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TUK NORFOLK NEWS : FJUDAY , MAKCII 20 , 1903 IJVA PE'RFECT PL A "Richard K.ann 1 002 , If lite J. S. MtCluri Comiunr I-J-O-IO-I-CH-O-KM-OOI-OIOJ-OIOI-O-K It wan nil rnthor new to Hartley , this tnllt nbout "spot lights , " "hack drops" ntul "tormentors. " ifo illdn't Itnow un til ItuHcoo ennui tip Into tlio woods for three weeks of fishing tlint thu fttngo Imtl u u'rnaciilnr tlittt was utterly un intelligible to him. Vet lie was a good ( lonl Interested In tlioiitrlcnl things. IIu hoped some tiny to write a piny. There wan an Incident In | IH ! own life that > vould innke tlio plot. The acquaintance began In a matter of fnct , fishing resort Hort of way. HUB- COO In signing tlio register had noticed Itlclmrd CurtlH Hartley'H slgnnturo JiiHt nbovc his own. "The man's POIUO wort of an author , Isn't lu ? " lie nuked the clerk. The dork replied that Hartley wns Indeed an au thor who wns In thu habit of Hpondlng his HununerH at the report. 'That ' must be thu man , " Iluscoo had remarked absently. "Show him to mo .when ho comes In , " Within u day after that Hartley bo- Ran to hear tilings about thu HMI'O. Within a week he begun to hear nbout "The- Perfect Piny. " "Some man like you , " llimcoo told him , "could write mich n play , I've had the plot In mind for months , but I can't write the dialogue. " They were out on n little ciuioo pier In the moonlight when Huscoe outlined "TM ) Perfect Play" to Hartley. "Tho heroine , " ho begun rapidly , "must be a pretty girl and a good girl , unsophlstlcntcd and trustful. While Btlli n young woman she falls In love with a man. Not really In love , but she thinks HIC ! does. She believes who Is in lore with the man to such an extent that when ho proposes an elopement pho Is romantically charmed. She has no family to consider , and there Is no reason why shu should elope with the Hum except that ho la the sort of a man who could not come out openly with a proposal of marriage without nrouslng the opposition of her guard- Inn. So shu elopes. At their destina tion sliu leaves him , having come to her ocnsos en route. Naturally she dreads to go back to thu people who have been nil her lire long Kliul to her , so she goes nwny nlone. "Some years later she meets the real man. Thou write In your love story. Prepare for the announcement of their engagement mid then bring on your 'henvy. ' Have him come from the vil lage whore your heroine was born nnd Imvo him nt once recognize her. "Ho Is n warm friend of the hero of the play nnd believes Jt Is his plain duty to tell the elopement story. Your "I'VE aox TO TKI.IJ von SOMKTIIINO , nua- COE , " UK SAID. strong dialogue begins at this point. Have him nrguo with the heroine that Bhc ought herself to tell him. Have her admit It , but hold that there will be time to tell him after they nre married ; that If he Is told now It may make a difference ; that she won't give him up. 6be won't , she won't ! That's your sec- pnd net climax. " "And then , " Interrupted Hartley , "have the 'heavy,1 as you call him , tell the story to the real man and have him ask her nbout it Then have them part. That's the way the fourth act would be , wouldn't if/ " "No , " said Uuscoo solemnly. "This man nnd this heroine of mine have nb- solutely no family ties to consider. After the man had been told about the tvomnn there would be a parting. That . would be the third net Hut In 'The Perfect Play' both the man and the woman would reconsider. lie would ecek the woman out , and the fourtl act would bring them together , happily married. " "A piny like that , you say , " Inter rupted Ilnrtley , "has never been written ton ? ' "In plays that have that sort of a woman for a heroine , " explained Bus coe , "usually nlso the violation of the social law has been a serious ouc. It The Perfect Play1 the woman mus early come to realize her folly and fee & usual but entirely unwarranted and exaggerated sense of her wrongdoing When she meets the man , she naturally dreads to tell him. Well , never mind about that. That ilocHti't get explained to the audience until thu last net , nnd then only from her point of vlow In n manner to exeltu for her additional nyinpathy. " UtiHvoo realized afterward that the explanation of "The Perfect Play" wns about the longc.it speech he had over made , Hartley WIIH ntnrlng nt htm when ho flnlHhod. "I've got to tell you something , Bus- coe , " ho mild. "I couldn't tell you ex cept ( hut you have told It to mo Indi rectly. " "Yes , " mild HtiHcon quesllonlngly. "It happened to me , " Ilnrtley began , 'Just like you told It. It happened hero nst iUimmcr , .Shu came hero with sotno icoplo from Davenport. Shu was a gov- > rnoHH , the sort that travels with people o ICuropo In the winter. She was nlono n the world. .She wouldn't give mo any uipu at all , but I wait mini she cared , hint about then It happened. It wasn't n man that came and told , but a wom an , n woman whom I had known nnd vlio had known her. " Ho suddenly stopped. "The next day she was gone. " "And let her " said you go , Buseoo liiletly , "until Hho had gene where 'on couldn't llntl her. And now you oiue back hero In the summer to hope utd hope. " "For the last act , " snld Hartley andy - y , "only for that. " "In The Perfect Play , ' " said Buscoe , 'the hero sought her out , and the last ict set would show mi exterior water cone , with trees and a rising moon. " Hartley was still looking off ncross ho water. "A young woman my wife has known or a long tlmo" Uuscoo was talking o the moon apparently "grew court- lontlal a few months ago. She Is re- ponslblo for the plot of 'The Perfect May. ' She thought the story would make a perfect play and that with my iclp she could write It. She told my vlfo llnnlly who the man was. " Hartley had grasped him by the houlder. "You nro the mnn , Ilnrtley. " Buscoe vas smiling. "She said you were hero or the summer. You sec , she knew nore about you than you know nbout ler. So I thought that ns long ns I iceded n vacation I might as well como hero nnd Incidentally bucomo ac- lualntcd with you and your Ideas ibout the fourth net. Since you up- mrently ngree , hero IB her address. " le peered by moonlight Into his card- case. "I think I uhnll bo hero nbout wo weeks longer , " he went on sercne- y. "That's time enough for you to set mck here on your honeymoon. This s the fourth act set 'by nature. ' " Dcntli by KnlUiinr In Plcnmint. Most people regard death by n fall ns one of the most agonizing forms of lying. This opinion la erroneous. The flrst fnct to bo considered Is that the subjective feelings In the various kinds of fnll nro the same. There are people vho have escaped death by n hair breadth who reached the stage of un- onsclousncHa and who nro nblo to re- > ort whnt they felt. A sclentltlc gcii- Ionian who has occupied himself with his Interesting question for many onrs bas os his observations on per- onal experience and on a largo num- icr of cases which have occurred not only In the mountains , but also In war , n Industrial establishments and In railway accidents. The victim suffers no pain , no pnra- yzing terror. Ho Is perfectly nwnre of whnt is going on. The time seems eng to him. In a few seconds he Is nble to think BO much that ho cau ro- > ort for nil entire hour on It. Ills ( linking power Is Immensely Increased. In almost all cases the past seems sud- lenly lighted up as If by n Hash of Ightnlng. All phases of life pass be fore the mind's eye , nothing petty or unimportant disturbing thu retrospect. Then gentle , soft tones sound In one's ears and die away nt last when uncon sciousness suts in. One hears the full of the body , but does not feel It Small SIcMi'H Mnrltnl Woe * . "Did you ever notice , " asked one of a group of friends , "that In ulnety-ulno out of every hundred separation ac tions the man la small of stature ? Well , It Is so. Just notice In the fu ture. Of course In divorce actions tlio rule will not hold , but In separation suits , where the parties wish to part mi umuiiuy tu live happily together , you will find that the mnn Is slight In build and below the medium of height. I attribute three- fourths of the trouble to the man too. The smnller tlio mnn Is the more egotis tical ho Is nnd will not , as a rule , give way to his wife In anything. Ho med dles In the household affairs , decides what the baby shall wear and takes any wifely rebuke or fault finding very seriously , whereas a big , burly man would laugh , or at least keep still nnd say nothing. Mind you , I am not say- lug that nil small men nre egotistical , for I am rather small myself , but In cnses of this kind It Is a fact that the majority of complainants are small in stature and smali In mind. " New York World. Tennyaon. Miss Weld In writing of the visit of Tennyson to her father's house In Lon don says : "My uncle disliked an over- display of demonstration In public nnd said that In his experience 'when young married people keep on publicly rain ing "my dears" thick upon each other U Is a sure sign that a quarrel Is at hand. ' "Akin to this hatred of unreal affec tion was my uncle's dislike to the fulsome - some flattery nnd general vnpldness of many nfter dinner speeches , nnd ho de clared to mo that , If called on to make a speech when he felt ho hnd really nothing to say , he should just rise and exclaim , "Out of ray latitude , as I live , Therefore no platitude pray forgive , and promptly resume his seat. " llhnltr Itopo In the \vlldH of Month America mnny fipo bridges exlflt. nnd In writing of /linn / n traveler , who published through Monm-M. Ungir.nurt 'TinIrout Moun- tnlim nnd 1'ori'Htn of South America , " iny : "Theni being no t."oci hero , such bridges us worn noeosHiiry wnro usual ly constructed of n oo.iple of ropes Btrotcl'cd ' nrim < < n ohimm , upon which win Hpi'ond a unuli kind of iiuUtl'ig liindo of pliant hriuliwood or a sort of rush. Such bildj > o nwui about fear fully and orncUod unil'M' the foot nn If nbout to give way. Often I hold my breath while pimhiK sueli a bridge , momentarily expecting the rotten con- .trlvant'o to part In the middle. There wns plenty of evidence In the skeletons of horsoH and mules on the rocku be low that nccldonts not Infrequently oc curred , but I wns assured that not many men were lost , which , of course , was nn exceedingly comforting nssur- unco , cHpoclnlly ns I noticed that the guides were careful to see that either I or Oeorgo wns the first to cross thoio confounded structures. At ono of these places we saw on the rocks . ' 100 feet below the skull nnd bones of two men who had been lost nbout eight years before. " ftnnkrn AVnMo Mttln Time Rntlnff. A Horpont will go for weeks , some times even for months , without feed ing. Then It may take three rabbits or Sucks , ono after the other , nt n slnglo nienl nnd afterward become torpid while digestion proceeds. When , nftcr a sulllclcnt period of fasting , It gets disposed to cat and a rabbit happens to bo Introduced Into Its cage , It may plainly bo seen that the rabbit's pres ence Is quickly noticed by It. The make will Login to move slowly nbout till It has brought Its snout opposite the rabbit's muzzle. Then , In nn Instant , It will seize the rabbit's head In Ha mouth , simultaneously colling Its pow erful body around It nnd crushing Ute to dcnth nt once. The action Js so Instantaneous that It IB Impossible for the rnbblt to suffer. Certainly It can suffer no moro than when killed by n poulterer. The snake Joes not Immediately uncoil Its folds , but continues for n time to hold its vic tim tightly embraced , sometimes rockIng - Ing Itself gently to nnd fro. Then It slowly unwinds Its huge body nnd once more takes the rabbit's bend In Its mouth nnd swallows It Suiicratltlniin About Ilrenil. In Brittany when n housewife beglna to knead dough she makes n cross with her right hnnd. the left belnc nhiccd In the trough. If n cat enters the room , It Is believed the bread will not rise. It Is supposed that certain women cnn cnuso the dough to multiply Itself. On the const of the channel the dough Is adjured to Imitate the leaven , the mil ler nnd the baker and to rise. The oven Is n sncred object nnd con nected with crowds of superstitions. The oven Is dcdlcnted , with ceremo nies. In ccrtnln places In Brittany the wood Is watered with blessed water. Bread must not bo cooked on certain days , as on Holy Friday or during the night of All Saints , when the ghosts would eat It. The Introduction of ForkM. Forks nre articles of such common household necessity to us that wo hard ly rcnllzo that there was n time , nnd uot so long ngo either , when forks were entirely unknown. A knife wns used nt the table to cut up food , but the food so cut wns afterward conveyed by the lingers to the mouth. Rich and poor alike were accustomed to this method and so thought It perfectly correct It was nbout the ycnr 1000 mid In the reign of James I. when forks were flrst Introduced into England. This "pleco of refinement , " we are told , was de rived from the Italians. Serpent Worship In India. Serpent worship , once very widely diffused , survives In India. Sometimes Tvlien Hindoos find a cobra In some erevlco In the wall of their house It will often bo reverenced , fed and pro pitiated , and If fear or tlio death of some ono bitten by It Induces them to remove It they will handle It tenderly and Ict It loose In some fleld. When Hindoos are bitten , they have far moro confidence In their magic spell or "niuntra" than In any medlclno , even 1C they do not scruple to make use of medical aid. Where one man Is called to be a hereon on some great scale 10,000 men are called to bo courteous , gentle , patient There uro conspicuous virtues which make reputation , and there are quiet virtues , the virtues of private life , which make character. It Is not every man's duty to 1111 a largo place , but It Is every man's duty to fill his own place well. Christian Evangelist A Narrow Margin. John Stuart Mill was once dining with two brilliant French talkers who were given to monologue. Ono had possession of the field , nnd the other was watching him so Intently to strike In that Mill exclaimed aloud , "If ho stops to breathe , he's gone. " IleapoualbllltleB. "Remember , " said the serious citizen , "that wealth has Its responsibilities. " "Yes , " answered Mr. Cumrox. "So long as you nre humble and obscure can 1 It' and 'I ' you say seen done It' and eat with your knife all you want to. " Washington Star. ' Defined. She Dear , you have crushed and al most suffocated me. What kind of a hug do you call that ? He That's n Metropolitan street rail way hug. New York Life. Falmouth Is probably the oldest port In England. It was used by the Phoeni cians at least 2,500 years ngo. -o o o-o-o-oo-o o-o o-o- < DUMMY DEE AND THE BISHOP "Dy L. E. Chittcndcn Copyrlalit , 100. , by tlio 8. 8. McClure Company > -o-o-o-o-o-oo-o-o-o-o-o- < Dummy Dee hnd como lo cnll upon the bishop. The bishop nnd ho were very par ticular friends nnd therefore shook linnds , ns mnn to mnn , In n very cordlnl manner. "I cnme , " snld Dummy Dee , "on very particular business , and I would have been awful Berry not to find you nt liomo. " "I am very glad to bo here , Dummy Dee , " snld the bishop , smiling nt his UCSt. Thcro wan n short pause , Dummy Dee frowning thoughtfully Into space for Ideas and the bishop waiting to hear thu manner of his guest's busi ness. "Aro you ever lonesome , bishop ? " nskcd Dummy Dee nt hist , leaning for ward nnd clasping his short arms iround his knees. "Yes , often , " snld the bishop , the note of truth vibrating through his tone. Childless nnd wifeless nnd of strong and often unpopular opinions , the scholarly bishop wns Indeed a lonely mnn , Just now particularly so. A controversial point hnd forced him nto n position where he stood almost f not quite nlono. Ho tried to believe its position was a mutter of principle. Ills enemies snld It wns obstinacy nnd dogmatism , nnd even bis warmest 'rlcnds were Bllent nnd regretful over the matter at issue. Ho bad when Dummy Dec cnme In > ccn writing on the point , nnd bitter , flery words were penned on the sheets of paper that strewed the open desk , [ le glanced at them now ns he spoke , mil from them to the beautiful pictur ed face of his young wife , who had died very early In their mnrrlcd life. Yes , he wns very lonely. Dummy Dec nodded nnd looked thoughtfully nt the glowing grate flre. "Nice things hnppcn sometimes when you're loncsomest , though , " ho said by way of giving n small crumb of com fort to his friend. "You know mother Is sick nnd down south getting her health nnd father misy nt tno settlement woric , mm some- : luics I get kind of n stomach ache In my heart and a lump In my throat. "My , It most chokcB me , " he added feelingly. "But Just the other dny the summer boarder sent mo these bicycle trousers , " sticking out his short leg for the bishop to see , "or I never could liave stood It In the world. She knew liow I felt nbout kills nnd aprons and nlwnys having to wear something of the other children's 'count of their growing so fast nnd me not I slept with 'cm that night In bed , and once when I woke up nnd thought nbout mother I just renchcd over nnd felt of these , nnd then I felt better. Did you ever try nnytblng like that ? " he nskcd , looking nt the bishop's trou sered legs stretched out on the other side of the lire. "No , " the bishop replied bravely ; he had not thought of It "Then there nre always things to defer for folks , you know , and that's ono thing I came to see nbout , " continued Dummy Dee. "I've been taking soup nnd books nnd things up for the settle ment people to n little girl who lives In nn attic nenr the settlement. "She's got a kind of mother , only she's nu nunt nnd nwful bud to her. She drinks something out of n bottle" and Dummy Dee lowered his voice to n shocked whisper "and she Is awful mean to Nora. " "What is the matter with Nora ? " asked the bishop. "A spinal back I think they call It , " snld Dummy Dee , with n learned air , "and I feel so sorry. I asked father If he'd adopt her , and he said he thought he couldn't. I've thought I'd marry her If necessnry , but father would hnvo to ndopt us both then. What do you think ? " The bishop's principal thought was n desire to laugh , but he held his peace , so Dummy Dee went on : "She's English. I've told her about you. She calls you lord , but I said not lord exactly , only kind of next to the Lord , you know. " At this the bishop could contain him self no longer , but put back his head nnd laughed a pealing laugh that star tled the shadows in the dim , quiet li brary , and be only stopped when he beheld Dummy Dee gazing at him In mild surprise. "Come , " said the bishop , springing up like a boy , "let us go nnd see Nora. " Goodby ! " said Dummy Dee , getting up , or sliding down , rather , from his chair. "That's what I wanted. Let's walk. It Isn't very far , and It's a flno day. " But before they started the bishop swept up the written sheets of paper and threw them on the grate. They blazed cheerfully. "HI ! " said Dummy Dee. "See 'em wriggle as If they hurt" "I intended they should hurt others , " said the bishop softly , with a curious Einlle. Many curious eyes turned to watch the two , the dignified ecclesiastic In his churchly garb and the sunny , rompIng - Ing , rosy child , who , not altogether un aware of these ginuces , took them largely as a tribute to his beloved bicy cle trousers and strutted proudly. Two delightful stops were made be fore they reached the tenement where little Norn lived , nnd they went on , laden with books , games and flowers. "Father says she looks like a picked flower without water , " said Dummy \ \ When Your Appetite Plays Truant Uneeda Biscuit To Coax It Back. Sold only in In-cr-scal Packages . NATIONAL BISCUIT. COMPANY" Dee ns they cllmdcd the steep , rickety stairs. They entered the room In response to Nora's summons , nnd Dummy Dec , somewhat embarrassed , made the bish op known to the pale fnccd child lying on the dingy bed. No one had ever seen the scholarly bishop In so delightful n mood ns the two children found him that afternoon. Norn's cheeks grew pink wltli happi ness nnd her eyes brighter than ever as she listened to stories , guessed riddles and played games with the bishop and Dummy Dee. At hist the shnduws grew longer. "I've n last story to tell you two chil dren before we go , " snld the bishop , "and you must be very quiet and listen hnrd , for there Is n guessing part to It "Onco upon n time , " begnn the bish op , "there lived n man alone , and , ns sometimes happens to lonely people , ho grew selfish and bitter hearted. He forgot the teachings of the one whom ho had vowed to serve , but tried In stead to servo himself and was unhap py , as nil such men nre. "There cnmo to him one day a dear little friend of his who was nlso lone ly , but who tried to forget his loneli ness by helping others and was com forted by doing this. So the man learned a lesson from his little friend , nnd he , too , found comfort and happi ness ns the boy had. "Now , the mnn nnturnlly did not want to be lonely and unhappy nnd bitter again , for he found the better pnrt , so he thought out a plan. He would take the boy down south to his mother , who Is almost well , but not quite so well ns she will be when the man brings to her her youngest boy. " There was n queer gurgling sob that was half n laugh nnd half n cry and altogether n mixture of home sickness and coining delight , and Dum my Dee shot himself bodily into the bishop's arms , cuddled ngnlnst his shoulder and lay there snlflling hap pily. He groped vainly for his hand kerchief that could not bo found , nnd his fingers closed gratefully over the bishop's fine lawn thnt he found within his grasp. "Guessed , " said the bishop , laughing , with a shake in his voice. "Tho flrst pnrt of my puzzle story guessed with out n mistake. Now for the second. Then lie took the little sick girl to n white , bright room thnt he knows of In the children's hospital , where , sur rounded by birds , books and flowers and loving cnre , she can get well and perhaps come to live In the lonely house of the lonely man to brighten it" Another little cry from the bed , and Nora's slender , groping fingers sought the bishop's hand. "Me ? " she said. "Me Nora ? Would my aunt" "I think BO , " snld the bishop , "We will find n wny. But whnt n fine pair of gucssers these two nre ! Never to mnko n mistake ! " When the kind hearted woman on that floor came. In to look nfter Norn , her nunt being nwny serving time for drunkenness , they went nwiiy nnd left the happy child , nlrendy better , with hope and Joy working miracles with her. her."You "You make up your mind the best and quickest of any ono I ever knew. How did you think of such beautiful things ? " asked Dummy Dee as they felt their way down the rickety stairs. "It's a thank offering , Dummy -Dee , " snld the bishop , with a return of his curious smile , "for burning the pa- pers. " Three When I was a young man , said nn old timer , I wns employed In an Ohio town of some 1,800 Inhabitants. One day the town was billed from roof to foundation In flaming letters , "They're Coming ! " One couldn't go amiss of the big letters. They followed him every where , and half the town would awak en In the middle of the night with those huge letters staring them in the face , while they wondered what It nil meant. A week or more passed , nnd one morning every ono of those signs was covered with another equnlly flaming "They Have Como ; at Town Hall To night ! " And you may be sure the town turned out In force. There wasn't standIng - Ing room , although a liberal admittance fee was charged. Inside a big curtain excluded the stage , and to this all eyes were turned ns the nppolnted hour drew near. There was n little delay , and It wns about half past 8 when the curtain filpwly rose , dlscloslnc to..tlcjEjuioiicr of the big lettered slgns"6nly"th'e wordIng - Ing wns different this time. The sign read , "They Have GonoP And you can bet your hist dollar It wasn't long before the townspeople hnd gone. Some clever fellows hnd worked the game successfully nnd got away with n snug little sum , leaving only a couple of townspeople to pull op- the curtain. A Lout Art. "Graceful bowing , " remarked the statuesque young lady at the head of the tea tnble , "Is fnst becoming one of the lost nrts. Few nre proficient In It and , Indeed , the difficulties are many. I am referring of course to men. Wo men are still mistresses of the art , but not nil of them , either. "But I hnvo seen men who were fat , not to sny tubby , and they find that a \ mere Inclination of the head Is a bur- tlcn , for It Induces disagreeable rushes of blood to the head , and that Is bad I t for men who wear twenty Inch collars. \ AHU tuere nro men wiio are tall , lean and scraggy , and when they bow , be ing sensitive plants , they think and ninko the spectator think , of stringed marionettes , and they dread the smile of the mnn In the street "And I have seen men whom the crit ical moment found unprepared , with hands in pockets. And I have seen them when they were wearing caps and clutched vainly and Instinctively ) nt hat brims , and I blushed at their grotesque poses and Involuntary carica tures of the line of beaut } ' . " New York Times. Good IlrecdliiRT. The most potent factor of good breed ing , the prime element , the flrst prin ciple , Is nothing more or less than a condensation of tlio Golden Rule un selfishness , kindness of heart. Nothing else can ever gain superiority over this great and noble trait of character , and without this no person can possess real refinement , perfect dignity and truly good breeding. Nothing can supply Ita loss , and nothing can buy its posses sion. Unselfishness Is Inherent , Innate and Inborn. It Is a mysterious some thing that cannot well be defined and yet may be found In the poorest and humblest as well as In the loftiest and noblest of all God's creatures. Good breeding Is plainly a matter of Instinct , an Inborn possession thnt Is ono of the grentest of trensures. Many possess It , but a great many more fall to attain It through lack of the neces sary qualities essential to Its acquisi tion. Memphis Commercial Appeal. ARE YOU A OQMINQ MOTHER 9 * EXPECTANT ? MOTHER'S FRIEUSS makes childbirth easy by preparing the system for parturition and thus shortening labor. 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