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0 11 " . ' fULR COUNTY ISt,o.,rt TON. TENNESSEE. mm PI. yiiLML A Now Romance of"tho 5torm Cootvttnj "DEAR CHILD!" Synopsis. Lonely and friendless. Tonnibel Devon, living on a canal boat with a brutal father and a worn-out, discouraged mother, wan ders Into a Salvation army hall at Ithaca, N. T. There she meets a young Salvation army captain, Philip MacCauley. Uriah Devon, Tony's father, announces he has arranged for Tony to marry Regi nald Brown, a worthless compan ion. Mrs. Devon objects, and Uriah beats her. Their quarrel reveals that there Is a secret between them In which Tony Is the central figure. Tony refuses to marry Reginald and escapes a beating by jumping into' the lake. She finds a baby's picture with ofTer of reward for Its delivery to a Doctor Pendlehaven. With the Pendlehavens, a family of wealth, live Mrs. Curtis, a cousin, her daughter and son, Katherine Curtis and Reginald Brown. Kath erine Is deeply In love with Philip MacCauley. Tonnibel returns the picture to Doctor John, and learns it belongs to his brother, Dr. Paul Pendlehaven. It Is a portrait of Doctor Paul's child, stolen In In fancy. Doctor John goes with Tony to the canal boat Mrs. Devon is deeply agitated and makes Tony swear she will never tell of Dev on's brutality. The older Devons disappear and Tcny is taken into the Pendlehaven house as a com panion to Doctor Paul. Philip saves Tony from Reginald, after a fight. Uriah appears, orders Philip off and locks Tony up In the canal boat Philip again rescues her. CHAPTER IX Continued. "When?" asked Philip, eagerly. "To day?" Tonnibel shook her head. "Nope." she replied wearily. "I'm dead beat out." "And I forgot that," cried the boy. "Tony, darling, will you will you kiss me before you go?" Two arms shot out and clasped around his neck. Two eager lips met Ms in such passionate abandon that for a long time after Tony and Gussie had gone away toward the boulevard Philip MacCauley lay face downward on the shore, the sun peeping at him from the eastern hill. Paul Pendlehaven lay wide awake In his bed, his sunken eyes filled with darkened sorrow. His brother had stayed with him the most o the night and now sat beside him. "Will you sleep?" asked Doctor John. "I'll try," was the response. "I could If I knew where she was." Doctor John reached over and took bis brother's thin hand. "The morning may bring her back," he said soothingly. "And Paul, old man, if you worry like this, you'll be back where you were four weeks ago." The invalid sighed heavily. "I've grown so accustomed to her," he said In excuse, "and somehow since you told me of her people, I fear some thing may have happened to her." "We'll hope for the best," said John Pendlehaven, rising. "Now if I run down for a wink or two will you He quietly while I'm gone?" "Yes," came in a breath, and true to his word, Paul Pendlehaven scarcely breathed for a long while after his brother went out, although his heavy gray eyes stared at the breaking dawn. If anyone had told hlra a month ago, he could have longed for any human being as he now longed for Tony De von, he wouldn't have believed it.- He dfeaded the day without her dear smile bending over him. Perhaps she would never come back. At that thought he sroaned. If he could only go to sleep. Only close his eyes Ills lids sank slowly down, and he slept fitfully. Mingled In his dream of Tony Devon came a sharp sound. Thnt, like Tony, must be a dream, too, that sound that was out of the ordinary noises of the day, for although the eun had called into life the bees and birds, Ithaca still slumbered. The noise came again, striking against his nervous brain and waking him. Suddenly, with panting breath and beating pulses, he lifted himself on his elbow. The screen had fallen from the window and perhaps ten sec onds passed as he stared mutely at It Then like a shot from a gun, Tony Devon sprang through the window In to the room. For a moment the sick man gated at her with mingled emo tions. Something dreadful had hap pened to her. She was so white, so wraithlike and changed, yet blotching the pallor of her face were reddish blue bruises. Then the bare feet took the distance between them In a bound. The dimples at the corners of her lips lived a moment and were gone. When Paul Pendlehaven dropped back on the pillow, she spoke. "Me and Gussle's back," she said brokenly. "I climbed up the tree and got to the roof, fearln to wake up the other folks In the house." She sat down betide the bed. "Somehow I knew you'd be lookln' for me, sir." oixeiieriivM Piives tj MILLER f WHITE It was because she had passed through such a dreadful night and was so terribly tired that she cried a little as a child cries after It has been cruel ly punished. Paul Pendlehaven let his thin hand drop on the frowsly head. Tears stung his own lids like nettles. "Dear child," he breathed, "dear pretty child, I've waited all night for you. My God, what's happened to you?" Tony covered her face with her hands. "Somebody beat me up," she moaned. "I cui't tell anything now. And I lost my pretty clothes." Sudden strength came to Paul Pen dlehaven. He sat up straight and forcibly lifted the pitiful hurt face so he could look at It. "Tony," he began gravely, "I com mand you to tell me what happened to you. Tell me instantly. If I knew, I could take steps to punish the ruffian who dared to do this thing." That was just what Tony didn't want. Hadn't she sworn to Edith In the presence of the infinite Christ, that good Shepherd who had given up His life for His sheep, that no matter what Uriah did she wouldn't peach on him? The tears were still rolling down her cheeks from under lowered lids. "You have so helped me, Tony," con tinued Pendlehaven, "and yet you re fuse to let me do what I can." She tried to think of something to comfort him. "But sometimes daddies and hus bands beat their women folks," she ex plained. "Then your father whipped you?" quizzed the doctor. "That I can't tell," said the girl. "Don't make me. . . . Oh, Lordy, I'm all tuckered out." It was of no use to put questions any more, thought Pendlehaven. He was persuaded that her father had done this dreadful thing. At eight o'clock, when Dr. John Pendlehaven softly entered the slck- "Me and Gussie's Back," She Said Brokenly. room he found his brother In sound slumber, and Tony Devon, her face discolored with bruises, fast asleep in the chair by the bedside. It was a' stubborn Tony that faced Doctor John that morning. Adroitly he tried to draw from her the reason for her extreme paleness, for the dark marks stretched across her face, and the meaning of the shudders that sud denly attacked her. "I can't tell," she reiterated in dis tress fa's she had to his brother "Please don't ask me." That her mother was dead, she firm ly believed. This she did tell the doc tor between many sobs and tears. "I'll never see her ever any more," she told him tremulously. "And If you'll let me, I'll live here forever and forever and take care of Doctor Paul." "My brother can't get along without you, dear," he said, deeply touched. "If you had seen how he grieved last night, you wouldn't have made that remark." "I know he likes me," said the girl, sighing, "and I love him. Why, I love him" She searched the man's face and might his smile. "Better than you do me?" he came In with. "Yes," said Tonnibel. honestly, "but you next " Then she thought of Philip, of the hours he had held her against his breast, of the kiss In the morning's dawn, and she fell into a bashful silence. When Doctor Pendlehaven told Mrs. Curtis that Tony had returned, her face drew down In u sulky frown. "But we needn't care," Katherine said afterward, "she doesn't bother us much. For my part I can't see how Cousin Paul stands her." "John says Paul almost died last night," took up Mrs. Curtis. "I sup pose she's one of the things we're ' gvt to fant in u aoue ma By an old j bachelor and a grieving widower." I To say nothing of a father with a i riaugh'er lost somewhere In the world," supplemented Katherine. There's no danger of Caroline's re turning after all these years," said Mrs. Curtis. 'If if that girl hadn't come, Paul wouldn't have lived long. John told me so himself. I almost hoped that " That he'd die? Interrupted Kath erine. maliciously. "Well, to be truth ful I have wished it many times. Cousin John would have to think of somebody else then. Perhaps he'd turn his attention to you, mother darling." "He won't while Paul lives." sighed Mrs. Curtis. "I don't know Just what to do. I've thought of every conceiv able way to get that girl out of the house, and John forestalls me every time." "I'm glad Philip hasn't seen her," remarked Katherine. "He's Just the religious maudlin kind who would fall for an appealing face like hers." Mrs. Curtis made an impatient gesture, and Katherine proceeded, "We can't deny she Is appealing, mamma, even if we hate her! And God knows I loathe her so I could strangle her with these two hands." She held up clenched fin gers, then relaxed them and laughed bitterly. "Heavens! What's the use of butting our heads against a stone wall? . ,. Give me a cigarette, my dear Sarah. Philip won't be here un til night, and I can get rid of the odor before that." Meanwhile upstairs Tony Devon was fast getting back to her normal self. The blessed assurance she had that she was needed by her sick friend lifted her spirits. She grieved inwardly for her mother, but shuddered when she thought of her father. Now all ties were cut between them. She had no doubt but that both Uriah and Reggie thought she was dead in the lake. She hoped they did ! She'd never see either one of them again. She was sitting thinking deeply when Paul Pendlehaven spoke to her. " "Little dear," said he, reaching out his hand toward her, "come over a minute. I want to talk to you!" Tonnibel .went to him instantly, as she always did when he called her. "You will promise me something," he Insisted, as hi3 hot hand clasped hers. "Tony, don't go out again like you did yesterday. I shan't be able to stand It If you do!" Tonnibel's mind flashed to Philip, She felt sure he would go to the cor ner of the lake every day to meet her, as he had gone to the canal boat. Yet as she gazed into the imploring eyes of her friend, ' she had no heart to deny him his wish. "I'm selfish, perhaps," the man went on, "but, Tony dear, if you want to go out, there's lots of cars in the garage, and horses in the stable. Won't you promise me?" Tony thrust thfr memory of Philip s face from her mind. She put the wish to be in his arms again, to feel his warm lips once more on hers behind her, and tremblingly smiled In ac quiescence. "I promise," she said In a low voice, but a sob prevented her from saying anything more. CHAPTER X. The Stoning. Never before since he had taken up his work of redemption had Philip MacCauley found the hours so long and so difficult to live through. Day after day he canoed to the place Tony had promised to meet him, only to re turn to Ithaca more at sea than ever. He had the sickening idea that the girl he had grown to love was again In the clutches of her brute of a fa ther and Reginald Brown. Tony, too, began to lose the high spirits that had returned almost im mediately after her escape from the canal boat. The gray eyes grew dark ly circled, the lovely mouth seemed to have lost the power to smile. Paul Pendlehaven noted all this with apprehension. He questioned the girl time after time, asking her if she felt well, If there was anything she wonted, but she always replied In the negative. One day after they had had their dinner, he sat looking at her curiously. She was close to the window reading a book, when he caused her to look up by calling her name. "Run downstairs, Tony dear," he went on, "and tell my brother to come up here before office hours, will you, honey ?" The girl rose, laying aside her book. She dreaded venturing into Mrs. Cur tis' presence and shivered when she remembered the critical Katherine who looked her over with supercilious tole ration whenever they happened to meet. But she made no complaint and went slowly downstairs. The dining room door was closed, but the sound of volcea from within told her the family was at dinner. She opened the door slowly and stepped Inside. For one moment her vision was obscured by the fright that sud denly took possession of her. As the blur cleared from her eyes, she saw John Pendlehaven smiling at her. Then sharp ejaculation from some one else swung her gaze from the doctor's face, and It settled on Philip MacCauley. "I thought, oh, I thought you were del." (TO BB CONTINUED.) A Roast. He I always nay what I think. She I notice that you are extreme ly reticent. Boston Transcript. It'a useless for a man to seek a steady Job If lie U not steady bimaeU, THE STORY OF j OUrfSTATES By JONATHAN BRACE (d br HcClura Newspaper Sy&JU-a: ) KENTUCKY THE klnh!p of 1 Kentucky a n d I Virginia Is that of parent and child. From Virginia came most of the set tiers of the west era state, and with them these pioneers brought Vir ginia institutions and Ideals. It was not until 1750 that the first authentic Journey was made by a white man into central parts of the region afterwards called Kentucky. Further explorations showed that this territory held two Important at tractions for settlers. The first was the great fertility of what was called the Blue Grass region. The so-called blue grass, from which this state Is nicknamed the "Blue Grass State" Is in no wise peculiar to Kentucky. The second Inducement for settlers was the fact that there were no In dians living In this region. It was later found that many roving bands of savages crossed the Ohio from the north and sorely harassed the early colonists until Clark's expeditions into Ohio and Indiana checked their Inva sions. In fact, the name Kentucky Is -probably derived from the Iroquois word Kentka-ke, meaning "hunting land." Another interpretation Is "dark and bloody ground," but this is doubt less incorrect. The main highways of travel at that time were Daniel Boone's "Wilderness Road" through Cumberland Gap and down the Ohio. Hardy pioneers poured into this new territory in such num bers that in 1792, with the permission of Virginia, Kentucky was admitted to the Union ns the fifteenth state with an area of 40.G9S square miles. Ken tucky has thirteen electoral votes for president. The remarkable physical condition of its population is shown in a report of the volunteers in the Civil war. This gave their average height as nearly an Inch taller than the New England troops and with a correspond ingly greater girth of chest. TENNESSEE rHE history of Ten nessee stretches back to the year 1541 when DeSoto with his party of Spanish adven turers probably reached the pres ent site of Memphis on the Mississip pi. The French under La Suite built a fort here about 1G82., The English also laid claim to this territory, Including it in the grant to North Carolina. It was not until 1770 that the first per manent settlement was made by James Robertson and this was soon followed by many other settlers from North Carolina. They formed what they called the Washington district, but this was short lived as It was prompt ly annexed to North Carolina. In 1784 the inhabitants, indignant over North Carolina's attitude toward them, declared their Independence and formed the State of Franklin or Frank land. As this secession was not coun tenanced by North Carolina, for a number of years a state of confusion existed with two sets of officers trying to govern. Meanwhile the settlement suffered severely from hostile Indians and from the Spanish, who still held Louisiana, and controlled the Missis sippi river. In 1790 North Carolina finally ceded this territory to the Uni ted States. By 1790 the population had increased to over 60,000, so Ten nessee was admitted as the sixteenth state of the Union. At the outbreak of the Civil war, Tennessee Joined the Confederacy. In 1S00, when the state was readmitted to the Union, there was much disor der during the reconstruction period. This led to the formation of the Ku Klux Klan, the influence of which quickly spread throughout the South ern states. This secret organization took into Its own hands the suppres sion of crime and the administration of Justice. Tennessee contains 42,022 square miles, and Is sometimes called the Vol unteer state. It is named after its prlclpal river, which Is a Cherokee word meaning "Crooned wver "bend In the rUer." or Pure Gold Not Best for Coin. The Tuscan sequin was the purest coin known in all history, being 999 parts of pure gold to one of alloy. The 0-ducat piece of Naples, another his toric coin, was 99G parts of gold and four parts alloy, while the old Byzan tine coins were next, 980 parts gold and 14 alloy. Pure coin Is soft and loses rapidly by abrasion, and alloy are used to harden It. A Child's Reading. Nothing Is more productive of Joy and profound profit In later years than a trained Judgment and love for read ing. It 19 deplorable that children should not grow up with books as dally companions, learning to know the best books and the charactera and authors of the great books. Any moth er can become the wise and compe tent guide for her children's reading. 8tart them definitely and aright, keep ap an Interest In what they read, and you will derive a much from It at they do. Uncle Walte Si OTV ft fit?050" a hv. CHEAP SPORTS 4T GROW weary of reading the des X plcable flings at women Vl,cn seem to pass for wit In some newspa per offices," said the professor. "If men were only half as good as women tne world would be a much better place In which to live." "Yet you must admit that women have a yellow streak," protested the low-browed man. "They are great people In a general way, and If they were abol ished It would be little short of a calamity, but they are cheap sports. That's the worst I know about them. "Last fall about a thousand women came to town as delegates to some sort of a talkfest, and the citizens were asked to furnish them with board and lodging during their stay. These dames came to town togged out In purple and fine linen and bespangled with precious stones, and most of them had money In every pocket, yet not one of them thought of going to a hotel and paying her way like a little man. In the bunch were the wives of bankers and laundrymen and editors, and other notoriously wealthy citizens, and they were such poor sports that they were willing to accept a handout rather than loosen up a few bones at the caravansary. "There were six of these female del egates at our house. Aunt Julia goes the limit when It comes to hospitality When she first heard that the women of the town were expected to take care of the delegates she said she would take care of two of them. A day or two Inter she sent word that she could provide for four, and then she conclud ed she could handle six, and If she had had a few more days, she'd have vol unteered to take charge of the whole convention. She's a good sport, even If all the rest of the women are four flushers. "The six women arrived on time and the look of them gave me chills and fever. They were fierce old relics with tortfiiseshell combs in their hair. was hoping our delegates might be young and attractive, but these women all had false teeth and large feet. "I was expected to live In the cow stable during their stay, and before they came I protested bitterly, but af ter seeing them I was perfectly satis fled with the arrangement.. Aunt Julia actually gave up her comfortable bed room and slept on a cot In the kitchen. She had been busy for days fixing up things so the women would be comfort able. "You should have seen those six women when they came down for breakfast the first morning they were there. They looked as sour as though they had Just been given ten days on the rockpile. They began grumbling among themselves, taking care to talk loud enough for Aunt Julia to hear. One said she had always been used to a good big pillow, and she couldn't sleep on a pillow the size of a pin cushion. If strangers ever stayed over night at her house, she said, they would be given real pillows, and not graven Images. "Another old hag said the bed she slept in kept her awake all night with its creaking and groaning. It evidently needed oiling. She dldnt believe that any woman with proper self-respect would let a guest have such a bed. Aunt Julia listened for a while, and I could hear her teeth grating like a coffee mill. 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