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How Margery Brown Met the
Knight of Her Day-Dreams.
By W. DEAN SMITH.
Margery Hrown, a blue-cliecksun-bonnet
thrown carelessly on her gold
crowned head, ran lightly down tho
walk from tho modest littlo cottage
whero shu and her widowed mothor
lived in frugal comfort. She Bwung
a tin pall gaily In time to a merry
song shu was humming.
Widow Hrown, standing In tho door
way, hor eyes alight with tender af
fection, watched the girl as sho un
latched tho gate and Btepnrd out In
to the dusty road.
"Uu careful of tho cutomoblles, Mar
gery," sho warned.
Margeiy turned and waved tho pail.
"I'll bo careful, mother; don't worry,"
alio called back reassuringly.
"Come back early, dear."
"All right, mother."
Ah far back as sho could romembor
In tho eighteen years of her life, Mar
gery Brown's greatest plcasuio was
to go plcknlckii.g byj herself. Carry
ing a tin pall well stocked with slices
of delicious home-nuulo bread with
sweet yellow butter, ponderous hugar
cookies and mellow red apples, she
would go to her favorite spot In a
tmtcli of green woods a half mile
from the cottage. Then-, shu would
spend the day upon tho cool grabs; a
child of na'.jre, singing with birds
that ilew about her head undismayed,
and playing with a tiny rod squirrel
she had tamed. Towards dusk, she
would returr home, glorying In tho
beauty of the descending sun. and
bubbling over with tho sheer Joy of
living.
Today, she was more quiet and
ponslvo than usual. The dream-light
was In her soft bluo eyes, and a
tender smile upon her lips. A most
wonderful book by chance had fallen
Into her hands, left by a peddler
ostensibly no a gift to Margery but
In reality as pa) meat for tho generous
meal for which tho kindly and hospi
table Widow Brown refused to accept
money. It was a moat wonderful book,
indeed. It told all about tho fair
,ladics and d.ishlng knights of old.
Filled v, ah'the romance of those by
gone days; and wishing In her becrot
'heart that a knight In nrmor upona
mall-clad steed would dash up and
carry hor off, breathless and af
frighted, yet happy, Margery walked
slowly along until she reached tho
woods. She sought out a resting placo
a velvety expanse of short-cropped
grass beside a tiny brook that sang
and gurgled musically. She gavo her
self up to tho qujet spirit of tho per
fect June day. Tho drone of bees and
tho purling of tho little stream lulled
hor Into a drowsiness which soon
caused hor to fall asleep.
Sho awoko with a start, A furious
noise broko tho stillness about her.
For a moment, half asleep as Bho was,
sho thought that the knight of whom
she had been dreaming had really
come, and that the sound she heard
was tho clatter of his horse's hoofs.
Hut sho soon realized It was not like
anything sho had ever heard before,
and sho became frightened.
Tho sound came from high up In the
all- a continuous rattle, sharp and
penetrating. Suddenly, It ceased. In
tho alienee that followed, she beard
the rush of a mighty object Just above
her, and tho awlshlnt, of the foliage
ar. the treetopa were violently agita
ted. Then came a crash on the outer
edge of the woods. '
Margery sprang up and ran to the
field beyond. There she saw a tan
gled mass of wires and atlcka and
canvas. She hastened to tho wreck
age, then panned In fright, her face
blanched. Underneath what was left
of tho aeroplane lay a man, a trickle
of blood across his forohead. With
a gasp of horror, tho girl tried to re
lease him; but she could not move
the pieces of wire that held him
fast. She abandoned the attempt, see
ing how useless it was, and ran back
to, whore she had let her lunch. She
dumped It onto the ground, and filled
the pall with water. Hurrying to tho
unconscious map, she dashed tho wa
ter Into his face. He stirred uneasily,
then opened his eyes.
"Are you hurt badly T" asked Mar
gery anxiously.
"If I am, I'm glad or It," he replied,
as he looked with admiring eyes upon
the beautiful girl.
"Isn't there any way to get you
out?"
"If you'll fuss around In that Junk
heap and find me a pair of pliers, I'll
be free In a Jiffy. Thanks," he con
tinued, as Margery tumbled an arm
ful of tools within his reach.
With a few swift cuts, the aviator
severed the wires that held him. He
drew himself out of tho wreck care
fully and got to his feet. Ho was
somewhat unsteady, but pulled himself
together In a moment or so.
"No bonoB broken," ho announced.
"Just a bit shaken up, that's all. Is
there a telephone anywhere around?"
"Jim Baker has one; about a mile
from horo," replied Margory. "But
you must como to tho house, and let
"pother flxi up the cut on your face."
They walked in silence to tho Brown
cottago. Sho saw them coming up tho
Voad, and ran nnxiously p tho gato.
"What haB happened?" sho crlod, as
soon an her daughter and tho aviator
wero within hearing dlstanco.
"This gentleman has fallon out of
his airship, and hu's badly hurt.
Hurry, mother, and got your liniments
,roady," explained Margory.
"I'm afraid your daughter has exag
gerated tho BoriouBnoss of my wounds,
.madam. There are a few cuts and
bruises," tho aviator reassured her.
"But I'll wash off some of tho dirt, if
you don't mind."
Widow Brown took him Into the
house and placed tho spare room at
his disposal. In a few minutes he
camo Into tho kitchen whero Margery
wns telling her mothor about tho acci
dent. "My name Is Durant, Arthur
Durant," ho said. "I don't know how
I can thnnk you for your kindness and
tho llrst-ald-to-thc-lnjured service ren
dered so promptly by your daughter
Won't you tell mo who you nro?
Somo day I may be ablo to show my
appreelntlon."
Tho Widow Brown Introduced her
self and Margory. Mrs. Brown In
sisted upon having tho young man
stay at tea; an Invitation which he
lost no time In accepting. During tho
meal, ho cntertnlnod his hostess nnd
her daughter with thrilling stories of
his aeroplanu flights. The tlmo Hew so
rapidly that dusk had fallen before
any of them realized tho lateness of
the hour.
"Iteally, I must be going." an
nounced Durant. "I fenr I have al
ready outstayed my welcome. Be
sides, my men at tho hangar are prob
j ably scouring thu country to find me,
and think I have been killed"
I lie paused on the hlepn, and ex
pressed his admiration of thu erim
I son lainliler that hid tho cottage be
hind a bl.riug curtniu.
"My I have a lose as a-a remeni
1 lirnnee, Miss Drown?" he asked
j "Would you really caio ior one?"
, said Miirgcty
"Better than anything 1 know of.
he replied,
Maigery bioku off a tender llower.
mill with IrpnihlliiL- lunula tiluced It III
the coat of thu young aviator.
' "Thank' you very much and good
bye." mid Durant, lifting his cap.
and striding'' away hurriedly.
Margery watched him until hts
broad shoulders melted Into tho sur
rounding dark. There was a now and
tender light in her eyes as &he slowly
entered the cottage
Three months passed, and the whole
country rang with tho oxploits of Ar
thur Durant, tho greatest and most
daring aviator that over guided an
aeroplane across tho heavens. But
he had mudo a higher and more Inst
Ing conquest than that of thu air.
Not many days passed nfte that first
afternoon In .June, until ho had visited
tho cottago of tho Widow Blown. And
on each occasion, with trembling littlo
hands, Margery Brown placed a lose
In his coat when he went away. Ono
evening sho placed something else In
his keeping for all tlmo her heart.
And tomorrow would bo the wedding
day!
Bright and early Margery was up.
Hitting here and there about tho dear
old cottage to Bay farewell to her girl
hood and the simple homely things
that had made It so happy. Tho
Widow Brown bravely kept back tho
tears, and a quiet, motherly smile hid
her aching heart.
At high noon a graceful aeroplane
swooped swiftly down, and skimmed
lightly to rest In a field near tho cot
tage. Arthur Durant stepped out of
the 'plane and caught Margery In his
arms as sho ran to him eagerly.
"My Crimson Rambler," he mur-,
mured, as he kissed hdr.
And as they sailed away In the aero
plane, upon whose wings was painted
In dainty red letters the name of the.
flower the man and the girl both loved
so well, Margery snuggled close to hen.
lover and sighed happily.
"My knight," sho said softly. "The.
knight of my day-dreuns."
(Copyright, 1913, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Extracting tho Principle of Plants.
A new method of obtaining the ao
tlve principles of plants In the state
In which they exist In the fresh plant
Is usod with success by the French
scientists, Prof. Perrot. By his means
he obtains extracts of a different na
ture from what are given In the usu
al processes whore dried plants are
employed. Such extracts can be used
to great advantage, as they contain
the active principles of tho plants in
a more suitable and unaltered form.
Thus, by his process, the leading ac
tive principles such as alkaloids or
glucosldcB and diastases are preserved
in their complex combinations Just as
thoy existed In tho cells of tho plant,
and under this form It Is found that
their action on the hurann body is
identical with that of the frosh plant
Such combinations aro rendered sta
blo by treating tho sterilized powder
of the freshly dried plant by alcohol
so as to make an extract. This is
then evaporated In vacuo and then
freed from from fatty matted, wax, or
resin, then dried by a cold process.
Such extracts are soluble In water.
He'd Quite Forgotten.
Tho bachelor-about-town, after a
Anight out with some llvo wires in his
set, had managed somehow to find his
homo. But he could not sleep because
of a splitting headache.
Ho summoned his valet and asked
for something to straighten him out.
Tho valet mixed a certain drink, then
.prescribed a walk of half an hour,
with another of tho certain drink to
follow It.
Tho bachelor took tho prescription,
and footing refreshed, asked his valet
what was tho blggost tip ho had ever
received.
After humming and hawing for a
moment the valnt, swallowing hard,
roplled:
"Ono hummed dollars, sir."
Tho bachulor thoruupon gavo him a
check for two hundred. v
Next morning tho bachelor said to
his valet:
"By tho way, Alphonso, what Idiot
gavo you that hundred dollars?"
"You did, sir," replied thoi valet
"when you first came home , but
night" , , ,
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A COMPROMISE BILL HAS BEEN
BROUGHT OUT.
THE NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS
Brief Mention of the Work Being Dan
by Nebraska Solons in the
Houses of Legislature.
A compromise worklnginan'H com
pensation bill has been evolved by tho
special subcommittee of tho house Ju
diciary, based upon tho minority to
port of the stnto commission, which
spent two years Investigating the sub
ject. Instead of specifically exempt
ing farm hands nnd household em
ployes, the hill now enumerates nil
other classes of employment, this
change being In order to avoid possi
ble constitutional objections. I'nloHU
omploiors specifically state the con
trary, they tiro tinder the provisions
of the net. If they cIioofo not to como
under It, they must stand Milts for
personal damages linthe courts with
out tho defense of nnsuinptlon of risk,
contributory negligent e or fellow-servant
negligence. If they choose to
work under the propufod law, they
agree to a specified eomp"nfiniory
scale, having their elioleo of liability
Insurance In a mutual statu comp.iu.v,
In n private company or for them
bclves. State Reformatory Appropriation.
The finance, ways and means com
tnltteo of the house expects to report
for pnssnge a state icforinatory bill
this week. For weeks tho committee
lias had flvo such bills in Its hands,
but I ho reported bill will be house
roll No. 1M7, by Norton, with scarcely
a shiflo alteration. It will carry a
Jir.0,000 appropriation.
Tho bill will lenvcj to the state
board of control tho location of the
Institution, providing only that the
site shall not have less than ono sec
tion of arable land available. It tuny
bo located where brick or tile may bo
manufactured, thefc two things being
specifically mentioned In the bill, but
not cotnpulsorlly designated.
Buildings sufficient to accommodate
200 Inmates are to be built by the
board. So far as possible convict
labor Is to bo used, the workers tb re
ceive 75 cents per day for their de
pendents, with an extra good tlmo al
lowance. Tho reformatory Is open to nil con
victs sentenced between tho ages of
10 and 30 who nro serving their first
term for a felony. Committment to
tho reformatory instead of the peni
tentiary Is at the court's option, but
the board of control may transfer a
convict from either institution to the
other at Its own Judgment.
Reduction In Freight Rates.
After having had tho members of
tho Btato railway commission beforo
tho bar of the house on Invitation of
Us members that the commission's
side of the question of freight rate
reduction, such nB was contemplated
In pending legislation, the house has
recommended the Keckley bill for
passage viva voce, following the turn
down of a motion to send the bill back
to the standing committee for further
hearing. The house had spent the
major part of two days In debate on
the subject, and the members were in
"a hurry to get It out of the way. Tho
bill that was recommended for pass
age provides that a 10 per cent reduc
tion In freight rates from the present
commodity classification shall be
made on those classes affected by the
Aldrlch law, and that a 20 per cent re
duction be made on class rates, which
were not affected by the Aldrlch
freight rate reduction law.
House Kills Bollen Bill.
House Roll No. 108, tho Bollen bill,
providing that a majority vote on any
constitutional amendment may carry
It at the regular election, and leaving
the form or publication In the hnnds
of succeeding legislatures. waB killed
In tho house Wednesday by a vote of
43 to G3. The Smith bill will now come
up for consideration, embodying the
same general provisions, but provid
ing for the publication of amendments
In tho pnpers In each county.
The state convention of tho Ne
braska Y. M. C. A. la In session a.
Lincoln.
At a meeting of the Lincoln socialist
pnrty, resolutions woro adopted de
manding a thorough Investigation of
an alleged agreement existing be
tween tho various laundries or Lin
coln. It was also demanded that the
proposed Investigation, to bo carried
,on by tho state labor commissioner,
,bo extended to department stores, fnc;
itorles and other Industrial centers
whero women and girls are employed.
Speakers at tho meeting said that
whllo tho laundries have raised tho
,pr!co of tho work dono thoy have
failed to rnlso wngos of the employee
On committee reports In tho senato
tho Stephens bill from tho lower house,
Reeking to prevent the use of any re
ligious organization for ndvortlslng
.purposes, wns Indpllnltoly postponed.
This measure brought out considerable
talk nnd a deal of fun. Tho bill wns
aimed to prohibit the use of "Qunker'
iln connection with tho broakfast oats
or thnt namo.
Tho house concurred In a senato
resolution momornllzing congress to
oxtond tho tlmo or payment for water
, rights, under tho reclamation act
jfrom ten to twenty years.
1 IE
WS
RUINED PALACE IS REBUILT
Edifice and Garden In Khartum De
etroyed During Battle Are Re
stored by the Brltluh.
Khartum. Tho pnlaco gardens are
vastly different now from that wilder
ness Into which Kitchener and his of
llceis walked the day when thu Brit
ish and Kgyptlan flags were hoisted
once more on tho roof that (lordon
iihu iniix-u, searcning ior unip mni j
camo too lato. Then tho Sodom ap
ples rnn riot over tho beds and lawns,
and the palace was a pitiable ruin.
Now tho rebuilt edifice presents a
bland and lmpuslng face, nnd there
Is u carpet of sward beforo It that
might be tho lawn In front of tho
ilul) house at Uauclngh Thu garden Is
brilliant with red and white oleanders
in full bloom, scnrlet polusettlas, pnln
Kitchener of Khartum.
slnnns, yellow tncoma, Hysybans, and
glorious torrents of bougnluvlllea;
and tho sward Is shaded by mimosa,
acacias, broad leaved fig trees, orango
trees and down drooping banyans.
Tho Sudanese nro apt musicians.
Tho regimental bands aro brass and
play in harmony, nnd no ono In Khar
tum need ever bo Ignorant of tho lat
est musical comedy ulrs they nro
played In Khartum as soon as in Lon
don. Tho bauds wcro to tho foro tho next
morning at tho reviow which took
placo In tho early hours. That was a
sight to which I cannot do Justice. All
Khartum and his wlfo poured out Into
tho desert beyond tho town. Omdur
man sent Its contingent of scallywags
too.
On tho road to tho parado ground
we met dog carts, motors, horsemen
and horsewomen, Kgyptlan ladicB
peoplng out with veiled faces through
tho curtains of their carts, high offi
cials on donkeys, and riff-raff on tho
samu or on foot; scarcely clad women
with naked babies, ragamuffins, func
tionaries and what not Above us a
cloudless sky and a sun so powerful
that tho kites wheeling high up In
the puro air cast clean cut shadows on
the scorched Band.
"WASH SALES" GET A JOLT
Nw York 8tock Exchange Issues
Stringent Order Against Them
Violation Means Suspension.
New York. Tho New York stock
exchange adopted a stringent resolu
tion against "waBh sales." It reads:
"No member of the stock exchange
or anybody connected with a stock ex
change firm shall glvo or with knowl
edge execute orders for tho purchaso
or Balo of securities which involve no
change In ownership."
Punishment for this offense Is al
ready Bet forth in the construction of
the exchange under tho head of "fic
titious transactions." Any violation
of tho rulo makes a member llablo to
suspension for a period not exceeding
ono year.
Tho rule adopted is broadod In that
It applies not only to a member of tho
exchange but to any one connected
with a stock oxchango firm.
J. D. Mahon, president of tho ex
change, said of the action of tho gov
ernors: "This resolution has been framed,
after much consideration, in the be
lief and expectation that It will bo ef
ficacious in preventing manipulation.
The objoct of tho rulo is to prohibit
the giving of orders which will not re
Bult in a change of ownership, or the
execution of such orders by brokers
with knowledge of thu fuct that there
will be no such change. It is intend
ed to take further action on other
matters."
Tells of Future Race.
Chicago. IT you aro bald, toothless
and havo eight toes, you belong to the
future, according to l'rof. Frederick
Star or Chicago, anthropologist, who
says that, duo to predlgusted foods
and Idiotic hendgear, human hair and
teeth, in time, will become curiosi
ties. Young Boy His Own Stepfather.
Hoswell, N. M. Hcdrlck Armstrong,
nineteen years old, Is now hhi own
stepfather. Ho has married his fa
ther's widow, Mrs, Margaret Arm
strong, who was also his stepmother.
Bho is twenty-two years old, and her
first husband had been dead Bl
months.
FRANK GIRL.
"When you proposed to her did sho
say 'This Is so sudden 7'"
"No; hIio was honest and said 'Thlfl
GUBpcnso has boon terrible'"
BURNED AND ITCHED BADLY
539 Lincoln Park Blvd., Chicago, 111.
"A year ago I rocolvod a very sever
burn on my loft nrm. I cnught cold in
it and It was all soro and ulcerated.
Tho noro was as Inrgo as a silver dol
lar. It was all red nnd inflamed nnd
had pus running out of it. I Buffered
terribly from burning pain; could not
sleep for two weeks It burned and
Itched so bndly. I applied Salvo,
Salvo and a salvo my druggist
recommended as his own, but got no
relief. I then commenced using tho
Cutlcurn Soap and Ointment. I bathed
the burned parta with Cutlcurn Soap
and applied tho Cutlcura Ointment on
a linen bnndago. I got relief from tho
first, nnd my arm healed nicely. I was
soon nblo to bo at work ngaln. Had I
used Cutlcura Soap and Ointment at
llrst I would havo avoided lots of suf
fering." (Signed) Harry Junke, Mar.
9, 1912.
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