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He Who Boitows Trouble Has Often to Pan Fxorbitant Interest
This Day in Our History -
THIS is the anniversary of the casting of the first elec
toral vote by United States Electors in the Presi
dential election of 17S9. At that time Washington re
ceived Gil, John Adams 31. with 3." scattering. In our
latest election President Wilson received 1177 votes to 25-1
for Charles K. Hughes.
Venus Nearest the Sun
WHILE you are looking at the i;izzlilij world of Venus
glowing in the western twilight to-night, you may
be interested in knowing that she is just now in pirlulion.
or at her nearest approach to the sun. If you use a small
telescope a pocket or folding one will do you will see
her in the form of a crescent moon.
Slaking Your Job Pay ! The Child That Lags Behind
The Four of Hearts
A Serial of Love
and Youth
THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING TO LUCK
Taking Pains with Your Work, Says
Beatrice Fairfax, Is the Only
Way to Succeed.
Republished by Special Arrangement with Good
Housekeeping, Nation's Greatest Home Magazine.
Cynthia Attends the Engagement Dinner of Her
Cousin and Attracts Milton's Notice.
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Milton Van Saun Tries to Cheer Cynthia.
fcy Virginia Terhune Van
de Water.
CHAPTER XIII.
Cepyrlxtlt. 1918. Stir Comoirj.
IT wii the night of the encase
ment dinner. The dozen peo
pl seated about the Living
stone's table were making 'very
merry.
Announcement had been made of
Dora's engagement to Milton Van
Eaun. and had created Juit as much
surprise as tha pretty young host
ess had hoped. She was not con
futed nor embarrassed by the con
gratulations ahowered upon her. nor
by the toasts drunk In her honoi.
Nor was the prospective Broom at
all self-conscious as he responded
to some of these toasts.
Then, when the various members
ef the party began again to pay
attention to one another and to talk
ef something; except tbe astonishing
fact of the betrothal, Cierald Stew
art turned to Cynthia Long, whom
he had brought out to dinner.
"Well." h remarked, "that an
nouncement business is over, any
wayl I would hate the fuss of It
all if I were the happy man Hut
Van rioes not mind it a hit. I rnvy I
him his sine frold."
Cynthia glancea across the table .
to where Milton sat at Dora's tl'te.
chatting; as caln.lv as if nothing
unusual had occurred
"1 think that kind of self pos- ,
session Is born to on not acquired."
Cynthia observed ' IMfferent peo
ple take their experie1. s differ
ently Now, there Is Iora -
She stopped and ber companion
took her up eagerly
"Yes" he said, "what about her?
TThat were you going to say?"
"Only that she takes all her ex
periences natural!), easily They
Make the Brother Help
By William A. McKeever.-
(Os of ffce Ration's Best-Known
Astkorttlea an CblK I'roblrma.)
IN a comfortable city home,
wtisretn good order and eyste
matle arrangement are in evl
4eeoe, the children of the household
are a boy of sixteen and a rlrl two
7are younger. And while the en
tire family of four is congenial and
reasonably happ, a fundamental
DO YOU KNOW
THAT
An enormous amount of asbestos
is being found in the Trleska dis
trict. Cape Colony, and thousands
f bags are now being shipped to
England. It la said to be of very
good quill t.
Scientists hate recently discov
ered that most fishes are able to
focus their eyes on near obje- ts by
means of the superior and inferior
bllqua muscles.
The world produces IS. 040.043
tons of cotton a ear, nine of which
corns from America and two and a
half from India.
Walnuts yield their own weight
in oil. the flavor of wnlch Is con
sidered equal to tbat of the finest
Lucca oil.
The planet Pallas was dls oiri-d
by Olbers, an astronomer, h. no: !
I
Indian Ink can be made from j
karm4 eatuhaa.
wSi& wlw! ' KLs
do not seetr to ruffle her gay se
re.ilty If (ii may use such a term,
fcne la the happiest girl I have ever
n- Perhaps it may be because
eLe .f never had any real trouble."
Hie ws silent, yet' the .nan beside
her did not sem to notice her al
lelic His eyes were fixed on Dora
and he ap;i-ared to be studying her
glowing 'ace
Glad of a Respite.
Cynthia was glad to be allowed
to siop talking Sho had found It
die uii to carry on a cheerful con
versation this evenlug. It was her
first appearance at any social Affair
since her great bereavement, and
:. fe't h-r trouble to be all the
stronger because of the contrast
v .th i.:. is jovial sceuo She did not
er j iir cousin lier happiness. yet
tbe slrfht of it but accentuated her
own lor.nllr.i-ss llre was Dora,
ie:ted and loved by an indulgent
father and mother, encaged tu b
married, surrounded by admiring
fr.enus. And she. Cynthia l.in
i i lt hr fatlier and her home
an l was now among strangers
2. i fctartrd nervously as Stewart
turned to her with "You think ber
ir'a.ab.e of ! -p f'-eling"'
u . o " -ithia stammered
"I ira ' Oh. i 1 rever .if-a'.t !
l:.l:mat anytn.ns of tbe kind: I
n1-. raid tnt sh had had no real
tr. uile. I hope and pray she never
n j
il- JSps quivered slightly, but
l-r iMtnipanion did not know this
'.i' vi .i. mill ficrmtniilng- the itlrl
oppo.-, t:m. Cynthia dropped her
e a- 1 been to trace wit'1 t1-
ip of i.er finger the pattern on
Me oan.aJiv jh1 ll.ee l-ii. .o..i
'i 1 - r iertanly allowed her an
ii. u. e of time in which to fol
ic t .- . our&e .,f her uvt n 'muaings.
i'uri luri.irg to reply to some
pa-- r. i.r of Milton's, met
s4.r. ;, rit d Sewart's Intent
taze 1.e uori's she was about to
seak t- sitieiilv checked, and
for an h t t MtUon Van Saun's
betrot. d ..i.. !..s friend looked
. error has crpt into the programme
under which tbe two children have
been trained, and both have suf
fered therefrora.
The girl of this household has
been from childhood a willing, obe
dient helper, "the mainstay of the
family." The records, briefly re
viewed, show that s'nc ten years
of eee the has been somen hat over
vc Wed. and. as a result, ahe Is
son.rwhat wan and weary.
T'.ie father Is absent-minded and
ver busy with his occupation, and
lfaes all the home management to
ti.e mot:er She and tlie daughter
have always "babied" the boy. and
to-day at piit-n he Is merely a
big self -del endent.
Let sa ,in at the character of
the beautiful r'rl viiDmibat more
critically. f.,r s.e U i.-is of a lrn
class V find her bright, gentle
nutnnerrd and ofton ureat.ied w .Ui
a snu.e hies ju!cKly fa'.es into an
exprenslou of i.i4--uu ov.dencr of
the fatlsue which lurks constantly
within
Hut the crltl' . c Int Is that this
fourteen-year-.. .t'rl already has
!. -.me thorn i. auliaervlent to
the men of th" fmnlly. She waits on
her i rotiier to. . ll .ieipi pre
pare hi- meaia. ti.es e.ire of his
room, picks up I a brlunsings, usu
Hil) thrown about caleiessly The
brother laK-a aii ih mental ser
vice n a itiMlter of ou we as If It
were hie inherent right thus to be
watted on
;.olf the striking centrast The
V r! : . a. i '! found her life
v. .'. 'lra nrd Into It
ui t iti Ii r - ..nil i htu-e a"
is a.rea.1 t' m'h n ave t'
Tl e i I- . i t R I , a c
and has not even beMun to ' ar-
RH(5.
'jci&aes
w
kiraigt into each other's eyes.
Tbe gaze was unintentional, yet
rlrl and man ere aware of a slight
thrill, as if an electric current had
passed from ore to the other.
"What were you going to sey?
Milton asked when Dora did not
speak.
"Oh, nothing." she answered, "ex
cept." casting about for some re
mark that would not be too Incon
sequent, "that Cjnthlc's looking
rather pale to--nlght. Isn't she? Or
Is It only her blark dress that
makes her look so white?"
"I thought," said Van Faun with
an effort to speak v. .th great In
difference, "that she was looking
rather better than usual. She Is
quite handsome, don't you think?"
In a Dilemma.
The man on Dora's other hand
spoke to her before she could re
ply to Milton's question, and Van
Faun allowed himself to watch the
black robed figure seated across the
table from him. lie noticed her
pallor, and that Stewart was not
now even pretending to talk to her.
"Chump"- Milto-n criticized his
friend mentally. "The Idea of miss
ing the chance of getting better ac
quainted with such a girl ai that
Why. the man's dents actually
dense'"
Cynthia Long: wa mle. that s
a fact Mllmn m'isd ! the pallor
was not the unbecoming, sallo.v
klid that Indicated 1M health. Per
haps it wax not a pallor, aflr all.
but only the effect of the filmy
black -venln gvn she wore
i Above the folia of her lres. her
i shoMrs and reck roae fair and
p!"am!ng in th cinl-l'trM llr
hair was like burui?h I broR2e She
I naa cettalnly a lo- 1 i reature
t And her ?tyl was si uncommon -I
un'lke that of any other woman
, ar a'm had eer known
She was tbe o- 'y pTon In black
.( at ih tuble. i observed. Yet
) she was the vouugest-lookinr per
son there, with, maybe, the eicep
I tlvn of L'ora.
I For wiom was she In mourning?
j Oh. . he retne-nt ered. It was T-r
, her father! Poo- girl what a -I
trust Uot&'s lot r.is to hers' And
j how p'uckily she was bearing all
this merriment snd r.lel. ration
I litn her own heart must be lteawt
He suddenly t(- 'te a br t that
' h ned not mad rportunity to
speak a word of empathy to her.
I Ye', she might r-seii u if l did.
j Clrls were sur-h unrerta n creatures!
, (To De Continued.!
By PROF. WILLIAM
A. McKEEVEK
. rive." He Is "going to some day"
The affairs about the house are
none of his business excepting that
they must be arranged to suit his
!.- ure He Is Kood" In his
studies at school, ''good-for-noth--..
- of :n...ir.,l wurk,
and has been made extremely se!f
lii .ij uvir tuuu. genet
To summarise tho situation here
described. tn girl ua-. u. .. t.. . ,..j
"j "-.- " more Hi-n her share
and made habitually tut seivten, nu
Uui ;io will tei pruouiv outiuue
in like maimer alter m.irlt,,, kn(j
win exhaust ner neaiin ana atrni;ia
early through this kind of um
over-saciin. . to hr 111IU..4 .,(!
children The boy nis been un
ciiM..u.j3ly led ttt tin: oilitr ,1.
trema and has been ti.trougiii pre
pared to becomo a thougbtleai ami
ligtii;ent husoand tj:ie ultt, wilt
pet nut Mis wife tu A-uri. buieeit to
deatti.
Tho remedy for thmo two rases
of ciiaiattt-r u,.u.iliM Kiowlng in
tne nairio home is eaail tu apply
thus. U 0,4.0 oai.y rami's
the boy tu do bis pait ana 10
oe tliouzuliul uf hia s.s.cr. Utminld
liliu that fui every strtico retettfd
by him thei- must be one euu.il In
value rendered In-ulca! the law
of compeiisutlon, k'vo and take.
faor for laiur it is a looi.ni, ltt"
d.tlon that a boy aiin'.t or thoull
Iiui teab.b. dubul Ir.t? Iiuutu.
Then correct the cricu in ttm pa
tient stai.-i s iraminK- H'mliid or
of the need uf being at times h bit
S'lr.Mi, tor ner iiraltn'x sake ami
for tha s of puae.ble ium ilfo
and juyfu. cr Ice itnn'nii htr of
her duty to help holtl tlie brother
t t.. pfatti ot In t.wn duty anj
1 11 1 1 Ii'.imh re
aponslbllltles. tlmt ir.it p-uptir char
to .;. j t,.ol.t. 1 it , ul.tiN Such
K me, a 1 1 ' -ft.
Help bruia,
otiier.-
1 en in the
ui one an-
By Beatrice Fairfax.
WE were discussing the fabu
lous Income of one of our
cleverest novelists.
"I haven't actually counted his
money," said the editor, "but I
know rd be ready to pay him
twenty-five hundred dollars right
down flat any minute he came la
and told mt ha had a good Idea for
a short story."
"By Jpvsl- said the Crltlo, "I can
remember tha day about fifteen
years ago when he landed bis first
story. He had re-written It seven
teen times and it took him five
ears to sell It. . . . And twenty
five hundred for one story now! He
got fifty then and took me out to
celebrate."
That shows he isn't an artist,"
said the iJoclaty Woman. "X genius
wouldn't ever have had to re-wrlte
his story seventeen times he'd
know instinctively how to do It,"
I remembered a quotation:
"Genius Is an Infinite capacity for
taking pains." Re-wrltlng one short
story seventeen times "peddling" It
about for five years are not these
fairly good examples of taking
,paJns Infinitely?
. The Kdltor looked at the Society
woman a bit Impatiently. "How do
you think a man writes his story,
madam? I remember an old college
professor who once told me that no
poem ever got written merely
through desire or by the grace of
Ood, or by saying: 'Go to! I will
write a poem.' . . . Story writing
may be an art. but It Is a craft, too,
and th artist who won't take the
trouble to learn the technique of his
Job, to try to find out how writing
should be dons, to study the art of
To My Sweetheart
OLDIE
Ever- Girl Has a Sweetheart
These Wonderful Letters
FOUKTEENTH LETTE!'..
Ueloved :
My soul's brotlicr is making us
a visit. Little Sammy of the
paper route and the loal heart
1." with us again. I ilul not know
ioy much I rnisfril him and his
wise philosophy, until he appeared
in our midst today. At my plate
at the breakfast table was a fold
ed note, written laboriously and
with many blots. It took me
some time to understand its con
tents. Dear Madam Sammy is rrst
less, I can't pin him to nothing.
I lie's lost interest in his noos-
papern and he won't hanker after
no more pic, which he was com
pletely sot on? 1 don't know is
it lonet'omeness or measles which
has been next door. If its Ionc
Eomencss he'll peril up. If it ain't
he'd buht out. Let him sleep out
doors if there ain't no room inside,
lie's used to it, and now no more
from your obedient and respect
iblo servant,
MRS. A. JONES.
I raised my eji-s and there sit
ting in a big chair under the dove
cage, all huddled up in anxiojs
uaiting. was Sammy. His Miiall
round fare was washed clean, and
his hair was all .slirki-d down, and
his Sunday suit was held together
bv one discreet button across his
chest. After a big bowl of mush
and milk and some doughnuts and
a fIicc of ham, he had "perked
up" considerably and an Ihere was
no sign of "liiiKtintr out" I conclud
ed the loyal littlo soul really was
homesick for us. His happiness
now is wonderful to see. The
dog ami the cat f..lW him aliout
like a lovrd and long-lost play
mate, but it is lo tr-p little wound
ed dove that all the -wretness of
hi srvn't rovonl it-j-Jf
All day lori" ! h..s h'-ld it clasp
ed under hi tii'!i huh. jacket, and
his face wears that look of tender
solicitude, which the stronger teels
toward the uetdt I never knew
that rough little restless body
cotil-1 be so gent ! .so considerate.
Manv talks Samitu and I have had
in the rarden today about ou!
"Is Mr. Jack and the gus over in
France? Hain't the Kaiser got
sick to the stumuk and five up
yet? There won't Iw nothing loft
to end the war - ith when Mr.
Jnrk gets thro i-h uili t-'-He:nies."
Such hone-! prise
swells my heart with priil"! .Such
wholc-Miu'cd lev.ition wanns the
very marrow of mv bones, and I
clasp my little soul's brother In
iny nrms. His fn-e is no longer
clean, anil his h-iivh are grubbv,
and his button h:t lt:rt from bi
little tii-iit mat! Frank Ins been
ra"i( r melani liolv of late ami
gien 'o Irooil'ii"! ow. he anil
Sanmn fori"'aliii r once iihtp be
hind the g.iragc, and even Mimmy
writing In general and the art of
writing each particular story he is
working out in particular, hasn
much chance ever to amount to
much."
And that Is completely and abso
lutely true.
I suppose a great many people
Imagine that our best known writ
ers are gifted beings to whom luck
has been kind. Fortune may have
given them Hie art of Imagination, a
feeling for worua, the power to con
vey Impressions but of what u
would these gifts ever have been
had their possessors been happy-go-luckles
who were unwilling to
work to take infinite pains?
It Is very easy to ascribe the good
fortune of others to luck. It is
equally easy to Imagine that your
own HI fortune was wished on you
by a malicious fate.
Do you know what Is exactly the
worst luck fn the world? The an
swer Is plain and true: Trusting
to luck; that is the most maliciously
unfortunate thing that can happea
to you.
Chance may waft what you want
)our way. Chance may also carry
the things you desire directly away
from you. If you go after your
I heart's desire and chance Is already
carrying it toward you, of course
you get it and about twice as
quickly as It you had trusted to luck
to bring It all the way. If your de
sire Is being blown away from you
by the winds of opportunity and you
hasten after it, you may catch up
Ith It. So by effort you can de
feat what might seem to you to be
your own 111 luck.
Waiting to see what's going to
turn up fills a great many park
benches, llelievlng In luck is a va-
a grant attitude.
So Every Girl Should Read
to "Somewhere in France"
refrains fiom spoiling tlieir glail
reunion. I hear her muttering
tiercel v about "poor white trash"
and "Ilraddork's Army," but sho
takes no steps toward the garage,
and so I know that her heart, un
like I'liar.ioli's, i not hanlened.
I have found u wonderful little
three-room cottage at the edgo of
the tor.-n where luu a couple so
ijiialnt. so sweet, and no devoted
that they surely lived in the times
of tho Canterbury tales and hao
Just kept living on and on ever
since. One day in a rain storm I
was driven there for shelter and
I have been bar'v so many times
since. I gtiHs 1 he, are Ucruian.'-.
but in spite of that they are fiercely
American. He fs strong and
Knotty and has a stern bravo
face She is little and wiry and
Oh" so beautifully clean, a tlcht
knotted handkerchief Is forever
about her head, and her apron bib
crosses oer her dress, and her
skirts stick tint stiff with starch
The sit together this sweet old
couple on.- each side of their 0eu
door in fair weather, and hand in
hand by the Orcplacc when the
days are cold Thev look at one
another with m-h love and t-nder-lies,
and with stn-li pleading a3
though each u. re tiylng to lighten
some harden winch ihe oilier is
bearing I hue never seen so
tragic a Ionic uf repressed grief as
dwells in thoir ejes. Their names
are Christian and Fredericka. If
they have another I don't know It.
Some dav I Know thp will tell me
of their grief, and mavhe I ( ,m help
them. It Isn't death, I know
death iloesn t le.ne that lirotelinj..
haunting, lnok of mrrov llcitli
often is inn!, stjp m its pain
How diircrcnt are my Christian
and Frederiika from tho couple
who live next to the church Mr.
and Mrs. II. she has a face like a
east iron a n doe", ami he is shoit
and fat, with very short lers. and
struts about like .1 petttrr pi Ton
I call her mv "cow-hell rte'-hlior,"
because when dinner is i.dv she
conies out on t' e porch and r ng a
co-.v 1m II ami P'.-U j soon -c see
the pouter pi ;ei coming in from
the garden or out front the field.-..
At the doormen thev meet ami
mingle. She talks A sharp and he
answers in II lint, t'nd bv 110 me'n
od of music tines th .' ake - pret
tv harmony. Just n.. a very nice
young lady is vi.-it'ti': there, ami
I 1-avc seen vi 'lis th.tl in-tke me
liel.-ve the pouter p.'ceon is rather
preening his feathers. If I were
the cow-bell wife, I'd -hanpc iriy
tactics and keep a weather eye om
on the home nryt!
lo you think I am goss-ininir, my
beloved ? Mot so. vnur w ife! Far
be it. I nin jut lixini' and learn
ing. I aiit seeing v bit to avm.l
and what to p-ittrrn after, and
. here the st p of i h 'i ad.
Crood.night. Iiear JIu ' I
Jennie's trouble wtis not lack ot care, but too much ot it. ik uirmani mind was
awakened by writing real letters to friends and making lists pf each day's happenings.
Tlv ATivio TTinn Qe-ntf
Uy lUiridm X lllll OlUtl.
r
till; child that for some reason
and In some particular lags
behind the average of his
sge I think that few of us have
the faintest Idea of how general Is
this problem.
Those of us who have children
that are two or three classss behind
where they should be In school may
admit that our children are back
ward, but If we really saw the
Whole truth and saw the possibili
ties that exist In the child every
one of us who have children would
admit that our children are back
wart In some respect. That Is, our
child Is not developing to the limits
of his possibilities. Therefore, the
problem of the child that !ags be-
1 problem that touches every
parent.
.he child that Is not a full
portion of himself may In some
cases be fitted by the word "stupid,"
which we In our provocation so gen
erally apply to such cases. But as
a common thing, the child lags be
hind, not because he Is stupid, but
beca-iso lie has never been under
stood, and therefore has never been
handled properly. Anil In many
cases our improper handling has
mide us tha direct agents and
causes of the child's being below
par.
Perhaps a ch'Id lags behind be
cause of ignorance or neglect on
the parents' part and perhaps the
defect they finally see Is only the
surface Indication of something
deeper and very different.
A woman who had every advan
tage that money can give cams to
roe In great distress over her ten-year-old
daughter. "Since Jennie
was a baby I have given her every
The Hidden Hand
By Arthur B. Reeve,
Crrntor of the -rrnlR Kennedy"
uiyatrry atorlr, Iiith appear ex
clusively lu Cuauiupolltau Magaaine.
EPISODE 12.
'The Eyes in the Wall."
CtpjrUbt. .' Co.
FOR an Instant. Itamsay stood
at bay. realizing that Scar
ley would certainly carry out
his thieat. Tbe evil doctor glanced
down at the body of norts lying on
ttm table beside the dying hench
man, whose blood L'orls was to re
pay with her own Then he nodded
inirtly to his Hlitann. and they
ru'i"d at ItaniMiy. bearing him
down as the p..lol .lie. liarKcd Al
most n an - to 1,M'1 came
a deep booming us tho hcirct Ser-vu-o
nieu thundered at tho door In
th h.illtt y bf.ow
ll.-.iiiaiiiK Hint re- u was nt h.ind.
fk-arl.-y m-l. d I'oim In Ills arms
ami i.lutlird her f.oni tho table,
brruhtiic the transition tube und
st-n i.ii(4 '" dMiiK emissary ti.m
blliirf to lh. H....r. I 'sole itamwiy
ami Ins a.-i.ill.'Ut. With a bound.
H.-nrl. l.-ape.l acrf-i the room
with iwi In his urnm and painM
the lutllway by the head of the
stairs.
Then b darted ( k ' the Secret
S. rvi. e iin r.iinr ruVi ng toward
htm. With giant 1 ,ib he won?
l.ri over tin- r.ti. :inl downward
Mi.d threatened 1.. J. op Iter lo ucnth
It they a.lvuti rd .t step IJafflfd
trty stood Urbalill how to aave
th irl.
A .rnsl.l.g from the other room
revrrberat. .1 through tl.e house. A
shout, a 'it. and then ullllneas.
From the room erepl UaniMf's nt
taekors, w 10 ttvti tht!r muster and
win tTod. "We dropped him
tl'r.o.i;h the nrr tr.ip
T . Set-: tt .it i 11. en ttcn'i to
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care, every attention I have given
. her vefythlnc'" the mother told
her everything'" the mother told
me "But now she is most un
happy, and so am I."
I saw Jennie, fche was very
docile, apparently In no way active
ly troublejome; she was sweet and
kind. But she was listless. Irrespon
sible, had seemingly no power of
loitceiii.ution, ano tne things about
her seemed to make no Impression
upon her mind or her emotions.
She seemed will-less, purposeless
one of those sad figures that are
bound for nowjicro.
Here was a child that was rapid
ly losing ground in her mental
development. Iter fate was plain if
she continued as she was going: she
would become a hysterical, disor
ganized. Irritating heipless young
woman. Instead of a "problem" she
was a living tragedy one of tnose
hopeless, helpless'half persona that
are a misery to themstives, and.
that if they marry, are likely to
proparate only misery and lncom
outcnie A closer examination of the child
revealed that behind her purpose
lessness and the sluggishness of her
mind and body there had been, and
still was In a dormant condition,
more than average mentality, and
physical capabilities above the or
dinary. What, then, was the mat
ter? fwfnt Into the case yet further
Into the dally history of the little
girl's life. And the mystery which
had so puzzled the mother was
easily solved The mother had
given me the key to It all when she
exclaimed "I have given her every
thing!" The mother, tn her great love for
her child and her intense desire to
have Jennie benefit from every ail
antage. hid placed the child at an
early age under the direct and con
stant charge of a governess, who
still had Jennie In her care, a gov
erness whom the mother earnestly
described to m as "a most wonder
fal woman simply wonderful." 1
fntiPil that this governes. a well
rducated woman, had had a blind.
fan.it u devotion for her charge, and
of Ramsay, who had gained the
stairway.
Meantime Ramsay loosened the
ropes tliat hound !or!s and learned
from her the story ot Scarley's at
tack "That convinces me," Doris con
cluded, "Dr. b'carley Is the Hidden
Hand."
"I am not so certain." replied
Ramsay "He has a motive In try-
1 Ing to save himself from arrest for
' stealing from your estate, but there
Is another who will profit mora
greatly."
About Uncle Abner.
"You mean Uncle Abner!" Ques
tioned Doris.
Ramsay wsa silent, pondering tha
strange phases of the mystery.
"It cant be my uncle" continued
I'oris. "no Is too cowa.dly All his
life he has cringed to my- father
1 If Judson Whitney was my father."
Tears eprang Into her eye and
Ramsay laid a strong hand on her
shoulder.
"Only the hand print" In the ex
plosive packet r.m decide that." said
Ilamsrr calmly, "and until then you
are either the girl of the pro,.' cy
or the heiress of Judson Whitney,
torn bv doubt and attacked by a
mysterious criminal who seeks to
learn the serrrt before wa aro able
to prove your Identity"
"WhU-li If.nvrs us almost where
we were 0.1 tho nt;!tt of the mttr-d-r."
replied lor!x making an ef
fort to pull herself toother Sho
accepted UamseyS arm and us the
Secret S.-tvlce men returned, re
p. rtlnc failure, thev 1, ft the hou'e.
That nlclil before ,m arched door.
In a dlnilv Itghtcd tr. et. the t'oun
trsa Son la tapped softly for admlt
funo. A eltt was pushed back and
lite bushy baanL-d face of a Ilueilan
priest peer.! t.iit The door swung
open and t'nt.i, w ttti a shrug en
tered the long passageway that was
lit by a KmokinK brazier She fol
low t-d her conductor to n narrow
dtor. where tie putd Itttenlnir. V
voice of p-iUi.ar har'ineas wn-
i-t ..akin tho v.iKts of the
lli.l Ifti li ind
h Sunlit entereit the H'dilrn Hftnd
iini-kl. n.v red his face and handed
In kXiiloslve packet to 00s of his
was conscientious
mal d.gree m wn.
to a super-nor
mal dagree in wn.it she considered
to be her duty
Now there Is no greater deterrent
to success w.th chlldien than blind
devotion, and I write of this In
stance at such length for the rea
son that so many mothers, in to r
own personal handling of ther
children, victimize them through
this very impulse.
She was taken out of the charge
of the devoted governess and out
of school, and the mother was told
what to do, and took charge. Tha
child's daily life was 90 arrangi-u
that application, original tolnkim;,
and independent work were re
quired ot her Her previous meth d
of training had left undevelope ..
had in fact deadened, her power . f
observation and of coherent, order y
expression. To help correct this,
she was required to write each day
a letter to a 3! fr.end or a rela
tive this to make the exercise mora
personal and interesting and the
better to stimulate her faculties.
It was suggested to her that she
write a list of "The Things I Did
Yesterday." This simple process of
recalling experiences, and associat
ing words and ideas with concrete
acts, aroused a real interet In her.
and the -repetition developed her n
terest in the wrtiltfs and her ab -Ity
to think and exztrean herself or
derly, and also developed her it -tere&t
In the things she had done
and was guln to do.
Further, the stimuli which came
from replies helped to make tho
writing 01 these letters a pleasure.
bi xperence. Other concrete
' methods aU requl-!-ig Jennie t .
do things for herself, all under t'm
direction of tho now aw ,ken 1
mother were unlertak'n to resu
cltate and develop otaer of tha
child's dormant or stunted facu -ties
with the result that Jennie 1
I no longer a mlsat, but is progresi-
1 lng rapidly and happily on the road
1 to her true self.
(i:rry mother should read this arti.
eie la full in Rood Ilonnekeepinc
for February.)
A Serial of Romance
and Mystery.
a. men. Sonia smiled as she advanced
to th side of the Hiddm 11 , .1
"Why bother to conceal . ir fa e
from Die'" she tid timet -v. 1
kniiw who you are '
The Jliddi n Hand averted his
head and v silent.
"Shall I tt:.! your continued t-e
Counters, bendlncr closer. Very
well then. You are"
"Stop'" cried the Hidden Hand.
In sudden fury.
The Countess 6onia stiffened an
Instant as shfl watched the murder
ous eyes of the man she had elect
ed to be playful with The Hidden
Hand stroked the gauntlet of deatt
and eyed his waiting emissaries. A
word and the Countess Sonia would
go the way of others who opposad
him.
To Be Continued To-morrow.
ANECDOTES OF
THE FAMOUS
The tate Ihmllion W Mah'a. the
well-known American fttav s- w-.
one of those cental men who en
joyed a Joke on themselves II at
titling laii, pha.- . Mr .Va'o e n
chnracior. It ! told that whrn he
w n stjdrm Mr Mahi,. nu,io an
addles in which he told this torT
He had vltltcl a srho.it In PhM.
cSM-t In T'.. ,h ..,re was 1.1
fre-dr!,; The tea her regular y
askwd the student.. Children. t f
Mount you tlo ,f Are wre to b-..r
out In this buildmc-' The rh
dren all repeated in chorus Vt -would
rtse In our places, s p ir
tho aisle, and mar.'h Tiiet'v hi
of the building" On the frnlrg
when Mr Mat.lt v Isltetl tn n-n
while he was sitting quietly oa tie
platform, the (em nr strpped te'.
the pupils and said. "Children, what
would you i.v If I were to tell n
that Mr Mnble is to speak to mu
this morntne" 1 m chlblre .
ironp.v -e:.l'c. t-i rh tu W e
t. (nl'd 1 e in ;- j a e fep t. o
t1 - ali.. und niarcli uuletly out of
tle uundiot; "