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Phantasy or reality, Walter Osborne
dead. lie had been 111 for over a
year; he had closed his eyes ,,eace
-fu y, the lust kiss of his daugther Es
elle seemingly still flitting upon his
lips. Then he seemed floating without
the room into space, through it. lie
was no longer a mere entitv. but a
part of some concrete AM made up of
the elements of the universe.
His wish had always been expressed
that cremation, the scattering of his
ashes across some wide sea should
mark his flitting from one sphere into
another. And now all that seemed his
world ego was a slowly ascending, va*
porous smoke. The spiral flight min
gled its density with the higher air
and was swayed and dissipated until
only a fine thread, scarcely discerni
ble. remained. So far as an essence,
a spirit, could comprehend sentiment,
there was exaltation in the rapid tip
ward flight, where, with a new vision,
the world lay hare ami fading beneath.
Then the tiny vestige of vapor was
taken up and buoyed along by otlier
masses of impregnated ether. The
volume of progress was retarded. The
1. nit assumed a new aqueous form
with qualities of actual weight and
form. The sun withdrew its rays, the
mass descended now, and the frag
ment of vapor that comprehended all
that was left of Walter Osborne as
sumed the substance of a distinct drop
of dew.
This floated downward, to perform
Its tiny mission. It swayed with the
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"Make Hay While the Sun Shines.V
breeze past lilac gardens, sweet with
fragrance of lily beds, and then, di
rectly within the garden that sur
rounded Ihe home of Estelle Osborne,
now the bereaved one, that, tiny tlew
ilrop sank deep into the heart of a
r< i.-e.
In her distress and anguish at the
loss of a father who had reared her
uni id peace, comfort and refinement,
Estelle had no consolation to alleviate
her consuming grief except the
thought that there was one who would
surley hasten to her side when he
learned of her desolation—Marvin
Karr. To her this friend, later lover,
still later her fiance, had brought all
ihe cherished joys of pure love. She
had trusted him wholly. Her father s
great anxiety had been concerning the
worthiness of the flushing, brilliant
young man upon whom he was asked
lo bestow the carefully nurtured idol
of his heart. He had not attempted
to curb the progress of the long woo
ing.
He had tried to feel that whatever
faults the young man might possess
would be obscured by the renovating
power of the sweet, gentle influence
of Estelle. The beautiful young girl
aroused from her lethargy of grief
when Marvin Farr, a few days after
her great bereavement, came to the
desolate house. He was subdued, she
noted, hut that was natural. He <*x
presved his sorrow in tender t«Tius. If
I-.-telle noticed that he was abstract
et. that he did not refer to their fu
tin o, she traced it indulgently to con
sid« ration for her troubles. He let!
her without the customary parting
kiss, but ho spoke feelingly of her great
bereavement and left her counting the
moments until she should see him
again.
"1 am a scoundrel!" he muttered, as
lie proceeded down the street. "What
will that sweet, innocent girl think o'
me when she comes to comprehend the
baseness, the meanness of my inner
nature?"
II«' winced at this self-abasement as
la* faced the wayward, cruel purposes
he had in view. Estelle, as they passed
through tlm garden, had plucked the
most lovely rose upon her favorite
bush, lie liud negligently placed it
upon the lapel of hi.s coat. Its sweet
perfume nettled and accused him. He
viciously tore it from its place and
dropped it into Ids pocket—the rose,
In the heart of which reposed the dew
drop which emblemized the soul ego
of dead Walter Osborn«*.
Half an hour later Marvin Farr en
tered a gorgeous mansion, agi are with
electric light, crowded with gay com
pany. A close friend, its owner, Ar
thur Bond, greeted him effusively.
"Übe is here and has been fearing
you would not come," spoke the lat
ter.
"Your sister, Mrs. Willis?"
"Yes. Marvin, we're old chums, and
there is no man I would more willingly
welcome as the mate of iny sister than
you. I can tell you something you
have already guessed—Eudosia loves
you."
Marvin reddened at the audacious
statement. He paled at the thought
of the poor girl he was scheming to
desert, to forget; of the heart he was
about to crush, already prostrate un
der fresh grief.
"Eudosia is going to the beach re
sort for a week, tomorrow," proceeded
Bond. "Myself and my wife will in
vite you there as our guest at the cot
tage. You will come?"
"And your sister?"
"She is ready to be won. Make hay
while the sun shines, old fellow! You
have no rivals."
And in tlie company of the beautiful
widow, reputed lo have a million in
lier own right, Marvin Farr basked
through the midnight hours. The
glare, tin* company, the responsive
eyes of Eudosia Willis enthralled him
for the time being. When lie left her
it was with a promise made to spend
a week at the home of her brother at
the beach resort.
Outside, homeward bound, the fresh
j «'vening air cleared his besotted brain.
He shrank within himself as he ana
lyzed the treachery he was about to
commit. In u business way he had an
income sufficient to cover all reason
able expenditures of a modest house
hold. The rose-guarded home of Es
telle was her own. With love regnant,
It would become a paradise of delight.
But Eudosia Willis, her butterfly life,
allured him. He would never have to
toll. The sensuous beauty of the
Stately woman would fill his life. On
the one hand, simple love; on the
other, lavishness, luxury, the ready
r«"quisition of change, excitement—all
the alluring enchantment of opulence.
"I will write a few brief lines to Es
telle. I will confess to her that I am
unworthy of such love ns hers. Poor
girl! Wretched, selfish craven I! But
the die is cast."
When he reached his own room his
hand came in contact with the rose in
hi.s pocket. He flung it carelessly on
the bureau, went to bed, tossed un
easily for a time, and Anally went to
sleep, feeling that he had sold his soul
to the evil one.
His dreams were not pleasant ones.
He awoke in the morning unrefreshed
and irritable. The weight of remorse
w as on his mind.
"I'll get through with it at one
dash," he muttered, "and send the note
to Estelle. I'll leave the city, so my
determination cannot be weakened.
Wealth, luxury, society—I would be a
fool to barter all this for love."
How the sweetness of past hours at
the rose-lning garden came back to
him! Passing the bureau, he reache«!
out and casually lifted the rejected
rose.
Within it the soul of tears lingered.
Their moisture had kept the flower
fresh as when it was plucked. The
strong, vital scent of the rose made
the man reminiscent. Farther hack
than Estelle ran the swift grouping
thoughts of Marvin Farr. They used
to have such roses, all purity and
beauty, at the old homestead where
mother—
He choked up as the poignant mem
ory of that mother's loving cure and
advice came back to him.
"Always he a man," she had said,
and lie was about to become a pol
troon, a traitor, a ruthless desecrator
of the holy pledges of love. He wa
vered, a dimness came into his ey«*s.
He fell to his knees by his bedside and
burst into tears.
When he arose his face was calm,
his eyes wore a new expression of re
solve, mingled with contrition. With
a steady hand he indited a note to Ar
thur Bond, to inform him that circum
stances prevented his accepting the In
vitation to the beach resort.
The dewdrop sank deeper into the
heart of the rose, to become a part of
it—of the rose which was to become
a cherished secret memento to Marvin
Farr through all the years to come.
And after, when gentle, loving Es
telle was by his side, there seemed to
be with them a spirit that blessed
them. (The dewdrop had performed its
mission and the soul of \\ alter Os
borne was at rest.
Wool Production in Sweden.
A recent official report on the wool
production of Sweden says there are
300.000 owners of 1,200,000 sheep, and
that the average clip Is 3 kilos per
sheep, making the total production 3,
COO metric tons, fi'iie owners of the
sheep are only allowed to keep for
their own us<* 2 kilos (2.2 pounds) for
each member of the family, the re
mainder being delivered to the govern
ment.
Scholarship Memorial.
A scholarship in memory of Miss
Isabella Austin has been founded at
the University of Washington, to be
known as the Isabella Austin scholar
ship. The first holder is Miss Kath
ryn Barnhisel of Tacoma. The seliol
arship «s awarded on a basis of per- j
sonal need, scholarship in high school,
and womanly promise.
Bowser Is
At Peace
Maybe He Won't
Kick Again
(Copyright. 1917. by the McClure Newspa
per syndicate.)
Mr. Bowser got out of bed on a Mon
day morning, after his third call to
breakfast, and proceeded to dress.
Wiien he reached us far as his socks
they were not in sight. He did not
rush to the hall and «-all for Mrs. Bow
ser to come up on the gallop and ex
plain matters. He looked around him
until he found one of them on his foot
an«i the other crushed into his shoe.
He had trouble in finding his collar and
necktie, and his watch hud somehow
worked under his dresser, but he didn't
make n kick—not it single kick. He
ate breakfast without a kick and, as
lit* walked ui) the street on bis way to
the otlic«*, he smiled blandly at an old
horse limping down the street.
Mr. Bowser didn't kick when In*
came home. He didn't kick through
out tin* evening. He was as peaceful
as a pumpkin growing under the July
sun.
Tuesday morning he had the same
difficulty in finding his clothes to dress.
One shoe had gotten into the closet,
where he had thrown it during the
night at a gnawing mouse, and it took
ten minutes to remember if. The but
ton bad come out of Ids shirt collar
and It took ton minutes more to find
it asleep in bed. Not one kick. Not
one swear word. Mrs. Bowser hinted
that they would soon need more coal
for the kitchen range, but that did not
disturb Mr. Bowser's placidity in the
least.
And. walking up to the eorni-r, he
shook hands with three or four men
whom he hardly knew and told an old
woman that the war would soon be
over and everybody would be rich. If
u lonely old mule had come along and
brayed in Mr. Bowser's <*ar he would
not have raised a riot.
Tuesday evening at dinner Mrs. Bow
ser timidly mentioned that she wanted
to do some house cleaning next day,
and that she would get up in the morn
ing an hour earlier to do so. She held
her breath waiting for Mr. Bowser to
say that he would stay home from the
office and put in the day with her.
and, of course, that would have spoiled
the whole thing, but he didn't say any
thing of the kind. What he did say
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could employ it and he hoped she j
wouldn't tire herself out working too j
hard. Mr. Bowser got up Wednesday *
morning as early as Mrs. Bowser did, j
hut he didn't take hold and sling rugs 1
and chairs about. He simply sat down, !
and read his morning paper, much to
the astonishment of the cook, who men
tioned to Mrs. Bowser that something
was surely going to happen. She was
mistaken, however. Not even a frown
appeared on Mr. Bowser's fnee. When
he came home in the evening, he found
everything as it should be, and made ,
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some remarks of a complimentary na-'
ire. He even went so far as to invite
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Mrs. Bowser to go with him to the;
movies, but she was obliged to decline
on account of her being too tired.
Thursday morning Mr. Bowser did
not bound out of bed with tin* quick
tiess of a bulti't or the agility of an
antelope. Ii>* «dung to that be«l as if
it was his only hope on earth. Mrs.
Bowser called him five times and final
ly came upstairs and told him in a
petulant way that he would be at least ;
an hour late at the office. He threw !
no shoes at her. He did not reply that ;
In* would sleep for u week and the |
old otti« e might be durned for all of
him. As soon as she disappeared lie
began rubbing his «*yes. It appalled
him to think of dressing, hut lie encour
aged himself, and, in about half an
hour he appeared at the breakfast
table.
On the car going over town, several
passengers were astonished. Mr. Bow
■ser usually rushed Into his car an«?
took the first seat be could find in a
selfish way, but this time he cam«» in
very quietly, and took a seat with an
«îpologetio expression of countenance.
That evening was a long and peace
ful one in tin* Bowser re-idenc*. Mr.
Bowser did considerable talking, and
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a notice, which hail come by mail, that
b«> had not paid his taxes yet. and
that a per cent hud been levied against
him. Ninety-nine times out «if a hun
dred he would have walked about
flourishing that piece of paper, and de
fying all the tax departments in the
world, and threatening to have blood
for the insult. But. on this occasion,
he read the notice and laughed over
it and said to Mrs. Bowser:
"Well, I declare! I am surely get
ting to be a careless old man. Of
course. I must pay for my n«*gligence,
as all others must."
During -ae evening a man called
and wanted to sell Mr. Bowser a horse,
and another man called to see if he
didn't wan' to invest in some coconut
lands in but he turned them
away with,« few pleasant words, and
his right ahoe didn't itch to do any
kicking.
Friday morning dawned as peaceful
as any one could wish, lie talked anil
smiled, and be was so pleased with
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He Smiled Blandly at an Old Horse.
the general way in which the cook
dropped a platter, and broke it in four
places that he whispered to Mrs. Bow
ser that she ought to have her wages
raised at least a dollar a week.
Friday evening was a replica of oth
er pleasant evenings. The minister of
Mrs. Bowser's church made a brief call
and talked to Mr. Bowser about his
soul, anil Mr. Bowser didn't get mad
about it. He seemed to know that he
had a soul, and that it ought to be a
good soul. He promised to attend
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ister left in high hopes that hi* had
rescued another human being from the
downward path.
All men agree that Saturday is the
most trying day of the week. If a
man is ever going to be mean and
grouchy it is on Saturday. Mr. Bow
ser was to be tested, but he stood the
test gravely. He arose at his usua
hour, and he did not kick. A goat
had come along and ate tip some o 1
the flowers in the front yard, hut there
were no threats of taking his tail and
keeping it until he was brought low.
Mr. Bowser simply smiled and laughed
At noon he came home, saying that
I'he would take half a day off. Gracious,
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but how he could upset that house in
half a day. Mrs. Bowser trembled
as he entered the hall, but it was u
false alarm. There bad been no change
hi Mr. Bowser. He sat around for
a while, and then started for a walk,
all by his lonely. He came back with
a bouquet, which lie had gathered on
some vacant lots, and sat down to a
book which lit* did not lay down until
Notified that his dinner was ready. lie
was not Mr. Bowser, but some other
Bowser. He was an intruder. He had
commenced things all over, and Mrs.
Bowser could not say that she was
any better satisfied with the new state
of things than with the old. The oid
Bowser had frequent explosion-/; the
new Bowser was too peaceful and
placid and bland. Would tiie Bowser
return in a day or two? She found
herself hoping so, and so lid the cut
and crickets on the hearth.
FINOS WEALTH
111 DREAM SNIP
tune in Boat of Boyhood
Fancy.
CALLED BACK TO SEA
i Aged Skipper Brings Home For
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Deserts Life on Water, But Sight of
Aged Bark Revives Dreams and
Lures Him Forth to
Riches.
New Bedford, Mass.—Three score
years ago a small hoy in this city
watched tlx- whaler Charles \V. Mor
gan leave port and sail beyond the
misty horizon. In boyish fancy he
saw himself bringing the ship back
to port, filled wirb valuable cargo.
Now the dream lias come true. Cap!.
Benjamin S. Cleveland, st'venty years
old. lias just returned to New Bed
boyhood
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on the
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is days,
ar ago.
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ar- old,
men
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ford in the dream ship of ids
i with a cargo of $30,000.
As Cleveland grew to tin
f took to the sea. Dur not in rh
W. Morgan, lie spent his life 1
! water, and returned to land
I years ago. with just enough of
I tune to koi p him the rest of his
! Then, n little more than a y. a
he saw tin dream ship of his
tied up at Fairhaven and ilmui
the scrap heap.
The ship was seventy-five yea
but Captain Cleveland knew th
w bo bad built it. I le know win
sturdy woodsmen had cut the oak nr.d
locust trees out of which the ship was
fashioned. Visions of his boyhood
dream haunted ldm until he finally
bought the old hark, hired a crew of
30 men and sailed, in September. Ittltî.
Ilis goal was Desolation island. 2.50«)
miles south of Cape Town. South Af
rica, the lair of t>.e sea. elephant.
On the shelving beaches of that
dreary island in ID** South Indian
ocean the sea elephants disport them
selves. They leave on a three months
leading expedition each year, but re
turn in the mating season. The hulls
fight for the females and never quit
until one is killed. Hundreds com«
ashore and lie on the beach. It is
j then that the hunters rt'np tli>*ir har
vest.
Bullets Bounce From Bodies.
The bodies of tlie sea elephants are
Invulnerable, except in one soft spot
above the <>cis. If a bullet strikes
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German Raiders.
i them in another part of the body it
! bounces off ns it would from plate
steel. With rifles and spears th«* hunt
1 ers kill their gam«*, sometimes even
j dubbing th<* smaller ones. The sea
; elephants are like seals and the only
; ones that will fight are the bulls, which
battle fiercely.
After the oil had b«*en rendered on
I ship board and the boat was tilled with
j the pr«*cious fluid. Captain Cleveland
' turned tin* prow of bis boat toward
America. He took a s«*eret route, so as
to avoid German raiders, although he
barely missed a mine while making
j for the West Indies. Not long ago the
j 15,000-mile trip whs finished, with the
* seventy-year-old skipper on the deck
I at his seventy-six-vear-ohl dream ship.
! In the hold was the fortune that his
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SHORT SENTENCE SAVES HIM
Man Released From Prison Because
Court Gave Ikcrter Sentence
Than Lav/ Prescribes.
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'ottrt gave him a skm-ter mmc-e than
; :he law prescribed : - puni hue at f..r
I jperating a gambling t; J. iB.-.i
1 ey uf I eighten is a fr* • man. U.d
i ey was cfinvieti'd and the court m n
1 :cnced hi'ii to serve •
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judge order d hi « n
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ivi; g him only six months
law proscribed notâtes« thaï
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Keep the family free
fiorn cold» by using jr'
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A Mistake.
"A laboring man has very : tie
choie«' of occupation."
"There you are mistaken. He can
always take his pick."
PROMPT RELIEF.
ran be found in cases of Colds, Coughs,
I,a Grippe and Headaches by using
Laxative Quinidine Tablets. Does not
affect the head or stomach. Buy your
winter's supply now. l'ricc 25c.—Adv.
Where Canes Are Popular.
'There is probably no country in the
world where the use of walking sticks
Is .so general as in the United King
dom. Practically «vary man cane s a.
dine, not oii!> in the towns and cities
hut also in the country : ami. in addi
tion. there is a large demand tor walk
ing sticks fur women, these being Used
extensively in the country and tit sea
side resorts, but not to a great extent
ill the cities.
1 lie winter months an* always rainy
and even during the summer the
\ eather ts often very unsettled, so that
th«- use of umbrellas is also unusually
great. These conditions have tuiidu
the manufacture of umbrellas and
walking sticks an important industry
in tin British isles.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER
has been a household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than half
a eeiitury fur constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling finit accompanies
such disorders. It is a most valuable
remedy fur indigestion or nervous dys
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming up of food, palpita
tion of heart and many other symp
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. It is a
gentle laxative. A-k your druggist.
Sold In all civilized countries.—Adv.
The Oldest Living Creature.
Among the «oldest life forms on the
globe is the shellfish, known as the
lingula, a specimen of whieli was tak
en from Manila hay several years
ago. The genus. a< < ording to set
entisis. has remained praetirjilly unal
ter«d for more than a hun«lr«*<l million
years. With the extraordinary changée
of climate and environment since the
world began most ^rttis of i ift* with
which science is familiar have b«*en
transformed or have altogether disap
peared since the geologic ages. "That
the genus lingula." says the Journal of
Heredity, '>111111111 have survived for all
these ages, and undergone virtually no
change, is striking evidence of the fact
that the germ plasm, which under some
conditions, as in the case of the hors»
and the dog. Is capable of extraordi
nary variation, is under other condi
tions remarkably constant."
G ; rl Bank President.
A girl president lives In Cleveland,
«>. She is president of a bank, and Is
only seventeen years old. The bank
lias S50 depositors and a capital of
$155.5 V The depositors are members
of the council educational alliance,
who save their money to buy Liberty
loan bonds, vacations and presents.
The deposits come in pennies. Some
persons literally have "only a cent to
their names."
Expensive Hostelry.
"I like to -top at this hotel."
"Why?"
"'l ie* proprietor makes nie feel as if
I ow ned tin- place."
"Well, öfter you've paid your bill
yon will fee! that ymt might to own
the place, whether you do or not."
One Failure.
"Everything is striking about this
mansion."
"Y«*s, everything hut the clocks."
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whose sensitive
nerves often yield
to coffees harmful
stimulation, appre
date the change
resulting from a
ten days' trial of
INSTANT
INSTEAD of COFFEE.
Such a delicious
drink makes the
change easy and
better nervet; ixiake
it a permanent one.
"There's a Reason