7
The Honesty of Noah
Kaiallaw trum rm Twe.)
By Eden Phtlljjolts
THE SUNDAY KERi OMAHA, OCTOJtKR 15, 1922.
"Noah lb aoul f kMl)i and a
iraiKhter man fiever lived and
never will All then year, while
I'd (hona-lit Hint lie'd t Kit' it U
about m and Imagined I till I We
a frea woman, h'J don no nwH
thin", Jiui, im the contrary, alway
wniil t'i k-p nm to my woid, ao
mmn aa ever ha u in poaltlon 9
a-ive me a. home. And now a rich
un b of hm, what 1 never rnu h
bela-ved In, ha rone arid dad, and
left turn a he of loan, anI Id
flrat thin h thoiifchf tit waa in
Ant he' hit-n Wuarlnf out hH
kla for weifc fHiii'"' I'lywiwi
Cn 'ne chanee of In line; me; end
he waa jfjMt off to advert ia for tit
wiir be rumen till nn-nin upon mf
riiiii-r l,wm ir'ligf afotfc 4
brr window at the time"
Mr, Kitchen run-inled Id rre-.it
beard, then h .t Into a d'toon,
knocked out hi ple, f""l begaa 10
loud It n'ili,
"And what have V'u C't to ay,
Mr, HuM'ull'l" ! unV.uA.
"What I've a;ot to nay han't tm
rreat odd," J told Mm cheeroily,
"I'll hear you, It you pb-aae, Me
eauac In my judgment ifi "ou'
rot to n y be Ilk U m-Hfn toe tit
fair out f band. I',ut In any m1
tedwien ttriil'rwn, we'll no doutd
UMr-'t that the lady'a ft to be th
firaf umalderalon."
"Momy'a a wwr, I we," mur
mu '-d Jane, "Son talk like a in'in
with a W. f hlii!f i )i!mJ y'ij fi;i,
Nli "
"Mof)y "n (J A Int." ftloi(tl
th tvyotid rfitzlmr, "hut If ran't
oVi n thlriKK, nnt 1 you'll
txke what I'm K"i'i "ly In a
frt:iiWy n)lrU for all nr nxkin,
Hcolhull. Wa"r all clll l tinx
our tro'ihl", and you've hal your
hit tit KrA Iwh nw-iiiimriy. hut no
I'm afiai'I ymj'ro (!ri tn lmv a
hit of rfat-wd look."
3nn fiullf'4 out hr haHdkwvhk'f;
It wa for htr yt- thla t!n;
Mr, Kit'hii rar.K the tx-ll,
"You'll fiive ne wltn io w.
Htoiif! f,u''ky man! I wih I fuuld
ill Ink it; but mi: an4 Jane A-ir-n't
toiwh mult Utwtr. 'Twoiil'l l llnjc
irlriar J-fh a V;my pair hk
ua,"
"CSo i-n," I nH. "Why tor 6o
you talk about you vn1 Jan I'.ll(?ht
aa 'a f;1r'?"
"That'a tha wbula MtU-r t'h,"
h (xolalii. J, "Whn first I akf
thia yvotnnn to marry m -It waa
on hr ftwwul voyaKu In the "Xttfty
bird' hi told toe your atory and
I Rave it a!l due wlKht. Hut In my
JudK'neiil you were fairly rul4 out
by paut of lliiiu, and 1 trld h-r
ao, and aha waa thankful to Ood,
tniriiH, ca bIi? anld hlK the ao-il
of truth, aa you no d'olt know
that what aha frit for 'yon at Hat
bent, roroparnd to wliut nhf now
fi::la for ton, la Hk! to rum, lnre
for I put. It to you that If you waa
to thlrik to kwp h-r to h?r flrat
iTiKftinnt - you'd tie dolnic two
thliiKa You d I brooking hr
hctrt and 1 abnuidn't re kon you
wr,a tkii; kind of man who'd Ilka
to do that and you'd be atrlkina up
a quurrtl with jne that would tm
very bi for your b"itllh aora it
had iroiiij fiir."
Of ctturtm my (tiling waa to Kraop
lhi aoond anitlnwr'a enornwia
p w und UtHa him, but I hi Id in
a bjl loriKi r and li kl at Jane and
put on a very inrlanhnly fare, I
rennmn!red noma playiurlina I'd
wii hri a trood nan yifl'Vd op
The W.orld
by the raekliu; piilt.a fell b) tha
level of dillltli-M,
The money, ilia nneiitlda and lh
watch w-ro none, rlomehow, lli.a
Mlventure d d not Jo n up w.lh wh it
he hail :i r ahl to p-t frmn H
man ver.it ! im Htert, Koiir
t h i iv a oit "f in iilley aiu-iiii'd lo
laoii" from iiiiulliir latok. Anil one
of tiu-iu Icimo iiioiir.li lo a'r.ke n
Wieiiun Th a 'n.t ha II ohkIi' Into
I ne i hmiii-l. Why bedn't N.incy
lateti lo h.r hiila, 11 a f:ri
ttiointlit had U eii t-i hold I lie iwinn
in i-hiH-k to i;lv her t me. Kut
af'er i lilow or I a, taken Km'
ji ni. lie Im. I lulu, lt for Ihe Kir II
41. it III.' 'Mil nt ,t, m ley li( lli.il
Sal" J bed run fur tuune, liuid by,
i a- (or b'-lp liial.n I, ebti had eoma
to he d. ih !!, mil lined
thou.'MU-ul), I In r-awiie.l ilm,
htniio.r none of Ilia ea lilili, Ih
out su'lend i iiie-, llw f al.i le ma
III .biubt, W illi.' I. ..in lik.-t n Mow
S i ii
M'v.ti.lna !i.hi Id. -o. il ..k)
Ot in. f Vli U Ni h id I ked
Mie It ia hi'p bin, l.a b d aoa in
Wl f llt lit, tor III fun o it' i
i alie I kd li'iit l'i .fiiMi be
H, ot .i,n Hoi t-i l. i ' t i.ult i ,
w-k vi I. i 1 1, ill. I,... I . too Ui-
(t ib I ( ef I I .....( t u i
...'... fi. I .; I"! :t M 1 ..l ... '
III'.-
Ml
,r ,
SiA - v&'-JtMz f 7 Cf?at
XT;.
"l overheard it,
ttooi'iA ivt lovi;d a,d Jfl utivtlir
Uikn Irf-r,
"nd wh'-ri did you think to fc
warrM?" I axkfd, "How far lav
you Kona with thia, Jan?"
"Mu1wUwi, or ll'raUutji," do
i:hiwI K'-imui-l, Jl rumpled In hia
la-ard and apsit a;iln, I nrv-r amvlt
nothing mo borr.bJa a bla tob-'fr,
ttwuyti not vny jmrtUviiir wym-.t
in tliii ttHiVrr, 'Ihi-.a mWmr.
amooK ijk.
Scientific
'I'm thnu;(id tup,mi,nr aalled lo
one day tbla Kumtimr on 14 traaa
ailanth! Ilni-ra from New York for
Kunin; and It la Htrifit;d (h"y
an-i,!. a total of alout J6,iO,fti(
on their trio.
Hi tman thrn1r leorn anr iiot
Inti'reald tt-iy in tb pl'iya of
Uhakeapare,'r!haw aiid Wil'Je than
In tho proiluction of Ijcrrnan drama-
lata, ay the Mai:hater (Juardlan,
Frlenda Quiik(r have tui4 a
UiTK' T proportion if woman prtaacb--r
than any other denomination,
aaya Jrldnt Hoirthard of the In
tenia tlonal Ax-liition tit Vfuionn
l'r-hera,
ne borne, tSeneral !uaU'r'a dim
fiiu h'', waa the only aurvlvor of the
(lalll.- of Iltl) HIE Horn, waa never
rlldi-n afterward and fa- nearly 20
yearn drew a 1,'nlted Htatea army
permlon.
A liorni haa arrluc waa uaed by
a JikuH iiifxHlonary In anclnl
China, the machine Mntf driven by
a Jet of ateam playlnK on a rnill-he-l
eonne;Ud by Bearing with
one of the ax lea.
(iieer tM-ta of aiillora of the United
Mtatea tiuvy Include pU'", dora, par
rota, ducka, K'ada and rabhlu and
one entbualiiat took an Inthmlan
tlK'-rcub on laaird the I'ennaylvanla.
Miiterlnl for the auapenMlun brldare
420 feft ion;, over the Colorado
Outside
ill the bum hi.; you in-ed la to
linit'lien your cheek,
T a Urn aliiaifera, Pol a:bolar:i, who
hari i xt ll.e di.Harn,
And the wrealh'a on Ihe lol of (lie
Inllaeuiil freflk!
Hut wh? Ill what milliner would
li.t di-atii belief l Miewuil? He waa
nlH.iya i'hiii ii h.u'k to thai. Th
nle had to I reak in l. llul lo rob
h ui of b n Willed, wh i h niiililn't be
In, wiie.l for two li in! lie ouabt not
lo th nk of ihi.c Hi neii. but ha
eoiii.i not l,.li i.iiiKrli, if Din man
Htrttai t bail b u III" ln.l.r-' I
Im .ilia of Mlai It.iiii'inlt'a ibetli 'fi i
mm winded lo know why,
H.iiKei. Well Dial Win li, Vl
lilul lln r 'I, .ll-ni, it'llV III h.J
lli.iualil i. of f ml nii an ilti'-r it n et i
and Mill iiinilli r, hid li tl.iill,
via ifliioiiir.il nli i Hit'-i.ii AH
.it un . In llll.ll rt'."i I - or llilillbt
lie did Miraail WAiitrd loliive
him tnl of Ninth linl. i.n hlii
llllil III i lli ahrii b . lll'l
In. I lull-' ail) I'-rll K Wrll. IIIHl
i ho ildni b I' ,11 ii :-i omI r -llilall
ll.iii-r4 l"i I"' i 'I In lrti li'l
Hill! Ho iiii k ii il m Wl a li
'ui. Ill b Ho' ii- it lino lo ii !
a 'I ! i.l'rv it i e al- ui it...!
.,.,.(. I .e l. I , I ' I II , . ; I I,
r l I", lie II I ! . I ' ' " I I'
p,ii I li .!i I, I li nil
,,l, i, I , r i t- i
1.4 , I ,. It Hi i ' l ,. i - f a . t
l,,l. I fl U - Ill- I l' 't " II
I ' ill .11 I I .4? .., le H t. it ,
I I I,. I - ! It'. ' I . '
It ,;
though $h didn't mean for tim
I now hiiat'd brtwi-n two
miaa I uld either t-il 'em tt"
tri'h arid aoy they'd l-t In Hunt
ia my dorkneaa and aavtd my aoul
alive, or ulna I could jr-tiid I waa
aroint to uuika a (jnwu tmcritWjt fur
i -iin.it H.ikt unit jcive Ixr up and
liva on witb all tho aalt out of my
life. Awl wry Ilka I li;uld have
lion that, jut for the pk-aaure of
tumxUt 'em l)iank ia if It hadn't
Facts of General Interest .
Jtiver In the Orand Canyon, waa
oirrl'd 11 nK'ea from the railroal
by paek anfinala down hIm'P, wind
ln(( tralla to the htUlye u'.le.
vtpartmtnt iuxu-.i) nfe wat enjoyid
by the primitive Indian ot yew
IAvmWm, oris rain in Cliax-'j C.mjvii
hHiiUK iOO rcoma and in IU 4-'iy
aheltvring over 1,00 peopUt
The bull-flKhtlna; rena, now un
der eofaitru',-tion at l)ndi-ax,
Kranc, will aat 10,000 pernor
and ia of concrete and etad along
ie arcMlti-'ural Jlnea of the col
lege bowla of thia cuitr.
More than 60 world' falra are
heduJed for Kumpa tbla year.'and
they arc bclna; auppli rnenud by ex
hibition train eirntlur to tr-ai aent
by Kranea lo tour fiinala put year.
Keeda of the 'faraktweno Kuri!
tree, from whi'h fbaulmoarra oil,
the cure for leproay, ia made, have
b-en ateureV! from Hurma by the
Department of Agriculture lt tie
planted in Hawaii,
Hotel and household chlnawaro
made in Aiiierha haa been found
by recent Kovernmeut teat to b
auperior in ability to withstand chlp
plna; to thoae of Oerrnany, France,
l:nland and Japan.
KaJHeur KalU of JirKUh Gulaua,
reiiorted to be t04 fet-t blfeb, aru
eouaidered the hlabeat of volumln
oua full of the world, and Yellow
UMluiw4 rta ! Three.)
tin the eight of either Nancy or Jen
ny would.
"dune In," b aald thickly. JIa
u' tili-d hla head In the pillow and
Iriinmrd Hie brdclnlhe under Ilia
chin. It would be foollnh lo acinar
ia aaliilnr too lapully. Willi uei
nurava.
J in t It a a man who entered.
And who? Tha prtvat detective,
who ahouM have Imi-ii, at thi hour,
a rlri'iililniii tea Ihoiiauii! milea
nway.
rii?"
"Yea a'r. Vnu'te m t with an ae '
f-.l. lit? ' aaked the d' In live, elna
ln ihe iiiir
'A nhtfht mie, Hut alutt ai you
doln heie?"
"Well. I fuand all ymi nibel to
know In Kan Fi a iiriaco. I'ure link.
Are von well ionirb to bear lb"
nloi y? "
M.in. man! gn on Hh if" Thm
a ml I le In lUr Hum ..II IH Im 'i
tlliif tl.i.l ev.r ..
"lull a. I gel la Mall I'lalel, '
nl.. I p-a id lu eaiaaailiv-, bill I le''
to wall nl I l-ifl
.ili ml ilia t at, If.ul, and i.,. J
Uii a a. eunlii'.iiim W im one
II .1.. a a to taiktn ..'., I M a i
Aii .11. -a 1i in.ka iol, II' i
ii , el. me.l I i I i an ft hunt in
la Tu v hai 4-i ymi ke.a
t. 4 1 I luik' fan. l ln.,l. no
.i.li.ia and I Ihtl. and Ii
.ii loa in ...l h i ina Hip llu kur
I a'-ol the ft. tit iia y'ltotfutd
V f A T ji bP
2
to da $o."
! n for miolhi-r ind a deeper
thought, Xhere waa Agifl'; iHutiwU
to l tionaidered, ami J flt po-lty
aure that wtiim I t)ld hr
I'd found J-'in fnRaK''d to a ir
rlno eiiKlier and not wlitlifuj b
!,! Ixi'.k to me or My fortune,
uhe'ii want proofa, iHfHunx, on the
f;w of It, Ihe Kwond In the 7idy
lilrd'a' engine roinii wi-ren't miah
atone folia, of thla country, with a
dement of 2,5(15 f;t, are the long
oat of the "bridal veil" type,
Ancient tlreek pLiyi-d a K'ime
ihcy uilli i! "hariiaeuin" wh'.cb had
many fisUuri almilar to th! prea-
nt KuKby football.
ryntf.r of thia country produra
fuoti r.n-H year eul vil. rit to lliul
furolahcd by ao,WiO dreaaed ateera
and because of their eiitence on
plant life and plankton of tba urn
Uxinl, they really 'turn Wante into
t'fi.
Having ot 25,000,000 buaela of
wheat butt year through the K"V
ernment, c-miiBilKn for more eftl
elent fhreahlnif m.-thoda not only
aava the farmer nearly $30100,400
but produced 8,00000 more barrel;
of flour, atatlatlcan declare.
More than too alatui a on litater
lata tut, noma tit which are JO feet.
Lull, but all hewn out of voluanle
tufci and tranaported, ametlmr
four luilia, over rough ground, have
Iit1d ai'lentiata aa to what they
commemorate, how made and how
rrHAed.
"With many of the propertli-a of
tbe Krapefmit and ithoul the ten
dency to aiuirt when the apo-m ia
inaerted, th Thornton tanrelo, a
eroa between the ontnife, tanscrina
and grapefruit la commanding atten
tion of the United (it l)iart
m nt of Agriculture.
"lo on; dmi't cut It abort; lv
ion everihlnaT!" aald Ilencrofl, who
felt all hla atreiiKih ruturnlnif.
"Kb; art bona hi I bo mliio from
ilio ealHte of 'J. J. Kennedy."
'Ki-nnedyr'
"Yea, air. Hut hi re' the odd part
of It," Went on tha detective.
"Yeara atfo Ki uiiudy turntd over to
tiiia ibailvr In la I'M, a power of
Attorney. That la, he had the pow
er to aell the mine. If any acelili nt
(In in M liaiHn to fwld Kannetly, an I
o turn Die money over to the Ken
nedr eetitl. A few year o Hda
man Hteaart t irne.1 up In lat 1'aa
ml laiualil l be mine."
' li'il where a Kefmedy?"
' VanUheil canpleli ly, Viara '
le,ie. alatard a aiii in III"
Ian. In., and .that wna Itia laal any
lealy tr heard .f bllu. I'mbr
land, ihrra'e a bd of iuoer bnlea
'ill llil yarn; lul tbut ymi wanlml
u III ii if Kel.ln lr bid i 'ml
. -.oul H.e tellie He had"
Hut Hi hob a"
' li a Hda The in an m lie
l., lil d'aUr ii A'neil'ail
laiiMliI lli f.i I b I a ioof
Horn nla!l nrrltl, bn hnl
-ip like a il.ni, au-t t mw
u, ilur an id laji 4 fcloi rool 'l
ft! h.lili.'ll'. .ahaai bill II.
ff .( e. iil ln I Lata li.il
up In I', ii l far !' H
.. a , 1 1 . f.a M O Mai and
nit ml l a ta iai.et.an Wt l
ad (I i auk Ib kiM.f taf i ..In ' 1
i ' II ai d i- a II
lu put aulmt a ki ntleiii.in al In 'to
with lila thouaanda at the hank.
Ho 1 dona liceonliii and owik-J
up.
"Well," I aald, "linn that l"'a me
oul, my dcura, and I ui very ttlal
for you and 1 m vny t:lud for nty
'lt. iJivr'n loe eviry lime," I
add, "and If Jane here fi el tliat
I'm no better than blljpi lo your
ruin,' Mr, Kitchen, then there ain't
KOjnK to b PO bloodxhed lietw-en
you and me, I do anaure you. I
earn) for duly, not plraaure; and,
though I ahaJI alwuy f I a vi ry
ood friend to June, a 1 boie alia
will to ma, alill there'a aiioihur
woman. I won't aay nlm flila my
eye letter than Jurm'n, bei-aiew Ian
would make Iwo of her; but I will
Mir that I'd a Inn- el)flif iwennr
mary her llltla tlny.fr Hum Jie
wiiole body. And now I've done my
duly. I ahull a" to my rewird,"
They were both tnu-h infirea',-!
al th a aprech, and Himuil K ti hen
went ao far ai to aay he'd never
met w lb a blfier m'ndi man
than me,
" 'Twaa a very f no th m to hunt
for J ane under them c renin
Mane," beVald. "and I'm proud to
know you, and I hope wo ahall b
fr'enda. And I wlah you luck w.'th
your youiiK woman, and no do 3 iu;
I'm aure,"
"That I do," prum'iu-4 Jane, "i4nd
I'd niui b I k lo meet her, I hope
om day I ahall, Imcjuko I can tell
her ft tew K"d th'rufa about oii,
Noah, you'd never tell her "'U
aclf." "it you'll do thai, you fun Meet,
her tomorrow," 1 w'd. "And If you
and your accond eng'neer w II lake
your d nner w th me, aha ahall be
there. And we'JI all dr nk to l'ioyl
ence, I'm aure. And now I aiinll
'ant about for a bonne out Mumm
mcad way. If there' any there to
let; and ao aoon aa Auk e JJaaeU
can be tr'-m ot hr tobaiseoniat "
ahall certa'nly lake her."
And It happened Juat ao wfthin
Hie year; and better tr'.indn tti ua
lhafl K'teben and hla w'fo nevr
waa known.
Jane would have b'-r f'rat born
called "Ncaih," after me, becuuee I
(cave 'em a n'c rule wedd na pre
ent of money, J may tell you; and
when AifK'e, after two fr'rla, bad a
very f re boy, we called h m Sam
uel, after the aecond enK'ner, The
man be Krt, In a b'g- ejiro
niwadaya; but Jane have lonar e'nee
left the jia-rchani mar'ne and I'v-;
In a hoijM" down Klonrhouaa way.
o,rlb(. !':!.
Th' Oiddp Vwi. lo (Jood
Hooka for Children.
Chooa ono of theai' bouka ti
read each week. I'cruapa you had
letter cut the llt out each time and
tak it with you to your library. II
it prefaied for tho llnpiiyland bova
and tfrl by Miaa Alice M. Jordan,
auperviaor of chlldren'a work, Tioa
ton Public Library. Tbla o k ahe
liuaaeele:
Hldpai, "Tho Tortolae and tbt
Ge."
Enxika, B. It., "The Story of nirla
tuiher Columbua."
Marryatt, JVederick , "(.'bUdren i
tha New Fureat."
Idcluurda, h. E., ''aptain Janu
ary.". Tanain, Algernon, "The Jtalnli '
Mtrliur."
JioIiliiKer, O , "Tlie Widow n iU
latrhan'a Hoya."
i
By Harold MacGrath
'What aatounded.
"I had kI(1 to pay two or
three thouaund moro for tho Infm
matliin you have alven mn All I
wanted to know you hav told tin'."
"Well, air, that la pretty f,em f
oim. Would ynti like me to keep ae
ey on HtewartT It won't ciat yon
ariythln."
It wna a great ttniptatlon. "Mi
Tt affair l.i eiaa-d.M
"I'm Ihlnklii that tbla Keiind
la Hie very man who wrote thai
laa,k no anllniice ."
"Thai a giaal aueaa. If I ehooM
biiplM-ll lo ll'"ll ynu iwfi.lli, Ml I. nil
for yuu In iter a'n now 1 m
Krona y Ikil noted Ui with nnnt
atieet Htuaa but Ul'lit. and they
haltaiitl In U ciintldt n.h'ji ilmd
bye and Hood lui k ''
The daleellve a.uie, li.nei'fia
I ir..ll iiw Irfaln lili.l lo .li.iw aniiia
tliln cmi llialtn mil i.f ll.la liifm'
lo.tUi.a Ilia f.titur ltd wnn.a
I'ttkl Kai.aetly In r uil in'Ml,
wl.Ha 1 1, man lil.alf ha.1 taniart
id iMfcriji iw.'nty ar af.o ru
li ft U-aan lu anaia-.-l ihal m lead
, I a..lyinK thr it Hie fc b id no i I ,
I'rlti.ii nn fa- mill .'
it t,ll.i.i i f a n '
li.iii. r .fl wouldn't i.iva li lumnn
ii tw .In aa Ik - rl l"t
In what i.iaaiiff ha 1 Ma f.i'i I
a'irted IK nm. li r ef Hliat HI
..id riitle ll.e eM en. l'
ll M'.kl llll
tattliiaaeal Snt '
