The Forrest City times. [volume], May 18, 1906, Image 10

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THEIR FIRST
QUARREL
to JAKES B'lllMTO*
tCesrrlgbt, by Joseph B. Bowie®.)
Mua Pinkerton always made a point
#f being down early for breakfast
when ibe was a guest.
On ibis occasion, however. Mrs
Henshaw was close upon her heels.
She bad been described by a fellow
woBian as "ridiculously pretty snd
aKsurtHy in lor? with her husband.'’
“Good morning. Miss Pinkerton
Stunt and kelp me sort th- 1- rs. w..:
ytmT~
Mia® Pinkerton w.is only too de
lighted.
“Tbey seem to be nearly all for your
husband.” she said "1 don’t want to
he inquisitive, my dear, but do you
wed all the letters your husband re
eeiTua from hi? old sw*-c-hearts
Young wives are proverbially sensl
t've. and in the face of this question
Mrs. Henshaw was almost upset. But
•he showed a smiling front, and
evened one of her >••• r
“This is f'om Kate—Mrs. Trary
She used to be my great chum. She
write* such nice letter-. Just listen to ;
this: ’My darling Grace, if you can tear
yonmelf away from the partner of
your joys and sorrows, who will, I
dare say. manage to exist without you
Jor *. bit, I should like you to come
and lunch with me to-’morr w
♦ Wednesday) at 1:30. If you come I
xsr prepared to overlook your com
parative negiee* of me since your mar
riage. If you don’t, beware! Yours
wver. Kata.’ ”
M-ss Pinkerton’s face softened.
“1 suppose you never have a game
with Jack,” sh? suggested, almost t!m
Ttlr. "get him into a little temper,
tpr instance, just for the pleasure of
’3Sd“*eiving him the next moment.
He would think you quite clever If.
Ssr instance, you succeeded in fright
•Ibr him with that letter."
“Prightenlng him. how° I really
don’t—”
“Why. don't you see” Read the let
her atou-1 again!"
Mrs. Henshaw did so, but still
ir*»k?*j bewildered.
“Stupid! stupid! Just knock out
Mg' word 'Grace* and you have a roost
O OkT‘
**ST\ I IIr STt'!*!L>
Atiightfo’ ovc .tr>-: from ,.n unknown
■»OiU-CL..
Mr' Uensh&w began to see. The
Sw» «a» silly, but after all if it would
>1m» this somewhat difficult creature,
wfcai barm was there in it? And Jack
wtiuid only be .■ bit astonished for th
aw unc ni.
Meanwhile Jack Heushaw. blissfully
stnttr^m of what was in store for
Vm. prof ceded quietly with his toilet.
Misj Tinker; a had got ujx>n liis
serve's, and he rather regretted that
bis wife had thought it necessary to
send her the Invitation she had so
{•er'istvnily "fi'hed" for ever since
Jw\v had returned from then honey
SWTKJtii.
Jack Henshtw was by no means
■inLi, and his foot had hardly crossed
tlw threshold of his breakfast-room
hefote he scented something decided
ly ar,usual in the manner of his wife
and her guest.
' What in the name of a)! that's
wonderful Is the matter this morn
s'.*?” ho said.
At that his wife, who had never
frowned upon hint since tneir mar
gave him a look which he found
t&iffknu to analyze, and which left
hum oven more bewildered than before.
Then she rose hurriedly from the
tahb* and went to the window, only
presenting to her husband's aston
Vh-*1 gaze the' spectacle of a pair of
Ahou'ders heaving convulsively.
“It's about a letter," she sobbed.
“Read It," exclaimed Miss Tinker
tea
A piece of paper fluttered to the
toot. and in a choking voice came the
words:
** 1—I can't. ’
•Then I must.” Miss Pinkerton
■picked up the paper and stood con
fronting Jack with the air of a tragedy
qeeen She noted with some disap
pointment that her victim was to all
tnteats and purposes quite calm. She
*ad pictured his face turning to a
greudsh hue. but on the contrary it
«us quite bright and animated.
T«r wife opened one of your let
•*vs by accident,” she began, unblush
ajgty, ”jnd these are the wicked
wonts which shattered her idol and
citepaiied all the dreams of her youth."
Mits Pinkerton then read the let
uar. with a dramatic e:irnestness very
arb in contrast with the feminine
lastly ce the- writer.
*30/ S*r'iP.g Jack (pausa) If you
an tearyo r>- ' jt«t from the gar*
uer of roar Joys and sorr * - who wilt
I dale say, manage to exist without you
far a bit, I should like you to come
and lunch with me to-tnorrow
j <Wednesday) it lt3P If you come 1
am prepared to overlook y ;r com
parative neglect of me since yeur mar
riage !f you d ot- beware' Tours
ever— I suppose I need not read *he
name in your wife's pre-sen e, Mr.
Henshaw!" cos.laded Miss Pinkerton,
and then she gave something like a
ga.'P
For the effect of the le*‘e- on Jack
had been marvelous. His cigarette was
discarded His callous smile had
changed to a sickening look of shame.
When he stood up he actually shook,
and his lips apparently framed words. 1
though for some time no sound came
from them. At last he spoke, but his
voice was hollow and scarcely recog - j
nirable.
* N •, it Is not ne e--ary to read the
name." he said, with a shiver.
He walked -a..wly over to the win
dow with drooping bead.
Grace ha i turned to him with a look
of w .er and alarm which deepened
as he spoke.
l> i my n cor, Grace," he said. ,
"I uaa.-t understand this. I assure '
you I have given this—this girl no :
enc uragement that < raid induce her
to write a letter like this after my
marriage.'’ His wife had dropped the
flimsy mask that she had worn ncne
too well, and confronted him with a
pale face She could find, however,
nothing to say, except to repeat his |
last words. !
"After your marriage; what do you
mean?"
Jack made an idiotic attempt at jocu
larity. jingled some money in his
pocket, and feebly laughed.
“".Veil, of course you know that a
man isn't an-werabie to his wife for
his pre-nuptial flirtation-."
Mrs. Heashaw's self- atrol was j
breaking down ucdc-r t' e weight of
her discovery.
With a sudden access of pardonable
fury, and forgetful of the part she had
been playing:
ho is shc^ \\ ha: s her name?
Jack turned from the window with j
a ! >ok of astonishment, and muttered !
disjointed!}’:
' H-r name! Why surely! The let
ter! Miss Pinkerton read it! By
George, though, she didn't read the
name!” Then, with the eyes of both
women upon him, a look of horrid en
lightenment suddenly tame into his
face.
"Great Jupiter, her name. Do you
hear? Tel! me her name at once!
Which one was it?”
There was complete silence for the
space of ten seconds. * Jack Henshaw
counted them bv the clock. Then Mrs.
Henshaw rushed out of the room in
•ears. Jack turned to Miss Pinker
ton, who had remained silent
throughout, and now looked really
frightened.
' What will she do?” he a.-ked, ex
citedly.
“she would probably go to her moth
er,'' she said, in some alarm, "un
less—"
But Jack did not wait for the alter
native.
"That's what i feared! It's the more
exasperating because 1: will bring
your visit to such a sudden conclu
sion. Of course you will understand.
If my sisters were here it would be
differ,-n-. j suppose Grace will go at
once Ml fetch a cab! ’ And before
she could stop him he was at the
front door blowing excited double
bh, - s on a cao whistle
Then he summoned a maid.
Miss Pinkerton finds she has to
leave us suddenly. Will you please
help her to pack?”
Before the astonished spinster
t nil find breath • > reply she was
bundled out of the room with more
basic than dignity.
Jack rushed tip to his wif. s room,
three steps at a tint**. A very tear
ful "Come in" answere: his knock,
and m a very few moments Jack Hen
thaw had dismissed the idea that he
was the injure.! person and was fully
convinced that he was the hardest
heatted scoundrel living. His con
duct was quite unjustifiable, but he
could at least palliate it.
" i ou see, I Know you wore hav
ing me." he explained, rather lamely;
"I also Knew, or rather, guessed, that
the letter was from Kate Tracey.
I was beastly severe, I know, but I
i couldn't think what you were driv
ing at. You know my old penchant
for amateur acting; I saw the possi
bility of the situation, and couldn't re
sist it. And dear Miss Pinkerton—'’
“An! Where is she? 1 had quite
forgotten her' It was her mad idea.
A great scheme for making you ridicu
lous. Ridiculous, indeed'"
“Tnat reminds me," said her hus
band, going to the door, “dear Miss
Pinkerton thought she would leave
us. In fact, her cab's at the door now.
No! don't trouble. I ll see her out
and tell her you are too upset. 1
want to have a last word with her, as
I don’t « xpect we shall see her aero
again. The atmosphere is too dra
matic for her dairy-fed cons' tut ion.
Miss Pinkerton, for the first time in
her life looking rather "sheepish," w .s
:n tli l'.aii. and the cat wet- at the
door.
Ja-.K handed her In politely, and
took the keenest interest in the ar
rangement of her luggage.
"1 am so sorry you have to leave
■ so toon," he said. "but I quite sym
pathize with your feelings. Dy-;he
nva. there was an empty envelope it
Kate Tracey's handwriting on mj
pl.t > this morning. Do you happen
to know—”
But the cab had started.
The British military force now to
South Africa costs $4tia.t>00 a week, ll
is officially stated.
I
EASY LESSONS IN
DRAWING
By FREDERICK RICHARDSON
( !r3ftJC*or .r. - G*ia.rc« & *' ? r* At
'i J rtg&l» l»J - t. bc« N*.)
A prevKms article show*-.! the ap
plication of tb» working method, as
so far followed to decorative draw{
Inc. In the same way the present
articb- will show bow drawings by
symbol ferm# ma> je taker, out of
door-i and be is. u as the basis of an
interpretative working from rature.
Success d* per. l.ac more upsn un
der'tanling the working method of
rc lacing and employing the symbol
It s.ipp* - i th a tr ch clearer
understanding of : point of view
has resulted frees s: iy r. the inter
vening time and that a targe amount
f fro-. ; m and s : . in ira« ag has
resulted.
X.tc far X.ifare W::k
Heretofore tfct ng has l eer, al
most wholly cr a*:ve O;;eo:s have
after vi-servat: n -r. reduced to
slmj-lt f rs- an ; ~ nto pic
forms than upon particular skill in
objective drawing it were well for ,
the pupil or teacher to review the
carle r articles which suggested going
out of doors to find the tree, tiie rock,
hill “r other forms to be reduced to
w-.ri r.g symbols for combining into
pictures. All th.it was sai I on study
ing the character of trees so that a
simple shape would suggest the par
tieuiar tree to be pictured should he
k< p; m minis.
' s tHat fn -dom and beauty of ex
Pr< ssloa might i>>- acquired. Now the
‘ ;i'ii c,v ■ < ut tti nature and accepts
1 : r combination and sets forth his
inrrelation by that expression.
T ne i ri s nt article is suggested '
J”: vacati°n or out ot door work la
Benefit!, and is a step toward objec
i’>e drawing as rt'ated to the fore
going work. Let us suppose the ord- I
nary case of the pupil in the public
school and not deal with the excep
tional advantages of the few who can
seek unusually picturesque localities.
Most city boys and girls spend the
summer at home, with only parks or
the suburbs available for picturesque
material, or a short run in the ad
jacent country, and thus it is a matter
f nice selection and appreciation
v. ■ h which we arc to deal. It may be
a c ns n to them that it pcs
s to .lo more with a back yard
with much appreciation than with the
Rockies or grand canyons without it.
So the locality need not concern the
pupil so much as his artistic sensi
bilities.
Variety of Treatment.
Wherever the motif la found, be it
in park, country or back yard, by
river or s* a, let it stand as a study
n t to be exhausted by one presenta
t: n but a* a source of inspiration
in the inexhaustibility of artistic in
terpretation The same clump of trees
in the veiled morning Is not the same
under the deep shadows of noon, and
th-. unit t of 'iiinv is net the same
as the mysterious mass of shadow at
night. A gray day does not present
the same colui masses as a sunny
day. and so on through all the changes
that nature puts on to interest with
her untiring variety.
Not only is there variety in the
change of nature, hut there is the
variety of the ixdnt of view from
which she is veiwed. This is the
itr. - scale of proportion that is to lie
tried, and the drawing of the same
clump of tr. s and ixmd or river or
fence with the horizon high or low,
the picture upright, square or long
and narrow, with all the degrees be
tween. The cutting off of the top ;
line that the foreground may be aug 1
mented, the experimenting with the.
placement < f the principal group to ;
this or that side, or the center, in fact, '
every consideration of the chosen j
motif should be tried, not only for I
the variety, but as the best wav to
s proportions, to exercise fer
tility of invention and to guard
against that tiresome fault-conven
tionality.
Beauty in Haystacks.
Or- of the great landscape painters
of France painted two haystacks |
under such different aspects. His ex
hibition was of great interest from j
the nature student's point of view and
from tk artist's There was a score
or mort > f canvases from January
to Decmtii r. from dawn to night. The
haystacks were painted through mist
and rain, under frost and sun. some j
an hour apart ,n the moment of their
presentation and others months. It
seemed as though the artist had never
wearied of showing how many phases
of beauty his subject could take on.
and his exhibition showed that he did
not weary the onlooker, for one went
our this calendar done in haystacks;
with untiring delight in tin- changes
and variety.
If we present a subject ns every
one else has presented it there is lit
value in out pi The
story has been told before and we are .
repeating it. But if we take, no mat
ter how commonplace the theme, a
subject that has been told again an J J
again, and give it in a new light and
a new !r> -s we at once claim the at
tention. Tills is I!.- art.st't !a:rn to j
recognition that he -h >w- ear own
world through new eyes
Treat Subject Thoroughly.
It is meant that the student take
whatever mat. rial he may have and
pursue it to that end that he finds
Interest in the study of proportion. !
placement, butane- and color, which
must come u that artistic u mperm*
mom is cxistant.
Let the prop it. r; <f each mass of
trees, ground, pond or whatever else
compost s the picture he weighed and
tried. Li t the ground he as two
thirds to tii* sky a- tht. , lift!.-, as
four-fifths. Let the sky pr- dominate.
Try proportions of a fifth of
sky. a fifth of dark tret s to three- !
fifths of half-tone ground. Vary
the intensity of these with the propor
tions. it will be seen that the pur
pose is nut the treating of Hie sub
in i.s many ways as possible for
the sake of producing a quantity of
! pictures, but by seeking to produce
j the motive in every way in which it
seems to obey harmonious expression,
to cultivate the perception for beauty,
to the point of finding beauty in the
most unpromising material.
To-Day's Illustrations.
The illustrations show on. mo iv<
treated from different points of view i
and under various conditions as so
| forth in this article.
Indian at West Point.
Pan! Knapp, ,. halt-breed Pouawato
niie 1 n >» ars , 1. has bt ■■■ u ppoint e t *c
a West Point . det-hip by President
Roosevelt. Voting Knapp was bori
t for years hi
livt . with his - rents in Beat n Har
ber. v.l.e; i.e : eived the great parj
' f l.is tin a lion in tii • public s hoots.
Lattr he went to the Haskell institute,
. -i mol ! r in ns in Lawrence, Kan
L->»» A- c- la returned to Bentot
» 1 r I: i l.a- been icing >uoh vrori
' l|- l ... a;.. , J.,,
wr. o ■ . Indian Commissioner Leupp
"■* 1 interf st. i in him, and the
t
president.
Khedive's Escort.
°n a r- •< nt J tirney from AKxat- i
d .a to ti e oasis of Siwa, the kit'd ivt \
d Egypt was is. inrd ly ,-lght KiA'P |
":ar* d.diers. one coachman
-even protons, three rooks, four serv’ j
at. t ,vo let, * pitchers. one farrier.'
five camtlmen. :.n amt 1 drivers, four
■ ' - nn i ■ Bedouin , amel drivers
lie i*> were 44 horses. .12 dromedariet
tot i bo camels for his highness' po»
s0nai service and 240 ..amels supplia
ty Bedouins for t:au*y,:t service.
WASTED TO_A
But Found a Cursor Fi{.
of Suff»rin„ “ Y,*«
A. II. Stotts, messing*.;.' if ,v
Capitol, Columbus, 0 m-,. v“e8 js
'JZSZ’Z
act 2ft
cure, i h.,7 »
backache,,
i“1a he,’*, a
ble urinary
d',r,3 On? >
<»l‘apsej. feJ*y ■
«as:e(i away in bed for
After being given up, I b “ ***
Doan’s Kidney Pills. in a®“
months I regained mv ol l w *
and now weigh 1SS p',Unfls t ^
boxes did it, and I have bJT
two years.’’ J'ea *s5
Sold by all dealers. 50 cm*
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, X
LITiRARY FITTER
Perclva: Gibbon, ' the well-kB„«
author, began life as a cab,a *
and i3 young yet with a ckanc, J
adding M. P. to his name. ®
Andrew Lang n< wrote to Is**
Zangwill to a. k him to take pa
an author's reading for the beneHta
a charity and received in reply ^
following laconic me. age: •if't,
will—I, Zangwill," ^
One hundred pounds was gwn u
London for a first edition of Di**.
Dt-fo- s I he Life an<* Surprising Ai
ventures of Robinson Crusoe" uy
together with "The Farther Adv*
tures,” issued in the- same vea,-”
Thomas Hardy, the novelist,*!,,
little b >y when !. • ier gave ta
a copy of Dry I n's "Virgil." She toot
great pains with his education, a*
had him taught Latin a: 12, and u
the age of 15 he received his hrs
lesson in French from a governess.
Bliss Perry, editor of the Arlan*
monthly, has been appointed to i
professorship in English literature in
Harvard college, a chair which iai
remained vacant since 1S06, at;
which before that t:nie was occnpui
by George Tichn r, Henry Wads
worth Longfellow and James Russtil
Lowell.
Lafcadlo Hearn is residing In Xw
Orleans and doing some work. Hi
v>rit"s ' I nrn living ia a rntned
cr, de b- use damp brick w alls green
w ith age. zigzag cracks running don
the facade, a gr-at yard with torch#
plants and cacti in it; a quixota
horse, four cats, two rabbits, thru
dogs, five gK'si' and a seraglio d
hens—all living tog, ;aer in har
mony."
SAYINGS OF THE TOTS. /
“Mamma.' said ..tt.v Ethel, who wa
looking a, the ; . tares in a SuBOf
school beck, "how do the angels gi:
their right gown* on oter their
wings?”
”1 think papa . r.i mamma likes the
baby better than they do me,' aid
lour-year-old B.- -te to the visitor,
" ’cause he lets cm do just as they
please. ’
“Tommy,” said the teacher, “don’t
you know better than to talk aloud a
school?”
“But what is a feller to do?” quer
ric-d Tommy. ’ Y , said the other dat
1 mustn't whisper '
It was the ro.I of distant thumitt
that cau.-ed lift’.--* Margie to observe
“They must be >amng house a
beavers t
“Why dr> you th.uk so, dearT'ask«
her mother.
"I hear the arp- movin' fte fura>
ture around." rep.: i Margie.
ST HAY STATISTICS.
rhe av< of si k*** B
L .man life i- ter. : : 3 per annum,
Only one «*-up. m over 11,000 at*
to celebrate th-ur ad wedding
British South V has a gofti*
tiou of 1,132,750 whit- people and
3uS,355 negroes.
While Euro 1 -• has :• 7 people to 2'
square mile, As.a hr,: but 58, Africa
an 1 Australasia on- and one-ha!* ^
During the lifeir.w ■ t a health} »*•
she will lay from •> ' ' 500 eggs
be-t laying capart.y is durng her
ond year.
In France, out of e j
itants 123 are 111 r- ft
us against 73 iu 12.. -
Germany.
It is stated '.In' t
225,000 miles of i..-up
tom of the sea. Each —
f 1,000 to lay.
TRANSFORMATIONS.
Curious Results When Coffee
ing Is Abandoned. ^
It is almost as hard for acoU«
toper to quit the use . i1 ‘lS j.0j
a whisky or tobacco fiend to 1 .
except that the coffee user*acA
fee and take up Pcstuin Ft-’ ^ ^
without any feeling of a i
morning beverage, for when g
«C1 b„,i. I an,I *:-■*-TiS*
Is really be tier in poln.
most of the coffee served nt ^3
and to the taste of the conn
is like the flavor of fine Java- ]acejj
A great transformation ta 0
the tody within ten days or *^
after coffee is left off and 0 -‘^pol
Coffee used, for the reason tsa^
sou to the nerves has been on^
and in its place is ta’iien,'?aC3enSc*
contains the most powerful
nourishment. mAP10*
it is easy to make this ^
these statements by changt
fee to Postum Food Coffea
"There's a reason.