now, and in about
an hour you can send the nurso off
for a little sleep. Don't lot him talk."
And bo at last I went through tho
familiar door Into an unfamiliar room,
with basins and towols nnd bottles
around, and a screon mado of Jim's
largost canvases. And somo ono on
tho improvised bed turned and lookod
nt mo. Ho did not speak, and I sat
down bcsldo him. Aftor a whilo ho
put his hand over mtno as It lay on
the bod.
"You aro much better to mo than I
deserve," ho said softly. And bocauso
his oyos woro disconcerting, I put'an
lco cloth over thorn.
"Much hotter thnn you desorvo," I
said, nnu patted tho lco cloth to plnco
gently; Ho fumbled nround until ho
found my hand again, and wo woro
quiet for a long tlmo. I think ho
dosod, for he rousod suddenly and
pullod tho cloth from his eyes.
"The tho day 1b all confused," he
aald, turning to look at mo, "but ono
thing seems to stand out from every
thing else. Perhaps it was delirium,
uijl I scorned to see thnt door ovor
there open, and yoi, outsldo, with
with Max. Ills arms woro around
you."
"It was dollrlum," I said softly. It
waa my llnai no m thnt houso of
mondaclty. '
Ho drew u satisfied breath, and
lifting my hand, hold it to his Hps and
kissed it.
"I can hardly bellovo it la you," he
said. "I havo to hold firmly to your
hand or you will disappear. Can't
you movo your chair closor? You aro
miles away," So I did It, for lie waa
not to bo oxcltod.
After n llttlo
"It's awfully good of you to do this,
1 havo been desperately sorry, Kit,
about the other night It Was a ruf-
llanly thing to do to kiss you, whon
I thought "
"You aro to koep very Btlll," I re
minded him. Ho klssod my hnnd
again, but ho persisted.
"I was mad crazy." I tried to
glvo him somo medlolno, but ho push
od the spoon aside. "You will havo
to listen," ho said. "I . am In tho
depths of solt-dlsgust. I I can'
think of anything olso. You see, you
soemud so convinced that I was tho
blackguurd that somehow nothing
seemed to mnttor."
"I have forgotten It all," I declared
gonorously, "nnd I would bo qulto
willing to bo frlonds, only, you ro
inombor you aald "
"Friends!" his volco waa suddenly
rockleaa, and ho rnlsod on hla elbow.
"Ifflonds. Who wants to bo frlonds?
Kit. I was almost delirious that ulght
Tho instant I hold you tn my arms It
waa all ovor. I loved you tho flrot
tlmo I saw you. I I aupposo I'm a
fool to talk llko this."
And, of courso, just then Dallas had
to open the door and stop Into tho
room. He waB covorod with dirt and
ho had a mucnci in nis hand. -
(TO DB C0NTU4UKOJ
CZAR WILL
ST. PETERSBURG. The American battleship fleet under command of
Hear-Admlral C. J. Badger arrived at Cronstadt, and remained several
days. Emperor Nicholas did tho United States the unusual honor of visit
ing tho vessels, and also received Admiral Badger and the floet officers in
tho palaco in this city. Tho fleot comprises the battleships Louisiana, South
Carolina, Kansas and New Hampshire.
PREVENT MINE FIRES
Many Lives Lost in Recent Years
From Accidents.
Installation of Comparatively Inex
pensive FlghtlnQ Appliances,
Regulations and Drills Would
Help Materially.
Now York. Herbert M. Wilson.
chief engineer of tho bureau of mines,
In an nddress dollvored at tho annual
meeting of tho National Ftro associa
tion In this city tho other dny, said
that failure to appreclato tho serious
ness of mine fires nnd a lack of ade
quate tiro protection havo resulted in
the loss of hundreds of lives and tho
destruction of millions of dollars
worth of property In tho last few
years. s Ho declared that twoof tho
most serious disasters In coal mines
in tho last two years, one at Cherry,
HI., In which 2G2 lives wero lost and
the other at tho Pancoast mine, near
Scranton. Pa., in which 74 lives woro
lost, originated from trivial causes
and ought to have been quickly ex
tingulahed without tho sacrifice of hu
man llfo.
"Tho contact of several bales of
hay with a blazing torch or an open
miners' lamp," said Mr. Wilson,
'caused the Cherry mlno disaster with
its great loss of llfo and a total cost
of one million dollars, of which $50,000
a day was spent In direct ilro fighting
for sovornl days. '
"Tho Ilro In tho Pancoast mlno
killed 74 miners, left 4G widows and
137 dependent orphans. This flro Is
known to havo started In an under
ground room, presumably from somo
oil-soaked waato. Tho flro was not
thought sorlous until It had been burn
ing two 'hours. This delay was, in
largo measuro, responsible tor tho
great loss of life.
"Besides tho loss of lite, fires havo
cost much tn money. At Deadwood, S.
D $1,000,000 has beon spent in fight
ing 'flro In a metal mlno. Today tires
aro raging In coal and metal mines in
various parts of tho country. Somo
of them hnvo got boyond control, and
havo been burning for many years, de
vouring hundreds of thousands of tons
of coal nnd miles of mlno galleries.
One mlno Ilro near Carbondale, Pa.,
haa burned out such a vast area of an
thraclto coal In tho last ten years as
to result In a subsidence of tbo sur
face ana? destruction of surface prop
erty. Near Summit, Pa., n flro which
has beon burning 51 years Is estlmai
ted to havo destroyed $25,000,000
worth of coal. Near Jobs, 0 a tract
of coal valued at several million dol
lars haa been burning slnco 1884. In
somo of tho deeper metal mines at
Hutto, Mont., fires hnvo been burning
In tho old timbers slnco 1889. In tho
Comstock vein in Nevada thousands
of feet of tunnels which had been
opened and timbered at great oxpenso
are being burned out
"Tho mining onglnccrs of tho bu
reau of mines havo mado a careful
study of Urea In mines, nnd havo
leached the conclusion that the intro
duction of comparatively inexpensive
flro, fighting appliances, tho adoption
of proper regulations and tho tnstltu
tion of a reasonnblo system of flro
drills may mlnlmlzo tires aud conflno
others to n brief period of tlmo with
llttlo damago to llfo and proporty. Tho
engineers of this bureau havo had
much BucceBs In combating mlno fires
through tho uso of tho oxygen helmet.
This la nn npparatuB that entirely
protects tho head, and through which
air is furnished artificially, thus en
nbllng tho wcaror to exploro the vt
clnlty of n flro under conditions of
nmoko and gns that would render hlB
approach othorwlso impossible. By
tho uao of such an apparatus a num
ber of fires hnvo been nromntlv extin
guished which would doubtless have
spread and porhaps extended boyond
control.
"Chemistry, through tho quick an-
nlysle of gnsea at frequent Intervals
VISIT AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS
In tho neighborhood or the flro, has
proved a most successful adjunct In
fighting fires. It seems, almost unnec
essary to call attention to tho ncccs
stty of providing at each mlno ample
storago of water proporly conveyed
in protected pipes to posslblo danger
points, tho desirability of using largor
amounts of fireproof material In place
of wooden mlno timbering or wooden
doors, the proper disposal of wasto,
fireproof manwnys nnd air shafts and
the uso of fireproof matorlal as far as
posslblo lVi all surface structures with
in fifty to ono hundred feet of the
main opening to the mlno."
PAPA GANDER ATTACKS BOY
Defends Goslings Which Mrs. Goose
Hat Just Hatched Out When
Youngster Gets Inquisitive.
San Antonio, Tex. Shaughnessy,
live years old and ndventurcsomo, got
too woll acquainted with n wild gan
der near the deer range in tho Bronx
zoo. and as n result he will ' have a
sore chin for a few days.
Harry and bis brother William
went to tbo zoo nnd spied the gan
der nnd his mnto. The mate has Just
hatched out some goslings.
Tho boys admired the goslings and
tried to pick up ono. While Mrs.
Goose chased William through tho
fence her Indignant husband grabbed
Harry by tho chin and had worried
him along ton feet when an attend
ant rescued him,
Thp lud's faco-was lacerated and
ho waB taken to the zoo offlco, whero
tio wound wna dressed.
' City Builds Sidewalks.
Now London, Conn. This city will
bo tho first tn New England to undeiv
tnko a uniform system of sldewaias
at tho municipal exponso. Tho project
will cost nearly $150,000 and work is
to begin at onco.
SCHOOL FARM A MODEL
Walla Wallahs Unique Institution
Has Space for Playground.
Chief Feature of Building Is Its Flood
of Sunlight, There Being as Many
Large Windows as Could Be
Put In Four Walls.
Walln Walla. Wash. Flanked by
converging roads which lead past
Holds and orchards and homes to
tho city, and racing miles of rolling
prairie mottled with gardens and
groves and farm houses, stands a
butldlug unlquo In tbo development of
tho land of Marcus Whitman Walla
Walla'a first model "country-life"
school backed by tho enthusiasm of
n united school board. Among Walla
Walla'a dozens of substantial school
houses which everywhere mark the
Interest taken In educational matters
tho Prospect Point school, soon to
closo Its term, is ono 'of tho best.
Larger pluns are being entortatnod
for tbo development of Prospect Point
school -nnd it Is seml-ofllclally In
chargo of ,tho State Country Life
Commission, of which J. L. Dumns Is
a resident member.
The building Is of red brick, two
stories In height, surmounted by a
tower. It contains four largo study
rooms, basement lunch rooms for both
boys and girls, library, auditorium,
spnclous halls open to the sunlight,
and storngu room for fuol as well as
furnaces and lavatories.
The chief feature of the building Is
Its flood of sunlight, which Is let in
through ns many largo windows as
can bo placed within tho four walls.
Tho library Is tucked away ofT the
stair at n wide landing, and auditori
um Is provided by oponlng sliding
ARE WED IN SPEEDING AUTO
Couple Married Whilo Doing Whirled
Under Palm Trees In Westlake
Park, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Cal. A novel woddlng
occurred tho other dny when Max
Bqtefuhr and Miss Avis C. Doebler,
daughter of William Doebler, a re
tired capitalist, wero married In an
automobile as the car glided uuder
tbo palm trees in Westlake park.
The ceremonies began at tho Sev
enth street entrance and when tho
car arrived at tho Sixth otreet en
trance tho happy young couplo woro
man and 'wife. When tho automobllo
entered tho park Rov, Casslus Morton
Carter, pastor of tho First Baptist
church, arose with book In hand. "Wo
are standing hero together In tho
sight of God and man"
"Go a llttlo slower," said the bride-groom-to-bo.
"Wo want it all to hap
pen In tho pnrk."
The minister continued:
"To Join together In tho holy bonds
of matrimony this man and this "
"Oh, my hat!" exclaimed Miss Doeb
ler, as tho palm leaf became entan
gled In a ribbon.
Tho minister continued. "It anyone
can ohow Just cause why rhey Bhould
not bo joined togotheif, let him now,
stand forward or forever "
"Don't stop the car!" 'said Bote
fuhr, "I want It to keep moving."
"Hold his peace," tho minister was
looking pretty serious.
"Do you, Max Botefuhr, take Avis
Doebler to be your beloved "
"I wish papa was here," said Miss
Doebler, "ho would enjoy this!"
"Wife to honor and cherish" until
death do you part?"
"I do," said Botefuhr.
, "Do you, Avis Doebler take Max
Botefuhr to bo your boloved husband,
to honor and cherish until death do
you part?"
"I do." said Miss Doebler.
Tho car was within ten feet of the
Sixth street entrance when tbo min
ister said: "Then I pronounco you
man and wlfo."
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doors which throws two- largo class
rooms lifto communication with, a
small centrally located room where
Is a starge.
Tho cloakroom featuro of the open
halls la Improved by the situation of
tho doors, which make It posslblo for
the pupils to como into the building,
pass through the halls and enter tho
schoolroom without confusion.
Tho school is supplied with a li
brary of 200 volumes which is to be
soon Increased, wlh maps, charts and
a globe, nnd facilities for Instructing
tho eight grades assembled there un
der tho direction of tbreo teachers.
Playgrounds, gardens, lawns will
be laid out on the flvo-acre tract.
With plenty of land To- a roqgh-and-tumble
playground, tl"- board has felt
justified In making a lawn around tho
building, and this will bo done next
year and preserved ns a beauty spot.
Back of tho lawns win bo an. ample
playgrounda and tho teaebcra' cottage.
The cottngo will ba suriounded by ,n
lnwn and flower beds.
One of tbo finest features of the
sito la a water right which tho dis
trict obtained with the five acres. Out
of it is to bo developed a water sys
tem fcr tho schoolhouta and teachers'
cottago which will supply drinking.
Water from a spring not more than
two miles away, nnd Irrigation for
lawns, gardens ant flower beds with
out any exponse except Installation.
Roosevelt, Jr., Wins Prize.
Cambridge, Mass. Quentln Rooso
volt hns won u prize for being tho
second highest In standing in hla
class at tho Groton school.
However, hq does not feel tho
weight of his honor.
"That is nothing." ho said. "I had
much rather bo good at baseball and
football."