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Pacified by that answer Jason gave
his promise freely faith fully to do
what Adam bad asked of him And
he night being now well worn to
wards midnight with the first bell of
the vessel rung and old Chaise fuss
ing about In busy preparation the
time had come for Adam to part from
Greeba To bid her farewell was im
possible and to go away without doing
so was well night as hard All he
oould do was to look upon her in her
sleep and whisper his farewell in his
heart So he entered on tiptoe the
room where she lay Softly the moon
shone through the window from across
the white sea and fell upon the bed
Causing at the door he listened for her
breathing and at last he heard it
for the night was very still and only
by the seas gentle plash on the beach
was the silence broken Treading
softly he aproached the bedside and
Uiere she lay and the quiet moonlight
lay over her the dear dear girl so
rbrave and happy hearted Her lips
seemed to smile perhaps she was
dreaming He must take his last look
now Yet no he must kiss -her first
He reached across and lightly touch-
ed her pure forehead with his lips
Then she moved and moaned in -her
sleep and then her peaceful breathing
came again Now peace be with
iher Adam murmured and the good
hand to guard her of the good Father
of all
So Adam Fairbrother went his way
leaving Greeba behind him and early
the next morning Jason took her back
ito Lague
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CHAPTER III
THE WOOING OF JfASOX
Now the one thing that Jason did
not tell to Adam Fairbrother was that
on hearing from Jacob as spokesman
of his brothers the story of their
treatment of Greeba and their father
Ihe had promised to break every bone
iin their six worthless bodies and vow
ed never to darken their door again
His vow he could not keep if he was
also to keep his work with Adam
and he deferred the fulfillment of his
promise but from that day he left
Lague as a home and pitched his ten
with old Davy Kerruish in Maughold
village at a little cottage by the Sun
dial that stood by the gates of the
church Too old for the sea and now
too saintly for smuggling Davy pot
tered about the churchyard as grave
digger for Maughold had then no
sexton with a living of three and six
pence a service and a marvelously
Wealthy parish So the ccming of Ja
son to share bed and board with him
-was a wild whirl of the wheel of for
tune and straightway he engaged an
ancient body at ninepence a week tp
cook and clean for them
By this time Jason had spent nearly
half his money for he had earned
nothing but now he promptly laid his
idle habits aside Wo more am ne go
up to tlie mountains and no longer out
on to the sea His nets were thrown
over the lath of the ceiling his decoy
was put in a cage his fowling piece
stood in the corner and few were the
birds that hung at his belt He was
never seen at the Hibernian and he
rarely scented up the house with to
Ibacco smoke On his first coming he
lay two days and nights in bed with
out food or sleep until Davy thought
surely he was sick and willy nilly
was for having his feet bathed in mus
tard and hot water and likewise his
jstomach in rum and hot gruel But
he was only settling his plans for the
future and having hit on a scheme
lie leaped out of bed like a grayhound
plunged his head up to the neck in a
bucket of cold water came out of it
with gleaming eye3 red cheeks and a
Avapor rising from his wet skin and
drying himself with awhir on a coarse
towel he laid hold with both hands
of a chunk of the last hare he had
snared and -munched it in vast
mouthfuls
Davy he cried with the white
teeth still going are there many
many corn mills this side of the is
land
Och no boy said Davy but
scarce as fresh herrings at Christ
mas
Any mill nearer than old Moores
at Sulby and Callows wifes down at
Laxey
Aw no boy the like of them isnt
in
Any call for them nearer Davy
Aw deed yes boy yes and the
farmpr men alwis keen ior one in
Maughold too Ay yes keen boy
keen and if a man was after building
one here theyd be thinking diamonds
of him
Then why hasnt somebody set up
a mill before now Davy
Well boy ye see a Manxman is
just the cleverest of all the people go
in at takin things aisy Aw clever at
it boy clever
There is a full stream of water that
tumbles into the sea over the brows
of after singing its way
down from the heights of Barrule
Jason had often marked it as he came
and went from the hut of Stephen
Orry that contained his stuffed birds
and told himself what a fine site it
was for anybody that wanted to build
a water mill He remembered it now
with a freshened interest and bowling
away to Mrs Fairbrother at Lague
for the purchase of a rod of the land
that lay between the road and the
beach to the Bailiff for the right of
water and to old Coobragh for the
hire of a cart to fetch stones from
the screes where the mountains quar
ried them he was soon in the thick of
bis enterprise
He set the carpenter to work at his
wheel the smith at his axle and the
mason at his stones but for the walls
and roof of the mill itself he had no
help but old Davys Early and late
from dawn to dusk he worked at his
delving and walling and when night
fell in be leaned over the hedge and
smoked and measured out with his eye
the work he meant to do next day
When his skill did not keep pace with
tfhis ardor he lay a day in bed thinking
1 hard and then got up and worked yet
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Continued
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harder In less than two months he
had his first roof timbers well and
safely pitched and if he rent no far
ther it was because the big hope
wherewith his simple heart had been
buoyed up came down with a woe
ful crash
Aw smart and quick astonishin
said old Davy of Jason to Mrs Fair-
brother at Lague Aw deed yes
ana clever too and steady still The
way he works them walls is grand
Ill go bail the farming men will be
thinking diamonds of him when1 he
makes a start
And then I wouldnt doubt but
hell be in the way of making a for
tune too said Mrs Fairbrother
I wouldnt trust I wouldnt trust
said Davy
And hell be thinking of marrying
I suppose Isnt he Davy said Mrs
Fairbrother
Marrying is it said Davy aw
divil a marry maam The boys in
nocent Aw yes innocent as a
baby
Mrs Fairbrother had her own good
reasons for thinking otherwise though
Jason came to Lague but rarely So
with hint and innuendo she set her
self to see how Greeba stood towards
the future she had planned for her
And Greeba was not slow to see her
mothertt serious drift under may a
playful speech She had spent cheer
ful hours at Lague since the sad sur
prise that brought her back Little
loth for the life of the farm notwith
standing Ross judgment she had
seemed to fall into its ways with con
tent Her mothers hints touched her
not at all for she only laughed at
them with a little of her old gayety
but one day within the first weeks
she met Jason and then she felt trou
bled He was very serious and spoke
only of what he was doing but before
his grave face her gay friendliness
broke down in an instant
Hurrying home she sat down and
wrote a letter to Michael Sunlocks
Never a word had she heard from
him since he left the island four
years ago so she made excuse of her
fathers going away to cover her un
maidenly act and asked him to let her
know if her father had arrived and
how he was and where with some
particulars of himself also and wheth
er he meant to come back to the Isle
of Man or had quite made his home
in Iceland with many a sly glance
too at her own condition such as
her modesty could not forbear but
never a syllable about Jason for a
double danger held her silent on that
head This she despatched to him re
alizing at length that she loved him
and that she must hear from him
soon or be lost to him forever
And waiting for Michaels answer
she avoided Jason If she saw him on
the road she cut across the fields or
if he came to the house she found
something to take her cut oj the
kitchen He saw her purpose quickly
and his calm eyes saddened and his
strong face twitched but he did not
flinch he went on with his work
steadily earnestly only with some
thing less of heart something less of
cheer Her mother saw it too and
then the playful hints changed to an
gry threats
What has he done said Mrs Fair
brother
Nothing said Greeba
Have you anything against him
No
Then why are you driving him
from the house
Greeba could make no answer
Are you thinking of some one
else
Again Greeba was silent
Ill beg of you t mend your man
ners cried Mrs Fairbrother Its
full time you were wedded and gone
But perhaps I dont wish to leave
home said Greeba
Hush said Mrs Fairbrother The
lad is well enough and if he hasnt
land he has some money and is like
to have more Ill give you a week
to think of it and if he ever comes
and speaks for you Ill ask you to
give him his civil answer You will
be three and twenty come Martinmas
and long before your mother was as
old as that she had a couple of your
brothers to fend for
Some of my brothers are nearly
twice my age and you dont ask them
to marry said Greeba
Thats a different matter said
Mrs Fairbrother
It turned out that the week was
more than enough to settle the differ
ence between Greeba and her mother
for in less time than that Mrs Fair
brother was stricken down by a mor
tal illness It was only a month since
she had turned Adam from her door
but her time was already at hand
and more than he predicted had come
to pass She had grown old without
knowing a days illness her body
like a rocky headland that gives no
sign of seasons had only grown hard
er every year with a face more deep
ly seamed but when she fell it was at
one blow of lifes ocean Three little
days she had lost appetite on the
morning of the fourth day she had
found a fever in a neglected cattle
trough that had drained into the well
and before night she had taken her
death warrant
She knew the worst and faced it
but her terror was abject Sixty five
years she had scraped and scratched
but her time was come She had
thought of nothing save her treasure
and there it lay yet it brought her
no solace
Twc days she tossed in agony re
membering the past and the price she
had paid and made others to pay for
all that she had held so dear and must
leave so soon for now it was nothing
worth Then she sent for the parson
Parson Gell who was still living but
very old The good man came think
ing his mission was spiritual comfort
but Mrs Fairbrother would hear noth
ing of that As she had lived without
God in the world even so did she in
tend to die But some things that
had gone amiss with her in her eager
race after riches she was minded to
set right before her time came to g
In lending she had charged too high
an interest in paying she had with
held too much for money in seizing
for mortgage she had given too little
grace So she would repay before it
was too late for Death was opening
her hands
Send for them all she cried
theres Kinvig of Ballagawne and
Cortletts widow at Ballacreggan and
Quirk of Claughbane and the children
of Joughan the weaver at Sherragh
Vane and Tubman of Ginger Hall
and John-Billy-Bob at Cornah Glen
and that hard bargainer old Kermode
of You see I remember
them all for I never forget anything
Send for them and be quick fetching
them or itll be waste of time for
them to come
Ill do it Mistress Fairbrother
bumbled the old parson through his
toothless gums for right is Tight
and justice justice
Chut said Mrs Fairbrother
But the parsons deaf ears did not
hear And ah he said the things
of this world seem worthless do they
not when we catch a glimpse into
eternity
Less cry and more wool said Mrs
Fairbrother dryly I wouldnt trust
but old as you are youd look with
more love on a guinea than the Gospel
calls for
The people answered the parsons
summons quickly enough and came to
Lague next morning the men in their
rough beavers the old women in their
long blue cloaks and they followed
the old parson into Mrs Fairbrothers
room whispering among themselves
some in a doleful voice others in an
eager one some with a cringing air
and others with an arrogant expres
sion The chamber was darkened by
a heavy curtain over the window but
they could see Mrs Fairbrother prop
ped up by pillows whereon her thin
pinched faded face showed very white
She had slept never a moment of the
night and through all the agony of
her body her mind had been busy
with its reckonings These she had
made Greeba to set down in writing
and now with the paper on the coun
terpane before her and a linen bag
of money in her hand she sat ready
to receive her people When they en
tered there was a deep silence for a
moment wherein her eyes glanced
over them as they stood in their
strong odors of health around her
Wheres your brother Liza Jough
an she said to a young woman at
the foot of the bed
Gone off to Meriky maam the
girl faltered for he couldnt live after
he lost the land
Wheres Quirk of Claughbane
asked Mrs Fairbrother turning to the
parson
The poor mans gone sister said
the parson in a low tone He died
only the week before last
Mrs Fairbrothers face assumed a
darker shade and she handed the pa
per to Greeba
Come lets have it over she said
and then one by one Greeba read out
the names
Daniel Kinvig twelve pounds
Greeba read and thereupon an elderly
man with a square head stepped for
ward
Kinvig said Mrs Fairbrother
fumbling the neck of the linen bag
you borrowed a hundred pounds for
two years and I charged you twelve
per cent Six per cent was enough
and here is the difference back to youi
hand
So saying she counted twelve pound
notes and held them out in her wrin
kled fingers and the man took them
without a word
Go on she cried sharply
Mrs Corlett two pounds read
Greeba and a woman in a widows
cap and a long cloak came up wiping
her eyes
Bella Corlett said Mrs Fairbroth
er when I took over Ballacreggan
for my unpaid debt you begged for
the feather bed your mother died on
and the chair that had been your fath
ers I didnt give them though I had
enough besides so here are two
pounds to you and God forgive me
The woman took the money and be
gan to cry
God reward you she whimpered
Its in Heaven youll be rewarded
maam
But Mrs Fairbrother brushed her
aside with an angry word and a fret
ful gesture and called on Greeba for
the next name on the list
Peter Kermode twenty four pounds
ten shillings read Greeba and a lit
tle old man with a rough head and a
grim hard ugly face jostled through
the people about hiim
Kermode said Mrs Fairbrother
you always tried to cheat me as you
try to cheat everybody else and when
you sold me those seventy sheep for
six shillings apiece last back end you
thought they were all taking the rot
and you lost thirty pounds by them
and brought yourself to beggary and
served you right too But I sold them
safe and sound for a pound apiecci
three days after so heres half of the
difference and just try to be honest
for the rest of your days And it
wont be a long task either for its
plain to see youre not far from deaths
door and it isnt worth while to De a
blood sucker
At that she paused for breath and
to press her lean hand over the place
of the fire in her chest
Ye say true maam aw true true
said the man in a lamentable voice
And in the house of death it must be
a great consolation to do right Lets
sing wi ye maam Im going in the
straight way myself now and plaze
the Lord Ill backslide no more
And while he counted out the mon
ey in his grimy palm the old hypo
crite was for the striking up a Ranter
hymn beginning
I Oh this is the God we adore
1 Our faithful unchangeable friend
But Mrs Fairbrother cried on him
to be silent and then gathering
strength she went on with the others
until all were done And passing to
each his money as the grasp of
Deaths own hand had ielaxed the
hard grip of ber tight fingers she
trembled visibly held it out and drew
it back again and held it out again
as though she were reluctant to part
with it even yet
To be Continued
To be content with less is to have
less discontent
MEANSBUS1SS
Meiklejon Rents Tony Head
quarters For Winter
WILL KEEP TAB ON SENATORIAL RACE
Frank Harrison Myron Wheeler and
Harrisoitfft Man Friday Open Up the
Place But Mailed Warrior Will
Be On Scene Soon
Lixcolx Neb Dec 10 In a two
story house of nine rooms but two
blocks from the capitol and two blocks
from the Lindell hotel have been
established the official headquarters of
George D Meiklejohn candidate for
United States senator The interior
finish of the house is on the colonial
style new and costly furniture to
match has been installed carpets
rugs and matting are now be laid and
three confidential factotums of the
assistant secretary of war are already
in charge
Mr Meiklejohn himself with three
or four additional helpers will be in
stalled in the commodious apartments
probably within a fortnight when the
Nance county statesman will himself
take personal charge of his senatorial
campaign At present Frank A Har
rison formerly of the Omaha Bee and
the Lincoln Journal Myron Wheeler
and a young gentleman of color yclept
Kemp are looking after the prelimin
aries of the assistant secretarys
canvass
Harrison is the suave individual to
whom credit is given for the anti
Rosewater petition almost unanim
ously signed by republican candidates
for the legislature which called forth
a wail of agony from the little Omaha
editor during the closing days of the
late lamented campaign He is now
generally regarded as the confidential
personal representative of Mr Meikle
john Wheeler is installed as steno
grapher and both re putting in ten
and twelve hours daily -in organizing
Meiklejohns campaign The head
quarters have been leased for three
months and in Harrisons name
Mr Harrison when seen was very
backward about making any estimate
of Meiklejohns strength He laughed
sardonically however when question
ed as to Rosewatei s probable follow
ing outside of Douglas county
It is reported that both Thompson
and Rose water are likely to follow
Meiklejohns departure and establish
personal headquarters at some central
ly located point a short distance from
theturmoil and confusion of the hotel
lobbies Other candidates will pos
sibly follow suit giving abundant
promise of wassail and good cheer to
members of the legislature including
the third house This will be in
addition to the regular room or two to
be utilized as public headquarters by
each at the Lindell Lorenzo Crounse
T
for instance will live with his family
at the Lincoln but maintain senatorial
headquarters at the Lindell
ooo
A new Richmond has appeared on
the senatorial field in the person of R
E Moore of Lincoln erstwhile repub
lican lieutenant governor of Nebraska
and it is making the rest of the multi
tudinous aspirants cast goo goo eyes
in his direction Mr Moore is about
the only genuine millionaire in Ne
braskas capital city and when he
goes after a thing he generally lands
it Of course it is not to be supposed
for a minute that Mr Moore whose in
come is somewhere in the neighbor
hood of 50000 a year would buy one
of the togas at the disposal of the leg
islature for he has business qualifica
tions of surpassing merit and a smooth
ness about him that qualify him for
senator His business transactions are
conducted on a large scale and it is
generally conceded on a basis as hon
orable as it is successful During his
political career he made many friends
and acquaintances among the leaders
of his party and in the business world
his acquaintance extends into almost
every county in the state While poli
ticians generally vpick D E Thomp
son as a winner it is expected that in
Mr Moores candidacy there is great
danger to Mr Thompson
OOO
Up to date only a few gentlemen
have been named as sentorial aspi
rants They are
D E Thompson
R E Moore
G M Lambertson
George D Meiklejohn
Edward Rosewater
Ben Baker
Dave Mercer
Lorenzo Crounse
E H Hinshaw
Ex1Congressman Hainer
Mosses P Kinkaid
This is quite a list There are a few
who might be called dark horses but
the chances for a dark horse are re
garded as rather slim It is too bad
that Tom Majors Church Howe and
Jack McColl have been forgotten be
cause they also might have been up
for a toga
ooo
Speaking of the state institutions
Governor Dietrich the other day paid
a high compliment to one or two of the
fusion state officers He is especially
well pleased with the condition of the
Hastings asylum which has been un
der the control of Dr Steele The ap
pointment of Dr Kern of Wood River
for this place is regarded as a most
happy solution of the problems pre
sented there Dr Kern was in the
Hastings asylum before the fusionists
took charge and he was so well liked
that Dr Steele endeavored to get Gov
ernor Poynter to permit him to re
main for his efficiency alone
The Lancaster County Jeffersonian
club at its meeting last Wednes
day evening elected officers for the en
suing year A disposition was mani
fested to re elect John Carr who has
officiated in the capacity of president
for the past year with honor to himself
and satisfaction to the club but he de
clined the office on the ground that
being one of great honor of which any
democrat should be proud to occupy it
should be given to some one not yet
so honored It is to the clubs ever
lasting credit that it unanimously con
ferred the position upon Dr Louis
N Wente one of the clubs most active
and virile members and we predict
that the club will advance under his
administration of its affairs fully as
well as it did under that of Mr Carr
The probabilities are that it will do
better than in the past for the reason
that confronting it and the demo
cratic party is a labor that needs and
must have the most willing and un
selfish workers possible and in any
work that must be carried on by the
party the Jcffersonian club will not by
any means be found shirking in its
duty In Dr Wente it has a president
whose democracy is as true as the
needle to the pole and whose devotion
to the party and its principles will lead
him to exertions in behalf of the club
and of its work that will we feel cer
tain result in great good Example
finds followers and in Dr Wente the
club will have a president whose ex
ample will start a drift toward an or
ganization of forces closer than we
have ever had and this is the proper
time to take the steps that will get the
democrocy of Nebraska in better shape
than it ever has been before It
pleased the rank and file greatly to
learn of Dr Wentes elevation to the
honorable position of president of the
leading democratic organization of the
state and it assures him its most
hearty and earnest co operation in all
efforts tending to bring glory the club
and real benefit to humanity through
the democratic party
We believe the Jeffersonians will
fully agree with us when we say that
from all its active members it could
not have selected for its president a
more worthy democrat than Dr Wente
OOO
The seventeenth biennial report of
the secretary of state is now in process
of preparation It shows that the fees
collected by the office and paid to the
state treasurer from December 1 1898
to November 30 1890 amount in the
aggregate to to 2052623 This sum
was derived from the following sources
For fixing great seal and for
warding notorial commissions-
8 1416 00
For filing prticles of incorpo
ration labels trade marks
etc 18571 00
For making transcripts of
records copies of laws cer
tificates etc 549 25
Total 20526 25
During this same period the expenses
of the maintenance of the office have
approximated 18000 leaving the of
fice on better than a self supporting
basis
ooo
In his report the secretary of state
says My labors in this office for the
last two years have been very pleasant
to me and I have been aided quite
efficiently by the full office force and I
do not look back with any cause for
regret There has been perfect har
mony in the office and the best of good
wishes toward one another All of the
force without an order have helped
to bear the burdens of the office where
they have fallen heavily on one of their
number by dividing the labors The
personnel of the office as it now stands
is O C Weesner deputy Theodore
Mahn bookkeeper S E Sterrett re
corder Nellie Purcell clerk Gertrude
OSullivan stenographer A E Shel
don clerk printing board
I am sure that the records and the
mode of keeping them as well as the
general detail work of the office have
been materially improved over former
years I have done my plain duty to
the best of my ability and feel that the
state has been well served
ooo
Preparations are almost completed
for the Jeffersonian club banquet De
cember 26 It will be held at the Lin
coln hotel instead of at the audito
rium as originally announced Be
sides Mr- Bryan it is hoped to secure
Hon Charles A Towne and other men
of national repute to respond to toasts
It is settled that the splendid editor of
the Omaha World Herald Richard L
Metcalfe will respond to The Press
and that the president of the club
John Carr will act as toastmaster
The affair promises to be one of the
best ever held Tickets are held 8150
and ladies are to participate in the
function
OOO
There is at least one satisfaction the
fusionists may have when the exodus
from the state house begins and it is
that the fusion state treasurer will not
go from the state house to the state
penitentiary for having misappropri
ated state funds Our republican
friends will find that Treasurer Me
serve has not only handled more state
money during his four years than any
republican treasurer handled in the
same length of time but that he will
account for every penny of it
ooo
Those Boers who come to the United
States from homes destroyed by the
hired soldiers of a monarchy know the
price of liberty and will make all the
better citizens for the knowing They
will never vote for imperialism
OOO
Just watch the republican imperial
ists in congress squirm under the lash
ings of liberty loving eastern republi
cen They have already had a taste
from McCall of Massachusetts And
there are others - -
- IM ill 1
r
Tlio W C T Us Latest
A new departure is proposed by the
Womans Christian Temperance Union
of Indiana That body has resolved to
present a memorial to the national
1 convention to be held at Washington
D C to create a new department to
enforce and maintain the purity of
liquors and that congress be peti
tioned to pass a law that only pure
whiskies be sold at saloons instead
of adulterated liquors By the enact
ment of such a law the W C T U
concludes that the profits would be
reduced and the saloons would be forc
ed to quit business
Proof That Their Clothes Are New
A traveler just returned from a
tour of southern Italy says that one
of the peculiar customs of the peas
ants is the wearing of price marks
on new suits of clothes Whereas in
other countries the dealers ticket and
tag are removed the moment a suit is
bought in the sunny toe and heel of
the European boot they are fastened
on the tighter and worn until they
fall off The object of this presum
ably is to show neighbors that you
have new clothes bought on such a
day and costing so much at
The same travelers says that
the Paris boulevards are literally
crowded just now with dog barbers
Sweet Potatoes Draw the Rats
A veteran provision dealer is au
thority for the statement that nothing
will draw rats like sweet potatoes
They seem to be able to smell this
toothsome vegetable from afar and
will come in droves wherever sweet
potatoes are stored In proof of his
assertion this dealer said that he nev
er kept potatoes in his cellar with
other vegetables but placed them up
in a dry loft Having a large cold
storage chest in his cellar he had
previously tried the experiment of
placing a basket of sweet potatoes
inside and although the rats could not
puncture the walls they did gnaw the
woodwork of the chest trying to get
at the tubers
FROM BRYANS OWN CITY
Conies a Startling Story An Open Let
ter That Will Cause a Seasatlon
LINCOLN Neb Dec 8 Special
At No 2115 O street this city Is the
B Jd wallpaper house B M
are the initial letters of the proprie
tors Mr A C Bonsor and Mr O E
Myers The senior partner Mr Bon
sor is a well known and highly re
spected citizen and no one has ever
doubted his truthfulness It is there
fore the pronounced opinion in Lin
coln and the state generally that the
significant and very strong statements
made in Mr Bonsors letter will go
unchallenged After explaining his
willingness that the matter be given
the fullest possible publicity in the
public interest Mr Bonsor proceeds
I have suffered untold misery and
pain for over ten years My kidneya
were diseased I tried many so called
remedies but they did me no good I
saw an advertisement of Dodds Kid
ney Pills and I bought some and com
menced to use them at once I had
not been taking them three days before
I began to improve For years I had
not had one good nights sleep and
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The December Atlantic
The December Atlantic contains
much notable poetry It opens with
some delightful and hitherto unprint
ed verses by James Russell Lowell
it elsewhere contains The Bird of
Passage the grand ode read by
Owen Wister at the dedication of the
Boston Symphony hall already so
much discussed which appears here
for the first time in its entirety while
Stuart Sterne Hildegarde Hawthorne
and others contribute brilliant shorter
poems the whole exhibiting unusual
excellence and variety The number
contains Christmas tales and is upon
the whole excellent throughout
The December Century will abound
in fiction some of it with a distinc
tively holiday flavor Besides Bertha
Runkles romance of old Paris and
Hamlin Garlands tale of today there
will be a short story by Henry James
called Broken Wings The Lace
Camisole by L B Walford author
of The Babys Grandmother A
Hired Girl by Edwin Asa Dix au
thor of Deacon Bradbury Ghosts
that Became Famous a Christmas
fantasy by Carolyn Wells and
While the Automobile Ran Down
a Christmas extravaganza by Charles
Battell Loomis In Lighter Vein
will include The Village Store
Christmas Eve in rhyming couplets
by Robert I Dodd
Harvard Men from Everywhere
Harvards cosmopolitanism is well il
lustrated in the latest catalogue whicu
shows that her students are drawn
from no less than thirty nine of the
forty five states as well as from Ari
zona Oklahoma and the District of
Columbia Hawaii Porto Rico the
Philippines Cuba Japan the Canad
ian provinces of Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick Kamchatka Great Britain
France Germany Spain Russia Bul
garia and Norway
Partisan Badges Barred
Political buttons cannot be worn in
Canada during the heat of a campaign
This is due to a clause in the dominion
franchise act which says that no per
son shall exhibit any sign of his po
litical faith after the official nomina
tions are made
A suspended street car conductor gets
no fares
Theres always room at the top
but few men care to dwell in an attic
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