The Springfield herald., March 15, 1912, Image 2

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MADE SUCCESS SURE
AMUNDSEN’S CAREFUL PREPARA
TION FOR DEED THAT MAKES
HIB NAME IMMORTAL.
KNEW AND SCORNED DANGER
Mighty Ice Barrier That Had Foiled
Britain’s Explorer, Shackleton, Had
No Terrors for Norwegian Hero
In Letter, He Wrote of Difficu'tics
to Be Overcome.
EARLIER ATTEMPTS TO
REACH SOUTH POLE
Year. Explorer. Deg. Min.
1774—Capt. Cook 71 15
1823—Capt. Weddell ... 74 15
1842—Capt. Ross 77 49
1895—Borchgrevink ... 74 10
1898—De Gerlache 71 36
1900—Borchgrevink ... 78 50
1902—Capt. Scott 82 17
1909—Lieut. Shackleton.*Bß 23
*lll miles from the pole.
The last word which was heard !
from Amundsen before his dash to the [
pole was received In New York on
July 8, 1911. Alter describing the
splendid qualities of the Fram during
its IG.OOO mile voyage, and the care
taken of the 100 Eskimo dogs, which
had become 115 at the time of landing,
be said:
"We sighted the mighty barrier at
2:30 p. m. January 11. One would be [
less than human if one could benold
such a sight unmoved. As far as the j
eye can see, from western to eastern j
horizon, this wall of ice rises perpen
dicularly to a height of 100 feet. And
yet It is only a very small part of it. 1
that one sees. What must the man
have thought who first came upon this ,
wall, and for whom all further advance '
seemed an impossibility? It was one !
of the world's boldest and cleverest i
tailors (not to say the cleverest of
them all), Jnmes Clark Ross, who |
after making his way through the ice i
pack with his two sailing vessels, the
Erebus and the Terror, came, in Feb I
ruary, 1842, upon this remarkable ice j
wall. Even at that time he observed I
the great bay, but, of course, did not I
venture into it with sailing vessels.
For years after the Harrier was re
garded as a bar to all further advance
southward.
Barrier Is a Level Plain.
"It fell to the lot of n Norwegian,
Carsten Borchgrevink, in the Southern
Cross in 1900, to prove that this was
not the case. He succeeded in enter
ing a small bay (which has since dis
appeared and been merged with the
adjoining great bay), and thence get
ting on to the Barrier. Here he made
a short expedition and found that the
Barrier extended southwards in the
form cf a wide, level plain, renching
as far as the eye could see. This de
molished the theory of its unassailable
character, and dpened the way to
wards the south. Subsequently an
Englishman, Captain Scott, succeeded
in lauding in MacMurdo strait, and
thence made an expedition south
wards. Sir Ernest Shackleton's bril
liant expedition in 1908, in which he
reached a latitude of 8S degrees 23
minutes, will be known to everybody.
“The great bay, running southweit
into the Barrier, which I have chosen
as the base of an expedition towards
•he South pole, has been observed not
only by Ross and Borchgrevink, but
also by Scott and Shackleton. and thus
appears to be a constant formation,
something that can be counted upon.
Shackleton al3o thought he saw a
ridge of hills at the head of this’bay,
which would indicate land. After
reading these various accounts and
thinking the matter over, I came to
the conclusion that this bay, which
has been proved to have had the same
situation for a period of GO year 3,
could not be a chance formation in the
Barrier caused by the breaking off of
Icebergs, but must have been produced
by underlying land or rising ground.
If not, the Barrier would have contin
ued its course unchecked and no bay
would have been formed.
Cruises Along Ice Barrier.
“The day after we sighted the Bar
rier we reached this bay, still in the
tame situation —about longitude IGI
legrees west. It was so full, however,
of recently broken up bay ice that
there was no question of getting in.
We therefore took a little run east
wards along the edge of the Barrier
to await events. The next morning
(January 13) we returned, and then
found that so much of the ice had
floated out that there was an oppor
tunity for us to get in. My belief as to
the origin of the bay was strength
cned as we got farther south; the for
mations stood out more clearly and
sharply, and at the southern end w ■
could distinctly make out hills and
valleys. It was certain that underly
ing land or shoals here arrested the
course of the mighty glacier, and
forced it out to either side. There
would be no perilous wintering on a
floating barrier. The ground was safe
enough.
Land on Barrier.
"On the following day (January 14)
we found a landing place well suited
for our enterprise. The long IC,OOO
miles’ voyage was safely accom
plished, and we were only one day out
in cur calculation. We had arrived a
day too early.
"After having safely moored the
vessel to the ice we set off to find n 1
suitable place for wintering. This did
not take long. About two and onc
lialf kilometers from the ship, at the
foot of a ridge, well protected from
Not An Angel.
During one of the earlier d,SCUB ‘
siens of the United States tariff in
the Canadian parliament an opposition
member characterized the attitude of
the government on the question as a
sight that would make angels weep
and jackasses laugh.” .
Hon. Frank Oliver, who wan then
minister of the interior, replied, with
his usual deliberate calmness:
"I have observed that the honorable
gentleman has been one of those who
laughed.’’
the southeast winds, wo found an
ideal place; and on Monday (January
1G) we began to unload our cargo.
Two men at once set about the erec
tion of the house, while the rest <-f
the land party continued to bring up
the building materials and provisions.
With our 115 dogs we had draft power
enough, but it was often slow work
getting the heavily laden sledges up
to the site, which lies at a height of
150 feet. But our dogs know how ;o
draw. It is a pleasure to work with
them. They are all picked animals
front Greenland.
His Solidly Built Camp.
"It is throe weeks since we began
the building of our station, and now
everything is ready. The desolate, icy
landscape lias undergone a groat
change. The silence is broken.
Where formerly only a solitary pon
i gUln or the track of a seal crossed
. the height there now lies a whole lit
tle village. Our solidly built little
house stands safe and secure, sunk
I tour feet down In snow as hard as
! rock and supported by backstays on
nil sides. We have given it the name
ol Frambeim. Its longitude is about
IG4 deg. west, its latitude 78 deg. 40
minutes south, so that it is probably
the most southerly human habitation.
Round it are set up fifteen tents large
[enough to accommodate sixteen men
each, for the use of the dogs and as
storehouses for our provisions, coal,
wood, clothing, etc.
“The principal food depot is about
a kilometer from the station and con
tains provisions sufficient for two
years. Since we came here we have
lived almost entirely on seal meat
and would not exchange seal steak
(or any dish in the world. There are
great numbers of seals here, and we
shall soon have preserved enough both
for ourselves and all our dogs for the
winter.
•We Shal,| Do What We Can.”
"In a few days the Fram will be
ready to leave us. She goes north
with greetings and messages, and we
shall begin our journey towards the
south. It is my intention to lay down
a main depot in 80 degrees latitude,
and a smaller one as far south as pos
sible; and I hope that, with the ex
cellent means at our disposal, we shall
get to 83 degrees with the smaller de
pot as early as the autumn, before
the dark season sets in. I can say
nothing more with regard to our (tt
ture prospects. We shall do what we
can."
SKETCH OF CAPT. AMUNDSEN
Arctic Exploration Has Been the
Dream of His Life Since Early
Manhood.
Roald Amundsen, now about 40
years old, has proved himself one of
the most competent explorers. Be
sides reaching the south pole he is
the first and only man to accomplish
the long attempted feat of taking a
ship from the Atlantic to the Pac.lic
by the northwest passage. He has
made at a point within a short dis
tance of the magnetic pole the only
set of complete polar magnetic obser
vations ever tajepn.
Amundsen was born at Sarpsburg,
Norway, and in his childhood moved
with his parents to Christiania. His
parents destined him for medicine.
For one year lie was a medical stu
dent, but at his mother’s death, when
he was 19 years old, he gave up the
intended career and went to sea. For
a number of years he cruised in the
north as a whaler and sealer on Nor
wegian vessels.
Amundsen had his taste of
exploration when in 1897 he went as
first officer with the Belgica on Ger
lach’s Belgian polar expedition. From
what he learned of the work and ad
venture of exploring on this trip and
from the second Norwegian polar ex
pedition of 1898, he became filled with
arctic ambitions of his own. He
formed the project not of attaining the |
geographic pole sought by so many,
but of trying the long-neglected north
west passage and approaching and
studying while on his way the little
known magnetic pole.
It took Amundsen several years to
prepare himself for his trip. For two
years he studied, first in Hamburg
under Neumayer, authority on magnet
ism; in Berlin ' under Schmidt, and
tinally at Wilhelmshafen under Mor
gen in the meteorological station. His
mental preparation over, he spent two
years more in raising funds and outfit
ting his expedition.
The Amundsen magnetic expedition
was perhaps the most modestly ap
pointed that ever went for purposes of
discovery into the arduous field of the
arctic, its cost war, $30,000, a large
part of this Amundsen’s own monev.
Frithjof Nansen, the Norwegian polar
explorer, a close friend and faithful
helper of Amundsen, helped raise an
other large part. Amundsen was fin
ally able to put off from Christiania in
the little 47-ton sloop of Gjoa on June
17, 1903.
Voyage of Gjoa.
The Gjoa sailed around the north
end of America, reaching the mouth
of the Mackenzie river about Septem
ber 3, 1905. It went byway of Baf
fin’s bay, Lancaster sound, Barrow
strait, Peel sound, James Ross strait
and Rae strait. Twice it wintered in
he ice For a period of many months
during this voyage Amundsen main
tained an observatory on King Wil
.ianis land, at latitude 68 degrees 30
minutes, longitude 90 degrees west,
within 90 miles, as he calculated, of
the magnetic pole.
The northwest trip, fulfilling th3
dream of the early navigator, brought
Amundsen great renown. He then
planned an expedition to drift around
to the North Polar sea, but changed
his mind after starting and went to
find the Antarctic pole.
The Glee Club.
Customer —What became of the
girls’ bachelor club that used to meet
in this restaurant?
Waiter—lt turned itself into a glee
club and disbanded.
Customer—Disbanded? Glee Club?
Waiter — Yes; all the members
found husbands.
In Wall Street.
Newsboy—Wuxtra! Big hold-up in
Wall street!
Street Song-Seller (near by)—"Ev
erybody's Doin' It, Doin’ It!”
Perils of the
Submarine
ZJUirar TTrrr or zrj3.
|HE recent sinking of the British
submarine A3 and the drown
ing of every one on board
again calls attention to the
hazards faced in craft of this
T
sort. Compared with the total num
ber of under water boats built and in
service today, the loss of life inci
dent to the development of these ves
sels is perhaps not so great, but the
circumstances surrounding death In
a submarine are such as to make a
deep impression.
Much has been done to make the
submarine safer than it was 15 years
ago, but the ingenuity of man may
never succeed in making these boat*
as reasonably secure from sudden de
struction as other vessels. The near
est approach to a submarine in
strength of hull Is the battleship, and
the very size of the battleship makes
It possible to minimize the conse
quences of damage by subdivision of
the ship’s Interior, especially the
space lynig between the outer and
the Inner skins. In a submarine, how
ever, an outer and an Inner bottom,
with Intervening air 6pace, would Im
pose conditions which would seriously
cripple the efficiency of the craft. In
effect there are double hulls In boats
of this description, but the steel skins
form the bounding walls of ballast
tanks Into which water Is admitted to
Increase the dead weight of the ves
sels and to cause then) to lose just so
much buoyancy. To be sure when run
ning In surface trim the ballast tanks
are a factor of safety, and If damaged
In that condition the submarine Is as
well off as any ordinary craft of sim
ilar seaworthiness. Unfortunately all
the accidents that have happened to
submarines have occurred when these
boats were either running submerged
or were being trimmed, that Is, taking
water ballast aboard for under water
work or when they were deficient In
reserve buoyancy.
Like a Corked Bottle.
Take a bottle and put some shot Into
It, Just enough to make It float up
right, and then cork It. It will never
sink unless It Is punctured so that en
tering water can expel the buoyant
air. If you made a small hole In the
under side of the bottle, the flask
would sink deeper, but it would not
go to the bottom. It would be more
Elugglsh In response to surface dis
turbances, In fact seem less disposed
than ever to capsize.
Suppose now on the other hand that
you loosen the cork so that air may
escape then the flask will fill quick
ly and It will be only a short while be
fore the bottle disappears. In a gen
eral way this is parallel to the func
tion of filling the ballast tanks of
a submarine, water taking the part
there of shot In the bottle, and the
puncture being a duplicate of the
valves which a submarine opens to
allow water to pass similarly upward
Into the ballast tankß. But not enough
water from the Bea would enter the
tanks If air w£re not permitted to es
cape from them, and so vents are open
ed In the tops of the tanks, and the
expelled air generally mingles with
that In the free space Inside of the
vessel. Of course this produces a
slight atmospheric pressure, but It Is
not objectionable.
So far the submarine Is like the
corked bottle, all of her hatches be
ing sealed. Now in order to bring the
under water boat down deeper in the
water, so as to make her responsive
diving rudders when she is in
mation, more water Is admitted to a
special tank, and the cork of this
tank is drawn, the air escaping, but
the hatches still remain tight. As a
result the little craft has still a buoy
ant margin which holds her at the sur
face; two or three hundred pounds add
ed weight would make her sink, and it
is the commanding officer’s particular
care to see that leakage does not de
stroy this reserve.
How They Dive.
The diving rudders compel the craft
to go under water against an Impulse
of only a few hundred pounds of buoy
ancy, and this buoyancy. Is always ex
erting a lifting force to bring the ves
sel to the surface when the engine
stops. To increase the measure of
this sa.'ety factor would mean that the
diving rudders would have to be set
at a greater angle to drive the boat
downward and to keep her under the
surface, and more of the power of the
engines would he absorbed in this
work, reducing the speed forward.
One gallon of sea water weighs
about eight and one-half pounds, and
i the admission of 25 gallons would sub
' sequently destroy the working reserve
■of buoyancy of most sumbarines. It
, would not take much of a hole to let
In that quantity of water in a few
moments. If overrun and pierced by
a surface craft the submarine would
be sent to the bottom like the loaded,
perforated uncorked bottle. This is
Just what happened the other day to
the A3. This brief outline of the gen
eral principle upon which an under
water boat Is made ready to submerge
and 1b controlled below the surface
makes It easy to understand some of
the accidents that have happened to
submarines.
The American navy has been fortu
nate so far In Its experience with
submarine boats, although there has
been more than one narrow escape
from disaster. The most thrilling of
these was the case of the Porpoise,
which went to the bottom In 120 feet
of water off Newport in August. 1904.
Structurally she was not designed
for a sumbergence of this character,
and her ballast tanks, some of her pip
ing and other parts of the boat leak
ed. For nearly three-quarters of an
hour her crew struggled with the
hand pump, and finally obtained a
buoyancy of something like 100
pounds, which lifted the bow. At
once the electric motor was started,
and the boat driven to the surface.
That accident made naval officers cau
tions, and for several years afterward
American submarines were somewhat
coddled. Today American under wa
ter craft are vastly Improved and they
are being exercised with much suc
cess.
From the very beginning service In
submarines has been voluntary. No
man is ordered to duty aboard one
of them unless he asks for such a de
tail, and In this manner alone Is the
service recruited.
WIFELY DUTIES OF WOMEN
Mme. Maeterlinck Bets Out Ten Rules
for the Guidance of Her Mar
ried Blsters.
Apropos of her first visit to America
the following philosophical decalogue
is of special interest as revealing the
attitude taken by Mme. Georgette
Lablance Maeterlinck, wife of the Bel
gian Shakespeare, toward the wifely
duties of women:
1. Remember always that the true
wile Is the Inseparable half of the
only complete human unit. In which
two small and Imperfect Individuali
ties have become merged Into a large
and perfect one.
2. Each half of the wedded whole
retains special functions; yours are
to discern, to anticipate, to yield, to
cheer, to soothe —and thus to
strengthen.
3. Never trust to hirelings the es
sentials of your husband'B physical
well being; understand and frequent
ly practice the art of selecting and
preparing his food.
4. Be sure each day that his gar
ments are whole, clean and suited to
the season.
5. Constitute yourself on Infallible
barometer whereby to forecast and
render harmless those electrical dis
turbances peculiar to the married
state.
6. Be to your husband’s dark moods
the subtle, unsuspected antidote; to
his joyous mood the companion spirit
of Joy.
7. Save your caresses until you per
ceive that his dinner has been with
out a flaw; kisses to a hungry man
are like froth to a parched tongue.
8. Your tongue for assent; for argu
ment use only your eyes.
9. When your husband has an at
tack of gout, depreciate the art of
dancing.
10. If you would convince your hus
band that you are a better actresß
than Bernhardt, a better dancer than
Pavlowa. prove to him that you are a
better cook than M. Escoffler.
The Gentler Sex.
They were talking of war, and the
young man mentioned that one of his
ancestors was killed during the revo
lution. “He was a brave man,” he
said, "and we are all very proud of his
record.” The young woman looked
pensive.
"I had an uncle who was killed In
the Civil war the very first battle he
ever went into,” she said. “He was
only a private, so he hadn’t made any
record.”
"That was hard,” said the young
man, “to be shot down In his first en
gagement."
“He wasn’t shot down,” said the
young woman. “He fell and broke
his neck when he was running down
hill. I think war is awful cruel, don’t
you?”—Youth's Companion.
Knew Something of History.
Governor Folk of Missouri tells of
an applicant for a position who in
course of his examination was ask
ed what he knew of the Punic wars.
"The name sounds familiar,” said
the applicant, “but I can’t Just re
member when it was or when it hap
pened.”
“Do you know anything about
Sclplo?"
“No, sir.”
"Surely you have heard of Han
nibal?”
"Oh, yes. I know about Hannibal.
That is where Mark Twain used to
live.”
Did as He Wee Told.
Jim was a new porter In the hotel
and he was putting In his first night
at his new and responsible position.
It was five In the morning, and so far
Jim had done all he was told and was
getting on splendidly. “Call seventeen
and four,” commanded the night clerk
as he looked over his call sheet. Jim
obeyed. After he had been gone for a
considerable time the clerk went up
to see If he had called the rooms deslg
natetd. "Well,” sighed the new por
ter, whom he lound on the third floor,
"I’ve got seventeen of ’em up, but I
haven’t started on the other four yet”
Yvette’s Ghost
By LOUISE HEILGER
(Copyright. 1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
"Are you a ghost?” asked little
Yvette.
The ghost smiled. "Now you know
as well as I do." he told her. "that
there are no ghosts left—tho sensible
people haave killed thorn all."
"What I can’t make out," pursued
Yvette, unheeding, ‘is how you got
In here, and why no one else seems
to see you—this morning, for instance,
when 1 was sitting with my auntie in
the morning room. The windows were
shut, the door did not open, and yet
all at once 1 looked up, und there you
were standing smiling. And auntie
got up suddenly—she said she felt a
change—and left the room without
seeing you?”
"Now, I ask you, do I look like a
ghost?” said the handsome man in the
well fitting tweed suit, as he rose from
his chair and made a leisurely inspec
tion of himself In the glass over the
mantelpiece. “Do I clank? All re
spectable ghosts clank. Do I appear
at midnight and point a spectral
finger? Not a bit. My entrances are
as you have Justly observed, noise
less. The latest visit I have ever
paid you was well within the convefH
tional calling time. No, Yvette, I am
too respectable to be a ghost. ’’
He dropped back into his armchair.
Yvette crossed the mom with a pleas
ant little rustle of silk skirts, sat her
self down on the sofa facing him,
and considered him gravely.
"It’s six months since you've been
coming and going like this,” she said
reflectively. "The first time you came
I remember you nearly frightened me
to death. And when I asked you how
how you got in, you told me you were
a relative of the people we had taken
the house from, and had lived here so
long you couldn't keep away. You
said, too, you came to look for some
thing; but you never told me what it
was.”
“Perhaps it was enly a memory,"
said the ghost.
"And then you asked me not to. tell
any one I had seen you"—she return
ed bravely to the attack, though the
fading day had stolen the sunshine
back. "You said you knew a secret
way of coming and going, and that
no one but me would ever know you
came."
"Well, no one does,” retorted the
ghost, "though I will admit I've had
one or two narrow shaves. This morn
ing. for Instance, if your aunt had
looked up before I slipped behind her
I'd have been caught sure."
"Why, of course; how stupid of
me!” cried Yvette Joyfully. "That’s
how you arranged it, and auntie is
short-sighted. Then you aren’t a
ghost after all. I'm so glad. Be
cause sometimes, you know, I've been
frightened about it, and wondered—”
"Foolish little Yvette,” said the
ghost tenderly. "Haven't I warned you
not to take me seriously? No man, be
he human flesh and blood and not
merely dust and bones, is worth tak
ing seriously. Smile, Yvette, and let
me see how blue your eyes are when
they look into mine. I>ove is short as
life, Yvette; we must make what use
of it we can."
"Have you ever loved?” asked
Yvettj, her white fingers pulling rest
lessly at the lace of her blouse.
“Heaps .of times,” replied the ghost
promptly. “Some for a week and a
day others for an hour. Once I loved
till —•• a frown creased his brow—"but
let us talk of other things. Had I a
heart left,’ Yvette, I would give It to
you, but the worms have sucked the
iife from it. I'm nothing but your
ghost, Yvette —”
There came a clatter of high-heeled
ALGERNON AS A PHILOSOPHER
Life Not All a Bed of Roses, but He
Had Cultivated Spirit of
Contentment.
“How is yo’. sab?' Inquired Alger
non as Mr. Topfloor stepped into the
elevator.
"Very well, thank you, Algernon.
How are you?"
"Well, t’ank do Ix)’d, I's feelln' right
smart dls ebenin', sah. De col’ in mah
froat is bettah, dough de headache am
still ragin' in mah head. Ah dunno
w’y I has dls beyah headache. Mlstah
Topflo’. I's been chewin' on die med'-
clne mos’ de day yes'day an’ all day
today. No, sah, de doctoh didn’t gibe
it to me, he ain' subscribin’ fo’ me no
mo'. Dese is some med'eine I got at
de drug sto',” and Algernon showed a
large box of some kind of cough loz
enges. " 'How many has I eat,’ I dun
no 'zackly, sah. I buys me a box fo’
a quarter, yes’day af’ernoon an I eats
’em all by ’bout eight ’clock las’ night
an’ dls mo’nin’ I buys 'noder box an’
I eats 'em all day.”
shoes. The door flew open suddenly,
and tho noise of a gay voice tumbled
into the rora.
"Dreaming in the dark, as usual,” it
called, while Its owner stood hover
ing at the threshold. "Shall I :orae in
and disturb you?"
“No,” said Yvette,” scrambling hur
riedly to her feet, almost stumbling in
her eagerness. "I was just coming
down."
She passed her arm beneath that
of the Intruder, but her heart was
fluttering still as they descended the
stairs. Supposing he had boon dis
covered? She needn’t have troubled.
Had she glanced back Into the room
as she came out she would have seen
that anybody entering would have
found nothing but the twilight and
emptiness.
Some few days afterward Yvette,
chancing to be in need of some quaint
garments to help in the dressing of
some quaint characters she was get*
ting up, persuaded the old housekeep
er to let her rummage in an old attic
at the top of the house, where all such
treasure trove was to be found.
Yvette was repaid by the rare spoils
brought to light. Yvette’s laughter
and chatter filled the somber room
and deadened the Bound of the rain
outside. But presently the laughter
stopped, and only the rain beat loudly
on the sill.”
"Who—who is that?" asked Yvette,
white lipped as she held out a dusty
photograph to the staring housekeep
er, the photograph of a tall young
man in tweed, with an exceedingly
merry smile.
"Why, bless me," said the house
keper, "If it isn't the picture of the
young squire—him who owned Fox
Craft manor. He was killed out hunt
ing—a terrible stir it caused in the
countryside, I remember."
"How long ago was this?" asked
Yvette dully.
me see,” said the housekeeper,
pondering; “a matter of 20 years or
more, I should say. I was ‘tweeny’
maid in those days In this very house.
Many and many a time have I seen
him cone riding up to this door. He
was engaged to our young lady--a fine
young lady she was, too —he was fair
set on her. It seemed as if he was fair
keep away from the house. She took
on terrible when he died."
"Is she dead, too. then?” queried
Yvette, still in that pale, small
voice.
"She married a London gentleman
afterward," said the housekeeper, "and
had seven children. But 1 have heard
she wasn't happy. She's been dead
these four years or more," she added.
"Why did you think it necessary to
lie to me?” asked Yvette very coldly
of the ghost that evening.
The ghost, who was lounging com
fortably In his favorite arm chuir, sud
denly sat upright. His dark eyes lin
gered long on her white face.
“So, little Yvette, you’ve found me
out at last,” he said quickl; "Well, I
had meant to ring down the curtain
myself on the little comedy long be
fore this; but I was a coward. Yvette,
afraid to face the dark, for I shall be
very lonely, little Yvette, out there, all
alone in the cold and the never ending
night.”
"But it wasn’t me you came to see,"
said Yvette, standing before him, slim
and drooping, in her white apron; it
was that other girl—the one you were
engaged to.”
The ghose rose suddenly and camo
and stood beside her.
"I came to see you always after the
first time,” he said softly. "This first
time 1 admit it was to revisit the spot
where I had spent my happiest days,
but afterward — Ah, Yvette, no one
has eyes so blue as you. They make
it hard for me to say goodby."
"But why should it be goodby?"
cried Yvette, sharply, and moved to
ward him with extended arms. "Ghost
or no ghost, I love you!" She strove
to clasp him, but gently he eluded
her.
"No one may love the dead,” be told
her gently. "The dead are beyond love,
they are beyong life. My little Yvette,
it must be goodby.”
"Then if that is so," cried Yvette,
weeping, "ah, kiss me once before you
go! Only to feel your arms around
me, only to feel your lips on mine, will
comfort me in all the empty years.”
She stopped. A strangled cry broke
from her, a great gulf of cold air seem
ed suddenly to envelop her. She was
frozen, frozen to the bone; then a mer
ciful darkness came upon her, and she
fell forward on her face.
In after years Yvette married, and
was happy in her choice, but she
never loved her husband as she had
loved the ghost.—The Sketch.
"But you’ll kill yourself if you eat
cough lozenges at that rate.” remon
strated Mr. Topfloor.
"Does yo’ t’lnk so ; sah? De drug
gie’ he tol’ me to ke'ep on a-chewin’;
so I Jes' kep on. Yo’ don’ fink I die
f’om de 'fects o’ de ones I's took 7
'A good square meal be bettah fo’ me
dan all de lozenges in creatium.'
Mebbe so. sah, mebbe so; but I ain’t
much on de eatin’ line. In dlB heyab
debatin’ bus'ness dere ain’ much fa
cilities fo' eatin’. It's Jes' up an’ down
mos’ do time an’ ef yo’ puts a t’ing
in yo’ mouf, yo’ ain’ got it half-chawed
w'en de bell ring an’ yo’ has to swaller
it down in a hurry, an’ befo’ yo’ has
yo' nex’ bite, yo’ sort o’ loses yo* in
tres.’ So I mos’ly get out de habit o’
eatin’ du’in’ de elebator hours. üßt
I’s ralght contented. Yo’ knows de
sayin' is, sah, data dinner ob yarbs
wlf a sauce ob contentment is bettah
dan supper wif a stalled ox. An’ J
reckon dat’s de truf, sah.”
Don't mention the weather.
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The easier it is to reform a man the
oftener you’ll have to do it.
Most human maladies nri»-c from wrong
dieting. Garfield Ten gives immediate relief.
Unrealized Idyl of a King.
King Arthur had Just invented the
round table.
“Can you invent a bureau that a
man’s wife will let him have two
drawers of?” we asked.
A Mild Suggestion.
“Why,” asked the benevolent trust
magnate, as he wiped away a furtive
tear of regret, "oh, why is the world
so down on us?"
“Perhaps,” suggested his friend, "it
is because you persist in holding it
up.”
The Very Best Make.
In the course of an after-dinner
speech in praise of woman, Samuel
Untermeyer, the New York lawyer
said in Pittsburg:
"A commercial traveler remarked
the other day to a storekeeper:
" ‘Make yourself a Christmas pres
ent of a cash register. It will keep
strict and accurate account of all you
receive and all you disburse. It will
show what you save and what you
squander, what you spend foolishly
and what you spend wisely, where
you should spread out and where you
should retrench, what you waste and
how you waste it —’
“ ‘But,’ said the storekeeper, ’l've
already got a cash register which does
all that and more.’
" ’Whose make is it?’ asked the
salesman, frowning.
■" 'God’s make,' the storekeeper re
plied; and with a smile at once rev
erent and grateful he nodded toward
his handsome wife seated in the cash
ier's cage.”
FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
Where the Winters Are Cold and the
Snows Deep.
Writing from the vicinity David
Harum made famous, a man says that
he was an habitual coffee drinker, and,
although he knew It was doing him
harm, was too obstinate to give it up,
till an at once he went to pieces with
nervousness and insomnia, loss of ap
petite, weakness, and a genemlly
used-up feeling, which practically un.
fitted him for his arduous occupation,
and kept him on a couch at home
when his duty did not call him out.
"While in this condition Grape-
Nuts food v.as suggested to me, and 1
began to use it. Although it was in
the middle of winter, and the ther
mometer was often below zero, almost
my entire living for about six weeks
of severe exposure was on Grape-Nuts
food with a little bread and butter and
a cup of hot water, till I was wise
enough to make Postum my table bev
erage.
"After the first two weeks I began
to feel better and during the whole
winter I never lost a trip on my mail
route, frequently being on the road
7 or 8 hours at a time.
"The constant marvel to me was
how a person could do the amount of
work and endure the fatigue and hard
ship as I did, on so small an amount
of food. But I found my new rations
so perfectly satisfactory that I have
continued them—using both Postum
and Grape-Nuts at every meal, and
often they comprise my entire meal.
“All my nervousness, irritability and
insomnia have disappeared and healthy,
natural sleep has come back to me.
But what has been perhaps the great
est surprise to me is the fact that
with the benefit to my general health
has come a remarkable improvement
in my eye-sight.
"If a good appetite, good digestion,
good eye-sight, strong nerved and an
active brain are to be desired, I can
say from my own experience, use
Grape-Nuts and Postum." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville,” In pkgs. "There's a reason.”
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appear* from time to time. They
are Renulnr, true, aad full of human
Interest.