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jr SPECIAL PRIVILEGE IX VICE.
* The story of the raid on a fashionable gainb
jfc ling den at Xarragansett Pier in one tv ay serves
C only to give publicity to what practically every
t one knows to be the truth respecting that and
other resorts affected by people of wealth and
fashion. Indeed, the whole tenor of the life
ft these places is pitched upon an assumption of
superiority to the laws of the statutes und the
canons of taste, which is theoretically as false
as it is practically assured. In tho Narragan
sett instance, it is even charged that the con
stables attempting to enforce the law against
gambling were prevented by the Chief of Police-—
| acting in direct defiance of the orders of the as
sistant Attorney General of the State—from se
curing the evidences of crime, and that they
were actually arrested in order that the gaml>
lers may escape effective prosecution.
It is the arrogant attitude of the offenders in
this and other notorious instances which is
Worthy of serious public attention, rather than
the specific violations of the law. It matters
little to the public at large that a small set of
ultra-fashionable individuals of the idle class
ahould be personally so lost to a sense of the or
dinary decencies as to look to the dive for in
apiration for the amustanent of "high society”.
7* On the contrary, it matters a great, deal that this
Mine element should undertake to violate the law
At a special privilege appertaining to their posi
toon and their means. Jt matters more that,
haring assumed such a privilege, they should be
able so far to force its recognition as to enlist
in aid of violation of the law the officers of the
Jaw. It is a matter calling for general reflection
that the greed induced by the presence of a rich
•Warner colony should he sufficient to deaden
the loyalty to law of law-abiding communities.
It matters very much indeed that in the raid in
question were discovered a score of women so
fashionable that their names, if published, would
be known throughout the country at large and
that the names of these women were evidently so
potent as to gain them protection against even the
publicity of news bureaus to .which tho promin
ence of their names was in itself a large and
jraluable asset. Jt is a clear point in a constantly
sharpening situation of unrest, that the class
most insistent upon protection of person and
property by the law, should be the very class, as a
whole, most contemptuous of the law itself.
Beside these considerations appealing to a
natural imitation of vicious practice growing out
of a natural jealousy on the part of the people
generally of a privilege arrogated by a particu
lar class, is the example set by the women in
the public eye who have seized upon gambling as
tho visible sign of social pre-emienence. We wish
that we could say in particular what may be said
truthfully in general, that the doings and the
,vioea of the wealthy and fashionable set among
women do not affect the great body of women of
the country. It is true that tho grosser vices of
this conspicuous class have not yet so far de
fied the women of the country as to gain fori
them the sympathy and excuse that they obtainj
in tho more rarilied social circles. But it is j
squally true that the grosser vices which fill the
divorce calendars are horn of the foibles, the
petty departures from convention, the assump
tions of license with which ‘•society’' flatters it
•elf on its superiority. These things are imi
tated, as fashions from Paris find duplication at
the hands of village dressmakers. More than
that, their imitation in the country at large is
exactly a3 demoralizing, as entirely deadening
to the moral sense, as perfectly destructive of
Womanly virtues, as the things themselves ars
corrupting to the class in which they find their
origin, (rambling among women takes a wider j
and a swifter course because it is of peculiar ap
peal to feminine sentiment. The bridge whist
party at penny points runs quickly into a craze. ■
Tho
delicate cocktail, the scented cigarette, im
perceptibly but surely mark the first attacks on j
clef. The gross evils, the absolute un-1
morals obtaining among the cult of “breeding” ;
baaed on money will follow as certainly as the |
■ Smaller, but. equally demoralizing vices, will be :
copied among the great mass of women of strong !
inoral fibre that goes to make up the body of!
the mothers and wives of the land. It is strange '
-true that an Alice Longworth who as a wo-1
man of a small town would meet with ostracism
contempt, can nevertheless out of a false
conspicnousness definitely influence for evil a
of women, pure and sound and real!
We are aware that remedy for such a condition
on the surface hopeless. It can come,—
it must come if the loss to the nation is not
be shortly vital—only when the women of
’ shall me in the women of the Casino
j the oounterpartii in method and ambition of th
I women of the street.
“VAGS.”
Richmond police have again demonstrated it
a somewhat sensational manner the extent of th
vagrant nuisance in the city. Sunday raida re
suited in tho rounding up and arrest of ovei
a hundred negro men and women of worthies
character, living without visible means of sup
port. Such an element is a constant menace t<
! the peace and safety of society. It constitute
a fertile field for crime; worse than that, it is,;
kindergarten for criminal and vicious tendencies
As to the propriety of the raid itself, it is no
open to question. The real question is whethe
the occasional raid is sufficient treatment fo
the abuse.
We do not think that the trouble is met b;
the method which the police seem to have adopl
ed. The two raids on Sunday followed unothe
l raid of a similar character, made some week
j ago. The captives taken on that occasion, wer
numerous, and practically all of them were give:
i jail sentences. They are still in limbo. Tha
Sunday's raids should have produced an evei
, larger number of prisoners than the other oc
icasion is a fact showing that still other raids
were they to be made at once, would find jui
material in plenty still waiting. The rait
method, good as far as it goes, is ope»' to ihe ob
jeetion that it is not and cannot be thorough
And the vagrant, question is one that needs almos
above every other police obligation constant at
| tention.
As we pointed out on the occasion of the forme
raid, the situation of crime and demoralizatioi
! growing out. of the vagrant-infested alleys is no
one that can be met by spasmodic effort. I
must be controlled by a steady and per si stem
policy. Released vagrants ought to be giver
only the minimum reasonable time in which t<
secure honest work, before their re-arrest. This
is not a hardship on any able-bodied man or wo
man, sine* the opportunities for labor are abnnd
ant. A refusal to labor indicates, indeed, nothing
more than a reliance upon crime for sup]>ort
That sort, of reliance is itself a crime, and it
should be punished again and yet again. The
police know’ the individuals making up this ele
ment: it only needs that they show them that fch<
warfare is to be specific and unrelenting to teacl
them that they can no longeT take the gambler's
chance of escaping occasional raids, and mull
either go to work, or discover that, leisure is noi
possible in Richmond without flic means to sup
port, it.
In this connection, wo would be glad to set
some action taken about what might be called
[for purpose of description, the higher type ol
vagrants. We refer to tlie small but nodeeabh
colony of white gamblers and “wise guys”, tba
comes into sight in the early afternoons, hanging
about hotel lobbies and prominent street corners
watching for prey for the night's business. It
some respects the representatives of this element
are more dangerous than negroes infesting the lov
alleys of the city. They play for higher stakes
in greater security. On occasion they are cap
able of even ladder and more desperate crime
Yet they are none the less vagrants for the meas
ure of the loot that they pull down, they are mint
the less criminal, none the less without visible
means of support, because in their dress, person
and habits they exhibit a larger mastery in crinu
and graft. Members of this gentry are known
to the police, as well ns they know the members oi
the alley gangs. Where the negro “*\ags” arc
timid and suspicious, their white blood-fellows
of the blood-sucking profession are conspicuous
and confident. The police will do a great public
service if they shall include the latter in a cam
paign to rid Richmond of undesirable citizens
of this kidney—whatever their habitat, and
however they live, or how well.
SAVE THE INDIAN REMNANT.
It is not to be expected that the investigating
committee of Congress, which is now probing the
charges of Senator Gore that he was offered
a briber to withdraw opposition to a bill con
firming Indian contracts with Me Murray and
other lawyers, whereby they would have been
paid huge fees upon tho sale of certain lands,
will do more than scratch the surface of the
scandal. Whatever may have been Hamon’s
backing, it is certain that ho was ‘“backed”, and
it is highly improbable that in a transaction of
such magnitude the lawyers interested did not
promise a division of their spoils. Washington
lobbies do not let pickings of thirty million dol
lar size “got by” without their interest being
solicited. The lobbies know that they, in turn,
have to ’“interest” certain statesmen whose ideas
of service are pitched on the theory underlying
the calculated opposition known as the “strike
bill”. Investigating committees know that, when
a scandal of this sort commences to break through
the, crust of politics, it is unwise and dangerous
10 dig too deeply after the truth. Under such
manifestations generally lies a latent volcano
which the adroit committee is entirely loth to
set free.
There is hope, however, that the disclosures
in question may result in one of the unusual but
not unprecedented moral awakenings which,
when they come, are powerful to accomplish
[rood. The tragedy of the Indian is an accom
plished fact. Ho has been consistently robbed,
persecuted, cheated, and oppressed. His nature
made these things, if not necessary, natural. He
stood in the way of the American spirit, and the
ipirit of progress is not careful of obstacles. For
these very reasons it is now the more important
that, when there are few Indians, when they have
sf the vast heritage of which they have been de
prived comparatively so little left, there should
be an end to their exploitation. Tho time has
3 come when the country should demand, at the
eleventh hour, fair treatment for the remnant ol
j the Indiana. Their estate should bo carefully
and faithfully administered. Their capital
» should bo brought into possession, and the guard
s ianship terminated on fair terms to the wards.
- For such as is left the Government owes to the
‘ Indians who survive a duty of preservation
i measured by and accruing from the extent to
■ which it has in the past blinked at their de
> spoilation.
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1 PUBLIC RIGHT TO CLEAN FOOD.
' j Let it be hoped that the Board of Aldermen
will concur with the Council in the matter oi
the ordinance requiring restaurant keepers
I butchers, fruiterers, hucksters, and others, to pro
I vide screens for meats, vegetables and all othei
perishable edibles displayed f<>r sale. This is dis
tinctly a measure in the interest of the public
! health and in the interest, also, of common do
s 1 coney. Tf. is necessary that the people be fed;
j conditions at some of the places where food sup
t i plies are purchased have been such as to rend pi
j it imperative that one who would eat keep a wa v
: from the sight of his source of supply. To glance
i even casually at some of the stalls and stands in
the city, dust laden and fly-eaten, is to lose an
appetite almost beyond recall.
^ e have never understood why dealers in this
sort of food and produce do licit more generally
recognize the financial benefit of cleanliness and
care. It is a strange fact that ordinary business
sagacity has not been sufficient to render such an
ordinance superfluous. Strange as it is, the fact
remains that many dealers of this character treat
‘ meats and vegetables much as dealers in rags
treat the bales which they ship to the paper mills.
In this day and time no one ran doubt either the
truth of the ‘germ theory” or the potential dead
lines;* of the unclean fly. Considering the raan
j nor in which the public is served the things which
Tt perforce must eat, the relatively small damage
| apparent from filthy catering again demonstrates
| the essential toughness of the human body. Dis
; ease from such causes, however, although it may
be readily surmised, cannot, be definitely tracked
to such a source. The menace and the possibility
should, therefore, be treated as fact. ''That
slovenly dealers are not wise enough to do for
themselves, the law should by all means, in the
interest of the public welfare, compel them to do.
The Richmond Virginian, having wired for
the names of the women caught in tho Xaragan
sett Pier raid on a gambling joint, is able to se
cure the entire "story”—except, the names. Thus
does money make cowards even of the most pow
erful agencies of a free press. And thus does
a press that is suposed to be ‘‘free” make for it
self chains of silence when gold says “Hush”.
Thus, too. is illustrated the spirit of class fav
oritism, of special privilege, of protection against
the punishments for crime that, starting at Wash
ington, is eating its wav into the very heart of
the country and making daily for that, “social
ism”. the approach of which President Taft, the
head of the party responsible for the system, sees
and deplores.
It is with regret that we note tho suspension
!'»f the Suffolk Evening Herald, after a useful life
j of two years and seven months. The reason for
: the suspension probably is that the Town is not
j large enough to justify the labor enoessarv to
I the publication of a daily paper. The Weeklv
! Herald, a long establishes! journal and a model
of its class, will be continued, ns formerly, un
! der the editorship of W. ,T. Kendrick.
Aviator Harmon is demonstrating the feasi
bility of destroying warships with bombs by
dropping oranges from a height of 150 feet up
on tho outlines of battleships drawn on sands.
Granting that his marksmanship would bo equal
ly good under service conditions, he could be
successfully potted at that range with a shot gun.
j “General” Lee Christmas, an American, has
won a great victory in Honduras at tho head of
1400 revolutionists. Considering the sizo of his
army, the revolution in that country must be al
most an unanimous affair.
It Postmaster General Hitchcock really saved
the country $11,000,000 on the postal deficit, as
claimed, ho carefully concealed the fact that he
was “on the job” from the country.
Tho Spanish priests of San Sebastian showed,
at the appearance of the soldiers, that gowns do
not necessarily diminish speed.
Esperantist* are to produce ‘‘As Yon Like It” |
in tho “universal language”. The play is well!
i selected for so so-as-you-please a lingo.
j . _ --;-—
We are waiting patiently the story to the ef-1
feet that Alice Roosevelt Longworth is subsidized
by the tobacco trust. _ _
! It Is again stated that the royal opposition to
the Abruzzi-Elkin* marriage is removed. Faith
is not the only thing that will remove mountains.
The “railway trust” is preparing to fight pro
gressive legislation to a finish. There is always
a finish to a fight; Ask Jeffries.
A Hot ten tat,
According to the New York Krenin* Post, "the to.
of the Monitor, which defeated the Confederate rnij
Merrlmao in Hampton Roads during tho Civil ’Var
has been presented to the Navy Department.”
Unless the lo* In question la a (nod deal mor<
accurate than thia statement It haa no proper plan
In the government archives, The beet that can b.
truthfully said for the Monitor In her famous en
aasrement with the Merrlmao la that It was n drawn
battle, and even that Is riving her more than chi
deserves.—Norfolk Vlrsdnlan-Pllot,
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Virginia Comment
Anotlter Street Car Tragedy.
Tho violent death of Conductor W. J. Porter last
night while in the discharge of his duty has shocked
the entire community. He was a young man in th*
vigor of youth and one of the most popular conduc
tors on the line. It Is heartrending that this valuable
young life should have been crushed out. and the
tragedy Is the more startling because It is the third
accident on the line this week, another of which re
sulted fatally.
The handling of electric cars is necessarily attend
ed with more or less danger. But the rules and regu
lations and the safety appliances should be such as to
reduce the hazard to the minimum. The public does
not respect excuses. It judges by results, and three
accidents, two fatal, In one week is a record which
j no public service corporation can afford.
The company has surely had warning enough, and
If there Is any defect In the system no lime should be
lost In applying the remedy, It matters not what the
coats and pains may be.—Newport News Press.
Irish on tho Rampage.
While all the town was watching Bloomer Girl
game two weeks ago a Petersburg concern, evidently
Irish from the names, scattered several thousand or
more sheets and slips of advertising matter In our
streets and front yards, and they have been blow
ing about ever since, except when some citizen has
gathered them up and burned them.
The present Council evidently will not stop this lit
tering up the streets In this manner. Their atten
tion has been called to it several times, but we hope
better things of the new Council, and trust that one
of their first acts will he to put a tax on out-of
town bill boards and poster and circular distributors
and make throwing them In tne street a ball and
chain offense.—Sussex Standard.
They I Inc o Their Johnson.
The negro pugilist is still causing annoyam e. H< I
is about to Invade the fashionable section known as
Brooklyn Height*, it being, It is said, his purpose j
to become a resident of that section, which has mum- !
tained its exclusive character for more than a century ;
Johnson Is negotiating for the purchase of a house in j
that locality. It is understood that Johnson, If the j
deal goes through, will maintain the house in a style i
corresponding to the prevailing fashion in Brooklyn's j
exclusive social communityy. Should he bo excluded
from participation In affairs at the Heights Casino. !
his prospective home has a terraced front, stoop largi
enough to accommodate an ordinary sized orchestra 1
and leave room for a cotillion or a cake-walk. An- i
other prospective neighbor will be Kev. I>r. Newell :
Dwight Hillis. who tills Henry Ward Beecher's old
pulpit In Plymouth church and who once said that
he would he willing to make Booker Washington's ,
bed. It may he that some of the other neighbors. I
who. with Henry Ward Beecher, fought for the email- !
clpatlon of the slaves, will new feel that their pre- I
dictions of a half century ago regarding the possi
bilities of negro advancement have been fulfilled. -
Alexandria Gazette
Great Macadam Highway.
Before the end of lsil the macadam road from
Grange to the Tabernacle, one mile west of Gordons
villa, will be finished. Albemarle has voted a bond
issue of J15U.000 to complete this road on to Char
lottesville. which will be done before 1912 is passed
It must be a dull Imagination or a poor order of
brain that can't see that all lands on this macadam
road will enhance ten times in value. The climate |
along this highway Is tho finest on earth. Land* can
easily be made the most productive and the scenery i
will be a chain of enchantment Capitalists would ;
uuickly buy up averv acre along this route If they ;
knew of It.—Gordonsvllle Gazette.
I
The Talk “Down Home”
A Substitute tor tin* Xegro.
Governor Jarvis, who spent the first part of the
week in Greensboro, has lost none of his wit. which
was always original and to the point. Talking with
an old friend here who was a Democrat until the
silver craze came alone, but who has since been a
Republican, he said; “They do not p'.a.v the political
game like they did in our day, and they do not hint ■
as much fun. In a tight place we could Tall ba. k j
on the negro ami shake him and win; now the negr.
is out of it and 1 have been fearful of results, but
things are working out all right. Butler Is In the
game and we can shake him and w in, fo: he is worth
more to us than the negro every time.” I nlike most
men of his age. Governor Jarvis does not live In
the past by any means; he Is right up with the pro
cession and knows what Is done and how It Is di ne.
Ho is a live wire.—Greensboro Record.
A Young Hero.
Mr Harvey Townsend, the sixteen-year-old son of
I Mr. P. P. Townsend, of Xu, i‘ township, played the
hero act all right Inst Thursday and as the result
of his bravery and prompt action of probably * id
[the life of Tittle Miss JosSe Stlrwalb A number' of
! young people were standing no the bridge at Coddle
j Creek watching the high waters when little Miss Stir
i wait fell off the bridge into the water of the creek
below. Bhe had hardly struck the water before young
Townsend realtzed tho situation, rtnd without a mo
ment's hesitation he plunged Into the whirling waters
: after her. With a few swift stroke* he succeeded in
i catching hold of the helpless girl and quickly brought
her to the bank. The water at this point was some
j thing like ten feet deep at on account of the recent i
rains and the bridge was equally high above the j
water.—Concord Tribune.
Christian Fortitude.
Yesterday wo read in one of our exchanges the
story of the death of a devoted minister of the Meth
odist church. He had spent a long life in the service
of his Master and when the time tame for him to
leave he calmly sot about arranging his affairs, even
making arrangements for his own funeral.
facing death, this gallant soldier of the cross said:
"I am patiently awaiting my transfer to the best !
appointment I have ever had."
A few weeks ago we said a few words for the
overworked and underpaid ministers of the Methodist
and Baptist churches, and the beloved "Trojan” re
buked us mildly, saying, in effect, that hs and his
brother ministers were the happiest of men, even
when living lives of hardship and enduring privations
that would try the souls of other men.
“Trojan” was right about it. The man who has
so lived os to be able to face death with tile com
posure and calm assurance of this old minister is to
bo envied—not pitied.—Durham Sun.
Trouble Looming Up.
Scenting trouble ahead, The High Point Enterprise
observes: “The hgnt between the friends of Simmons
and Kltr.hln for the United States Senate will. It is
coneeded in advance, be one of the greatest contests
over waged in this State. It Is being seriously con- ;
sldered by many of the leading Democrats, that it
will be the best that the nominations be thrown into <
the State convention. This Is deemed ndvlsable and j
is being agitated upon the gTound that the contest in
the primaries will create such feeling as to end&ngel
the next Legislature which might go Republican on 1
account of the bitter primary feeling." It becomes 1
more and more evident that some change Is <le- i
mended in the present plan of organization of the t
Democratic party. The danger to which the Enter- 1
prlwe alludes is not imaginary. A light between Sim- i
mens and Kltchln under present conditions would tear 1
the State aeundsr.—Charlotte Chronicle. ,
HER SILENT CRUSH i
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By JOANNA SINGLE, I i
(Copyright, 1910, by the Associated Literary Press.) |
Steve Psston was bored to death, He shunned so- t
dal affairs In a blase fashion unnatural for a young
ster not yet twenty-live. Girls had somehow gotten «
on his nerves, and he slunk about with his dog and
hjs pipe, taking what Joy he had in abusing the Wood t
college baseball team wltfch he was disgustedly coach
ing. *
Lately the team had been losing games for some 1
Inexplicable reason, At practice the boys filled his a
bosom with Joy, but put them up agulnat a neighbor- t
ing college team and they Invariably started out welt a
—but finished badly.
He had finally got the trouble traced to Myers and £
Townsend. They always did some fatally foolish
thing at the last minute. Then his sister gave him a
a key to the trouble. ! t
He bad been complaining to her of these two, and 1
she, with the bright ready wisdom of a young mar
ried women, diagnosed, c
•Mfs—girl," she «JfU Myers al. *
ways has Flossie Evers waiting round with a picnic
basket for the game to end. Townsend fusses after
Maude Forest. What can you expect? It's the end
of their hm year, and they’re In honor bound to go
home enuragedl'*
So that’s It. Is It?" Steve looked at her In open
admiration as he stood In the study door and filled
"Is pipe. He was a goodly sight enough—big, braw
'T.Uh “ ftne eye and a reluctant but
wh«» ^htab 6 “mlle- H1» sl»tor certainly must know
.WM,taIkln* about- olrl! He straightway
w.mid m 1° “lve Myers and Townsend a talk that
om. Indeed!them mad ®nou*h to wtn the next *»mel
hi* Bl*ter Klorled In his own attitude to the
v cou.1<! not heIP giving him also a tling.
“Vrv.,-5 la*>8 * the *oa<-‘h, too,'* ahe remarked* slyly.
PJ-etty canny, Steve, but I should think the
y.„. .rlJ ln t,u“ manless town pursue you would
-f.f’" tak? e<Tect pretty soon! A man escapes
,i limes and falls wounded the hundredth
. “"‘y wa* here to-day to eee If ahe couldn’t
take baby out for a walk. She'll bring him back
iMV lat“ chough ao I'll have to ask her to dinner.
with0 her*"1 Slay *° lon® l'11 have to send you homo
Steve grunted In an ashamed sort of fashion. Ho
would have stopped her if he could.
And Mabel Dwyer and Irene Sorter want you to
come to their Impromptu dance to-morrow night. It’s
given hy the town girls. You can take any town girl
who will go with you. That's Just what Irene said."
At this the young feHbw turned ln disgust Into
the study and threw himself on the couch to read.
Hut he did not read; he thought It carefully over.
Using young, he loved dancing; also he liked girls—
of his own sort—the sort that let a man do his own
pursuing, and made the chase interesting—and often
vain, lie wished he was back home where girls were
not easily excited by a mere rough-neck ball player.
That -was what he called himself, though his coach
ing, added to his classes ln German, put him on the
faculty of the really strong little college.
\V hile he was still meditating disgustedly, sister
again appeared with her sweetest smile—and the
darning basket. She sat down and surveyed him.
It. s going to be a pretty dance," she said casually,
"Whom are you thinking of asking? You might put
the names ln your hat and draw. There's not much
choice." She was thinking of Helen Weaver, but
knew better than to mention her. fche would have
been qiute willing to have Helen for a sister-in
law.
th® matter with Helen—If ahe would
Ko vk lth mo Suddenly he sprang up and went u>
tno phone.
hnwViooM UP !h'h'n- “nd ln hi' Impatient, yet some
how humble voice, asked her. Yes, she could go with
un-gmd >. After a moment's talk he hung up the
r' ufr cordiality wus undoubtedly genuine It
was unmistakably friendly. Hut It was nothing more
He felt that after a year of a more or b'ss lntUnat.
acquaintance ho hardly knew her. though sh* was
perfectly frank and had been about with him a ***>4
r \caaual wuy’ Tlun h« up iTene lnd
, h* "*ts coming to the .dance, of course, and
i lx- y to tu‘r t" ask him—and fft. would bring
the lUtEThm rh,Un hf hHd alr' ad>- **k“d- He fell
heve usked^hor hi stead! * V°,C* ^ kn*w h* ahuu1**
tbwl t0, *,h,? *‘tuUy he wa» relieved
t r The i - " ‘■alled to the parlor by a vLi
chatter H W, WU! .T'a a,.'d h‘! ' "UId h"ar ,h*m
„a It was Edythe Allen, in her devil-rnav.
vlite Khe was enough older than bleve lo
' ® , ut hkim Hnd not m**und« r8toud. She hud
r*ived over the absent baby. talked about Uie neigh
bms. the latest college scandal and her own neucon
Ihe nfn ° halr 5rom lhc c“y; then she began on
, e 'lance -arid then on KU.ve, A sixth sen.e told
her he was listening, and the madcap knew ho hated
neintf adort>d~ and discussed.
HIP IHJIUI
aurair
vrs • line asked his slater. l shw him loping by
ihUl morning a Utile late f..r class, and as 1 ’ was
<* it for mischief, I U6tt n«* l to the Kirin rav ing ab-»ut
Mm on the ramnus. J><*<** he know how jovelv h«
‘Rk Kvtr* Kir 1 In town Is •■razi about him. and Y..ol.
tab enough to say so to some other girt who lin a
riably tolls. Even Helen Ware--'*
Meve s*t up angrllj. He was going out to defend
m t. I hen h« remembered that he could hotter help
V‘r by keeping But alater rose to the o< (
sion.
. ls ru>t thut *"rt—” *ho 'Vli8 beginning a lit*
tie i.ilaly when lidythe broke In.
hat me finish, do! I was going to say. that even
she, though she nays and does nothing, is deeper In
t.ian any nf them! one of those intense silent crushes.
I don't know how I know—-but 1 do know r oh. isn t
t-nat tne prettiest Irish crochet* 1 don't see how von
get time to do it. with a baby and a husband and a
orothsr to look after! I’m sure with only myself I
never make anything—" and so on until almost din
ner. Then aha departed Just In time to meat Milly
bringing back the baby, Steve heard slstor Invite ths
girl to stay. Ho snatched his hat.
I promised to eat with Sykes at the club to-night.”
he lied glibly as he bowed to Milly and slipped by
his sister and out of the front door.
As a member of the faculty ho dared not get g
rr«; lunch. Tie went to the first chop house and ate
a beefsteak. Then he took to the open country ba.de
of the campus and went with long strides to a little
strip of wood. June was very sweet and green arid
his pipe was solacing. Ho knew a place where he
could rect »in peace, but as ho turned a corner hs
ran squarely Into Malt bio. whom he hated.
"Hello,” he said. "Where you going?”
"Seen Miss Weaver anywhere, pastor? Her brother
■h!d she went for a walk- I wanted to ask her to ths
dance before some Idiot—"
Before some other Idiot does?" finished Steve.
■Youro too late. Just asked her myself—over ths
phone. Now yrvu clear out while I brood over my
lu k.' lie said this with a grin, but Ualtbie knew
snough to depart
He was not out of sight before Steve heard a sus
picious noise and turned to look about him. A gray
fklrt showed behind a nearby tree. He Investigated,
ind the girl luughed outright.
“I hated to eavesdrop," said Helen, "but T saw hint
irst which means that I hid promptly. I Just man
aged to keep out of his sight all the way here. I U
leal with Jimmy for telling where 1 went."
She stood looking at Steve coolly enough, and suU
die was friendly—very friendly. He somehow forgo*
lo take his eyes from her faee, but she did not blush.
"I'm glad 1 had promised to go to the dance with
1'ou. If 1 had actually been brought to le y I could
Have told Bam Malthie that—but I hale even to glv»
aim u chance to ask—he's—"
"Suob a hopeless donkey.” finished Steve, still
talking besjde her.
He no longer thought of resting. He was thinking
low little she looked like a girl with a "silent crush ”
n his heart he declared that Edythe had been wrong,
delen certainly had never showed a aign of caring for
vim when he sought her; she had never by so much
cs an extra smile sought to attract him. She did
lot oare. He felt a little empty and loneaone some,
low. Then, without warning, she left him at th*
irst turn.
"I must go back—I'm expecting company. No,
lon’t come with me—go on for your walk. I’ll l>4
■eady about 8 to-morrow evening.”
There was nothing to do but to let her go.
At the dance the next evening he was baffled by
ler manaer. He was sure she did not care—and yet
is could not forget the foolish gossip of hts sister's
■aller. When Helen would not dance with him he
ound a wall floivir and conscientiously did his duty.
Jid she care? He spent one dance in the smoking
oom, when a new question came to him. Why did
le want to know whether or not she cared? What
vas It to him? Why—he loved her, that was It!
'he full wonder of It all came over him.
" It was Ulte him to go straight to the dressing y«ont
,nd ask the maid for Miss Weaver's wrap. And It
raa like him to march up to the girl at the end of
he waits she was dancing and Insist on taking her
sit lato the fresh night air. It was also like him
lot to mind about the wrath of her disappointed
artners. When he had made sure t-hat (hey were
ut of sight and hearing, he turned and faced her
"I wanted to ask you—to tell you—something,” he
aid.
She smiled In the old friendly way. But she did no*
olp him. He had to do it all himself.
I—I’m crasy about you. Helen. I love you with
II my heart. Could you—do you care—too ? Ho you ?
Fill you marry me? He held hts hands out Then
be laid both hers In them and looked up at him.
er eyes vfet with unshed tears. She nodded mu
nd again, “ "
"Oh, say you love me. Helenl Can’t you say itr*
he let him draw her cloeer.
“It’s too big—and deep—and beautiful to talk
bout." she said, "but I don’t mind tolling Just you
hat If you hadn't loved me and told me so. I believe
should have died!" r •
He laughed tn utter contentment. It was another
ase of girL , But he did nut knot* ib—because U r -
tumai tt fein*