EDISON'S VOICE IN RECORDS
The Lure of
the Home
B7 VICTOR REDCLIFFE
(OopjrUbt, 1010. by WeBttrn Ntwipaper Onion.)
"A tidy sum." spolco Mr. Edward
Boyd briskly as lie tendered n cheek
to Burton Ware, for n full decnde of
fice hoy, then clerk, then traveling
salesman for the great Jobbing house
of which the former was the proprie
tor. The young man's face portrayed
pleasure, pride nnd satisfaction. Fate
had been very kind to him and now ho
was the possessor of twenty thousand
dollars In ready cash.
"You will be quoted as a most meri
torious example In this establishment,"
went on his employer. "You have al
lowed your commissions and bonuses
to accumulate and the result is a sub
stantial one. We are most sorry to
lose you, but I suppose you have made
up your mind to a change."
"The change means home," spoke
Burton Ware, a tinge of sadness In his
tone "that Is, what there is left of
it All my people are gone and when
mother died 1 had to shift for myself.
The old house was sold to settle up
debts, but to me It Is still a cherished
spot. All these years I have had one
thought to accumulate n reasonablo
amount to buy the old home nnd go
Into business in n modest wny in my
native town."
The little town was changed, the
peoplo seemed changed when Ware
reached it a week later. Few remem
bered him. Something of the old sense
of cheery, fnmlllar comradeship came
back to him as he found himself In the
ofllce of Willis Thorpe, who had been
a boyhood chum, now graduated into a
leading lawyer.
"Tho old place lias changed owners
twice since you lived there," said
Thorpe. "Tho last time old Walter
Clyde purchased it. You remember the
Clydes, of course?"
"I have never forgotten them," re
plied Wnre with a quick token of in
terest, and Ills thought went traveling
back through ten lonely years to the
brightest day In his life. "You see, I
was practically homeless after mother
died. It was Mrs. Clyde who took me
In. She mended up my poor outfit of
clothing, gave me a grand farewell
meal and she and her adopted niece,
Teresa, came to the depot to see me
off. I mourned ns if it had been my
own mother when I heard that good
woman was dend. And little .cresal
She was only eight year.; old then, but
she kissed me good-by, and clung to
me, and cried out her dear little heart
because I was going away."
"Yes, Mrs. Clyde died and her hus
band bought the old place, lie has
grown crabbed, penurious and hermit
like the last few years."
"And Teresa?" Inquired Ware.
"lias shared his solitude and
practically made a slave of herself to
his exaction and whims from a sense
of gratitude nnd duty townrd her aunt,
Clyde has been anxious to sell for
some time. lie has offered It at four
thousand dollars.
Ware, gazed sorrowfully at the old
home when he reached It, not because
he was disappointed but from tender
clinging memories of the past. To him
It was still the dearest spot on earth
There were the old apple trees, the
broad spreading porch, the vine-covered
wing, the fruit bushes, the fa
miliar hollyhocks and roses. A young
girl wns busy at some pea vines In the
garden. In an Instant Ware recognized
the child friend of his boyhood, grown
Into a woman.
"You don't remember me, -Teresa?"
he spoke, advancing.
She regarded him with clear, earnest
eyes. Her face broke into a sweet, wot
coming smile. "Yes, you are Burton
Ware," she said. Her color brightened.
He thrilled at the warm, sincere clasp
of her little brown hand. Just then
Mr. Clyde came into view from the
street. Ware was invited Into the
house and he made his business clear.
Twice he visited the old house while
the necessary papers of transfer were
being prepared. The attraction toward
rts lovely mistress was emphasized.
When he paid off Clyde the latter left
the lawyer's office with him.
"I shall go West to a married broth
er where I can live cheap." said Clyde.
"And Teresa?" Intimated Ware.
"Oh, I settled that with her this
morning. She's satisfied with one hun
dred dollars and the old furniture for
what it will bring."
"What!" cried Ware with rising in
dlgnatlon, "after all her faithful serv
ices you're not going to turn her
adrift I"
"Why, she's no kin of mine," coolly
retorted Clyde.
Ware left him, roused up to a sense
of the mean selfishness that stirred
him to the depths. He went at once
to the old home. Within Teresa wns
conversing with tho aged clergyman
whoso services she regularly attended
Sho was saying:
"I have always felt a certain duty
toward Mr. Clyde, because of my aunt.
Then again, the plnce hero has become
very dear to me.'-
"You havo dono your full duty, my
child. Wo will find somo way of car
ing for you," spoke tho clergyman.
Burton Wnre acted on h sudden Im
pulse. Ho entered the room with glow
ing eyes.
"Teresa," he said Impetuously,
"don't 'eavo this home. If you enro
for mo as I do for you, become my
wife, here, now," and so l!fos prob
lem for those two loving souls was
eolvod.
Inventor of Phonograph, for the First
Time, Makes Short Speech Which I
Will Ba Preserved. !
Thomas A. Edison, who Invented the
phonograph -12 years ago, has for the
first time consented to hnve his own
voice recorded on a phonograph rec
ord. The reproduction, which Is on
the back of n record containing tin
nntlonnl nnthems of our allies, wns
heard recently for the first time In the
Edison lnborntory at Orange, N. J.
Mr. Edison celebrated his 72nd birth
day on February 11. The talk, which
Is Mr. Edison's first comment about
tho war since America entered tho
fight, follows:
"Our boys made good In France.
The word 'American' has a new mean
Ing in Europe. Our soldiers hnve made
It mean courage, generosity, self
restraint and modesty. We are proud
of the North Americans who risked
their lives for the liberty of tho world,
but we must not forget, nnd we must
not permit demagogues to belittle the
part played by our gallant allies.
Their casualty lists tell the story.
"However proud we may ho of our
own achievements, let us remember nl-
ways that the war could not have been
won If the Belglnns, British, French
nnd Italians had not fought like hull
dogs in the face of overwhelming
odds. The great war will live vividly
in the minds of Amerlcnns for the
next 100 years. I hope that when we
do reverence to tho memory of our
brave boys who fell in France we
shnll not forget their brothers In nrms
who wore the uniforms of our allies.
"I believe that the national airs of
France, Great Britain, Italy and Bel
glum should for"nll time to come be ns
familiar to us ns our own 'Star-
Spangled Banner."
BRIDAL FLOWERS HERE AGAIN
That Orange Bloesoms Are in the
Market Is a Sure Harbinger
of World Peace.
One Interesting sign of tho coming
of pence has been tho reappearance of
real orange blossoms at weddings.
During the war they were difficult fo
ohta!nf owing to tho fact thnt they
come ns a rule from France. Nearly
all the orange flowers which are used
nt smnrt marriages in London and
Paris are grown in the sheltered vnl
leys of the Alps Maritlmes behind the
Riviera.
Here there are orchards of orange
trees scattered over the sunny slopes,
and the local peasantry devote most of
their time to growing the beautiful
flowers. No attempt Is made to get
the fruit, seeing that the orange trees
are solely cultivated for the sake of
the glistening blooms.
A lnrge part of the floral crop finds
Its way to the perfume factories of
Orasse, hut the choicest sprays aro
picked for the London nnd Paris mar
kets. Orange flowers keep fresh for a
considerable time, and they stand the
journey to England very well, arriving
in perfect condition. London News.
Kangaroo Scored Knockout.
"Ned Kelly, the old buek knngnroo,
has been having a fight with the boss
stag of the axis deer herd," said Ser
geant Mf-Oee of ' the San Francisco
park police, "and It Is the first time
I ever heard of two herbivorous nnl
mals so widely different In species
finding common ground for a quarrel.
"As a matter of fact, It was the
axis deer that started the trouble.
He was trying to show off before the
does nnd started butting at poor old
Ned Kelly who was peacefully lol
loping about with' no thought for
trouble. The first butt of the deer
set Ned thinking, tho seeond set him
mnd, the third well, Ned Kelly Just
turned about and cave the axis deer
one wallop under the stomach with
its tail. You could hear the smack
five blocks away, and It simply
knocked tho deer Hat. It dropped as
if It had been shot, while Ned Kelly
just hopped away as happy as a bird."
One Thing More.
A pretty girl fluttered over to a
neighbor's house Sunday last to bor
row some writing paper. She had an
important letter to write nnd mall,
and sho wns out of stationery. About
half an hour later she returned for
an envelope, and a little later still
came back for a stamp. ''Well, I hope
that's all sho wonts to borrow today,"
said the disgruntled neighbor woman
as she slammed the door after tho
pretty girl. "Sho needs i little 'spit'
to make the stamp ndlierc," said tho
neighbor womnn's husband "and she'll
bo over after that In n minute."
Arkansas Thomas Cnt (Hot Springs,
Ark.).
Insurance Against Tuberculosis.
Dr. P. ,T. Menard outlines in the
Presso Medlcalo a plan for universal
compulsory Insurance against tubercu
losis, tho funds from which would
serve for the fight against tubercu
losis. His scheme Is something like
compulsory social Insurance against
sickness, but the tax or Insurance dues
Imposed' would Include all classes of
society, not merely tho wago earners.
He protests that the fight against tu
berculosis should not be left to charity
or private Initiative.
We
Last Resort
By ALISON MAY KB AMES
J
Unduly Apprehensive.
"I hope they'll make somo exceptions
In taxing luxuries," remarked tho plain
person. 0
"Are yon expecting to be hit?"
"I might be. One of the grentest
luxuries I know of Is sitting around
tho house in my shirt sleeves nnd rend-
(Copyright, 1019, by Weittrn Kcrrtpiptr Union.)
It wns n rough district given over to
rough men of rude, uncultured wnyB.
Outside of tho few towns where law
f,nd order ruled, primitive outlnwry
nnd physical force were the controll
ing dements. Thus, when Hnl Wyck
off, tho leader of a lawless horde of
moonshiners and raiders, cast his eyo
upon Nellie Vlrdln, tho daughter of
the school superintendent at Macon,
only tho genuine fervor of his lovo
for her prevented his collecting a re
tinue of his favored comrades, carry
ing her off boldly, forcing some itiner
ant preacher to perform the marriage
ceremony nnd defying her friends to
get her hack.
lie lived here, there, everywhere,
with his lawless confreres; hnd n
sister, AHhen, for whom he showed
renl devotion, hnd placed her with nn
old maid aunt over nt the other end
of tho county, far nway from his own
environment. Nellie, visiting the lit
tle settlement where Althen lived, had
Incidentally met Wyckoff. Later he
had seized nil kinds of pretenses to
nppenr In Mncon nnd see Nellie. Then
he had watched her home, making euro
that she was alone in the house nnd
hnd almost nlarmcd her by appearing
at Its porch one lovely September
evening.
"I wnnt to tell yon n story," ho said
bluntly, when timorously hut with
courtesy sho had Invited him to be
seated, nnd Wyckoff related tho In
cidents of tho rough life he hnd led
since tho denth of his pnrents, both
shot down by revenue officers whilst
defending nn Illicit still In the moun
tains. He mnde no secret of follow
ing In their footsteps. But now
"And I want to tell you that 1 lovo
you," was his final nddendum to tho
recital. "I am ready to make any
sacrifice to win your esteem. I will
abandon my present wny of living. I
will go to work to enrn nn honest liv
ing. 1 will establish a pleasant home
with my sister, Althen. I wtll be n
true and fnlthful husbnnd. Give the
two of us a chance to become pence
able, respectable people, Instead of the
shunned outcasts that we are."
"I am sorry," spoke Nellie In n gen
tle, subdued wny. "but I am engnged
to marry Wade Burton next month."
The tiger In the man sprang to the
surface In a Hash. He was on his
feet in an instant, quivering all over.
"Let him beware, If he crosses my
path I" he ground out. "I have warned
you. You shall be mine, .lust to gain
you I will plunge the whole district In
bloodshed and ruin 1"
"Wnltl wait I I have something to
tell you," began Nellie quaverlngly,
but the man wns gone. For two dnys
nnd nights he wandered in tho wildest
depths of the mountain timber. When
ho returned to his comrades he wns
morose nnd captious and kept aflnmo
his mad emotions with the constant
use of liquor.
Gradually his confreres became
nwnre of tho wretchedness that was
wearing down their lender. Mutteiings
against Wade Burton, who wns n
lawver, who had prosecuted several
of tho band, Intensified tho Insane
jealousy of Wyckoff. There came n
climax. One evening with six chosen
men lie rode over to Macon, stationed
ills men In nmbush near the Vlrdln
homo nnd stole towards It a few min
utes Inter. An agreed on signal, n
low, peculiar whistle, reached the men
in covert. It advised them thnt Wnde
Burton wns on the premises and to
he ready to greet him when he came
down tho woodland path.
Wyckoff had mnde out Burton nnd
Nellie in the garden of tho llttlo Vlr
dln home. They were conversing earn
estly, seated on a bench besldo a
shadowing flowering bush.
"You nro sure Althen Is safe. You
do not doubt that she will evade tho
mnn who would havo dragged her Into
misery nnd sorrow?"
"I not only convinced her thnt the
man was already married, but I set
tho officers of the law on his track
for nn old crime and he has left the
country. It was a narrow escape for
the trustful girl Ignorant of tho world's
wavs."
'Tier brother should know of this,
Wcde," spoke Nellie.
"Yes, he should gunrd Althen close
ly. Sho is a bright, pretty girl, and
this experience will bo n warning to
hei. As to Wyckoff, however, I
scarcely daro venture to npproach
li I in. He is like a rampant Hon these
lnttcr days."
Ho must feel grateful to you for
nil that you hnve done In behalf of his
sister," said Nellie. "What was that 1"
It was a grnnn, nnd It Issued from
the Hps of Hnl Wyckoff us ho stag
gcied from his covert. Tho revelntlon
of tho moment stunned him. This
mnn, Wade Burton, rightful beloved
of Nelllo Vlrdln, had put himself out
to save his sister from tho power ol
a villain who would have spoiled hot
life. Hal Wyckoff moved on, Indiffer
ent to all save that he owed his rival
gr.UItude. Ho forgot tho wailing am
bush. His confreres !n hiding c"d not
distinguish his Identity ns he awung
free of a deep ravine.
Half a dozen shots rang out. A cry
of horror escaped tho lips of their
leader too lato thoy comprehended
that they had shot the wrong man.
"Mnko clear 1" ordered Wyckoff
faintly, his life blood oozing nwny
"your work Is done, nnd It Is better
601"
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Mutual Building and Loan
;ion,
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RESOURCES OVER ONE 'MILLION DOLLARS.
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