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THE TJMES DAILY SERIAL STORY.
ONE WAY OUT
CHAPTER XVII (Continued).
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UCH things made me glad In
another way for the change
which had taken her out of the
old life where such qualities
were lost and brought her down here
where they counted for so much.
These people stripped of convention live
with their hearts very near the surface.
They don't try to conceal their emo
tions, and so you are brought very
quickly into close touch with them.
Kuth herself was a good deal like that,
and so her influence for a day among
them counted for as much as a year
with the old crowd.
In the meanwhile I resumed my night
school at the end of the summer vaca
tion, and was glad to get back to it. I
had missed the work and went at it this
newt winter with increased eagerness to
perfect myself in my trade.
During this second year, too, I never
relaxed my efforts to keep my gang up
to standard, and whenever possible to
better it by the addition of new men.
Every month I thought I increased the
respect of the men for me by my fair
dealing with them.
I don't mean to say I fully realized
the expectations of which I hal
dreamed. I Suppose that at first I
dreamed a bit wildly. There was verv
little sentiment in the relation of the
men to me, although there was some.
Still 1 don't want to give the Im
pression that I made of them a gang
of blind personal followers such an some
religious cranks get together. It was
necessary to make them-see that it was
"" men imeiesi 10 wont xor me anu i
With TTlft. nnil thnt T 'HM !
I made them see, also, that In order
to work for me they had to work a Uttle
more faithfully than they worked for
others. So it was a straight business
proposition. ,
What sentiment there was came
through the personal Interest I took in
them outside of their work. It was this
which made them loyal instead of
merely hard working.
It was this which made them my gang
Instead of Corkery's gang a thing that
counted for a good deal later on.
The personal reputation I had won
game me new opportunities of which I
took every advantage this second year.
It put me in touch with the responsible
heads of departments. Through them I
was able to acquire a much broader and
more accurate knowledge of the busi
ness as a whole.
I asked as many questions here as I
had below. I received more intelligent
answers and was able to understand
them more Intelligently.
I not onlv learned prices, but where to
get authoritative prices. As fu as pos
sible. I made myself acquainted with
the men working for the building con
structors and for those workine for
Arms whose specialty was the tearing
down of buildings.
I used mv note-book as usual and en
tered the names of every man who. in
his line, seemed to me especially valu
able. And everywhere I found that mv ex
perience with the cang was well known.
I found also that mv tendency for ask
ing questions was even better known. It
passed as a 1oke In a good minv cases.
But better than this, I found that I
had established a reputation for sobri
ety. Industry, and level-headednes. I
can't help smiling how little those
things counted for me with tli- United i
Woollen, or when I sought work after
leaving that company. Here they count
ed for a lot.
I realized that when It came time for
me to seek credit.
In the meanwhile I didn't neglect the
flcht for clean politics In mv ward.
I resiened from the presidency of the
voung men's club at the end of a year
and we elected a voting lawyer who was
taking a great Interest in the work
down .here to fill the .vacancy. Tha.t
was a Ine selection. The man was
fresh from the law school and was full
of Ideals which dated hack to the May
flower. He hadn't been long enough In
the world to have them dimmed and
was fullv of energy.
He took hold of the orlclnal idea and
developed It until the organization In
cluded every ward in this section of the
cltr He held rall'es every month and
broucht down blc speakers and kppt the
sentiment of the voungsters ted hot.
This had Its effect upon the older men.
and before we knew it we had a ma
chine that looked like a real power in
the whole city. Sweeney saw It. and so
did the bigger bosses of ooth parties.
But the president kept clear of alliances
with any of them.
He stood pat with what ptomlsed to
be a balance of power, ready to swing
It to the cleanest man of either party
who came up for office.
I made several speeches mysolf, though
It was hard work for me. I don't run
to that sort of thing. I did It, however,
just because I didn't like it, and because
I felt it was the duty of a citizen to do
something now and then he doesn't like
fnr his rltv and his country.
The old excuse with me had been that.
politics was a dirty business at Desi.
and that it ought to be left to the law
yers and such who had something to
gain from it. The only men 1 ever knew
who went into it at all were those who
had a talent for It and who liked it.
Of course, that's dead wrong. A man
who won't take the trouble to find out
about the men up for office, and who
won't bother himself to get out and
hustle for the best of them. Isn't a good
citizen or a good American.
He deserves to be governed by the
newcomers and deserves all thev hand
out to him. And the time to do the
work isn't when a man is up for Presi
dent of the United States: it's when the
man is up for the common council.
The higher up a politician gets, the
less the influence of the single voter
counts.
It was in the spring that some of my
Ideals received a setback. The alder
man from our ward died suddenly and
Rafferty was naturally hot after the
acancy.
He came to see me about it. but be
fore he broached this subject he laid
another before me that took away my
Breath.
It was nothing else than that I should
go ino partnership with him under the
firm name of "Carleton & Rafferty." I
couldn't believe It possible that he was
In a position to take such a btep within
a couple of years of diggine in the ditch.
But when he explained the scheme to
me, it was as simple as rolling off a
log. A flrrj of liquor dealers had agreed
to back him form a stock company and
give him a third interest to manage it
He had spoken to them of me. and said
he'd do It if they would make it a half
interest and give us each a quarter.
"But good Lord, Dan." I said, "we d
have to swing a lot of business to
make It-go." ,,,.
"Never vou worrr about that, mon,
he said. "I'll fix that all right if I'm
ellcted to the boogd."
"Tou mean city contracts? I said.
Sure."
I began to see. The liquor house was
looking for more licenses, ind would
pet their pay out of Dan even If the firm
didn't make a cent. But Dan. with
such capital back of him as well as his
aldermanlc power, was sure to get the
contracts.
He would leave the actual work to me
and my men.
I sat down and for two hours tried to
m-rn nan realize how this crowd
wanted to use him. I couldn't
t nilHnn to belnr blinded by
til a overwhelming ambition, he actu
ally couldn't see anything crooked In
what they wanted.
tt rnuldn't understand why he
should let such an opportunity drop for
someone eise io pick up. no nu m
ped out of my hands completely This
was where the difference between five
or six years In America as against
two hundred showed Itself.
And yet what was the old stock do
ing to offset such personal ambition
and energy as Rafferty stood for?
"No. Dan," I said, "I can t do It
And what's more I won't let you do
It If I can help It."
"Phot do yez mane? he asked.
"That I'm going to fight you tooth
and nail." I said".
He turned red. Then he grinned.
"Well," he said, 'It'll be a foine
fight anyhow."
I went to the president of the club
and told him that here was where wo
By WILLIAM CARLETON
Copyrighted, 1911, by Small, Maynarrt & Company.
had to stop Rafferty,
He listened and
tnen ne said:
"Well, here's where we do stop him."
We went at the Job In whirlwind
fashion. I spoke a half dozen times,
but to save my life I couldn't say what
I wanted to say. Every time I stood
up I seemed to see Dan's big round faco
and I remembered the kindly things he
used to do for the old ladies.
And I knew that Dan's offer to take
me Into partnership wasn't prompted
altogether by selfish motives. He could
have found other men who would have
served his purpose better.
In the meanwhile Dan had organized
"Social Clubs" in half a dozen sec
tions. For the first few weeks of the
campaign I never heard of him except
as leading grand marches. But the
last week he waded In.
There's no use going into details.
He beat us. He rolled up a tremendous
majority. The president of the club
couldn't understand it. He was dis
couraged. "I had every boy in tho ward out
working," he said. l
"yes," I said, "but Dan had every
grandmother and every daughter and
every granddaughter out working."
Dan came around to the flat ono
night after the election. He was as
nanny as a boy over his victory.
"Carleton," he said, again, "it's too
domd bad ye ain't an Irishman."
After he had gone. Ruth said to me:
"I don't think Mr. Rafferty will make
a bad alderman at all.'
CHAPTER XVIII.
Maturing Plans.
RECEIVED several offers from
other firms, and as a result of
these my wages were advanced
first to three dollars a day and
I
then to three and a half. Ruth still
refused to take things easier by Increas
ing the household expenses.
During the third year we lived exactly
as we had lived during the first year. In
a way it was easier to do this now that
we knew there was no actual necessity
for It Of course it was easier, too, now
that we had fallen Into a familiar rou
tine. The things which had seemed to
us like necessities when we came down
here now seemed like luxuries.
And we none of us had either the
craving for luxuries or the time to
enjoy them had we wished to spend the
money on them.
In the matter of clothes we cpred fir
nothing except to be warmly and clean
ly dressed, btrip the problem of clothes
down to this and it's not a very serious
one. To realize that you've only to re
member how the average farmer dresses
or how the homesteader dresses.
It's only when, you Introduce style and
the conventions that the matter becomes
complicated. Perhaps It was easier for
me to dress as I pleased than for the
boy or Ruth, but even they got right
down to bed rock.
The boy wore gray flannel shirts, and
so at a stroke did away with collars
and cuffs. For the rest a simple blue
suit, a cap. stockings, and shoes were
all he needed outside his under clothes
which Ruth made for him. Ruth her
self dressed in plain gowns that she
could do up 'herself.
Fnr lhA strpet shA nt!ll hnrt th rnq.
tumes she came down here with. None
of lis kept any extra clothes for parade.
We carried out the same laea in our
food, as I ve tried to show; ve insisted
that it must be wholesome and that
there must be enough of it. Those were
the only two things that counted.
Variety, except of the humblest kind,
we didn't strive for. I've seen cook
books which contain five hundred pages,
if Ruth compiled one It wouldn't have
twenty. Here again the farmer and
the pioneer were our models.
If anyone in the country had lived the
way we were living. It wouldn't have
seemed worth telling about. I find the
lact wnlcn amazes people in our experi
ment was that we should have tried the
same standard In the city.
Everyoiie seems to think this was a
most dangerous thing to attempt. The
men who on a camping trip consider
themselves well fed on such food as we
had to eat expect to starve to death if
placed on the same diet once within
sound of the trolley cars.
And on the camping trip they do ten
times the physical labor, and do It month
after month In air that whets the ap
petite. Then they come back and boast
how strong they've grown, and begin to
eat like hogs again and wonder why
they get sick.
We camped out in the city that's all
we did. And we did Just what every
man in camp does; we stripped down to
essentials. We could have lived on pork
scraps and potatoes if that had been
necessary.
We could have worried along on hard
tack and lerked beef If we'd been pressed
hard enough. Men chase moose, and
climb mountains, and prospect for gold
on such food.
Why in Heaven's name can't they
shovel dirt on the same diet?
So. too. about amusements. When a
man is trring to clear thirty acres of
pine stumps, he doesn't fret at the end
of the day because he can't go to the
theater.
He doesn't want to go. Bed and his
dreams are amusement enough for him.
And ho isn't called a low-browed sav
age because he's satisfied with this.
He's called a hero. The wor'd at large
doesn't say that ne has lowered the
standard of living: it boasts about him
for a true American. Why con't a man
lay bricks without the theater?
As a matter of fact, however, we
could have had even the amusements if
we'd wanted them. For thoso who need
ed such things in order to preserve a
high standard of living they were here.
And I don't say they didn't serve a
useful purpose. What I do say Is that
they aren't absolutely necessary; that a
high standard of ll"ing Isn't altogether
dependent on sirloin 'steiks. starched
collars, and music halls, as Fve heard a
cood many people claim.
This third year finished my course ion
masonry. I came out in June wun a
trade at which I could earn from three
dollars to five dollars a day, according
to my skill. It was a trade, too, where
there was pretty generally steady em
ployment (Continuation of Thla Storr Will B
Found In Tomorrow' Issue
of The Times.)
Why They Bolted.
The Deck Pasrenger I notice all of
the steerage passengers bolt their food.'
I wonder why? s
The Steward-They bolt their food to
keep it down. Chicago News.
are the ideal cheques to
travel with. The people who
deal with travelers know
that these cheques are
always and everywhere
good, and gladly accept
them as money current.
The holder readily estab
lishes his identity by his
countersignature. Take
them on your next trip.
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Mrs. Garrard Entertains Attendant
Arriving for Daughter's Marriage
Round cf Hospitalities for
House Party at Fort
Myer.
Miss Eleanor Grant, of Cincinnati;
Miss Hirshinger. of North Carolina;
Miss LInnor Booth, of Kentucky, and
Miss Mary White and Miss Laura
White, of Barnesvllle, Md., will arrive
in Washington tomorrow, and will be
the house guests of Colonel and Mrs.
Garrard, at Fort Myer, until after the
wedding next Wednesday of Miss Lucy
Garrard and Lieut Victor S. Eoster,
U. S. A. They are all to be among the
bride's attendants at the wedding.
A round of hospitalities have been
planned in honor of the house partv.
beginning with a band concert at f?w
colonel's house tomorrow evening, fol
lowed by an informal reception.
Thursday evening, Capt. Warren Dean,
U. S. A., Is giving a kitchen shower and
lawn party at his quarters for the bride.
Miss Claire Swift, daugnter or coi.
and Mrs. Eben Swif.t, U. S. A., is giving
a tea for the bridal party Friday after
noon, and Friday .avenlng Capt Bally,
T". S. A., the best man for Lieutenant
Foster, is to give a theater party.
Mrs. Herbert Carter, of Green Valley,
Va., is giving a large luncheon for the
bride and her attendants Saturday, and
that evening the entire bridal party will
attend the last of the season's hops in
the administration building at Fort
Myer.
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President and Wife
Entertain Dickinsons.
The President and Mrs. Taft received
the retiring Secretary of War and Mrs.
Dickinson informally at tea at the
White House yesterday afternoon. Mr.
and Mrs. Dickinson are leaving Wash
ington within a few days for their home
in the mountains of Tennessee.
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The Secretary of State, Philander C.
Knox, will entertain the delegates to
the fur seal conference at luncheon to
morrow. --
The Secretary of the Treasury will
leave Washington this afternoon for
Kansas City, where he will deliver an
address before the bankers' convention
tomorrow. From there he will go on to
Detroit, and on Saturday, will again
address a delegation of bankers. Before
returning he 'will stop in Chicago for a
short visit to his son, Eames MacVeagh.
who has Just returned there after a
visit of several weeks to the Secretry
and Mrs. MacVeagh. In Washington.
- -Society
Attracted By
Game at Georgetown.
Official and diplomatic circles of
Washington society are taking consid
erable interest in the baseball game to
be played Friday on the Georgetown
T'nlveritv field by the teams from the
University of Kelo, Japan, and George
town. The Japanese ambassador has invited
the President and the members of the
Cabinet, and It is expected a distin
guished company will attend.
Major and Mrs. Connor
Are Hosts at Dinner.
Major and Mrs. William D. Connor,
U. S. A., were hosts at dinner last
night In honor of Miss Dorothy Lang
fltt and Lieutenant Wilby. U. S. A..
whose marriage will take place Thurs
day. The guests included the members
of the bridal party, who will attend
the young couple on Thursday.
Scalp Affected, Hair Began to Fall,
Hands So Disfigured She Had to
Wear Gloves All the Time. Two
Hospitals Unable to Assure Cure.
First Application of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment Allayed Itching.
Psoriasis Has Disappeared.
"Allow me to say few words In praise
of the Cuticura Remedies. About three years
ago, I was affected by white scales on my
knees and elbows. I consulted a doctor
who treated me (or ringworm. I saw no
change and consulted a specialist and be
claimed I had psoriasis. I continued treat
ments under him for about six months until
I saw scales breaking out all over my body
sara my face. My scalp was affected, and
my hair began to fall. I thin changed
doctors to no arail. I went to two hospi
tals and each wanted to make a study of
the case and seemed unable to cure it or
assure me of a cure. I tried several pat
ent medicines and was finally advised by
a friend who has used Cuticura on her
children since their birth, to purchase
the- Cuticura Remedies. I purchased a cake
of Soap, the Ointment and the Resorrent.
After the first application, the Itching was
allayed.
"I am still using the Soap and Ointment
and now feel that none other is good enough
for my skin. The psoriasis has disappeared
and I everywhere feel better. My hands
were so disfigured before using the Cuti
cura Remedies that I had to wear gloves
all the time. Now my body and hands are
looking fine."(Signed) Miss Sara Burnett. 2135
FiUwater St., Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 30, '10.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold through
out the world. Potter Drug It Chem. Corp.,
sole preps., 139 Columbus Ave., Boston.
3"MaiIed free, samples of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, with 32-p. book on skin treatment.
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Admiral Evans and Wife
To Leave for Newport
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, U. S.
N., retired, and Mrs. Evans, will leave
Washington In a day or two for New
port, where they will visit their daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Frank Taylor Evans.
Mrs. Schroeder and the Misses Schroe
der, wife and daughters of Rear Ad
miral Seaton Schroedet, U. S. N., have
gone to Newport for the summer. They
have been spending several weeks in
Washington since their return from Eu
rope, where they spent the winter dur
ing Admiral Scliroeder's absence on sea
duty.
The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador
and Baroness Hcngelmuller accompanied
by their little daughter, Baroness Mlla
Hengclmuller, were among those dining
informally at the Chevy Chase Club
last night.
4.
The Minister of Switzerland and Mme.
Ritter will go over to New York to-,
morrow, and Thursday Mme'. Ritter, and
their children, will sail for Switzerland,
to spend the summer. The minister will
Join them In July.
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Miss Tyson to Become
Bride of Ohio Man.
Miss Marie Grace Tyson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Tyson, will be mar
ried to Dallas Ora Southworth, of Ohio,
this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The cere
mony, which will be performed by the
Rev. Joseph McGee, of the Sacred
Heart Church, in the home of the
bride's parents at 1366 Columbia road,
will be attended by relatives and
friends.
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Miss Hibben to Wed Son
Of Former Vice President
Curds have been received In Washing
ton for the engagement of Miss Louise
HILiben. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old B'ircrofi Hibben. of Indianapolis,
Ind., to Richard Monroe Fairbanks, son
of th': foimer Vice President and Mrs.
Fairbanks. The ceremony will take
place Wednesday evening, June 7, at 8
o'clock, in the First Presbyterian
Church of Indianapolis, and will be fol
lowed by a reception at the home of
the bride's parents.
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Miss Ruth Parker to
Return This Evening.
Miss Ruth Parker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Myron M. Parker, who has
been spending some time in Providence
visiting Miss Primrose Colt, will return
to Washington this evening.
Count Elemer Pejacsevich. attache of
the Austro-Hungarlan embassy, is
spending seveial day3 in New York.
The Naval Attache of the Austrc
Hungnrlan Emba'ssy and Baroness
Prueschen have changed their plans for
a visit to the various naval stations of
the United States Government, and will
probubly spend the summer In Europe
instead.
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3 -lb. Iron
6-lb. Iron
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General Gibson Host on
Eighty-First Birth-
day.
Gen. H. G. Gibson, U. S. A., retired,
was host at a reception yesterday after
noon from 5 to-J o'clock, at his resi
dence on Twenty-first street. In celebra
tion of hla eighty-first birthday.
Assisting him in receiving were his
daughters, Mrs. F. H. White and Mrs.
G. W. Wallace.
The house was beautifully adorned
with spring flowers, most them floral
tributes to General Gibson from nu
merous friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Downing
Will Give Dinner Dance.
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Mr, and Mrs. A. C. Downing will en
tertain at a dinner dance Saturday
evening at the Chevy Chase Club, In
compliment to Miss Jessie Krogstad and
William Arthur Burton, whose marriage
takes place shortly.
Mrs. John H. Magruder and Miss
Magruder are spending two weeks in
Annapolis.
Mrs. William Belden Noble and her
daughter, Mrs. William Sherman Miles,
will go to Atlantic City Saturday for
several weeks.
Miss Barbour Entertains
Miss Frances Sullivan.
Miss Frances Sullivan, of Philadel
phia, who has been the guest of Mrs.
Knox, wife of the Secretary of State,
is now spending few days with MHs
Marguerite Barbour, daughter of Mrs.
James R Barbour, before Joining her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Sulli
van, at their summer home, the Woods,
Radnor, Pa.
Last night Miss Barbour gave a
theater party at the Columbia in honor
of her guest.
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Mrs. Robert Hinckley and Miss Gladys
Hinckley will sail from New York June
9 to spend part of the summer in Eu
rope. They will return to this country
in August, and will go to Bar Harbor
for the remainder of the season.
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Colonel and Mrs. Williams
Close Washington Home.
Col. and Mrs. John R. Williams, U.
S. A., and Miss Dorothy Williams have
closed their Washington residence and
are at Forest Glen, Md.
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The military attache of the Russian
embassy. Col. Baron de Dodo, and his
sister. Baroness Elizabeth de Bode,
were hosts at dinner last night, having
as thflr guesM Baron and Bareness
Nolda, and Pierre Botkine, Russian
delegate to the fur seal conference:
Prince Koudacheff, Russian charge
d'affaires; Commander Vassilief. naval
attache, and Mme. Vassilief and Mr.
Dmltrow and Baron Uxholl.of the em
bassy staff.
Iron Keeps Hot
House Keeps Cool
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The Sandman's Stories
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NELLA'S
w
HEN Nella's father and
mother died she went to live
with her uncle. He was a
miller and lived In a little
house by the mill.
He told Nella he was very poor, but If
she would do the work and help him
she could live there.
So Nella worked very hard to please
him, but he was a miser, and never
thought she did enough to pay for her
board.
One day after she worked very hard
and was tired and hungry? he told her
theycould not have any supper that
night, as he did not have money enough
to buy food, as the people for whom
he had ground corn had not paid him.
Nella went to bed, but she was so
hungry she could not sleep. By and by
she heard a noise and sho went to the
door of her room and looked out.
Her uncle was sitting by a table, and
in front of him, sparkling and gleaming
like Are, were beautiful diamonds, sap
phires, rubies, and other precious stones.
He held them in nls hands and ca
ressed them as though they were alive.
Then he put them carefully in an
earthen Jar and put them under his bed.
The next morning when they had only
HELD THEM Iff HIS,
nnnua Hnv
CARESSED THEM
black coffee made of beans for break
fast, Nella said: "Uncle, why do you
not sell one of the beautiful stones you
were looking at last night, then we
could have food."
"What do you mean?" asked her
uncle; "you must have been dreaming.
I havo no valuable stones."
Nella told him what she had seen and
he laughed. "They are only glass," he
said. "I have them to keep away trou
ble, but vou must not touch them, for
if any one else handles them they will
lose their charm."
Nella did not believe him and after he
went to the mill she took the Jar from
under the bed and took off the cover.
The gems sparkled as the light touch
ed them. One looked like a coal of
lire, and Nella reached In and took It
out. It turned a bluish shade and as
she rolled it over In her hand It became
yellow and all colors.
"This is the prettiest of all." she said.
"I am going to keep it; uncle will never
miss this bit of glass, and I need some
thing to keep away trouble as well as
he does. I did "hot touch the others, so
they will still protect him."
But what was that the bit of glass
seemed to be singing?
"I have caught the sun of India
And stolen in the moon's soft ray.
I have sat at the throne of Caesar;
Keep me for a day."
Nella pushed the Jar under the bed
and put the opal (that was the name
of the beautiful stone) in her pocket.
After her work was finished she went to
the mill to help her uncle.
She watched the yellow corn as It was
poured Into the hopper to be ground.
"I wish It were all gold," she thought
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All of the heat is in the bottom of
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as she walked away. "Then uncle and;
I could have a nice dinner."
A cry from her uncle caused her to"
look back, and she saw gold dollars HQ
the hORner in place of the corn. -
"wnere aia tney come iromi asueo-
Nella as she helped to gather them; sh
did not think about her wish. .
"I do not know," said her uncle as ha.
poured more corn into the hopptr, but?
of course. It did not turn to gold ag"
Nella did not make another wish.
"Uncle." she said, "you must go to
the market and get a nice dinner an
I will gook it." -1
"No," said vher uncle, "we will eat,
bread and milk and save the money." --
"What makes you so miserly," sali'
Nella; "money Is of use only for wba1
It buys for our comfort. I am so hurt-.
gry," she said, "I wish I had a table
before me with a good dinner."
Up from the floor of the mill rose $.
table and Nella sat In her chair before
It so quickly that she rubbed her eyes tar
make sure that what she saw was reatr
Her uncle ran to her and shook her by,
the shoulder. "Wish again," he said...
"Walt until I finish my dinner." sa!.
Nella. "I am hungry. You eat, too
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But the miser was so anxious to haver
her wish for gold that he could not:
eat, and when Nella had finished, and
the table and chair had disappeared ho
said: "Now wish that the mill pond?
may become gold."
Nella wished as he asked her to 00
and the mill stopped grinding, for ther$
was no water to turn the wheel. Th'a
miserly miller had not thought of that-'
"Now see what has happened," said
Nella, "you cannot grind any more corn
and what will the people do for food
You are a bad old man and think onlvs
of yourself. I wish I did not live with
you."
As she spoke she began to run. With?
out touching the ground her feet fiew
along the road. On and on she went"
until she wished she could stop, an$
then she stopped so suddenly that she
almost fell over. . '-.
She sat down by the roadside wonder
ing what strange power had come to her
when she heard the singing again. "It'
is the bit of glass," she said, taking it
from her pocket and looking at It. "I
SHE. STOPPED SO SODEENLY THfiTH
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wish I had a dress like the blue In It
Her old dress fell to the ground, ar
in3
In Its place was a beautiful blue on
"This will never do." thought Nella. "I
have on a lovely dress and I have no
home. So she began to wish for all the
things she seemed to need. -
A house appeared across the road
from where she sat, but Nella did not
dare enter. It was so grand. "I wish t
were inside the house," she said, and
she found herself walking up the stalr3.
She went Into all the rooms and found
everything for which a girl could wish.
Nella took good care of her uncle for
the rest of his life, and he never ln
aulred about her strange power.
Tomorrow's story: "Little Lady."
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