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state commi roe in the products of rliild labor,
which, it is understood. will bo favorably re
ported by 'ho House Committee on Labor, will
bp indorsed f-von by the most rigid sticklers
for States" rich's. Where the mental, moral
and physical welfare of children is involved,
platforms and political founts lose their slg
uifieance.
The Silver Lining
YY/ METHER or not Europe crashes together
W in the most dreadful war of all the
ticpf thi^ fortunate country will keep on its
peart fill way. saddened, it is trim, but hope
ful Our people will have to be clothed and
fed no matter how the battles rage over
seas. The warring nations will buy ai high
prices many commodities from 11s. Our
fruitful earth will continue to bear, our rail
roads to run and our people will work on at
their solution of our domestic problems.
When Euron conies through Armageddon,
5'1,> 1 ' '? ! States of America will still be
holding up to heaven the lamp or liberty,
whos. brilliance no demagogue can dim nor
nutoerat bbekon
\ "World in l'ren/.v
\] EVER . the crusades of the Middle
Ages >? ? there been witnessed anything
appro.ie:-in :1 spectacle we are seeing to
d'iy. and that I an entire world in frenzy
a frenzy o' nil I f r fighting. of fear and of
uncertain y things are different, too. from
the Middle Ages Tlien communication was
slow and transportation even slower. Panic
spread u. fast, ami the country far off was
less nlfe^ted by remote troubles.
Our very perfect ion and marvel of civiliza
tion is hurting us all. Europe and America,
in giving us ^ro-itor opportunities for losing
our lie;:ijon .. <,f us literally no loss than
metaphorically The wireless, the cable, the
phone th'- ???lepraph, the railroad, the ocean
liner, elUeient inaehinery for production in
factory and Ibdd all these influences mili
tate tn frenzy.
No nation in Europe to-day knows its
status. None knows where to expect a blow,
or whi-ii. The estimates of the onenn's
ftrencth. r 11 are conjectural, and built on tho
treachery of spies and bribed nien.
Europe's financial and commercial fabric is
in tat.ters It will be in that condition in
definitely. whether peace is patched or the
f pasmo lie flashes become a conflagration.
No wonder that in city and country people
accustomed to a long peace are frantic and
demoralized. No wondi r that statesmen or
dinarily grave and collected exhibit symptoms
of paresis No wonder that King (ioorge of
England suffers nervous collapse.
I'll" world is standing topsy-turvy. The
Old World is spinning around like a top,
morally and mentally. 'Vortuftato we. on this
?'.?!? of tlio At la nt ie, rtin't. w.e a re sufliciently
dMachtd to be able to keep our feet on the
ground People living to-day are witnessing
a gigantic spectacle that it is doubtful ever
will he repeated in future history. The cost
of it* r< no* it ion will bo too deadly.
will protest. ,
f.rtod I onnne fiiiards Our M
\J OT precaution and not observance of the
but some mysterious and kindly
-of?l f. rtuno guards tho safety of motorists
in -ii .- good rity of ours. That is. this pro
' r''i ?: n'tnet has so far shielded from in
?'"rx w '? " 1 i' ?? confidence chihllike
and lib:j , hav ti i<-ted to its rare, though
every !>s.r\;tnl person dies daily with those
who f sea pi d< at h
' ? ' : da>" ores of times every day
pr.Ht'i ?! i ev.-rj i it or driver on the streets
.iy viohitt-s < no of the wisest pro
y..tor.- for b:s on n safety contained in the
''gulati .i. ' ljtis end i nnering his own
1111 "unn tie ihe risk of turning his ma
a vei 'able! car of juggernaut
The ordinance provides that "no vehicle
: ' b :<? in mot on. or in start
'a' ' ' ' M !r ?'< standstill, unless a signal
? s i' ? n ? > raising the whip
' ' ' 11c 1>> i1 the direction in
to 1 ? made.-' So f;n- ;is
"I :H.r.-e-(|rawn vehicles
? 'bis provision, and
" ? i.? s?i n j* t be direct ion
! " ' 'urning. and, as a
' ? '? l,: ' '?> = '?? :!> bow in -pile of the
' ' ' ' ' " ; ' ? i-i itefnlly relied upon.
" ' '-1 v- do w 1) to follow tliejj ,-.x.
" p!' :r ' ' "f sdop'iiii: the mtsle-iding
and ca ? yero.i.. system that *be> now follow
/' ,r iron; indicating 'he direction in
,h"y nr" 'lhM!' ",rn 'axi drivers
; ' 'lit te< I ufft-tir: i|>!llg the
1 ' "?'??' ? ho drive their ou n
' ? ? ' ons i!' heir 1 wei ? convenience
' ' w?' : ?he> stick out from the ^ide
''' '" ' !f ;ir( u: ing a riL-ht-hand
yw thry project ^ their right hands; if
?fo-i- .H'n or owe for a car villi a "left-hand
drivt. thf-v rr.ily IISe their left hands
_mer V reg : r :ie of thr t?rn contemplated.
hw'- f ' " '?"*r ip drivng eastward pti*
Franklin Str.-t and U about ,fl ,uriI ?(,rtll
town: r.r,r. > ,f ,.0 e SPa,PfJ o|J
U f ,r?f ' ' : '' " " eer'alu to ev
tend >111. right hand. a-. . wnl, it to oxtend an
invitation-under the ordinance?to tlie man
t
driving behind him to pass him on the left. :
or to pass on throngh hini and his machine. i
Still, the coustant observer need not des- 1
pair; some day his watchfulness will be re
warded by viewing a spectacular wreck, while '
his taste for news will bo regaled with an>
account of a damage suit, in which the man
who lured his fellow to destruction by* false
signals, will be mulcted in compensatory and
punitive damages.
Meanwhile, some mysterious and kindly
good fortune guards the safety of motorists'
In this good city of ours.
The It. F. !?. Mnk
THE promulgation by Postmaster-General'
Burleson of the conditions under which
the new maximum of $1,200 pay for rural
letter carriers becomes effective, emphasizes
the extreme importance of the role played j
by the rural free delivery route in our mod- j
ern civilization.
The details of the new schedule of remun
eration are too technical' for the easy com- (
prehension of the. layman They may be
j summarized as signifiying that the carrier's1
receipt of the maximum depends almost !
wholly on the volume of patronage of the j
route. That puts a direct incentive upon'
both the patrons ami (lie carriers, which is a !
good thing.
Few influences have been more potent than
the rural free delivery in developing the
country. The rural phone followedi in its
wak'\ and good roads have had much to do
with it. Hut bringing the country closer to
the great centres of civilization is what has j
really turned the trick, and the rural free de
livery has done just that.
As it now is. the man in the country gets
his daily .or his weekly newspaper, his
periodical and his correspondence almost as
soon as the man In ihe city. Under the am
plified parcel post, he gels his supplies more
cheaply and more quickly, and the market
for his products is indefinitely broadened.
All this means, necessarily, that his revenues
are increased, and the significance of that
factor cannot he overestimated.
Isolation and monotony heretofore have
been the chief foes to the country, in the
sense of keeping tho right people there.
Lack of educational advantages and of facili
ties for sociability are other agencies. The
rural free delivery helps to push isolation and
monotony into the background. Good roads
and plenty of them make for educational ad
vantages and for an increase of the indul
gence of that gregarious instinct which lies I
in the nature of every normal man.
Seen from this angle, the rural carrier in
a proved evangel of advancement and de
velopment. vof greater happiness, of more
equal opportunity, of religious progress and
of general contentment. It Is sure that the
increased pay given the carrier, which is
helpful, but not large enough, will Increase
his already large sphere of usefulness. In
! time to come. Congress will, and should, he
! even more liberal. The carrier is the poorest
paid government, servant, measured by what
ln> gives.
The Three Arbiters
TI1K geography, the circumstances and the
factors in the present European crisis
are varied from those of the Napoleonic era,
but the arbiters of the eventual results are
the same. And these are: men, money,
brains. There will be a sprinkling of luck,
but the three influences noted will be pre
dominant.
What will happen wh?jn Germany locks
horns with France, is a problem. It may be
the German strategy to pound France to a
pulp before Russia can gather her enormous
resources, then turn on Russia. Germany
has 1he best fighting force in Europe, meas
ured by efficiency, training and esprit. She
can mobilize as though by magic. Discipline
is perfect. The German Is a lighting ma
chine. ilis leaders are capable, and they
command his implicit obedience.
This is not to reckon with Austria. Ser
via. even with the aid of Montenegro, can
not long keep Austria busy. Once the main
force of that country is relieved, it will be
gin hammering at Russia, which will he com
pelled to watch for trouble from that source
as well as from Germany. The Anstrians
are not wonderful warriors. Napoleon found
them easier than the soldiers of any of the
powers he encountered, and there is no indi
cation they have changed. The empire,
too. and probably the army, is a conglomer
ate of squabbling elements, which does not
make for success.
France'is a good fighting nation, but there
are suspicions of the strength and fibre of
her army. England has a negligible land
force, when potential troubles in Africa and
India are considered lt*:!> h.?s a fair army,
hut is handicapped by po\*rty.
Now, it is the nation that commands the
l>est trained brains and the most money that
is likely to gain the ascendancy. England
has the brains and ihe money, but lacks the
men. Her strength will be thrown to Russia,
which Iki- the men but lacks the trained
brains nn.d the money. Germany has plenty
of hraim* and efliciency. a moderate nutnber
of nun. but comparatively little money.
The ne the baffling combinations that exist
to- i. y iii Europe. The riddle is hard to
ai. \\< i .
Inform the Unfortunate
FINE work is quietly being done by the
\ trginia State School for Colored Deaf
and Blind Children. Indeed, the very mod
esty with which the institution has been con
ducted since its foundation tends to lessen,
to some extent, its capacity for doing good.
To those familiar with the school and its
work, the results accomplished have been
) striking, but to the majority of the people
the existence of a State-supported institution
in Newport News for Ihe education of col
ored deaf and blind children along practical
and nseti!I lines is unknown. An appeal is
made to thr whit people of Virginia to in
form the unfortunate among their colored
neighbors of the opportunity held out to them
b\ the State.
The Concert of Europe is to he played
with bayonets for hows and human bodies for
fiddles.
The world is a little skeptical as in the Von
Moltke of i ft 1 ) being quite I he same breed of
flog as the Yon Ditto of ls~0.
Perhaps that's Francis Josephs eiPa of
hi^w 10 earn th^ four or five-million-dollar;
pay check he pulls down every year
Now that Maeterlinck has proved thai
horses can think, lie should fee! qualified to'
pass on the question as to whether men think
Would there he war if th*- women of
Cure;.* had the vote"
Europe furnishes an opportunity for those'
i disgusted correspondents down in Mexico. j
WAYSIDE CHATS WITH
OLD VIRGINIA EDITORS
"From personal experience," says the Lynch
burg Advance, "we know that the state of
'broke-ness' in a strangv land is mighty un
pleasant " How about the state of "brokeness"
in a game with strangers?
The Fredcrieksburg Fi oe Lance pays tribute
to the statesmanship of those who so promptly
passed the emergency currency bill. "The i
President and Congress aro to lie congratu- j
lated," it says, "on the prompt action taken to j
protect business and credits in this country dur- j
ing the present situation. Rising above party i
and looking only to the welfare of the coun- !
try. Congress has made it impossible for a '
panic to occur, and the banks of the country !
will he able to moot all requirements of the j
people as result of congressional action on the j
emergency <^irrency measure. There is no I
alarm in America over the Kuropean mix-up? j
only legret!''
"Comptroller of the Currency Williams says
all tlie currency needed is now In circulation, i
Somebody got our sfliare," remarks the Salem j
Times-Register. You can search us, bo!
".Still there is some consolation in the fact
that Cole Blease has been summarily crowded
out of the limelight," says the Bristol Hcrald
Conrier. Along with T. R , Barnes. "The Same
old Hill" and a few others whose greed of the
front page has been satisfied at the expense of
the reading public.
The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch suggests: "The,
call to colors may have the effect of changing 1
the blue Danube." < >r displacing witli guards j
of another nationality "The Watch on the .
Hrfine." Meantime, it will tie demonstrated I
eonclusl vely whet Iter the tricolors are fast or I
will run.
"Belgium Vs the key to France," the Alex
andria Oazette snjs. and continues: "Army of
ficers think in tlie campaign through Belgium
lies Germany's only hope of marching her sol
diers Into France." Estimates of the dead and
wounded received since that was written lead
to the common belief that William got the key
in the wrong door when lie tried Belgium.
This clue, supplied by the editor of the Wll- !
liamshurg Gazette, may put t^ie farmers of Vir- I
ginia on tlie trail "f the harvest hands whose
absence from the fields has occasioned alarm :
and financial loss: "We ha\ve even this year
seen men actually at work with sickles cut
ting the grass along tlie streets. At almost any
time yon may see a man with a shovel and hoc (
working the streets." II must not bo Inferred, ^
however, that crops are abundant In tlie streets
of Williamsburg. The Cassette was merely!
comment inn upon the inadequacy of tlie sys- ,
teni of street cleaning provided bv the town j
fa i ners.
Claims to the wheat-growing championship
of Virginia are in order for consideration and
comparison. The Kdlnburg Sentinel throws
down the gauntlet in behalf of a Shenandoah
champion, submitting the following: "Hon. It
J. Walker, of near Mt. Jackson, claims to be
the champion wheat grower In Shenandoah
County. He'had two and a quarter acres of
land that for twenty years has been farmed
every alternate year In watermelons, and this
was the year, according to his rotation, for the
place to he farmed In wheat, which was done.
From ibis piece, two and a quarter acre^ only,
lie hat vested 1.12 bushels of fine quality wheat,
an average of fifty-eight arid two-third bushels
tier acre." It is a free-for-all Contest. Who Is
?*ititled to the wheat belt?
The Portsmouth Star philosophizes: "Man In
the beginning was given dominion over the
beasts of the field, tlie fowls of the air and the
lish of tlw sea. lie is warring to-day over the
fields of the earth, upon the seas and under the
seas, and In the heavens above the earth." And
all because, in the opinion of some authorities.
Kaiser Wilhelm's course of reasoning has been
something to this effect: "The universe is the
Lord's, but Kurope rightfully belongs to Cur
ma nv."
THE PUBLIC PULSE
Editorial Expressions From Leading
Newspapers
The Mexican Mraurr.
Overshadowed by the titanic struggle in Ku
rope. the situation in Mexico nevertheless is
assuming more alarming proportions and pre-'
set it i u g greater possibilities of trouble for the
Cnited Stales than at any time since tlie fall
of I'orfirio Diaz. The war in Kurope has turn
ed American attention from the irritating neigh
bor on the south, but the danger there has not
been lessened.
The sinister refusal of Carranza to guaran- '
tee amnesty to sympathizers of lluerta or to
any "f the uoncombatants can'have but one
meaning. If it were not his intention to en- i
gage in wholesale slaughter he surely could
liav? no hesitancy in giving such guarantees and
thus obtaining peaceful control of the capital.
The exodus of Mexicans from the capital gauges
the vividness of the impression that Mexico
City was being deserted.?Washington Post.
ItiiKincMM PntHolism.
It is certainly to be hoped that t,he American
people will not be penalized by their own
wholesale dealers because of a war in Kurope. '
Reports are current that provision houses have
already liemin to hoard supplies, with an up
ward pressure upon prices, and not because a 1
scarcity of foodstuffs in tiiis country renders
the measure precautionary, but because their
very abundance this year furnishes a tempta
tion for such amassing to sell at boom figures
abroad.
Americans will feel the paralysis of tlie war
severely enough in any event, so that it Is the
duty oi every patriotic business man to aid as
he may in keeping domestic conditions as near
ly as possible to the normal, and therefore food
dealers, assured of a reasonable profit at home,
should not contribute to the stringency of their
fellow countrymen by compelling them to suf
fer on behalf of tlie profits of hazardous ex- i
portation. New York Kvenlng Sun.
\ Minttered Idol.
It i? worth while in passing to keep the rec
ord of Mr. Andrew Carnegie clear. He lias been
touting the German Kmperor as the greatest
peace force for Kurope through a . decade or
more He is now quoted in the dispatches to
the effect that on account of the failure of Km
peror William t<> respond to the mediation pro- j
pns.ijs of Kngland, and because of the viola- I
tioti of the territory of Belgium, the Kaiser has
made it necessary for Kngland to go to war
with him. and that Kngland is Justified in so j
doing Thus does the builder of the peace pal- j
ace at The. Hague give conditional approbation !
to war. and thus docs he dismantle the idol of ,
peace that, lie had set up in the shrine of bis
particular fax or. Mr. Carnegie is mortal. He i
is also of British birth?-sonic say at present a ]
British voter. I? blood stronger than the oil
of peace upon the waters of warfare, and has
lie become a quasi-belligerent through national
s> mpatliicsV
However this may be. if Mr. Carnegie is
quoted rightly, the Kaiser Is no longer the high
exempl.ii of peace in the temple of humanity
in the estimation of the world philanthropist.
- -Baltimore American.
The Difference.
When a woman winds a towel around her
head and < .til. for a bucket of water, ii means
the beginning of a big da;, bul when a man
winds :? towel at<>und his head and calls for,
water It means the ,enil of a big nlglit.?Atlanta j
| Constitution. |
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Increasingly Admirable.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch: -
Sir.?Please accq^it my congratulation upon
your breadth of outlook as evidenced by your
publication to-day on your Increasingly admi
rable editorial page of that Impressive prayer,
it is the most stately and beautiful Utterance
that I have seen In regard to the war. Would
it lie possible to learn the author of the prayer?
IS.
Richmond, August 7.
After the War?What f
To the Editor of The Tlmcs-Dtspalcli:
Sir,?-An addendum, please, to the "No Man
Can Tell" article, which you kindly published
on the 5th instant, in order to make clear the
views prtsenteij therein:
-Self-preservation is said to be the first law
of Nature, and, If so for tho individual, still
more so for the aggregate individual?the
State: and the State must protect Its Integrity
at all hazards, regardless of the Ill-effects upon
neighbors?It must destroy neighbors rather
than be destroyed by neighbors.
Coining, now. to well-established facts, for
centuries there has been enmity, ami frequently
war, between Germany ami France, ami. as
Germany was disunited and therefore weak,
and France was united and therefore strong,
campaigns were always wagwd upon German
soil to the incalculable Injury, and sometimes
actual desolation, of Germany. Turenne,
t'onde and other celebrated French marshals
gained their world-wide reputation at Ger
many's expense, and Napoleon held her In help
less subjection. France has always been a
menace to the Integrity of Germany, hut, now
that Germany lias grown mighty and must
burst Iter swaddling bands, she hns resolved
to put an end to this perpetual menace, and.
to do so, she must, at all hazards, crush France
and reduce her to Impotence.; It is not ? mat
ter of choice, but of dire necessity?crush or
be crushed. And this can and will be done
for several reasons: First, because the German
army Is a greater and more elllcient Instru
ment of destruction than Is that of the French.
Second, because the German physique Is supe
rior to the French physique, and, in a strenu
ous war, as this Is to he, physique will tell
Third, the population of Germany Is greatly
superior to that of France, and. above all. Ger
many's forces are wielded by a single mighty
mind, while the forces of France will he wield
ed by disunited counsels and probably by poli
ticians. The only possible result of suc'.i
mighty conflict is that one not only must, but
\\ ijI. be crushed, and, as to which one. there
can be but one answer to an Impartial and
competent mind.
"Hut." comes the reply, "what of France's
great ally, Russia?"
If Russia and France could present an ac
tual and united t.'ont, the outcome might, and
probably would, be different; but Germany will
crush France before Russia can unite her forces
with those of France. .
Germany must, and will, force the conflict,
and the grand decisive battle will be fought
before the Russians ate in hearing of cannon
shots.
As soldiers, Grant and Emperor William are
somewhat alike. When a thing is to be ac
complished, the lives of soldiers are as blades
of grass: they will be sacrificed in hecatombs
without scruple or remorse
Fortifications ran only Impede?they cannot
prevent?a decisive battle, which will be re
quired to prevent the Germans from capturing
I'aris, for Paris captured or besieged. Itussia's
help will not avail, as France will then lie pros
trate. at the f?.-ot of Germany.
i atn not a partisan of Germany* but such is
the vision of the future as it appears to my
impartial judgment.
Great Britain has cast her heavy mailed
hand into* the scales, and. were the conflict to
be decided on the water, her action would he
averse, probably fatal, to Germany, hut the
contest Is a land contest and must be decided
on land and nowhere else, and Great Britain's
fleets can avail but little. Germany will most
probably oven un Belgium befoie Great Bri
tain can come to her relief.
And, when the war has been fought and
treaty of peace is to be signed. Germany may
probably say "I am ready for pvace, but my
terms are possession of Belgium, Holland and
Denmark ami a large slice of Northern France."
Russia will probably say, "I, too. am ready
for pen cc, but my terms are possession of
i 'onstantinople and Scandinavia," and. finding
that pence is impossible until Germany's and
Bussia's demands are compiled with, the con
clusion ?.f peace will probably find Russia and
liermany full-fledged sea powers, which, of
right, they should be. t.EWIS 11. BLAIR.
Richmond, August >5.
War.
"What," one asks, "of the trumpet blast
And banners In the dawn?
And what of the grain in the fallow field
When the husbandman has gone?"
This: If ye know not how to wield
'I lie sword with a steady hand
The grain that stood in your broad. gr?en fiel'A
Shall be reaped by an alien band.
This: If ye be not strong td tight
And ready to shield and save.
The woman and child shall starve and die,
< ?r live as the foeman's slave.
Shelter and food and wife and child ?
Since ever the world began ?
The strong shall win and the strong shall keep
So long as man Is mail.
The weapons >e u$e arc greater far
Than those the cave-man bort.
The battle line, is farther flung
Than it was in the time before.
IJut the filings ye strive for have not changed,
Nor shall they change at all.
And the strong shall win and the strong shall
keep.
And the weak shall surely fall.
? Justice and pity, and mercy? Yes
But they die without the sword.
For wrong is weak and fails in the end,
But it does not yield to a?word!)
And life and love, and the right to live?
Since eVer the world began.
They have gone to the clean and true and
strong. i
And shall?while man is man!
?H. \\\, New York Evening _Sun.
THE BRIGHT SIDE
The 'IVacher Taught.
Miss Dixon, a charming society girl, had
spent the entire summer in trying to elevato
the simple country people with whom she was
hoarding. When she was about to leave, she.
said:
"Good-by, Mr. Ingersoll. 1 hope my visit here
hasn't been entirely without good results."
??'Sartln not," replied the old farmer; "you've
learnt a heap since you first come; but, by heck,
you was about the greenest one we ever had
on our hands"?National Monthly.
Investigated Before the Iteneue.
"Is she going to marry the young man ?vho
saved her from drowning?"
?'I rhink so." *
"But is she sure that he is able to support
her In the style to which she has been accus
tomed?" ,
"Yes, she looked hiin\ip in Bradstreet's before
she fell in"?Houston Post.
toin plica t ion* of Authorship.
Wouldn't it be too bar! if, as the result of
England being drawn by triple entente rcspou
Kiblilies into' lighting aide by side with Russia,
Mr. Rudyard Kipling were put to the painful
necessity of getting out. a revised edition of
his excellent poem containing the admonition:
"Make ye no truce,with Adam-zad?the bear
that walks like a man'".' New York Herald.
v Insulting.
The Delegate --! tell you. sir. that the root of
trouble of the educational system of this nation
is the teacher.
The Listener -But, say. ain t jcru a teacher
yourself?
Tho Delegate (indignantly)?A teacher, sir!
Certainly not. I'm an educator.?Cleveland
Plain. Dealer.
T
THESE CHRISTIAN PEOPLES!"
ONB OK THE DAY'S OKST CARTOONS.
OiOf V
The Trey
Romantic Tale by Louis Joseph Vance
Opy-:#rht. by I.O'jh .!?>s?ph V.m ?
Ry arrangement with the Unlver* ' I -n
M j Titil.i ltiring Company, It i* porM>'> ' i
ro.i.l The Trey -r l!?.irt.-? in T!:e ! !:??."
I>1>|int'h ;in<! i'.mJ to ? r* I' tli I it ir ? t'
tilt s''i;.?r?r Theatre.
TIip Storyi
ri.our.it <>? tiii: i-i.\mi:.
Lapped j? in the lea thei l>ound
luxury of :tn ample lounge ch:t:r. v, .illcil
apart from the world I??. the venerable
solitude of the lihrarv of I,oni!on> most
exclusive club. Mr. Alan l<?w .sprawled
?largely on the nape of 111> iif! k i. and.
>(|t<liitiiiK discontentedly flown his nop*',
admitted that ho war >?xlta ustl v> !y
bored
He had every reasonable right to be
bored, lie had nothing flso t., do hut
lif< bored.
lie was. in most outward rc.spe.-t5. a
very ordinary person- normally sane
and Rood-look i n g, v\ ? 11 tnann'-i'-d, well
cared for, well dressed Ami nor:.tally.
Mr. I..iw hchavwi himself. !.<? was made
? if the stull thai itches cannot spoil.
Left to himself, he would fa.r rather
stand at the wheel ot a racing motor
boat than buck that of a roulette lay
out; he preferred playing polo to play
ing the potties; and hitting the hitch
spots along Montmartc was less to his
taste than sailing comfortably over
them at an altitude of several thou
sand feet; while it was never his no
tion of fun to gulp hi <y.pio-selt ze? as an
antidote for last night, and then cock
tails to counteract the antidote.
But there were limes wheu it w.i?
strongly borne in upot him that he
must cither break out. In some unique
and spontaneous manner ot blow up
At such times histor> was apt to be
manufactured in bulk. And thi -this
day of an LOnglish June?was. out: of
pini-i< ftacrance of tho rose-garden
''i to Ik ? v??n mote strong ar.'l
? 1 ? > i m i. wmt ! !:;i !i c vnr
'I . > ii he put out i gingerly hand *?nd
? Iin <>\i ! oil that if umj. real beyond -ill
?pits-lion. A warm i i os<\ frfjh
plucked. drops of water treinbl i;k ami
s;>;>: !; I i nj, like tlnv diamonds on the
velvet of its tleshy petals AlVl vhi'li
hnpuls.ivolv he took it by the st?-rn. i.o
? lis '.-..rod a ni'i! t Indisputable thorn -
w kt<-h 'l)?l service for 'h<- traditional
pic.-h
('< ?: \ 111. od that h" w asn't dreaming,
\li< I tra: sfer'?-ii th?i rosi- ' r> 1.1 sound
hand. aii'i meditatively sucked his
ti'i: Hi Thi'ii In- Jumped tip front his
? li i ? and g!ared suspiciously rr. una
the room It ivn# true that a pract:< 1
lot ?? in that solemn atmosphere were
a thinij unthinkable. still, 'hero was
t! i?? ros?
There was no on?- i<ut himself in tha
library
Impul*iv?ly he struck a call-be!!??
and repented. He. simply could not
pose there, gracefully aesthetic with a
rose iii his bund, to he, discovered by
the approaching waltei
llapplly, his wildly searching eye
iljrhted upon his hat. an able-bodied,
sleek and s.hiny topper, resting on a
near-by table, together with Mr Law's
maliier.i stick rind lemon-colored gloves
Int > that he dropped the rose L'pon
his bend lie dapped the hat. And the
waiter entered to I'.nd the member
norfchulmitly drawing on his gloves?
in "linn in his m,rtt.nor betraying the
slightest hint of the fid that a thorr.
was penetrating tils scalp
"Ah- v alter, I've neen asleep, you
know "
"Thank you -it "
"Ho you happen to know v.helher
"Still?there was the in>c.
those times Mr. I .a w was uneasily ?
a ware of the unrest simmering within
?'inr. very much. no doubt, as Vesuvius
is periodically conscious of its divine
discontent
Now the chair he filled j*o gracclessly
stood I.-, .hi open window. .sonic twentj
feet l?elow which lav a sizable walled
KiMiieu, .in old Kn-lish garden in full
flower. And Ihrtiugli the window, now
and then, a half-hearted, brc-ze. wafted i
(justs of warm air. suave and enervat- j
iiik with the heavy fragrance of Kng- i
lish roses.
Mr. Law drank deep of it, and in
spite of his spiritual unrest, sighed
slightly and shut .his ej es.
An unspoken word troubled the depth
of his consciousness, so ttiat old memo- i
ries stirred and struggled to its sui-i
face. The word was "Rose," and for ,
the time seemed to bo the name neither I
of a woman nor of a flower, but oddly i
of both, as though the two things were
on*. Ilis mental vision, bridging the |
gap of a year, conjured up the vision '
of a lithe, sweet silhouette in white,
with red roses at her belt, posed on a j
terrace of the Riviera against the burn- !
ing Mediterranean blue. j
Mr. Law was dully conscious that he |
ought to be sorry about something. !
I tut lie was really very drowsy indeed; !
and so. drinking deep of wine-scent of
rosea, ho fell goutly asleep. . . .
The clock was striking four when he.
awoke; and before closing his eyes he
had noticed that its hands indicated
, ten minutes to four. So he could not
have slept ,vcry long.
For some few .seconds Alan did not
move, but rested as he was. in- i
credulously regarding a rose, which had i
materialized mysteriously upon the lit-I
tie table at his elbow He was fjuite :
sure it had not been there when lie
closed his eyes, and almost as sure
that It wjjs not real.
1 And In that Instant of awakentngr the
anybody has been in this room while
I \v;-.s asleep'.'"
"I couldn't siy, sir?unless it might
av<j been Mr Marrophat 'E's ih the
writing-room?the only other Tie
man on this floor of the club'ouse at
present, nil'."
"Marrophat? I don't know him!"
"Thank you. sir.'
"Marrophat? No fear!" Aim a ? jure.1
himself as the waiter look himself off.
Hut on his way out Alan took occa
sion to glance through the <loor of the
writing-room, and was continued in his
incredulity. Mr. Marrophat. jstodgllj.
rounded over a desk in the mi ner, was
the incarnate genius of aupe.rfatted
British dignity Impossible to credit
him with anything remotely resemb
ling a sens? of humor, 01 any such
spirit of romantic midsummer mischief
as might prompt one to distribute red
roses to fellow club members.
Perplexed to exasperation, Alan fled
the. club, only pausing on the. way out
to annex the envelope he found ad
dressed 10 him in the letter rack.
It was a blank white envelope of
sood quality, the address typewritten
the stamp English, and bore a London
postmark, half illegible.
Ala^i tore the envelope open in ab
sent-minded fashion, and started as If
stung. The inclosure was a simple
playing car?a trey of hearts! . . .
In the writing-room Mr. Marrophat
continued solemnly to compose, breath
ing rathej heavily, his thick lips firmlj
compressed as if to restrain his tongue
from aping the antics of his stub pen
his starting eyes following the Ink
scratches on the telegraph blank wttli
a look of mildly anguished surprise
He was laboriously printing the fol
lowing words:
"SENEX. NEW YORK?ROSE ITT
TIERED .V;.S P M?TREY POL,
LOWED?A. MUCH DISTURBED ?M
P-T."
i . _ IContlaued To-morrovV ?'*