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11 INTERESTING , NEWS FRESH FROM BOOKLAND THE SUN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913. .. MANY FAULTY RHYMES IN VERSE THAT IS IMMORTAL I N TIIH course of a icoefit conx ervatlnn i.f which tin' principal topic, win poetry ii crlllo without fa& tell I i tatkltiK nlmul ihyini', mill thin Ih In ,i ,.t,ihco wlmt lie said, repoitcd with .! r.ilile accuracy In thu form of In il t iiiolulI'in : l tlic earlier day of jKietry rhyme w i Kiitili'il iix u fault to do nx-olded If P ninli'. II ttiift despised a raiHItnc la i1 splsed In cln.slo.l untitle nml by mod i n followcm ut t lie m.i.lei In tlio inual .1 mt. Iloinrr In tin- "Iliad" anil Vltell . i fie ".Kneld" fuiiKlit nfr rhymo with nil t ii ninthl anil skill, Tin' modern (I reck f i ik in iliyinu In this land because tliry i ,'t liilp It xvhen wllltiK thin) 1'i'titB th uf soup urecn tu an economical 1 iiscixifc, ami th lloiimli of tn-ilay In ii rh a talk III rhymo to the buyer of ii i x event Kib of peanuts for the nionkc) (V nl nil Park. Mil' it I. dlfTci'inl In the KiikIIhIi tnnitue. '. "c. inc. sometimes hard to captuic. I ei. are practically no "cihu ending:" i ' uoiiiih In that l.itiRiui.'e, and It In not ( ii'n oily considered that omphiil. Is Im i tul to mi expression by putllnir the I ' tiK xxnid at the end or at the bruin i k of a volio In n statu or In eon t mou. couplets. I hyme seems to be the especial resoit i i the lliicllsh pott... Long bi'fori' Shake hk'tiic wroto complaint had been made l iat the writings of Indirtcrtut author vi c "neither rhymo nor lenson," lndlc.it I .r that cen In thne dMys rh)inc wum e Hue si Kht compensation for the absence f rcaaon, as It Ii to-day In the works of i i.iny m.iRar.Ino tmets. So llrtnly has this H it'.on beronin llid that l.'nKllsh poets no arc criticised for faulty rhymes. It Is perhaps not loo much to say that t i Uauty of llyron't farewell to Tom Moom was enhltnced by Us faultless thyme fnlllnc on the ivmilt that bo wished to emphnslr.e. Thus Hyron took iiilnntaKu of tho cIhssIc.iI moile of cm p.iHJts In addition to tho compaiathely modern aid of rhyme Hut that many If not unl of (he liu tinrt.il poems In the Kncllsh lanKiiasn li.no not suffered becaus tiny aro faulty pi rlijmo can bo provul by a few clta- lly far the most useful poem In the 1" pl:h toiiKUe Is marred by a faulty r' xine In its most conspicuous and Ini l'i'M.int p,i.-ae. The fault Is of a nature t i it MiL'cets not the dex-1 may care rcck lene of poetic kciiIuk nor liberal lesoit t-i icietie license, but It liidicali s lather o'i fia part of the poet Inability to detect m oor et considerable faults In rhymliiK. The p.iss.iKo reads: l' ept In leap c,ir: then is the Inn Xben lVbrii.iry hulh tenlj -iilne " An Immortal epic rei ountlni! h rut -is-tioiiho thut lircMiin.ibly lesulted In Hie lb, ilh of 50 p'r cent, of the p-ison"! levolveil and In the serious Injury of the n'li. e "il p. r cent, has n ;l.u!iii,' fault e lhyire in the pust climax, wheie It -hi. t'i P't.xr an unpleasant linprcs. in .11 wb.i OnUli l.-iiloiir tbn' 1'ietn ii, d I . i y it tilile Yrt the epic 'hi Mirxixcd mil will I e pn-'Xei. The t ult appt.ns m the sublimed 1 i Kim .t pi i.f v ,i'.ei . i i k ri'ii iloi n n i I ruke bl i rou n Xi I .101 nine tiuiiliii'ic iilie- I If' nf 111' be:il Known diibi" tie imi'lns ' li Hie iiii.iimpionilsliic ilin;iiiatlsni ii ned in i built imcd Ulnil I out .wins, : .,i.. niii liixnie. and that is fal fiom '. I I bit all the leie'it poi.iii.u' ..iitiiii nf tie pin in the iilijiM turns had to do with Its seiitlui-nt mid " Hi Iti ll:i!sh In the m.ittii ofiliym , . The puctn intire la. ' u ' Inir clrln iiii't iiolna btis inlllii to sonic ti III I'll IS ..ii.. iiiusa.al a. poet an Miviiiburite -. -t jt bllrself III n p.n n of s iicul . ... cf iliie .ion h.' ' an i-Jie t i when late link ri' i' li'lic !.!' c Hati-t unil d.nM.1' i. r il uie -mrs to tne Murninu- .'il Il Ijiv. lie si 'I Ar.d In dray's "The rpltaph," the "per f l pin in." appeals the ihyni" contained .' till stK117.t xvheie be B.ls I LWS OF AUTI I0US AND THEIR WORK r.lia'o, ll.ilimxrll Xbbott. In prlva!. i.'e I'milwi riiluii'i. i.o Wife of a 3 .i II. Moss, plos'iuili. uil'lis ror le. re . i.n almost ilituely Hi outiloiu life Sin , -, i.ilh foinl of I. Jut nt. i. 1' ."P. t hi- mil hoi si'linck rlilliii; ' i'llll'' s C'iIMHI. 111111' 'I Pe'Hil" U'l I iioi i.. 'I'll. V.iHiv o! S!i I'l'ix. 'Hi Mil Pi Vi xx Vo.l. for the tit t lone in t i llilf" .xe.iis. In spite of Ills bun: In I'rai It'is-I.i anil Hue 1 lie refill lis Ills Ann: loan i it .i ' Jlllll . Mnei ,'im in cent. Tin in; i he i ,'s boxlu.od on the pralru s of the v.illi' lie hat- pia.i'l for ' i.f in a I'm Wim salon of the Scond I u lie, xxas a friend of Alcv.indic l'u ' is and Sully I'rndliomnii'. and, when toured tho capital of Km ope play list i i Miynlty nml belim entei tallied l)V Hh'i.iick In (iirmany and by Ab xutnier ' ii Itussla. diani.itlzatlon of Thomas Ilimlys i ,0 Wooilliiink'ik" was p!.ied at tho i lit HMiual p rl'iriiiaiiei in DoreliistT, sland A l.oiidoii paper, comment UK , his sliindim; xvitli bis townspio- said "III point of flU't tho plesellle i T iomas llnidy a IrKind to the teat . rid menim practically nothlliB to the i n' loii'lvstet. Its farmers, fiiclors. Iik epers, kern, plump, practical nun ,i ,ii e hard as nails nt a balK.illl i I 'il.i thetii'cltrs well,' look ilpJil nmns lliintv n the son of bis fiilhor d i ho brother of bis brother, They ' ir,w ilunlv Hint he has 'lli.ide a Kood t; nut of book IM'llllllf.' They H' I ' .1 T'lev a e in olid to knotx that " world rlnws xvltll bis fame. Hut they ' .1, If why ' i .. Ibiblliilranath Tapore bus In ell i... i .i... v,.i...i in ln fne lltei'atlll e I ! inerlcin pnbllsheis have lecelved n aiiv requests Tor Hie poet'a xxorks "'!". T.ik'oie's namn 1 ptefacid by an in, ivii supposul to Indicate his na ,, iij, us "I'lcabo lielld mo a copy ; the .levlsh xviltfl'K not "Oltau ' " Oi, "Have you itot tliat IIuhsIiiii ! ,re lali st volume"" 1 " "' would I copv o' that Arab poet's new vnl i or vuses." Itarely do they hit upon mil iialii'i'ality , , in, n S. Cobb, author of "Mr. Trimm. i I'tiuht nml other I'llKhls," has Just irueil ticni time months tour of ulaml. lln xWltnl Ituilyard KIpllliK exm esses hliniolf a much Impresseil KipllliK's lack of "side," hl ap luibleness and liutil'inlly. l, wienie II Saint's cnmpleto collec- o s-auied KtuMi ilinwIiiKu l to b i hl'ed nt the Carnesio Institute lf " i ' 'ilouy in rebiuary Mr. Saint Ih i nt ii..r ni nun Allium in a i" published book entitled 'Htiilned of tho Mlddlo Ase.) ir. Ilnqbind and i Lionel Murks (.losephlno I'reitoti i h ) whus.i l.ile.t coini'ily, "The '.c'.." if 1 1 libido," h.m Jitsl been published II 'UK'iion Mlfllln Company, recently i i.'U.l.iiK fi kiii her xx'otk beforo ii I mils nl V.m.ir ColtcRC. 0 H;. A. Illiinlns:li.iiii, In pilvato llfo ) .Id ll.mmiy, Willi (1 hack to KnK- 1 Deeeniliev It, Hfter n HilcceHsfill lour iner, "i lie will nio't 111 lioland ft '.itlon w'blrh . exiietly Hint which ins tho plol of hlii noxel. "Tim Iti'd Ini of nistei " A cull in nrnia bus ii Isnied In tin. I'lilor i i and nn enipt is beniR made to uibo iccrnlts A ii i i-i'lcii fm the preservation of HtiR ' iloxeininmil m lieland 1'iedei le Tox iseml Mm Mil's bonk of ' lty twiillivlloiis, '"llilnuH I llemem. lcr," hua met with a grout vogu In Lon Or draw hl failure from their abode, i (Thijre limy alike In tretiihllmr hupe repose) The lni.otn uf hit t-'uther anil hl flod." 1'erhap. the mint hair raisin poem amunif the slimier thrillers starts out with an Iiiiim rfi-rt thuu' In the couplet: j "IV. fl, to, funij I smell the blond f hh CiiKllihnnitit" To show Hint Hie lineiu U i.t in .l.t (., 1 bo it trM.il ulfuttoiy kklt the list of It U numi il : "He he hlixe nr be h dead I'll erttnl hi lionet to make my. bread." A thicnody f which the wall linn made tin- xicllilu xveep for ci'innitloim unnum bered ha a ihynio tint I typoi-rapldc only. Thl ha. horn permissible In Knullsh X'crso frmii the imllf-Ht linm. nml tin rexutded a beyond criticism also by the lltoraiy illlettautl of the Wentern Amerl can plains, when the Mti lanKiiaRO was the only tinlveis.il medium of rpt Khut. In thn-e ihjs of visible speech "drunk'' was an almost faultness ihyine with "noon. ' The ex.unplo of typocrnphlc rhymo In mind appeaiH In the thud mid slth eisc8 or the staniui! "Old Miithrr Itiibtiaril, Mm v.vui to t!ui upluiiiril To net her poor ittB h bone. Hut when flic But Iheto The (.iiptioard Whs hire And po tin- poor ilnir bad no'ie." Theto Is a noti ttotthy (Aaiuplo of the "punch" that mux be Impaitod to hainlc xcrse by placini; the nllniK xvonls at tlui ends of tho xvis. . . Iter the classical method. This spieiiinn should be of In terest to pods III the present period of universal peace It shoxxs how rhyme I can bp emplo.xiil not for lis oxn sake, i inn as mi auxiliary, exeii tliouxli tbn roini ami piomiucl.itlnii of one of the ilivinliii 1 xxoids bax'e to bti chanmd somvwhiit, Thoi poem tents : I , "Tlirlie la l.r nrni'd 1 1 ut t Inith bis uuarrel Jan. 'And four times he Unit pe bis blow In I I fust." I ! How dlffirent from these lapsis fioi accuiato rh.Miilim Is the lldelliy of the poet xx ho picsuiid one of tho most swiftly inoxliiK episodes ever vltaKraphed In xcrsel ith.it louhj not die. In this iiist.im perfect rhyme l xveliled to false sxntax. ! but the hitter linpt I frit Ion Is ncKliulbhi xvheii passed bv a poet of the tlist iiink. j for did not Shaki sin ale say: 'I'll tl,.lks ne,itti- il.Mit..y sine ' I Hut nothllic s.ixc th.' mux ii t'on tliat fane ihynirs wue neilous blemishes cojld hate made the other poet write- "John. John, lbs plpsr on. Stole n pic slid wj be run ' Vet in 'ontiast with this Is another Immortal poi in. binllv les nclle In ninxe ineiit, ill which th" poi t nuke no in i ounl of nlcity or ihxnn when It iiiight let.ud the swiftness of the .'pic "llt'-ksry. it'.i ke'y dm k. The moiifs run ui t!is t tu k The i k "n. k -,i i And ilu o hs , llhki, lUiV.-rj. k TVia.sdor JTciaa-r. don, and n arcoiul edilioii Ii.im Just been in luted to meet the urKont dcnninii Mr. Mnrtin b id pliinneil to le.ne London for New' Vol It on Hecember ii, bill n sudden iiervoiiH lireiilnlowii dun to overwork b.i. iiecipsltrtied 1 1 in cincellliiK all hi. plan, for the present, Will N ll.ir lUthor of "The De-ilred Woiililll," ri'iently expl.ilned why In miikeH use or the eiudo tninU lypeH of inountnlneeiH In bis noveh In piefeience to those ol' tin' ni'ir. soiil.lciiti d clt . dwcllei'M. "Tboio Ik no veil to character an thbk .ih couxeutioinillty," lie notes, "a.n i ilm moiiii'tilii lirorKl.ma aro th mot iinmaolied iiid.vldu.il. I ever met. They xx eio never ho Intciestini! us now, when liny r tin nxvlntr olf tho doRina of their foiebeiiiH and cieiitlnt; u phlloao phy for themselves." Mrs. Pfui'.i IIiiii'Ih li.o. left her retreat at I'lno l."i,-. Ha., to spend n looie nctixe wlntir. Mini will spend December :n NhhIi ville anil conies to Ni w Voik Pi January to enmiKc In llt imi'.v wink. Mr. llairls tHkes Kieat joy III Iter louulry home ul I'lim I .ok. "Theie aio n hundled acres of finest and a liuii'lnd hcicn of uieiidow," alio hiis. "t nisbl tlnl'e Is li lonely, Xi'iy dim little slai that shines nlioxn tbe ineailow ii. If It bad il Icht In Ita eye, Tlml Ih mine too, It Bun Willi the pliue. I think It . nn orphan a I nr. Tbeie are no otlieiK near It Veil rimtiot see It at ! all In New Yoili," Ili-Klii, ilil W'riclil liaiirrmiiii ni rl eil In i New Vo'l; Uii. .xeiir shortly lifter the pilblli'iil on nf bin neiv nove' "The Mplilei's Web," by Mofliit, Void ft l'u. He will pas. tbe lu'ljur pun nf the winter, a. umiil, In New Voik ami In I lie. spilnn wilt I go with Ills wife lo I ml In. piisdng the Iat-1 j i oi.ucior xTsxier ter part of the eniuilnR summer In KhrIi mlr, where he will be the truest of, certain tmtlvc families with members of which he. became friendly a couple of yc.r mo In I'ltiplillid. Cyril llarrntirt. xvho.c recent novel. I'The World' Ii.iutrhli-r." wan nrnnnunefid 0110 of the most il.ulni; but delightful of the fall noveln and tt.m banned by the British Library Association In company with Hull CiIiio'h "The Woman Thou (Inx-osl Me" mid Cnmpton McKenzle'a "Minister Btreet," has Just had u play presented nt the Comedy Theatre In Lon- 0011 entitled A I'llll'o III Illu Mill. Jir, ll.ircouit Is himself In tho cast. Kathcrlne Mynadler Dalanil. a lloston girl at piesent IIvIiir In Chicago and a Kranddnuithtcr of the Into Cnusten llroxxnn, the noted laxvyer. Is llluslrntor of one. of the seisin's novelties published by IloiiKliton Mlilllu Comp.inx. This Is a set of verses called "The HilbnN of the Hi-ll i-ltins" written by D.ivld Stevens, a collaborator of lleurtfo V. Ch.idwlck and i Victor Herbert. I Jules Uucrln'a "Housetop! of Nazareth" has been nxxanlcd the Chillies lticlt, .II., prize of $100 the one awaid made each year at the annual xviiter color show nt the I'hlliidclphla Academy of the 11 tie Alts. Hie Hxvaro is bestowed each year for the best picture made In colors for color reproduction in any Ameilc.iu pub lication. "lloitselop.1 of Nnsurcth" xxna reproduced In the colors of tho orlflnnl canx'ns In the Century Magatinn of May, 1M0, and later "as made one of the I'lKhtei'ii pmies In color In "The Holy Lain!" in Iih book foim -a. work on which lulrs (luerin and Ituberl lllchcns collalni rated. Ilonote Wlllsle, author of "The Heart of tho lcs( rt." has not found since such earnest critic ns the Western engineers and cowboys to xxhom she rend her novel In manuscript form. They xxould sit about the Hi k Hfter supper and listen while she read the story of udxeuture laid In tli-lr own lountry. On one occasion she de scribed an Im miliary cliff with n crex ice In It up which her fugitive loxeri climbed, line of tho nun spoke up, saylui: Hint he ktnxv that pl.iee. and tint It xxas Imtms sHilo to climb it. Another took up the Riiuntlet for the author, with positive iiroof that be himself had climbed the cievlce In question! Klir.a Itulmmah Hcldmor. author of Mnvn . The tlaiden or the Last," "China: The lmc I.tved Kmplre," "Winter India" ntnl other books of travel, In on her way to Japan vl.i Vancouver. Vomer Z. Heed, author of '"I be Soul of IMrls and othr.r r.as." the Cripple Cueli pold miner, tuinker, ft nil rrower and piomoter. h.is travrlled extrnslvely iiiii'iiiu the American Indians and was ii.lopted as a medicine man or priest Into the Southern t'te tilbe He till" studied (Mi rfully ntnl published some of their b Kin Is. beliefs Mild laws. (Julte apart fiom this, however. In- wtote a pute to 'iiinici' xi'lth an Indian baekxroiiii'l, and wiH lecently much chairrlned to tin 1 that this is IhIiik taken ns true Indian loie. Miss Kather'iie S. Dieter, the trnns lator of the "1'iison.il llenilieclliins of , Tho-m. utrior o Vincent Vim DoKh," established n post RniiiiiatH course In mural painting, alalneil Kins", xxihmI cm vlna, pulychriime sculpture and iilbef ail. conneiled with the decora tlml of pulillu buildings ami co'tly lious.n. It lu akin lo the schiiiillnu which till National Nculptnr. SmMety ll.l.. ulxm for two veai-H iiml tho Atclll- 1 li'i till ,ll l.i.ll!il.i tnr (.iin.lili nililv loliuce. Tim ninnaeinent of the atelier thus Ftai led Is in the haiul. of Ml Peeler, Willl.im l.aunl llanin, Aitlutr Crisp mid MIsh Ida 1'ioper, All lniulrlea ,hoiild be aililiesseil lo Mies 1'iopii at l"'. l''lfth iiveiiue. Nevlii , Winter, tin' author of sexi-ral popular xoliuueH on Mexico, (iimti main, t'hlle, Arm'titlnu and llinzll, was ono of tlio principal spe.ikeiH at the Latin Amerl cm cimfei i lien lecenlly held at I'l.iik rnixeislt.x, Woicistee, Mass. Two bonk by Mi. Winter, recently published, are "The ItiiHiilitu !!mpln nf To-day und Visleidiiy" and "I'ol.iiid of To.day und Vi Hletday." Ilyiiui A. Ii'iinn, who." boys' story ".Sun mlmr VtckBbueR,'' bus Just been KNAVE OF HEARTS lly 111 III H HTMONH. Ih'R, llit ilur. 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Kllla that he had led to pemiadu hlx father to take a fivant. but the old Kentleinan. then early 0, replied, "I can lake care if n-elf ae well n ou call of youraelf. I xxon't.bave h rrrx'.int " I'hirbi I'ttin- Adam therefore ii.Ked r Villi, in K after bl father They xvent to il- r on the Mattery mid lout h mrire, i room tosetber. Mr. Adam, xi uud ixe i tile lit xx .i. -Voxembir), but In elted on havlnr Ih" window xvlile op) n fter they xxcie both In lied Mr Adum . mid begin Mori), nml Imrrnte nil Mots of experience full "f fire nml vleor nml I r Kill, aald, most ntmilnc, eo that hi' bud to muff the sbeet In hi. mouth p. r exitit himself from io.it inc xxitb Inueb tr ftir t.i kleir Mime t in. Mr Ad. mis '.AUTHOR TELLS WRITES OF me. it seems to me lhat there bit tjll ilHis III Ih) mill. I no ill tile people xvho create biJ i mil hi-. i'i,. who MitTei frmii Ml ii l d I t'- .l'id tin people who stills Kb ') blllili .ilmlll .1 lii.ttif Htilte of .(! f.u o s j Il.ii rn ' T ('oiutiu I,, mi in.- of th "I xx hiti ' In tbe iMiutberii (mountain ili.tra t. These pcnplH IlKiid prominently in Mi Com. tuck', new 'i' v,l. " Son of tin Mill.," Jut pub 1 olied b I i ubleil.iv. Pane it' Co. Ilf-Ksi i ilinir lu r int. ic.t in tin "pom white-." Mt. ComMock sax.. "They are! the HHiri!ii peiiph' l ,ier .aw In my life,' and I b.ive diiiie aoni,. .ettlemeut xxork on 1 the liasi Side In New Voik and lu tin I I rer siitlon. of llmoklyil ton The (lass of which I speuk are defectlxe butti mentally und ph nlcall . They do put, live. They Just bale! exist. . "Of course there aie nil kind. In the! lUeced Mouutnlns, just n. then mc In other districts but tin problem of the I I mo.t wretched one tint Is the most dra- uiaiic i in y no nut kixnv tile first prin ciple, of IIvIiik. Their diet I. Itninssble, the hnu"en are mere boxels, and the le suits of careles liitermnrrlaire nrc np parent In defective cblldten on every bund, Of coliise tlien In vicious (!'. nietit, but It Is nesutlxe inlhei' than osltixe. I kninv of one xxieteliei) bouse vliereln llxed three xvoinen an the wives of one mm. Ilul It I. more a iiuestio'i of living: nf nutrition and work Not only niti.t they be tatichl to farm and to carry on trades, but they must be taught what to eat and how to piepnre It. They must he laiinht thnt their cabins neeil window and other fundamental of sani tation. "And yet." she continued, "their pride I. one of their most oiitstnudlliit rli.it lift eristics. That Is one reason why thev are ueh an Interctlne atndy They are full of Ihn most iniexepeeted coiitr.ulie. lion, lu character. "They cannot be taken fiom their mountain country They are Intensely loyal to that and tn each other. And o'f coiirHo their shnesa make. It all the more traale, for they resent excry attempt to help. "Vou e 1 liny nee deconded from the i beet American alock, tb early Vlrsllila I settlers, Including: Scotch, linallsli and Irish. That Ih why tiicv presented such l tremendous ciportunltlr for a novel. They are not na we nfteii think of them, simply sodden, alilflleaa outcast with liolhlliK In them nr back nf them to hold them up. Thoy have all tho posnlbllllle for nmklnif Rood cltlKAti and It only need tho light kind of help to make them aueh," Mr. Coniatock was asked If any of the character In her book were drawn dliect from life, I "Not dlrocl from life," elm unawered. ! "for of coiirso the needa of my etory bail I ... ......... A... . . 1..., I.. .1 t. .. ... -a !u i-iuiii' iimi, itui iii inn i-iiitiaeier Ol Handy I bad In mind Samuel Miller, founder of the Miller Manual Labor School of Albcinarh) county. Never did I rend a inn re dramatic story than tho atury of Mr, Mlllei' llfo and desperate HtruRRle. 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FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSTORES JOHN LANE COMPANY, Publishers, NEW YORK would my, "Now It le tune to ko to .)ep and I imi Bolng to s.iy my pmyers I rliall fcay hIhu tbe xcrfe my mother tatial me wb"n .i child I baxo nexvr fa I led t n peat It ixery nlclit nf my life 1 b.nc fti.ld It In llotliind, I'riis.lu, Hii-ilx. Kni: Innd, WiisliliiKton and Qtllncy I any It out loud nlxviiya and I don't mumble it. either." Then be xxould lepeat In a loud, clear X'olcei Now I lay nie down to i-leop ' ' '"At about 5 A M Mr Xd.'imn xw.u aile and. n xxond rirt be'tii: Inld xx..iin' Kit from bin trunk fin old f .ihl moil tu !- Ikh be il'-splM-il the leiently llivnl. i liielfer m.Ki lie.- iinil xxniild utrlke n lis' kindle the fire iiml light Ms candle. Tin i be xxould etrlp, place n basin of xx-nter ). the llmir olid s iinve lilmrif . ir . r .f t -" fiom bend to fimt, thin, p.iiti.ill) ibc-eil It down b the lire, idmi. th,.' 11,1. ' ,.r Ii ) Utiles .'iiv I. hi1il''ic the build. ixfiiiMinl n l''in In ol ills lr.it,' . i t.i 1 1 r , ' ("llldle tin. fi . WHY SHE "PORE WHITES i In till- ixnv (be bn be.lld 111., hum.,,, . ,1 I'm. ii. .1 'i it I! il kl'M ll - i ciear. i (mti'iioiIiu; all ,,n..ii... n. i ' lined to iiuike hi. w it wit, ,,(, , blotlni, John, to tin ill. tin t i-. i I I" tb it the upMiird e'liph b.'i; in Th) bint final' In i im. i i,.;i mi, i, , 1 1 1 1 j- in l.x bin k, V.i At .liilui M. lb r. death S,', d. 1 intlellteil ilHO. I, i,i, tin n lie mw a w ,x clear to tipitcrlHHun hie xism.i t "The Miller Mann. I l.,i..r s. I.. ml th.. i outcome To thi. n'lnati ,,.' in.- . h ;,i.ii 'of the -pnnr white tnt-h w el.i mil .1 ,i',d ii'itb'tstooil. In ixix the iii.i.n bull. Inn Ha. dedicated nml t w . nt. .nn,. box a ad mitted lu isxl Hlrls wue r..'. ixt'tl ami tuixv thero Is h tula! nf ,,,r ;:,u i'iv tins llltle people am hiti-ctl. prupeilv )'iotlnii and fed a'.il itivi ii nt n a.din Uim Pnife..Muiis ma tudcs aie uiub' inn! I'Ven the 1 1 it 1 1 witb'tl let., or nr nt ilie mountain In,, hi. char.. 111- on., ttt.it' Is Miiiitht and when fiaiml i uiilired "Tile Miller Mhnnl st.inde like a III nail (.atew.ty npenlllE Into the Promised l.l:. l. but the lost elllldlill or Hie bill. XMilt'd liexer tlml Hole wa.x to II. Tin v bail to be reached l y nthei intaiis, i onl i nili ,1 In other wiis. Afcdn on,' whh iiiimiI up to l ad others to tbe rescue Prom IbiKl.uid entile a man xvitli it xlslon as ibar as Samuel Miller's. With a biitkcroiind nf cult'iie and tellurium!, s, .'kltm Imulih In 1 lie new lain! but offcrluK bis mixIci. Iiiciiuse In ne a horn leuler he cuulil tut' stninl Itlle. l-'iederlcli W Nxe lixint.x live eai nr,o iircrpteil tin pastorate of a tiny cliuicli nt ixy Hill. a . ami hmiin xxhat Iiroxid to be a xxoiideiful work Not content xvitli the service be lendend lu 111 nwn little piiilsh, Mr. Nexe on liomc bark nr on font fotintl Ills wny lnlo tie ilieaileU ircr.seH of the mountain. A.1 InK fur loud nml Hbellii lu the pom home be sunn licipin to utiiletHt.iinl tbe pitiful III'.'. Is or the people. He won their confident e and urficllon. he was then cbuinplon ami timlax sluml.. loyalty on gllliril xx henever u d.iliKer nrlsis out nl serlou. uihnihttcrHtiindthK of tbcsi' inouii tain pruptc. "Nexrr niulecllnir tbe xxink of hi., own church uud people, Mr. Nexi he Is now aicluleacon alwu.xs a man of ilellciite pbv(uc, otKiinled a kXhteni or Hthoois and chapel In the U.iKui'.l MouiitniiiH which Ih not only hiimaiiilai Ian to tin. hltihvHt demeu but wondci fully coir.pte beiislxo uf the peculiar lieedH of the pen- i pie. He ha denned out many a linnnei- huh spot hldili'li amoiiK tbe hill, mill luavelv rnnfeonted pctsonal danaer In I hi ifforla tn iniikii life safer for the Innocent, Naturally the wink urexv l Ijoinl the human possibility Of rxen such a dexoled innii as Mr. Neve. Then be . aeiit hi call doxvii fimii the hill to the ! villi of tho Ninth und South. In trply raine youiiK college tueti tired wlih en Ihulasiii nml trained women wIihm gen lie nnluriH und yenrnlni: devotlun made tlu lr service of untold value." In tin lung time that Mis, CinnMivU spi nt in 111.' Ilagged Mountains elie be. came familiar with the many hiiiersl tlotis x Il 1(1 1 t lml HCtil l7i the people. As one Instance she cite u mini xvho tied il piece nf stick on the top of hi heud bv 'a atrip ff cloth In order to cine himself of a "dropping palate," Another .xoiitu; man siirrt iliiu from froren feet bouiitl ilii nienibei'H lu tbe skin of rabbits kllltd In the dark of the moon, and a an lidded remedy u eiooked penny ivn buried In Ihu northeast, xvliero Ihe water fiom the cave would drop on It. OF THE WORLD "Tho art is perfect, and i-o is liu1 mornIit.y, to those of sufficient knowledge of life to judge it." t.n 'nn Ann. THE GARDEN WITHOUT WALLS By Contngaby Damson Clh p'inlir.f, SI r.cl "Xivit did lu rt) find him Mlf t lit ndoivd of tlirop niori.' iMU'ImiUini,' hero ints." 'Il" li' i'V H'lmt THE GARDEN WITHOUT WALLS Dy Conltijtahy Dawson 6'h pn'fi'irf, 15 mt "Tho most enjoyable fii-st novel sinoo Do Mor gan's Moscph Yatu'i'.' " .. It. Ki nor in ,. 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