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TORI AL
Roffbaa for the Bench.
j§8CV£fnor Hughes has been tucked away whero
ities cannot interfere with him, nor ho with
cs. We do not say that Preiddent Taft
daaignedly retired him. but tho fact speaks
itself. Mr. Hughes will noon go into that
„_ition designated by Cleveland's famous ax
HiMion.
But what is lost to politics will be gained to
the judiciary. Governor Hughes is an able law
yer and a man of high character. Mr. Wm. J.
Bryan objects to him on the score that he is “in
'lyntpathy with exploiting corporations,’’ the
friend of Rockefeller and an opponent of the in
aome tax. Bat ho is an honest man for all
that and he has given abundant evidence that
Ids personal views will not prevent him from be
ing a jnst judge.
vy Mr. Hughe# may be a friend of the rich, but
he has not profited by it. for ho is a poor man.
fi New York correspondent says that when he
(accepted the nomination for Governor he con
fided to a friend that his entire fortune did not
i&cecd |45,CKX). Out of this amount the Gov
ernor ap'-nt nearly $25,OOu in the first two years
he served.
Th<> Governor receives from tha-Slat* only
$10,000 a year and is not permitted under the
Constitution, to aJd to his income by practicing
his profession or engaging in business of any
hind.
H'fiia salary as justice of the Supreme Court
Will be $12,500. He could earn more than that
hy practicing in the courts as a corporation
lawyer. In spite of Mr. Bryan’s objections we
think that the country is to be congratulated
{hat the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench
It to be filled by Charles E. Hughes.
A Glorious Festival.
| Richmond has honored herself in paying such
• fine tribute to the Wednesday Club. The
Stttaic festival is an expression of the city’s
culture and an inspiration to greater culture.
IE*.have, so many educational agencies those
days that pupils sometimes sigh for a vacation
But the Wednesday Club is such a delightful
leaeher that we forget that xve are being taught,
while the concert is going, and we enjoy the
festival rather as a glorious college cornmence
B»ent, with the essays, delivery of diplomas ami
Itee “address of the occasion” left out.
♦ Long live the Wednesday Club. Every year
ghe board of governors grow a bit anxious, in
advance, but Richmond always responds and
Will continue to do ho. All that the Wednesday
Club has to do is to keep on improvhig and edu
cating. So long as it deserves support, it will
I>c sure to receive it.
Beggar Children.
Persons taking tu< ir walKs uu west Franklin
afreet in the evening are usually set upon by a
jphnil boy who implores them to help the blind.
He does not beg for himself for he has two good
eyes and never fails to see a promising victim.
H.i begs for a man who stands by in mute ap
peal. Many persons who pass take pity and
bestow alms, feeling that they are doing the
Xiord’s work in helping the helpless.
. But are tiny? Tile blind man is an object of
charity and it is all right to help him. But
What of the boy? He is being trained in the
girt of begging. He is fast becoming a profes
sional beggar and with a child it is not far
from begging to stealing. This boy is being de
stroyed and sacrificed for the benefit of the
blind man and the authorities have no moral
sight to hold off and allow the sacrifice to
be made.
We do not mean to attack this particular ease.
We do not know the man or the boy. There
nay be extenuating circumstances. We are at
fpeking a custom, for custom it is here and else
where to use children as beggars for the bene
fit of adults. It is a vicious custom and not to
be tolerated. We plead for the children. It is
«nfn! and contrary to public policy to allow
tfeem to be condemned to a life of beggary
Which means their demoralization. \\ e hope
♦hat the police will investigate the case noted
ahd all such cusc.s. A child s life is too valu
able for such a wanton sacrifice.
The South’s Inquiry.
. The New York Tribune eannot help being
ajnuseii at the indignant protests that are coin
ing up from the South because of the govern
ment’s inquiry into tin cotton pool. ‘‘For
years,” it says, “the South has been crying out
' nffain*t the cotton exchanges and against deal
rjag in futures. The speculators were the ene
Bjies of the cotton gower. They held the price of
cotton down, cheated the farmer out of the fruits
of his toil and kept the South impoverished.
'"■Anti-option movements had great support, and
anti-option bill before Congress this year
r. was finally limited so as to apply only to cotton
Options, such legislation being demanded only
iter the Southern and Southwestern members
l of Congress. Yet when the government inquires
' $Bto bull speculation in cotton on the ground
flat there is a conspiracy to hold cotton out
the market and thus infiate prices a wail
up throughout the length and breadth of
South.”
many Be amusing to the Tribune, but
point in the story is that although the
ith cried aloud and protested when the
ipulation was against her, the government
.nothing frr .her jrelitf , Action . was not
until the manipulation was in favor of
farmers and her cotton manufacturers and
;t th- manufacturers of New England,
was there no investigation of the bear
pool*!” inquires the South. “Why was action
delayed until a bull noo 1 was fornledf ”....
And the inquiries are more pertinent than
amnsing.
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The Fanner'a Mistakes.
The Eastern Shore boasts, we believe, that
it is the “garden spot of Virginia”. It is eer
itainlv a garden spot all right and each year
produces vegetables in vnst quantities for mar
ket. And it is so close to the Northern markets
and ha* such an advantage of climate that every
tracker altouId have (town rich.
And yet we are informed by the Northamp-1
ton Times thnt there are hundreds of families
in this favored territory “that can scarcely
make both ends meet”. The reason given by
our contemporary is that those farmers devote j
their operations to the money crop and pur- I
chase most of their supplies fom abroad.
We know nothing of practical farming, but as
a buaincs proposition it is plain as a, b, c thnt !
a fanner cannot utford to buy that which he
can raise on hiN own farm. The main ad- j
vantage which tho farmer has over the city
man is tho reduced cost of living. The city (
man must pay rent for the house in which he i
lives, unless he own tho house, and even then j
the taxes and interest on the investment are
almost as much as rent would be, sometimes
more. Then he must pay cash for water, gas,
ice, and all his provisions. The city man with
an average salary has little left, after he has
paid these expenses together with the cost of |
servants’ hire and the like.
But shelter for the farmer’s family costs lit
tle from year to year and the outlay for water,
light, ice and servants’ hire for the household
is less. Now if he can produce on the farm j
enough provisions for man and beast, his liv
ing expenses will be trifling when compared
with those of the city man, anil tho profits on
his money crop will be as so much gain, after
deducting enough for clothing and incidentals,
j And the clothing bill in the country is neces
sarily smaller than in town.
Farmers who do not follow this rule will make
j mockery of the suggestion, but there arc farm
1 ers who do live by the rule and they are pros
perous. When a farmer purchases corn, hay, j
bacon or any farm product he pays first of all j
the cost of production with the producer’s pro
lit, then the middle-man’s profit and finally the
freight. That is a fact which cannot be de- i
nied and that fact should be sufficient to con
! vince any sensible farmer that lit can produce j
cheaper than he can purchase.
Open Season for Democracy.
The Wisconsin Democracy is in the saddle.
Members of the Stute Central Committee re
cently held a meeting in Milwaukee and they
were all in optimistic frame of mind. They all
j agree that the Democrats of the State must
jadopt a strongly progressive platform for the j
! next campaign.
That the tariff legislation and Alriehism are
principally responsible for th,e growing dis- ]
! content among the Republicans of the country.
1 That it is toward the Democratic party that |
these discontented will turn for relief.
That the election of Democratic Congressmen
in strong Republican districts in Massachusetts
and New York recently demonstrates this.
Unless all signs fail the Democratic party will
sweep the country in the fall elections for
Congress and then if the victory is followed up
the party will be in fine trim for the Presidential
campaign two years later.
But whether so or not it is encouraging and
reassuring that the popular trend is now t<>
! wards Democracy. We do not deny that the
country has prospered under Republican rule.
But Democracy is the life of the republic and
so long as a large percentage of the people
are possessed by a Democratic spirit, our insti
tutions will be safe. Sometimes we become a
Tittle skeptical of popular government, but so
dong as the people return periodically to De
mocracy there is no danger, for that is a return
to first principles.
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Cuba
Cuba is again in the public eye. There is
trouble a-plenty and more in sight. Some of
tlie natives are at outs wiih the administration.
It bids fair to be worse by and by when the
inevitable hard times come to the laborers in
| the rural districts, and the negro element is al
ways to be reckoned with.
Aside from all this there are Americans, and
Cubans too of the upper class, who are anxious
to have Culm annexed to the United States.
•These probably make as much trouble as they!
dare, and the recent visit of General Wood has
stirred up that element and given them hi
; eouragement. For our part, we have never be-j
lieved that the Cuban republic could survive, j
We have yet to be convinced that those people !
who have the revolutionary germ in their blood
are capable of self-government. Wo are willing
that they shoifld be given every chance and
Uncle Sam should stand by as their friend. But
it would not be friendly, it would be heartless;
and cruel to stand by until the revolution has
actually begun and many lives sacrificed. As
soon as Uncle Sam is honestly satisfied that the
Cubans are going to “revolute” he should step
in and prevent the row. That would be an act
of friendship and of common humanity.
The news from the cotton belt is depressing
But experience teaches that crop seares are
rarely as bad as represented. The season is
still young and it is not too late to replant and
make a cron .
Isn’t it about time to stop-petting the post
office robbers? They are now saf • in the peni
. tentiary where they belong. Let them be.
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
Wluit t'wnstltutrs » <k>od CHI-'en.
Kdltor of The Virginian)
Blr,—t think some of us labor undar a wrong im
pression a# to what the requirements of a good and
true «Wl*en are in the highest and noblest sense.
When a man la quiet, Inoffensive, attends stride/ tc
his own business, pays his Just debts and >s kind and
neighborly, the most of us say he Is a good cifren,
which is true to a great extent, and without the
above mentioned qualities he cannot be one. We
sometimes look at an old gray-halred man, who has
provided for his own household comfortably nnd
paid his debts, and say he Is a good cit**t»n, when
In reality he has spent a life of selllsbness and breed,
accumulating his thousands and ten of thousands of
dollars, and with one foot In tho grave still grasping
for more, without a thought of philanthropy or
altruism ever having entered his make-up. Has his
life been a success and Is ho a good oltlsen In the
highest sense? I answer no. Ills life has been a
failure as to an Impression on tho world for good;
he has done nothing but make money and Is u piti
able object to behold When he Is gone the world
will lose nothing, and not many tears will be shed.
He has gotten all ho could out of the world and
given nothing In return. Clod pity such a wasted
life! Self, greed and avarice are dangerous masters.
To be a useful and loyal cltlsen In the highest sense.
1 am persuaded much more Is required of us than
sbove mentioned. Wo should tako an abiding In
terest In all things pertaining to tho welfare and
betterment of mankind In civic affairs, churches,
Sunday schools and worthy charities. vVe should bu
willing to glee our time and money, if need be. In
securing good and true men of high Christian char
acters to fill all offices of trust, municipal, county
and state—men that are Incorruptible and stand for
the highest and best things In civic life.
It Is not a pleasant thing to be active In politics
as a worker, or candidate for office, but If wo neg
lect this duty we cun only expect professional poli
ticians to make our law# and spend our public funds.
We nets'! men who respect their own characters, us
well -ue the- interest arrd wishes of their COTtsttttrcnTS
and all true men should wake up to their duty along
this line. <}od forbid that we should ever have such
corrupt politics In Virginia as Is now being unesrihed
In Pennsylvania and New York. V\Te should take an
active Interest In our churches and Sunday schools
and work unceasingly to build them up and enlarge
their usefulness, they being the foundation stones on
which rest the higher civilisation of our fellows, and
the cultivation of Christian graces, such ns kind
ness. charity and brotherly love. Those whp are
capable, when called upon, should not shrink trom
leadership, despite criticism of their acts, as we can
do nothing without wise and consecrated leaders it
you are true and honest, standing only for the truth
and right, your critics must respect your purposes
and character.
(Joc.d citizenship is never attained In Its highest
and best sense, In my humble opinion, when we draw
the line at our own door and refuse to spend and be
spent In the unceasing warfare for the elevation or
mankind, the protection of sc clety and the destruc
tion of all sources of evil. We should pursue a bold
and manly course along this line fully realizing in
so doing we must antagonize seme people who are
not in sympathy with our higher aims and purposes,
but should try to win them by kindness and love.
Wq owe u debt to society, by living the life of a good
and true citizen, forgetting ourselves In the light for
the? advancement of Christ's kingdom on earth and
civic righteousness In all of its phases. What is more
beautiful than a life of real service to our country?
Standing for all that Is best and purest, and when
we lay down the burdens of life and are passing
through the valley of death, what a comfort and con
solation It will be to look hack on cur past lives,
feeling that we have done our best and that we have
left an Impress for some good and haw not lived In
Vain. K. S. dAKBOUH.
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Our State Contemporaries
Tnmesw >t ML-Up.
Tennessee has State-wide prohibition, but U husu t
purified her polities a particle.
The only way to get clean politics anywhere Is
to go at the proposition straight.
There is more profit for unscrupulous politicians
In the illegal *a!e of whiskey than In Its legal
sale, and more prollt for unscrupulous whiskey deal
ers. too, because that sort of whiskey Is the cheap
est for the producer and the dearest for the con
sumer.
The political ring that Is running Tennessee Is
unaffected In Its power or Insolence by the passage
of the State-wide statute which was proclaimed as
a political cure-all. There Ik an object lesson wnich
ought to set some excellent people thinking.—.Norfolk
landmark.
Singh" 1,1st Tested.
The single list plan for text-books in the public
schools of Virginia comes to Its hardest test when
the State board of education adopts, books for use in
all of the high schools us it is now doing.
We are frank to say that It will not, in our opin
ion, work In the high schools. For a board of edu
cation, constituted as it is now, to say which book
In l,attn, or chemistry, or geometry, nr any of the
numerous branches of high school curricula, is the
most teachable one is getting pretty close to the point
of absurdity. And for a btate board of any kind
to be able to pick out a text book suited to all con
ditions In the widely different localities, to widely
different teachers, and with every conceivable dif
ference In the degree of equipment. Is something
little sfcpirt of Impossible, If possible at all.
Still the people have demanded It, although half
of them at the time did not know what was meant
by the term "single list," and some thought It meant
one book for the u holo (irrlculum. Let us try It
by all means.—Lynchburg Advance.
Marriage and Money.
The wedding of Miss Marjorie Gould and young
Anthony J. Drexel brought $2,000,000 In wedding
presents, which included the new $500,000 residence
on Fifth avenue that her father, George Gould, gave
his daughter.
Of course, that Is not as much money as some
of the American millionaire* have turned over to
some of the decadent "nobility” of Europe who or
fered a title and little else, but It Is quite a snug
start In life for the two young people, and tney
may live very happily upon If.
There, however, were hundreds of Other couples
married on the same day, the aggregate cost ot
whose simple wedding present would not total tb
sum represented In th*- most casual of the Drexel
Gould gifts, whose Wedded life may be fraught wtth
far more happiness than awaits these favored chil
dren of fortune.
Happily for humanity, contentment, peace and
happiness are not limited to the $500,000 homes, nor
measured by the cost of the presents that appear
at the time of marriage Under the vine and fig
tree of far less ostentatious folk, and In the rose
grotvn cottage of the humblest men and women
joy unspeakable and peace Ineffable may bless and
brighten dally lives.—Norfolk Ledger-lHipatch.
Treason.
Death Is the penalty for the crime of treason—nil
civilised countries punish treason by death. Gover
nor Patterson, of Tennessee, Is guilty of treason; the
pardoning of Pol. D. FI Cooper, the murderer of
Senator Carmack, was an act of treason, and the
guilty party should suffer the penalty, notwith
standing he be the chief executive of a great com
monwealth.—Culpeper Enterprise.
Carolina Comment
A Virginia Yankee.
In the Union Seminary Magazine Kev. l)r. Walter
W. Moore, president of the seminary, tells (hla arti
cle was prepared nnd delivered as a centennial ad
dress In Chicago last November) the story of Cyrus
H. McCormick and the reaper. It Is needless to say
that the story is well told Dr. Moore, Who comes
from Mecklenburg county, and whose poem on the
Mecklenburg Declaration won a prize of fifty dol
lars offered by the Observer nearly ten years ago.
pays tine tribute to ihe Scotch-Irlsh stock from which
McCormick sprang. He (Inely calls McCormick's
is a per “God's ■ great eat • an s.v. t tur'lhe universal -prayer,
‘Give us this day our dully bread.'" that reaper
was invented by McCormick us a lad In Rockbridge
county. Va , seventy-nine years ago, and represented
the successful completion of n machine begun along
mistaken lines by his father, Robert McCormick, who
had acquired note as the inventor ot several Unpor- ,
tant labor-savin* machines for usa on the farm.
Volin* McCormick had hla full share of the in
vcntors"Troubles-before he finally, rmilka too many
other Inventors, who have greatly benefited man
kind, gained a somewhat proportionate financial re
turn. Hla Chicago factory, established In 1*47. was
producing four thousand machines a year In .1**0. A
bushel of wheat, which formerly required three
hours of a man's time, was harvested In ten minutes.
Hr. Moore quotes Secretary of War Kdwln M. Stan
ton, speaking In 1*61: "The reaper Is to the North
what slavery Is to the South. By taking the places
of regiments of young men In the Western harvest
fields, It releases them to do battle for the Union
at the front, and at the same time keeps up the
supplv of bread for the nation and the nAtlon fl
armies. Thus without McCormick's Invention 1 fear
the North could not win. and the Union would be
dismembered." While supporting a vast army tne
North fed thirty-five million people and sent more
grain to Kurope than ever before. without this
Virginian's Invention the Northern armies, euoceas
Itl 1 utter tremendous clirtlcultles In wearing out the
half-ormed, slowly-starved few led by a Virginian
who was one of the greatest captains In history,
would probably have never achieved success at all.
Cyrus H. McCormick himself deprecated war with
ail his heart. Ha. In conjunction with Horace
Orcely. made strong but unsuccessful efforts to pre
serve the Union peacefully. After the war his gen
erosity to prostrate Institutions in his native Htale
brought bitter attacks upon him from the rancorous
South-haters of the day.
Dr. Moore gives McCormick high praise as a man
and as u generous donor to the Theological Seminary
of tho Northwest, located In Chicago during nli
lifetime and later named McCormick Theological
Seminary of the Northwest, located in Chicago dur
ing his lifetime and later named McCormick theo
logical Seminary. He mentions the fact that the
two leading theological seminaries of Northern Pres
byterian church were both founded by Southern
men—Princeton by a Virginian. Dr. Archibald Alex
ander. and McCormick by a North Carolinian. Dr.
John Matthews, the latter beginning nil work at
Hanover College, Indiana. We look upon Cyrus H.
I ok—as In d u-etrta Hy-s prototype «>f the ieoth
< rn Yankee, who now fills the woods and who, un
like him, need not leave home to achieve. I here
were others, Including Dr. Richard J. Yatllng, cf
this State, whose automatic guns mowed down tho
Southern troops, while McCormick's reaper-harvested
wheat fed and financed their opponents. It is In
teresting to read and reflect upon history llko this
now.—Charlotte Observer.
A Victory for l,aw.
The decision of the Supreme Court, upholding the
board of pharmacy In its refusal to grant a drug
license to one Thomas, of Thomasvllle, the license
having been revoked after his conviction of selling
cocaine without prescription. Is a moral result and
a vindication of common sense over technicality.—
Wilmington Star.
Said to Be the Devil.
A dispatch says: "Whiskey Is going down. R s
been doing that * ver since It was first discovered. By
the way, who discovered booze, anyhow’—Orcens
boro News.
SHOOGY-SHOO"
BY EDITH ORA Y.
(Copyw right. 1910. by Associated Press.)
John O'Neill, erstwhile newspaper man and dram
atist to he. was one of the younger celebrities of
! those Thursday evening gathering* for which Mrs.
Strathfield de Witt was so widely red Justly fumed
Mrs. Strathfield de Witt was lauded from on# end of
i town to the other, extolled for unstinted hospitality,
I admired for gracious tact, and sought out for radiant
| beauty. Yet far more than the magnificent social
affairs In which she always figured so conspicuously,
the halls and opera night triumphs, which invariably
received a lion's share of next morning's social eel
j umu, did she revel In her artistic triumphs and her
' reputation for unusual ability In gathering about her
; local talent and oven visiting prodigies from rar
waters. Even her detractors dared not deny that
Mrs. de Witt was a woman of power and no mean
I personality, and, under the rose, It was safe to whls
1 per this: None knew It better than herself.
To-night she stood as usual at the far end of tne
great reception hall, velvet-gowned and regal tn the
famous Htruthfield Jewels, giving forth to her guests,
. from Von Kreuzer, the world-famed 'cellist, to young
i artistic Dick Stair, out at elbows and 111 at ease. ths
same beneficent smile, the customary word of en
couragement. the unfailing bit of praise.
John O'Neill, one of her most vaunted favorites,
having Just paid his compliments, was passing on
Into the crowded music room, free to carry out hi*
j own devices, to follow whither Inclination might
I chance to lead. Cordial greetings encompassed him
as he wandered, unsettled and restless, from group
to group, but. In spite of the allurements of flashing
eyes and the encouraging nods from men of estab
I fished repute, O'Neill, with an abstracted manner
! and Indifference of mien, passed through the mag
j nlflcently furnished rooms out Into the conservatory
j beyond. ,
It was solitude, after all, that he wanted. He
! could settle down here for a space arid puszle out a
few of the many things which had of late so bothered
| him. For many days he had put away the facing of
' this problem, the impartial Judging 'twtxt heart and
mind. But O'Neill was a man of fine sensibilities,
of high and honorable Ideals, and he knew that he
| could not again accept the flattering kindness of hi*
: hostess, the overwhelming cordiality of her friends,
without coming to a true knowledge of his inmost
self, and, in some subtle way, giving her to realise
! the final outcome of the problem which, at last,
amid the twinging roses and orchids, he must bravely
face and settle for all time.
John O’Neill, fresh from the old country, with
great dreams within his eyes, was a different person
from the well-groomed, self-assured gentleman who,
j save for the frown puckering his straight drawn
tirows, seemed, amid the surfeit of elegance of this
uptown mansion so thoroughly at ease, so completely
i master of his own. For though O'Neill was a gentle
| man at heart, a lover of the right and good, he was.
J In the common acceptance of the term, a self-made
I man.
He had fought hia way, from the beginning, through
the humiliating trials of advertising agent and com
mon reporter, step by step along the staff positions
of a large newspaper, till now he had reached the
position of managing editor of an Important maga
zine. And still his best powers must go to the enrn
I ing of bread, and the dreams of drama and novel
yet unfulfilled. And with the rigor of those dreams
another, too, held sway—an old longing, a softer
' vision which the lionizing of sweet and foolish ladles,
the surroundings of luxury and ease, Instead of snuff
i Ing out and relegating to the past of dusky memo
ries, served only to entlame and raise on him.
For there are some thtnga which a man may never
forget, and among them surely Is the reminiscence
' of youth. And that was why John O'Neill had drawn
1 apart to seek among the exotic blooms of the per
l fume laden eourt the healing of his doubt.
But. with the facing of his problem, he must, ot
| eourse. be logical. Yes; he would be quite frana
with himself. There should be no delicacy nor raise
modesty In his open dealing with this question. He
was an artist and a gentleman—also, a* such, he
was a pauper. He knew that the realisation of his
best efforts could take place but for certain things,
i These things Mrs. Strathfield de Witt was now In p
PLsltion to offer him. She had not In so many words
: told him so, but he knew from covert hint and glance
and from the more open revelation of friends, that
Natalie, the youngest daughter, along with the finan
cial and social gifts which she would undeniably
bring, was his for the asking.
His for the asking! And Natalie was a fine-looking
girls, well formed, with a head crowned with cob
upon coll of heavy auburn hair. A dozeh artists had
painted Natalie, In ball gown, In street gown, with
her spaniel, in masquerade costume. Without ques
tion, Natalie de Witt was a beautiful girl, but—and
the man condemned himself even tnough he knew
hi* analysis was justified—she was a great, beau
tiful, over-petted, over-fed piece of animal femininity.
She had no spark of her mother's cleverness, no gl 1 m
mer of her wit. Her life had been thought out for
her from the beginning, and she was toe sapless a
thing to dream now of rebellion, too lasy to do other
than drift onward with the current. If he asked
her, she would' consent, and she was at least too
Inanimate a creature to Interfere In later life wltn any
of hts dt-oath#.' Why tuft inorto? If'She brofight no'
Inspiration, at least she would bring no disturbing
element. There would be leisure and sums peaoe.
Why ask for more?
O'Neill stood now upon ht« feet, determined a"<1
quite done with argument It was all so simple, so
easy and quite .Inevitable. U be brought the wit,,
The Richmond Virginian'
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th® cleverness to the household, gho In turn would
bring the money, tha tangible moan® of existence. If
genius, she. on her side, would furnish the leisure
ne brought the great thoughts, th# inspiration ot
wherein to make good his dreams. If he attracted
the circle of artists and poets, she would furnish, as
her mother before her, hospitality and unstinted
wealth, the allurements of comfort and ease.
And yet, John O’Neill stood, motionless as a stone
Image, bound fast amid the towering ferns and
fragrant orange trees. Why did he not seek at once
tbs famous beauty? There could be no doubt as to
her attitude, loving daughter of a doting mother.
Why, then, fearing no robucr, did lie not go at once
i and offer hnr his hand and heart?
A little thing, quite Insignificant and beside the
point ,yet still bearing on his early youth, held him.
A tiny letter, now resting next his heart, redolent of
days and past, sweet memories.
“John, It Is you that our mother Is spoaking of
now. She Is so old. John, and I, too. It Is the sight
of your face *# both be wanting.
“John, Is It not strange that Rosie win marry the
rich MaoVey, for all he courts her still and will not
«o—•” that was a part of It.
There wa8 music now In the room beyond—a violin
and piano, following one another, laughing leaning
atrd romping, glitterIng on through inexpressible
maxes of technical splendor. The man listened, and
gradually his eyes hardened again, his brain the mas
ter of his heart. YeB, he was born to all thla sort
of thing! It was foolish, unutterably mad to dwell
on the long, dead past. He would bury It all now,
his life Would swing on In perfect harmony, effort
levs, brIMant and 'veil controlled. H© would write
his Aunt Katrine this very night, and how proud
they would he to hear of this great match. He step
ped forward to seek the girl beyond.
Then he paused again. A fresh, young voice wo*
raised, clear, piercing In Its untrammeled sweetness.
It was a song now. dealing not at all with trills, sim
ple and unhampered In Its sway—a song, a real song,
and without flaw:
When meadow larks would singing be tn old Glentalr
"u one sweet lass with eves of blue and tangled
golden hair,
Kor Irish eyes are fairy flax, no other eyes So blue.
Come nestle In my arms and swing upon the shcogy
shoo.’*
On through the verses, vibrant, quivering and alive,
and O’Neill bowed hhs head, swaying In the new
found realization of his old best self. Of what use
the splendor, of what use the terlmtc, of what use
the beautiful binding, If the book were empty within?
Koste, Rosie. ills sou! bowed svlth the knowledge
that for him there was but one woman who through
all the years had found him worthy of the waiting;
Ah. w/il, the world g'*es up and dotvn. and some
sweet day
Its ahoogy-shoo will swing us to whore sighs will
pass away.
Bo nestle close your bonny head and close vonr «yeg
of blue.
And swing with me end memory upon the shoogr
shoo.”
••••••..
“O’Neill’s crarv,” said the gossips of the studio
olriie. “AH he wanted to work out his big drama
was leisure and a little time. O’Neill’s craxv, and ne
was an Idiot to run ba-k to the old country’ In that
erratic madcap manner.”
“O'Neill’s orsry ” said a little blue-eyed woman
hack In old Ireland. “O’Neill's crazy.” Hut the man
ner of his madness, being a not uncommon one. «he
laughed as she found her bonny heart locked fast
within the shelter of his arms.
NOTHING SraiQlS.
RfTlUTl,
Hr oat he* there h woman tn tht* land.
Who never to herself has said:
“Borne day sho'll ask a favor, and
When that day come* I’ll cut her dead?”
—Judge.
Tile Office Boy Knows.
"Th« boa* called me In consultation to-day," de
clared the office boy.
"U'wan!”
“Kart. He had a dispute with the junior partner
a* to who wui leadin' the league Just now In battln .
Baseball Maguslne.
TTi* Orttel Thing.
“When he kissed me I asked him not to tell any
body.”
"Bid he?”
“He repeated it in two minutes."—Buffalo Re
press.
BpiTng Thought of Hobo.
In the spring the hobo’s fancy
Strongly turns to thoughts of grub;
How to got It without working.
That's the question, there's the rub.
—Judge.
Almost.
Foreigner: But Is the Eugltsh language capable of
expressing anything?
Native—Certainly. Look at the names on our Full
man oarsl—Puck.
Hlncc the World Began.
It’s the sam eold song that the robin sings
And the same old tale that the lover brings;
It's the same old blue In the same old skies,
And the same old yell when the baby cries.
—New York Telegram,
A Bure Sign.
"There Is one time when you may be sure peopl*
are fishing for scandal."
"What is that?”
"When they are talking with bated breath.”—Bal
timore American.
(■onerous,
■’John.” queried her husband's wife, "If some bold
bad man were to kidnap me, would you offer a re
ward ?”
"Certainly,” replied the wife's husband, “I always
reward those who do me a favor."—London lit-Bit*.
Putting It Bn\tally.
The question, which seems likely to remain a
purely academic one, of whether it would be Justi
fiable for a physician to hasten the death of a person
apparently doomed to perish In horrible agony with
out the doctor's aid has come to the front again.
The case supposed is generally that of an engineer
pinned under a wrecked train, with Are rapidly ap
proaching. and it is asked: "Is the physician lusttfled
In administering a lethal dose cf morphine hypoder
mically?’’ We see no harm in going a little fur
ther into this dilemma. Given the engineer and
his perilous position, but suppose the physician to
hav# lost his syringe In the train wreck. Our ques
tion is: "Is the physician Justified tn banging the
engineer over the head with a coupling pin?"—New
York Medical Journal.
Taking It Out for Airing.
■When the gpntleman with decided tendencies to
ward looking after everybody’s business but his own
saw a furniture removal von being loaded near
his house, he sallied forth Into the street on investi
gation bant.
"I say, carter,” he began bumptiously, "are tha
people upstairs moving?"
The carter looked at him scornfully. Then ha
wiped the perspiration from hla manly brow.
"No. sir,” he retorted grimly. "We're Just taking
the furniture (or a drive.”—Chicago Journal
Overlooking a Cinch.
Young Kobin Cooper has been remanded for ft --
new trial. He should plead guilty, gee hts pardon
tnd have done with i* before the family friend gets {AJ'
f the gubernatorial Job down In Tennowdc.—-WM1»* '
log ton Herald.