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SPEED AFTER PROCKANTIN' \TK>X.
We are triad to note that < minci! shi \v- - 11
of at last awakening to the necessitv i traffic
regulation-. After two year* of d*la;. it i* now
said that work is being "rushed" "ii an ordi
nance. While, a* a general rule, "rush" ordi
nances are aj>t to lie detective, the rule does not
necessarily follow in this instance. <'omnion
sense and well-nigh universal municipal nrac
tice indicate clearly the regulation* whi'-h the
ordinanc must supply. 1* is astonishing that
so important a matter should hav« Is-eti -o long
delayed. If long procrastination i- to lie ended.
—as procrastination generally- /.* ended with
a rush, sped is jus! as essential now a- it has
been*these many months.
Tt would seem, however, iliat rather than to
attempt lo a lmig and intricate ordinance
to meet the many conditions arising out of street
traffic, or to meet these conditions l>\ several
ordinances, the simpler cmirsi would be an or
dtnanee in general terms authorizing tie
Roan! of Police Commissioners to promulgate
rules and giving them the power to enforce them.
Under such an ordinance the city department
whose acquaintance with traffic condition* is
naturally most wide and specific would he en
abled to act intelligently, to 11*0 discretion, to tit
“The regulations to those portion* of the city win n
regulations arc 1110*1 needed, and to relax tin reg
ulations in other portion* whore conditions <lo
not demand them. In other words, the Police
Commissioners should lie given the power to
deal with the streets and the traffic ns a
of police regulation—which is the logical method
of treatment.
If The Virginian, by calling attention to this
matter, ha* done its part in giving the prod mov
ing Council to action, it has the satisfaction of
having contributed to a public ls-nctit.
A WANT OF ( ()NF1I»F\( K.
if: There is a world of meaning in the English
phrase- which is used wiicn they overturn a
ministry. Political change is predicated i:p«»n
P the exact reason which makes it advisable. Situ
fe- ply to refuse a vote of confidence furnishes every
necessary excuse. I he ministry is not thereby
discredited. Its sincerity may ho tniipicstimied.
Its motives mav !«• above suspicion. Hut, be
cause England i- in fact as well as in name a
Democracy, ti want of eoitfidenee. means the end
of usefulness. Power is held subject to Un
people. When tile people withdraw tIn ir grant
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of jtower, its exercise ceases.
What is politically true in England is practical
d lj true in business, that employment ceases at
ly, the moment when harmony cuds. What is true
x of business is especially true of the busmens of
L\ baseball, which is 1 h< sport of tin whole ..plq.
It may be a far cry from the Premiership of
i’ England to the uuipireship of a baseball Icagm*.
A but the principle that obtains in one ease ought
H? lo obtain iu another. An umpire may lie never
ff so well qualified for hi~ job. but one*- the pub
A lie loses confidence in his decisions he i- as out
Sc of evmpathv with the game lie attempts to di
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KjL rect as would U* an English minister who would
Ip::,' attempt to cling to his jiorffolm after an adverse
vote.
All of which is to sa\ iliat, for all w< know to
the contrary. Empire .Mace may be the Ivina pin
of hi8 g,raft. He may hnvi he eye of an eagio
and the brain of a split-secoml stop watch. He
may be—and doubtless i- entirely fair in in
tention. But the fact remains that the Rich
mond baseball public doe. not tjiink s,,. That
.may la*. Mr. Mace’s mi-tortune, but it ought 'o
end his usefulness as ari umpire in game- in
! which the Itiehnmnd < lub j■:<nh-ipa**-. Hi
pi- continuance under such eiremnstanei s liamiu-aps
#f the game, take- the “snap” out of He players,
puts a damjM-r on public interest. It may be
fate, but Empire Mace has seemed to officiate
at most games in which Richmond ha- play* d.
and in a great number of such games Richmond
has lost by decisions which did not “look right
to the fans. That being the case. He re i- a want
■fKisoirfidencc in this particular iimoire. li may
||be unjust, but it is a fad. The fact existing.
iktbe cause should cease to exist.
We give no much space to this question 1k
: cause-baseball is more than a game, it is a
ppubltc institution. It depends entirely on the
sbtic, and the public is the jury >>t i:- own
tastes. Baseball spectators, whih partisan, are
fptjod losers, so long'us they have confidence in
ftfoe fairness of the result. When that confidence
| is destroyed they become bad losers first, and
» to be spectators soon afterward.
WHAT OK Till- <'HIKI>IiKN ?
()f I’wur-i it is entirely hromidic, with refer
c nee in rlic practice <>t divorce. to ask. What of
Hit children Yet n i- jn-t there, ut the point
"t thi< natural and ununswerahle question, that
r«sts the "problem of society involved in the
numerous instances of men who "hail a wife
and couldn't k»*ep her". Hut tor the children
siicieiv could well afford to ignore the promis
cuity of certain of its lights, so tar a- heir per
sonal matrimonial peculiarities are concerned.
However, since there are children, and since the
'question persists, the innocent results of whimst*
eul matches remain as the growing interrogation
point of civilization.
Sin vent- ago Frank tiouhl wa~ wedded to
Helen Kelly. It was a mutch of youth, with
millions on either 'ide. 1 wo children lent it
charm and distinction. The Kittle Hod seemed
to be in jovial humour. 1 hen, however, it
sjeidily di w loped that the Kittle God was the
k-tst constituent of this fusing of lives and for
tunes. Krank Gould took to the Music Halls.
Hi- lettiis to actresses, exhibited in court re
cords. show the lameness of fancy of the rich
man -training at sentimentality. Marital dis
coid grew apace. The Gottid fancy wavered,
llieki ring here and tie re over tin choruses like
a spot light. It struck at length fair upon Edith
Kelly, a mite of femininity in "Havana . After
ward' Edith Kellv w< nt to London on a shopping
fpidition. Gould hied him to Haris to rice
horse'. Helen Gould obtained a divorce.
We would not treat of this sordid and familiar
narrative, wa re it not for the fact of the little
Gould girl-. They serin to have hern like two
-pots, T (-gotten in ihe shuttic". Em- Mr-. Helen
Gould, the "outraged wile", i- taking another
millionaire husband. Sla was, in fact, to have
married him so Iona ago as l-ebruary. had it not
Keen for a death in his family a circumstance
that called for the etiquette of delay as the inci
dent of a remarriage could not do. So it ap
p< ar- that, a: the time Gould was making his
conspicuous pilgrimages among the chorus
ladies. Mr-. Gould was preparing also to change
partners. Mr. Gould, it develops, hud la-en
forehanded in this matter. Five weeks ago he
married hi- lady from Havana, hut with great
ronrtesv refrained from giving the ceremony
publicity until hi- wife should have taken a
yoke-fellow. Kpon the announcement of her
intention to do so, he could not longer restrain
his triumph. To Mrs. Helen Gould's nuptials he
sends, «s wedding present, the announcement of
his own marriage to Edith Kelly.
I hi>. of course, i' a commonplace tangle. 1 r»
it-, meshes the little (ioulii girls are entirely
hidden. Thev appear, in tael, only in the last
paragraph of the rou-om*. when it i- stated that
bv eominon consent they are to he turned over te
tlteir aunt, Helen (ronhl, spinster phihnithrnp
iAt. strange off shoot of a family whose member
stem to he whirled hetween money-hunger ami
eroticism. ("ndoiihtedlv s||f. will he a better
mother than Helen Kelly (build ; there is no ques
lion hut that site will he a hotter father than
Frank (ionld. It follows of course, that thes(
innocent spawn of millions will grow up in
luxnrv, will inherit wealth. What will the)
do with it Is their drstiux in the blood, or it:
the training which tiny will receive from thif
henevolcnt aunt taking a sedate path through
I gold to child less age, will they find in life f
I new meaning f Ha ir future i- one of the trag
jedies of what wo tire pleased to term "high so
oietv”. I.ct it he hoped that, as representing
the one pure ineidetit of all the scandal, an earl)
adverse fate wifi operate to -end them a mat tin
deliverance.
Hut what of the parents who in their east
fail even in the elemental eoneern of animals for
■heir offspring f who, themselves endowed with
:evervthing that goes to ameliorate life, leave
their children paupers in love' who, in the
promiscuity of a certain phase ot modern exist
ence, are even more eruell) promiscuous than
'the vert beasts who roam the jungles and defend
with their lives the eaves in which they real
t hei r Voting t
it would he well it. at the moment ol thi>
eoii-pieltoii - development, a count n, that passe
from one sensation to another as the colors shit;
in a kaleidoscope, that i- as quick to forget to
it is instiint in indignation, should turn i:~ eve
from lo tto to Paris and New York and, eeasint
to reflect upon "What of Johnson'" consider a
proposition of infinitely more humane concent,
it- it affects nor only them hut many hundred
other American children—
W'hat ..f the litih Helen ami Margaret Would i
SAFFRON TWINS.
Now that a preacher has said it. we trust that
the \ el low preachers will take notice. Rev.
David M. Ramsay, I*. I>. pastor of (iruee Street
llaptist church, hits done a puhlie service. < 'rit
ieizing "\ellow" methods in journalism, tht
tread of wlntt started as an ordinary and fa
miliar discourse took a sudden shift to a "live
wire" of really vital eoneern. There is a yellow
press, -ay- l>r. Ramsay, brtt. also- and this R
the poim there i- « yellow pulpit. <'uriously
enough, one of the chief weapons in the arsenal
of the sensational preacher is denunciation of
the s< ii--.itional press; and one of the most
cherished possessions of the sensational press is
tin exploitation of the sensational pulpit One
helps the other, the pulpit by furnishing grist
for u press sometimes hard put to it for scandal;
the press by placarding the fact that it has been,
and is being, denounced. Twin brothers in mis
chief. these two agencies for the exploitation of
indecency wage a mimic warfare in perfect
sympathy and understanding!
W’c do not entirely agree with all that Dr.
A Ramsay has u> say concerning the* conduct of
newspaper*. lie suggests that tin- managing edi
tor Ik* n "good mother", concerned with sprcau
ing mvirim-" ami light, iii-timl ot di-seminating
deed* of ' i*deuce, tales ot blood. reports of
scandal. lit* <mimt-t- tin- attitude uf the jtaper
wiiieh claim-' that it ‘‘gives the public wlmt it
wants”. Within lioiinds there i* no doubt <it the
justice uf lie-r strictures, hut it must lie remem
bered that the province <>t’ the press is the double
one of reflection and opinion. It may seek to
better the world instead <>1 debauching it tor
money, but it must report the world. If it
did not report, it could not hope to better. I he
question in this particular i- one of method—
is one of the treatment of news. 1 he moment
a newspaper ceases to print the news, that mo
ment it becomes impotent as a journal. Its
aim i- to give information, and then to draw
the lessons which incident and development sng
g<-t. As it does not stop at giving the news, ,
but proceeds to advertise evil, so does the press
become \ellow. As it does not stop at a recogni
tion ot evil, hilt eaters to the curiosity of a crowd
that revels in the narrative id tamiliar phases
of vice does the pulpit forget the light by which
it i- guided. Dissimilar as thev are in preten
sion, the vellow pajier and the yellow pulpit are
whelp- of a single litter. 1 he exponent of
"either could “make good" a; the trade of the
other. Said Dr. Ramsay:
"If should be tin- crucial test ot a
sermon that it possesses power by ap
peal to the conscience to lift men and
women to higher things, .lust as liter
ature is common experience sifted
through uncommon minds s<> that if
has become permanent in its beauty
and potency for good, -o should the
sermon, by taking the common expe
riences of life, elevate and inspire.
This can be done by 1.1 ashes of light
rather than by sensational recitals.
Why should a man sa\ in the pulpit
before a mixed crowd of young men
and women what any gentleman would
not sav to a group of wumg people in
his parlor, where his own daughter is
present? Here, as in journalism, we
must not vield to the'temptation to give
what the people, or what some part, of
them, want, but ratio r what they need;
not what will please, but what will
ennoble."
These lie sane and wise words, the crux of
whose lesson i~ that there is nn absolute lack
of good in the narrative of evil withoTrr n pur
pose. Within bounds, the press inns: narrate
evil, for it. is a part of life, it is a part of con
ditions which the press combats, which it strives
to better. Properly, the pulpit is a powerful aid
in this fight, bur evil needs no exploitation at its
hands. Its function, in eon»1 rast to that of tli<•
pn ss. js not reportorial. Its recitals are always
at second hand. When, a- frequently happens,
thev stop at recital, when the story is nine parts
of the discourse and the moral a tenth portion
dragged in bv the tail to save the amenities, the
pulpit.-that is supposed to U- “thundering"
against vice is in reality doing no more than
furnishing it a ven effective pros- agent service.
President Tafr's indifference a- to a second
form shows ihat he B not. as blind as ho hn« boon
painted.
Madriz lias again liocn repulsed. Some peo
[ile never seem to know when they are not
wanted.
[t is evident that the Republican armor plate
is ‘'spalled’ .
The public may congratulate itself that the
garment makers’ strike comes at the moment
when it needs clothes least.
Brookins' aeroplatii flight at Atlantic city dis
turbs the axiom that it is the "higher the fewer".
The Petersburg Index-Appeal is forty live
vears old. It is a hundred years wise.
Governor Harmon's reported determination to
oust the Mayor of Newark indicates that he
flunks thi prop* r •• atment for tho lynching
fever is the removal of the cause.
Georgia again prmv.s that lynching i> not a
sectional matter— by a lynching.
The President's *h i rtnination to "stand or
fall by his own acts" at least gives the hope of
act ion.
The return of General Leonard Wood may or
may not man that the Colonel feels the need of a
'sparring partner.
The Springfield Reunion.
, Heal veteran* of both federal and Confederate armies
will rejoice at the reception given the old Confederates
in Springfield. Massachusetts, on the 4th of July. This
Is the first occasion we recall when representatives of a
Confederate camp In the South have been entertained
In such hospitable manner tiy New England and It
will do much to bring that section and the South in
closer touch than has been the cuse since the civil war.
The Petersburg veterans went to Springfield, an orig
inal abolitionist town, at the special lnvation of Its G.
A. H. post and from.all accounts the Southerners who
! fought with Lee and Jackson received ihe warmest
kind of a welcome, not only from the men who fol
lowed Grant and McClellan, but from the entire popu
lation of Ihe city. Neither was the welcome lacking In
tact, for we are told that the old soldiers marched, not
only to the strains of national airs, but to the tune of
their beloved Dixie as well.
I Such meeting* a* there shave often been held In
Fredericksburg and Petersburg and Richmond, but they
have been too few In the North. They have nccom
: pllshed wonders down here In obliterating old feelings
I of bitterness and the\ win do the same In Springfield
or Boston or any other New England town. New Eng
land and the South used to be mighty close together and
there Is no reasons why the old conditions shouldn't j
obtain once more.—Fredericksburg Free .Lance.
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
l’au*e and HITi'Pt—lYiitli and SolHJmewK.
Editor Richmond Virginian.
Bear Sir,—I am quite heartily in accord with the
post-fight unanimous protest of the press against fur
ther encroachment of the prize ring upon our civil
ization It is not Impertinent, and will he well worth
while, to pause a moment in our vociferation against
the unseemly spectacle «<l a mill between race pugilis
tic champions and Its attendant had effect, and con
sider some of the causes that brought about the
encounter at Keno, and the measure *»l race feeling
engendered thereby. As 1 understand it. Mr. .Jef
fries was coaxed from his retirement by sports, who
insisted that he should come forth to "save the pres
tige of the white race” In the fistic arena by defeat
ing th»* black "champion of the world.*’ The event
was scheduled to take place on the anniversary of
our declared national independence. It was exploit
ed by the press throughout the land, special corre
spondents and artists were dispatched to the training
camps. Front page stories and pictures were daily
carried by nearly all metropolitan papers. Special
announcements were "boxed,” informing readers that
direct wires would supply the bulletin board with
prompt details, to be followed by graphic stories by
ex-pugilistic and other celebrities. All this parading
the fight made it the one sensationally interesting
event <*f the hour, and when the black man and the
white man faced each other on the "glorious Fourth,
multitudes of whites and blacks, old and young, male
and female, were in place t<» get "the retufUF Nat
urally, the representatives of each race wanted "their
man" to win. The black man won (fairly, it is ad
mitted >, and all at once there is expressed great
concern lest the peace of the rat es be disturbed. To
be sure, it is proper to prohibit moving picture ex
hibitions that might inflame race passions, and to
move for legal statutes barring brutal prize light
ing henceforth Hut. suppose the same volume of
united protest had been made before the light’Sup
pose. instead of carrying flaming head-line stoHes,
prophesies, pictures, cartoons and what not the great
public press had pounced upon the proposed meet
ing between the black man and the white man'’ Not
that there were no editorial dissents, but the protests
were tarne as compared with the post fight articles,
and were weakened by the news-carrying columns.
Nor will an> one pretend that all who became in
tense ly interested in the out ome "f the battle are
In favor of allowing such things The exploiting of
the event b> the press created the widespread In
tel est which permeated more or less high as well
as low society—other wards in Richmond as well as
Jackson ward < <»f course, all of us wanted t«* know
tlie result). Now, there is not a condemnation <>f the
press, which seeks to please the public, and. In this
instance sure !y succeeded—but the rather a sugges
tion that such strenuous exploitation of the thing
which subsequently called f'*rt’n the united anathemas
"f the public prints, chiefly served to popularize it.
The white race needs no physical force* of one man
♦ prove its "superiorlyIf so. and the inferior race
wins through its champion, is It t<» be expected that
the representatives <>f that race* will tot feel elat' d
or. was it out - f all probability that the inferior
race would win' The white race has the prestige in
everything that goes to make up an intelligent and
progressive people. To pit a representative white
pugilist against a black one and parade the event in
a manner to cause such popular manifestation of in
terest in the "returns" as attends a presidential elec
tion, is well calculated t" date (he inferior race.
"Behold the white champion • «>no-th forth t- do bat
tle with the black man! All the world is watching
the great contest’ Our man's pictures are everywhere
to be seen his name everywhere heard in connection
with the white man! We have never had such recog
nition before! All this noise and excitement must
mean something’ Mb' and if we win, what a glad
day 'twill he" Well, the 'champion" fought while
the world held its breath. The negro wins. th. whit'
man faTTs t > wrest frmi him fTfe "prestige" <■{' his
brutal championship; there is great rejoicing among
the blacks; the whites arc glum, and in some ale
tj*--s inexcusable negro hilarity '•aus«,8 rims—and. th» r<
you are, ad nauseam! Now. why should men of the
superior race have permitted such a situation .' Yea.
verily-—w hy ?
Perhaps this rude awakening of the public < on
science to the unseemliness of such exhibitions may
cause the crystallization of such a sane and decent
sentiment and purpose as will henceforth put under
the ban all prize tights, whether for money, famu or
rate prestige." Let us at least hope so
W M BICKERS.
Richmond. Va., July 7. 1010
Virginia Comment
Vot a Mailer for Haste.
Governor Mann has issued a statement in which he
says he will not consMer the app.lntment of a Fntted
States Senator to succeed tin- late Senator Daniel
f r at least two or three weeks, as he does not think
it respectful to the memory of thi dead slut' -man to
at t hurriedly In the matter. Good for Judy. Mann.
At least ghe tin people time to recover from the
shock of the death of a man who was heh o 1 and
honored hy every one, before bringing up a contest
ever his successor for the remaining eighteen months
of his term.—Loudoun Mirror
t olehrathiK the I'ourtli.
In the course of a patriotic editorial oil the glori us
Fourth the Northern Neek News says:
lt is safe 1" gamble that the larg. map rity of
Vnorlean men, and almost all of the American wo
men. worked harder last Monday, having what they
tall a holiday, than they "ill again- until the next
••holiday." They rose betimes, spanked all the hut.de*.
gfrpd ail the chickens, roasted all the lambs and shoals,
boiled all th< tea and froze all the lee . r am, returned
t,, the babies, washed, eurtieil and brushed them, and
then drove miles to some point of celebration and
paid good money for their own eomestibles. Through
out a warm day they sat around and waited .01 those
who eame to eat. and. to a large extent, at. them
selves of those various focal products guarantee d t.>
produce Indigestion. They “rooted lor baseball
teams, and dared sunstroke in gasoline launches,
c aught sand tb as and topped off on the deadly h e
cream, and came home out of pocket. "Ut of temper
and spunked all the babies again, and went to lied t■ ■
awake to— adult nightmare and infantile cramp coll..
But they all had a good time. Sure.'
Deadly Statistics.
Mr. Roosevelt's adhorrenet of murder—in Egypt—
and his contention that political assassination demon
strates that a people—in Egypt—is unlit for self
government brings forth a reply from tin Manchester.
England. Guardian. It cites the international statis
tics of homicide, with the sad result id showing that
the rate per million for the I nlted States is ten nr
twelve times higher than in any country of Europe.
Chicago, with two million*, has as many murders in
a year as hu« India, with three hundred millions. Nor
in the matter of political assassinations are our Wilb
ers unwrung Tin- Guardian recalls the murder of
the Governor of Kentucky and of tin- Lieutenant Gov -
ernor of South Carolina, and puts the malicious In
quiry • if you cannot keep order, you must get out.
says Mr. Roosevelt. In that case, what nation will
takeover the government of the I'nlted States.fhe
above is unanswerable. The Guardian could have
referred to the steadily increasing number of lynch
irigs. the c rimes of night riders, etc., which are a
disgrace to our institutions. In our endeavors to
Christianise China. Japan. Korea. India. Africa and
other countries we seem to lore sight ot the fact that
our own country, notwithstanding its aim to be fore
most among civilised nations, is still an extensive
mission field.—Alexandria Gazette
V Virginia Word for Knox,.
Pennsylvania papers are urging the appointment of
Secretary of State Knox to lie Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court to succeed the late Melville \V. Fuller.
That Mr Knox possesses the qualities and qualifica
-tb ns requisite to this high position is not to lie suc
cessfully gainsaid- brilliant ability, broad culture and
a profundity of knowledge touching constitutional law
surpassed. probably, hy that of no man In the coun
try. and equaled by that of but few. More than that.
If we may judge by his recent public utterances, he
Is anything but a nationalist of the Roj^gevelt-Taft
type, hut holds firmly to the belief that the best In
terest of the country lb s in preservation to anil by
the several States of all their proper prerogatives,
rights and dignities.—Virginian-Pilot.
Mrs. Blohhs—Poes our hired man rnako many mis
takes? Blobbs—Does he? Why., he was just asking
where to find tho milkweed to feed the cows with.—
Chicago News.
Head of the Family—bur tlrm is going to advertise
for sealed proposals. Popular Daughter—Oh, don’t,
pa; It's so much better fun to get them personally.—
New I'ork American.
In a Summer House
Hy MABEL CLAIRE SMITH.
<< opyright, 1910, by Associated Literary Prea#.)
Burton Kuh 1 shrugged his shoulders with amiabl#
surprise when he realized what a storm of objec
tions he had brought down on his head by the aim
“noumrement of an important happening.
What a fuss you are making, Grace!’* he inter
j posed, hastily taking advantage of a momentary pauso
i *n ^,,w eloquence. "Really, one would think
1 had committed a crime in daring to engage myself
| to the dearest girl in the world. Your only objection
I to Miss Kloyd. as I understand you, is her profes
sion. Well, what's the matter with it? A doctor
is a handy person to have around, 1 think. I’d trust
ni> life in Esther's hands a good deal quicker than
in the hands of some masculine practitioners 1 could
name.
Mrs. Trevelyn sighed expressively and elevated her
elebrows.
{ an 1 -vou understand?” she cried- vehemently*
I hat s Just why you should not marry her! Just
think what sort of a home you'd have with a wife
riding around the country at all hours of the day and
night, at the call of anybody and everybody! 8he
t an t be a true woman when she deliberately chooses
a professlorf like that. I'll warrant she hasn’t a spark
of taste in tires*, either! 1 can’t understand your
choice, 1 m sure. it's hard to be disappointed it*
an only brother,” she* mourned.
oh, nonsense!” frowned Burton. "Esther wouldn’t
keep up Iter prat th e after we were married, of course#
At least, not to the extent of answering night calls.
J wish you’d look at the matter in an unprejudiced
light, Grate. I never interfered with you and George,
though 1 knew ail the time that he was as poor as
poets usually are and never would amount to a tow*
of beans. You've had time enough to find that there’s
plenty of truth in that, 1 rec kon. If it were not for
th. little dowry you brought him I fancy life would
bt? a work-a-day Job for George Instead of his pres
ent easy, rhyme-making existence. Why can’* you
show the same generous spirit toward me?”
"The two rases arc quite unlike. Burton!” flashed
his sister, with an indignant toss of her head. "George
and 1 get on beautifully together, and we are both
home-lovers He lik* s i<> write poetry and 1 like him
l“ do it. If so little of it is published it isn't be
aus* it larks merit. I’m sure, fur all the rejection
slips say it isn't I’m thankful that George doesn’t
have to go away from homo every day and slave In
some hot. stuffs office."
\\ -11. each for his <>r her hearthstone.’” yawned
!%rtoii gathering up his reins and lightly feeling the
l it I wish you would call <01 Miss Kloyd. though#
Grace. She would lik** to know you. I'm sure. Per
haps she * mild pro*- t> y..u fetter than I that a ladjr
dor* not have to relinquish femnine gra* *•? and ao
• ompllshments to i.e.-orne a member of the huslnestf
world.*'
When I do it'll f»t .1 red letter day. Burton KuhfJM
claimed Mrs. Trevelyn. I suppost you're riding ovef
to 1 all on her this afternoon?”
"Yes. I'm going to take Esther to lock over Wood
lawn this afternoon. If she likes the place 1 mean
to buy It T.-r our future home We shall he near
neighbors of yours then. Grace; two miles and a half
between th*' two pta«‘» s Bettor make up your mind
to be a sister to ns "
' You'll know it when i ti ■ nodded Mrs. Trevelyn*
as sht tojuted him a f+-s~ rto«4 wat-hed him canteg
out of sight down the dusty road.
Left a|on. th* Inti, lad return* 1 to her fancy
work in the hammock at *»oc end of the cool por* h
and pondered th* disturbing 11* w s Burton had brought*
She sighed restlessly, and finally bundled up her fancy
work and stared thoughtfully at th* tips of her white*
slippered feet
"1 wonder v, h* ther th. girl has small feet and
- hand*m*t-***i w-tift n dubious—rhake—nf tin*
head S ppoM, she t> 1 big. awkward creature with
a wide sn «■ and ;* grip lik** a man's* Suppose she
has a -oid. hr a it \..i<*» and a « *mpelliiig manner
which ! .mr<- r.-sist Just suppose p*»*»r Bur
ton has' «•*»* i las '.nat*.1 ; . mus* . ar Amazon and
means t * make for my su-ster-in-law ’ Horrors! If
Georg*- wasn't busy r>*mp“Ring a new ; »orn I’d run up
ar.d ask him If h«* knows what sort of a person thla
I >r Esther Kloyd is George hates to be bothered
w hen he's writing. * - 1 r* k n I'd better not inter
rupt him « >h. dear' I wish 1 knew how she looks!
I shan't have a Lit *-f p* ..« . until I find **ut. 1 know,
I d go 11 * . all .-n her this v*’-v afternoon if Burt <r\
hadn't made siu-h n fust- it and if he wouldn’t
iflnd it out Wh> « ouldt.'t fie haw taken her to
Sumldenly Mrs Tr.wlvn sprang to her feet. «
mischievous sparkle in her i-u* Whisking Indoors,
hi. ran- Hithelv upstairs ami hurt:edit changed her
It •ns.- dr.-ss for an outdoor gown of a pale yellow’
shade, with hat. parasol and licit to match. Then,
popping her head ■ in at the door of h.-r husband's
don she informed him that she was going for a
walk Having re.wived an Irritated grunt by way
of response, she softly do.. 1 tin- door and ran down
the stairs and out to the road
' I’ve Just got to got a glimpse f that girl this
Vorj da;., fair or i t fair sht murmured, defiantly.
'If I ran get to Wo. .-Hawn before they do. I’ll hide
m the old summer house and peek all I please with
out an > body bed g the w is. r
Site took a short cut through a t, Id and another
through an or hard ' 'e!ra< bins' ' she panted, soma
minutes later, as. tired and hushed from her unwont
ed speed, stio Beared the unoccupied frame house set
among stately old shade trees "lt'8 a spooky, lone
ly Ida. o. I'll wager this lawn hasn't been mowed since
the owner went away, tiir. • >ears ago. (everything
looks ..!v and mildewy to me It's just the sort of
hous. Burton lik. o though, she added, as she hur
ried through the high, tangled grass to a rustic sum
mer hull* hall way between the house and the ni
trate e gate- "lie always did want to get as ne.cT
nature as possible."
The summer house was overgrown with vines, and
Its interior was fur front inviting; but there was a
rustle seat just inside the d c.r. and Mrs Trevelyn
was \, r> tired With • urefully ■ kit hod skirts gml
fearful eyes she entered the retreat and seated her
self on the mossy bench.
The day was unusually warm for that lime of year
and Mrs Trevelyn was not accustomed to so much
exercise I'nnseqti* ntly. before she had been seated
in the cool place five minutes her eyes closed and she
slumbered peacefully
,» Fifteen minutes later she . ante to herself with a
terrified start Something sinuous and horrible waa
gliding away from her across the floor of the old
summer house and there was a queer numb feeling
in the lingers of her left hand. With a gasp of ter
ro, #h< raised her hand and stared at two round
pru ks ..n the tip of her forefinger. With a muffled
• ry, Mrs. Trevelyn sprang to her feet and dashed
from the summer house just as two people came up
the walk from the gates.
i i-oh, thank goodness for somebody to help me!**
gasped Mrs Trevelyn. thinking of nothing save her
extremity Mo something for me. won t you. please?-*
she walled, appealingly holding out the wounded fin
ger to the wide-eyed newcomer*. ' I’ve been bitten
l x iv snake eh. an awful thing’ 1 know I’m gedng to
die.my finger feels queer! Mo something for me!"
' Ye gods and little fishes!" gulped Burton, help
lessly patting her back "Urnce. poor girl, flow'd
you do it? You’re sure it was a snake?”
l.et me see the bite, please.'." said a quiet, low
toned voice from the trimly < lad woman at Burton’#
back She stepped quickly forward and took Mrs.
Trevely n’* shaking ting* rs. “oh. yes, I see the two
tink punctures quite plainly. she observed, after- ft
brief scrutiny of the injured finger Her brows dre#
toy.ther as though something puzzled her and sl«9
l .died uncertainly toward the summer house. "Ii
the snake still in there?" she asked, expectantly.”
oh 1 suppose s > ? shuddered Mrs. Trevelyn. feel
ing void and ill. “Mo you think it’s a deadly bite?
Win l die'.’ O-oh. for goodness sake tell me how
long I have to live!
The girl's lips twitched nervously, but her voles
was gravely reassuring as she made response. "Many
years. I trust," she said, gently Then, turning t»
the equally concerned Burton, she asked him to enter
the summer house and see If the snake was still iq
there.
utrrmc-irhsouH.l.oOwplacTdvuTItl 1| fih mfw.b
Burton grabbed a stick and went boldly within the
' retreat. After a few moments of brisk run>maglng
he returned bearing on the point of the rod a shlm
I mering length of yellow ribbon with two pins stlck
1 ing In one end. "This is the only snake I can find!"
he declared, with much gravity. "From appearances
1 should take It to be a summer house serpent of
a non-potsonous kind.”
Grace stared at the ribbon while the btnod slowly
returned to her cheeks and fingers. "Gracious me!
so it was just my belt: ' she twittered joyfully. Well.
-F-rnigf}t have died of fright If somebody hadn't thought
to find the thing. Burton, dear, aren't you go
ing to Introduce my rescuer?'*
And Burton, with twinkling eyes, cheerfully
filled. “ - - —