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"Too Busy,'
Do You Think Some Day Love May Send in
His Vavd mid Find WOMAN "Too Busy?"
By Nell Brinkley
CopyrlRht, I9U, lnlcrn'l News Service.
DR. of Miwet
Grief and Responsibility
Ily KliUKItT lIl imAim.
To stand by the open grave of on you
love and feel tin ky shut down over lcs
worth In the- world, I the supreme test
There ana then you prove your worth.
If ever.
You mutt live, nnl
face tHf day, and
each succeeding day,
, realizing thnl "the
' moving firmer writes.
' und having writ
' moves on", nor all
'you r tear shall
'blot a line uf It."
I Hemes are horn,
itnil It I calamity
that discovers them,
Once. In western
Kansas In the early
eighties. I saw u
,loadod fnur-horao
I tvacon skill and top
ple In golngacTos a
gully.
The drUer sprang
! f.. itla ent atld
tried to hold the wagon uprlyht
. ....i-l-fxl ilnn tl
! instead of going straight across , It. ami
the ditch
Tho girl tho girl in this stunning ago of "Hello!" clear across
tlio continent and "How-d-y-dp?" across the gray waters front Germany
to the Jersoy co'aston tho tflrigB,c)f electricity, of ."movlea" and radium,
and, tho humming dragon-flies above' our heads that men are riding in
the.. clear, high shell of tho sky, tho girl is an amazing young creature,
let mo tell you. She's up tp?lier neck, all under but her pretty head,
in a heap of 'the business, of tho world. Her pretty fingers aro, dabbled
in everything that a man can do and tho fingers aro agile and skilled,
too, my friend: And tho big thing and the wonder thing is hpw she
keeps tho soft kitten femininity of her while she sells real estate- or
wins her case in the court room. And still Bho rides to knee with her
old friend Love. Still Bho powders her saBsy nose and looks at tho
world with tho look in her eyes that whispers, "I.nm a womnn and du
slrablo" from behind tho tciider-hued veil of romance! Hut some HtlJo
times tho eyes aro absent-mlndod about sentiment thero !b no thought
or sighing lnUhem of "Ah, mc, who shall marry mo?' because tho head
behind them is full of ideas, full of problems and a whirl of effort,
dreaming of success, threshing out plana, milling about In the busi
nesses of Uie world, In tho fashion that mnn's head has had a monopoly
on for so lon. Yet still Bile's mighty sweet, and still will she run away
for a stroll with Lovo In tho moonlight. But do you think it will bo
that Eomo day Lovo may send In hlB card to this great-brained MIkb and
havo her turn with an unllghtcd oye from hor books and her bottles,
her dynamos and her retorts and, test tubcB have hor turn with tho
heart In her breast Just a cold lump and tho light In her oyo on cold nul
homeless-looking as the' weird green Inside of a drug store af2 In tho
morning, and say, "Tell Eros I'm too busy can't go to lunch or' do
business with him npw op any other tlmn altogether too brjsy with
ho world's work shoulder to shoulder with man'!"
My word, that'll be a grievous day! Hut lot mo whisper you some
thing tho owl on tho back of tha chair of thin broker-lawycr-archltocl-SclontlBt
Miss shut one oyo long and tight! For ho thinks it will novcr
bo. Not so long as a trickle of Eve's blood runs In tho veins of glrldoui,
so long as thero Is a klnklo of Rvo's hair In horn or a' single wood-dove
note of tho first woman's voice In her throat! NELL BRINK LKY.
THE PROFESSORS MYSTERY
WELLS HASTINGS LP BRIAN HOOKER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS by HANSON BOOTH
COPYRIGHT 1911 by THE HOODS MERRILL COMPANY
Reduce the Cost of Radium
SYNOPSIS OP I'llHCIJIlINU CIIAP-
Tt:ns. 1
Piofeseor Crosby, waiting al a subur
ban station for a. trolley i-ur to take him
Into Boston, where he has a social en
gagement, encounters MIes Tabpr, whom
ne had met tno previous winter at a so-
i-lul party. Tney compare noies, nu
find they are bound for the same place.
and watting for the same car. hue
vnltlng they talk or themselves in a
asuuj way, and f'ruaby Imagines he has
'ot'ehed on something closely personal to
Miss Tabor. They start on the trolley
lourncy, and the enr Is overturned. When
Crosby recovers cpnsclousneBs, ho finds
himself unhurt, but with a fair, strange
Klrl in his arms. The motorman and tha
conductor leave Crosby and Miss Tabor
In charge, and they et about to restore
the Klrl to consciousness. When she re
covered she seemed rather annoyed at
the conditions. Crosby finds his pockets
have been emptied, but recovers every
thing. Miss Tabor finds all her articles
hut p. flna gold chain she wore ar6und
her heck, Crosby finds this, but on it
hangs a wedding ring. The girl suggests
they leave her. but they Insist on seeing
her safely to htr home. Arrived at the
Tabor home Crosby Is glvon a fulsome
welcome by Jlrs. Tabor, and' n "somewhat
mixed reception "by Mr. Tabor. They
insist on her remaining over night, and
ho retires. Before ho falls to sleep he
hears vole's In the hall near his door,
and rlrjng huvrledly finds he Is locked In
the room.
CIIAHTUII I...
u Alnrm In (lie .Mr lit.
(Continued. i
t tat down on the bed and tried Jo
gatl;r my common sense, I remembered
rerfectly having left the door unlocked
and the key In Its place within. Uy what
conceivable design or accident had I been
t made a prisoner? The melodramatic sug
gestions borq of the hour and my excited
fancy wero simply absurd In sueh a. place,
I waj In ii Connecticut' suburb, a homo
r of 1,-wn parties and electric lights, s,nd
FRECKLES
this was the twentieth century; yet I
could find no explanation mora reason
able, tfire was by this tlmo out of the
question; and an accident or praotlcal
Joko would have . been evident by now.
Meanwhile. th9' muffled turmoil of' tho
house continued. A man's voice and a
woman's broke Into Inarticulate alterca
tion, and 'presently I thought I heard a
cry and a sound like the falling of some
thing soft and heavy. I sprang to the
door again and shook it with all my
strength, but It was so solidly fitted that
It did not even rattle. Then some ono
ran softly downstairs; the front door
hanged sharply; and, looking out, I saw
tho ftguro of a man, his shoulders raised
anil his elbows bent with haste, run
swiftly across the bar of light that
streamed from my window and disappear
in the dark. Could ho-havo broken Into
the house, locking the bedrooms against
Interruption, and fled upon being discov
ered? I was opening my window to
shout for help when I was arrested by a
voice that thero was no mistaking.
"I can't! Wo miistn'tl" she' walled.
"What will he think of us?"
An angry whisper followed, and of the
rest I could - distinguish only the tone.
The whisper grew more volubly urgent,
while her replies hesitated, - At last she
came quietly down the hall and knocked
at my door.
"Mr. Crosby aro you awake?"
"I should think so," I answered. "What
has happened? I'm locked In."
"Nothing. Ifsall right really. Wilt
you come downstairs as soon as you can,
very quietly?"
"Certainly. Half a minute. What's the
matter?"
"Nothing." she said. "Hurry!" The
key turned in the lock and she waa gone.
I dressed with a 'haste that made my
about It."
"You mean I'm to leave this minute
in tho middle of tho night?"
"Yea; now. Dun't wonder or worry.
Think , as well of ua as you can don't
think about ua at all! There's nothing
the matter. 1 ought to havo known. Ac
cept my apologies for all of us, and
goodby," She held out her hand.
"That's- all very well," 1 said. "Of
course I'll go If voir wish It, and ask no
questions. Only tell me when I can aee
you" again, and If there's anything In the
world I can do for you. I'll be staying at
tho Inn."
A latch key clicked behind us, and tho
man I had seen at the gate tiptoed In.
"All right?" he whispered.
"I think so; hurry," njie. replied, and he
passed swiftly and quietly upstairs. She
turned to mo a drawn face,' speaking In
strained monotone.
"You must never see me again. You
mustn't stay in town, nor try to. do any
thing. Oh, can't you understand? The
only help you can give Is togo go away
utterly and forget all riboUt It as if you
had never met me. Honestly I'm grate
ful, and I think everything good of you,
but oh, go away!"
"As you please," I said. "What about
my things?"
"Walt a minute." She ran lightly up
to tho landing' and returned wlth'my suit
case, closed and strapped. I took my
hat from the table by the door.
"Goodby," she said. "Promise me not
to try to come back."
What Is there in darkness and tho
sense, of night to make even the plainest
woman so lovely? She was closo before
mo as I turned, the mysterious oval of
her faco wavering upward. as though rls-
'Ing through dim, water; her hair a heavier
shadow agalns the gloom, her lips a lv
Irregular murmur, "
Miss Tabor was waiting for me in tho
hall belrfw. The lights'' wero not on, and
1 1 could see only that she was wrapped
. In iinmfttlilnir lnnir nm dark, hpr hn'r
Don't Hlda Them Wltli a V.Uj XUmor gathered Into a loose knot above her
r& aha TtfiV A W a 4 1. I m A m a fAi u r
head. Perhaps only the dim light mado
fingers clumsy, and ran downstairs The Ing blossom, and her eyes luminous out
bustle In the house had quieted Into an of .Undlncoverable depths. The dark wrap
Thorn With the OtlUn Prescription
Tl H prescription for tho removal of
fictklea was written by a prominent
I i-ytlclan and Js .usually so successful
In rtlinl ini. frnllln. 1 , I.Ih(V a .1...
I'cautirui complexion that It Is., soici by I
me neaion urvg i;q or .any, -ruiiggisj-'inder
guarantee to refund the mpney If
It falls. '
Don't hide your freckle under a veil:
kgt an ounce of bthlne'and. romove yipm.
Men the first f$vt ' apjpllcatjdp should
n.iuw m. unaeriu iruDrovemenu some or
lighter freckle vanishing .entirely.
I Be sure to ask tho.. druggist for the
D'-ble strength othlne: it ts this that la
9ld on the money-back guarantee Ad-
yert'seraent
me Imagine traces of tears. ,
"Thank you for being o ready,"' she
began In a quick undertone. "Now, listen!
j'diij nW3t-r,, . v 1
"Teh mo wha,t'E thjr; trouble," I broke
Iri, ''Iji it burglary, oris somebody taken
suddenly III?" .', ' '' - ''
'There Isn't any trouble," she repeated
''You must, believe that, and, 'you must do
sj I tell .you.. I'm terribly sorry, but If
lmposeb!o ftSr you tcf' remalp-here any
longer. You must so avay-jTtnw. at once,
and without knowing or-atVlqavanythtntr.
Of course, there's a good reason, and of
course you can be trusted not to talk pr
Inquire. That's aH. It's perfectly sim
ple there a nothing really surprising
she wore lost Itself downward In long,
fading lines; and all the hidden form
and the nameless fragrance of her were
wonderfully the same, one with midnight
and midsummer. As I took her hand, I
do not know what agony or restraint hold
my arms from around her; only I kept
repeating over and over to myself, "I
have no rlght-I have no rlghf-ond be
rauso of that I could not for a moment
answer, her In -words. Suddenly from
above cajne a. quick shook and the me
tallic splash of broken glass. The voices
broke out .In,' a qu)ek murmur, and she
shrank and shook' aa if crlmrinr away
from a bjow.
"Oh, go quickly"' she cried. "Thsy
need me!'!
I otfoned tho dooi. "Goodby.'- I Id
Kweakly, ''ahd-Oo' bless iyou!" And even
" .ium-u. oq ine inreimoiii to lift my
hat the latch clicked behind me.
Tc Be (otit.r.ucl Tom .rrow )
By GARItETT P, 8EUVI8S.
Itadlum in tho market, If one can say
that thero is any market for so scarce
and costly an article, Is worth, weight
for weight, about ISO) times as much as
gold. The price of
a single gram of
radium Is set down
at 1120,000. Gold Is
worth, say, 20 an
ounce.
But If radium
can cure cancer,
as many physi
cians are beginning
to think that it
can. Its value In
comparison with
gold Is Inflntc. It
Is, then, one of
those things that
should never be
measured by the money standard. It ts
above and beyond price, No man ban .a
moral right to withhold It from Buffering
humanity for the sake of making a
profit. Yet there are men, ,and plenty
of them, who would make a monooly
of the supply of radium If they could.
It Is not certain that such a monopoly
does not already exist. The processes of
extracting radium from its ores that are
practiced In Europe (where nearly all of
tha extraction has heretofore been per
formed) are secret.
When governments keep things secret
Matter in Four Forms
By KIIOAK LUCIKX LAHKI.V.
Q, "I conclude that matter exists In
four forms Instead of three, as taught
by physicians, vlit.: Sold', liquids, gases
and electrical', the electrical ' being tho
basic or primitive form."
A. I fear that Mr. West Is thirty-four
years late. Crookes, Ip his vacuum tubes
around !, tore matter by means of
very high potential electrical dlsurptlve
discharges Into particles so Inconceivably
minute that he called them matter in the
ultra-gaseous, or fourth state.
In 1&6 the modern master among minds
proved these particles to be themselves
electricity. Itutherford, Itamsey, Bee
querel, Soddy, the Curio. I.armor and
others confirmed the mighty discovery.
Then came Robert Andrews Mlllkan, iof many a surgeon who now regrets tho
uuversity oi unicago, in lBH, and aston-
it Is for tho sake of getting an advan
tage over their neighbors; when Individ
uals or commercial or Industrial associa
tions keep things secret It Is In order to
escape competition .and malta the publla
pay exorbitant prices for what might oth
erwise be had cheap.
It lias been discovered that there hi-o
Invaluable deposits' of radium, ore In thti
form of the minerals called rarnotlla and
pitchblende, In the western parts of the
United Mates.
Secretary Lane proposes that govern
ment lands containing these deposits be
wllhhheld from settlement In order to
prevent private owners from exploiting
them for tho benefit of their pockets,
without the slightest regard to the pub
lic good.
We all know perfectly well that there
oro thousands of men who would not hrs.
Itate an Instant to seize upon all the
radium deposits In the country and hold
meni ror ineir own uso, Keeping tne price I
at the highest possible notch, without the
slightest compunction with regard to thp
sufferings of tho(r fellow men. They
belong to tlio type of merciless mony
getter whose shibboleth Is "the public
be damned," and who are so well rep
resented by smug factory owner whose
profits depend largely upon child slavery.
Secretary Lane has boon Informed,
doubtless by good medical authority,
since what he says accords with what Is i
generally known In Europe, that "one I
person in every ten-more than SO years of I
ago suffers from cancer."
Put beside that statement this oUior. I
equally well authenticated, that the ra-'j
dlum treatment offers the only really j
promising euro 'for cancer that has been '
discovered, outside of the surgeon's knife,
and the Importance of guarding our ra
dium deposits against the Invasion of
greed becomes evident.
Not lens evident is the significance of
the fact that our government chemist
have discovered a process of extracting
radium that will be thoroughly tested
and which will probably prove able to
compete successfully with the secret pro
cesses employed In Kurope, where, up to
the present time, most American radium
ore has been sent for treatment
This new process, If it fulfils expect,
tlons. Is to be freely given to the world.
Monopolist may cry out as loudly as
they like against so "unbusinesslike" a
proceeding, but It will gladden the heart
be found, and there, because of the tnor
mou Initial prico of the radium, the
cost of treatment la beyond the reach of
any one except a millionaire."
Undoubtedly tho extraction of radium
Is a very costly process At tho best. But
It Is perfectly certain that the cost can
bo greatly reduced. It Is Uta certain that
tills country Is destined to- be one of the
greatest producers of radium In the
world, for already In the year1 !9t? It .put
forth three-quarters of the entire product
of tho earth. '
' . ...,.1,1 lm man
! th overturning waion """,. , .
land Pinned him to tho Rrqund. Half a.
down' of ui sprnnK fiom oUP-f"J
After murli enort. ui" n -ere
unhitched and the .vyaRon righted
nut tho man whk doad. .
In the wagon were hi. Jf nd six
children, the oldest a Hoy ot
All were safely caught In the canvas
top und escaped unhurt.
We camped ,there-not .knoWlnE what
else. to do. We, straightened
fot-m ot the dead,, a.nd' covered tho body
with a blanket.
That night the mother and the oldest
boy sat by the campflro and walcfiod the
long night away vlth 'tuelr dead. The,
star marched In folemnrocesson across
the sky. The slow, crawling night
passed. The first tjdnt flush 6t dawn
n nnnfi rl Ih the east. ' '
I lay near tho campflre. my head
pillowed oh a, saddle, and hfard the wid
owed mother anil her boy talking In low
but earnest tone. ...
"We must no tutck-we must po bark to
Illinois'. It'll the only thing. t6, do!" I
heard the mother moan.
Arid the hoy nrtawewd, "Mother, listen
to what I say wo will go oo-we will go
on. Wc know whero father wa going to
taO us-wc knpw what he .was going to
do'. We' will go on, and Wf. will .do what
h Intended to do. and. If possible, we
will do It better.- Wo will go on. '
The first burst nt pink In the east had
turned to gold. Great atreaU of light
stretched from horUon.to xeplth. I could
In the dim and !' Hsht tho hob
bled horse Rraxlng across the plain a
quarter of h mile away.
The hoy of 15 years nroee and put fuel
on the fire. After breakfast I saw that
boy get a spade, a shovel and a pick out
of tho wagon With help of others a,
grave 'was dup there -'on the pralrlo,
The dead wm rolled In a blanket that
.'Wan t'.etl about with thongs, .ofteh the
fashlon-ot tho Indiana. Mnes were taken.
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from tlin narnrSS, HUH nc-.iunriru tun
body Into thn grave.
1 saw the bpy pat down the wound,
with thi hack of the spade.
Taw him carve with, awkward, boyish
hands tho Initials of his fAther, the dato
ot hla birth and the dy of hU, death.
I raw him drive the lab. down at tho
hert of th( grave
I aw him harneM the four horses and
holp hla little brother nhd sisters into
the canvaa-eovered .wagon.
I siw him help his mother climb the
wheel a she took her place on the aeat
I saw him spring Op betide her,
I saw hlnV gather' up the line In hi
brown, slim hands, and swing tho whin
over the leader as ho gave the shrill
word of command and.turned' the horse
to the west.
And the cavalcade moved forward to
the west alway to tho west.
The boy had met calamity and disinter
H had not flinched.
In-a single .day he' had lft. boyhood
behind and become e. man. And the yeara
that followed proved him genuine.
What was It worked the change (Irlef
and responsibility, nobly met. '
Ride Yotif Baby In Ease
and Elegance
"f-pHERE goti a Sldwayl' You retognUe it t once
1 became of 111 .exclutive beauty ot design and
. vt orkroanthlp.
Examine a Sldwiyl Ttt the, gentle movement of the
:c:rial extension torinM. and You mil know vthv ltii the
omr v2oy carriage inat can not jar or shock-me eany
LOOK
lshd every scientific man In the world
by actually Isolating and weighing one of
thein excessively minute entitles.
This wa at once conceded to be the
greatest work of man since Newton dis
covered how to use Infinitesimals. These
partfele. If they could bo forced (o lie
side by side In contact Impossible by
man-then a row one llneh long would
contain WOO.OOO.OOO.OOn, They are known
to be pure electricity. They are called
electrons, and nothing exist but elec
tro in.
Impossibility of using radium because of
Its prohibitive cost. I happen to know
such a surgeon conpected with ono of
the oldest hospitals In France, who said
to me rocently;
"I think that radium can euro cancer.
But I cannot uso )t because It cost 33,0.0
franc for a little tube containing a
(light fraction of a gram, and perhaps a
dozen such tubes would be needed for a
successful application. The entire In
come of ihl hospital could not purchase
such an outfit There are only a few
rich hospitals In existence where It can
. tar m.jiiiiK
jpin; or pounce mm into ucety nervouineji. look uVBHk
a, the classy auto hopd. tie extra high back, wide ' Sk&KM
Ion? body, real rubber firci, tine, non-craclcfnfct j&mWW
Jahriko
TU Name on the Frtm of Ever? Gtaola
Jldwayt futd With On .WotUp
The tag attached to every Sidway contain! the atrongeit Guarantee ever given
with a baby carriage. Any part that weaw out. or brtaki within two years nlll be
replaced, without any conditions whatever.
. Tha tpscUl (TtU FabrikoU Ltiir mad axckuhrslr far, and uaad aseliulTaly eo, tha
. !ir:'.' 'ne,udV1 bi thU curnl, mnd In addition carries tha suuanUa of tha OuPoat
rsbrlkold Co., sole makera of Fabrutald.
Yet the cost of a Sidway to youj ii no higher than that ot many other carriages
which have not the splendid Sidway features, and aro not euaranteed.
Made in various design: by the Sidway Mercantile Co., Elkhart, Ind.
See the Sidways at
HOME FURNITURE CO.
South Omaha, Neb.
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